List of fictional military brats
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This is a list of fictional military brats.[1][2] The term military brat refers to a person whose parent(s) were in the military while they were growing up.[1][2] These fictional people have backstories which indicate they may have shared this common culture.[1][2] Real military brats can be found at list of military brats, as can an article about American military brats and also the article about subcultures of military brats in a number of different English-speaking countries.[1][2]
Literature
- Jack Reacher — from the novels by Lee Child[3]
- Qiwi Lin Lisolet - Character in the Hugo Award-winning Science Fiction novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge.
Film and television
- Lee "Apollo" Adama - One of the main characters in both Battlestar Galactica series.[4]
- Athena Adama - Daughter of Commander Adama - Battlestar Galactica -[5]
- Zac Adama - Commander Adama's 2nd son - Battlestar Galactica[6]
- Kate Austen - played by Evangeline Lilly in the television series Lost.
- Kate Brewster from the Terminator films - played by Claire Danes in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and Bryce Dallas Howard in Terminator Salvation
- Sean Boswell — played by Lucas Black in the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift[7]
- Bobby Briggs - played by Dana Ashbrook in the TV series Twin Peaks".[8]
- Jay Burchell - played by Matt Bomer in Traveler[9]
- Rev. Eric Camden—played by Stephen Collins on the series 7th Heaven[10]
- Samantha "Sam" Carter from the television show Stargate SG-1[11]
- Sara Crewe—main character in A Little Princess.[12]
- Wesley Crusher — played by Wil Wheaton in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation[13]
- Maddie Dolan — played by Hayden Panettiere in the Disney television film Tiger Cruise[14]
- Olivia Dunham — played by Anna Torv on the television series Fringe[15]
- Ricky Fitts — played by Wes Bentley in the film American Beauty[16]
- Stephen Franklin - Chief Medical Officer of Babylon 5 was 4th generation military, and a 3rd gen brat.
- Kelly Gibbs, the deceased daughter of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former marine, in the television series NCIS
- Joey Gladstone — played by Dave Coulier in the television series Full House[17]
- Dr. Mark Greene - played by Anthony Edwards in the television series ER[18]
- Gustav Patton "Gus" Griswald — voiced by Courtland Mead in the television series Recess[19]
- Misa Hayase (Lisa Hayes) — from the anime Macross (Robotech)[20]
- Margaret Houlihan — played by Sally Kellerman & Loretta Swit in the film MASH and television series M*A*S*H[21]
- Dr. Gregory House — played by Hugh Laurie in the television series House[22]
- O-Ren Ishii - played by Lucy Liu in Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill[23]
- Kathryn Janeway - played by Kate Mulgrew Daughter of Admiral Edward Janeway Star Trek: Voyager.
- Kim (full name Kimball O'Hara) the orphaned son of an Irish soldier in British India in the novel Kim by Rudyard Kipling; filmed in 1950 (Kim) starring Dean Stockwell as Kim and Errol Flynn, and 1984 (Kim) with Ravi Seth as Kim.
- Lois Lane - Wife of Superman[24]
- Rory "Riot" Llewelyn, lead singer of The Stingers from the animated series Jem.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee Played by Sean Murray in NCIS
- Brick Mac Arthur-Played by Jon Cor in Total Drama Revenge of the Island
- Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie - played by Catherine Bell in JAG[25]
- Thomas Magnum - played by Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I.
- Doug Masters — played by Jason Gedrick in the film Iron Eagle[26]
- Noah Mayer — played by Jake Silbermann in the American soap opera As the World Turns from 2007—2010.
- Ben Meecham — played by Michael O'Keefe in the film The Great Santini[27]
- Mary Anne Meecham — played by Lisa Jane Persky in the film The Great Santini[27]
- LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise, a cocky young United States Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot in the film Top Gun.
- Brian Moreland — played by Timothy Hutton in the film Taps[28]
- Ellie Nash - played by Stacey Farber in Degrassi: The Next Generation[29]
- Tom Paris - played by Robert Duncan McNeill in Star Trek: Voyager his father was Admiral Owen Paris[30]
- Harmon Rabb - played by David James Elliott in JAG[31]
- Bud Roberts --- Played by Patrick Labyorteaux in JAG[32]
- Betty Ross, daughter of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross from the comic book The Incredible Hulk[33]
- Dana Scully - from the television series The X-Files[34]
- Spencer Shay and Carly Shay from iCarly
- AC Slater — played by Mario López in the television series Saved by the Bell[35]
- Jill Taylor — played by Patricia Richardson in the television series Home Improvement[36]
- Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from Battlestar Galactica[37]
- Maddie Tyler fictional character in television series NCIS
- Shane Vansen - one of the main characters of the television series Space: Above and Beyond[38]
- The Walker children: John, Susan, Titty, Roger and Bridget in the Swallows and Amazons series; their father is in the Navy.
- Poussey Washington, played by Samira Wiley in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black
- Kashif Kirmani - one of the main characters in Alpha Bravo Charlie.
- Gulsher Khan - one of the main characters in Alpha Bravo Charlie.
- Shahnaaz Sher - from the television miniseries (drama) Alpha Bravo Charlie.
- Frank Reagan, his four children and grandsons - from the television show "Blue Bloods" are all military brats.
Video games
- Fox McCloud - from the StarFox series of video games
- Commander Shepard from Mass Effect - one of the three possible backgrounds (at one point, the Commander even says he/she was "a regular Navy brat").
- Lucas Kane, main character from the video game Indigo Prophecy.
See also
- Ender, Morton. "Military Brat: Film Representations of Children from Military Families" Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 32, No. 1, 24-43 (2005)
- Annika Hylmö "Internationally Mobile Children in Children's Fictional Literature: Legitimate Reflection or Reflecting Legitimation?" In Military Brats and Other Global Nomads: Growing Up in Organization Families 2002
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ender, Morton. "Military Brat: Film Representations of Children from Military Families" Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 32, No. 1, 24-43 (2005)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Annika Hylmö "Internationally Mobile Children in Children's Fictional Literature: Legitimate Reflection or Reflecting Legitimation?" In Military Brats and Other Global Nomads: Growing Up in Organization Families 2002
- ↑ Lee Child and Jack Reacher official website
- ↑ Lee Adama's father is Commander William "Husker" Adama Battlestar Galactica Miniseries
- ↑ The original series,
- ↑ both Series.
- ↑ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- ↑ His father is Major Garland Briggs.
- ↑ Traveler Pilot
- ↑ 7th Heaven episode "Seven is Enough" introduces Eric's father Colonel John Camden.
- ↑ Stargate SG-1 episode "Threads"
- ↑ Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library p 30.
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Encounter at Farpoint."
- ↑ Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise
- ↑ Fringe episode "Ability."
- ↑ Father is Colonel Frank Fitts American Beauty
- ↑ Father is Colonel GladstoneFull House episode "Viva Las Joey".
- ↑ ER episode "All in the Family"
- ↑ Recess episode "Parent's Night"
- ↑ Daughter of Admiral Takashi Hayase Macross Anime Net
- ↑ Proudly admits that she is an Army Brat. M*A*S*H* episode "Aid Station" (Season 3: Episode 19). Father is Colonel Alvin "Howitzer Al" Houlihan M*A*S*H episode "Father's Day"
- ↑ House episode "Daddy's Boy."
- ↑ Kill Bill
- ↑ Smallville Episode "Gone" and Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13 (November 1959)
- ↑ JAG episodes "We the People" and "Rendezvous"
- ↑ Iron Eagle
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Interview with Mary Wertsch
- ↑ Taps
- ↑ Degrassi: The Next Generation episode "Whisper to a Scream"
- ↑ Star Trek: Voyager Episode 84 "Hunters" originally aired 1998.
- ↑ Opening credits for seasons 2-3.
- ↑ Jag episode "Wedding Bell Blues"
- ↑ Marvel Universe on General Thaddeus Ross Marvel Universe on Betty Ross
- ↑ Captain William "Bill" Scully The X-Files episode "One Breath"
- ↑ Saved by the Bell episode "Aloha Slater"
- ↑ Home Improvement episode "The Colonel"
- ↑ Battlestar Galactica episode "Exodus, pt II"
- ↑ Space: Above and Beyond episode "The Dark Side of the Sun"
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