Autistic characters in animation?

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Hello everyone!

What characters in animation (cartoons and anime) do you theorize to be an aspie or autie?

I love theorizing about this because it is nice to relate to characters, and I'd like to know what everyone else thinks.

Personally, I think Butters from South Park is autistic, Tomoko Kuroki from Watamote is autistic, Yukari Akiyama from Girls und Panzer is, Ichimatsu Matsuno from Osomatsu-san is, Maud Pie from My Little Pony is, Fluttershy from My Little Pony is, Yoshiko Tsushima from Love Live! Sunshine is, Yui Hirasawa from K-on is, and that is all I can think of off the top of my head. If I can come up with any more, I will edit this post!

Looking forward to seeing any replies!

I've always gotten an autistic vibe off Trowa Barton from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. He tends to be hyperfocused on his mission piloting his giant mecha, he goes about his job in this cold, calculating, and ultra-precise manner, and perhaps most importantly, he seems to be rather oblivious to most social norms. He always struck a chord with me.

Some have pointed toward any of the other four Gundam pilots in the show to have autistic traits, but I'm not so sure. Duo and Quatre don't fit IMO for being respectively too outgoing and too empathic, Heero is just a mission-focused soldier, and Wufei is simply an old-fashioned jerk.

L ,Near, Urushihara, Senku, Heero Yuy, and Trowa Barton Mikasa and Levi Ackerman all give off an Asperger vibe to me.

Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers, and Chris Griffin from Family Guy.

I have heard rumors of SpongeBob SquarePants being autistic and even his voice actor Tom Kenny agrees!

Peter Parker, better known as Spider-Man.

Takumi Fujiwara

Star Butterfly from Star vs The Forces of Evil.

Definitely Yakko, Wakko and Dot from Animaniacs.

Someone wrote this amazing piece about how and why:

https://whencartoonsruletheworld.tumblr.com/post/636154932576288768/the-warner-siblings-are-neurodivergent-and-thats

What about Garfield or Jon Arbuckle?