List of fictional military brats
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This is a list of fictional military brats. The term military brat refers to a person whose parent(s) were in the military while they were growing up. These fictional people have backstories which indicate they may have shared this common culture. 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[edit]
- Jack Reacher - from the novels by Lee Child[3]
- Chiasa Hikoyu Brown - character from Midnight and the Meaning of Love by Sister Souljah
- Cassie Sullivan - from the novel series The 5th Wave
Comic books[edit]
- General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, enemy of the Hulk. (US Army).[4]
- Betty Ross, daughter of General Ross from the comic book The Incredible Hulk. (US Airforce).[5]
- Bucky Barnes, also known as the Winter Soldier. (US Army).[6]
- Lois Lane, wife of Superman[7]
- Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow was adopted by a Soviet Soldier. (Soviet Union Army)
- Kate and Beth Kane, identical twin daughters of two career US Army officers.[8]
Film and television[edit]
- Margaret Houlihan - played by Sally Kellerman and Loretta Swit in the film MASH and television series M*A*S*H[9]
Television[edit]
- Lee "Apollo" Adama - one of the main characters in both Battlestar Galactica series; his father is Commander William "Husker" Adama
- Athena Adama - daughter of Commander Adama, Battlestar Galactica (1978 series)
- Zac Adama - Commander Adama's second son, Battlestar Galactica, both series
- Kate Austen - played by Evangeline Lilly in the television series Lost
- Bobby Briggs - played by Dana Ashbrook in the TV series Twin Peaks; his father is Major Garland Briggs
- Jay Burchell - played by Matt Bomer in Traveler
- 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]
- Olivia Dunham — played by Anna Torv on the television series Fringe[14]
- Elmo - puppeteered by Kevin Clash on Sesame Street, his father Louie was introduced in the Sesame Street: Talk, Listen, Connect program designed for military families for young children.
- Stephen Franklin - Chief Medical Officer of Babylon 5; was 4th generation military, and a 3rd generation brat
- Kelly Gibbs - 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[15]
- Dr. Mark Greene - played by Anthony Edwards in the television series ER[16]
- Gustav Patton "Gus" Griswald - voiced by Courtland Mead in the television series Recess[17]
- Misa Hayase (Lisa Hayes) - from the anime Macross (Robotech)[18]
- Dr. Gregory House - played by Hugh Laurie in the television series House[19]
- Aiden Hanna Sam and Michelle Hanna son ,Kamren elder brother played by Tye White in the television series NCIS: Los Angeles
- Kathryn Janeway - played by Kate Mulgrew; daughter of Admiral Edward Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager
- Geordi La Forge - played by LeVar Burton in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation[20]
- 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[21]
- Thomas Magnum - played by Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I.
- Noah Mayer - played by Jake Silbermann in the soap opera As the World Turns, 2007—2010
- Ellie Nash - played by Stacey Farber in Degrassi: The Next Generation[22]
- Tom Paris - played by Robert Duncan McNeill in Star Trek: Voyager; his father was Admiral Owen Paris[23]
- Harmon Rabb - played by David James Elliott in JAG[24]
- Bud Roberts - played by Patrick Labyorteaux in JAG[25]
- Arizona Robbins M.D. - played by Jessica Capshaw in Grey's Anatomy; Daughter of United States Marine Corps Colonel Daniel Robbins
- Catherine Rollins - played by Michelle Borth in the 2010 remake of Hawaii Five-0; her character was the daughter of a Navy serviceman.
- Rosita - played by Carmen Osbahr on Sesame Street, her father Pablo, who lost use of his legs in military service, was introduced in the Sesame Street: Talk, Listen, Connect program for military families with young children to help come to terms with the serious injury of a loved one.
- Dana Scully - from the television series The X-Files[26]
- Spencer Shay and Carly Shay - from iCarly
- Jake Sisko - played by Cirroc Lofton - from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; son of United Federation of Planets Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko.
- AC Slater - played by Mario López in the television series Saved by the Bell[27]
- Jill Taylor - played by Patricia Richardson in the television series Home Improvement[28]
- Kara "Starbuck" Thrace - from Battlestar Galactica[29]
- Maddie Tyler - in television series NCIS
- Shane Vansen - one of the main characters of the television series Space: Above and Beyond[30]
- 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
Film[edit]
- 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
- Lloyd Dobler - played by John Cusack in the film Say Anything...; Army brat
- Maddie Dolan - played by Hayden Panettiere in the Disney television film Tiger Cruise[31]
- Ricky Fitts - played by Wes Bentley in the film American Beauty; father is Colonel Frank Fitts
- O-Ren Ishii - played by Lucy Liu in Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill
- Ben Meecham - played by Michael O'Keefe in the film The Great Santini[32]
- Mary Anne Meecham — played by Lisa Jane Persky in the film The Great Santini[32]
- LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell - played by Tom Cruise; cocky young United States Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot in the film Top Gun
- Brian Moreland - played by Timothy Hutton in the film Taps
- Kim (full name Kimball O'Hara) - 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
- Doug Masters - played by Jason Gedrick in the film Iron Eagle
Video games[edit]
- 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 says he/she was "a regular Navy brat")
- Lucas Kane - main character from the video game Indigo Prophecy
References[edit]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Lee Child and Jack Reacher official website Archived 2007-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Defenders: Strange Heroes #1
- ↑ Marvel Universe on General Thaddeus Ross Marvel Universe on Betty Ross
- ↑ Original Sin #1 (2014), Marvel Comics
- ↑ Smallville episode "Gone" and Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13 (November 1959)
- ↑ Detective Comics #858 (October 2009)
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 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[permanent dead link] p 30.
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Encounter at Farpoint"
- ↑ Fringe episode "Ability"
- ↑ Father is Colonel Gladstone, Full House episode "Viva Las Joey"
- ↑ ER episode "All in the Family"
- ↑ Recess episode "Parent's Night"
- ↑ Daughter of Admiral Takashi Hayase Macross Anime Net
- ↑ House episode "Daddy's Boy."
- ↑ Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Imaginary Friend"
- ↑ JAG episodes "We the People" and "Rendezvous"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise Archived 2007-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Interview with Mary Wertsch Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading[edit]
- 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
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