Gurney Halleck: ISTP

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Dune, Frank Herbert

Dominant Introverted Thinking (Ti): Gurney likes to silently analyze his situation and his environment, whether there’s a lot or a little going on around him. He prefers to teach Paul how to fight with practice alone, nearly eschewing spoken instructions altogether (Ti-Se). Gurney’s decision-making process is almost entirely based on logic, especially deductive logic, and only by using reason can anyone convince him of anything. After the death of Duke Leto and the disappearances of Jessica and Paul, Gurney is not above going outside the law to continue opposing the House Harkonnen.

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Alia Atreides: ESFP

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Dune, Frank Herbert

Dominant Extraverted Sensing (Se): Alia likes to experience the physical side of life. Unusually among the women of her society, she likes fighting with a knife (in fact, she is called “Saint Alia of the Knife”) – and much like her brother, Paul, she is about as good as anyone in the known universe in her teenage years. As soon as she becomes a teenager, Alia embraces her sexuality, which gets her in trouble on more than one occasion. Alia has a penchant for quick action (she kills Vladimir Harkonnen when she is still a very young child), but she is often unaware of the long-term implications of her actions.

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O’Dell – October Sky: ISFP

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October Sky

Dominant Introverted Feeling (Fi): O’Dell is a person of deep, powerful emotions, but those emotions are hardly ever allowed to surface. And on the rare occasions when he does express his feelings openly, it’s never in words, but always in actions. For example, O’Dell never once mentions the tragic mining accident that killed his father; the audience doesn’t find out about it until Homer (unwisely) chooses to repeat the story . . . upsetting O’Dell so much that he can’t restrain himself from physically attacking Homer, one of his closest friends. O’Dell is also something of an individualist; unlike Roy Lee (tertiary Fe), O’Dell appears unconcerned about the damage that the Rocket Boys’ unpopular activities may cause to their social reputations at school. In general, established rules and codes seem to matter relatively little in his mind; it was his idea to take apart the (apparently) unused railroad track for scrap metal; and he’s untroubled by the fact that this scheme is actually highly illegal.

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Vernon Dursley: ESTJ

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Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling

Dominant Extroverted Thinking (Te): Vernon is first and foremost an efficient person. His life revolves around his job as a corporate executive, from the hours he spends at in his office (he is concerned about how he will go to work when in hiding from Voldemort) to the business deals that he negotiates at home. He also clearly likes being a hard-driving boss and directs his family on exactly what to say and do when he hosts a potential client at his house. Vernon places a high value on punctuality and hard work and looks down his nose at anyone who doesn’t have a steady job or show up for appointments on time.

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Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes): INFP

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Calvin And Hobbes

Dominant Introverted Feeling (Fi): Calvin follows his own path at all times and doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him. He doesn’t seem very emotional at first, but this is just because he expresses his feelings in ways that aren’t generally socially acceptable. He despises anyone who tries to control him or allows themselves to be controlled. He never plays with other children not because he doesn’t want a companion, but because he sees them all as sheep (“Today for show and tell I’ve brought a tiny marvel of nature: a single snowflake. I think we all might learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal. . . turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water, just like every other one, when you bring it into the classroom. And now, while the analogy sinks in, I’ll be leaving you drips and going outside”). In his loneliness, he creates Hobbes, someone as independent as him.

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Doran Martell: INTJ

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A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin

Dominant Introverted Intuition (Ni): Doran’s political career is largely characterized by two components: precaution and long-term planning. Those two characteristics are key to understanding his political actions. His Ni is especially easy to spot if you look at his goal of restoring the Targaryen dynasty to the Iron Throne. He plots over decades and contacts various magisters in Essos, as well as Willem Darry, then protector of Viserys and Daenerys, with whom he made a deal to marry Arianne when Viserys is ready to claim the rulership. So over decades, his political goals remained unchanged, them being revenge on the Lannisters and restoring Viserys III, and later Daenerys to the throne.

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Tyler Joseph: INFP

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Dominant Introverted Feeling (Fi): Tyler appears to be aware and practising his personal values, often stemming from his Christian faith which teaches kindness to the disadvantaged. This value is illustrated when he momentarily stops showing to help those in need. As an example, he asked security to help out an audience member having a panic attack during a performance. He is unafraid to challenge the mainstream music scene in preference for his own unique style of musical composition. Tyler is also mindful of how his own emotions are affected by his internal thoughts and external environment.

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Sybill Trelawney: INFP

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Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling

Dominant Introverted Feeling (Fi): Professor Trelawney has a high and highly distorted opinion of herself. She sees and presents herself as a great seer who speaks prophetic words on a daily basis when in reality, she can’t really predict anything correctly while in a conscious state. From the beginning of her lessons, she makes it clear that she disdains most things that can be learned from books. Instead, Professor Trelawney holds her own opinions on her subject as sacrosanct. She marks her students up for agreeing with her, and when she is put on probation, she takes it so badly that she can barely function in her classroom.

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Trip – Pokémon: INTP

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Pokémon Anime Franchise

Dominant Introverted Intuition (Ni): From a young age, Trip wants to train and battle with Pokemon. More specifically, he wants to defeat Alder, the champion of the Unova region, in a Pokemon battle from the time he meets his one-time hero in early childhood. Trip always has an idea of how every battle will end before it even starts, and he uses this ability to judge which battles will help him improve the most (Ni-Te). To Trip, experience and popularity are not necessarily indicators of strength; at the very beginning of his journey, he battles Ash, who has already battled a great deal before, with the full intention of winning––which he does. As Trip himself gets stronger, he starts to believe that he can and will defeat anybody, even regional champions; to prove his point, he chooses a poor strategy in his long-awaited match with Alder, insisting that the result would be the same no matter what. Trip is a largely defensive trainer who lets his opponents attack him first instead of trying to seize the initiative right away in battle.

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Stephan – Pokémon: ISTP

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Pokémon Anime Franchise

Dominant Introverted Thinking (Ti): Although Stephan can be an impatient trainer, he will take a second to think over his situation before he acts. He will quickly and silently analyze each battle he is in, and then unleash his full fury on his opponents. Outside of battle, he will thoroughly examine his weaknesses and those of his Pokémon and will come up with unique ways to counter them. He figures things out alone, with no need for studying or having a mentor. Stephan can be a little too honest when criticizing people, and will sometimes step on their toes by accident. His name has an unusual pronunciation (it’s pronounced ste-FAHN, not STEF-en or Steven), and he always takes a moment to correct the people (i.e. practically everybody) who get his name wrong.

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Peter Quill / Star-Lord: ENTP

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Dominant Extraverted Intuition (Ne): Peter is good at figuring things out, but not making long-term plans, like when he distracted Ronin and grabbed the Orb so the planet wouldn’t be destroyed. Sometimes he spaces out, which allows Gamora to attack him to steal the Orb and get hit in the head at the prison. Before the Guardians go to stop Ronin, he tries to give them hope by giving them a pep talk.

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Oliver Queen: ESTP

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Arrow

Dominant Extroverted Sensing (Se): Oliver works through stress using physical activities, such as working out and sleeping around. He decides to take down those on his father’s list in a very straightforward, literal, and unconventional way. He sometimes takes too much on, such as trying to run a business and fight crime at the same time. He lives in the moment, not thinking about how he’ll continue his mission when he’s older.

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