Fictional characters that resemble Chris -

[Ignatius]

Inspired by the latest Facebook profile picture being compared to Ginger from That Mitchell and Webb Look, I was wondering, has any characters on TV, cinema, literature and whatnot resembled to Chris? I always saw him as a mix between Randy from My Name is Earl and Kevin from The Office, until I read John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces and I was exposed to Ignatius J. Reilly. In case you have not read it, well...

30 years old obnoxious hypocritical overweight slob living in the South with their widowed mother in a rundown house who are unemployed while having a dubious college degree and excuse himself by sham medical reasons and find himself in trouble with the authorities due to his highly idiosynchrastic train of thought that he pretends everyone to understand and live accordingly. His hobby seems to be complain about things he dislikes every interesting bit on his life seems to be motivated by three things: Trying to impress an epistolary female friend so he can lose his virginity with widly absurd iniciatives, fanciful writing projects who he assures will bring him fame and respect but in reality are half-baked doodles lying around his bedroom and, thirdly, being coerced by his mother after getting in trouble due to a car accident. He also is sure everything was perfect in an idyllic past and is generally tricked by others to do things for their own amusement, only having him realize this afterwards.

Eerie, huh? I hope if they ever make a movie out of the book (which seems unlikely) they will know where to take cue for an updated version.

It makes me wonder how many people like Chris have lived along the centuries that we only midly suspect.

 

[CatParty]

He's a human Garfield.

 

[DJAndyMD]

I was going to make a thread like this but you beat me to it so I will share my thought here.

I was playing No More Heroes 2 and I got to the boss named Matt Helms. He was neglected by his parents and sold his soul to the devil in order to be immortal, he kllls anybody who gets in his way and is essentially a giant manchild who is fat like Chris and wears a mask that is creepy.

I'd imagine Matt Helms is what Chris would be like if he had gone so mentally insane and became a killer.

 

[Dollars2010]

The one time I saw the Human Centipede 2 I thought the guy looked kind of similar to Chris in a way:

Spoiler

 

[Thepicklesuit]

He's a human Garfield.

I agree I couldn't stop laughing when I read that.

 

[GroundUpSweetheart]

I think Charlie Evans is the live-action Comic Chris; he bears a tiny resemblance to a younger, slim Chris and acts exactly like Chris would if he actually had superpowers.

 

[Kindness Coin]

Sammy

 

[Bey98]

Perhaps Comic Book Guy (with the pony tail and all)

 

[CWCissey]

Harry from Dumb and Dumber.

 

[Francine StripeCheer]

Other people have said the same. But there are differences - most notably, Reilly is genuinely intelligent

 

[Satoru182]

Perhaps Comic Book Guy (with the pony tail and all)

MM Yeah, but the CBGuy has a Job is quite intelligent albeit socially awkward and can assume more hygienic.

To me CWC is like a adult Cartman would be, except less intelligent and charismatic.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

Don't forget Ignatius loved to masturbate, and one time he brought his cum stained sheet to work to use for a flag for some strike. Kinda reminds me of Chris and his baby blanket.

 

[Golly]

I've always kind of thought Buster from Arrested Development was rather Chris-like.

 

[Shadow Fox]

He's a human Garfield.

Garfield at least makes a cute plush toy.

I wouldn't want to see a toy version of Chris.

 

[Coldgrip]

Randy from Dead Rising 2.

 

[Bouquet]

I made this thread a few months ago and made the same connection. If Chris were better educated/more well read, he would be a living Ignatius.

 

[RP 520]

"Dr." Steve Brule

 

[Ignatius]

Gosh, I hadn't hear of "Dr." Steve Brule before... it's truly something special...? And I could totally see him as a grown-up Cartman.

I made this thread a few months ago and made the same connection. If Chris were better educated/more well read, he would be a living Ignatius.

Oh! Sorry, I tried to look similar threads but didn't find any. But yeah, basically if Chris had obsessed over Medieval theology instead of 90's children's cartoons he would be Ignatius.

 

[drtoboggan]

This could be a bit of a tangent, but I'm gonna go with it.

OP mentioned Ignatius Reilly. If you took away the intelligence, he most certainly would be. Even with the intelligence, their behaviors are very similar. Odd sartorial tastes, tard raging at the media, chronic unemployment (Ignatius had a bit more luck since he could barely hold more than one job), being the world's butt monkey...that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Regarding the possibility of a film adaptation (here's the tangential part): it's been floating around Hollywood for decades now. John Belushi and Chris Farley have been attached to it as the protagonist. However, much like Watchmen, it has generally been considered unfilmable. There's an alleged curse attached to the script as the two actors I mentioned before (also tapped to play Atuk the Eskimo) died prematurely. If memory serves, John Candy was also considered. Personally, I think it can be done. If Watchmen can be adapted fairly faithfully, so can Confederacy.

Other tangent: the soda Dr. Nut that Reilly drank like CWC drinks Fanta was a real drink. Almond soda. No joke.

Another tangent: the life of Confederacy's writer is at least as interesting as the book. Has many parallels with Ignatius, but a much more depressing ending. Confederacy was published posthumously, as Toole committed suicide before it went on to become a modern classic.

 

[Henry Bemis]

It's taken this long before anyone's said Jabba the Hutt? Color me disappointed.