List of famous fictional military brats
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Below is a list of famous fictional military brats.
[edit] What is a military brat?
A military brat is an objective term used to describe the child of somebody in the military. It is neither a subjective nor a derogatory term. See Military brats for more information.
[edit] Why a list of military brats?
Mary Wertsch, the author of Military Brat: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress, said in an interview, "The military is more than a lifestyle, it's a culture with its own norms and values."[1] This culture is, for the military brat, "The biggest thing overall [because] the commonalities of our rearing are so powerful ... It's an identity that supersedes almost all others. It cuts across lines of gender, race and class. It shapes us our entire lives through. You don't stop being a military brat when your parents retire from service life."[1]
Military Brats are shaped by their upbringing. There are numerous commonalities (both positive and negative) that impact military brats. Because of these factors, military brats often feel like "outsiders." They often feel like they have no home and never truly fit in with civilians. Military brats often have more in common with other military brats of differing cultures than they might with non-brat peers.[2] Sometimes a brat may look at popular culture to find other brats to see how brats are depicted in the movies, television, and literature.
This is a list of famous fictional characters whose life was said to represent this common culture. Real military brats can be found here.
[edit] List of famous fictional military brats
- Sean Boswell
- Maddie Dolan adaughter of the Commander of the USS Constitution feels dejected by being constantly referred to as a navy brat. In the end, she later embraces the term by proudly witnessing her father's work while on high alert during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- Ricky Fitts from the movie American Beauty
- Joey Gladstone from the TV series Full House
- Gustav Patton "Gus" Griswald from the TV series Recess
- Hank Hill from the TV series King Of The Hill
- Misa Hayase from the anime Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
- Margaret Houlihan from the MASH film and TV series is the ultra-pro-military/pro-American child of a career officer.
- Gregory House from the TV series House attributes his becoming a doctor with an experience from when his Marine pilot father was stationed in Japan. Because of his travels, House speaks (or understands) at least four foreign languages (Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, and Portuguese.) House hates his father, who he describes as having "an insane moral compass."
- Doug Masters from the movie Iron Eagle knew how to fly fighters because of his father and did what he did because it fit the honor code he had learned as a brat.
- Mary Alice and Ben Meecham in Patrick Conroy's The Great Santini. This is a story about an authoritarian Marine father and his family.
- Brian Moreland from Taps (film) lead the academy to revolt out of a sense of duty that he learned from his father and the cadet academy.
- Hiroaki "Hiro" Protagonist
- Jack Reacher from Lee Child's books
- Homer Simpson from the TV series The Simpsons
- AC Slater from the TV series Saved By The Bell
- Jill Taylor from the TV series Home Improvement is routinely talking about her experiences growning up as the daughter of a career Army officer.
- A 1986 movie called The B.R.A.T. Patrol detailing the adventures of military brats on a United States Marine Corps base. The term "B.R.A.T." stood for "Born, Raised And Trapped".
- the SEAL kids from the movie The Rescue (film)
