List of fictional characters with phobias
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This is a list of famous fictional characters whom are suffering from some phobia or strong irrational fear. It can either stick closely with the clinical definition, or fit more with the popular culture depiction of phobias.
Only listed here are characters whose phobias are well documented in their respective stories and used as part of the plot. Characters with mild dislike of something, or alleged phobias that are no more than fan speculations, don’t belong to this list.
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[edit] Literature
- Josephine Anwhistle from A Series of Unfortunate Events has a fear of realtors (she is also pantophobic to some degree, but the fear of realtors is the most noticed).
- Wendell Urth, a detective from Asimov's Mysteries, has a phobia of all mechanical forms of transport (an exaggeration of Isaac Asimov's own aversion to flying).
- Nidhiki, from Lego's Bionicle franchise — entomophobia (fear of insects)
- Robert Langdon, protagonist of Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Isadora Wing, protagonist in the novel Fear of Flying — aviophobia (fear of flying)
- Excalibur Junior, enchanted sword in the Grailquest gamebooks series — arachnophobia (fear of spiders)
- From the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling:
- Ron Weasley — arachnophobia (fear of spiders)
- Dolores Umbridge — equinophobia (fear of horses [and centaurs])
- Ignacio Urquieta, from Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios by Torcuato Luca de Tena — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- (the author got himself in a mental institution in order to understand people with mental disorders, which he piously refers to as God's crooked lines.)
- Nero Wolfe, a detective by Rex Stout — agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house) and misogyny
- Winston Smith, from Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell — murophobia (fear of rats)
[edit] Cartoons/Comics
- Binky Barnes, from Arthur — nyctophobia (fear of the dark)
- Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson, from Ben 10 — coulrophobia (fear of clowns)
- Kavo, from The Emperor's New School — ablutophobia (fear of bathing)
- Wade, from Garfield and Friends — has every phobia known to man, including some fictional or downright invented as phobophobia (fear of fear itself), hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (fear of long words) or arachibutyrophobia (fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth).
- Billy, from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy — entomophobia (fear of insects), arachnophobia (fear of spiders), and coulrophobia (fear of clowns) in one episode.
- Kim Possible from Kim Possible — entomophobia (fear of insects), except big insects.
- Hawkgirl, from Justice League — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Melman the giraffe from Madagascar — bacillophobia (fear of germs)
- Charlie Brown, from Peanuts — pantophobia (fear of everything)
- From Popetown:
- Father Nicholas — equinophobia (fear of horses)
- Father Romanescu — demonophobia (fear of demons), and fears about everything.
- Bernard, from The Rescuers — triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13)
- From Rugrats and All Grown Up!:
- Chuckie Finster — coulrophobia (fear of clowns), fear of barbers (for one episode), fear of spandex, fear of getting sucked down the bathtub drain (for one episode).
- Tommy Pickles — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- From The Simpsons:
- Homer Simpson — homophobia (fear of homosexuals), and also fears sock puppets.
- Marge Simpson — aviophobia (fear of flying)
- Ralph Wiggum — nyctophobia (fear of the dark)
- Squidward Tentacles, from SpongeBob SquarePants — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Kara In-ze, a.k.a. Supergirl, from Superman: The Animated Series — cheimatophobia (fear of coldness)
- Panthro, from Thundercats — chiroptophobia (fear of bats)
- Silverbolt, from Transformers — acrophobia (fear of heights)
- Tino Tonitini, from The Weekenders — coulrophobia (fear of clowns)
- Ororo Munroe, a.k.a. Storm, from X-Men — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- From Xiaolin Showdown:
- Omi — sciurophobia (fear of squirrels)
- Jack Spicer — nyctophobia (fear of darkness), coulrophobia (fear of clowns), claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), also afraid of being flushed down the toilet.
[edit] Anime/Manga
- Twenty, from A.I. Love You — entomophobia (fear of insects)
- Sakura Kinomoto, from Cardcaptor Sakura — spectrophobia (fear of ghosts)
- Umibōzu, from City Hunter — ailurophobia (fear of cats)
- Stellar Loussier, from Gundam SEED Destiny — necrophobia (fear of death)
- Motoko Aoyama, from Love Hina — cheloniophobia (fear of turtles)
- Shun Mitaka, from Maison Ikkoku — cynophobia (fear of dogs)
- Esteban, from The Mysterious Cities of Gold — acrophobia (fear of heights)
- From Naruto:
- Naruto Uzumaki — spectrophobia (fear of ghosts) [anime filler]
- Tsunade — hemophobia (fear of blood)
- Keima Morisato, from Oh My Goddess! — gynophobia (fear of women)
- Hazuki Fujiwara, from Ojamajo Doremi — spectrophobia (fear of ghosts)
- Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club — astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning)
- Misty, from Pokémon — entomophobia (fear of insects)
- Ranma Saotome, from Ranma ½ — ailurophobia (fear of cats)
- Elie, from Rave Master — astraphobia (fear of thunder)
- Kōsaburo Himuro, from Remote — agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house)
- Naga the Serpent, from Slayers — hemophobia (fear of blood)
- From Urusei Yatsura:
- Shūtarō Mendō — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces) and nyctophobia (fear of the dark)
- Asuka Mizunokōji — androphobia (fear of men)
[edit] Games
- Rikku, from Final Fantasy X — astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning) [fear overcome by the second game]
- Florina, from Fire Emblem — androphobia (fear of men)
- Carla Valenti, from Indigo Prophecy — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Big Boss, from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — chiroptophobia (fear of bats — or specifically, Dracula)
- Raz, from Psychonauts — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Heather Mason, from Silent Hill 3 — eisoptrophobia (fear of one's own reflection)
- From the Sonic the Hedgehog series:
- Blaze the Cat — acrophobia (fear of heights)
- Miles "Tails" Prower — astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning)
- Sonic the Hedgehog — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Celine Jules, from Star Ocean: The Second Story — entomophobia (fear of insects)
- Guy Cecil, from Tales of the Abyss — gynophobia (fear of women)
- Raine Sage, from Tales of Symphonia — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Ayako Katagiri, from Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with you — aquaphobia (fear of water)
[edit] Movies
- Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls — chiroptophobia (fear of bats)
- Claire (Emma Roberts) in Aquamarine — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) in the movie Arachnophobia — arachnophobia (fear of spiders)
- Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in Batman Begins — chiroptophobia (fear of bats)
- Howie (Nick Swardson) in The Benchwarmers — agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house)
- Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) in Body Double — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Sarah Carter (Shauna MacDonald) in The Descent — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in the eponymous trilogy by Steven Spielberg — ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)
- Sherif Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) in Jaws and Jaws 2 — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Lydia González (Rosario Flores) in Talk to Her — ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)
- Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) in The Truman Show — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- David Dunn (Bruce Willis) in Unbreakable — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart) in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo — acrophobia (fear of heights)
[edit] TV shows
- B.A. Barracus (Mr. T) in The A-Team — aviophobia (fear of flying)
- Kelly Peyton (Amy Acker) in Alias — ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)
- Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in The Bionic Woman — ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)
- From Buffy the Vampire Slayer :
- Anya Jenkins (Emma Caulfield) — leporiphobia (fear of rabbits)
- Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon) — coulrophobia (fear of clowns)
- From Charmed:
- Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty) — aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs) — arachnaphobia (fear of spiders)
- Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano) — (fear of losing a sister)
- Paige Matthews (Rose McGowan) — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Lacey Burrows (Gabrielle Miller) in Corner Gas — globophobia (fear of balloons)
- Dr. Susan Lewis (Sherry Stringfield} in ER — aviophobia (fear of flying)
- Bishop Brennan (Jim Norton) in Father Ted — leporiphobia (fear of rabbits)
- Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) in Full House — bacillophobia (fear of germs), molysomophobia (fear of dirt) and ataxophobia (fear of untidyness)
- Meg Austin (Tracey Needham) in JAG — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- From M*A*S*H:
- Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) — ligyrophobia (fear of loud noises)
- Capt. Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) from MacGyver — acrophobia (fear of heights)
- From Monk:
- Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) — obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), bacillophobia (fear of germs), lactophobia (fear of milk), coitophobia (fear of intercourse), lygophobia (fear of being in a dark place), entomophobia (fear of insects), acrophobia (fear of heights), brontophobia (fear of thunderstorms), musophobia (fear of mice), autodysomophobia (fear of one that has a vile odor), ophidiophobia (fear of snakes), ataxophobia (fear of untidiness)...
- Ambrose Monk (John Turturro) — agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house)
- Dave Lister (Craig Charles) in Red Dwarf — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
- Elliot Reid from Scrubs — claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), bacillophobia (fear of germs) and phobophobia (fear of fear itself).
- From The Sentinel:
- Jim Ellison (Richard Burgi) — mild aquaphobia (fear of water)
- Blair Sandburg (Garett Maggart) — acrophobia (fear of heights)
- Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating) from Star Trek: Enterprise — hydrophobia (fear of water and drowning)
- Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli (Jason Wiles) in Third Watch — trypanophobia (fear of needles)
- Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) in The X-Files — pyrophobia (fear of fire)
