Four Philosophy Ensemble / Western Animation

• Avatar: The Last Airbender:
  • Season 1: The sarcastic and logic-oriented Sokka is the Apathetic, happy-go-lucky All-Loving Hero Aang is the Optimist, Team Mom Katara is the Realist, and Zuko, the season's most frequent antagonist, is the Cynic.
• The Backyardigans:
  • Optimist: Uniqua - the Genki Girl who is brave and imaginative.
  • Realist: Tyrone - the sarcastic Only Sane Man who is most likely to point out unusual things.
  • Apathetic: Pablo - the goof-off who is often a foil to Tyrone.
  • Cynic: Tasha - stubborn and afraid to move on.
  • Conflicted: Austin - the shy new kid.
• The main Maximals from Beast Wars practically embody the five philosophies:
  • Realist: Optimus Primal, who's always focused on the mission first and foremost but loyal to his team's needs.
  • Optimist: Cheetor, whose young and eager attitude towards saving the day sometimes leads to him getting in over his head.
  • Cynic: Rattrap, the crass and begrudging member of the team, complete with having "we're all gonna die" as his catchphrase.
  • Apathetic: Rhinox is one of the Brilliant, but Lazy variety, and would rather relax and tinker with his gadgets than fight the Predacons head-on.
  • Conflicted: Dinobot, quietly struggling to balance his more volatile Predacon ideals of warrior honor in the face of the more pacifistic Maximals.
• Goof Troop:
  • The Optimist: Max, who comes up with harebrained schemes on a regular basis.
  • The Cynic: Pete, who is overtly antagonistic and seems to think that he can't win without cheating.
  • The Realist: PJ, the pessimist with a strong moral code.
  • The Apathetic: Goofy, mostly because he's, well, goofy.
• The Penguins of Madagascar:
  • Skipper: The Cynic. Being constantly paranoid, Skipper always sees the worst in others, as well as the worst possible scenario.
  • Kowalski: The realistic. While more on the cynical side of the spectrum, Kowalski's goal is always to see the most realistic and rational side of things.
  • Private: The optimistic. Kind to everyone and always sees the good side of others when his teammates don't.
  • Rico: The apathetic. The oddball of the group, Rico doesn't really express himself that much and is more prone to just following Skipper's orders.
• The main cast of kids on Ready Jet Go! fit into this.
  • The Cynic: Sean. He's usually the most logical of the group and doesn't always agree with Jet's ideas. However, this is downplayed, as Sean is not as mean as most examples.
  • The Optimist: Jet. He's a Genki Guy who always looks on the bright side of things and sees the good in everyone.
  • The Realist: Sydney. She usually meditates between Jet and Sean's differences and balances them out, often acting as the Team Mom towards them.
  • The Apathetic: Mindy. Being a little kid, she just doesn't care either way.
  • If Mitchell is involved, then he'll be either The Cynic, The Apathetic, or The Conflicted (he's not only morally complicated, but he was also insecure about fitting in with the group).
• SpongeBob SquarePants:
  • SpongeBob SquarePants (the Optimist), the energetic Pollyanna who just likes to make everyone happy.
  • Patrick Star (the Apathetic), mostly because he's The Ditz.
  • Squidward Tentacles (the Cynic), a grouchy Deadpan Snarker who has a mutual hatred of practically everyone in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob especially.
  • Sandy Cheeks (the Realist), who is one of the show's smartest and most level-headed characters, a Token Good Teammate and in general the Only Sane Man.
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch Clone Force 99:
  • Hunter (the Conflicted): The Leader who was torn between Crosshair, the Empire and the safety of his comrades. Displays the most concern between his duty and what is right, even if it goes against his better judgement.
  • Crosshair (the Cynic): A Cold Sniper who is supremely negative and corrupt, but did do good...at times.
  • Tech (the Cynic): The Smart Guy who spends most of his time, researching, inventing and calculating. He's a regular problemsolver, with always a plan up his sleeve.
  • Wrecker & Omega (the Optimists): Both display hopeful and charismatic personalities, Wrecker is especially bombastic and Omega is very idealistic.
  • Echo (the Realist): Sensible yet at times critical. He debates the plans of the squad, throwing in more direct suggestions that makes him sound sarcastic at times.
• The Transformers The Decepticon's top hierarchy are shown as this.
  • Megatron is The Cynic. A violent former gladiator who believes might makes right and can be very grouchy. He often prefers to solve his problems through force.
  • Starscream is The Optimist, albeit a villanous self-centered variation. He's determined to become the new Decepticon leader and doesn't let his failures slow him down at all.
  • Soundwave is The Apathetic. He's loyal to Megatron to a fault and is only concerned in following his orders to the letter.
  • Shockwave is The Realist. He believes in logic only and as a mad scientists he's on charge of making sure the Decepticon cause runs as smoothly as possible.

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