Protagonists Who Knew How to Make Mischief

Scifi Month banner. Shows #ScifiMonth hashtag and two planets in background.This month I’m participating in the Scifi Month challenge that was created by the bloggers at One More. Click on the link in that last sentence for more information or to sign up yourself. There is still time to pick a few of their prompts and join in if you’re interested.

The prompt for today was “aim to misbehave.” Science fiction is filled to the brim with characters who excel at getting into trouble, so I’m narrowing it down to protagonists (or people close to them) who were mischievous in a positive, humorous way. That is, they never got into the scrapes they do with the intention of harming anyone! It was all done in good fun. 

Bender from Futurama Dancing

Bender from Futurama

Bender was high-tech industrial metalworking robot. Specifically, he was created to bend  structural steel without heating it up first.

Let’s just say that the plan for this robot’s life wasn’t necessarily all that related to who he turned out to be after he left the factory where he was assembled.

Yes, Bender was physically capable of bending just about any physical object you can imagine, but what he was really interested in was bending the rules. Often, he bent them until they broke not out of malice but because he enjoyed seeing how life played out when things don’t go according to schedule.

Humans fascinated and horrified him. He thought he hated them until he met a few special people who changed his mind. Even with his humans of choice, though, he always wanted to know just how far he could push the limits while still making his antics funny.

Luci the demon from Disenchantment lying on the floor saying "I am not a cat." He then stands up and says "Ah, whatever. I'm going to go lay down in the window."

Luci from Disenchantment

Disenchantment is one of those shows that straddles the line between science fiction and fantasy, so I’m including it in this list.  Luci is one of those demons that is far more good than he’d ever care to admit.

Like a cat, he has a strong desire for napping, independence, and not necessarily doing what the humans want him to. When push comes to shove, he’s going to land on the side of the good guys even if it means avoiding that sunbeam and not having that afternoon nap after all.

Just don’t expect him to avoid every mischievous temptation along the way. If there’s a way to get into the amusing kind of trouble while also helping his buddies, he’s going to find it.

 

Gif description: Bart Simpson shooting a water balloon with the help of a rubber launcher.

Bart Simpson

The only reasonable conclusion I can make about The Simpsons is that it’s set in a science fiction or fantasy world. How else could you explain all of the impossible things that happen in it?

Bart is one of the most mischievous characters I’ve ever met. There barely seems to be a single second of the day that passes by without him plotting his next funny trick.

 

Gif of Fred and George Weasley saying "wicked."

Fred and George Weasley

If I’d written the Harry Potter series, I would have made Fred and George the protagonists of at least one of the books! They deserved more attention than they got, and I think it would have been hilarious to see all of the hijinks these brothers got into that they maybe never got around to telling Harry about.

For example, I would have loved to see the moment when they first discovered how the Marauders Map works.

Who are your favourite mischievous protagonists or other good guys?

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6 Responses to Protagonists Who Knew How to Make Mischief

  1. Fred and George were great mischief makers. Loved when the sabotaged the OWL’s.

  2. Lol, I adore all these characters!
    Futurama is more my speed than the Simpsons though.

  3. I love Fred and George <3 They definitely should have been the protagonists of their own story!!

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