22 Characters We Love on the Screen Who Would Crumble IRL
Screenworld is a magical place where social niceties and, quite often, the laws of physics don’t apply. Wizards? They exist. Time? It bends to our will. Death? A mere inconvenience. Soulmates always make it work regardless of the practical barriers to their relationship, and the entire justice system can be undone with one dramatic speech. It’s a nice place to visit for no longer than two hours, because after that, you’d start to realize what a dystopia it is.
Part of that is the infrastructure that supports characters who are fascinating to watch but would be nightmares in the real world. Eccentrics who keep getting themselves into dire circumstances. Geniuses who abuse everyone they consider beneath them (i.e., everyone). Actual supernatural entities.
The realm of movies and TV are full of them, so when user TheOfficialMemeLord asked r/AskReddit, “What fictional character is great in fiction but would function terribly in real life civilization?,” Reddit came up with plenty of characters who would be shunned by society in about five minutes.
Don Draper
Batman
Doc Brown
Luna Lovegood
Dora the Explorer
Junie B. Jones
Dracula
Willy Wonka
Dr. Gregory House
Captain Kirk
John Constantine
Mr. Bean
Doomguy
Greg Universe
Detective Conan
Goku
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Michael Scott
Dean Winchester
Tom Nook
James Bond
The Road Runner
