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'''[[Shortland street]]''' - New Zealand TV Show - character Gerald is asexual. | '''[[Shortland street]]''' - New Zealand TV Show - character Gerald is asexual. | ||
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'''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''' - One known asexual character, Yuki Nagato, and an anti-romantic character (titular). The show doesn't feature any relationships except for platonic ones, although the narrator character does experience some sexual attraction himself. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=37591&hl=] | '''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''' - One known asexual character, Yuki Nagato, and an anti-romantic character (titular). The show doesn't feature any relationships except for platonic ones, although the narrator character does experience some sexual attraction himself. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=37591&hl=] | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 23:54, 9 December 2009
This list is for fictional portrayals of asexual or suspected-asexual characters.
Please expand this list!
MOVIES
Once (2006) Directed by John Carey, Best song (Oscar) 2006
Withnail and I (1987) Directed by Bruce Robinson - the film ends with Withnail saying "Man delights not me, no, nor women neither, nor women neither."[1] (These words are in fact originally taken from a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, act 2, scene 2.[2])
TV SHOWS
Dexter - The title character, a serial killer, feels emotionally divorced from the rest of humanity and has no interest in romance or sex. [3]
Doctor Who - The Doctor's sexuality is ambiguous; his relationship with Rose Tyler has been described as "a love story without the shagging". [4]
Ouran High School Host Club - Haruhi Fujioka, the main character, has no interest in romance and prefers platonic relationships despite being surrounded by attractive males and females. [5]
Shortland street - New Zealand TV Show - character Gerald is asexual.
The Big Bang Theory - American sitcom, character Sheldon Cooper expresses asexual tendencies.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - One known asexual character, Yuki Nagato, and an anti-romantic character (titular). The show doesn't feature any relationships except for platonic ones, although the narrator character does experience some sexual attraction himself. [6]
The Big Bang Theory
See Also
Category:Media in Video Form For television documentaries that focus on asexuality.
