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Fictional Characters from New York

Name these famous fictional characters who were born in New York or moved there.
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Last updated: October 9, 2019
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First submittedFebruary 15, 2014
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Character
Superhero who got bit by a radioactive spider
Spiderman
Grouchy monster of "Sesame Street" who lives in a garbage can
Oscar the Grouch
Central Perk waitress who married Ross twice
Rachel Green
Nunchuck-wielding ninja turtle
Michelangelo
Male model who started a center for kids who can't read good
Derek Zoolander
1920s bootlegger who had great parties at his Long Island mansion
Jay Gatsby
"Catcher in the Rye" narrator
Holden Caulfield
Delivery boy who was frozen and woke up in the year 3000
Philip J. Fry
Gluttonous green ghost who haunted the Sedgewick Hotel before getting busted
Slimer
Jerry Seinfeld's weird next-door neighbor
Cosmo Kramer
Cosmo-sipping sex columnist who buys expensive shoes
Carrie Bradshaw
Little girl of children's books who lives on the tippy-top floor of the Plaza Hotel
Eloise
Head writer for "The Girlie Show"
Liz Lemon
Sicilian gangster who became "The Godfather"
Vito Corleone
"Lovable" icon of 1950s TV married to Cuban band leader
Lucy Ricardo
Handsome ad exec of "Mad Men"
Don Draper
African-American couple who moved on up to the East Side
George and Louise Jefferson
Telepathic X-Men leader
Charles Xavier
New York cop who defeated Euro-terrorists in "Die Hard"
John McClane
He's the cop that won't back down when there's trouble all around.
Shut your mouth!
John Shaft
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Level 36
Apr 28, 2014
Liz Lemon is actually from White Haven PA and technically Gatsby is from North Dakota, he did change his though.
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Level 56
Jul 16, 2015
And did they ever actually confirm that Gatsby was a bootlegger? I thought his past was shrouded in mystery, and that bootlegging was just one of the theories that the women at the first party were talking about.
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Level 67
Dec 13, 2019
It is also strongly implied by Nick's conversation with Meyer Wolfsheim, but it is never stated directly.
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Level 72
Dec 16, 2019
"Name these famous fictional characters who were born in New York or moved there."
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Level 29
May 8, 2014
As far as im aware ross and rachel only ever got married once in friends, drunk in vegas, they never actually got married again.
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Level 50
Sep 29, 2014
On the show, just the once, but I believe it is implied in the Joey spinoff that they do make it work this time: "All my friends are married and having kids" or something similar.
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Level 56
Jul 16, 2015
I agree. It's just the one time in Vegas.
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Level 81
Jul 13, 2015
Was expecting Jerry Seinfeld to be an answer, but then realized that he's not fictional. At least Kramer was included. Quintessential TV show set in NYC (IMHO).
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Level 70
Jul 21, 2015
Aww - was hoping for a Nero Wolfe clue. Best fictional character from New York!
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Level 43
Aug 26, 2015
its hard to concentrate with Nick Carraway smirking away at you like that
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Level 63
Jun 13, 2017
Confused Gatsby with the Wolf of Wall Street because I had the image of DiCaprio in my head.
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Level 93
Dec 13, 2018
yeah jack dawson should work
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Level 85
Mar 22, 2022
He was from Chippewa Falls and never made it to New York.
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Level 39
Feb 12, 2018
why doesn't mikey work?
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Level 66
Jan 20, 2019
The youthful age makeup of the quiz taker demographic is well reflected in "Lucy" being under 50%.
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Level 67
Dec 13, 2019
She's up to 57% now, but that's still a lot lower than I'd expect, especially with "lovable" in the clue.
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Level 84
Oct 6, 2019
I seriously had to know that it's spelled "McClane" instead of Maclean?
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Level 86
Oct 7, 2019
I got it with just "John"
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Level 67
Dec 13, 2019
Clean sounds very different than clane. Clain claine clayn clayne, with mc or mac in front would be (slightly) understandable, but not McClean
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Level 65
Jul 3, 2023
Sifhraven, there is a singer here in the U.S., Don McLean, who is pretty well known for the song American Pie. His name is pronounced like McClane/McClain.
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Level 87
Oct 6, 2019
And we seriously should know that the fictional show was called "The Girlie Show", not "Girly"
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Level ∞
Oct 6, 2019
Okay
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Level 77
Oct 9, 2019
Would you please accept Great Gatsby as well as Jay Gatsby
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Level ∞
Oct 9, 2019
Okay
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Level 69
Oct 10, 2019
Bonus: If you don’t know which TMNT wields the nunchucks and just start guessing, you’ll get “Don Draper” while trying “Donatello”. (Allowing first names only is very generous!)
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Level 63
Oct 11, 2019
That's how I got that answer. I've never seen Mad Men.
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Level 74
Dec 13, 2019
Ditto!
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Level 72
Dec 14, 2019
Double ditto!
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Level 68
Dec 13, 2019
I got Don Draper when I tried typing ‘Don Corleone’ for Godfather.
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Level 77
Oct 9, 2020
me too
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Level 69
Dec 13, 2019
You said Central Perk instead of Central Park on number 3
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Level 68
Dec 13, 2019
Central Perk is the name of the coffee house in Friends
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Level 51
Dec 13, 2019
You can't forget Percy Jackson!
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Level 54
Feb 8, 2020
Of course you can.
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Level 85
Dec 13, 2019
They say that Shaft is one bad mother...
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Level 95
Dec 13, 2019
Yeah, Ross and Rachel were only married once. They got together multiple times, and maybe it's implied that they'll end up getting married again, but just the once on the show.
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Level 77
Oct 9, 2020
I thought Jay Gatsby lived in the fictional town of "West Egg" or something like that.