We don’t ask much of our fictional characters. All they really need to do is move the plot forward, perform some sweet house kicks , and be hilariously cute. We don’t need them to be smart —that would be greedy, too.
Still, sometimes they accidentally utter a profundity or two. For Redditor mike_aurand, it was when Bond villain Elliot Carver said in Tomorrow Never Dies, “The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success,” or when Robert De Niro told Al Pacino, “Don’t get stuck in anything you’re not willing to quit in 30 seconds if you feel the heat around the corner,” in Heat .
Come to think of it, both lines are pretty bad. Like, this guy is literally a Bond villain. Yet, they still started asking r/askreddit, “What’s the best life lesson you’ve ever learned from a fictional character?”
Doctor Who
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Dune
Alice in Wonderland
Game of Thrones
The world is not enough
The Wizard of Oz
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Pokemon: The First Movie
Adventure Time
Community
The Lion King
The Dark Knight
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Futurama
Ferris Bueller Day
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
The Shawshank Redemption
Cool Hand Luke
The Simpsons
