The Game Changers

ENFP Heroines

Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City

Ahsoka Tano, The Clone Wars

Rapunzel, Tangled

Moana, Moana

Ariel, The Little Mermaid

Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

Piper Chapman, Orange is the New Black

Marla Singer, Fight Club

Cookie Lyon, Empire

Eve (Judeo-Christian mythology)

Jess Day, New Girl

Phoebe Buffay, Friends

Dory, Finding Dory

Alice Cullen, Twilight

ENFP Heroes

Anakin Skywalker, The Star Wars Saga

Peter Parker “Spider-man,” Spider-man

Peter Quill “Star Lord,” Guardians of the Galaxy

Sam Wilson “Falcon,” The Avengers

Simba, The Lion King

Robin Hood, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Wolfgang Mozart, Amadeus

Renly Baratheon, Game of Thrones

Thoros of Myr, Game of Thrones

Apollo (Greek mythology)

Miles Morales “Spider-man,” Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse

Peeta Mellark, Hunger Games

Finn, Star Wars Saga

Korg, Thor

Michael Scott, The Office

Ezra Bridger, Star Wars: Rebels

Pikachu, Pokemon

BB-8, Star Wars Saga

Peter Pan, Peter Pan

Riggan Thompson, Birdman

Justinian, Far Away Bird

ENFP – The Game Changer

In fiction, what do ENFP characters all have in common?

Independence. Originality. Optimism.

The Game Changer is a self-made heroic figure, whose strategies and outlook are avant-garde. You tend to break the mold and start something original and fresh. Many examples of this personality type show a pattern of being an outsider who achieves great success. You aren’t always part of the in-crowd and often quarrel with the high elders of the status quo. One interesting aspect that recurs with the Game Changer is that these characters often feature a defection from their native culture. Your imaginative and extroverted dimensions cause you to be ill-at-ease with anything that expects conformity and so you set out to seek a greater destiny far from home. Therefore, you have a hard time adapting to existing systems and simply invent new ones, no matter how difficult or uncharted. Although you almost always prefer to go it alone, the solitary heroic quest you undertake needs company. Game Changers are social animals, but few can understand the game plan and even fewer can match the energy and will. Successful solitary efforts tend to attract heroic partners over time.

You are one of the few heroic personalities that is comfortable in high places of an institution or walking out on them and roguishly going your own way. Your passions are infused with a tendency toward action, which often makes you the lone dissenter and most likely person to walk away from bad company. You are half nobility, half outlaw. This means that many ENFP characters may be part of the establishment, but end up adopting anti-establishment attitudes. Interestingly, due to their peculiar blend of personality dimensions, their rarely become embittered by the breakup. You hate negativity and don’t see how it serves any venture. Instead, most Game Changers set off and start something new. Your creative imagination allows you to trail-blaze a path into uncharted territory where you could either meet your doom or find tremendous fortunes.

Game Changers set precedents, and so you often carry on with minimal counsel and sometimes little if any support. Self-doubt sometimes mars your leadership potential. You are both emotional and analytical, so when you don’t understand the big picture, you’re likely to slip into frustrated inaction. Because you are self-made, your expressive attitude and talents often come off as arrogant or dismissive. Make no mistake—the Game Changer is a very heroic personality. You can individualistically change the world with your breakthrough perspectives and innovations. However, you are prone to setbacks. Self-corrective measures are often lacking because you follow your own path, opening you up to errors of judgment, impatience, or impulsiveness. You sometimes lack the real world grounding to predict challenges or keep track of the tedious details. Personal experience is your best mentor, but a tough teacher. When struck with inaction, the Game Changer usually chooses to jump into the deep end of the pool and hopes he or she can swim. Either way, if you trust yourself, you can change the world, either in small ways or epic. But if you can get your house in order, you are the catalyst. You are the source of dynamism and originality.

When Game Changers Become Villains

Well, this is awkward. None of the characters studied were villains with an ENFP personality. That means that Game Changers trend decisively toward the forces of good, at least in fiction. Looking over the list below, there are some dubious characters, but none of them are outright villains. Perhaps your optimistic outlook in protects you somewhat from the clutches of villainy. If so, then see to it that you continue to see the world as a vibrant and wonderful place with endless opportunities for good.

But don’t get too self-righteous! Although Game Changers villains are rare in fiction, there’s always the danger of turning to dark side. Keep in mind that Anakin Skywalker is a headliner of this personality type and he becomes one of the greatest villains of all time. A fascinating observation: Anakin actually changes his personalities when he turns to the dark side and becomes Darth Vader. He goes from an ENFP to a ISTJ. In other words, Darth Vader is Anakin’s exact personality opposite. Biblical Eve is also an ENFP and like Anakin, she too gives into the temptation of the dark side. So, this dark potential is up to you to resist.

Frequency

According to the “MBTI Manual” published by CPP, the Game Changer accounts for 8.1% of the world population. 6.9% of men and 9.7% of women are ENFPs.