List of fictional pansexual characters

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Jim Cummings is the voice of Lord Boxman, a pansexual character in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

This is a list of pansexual characters in fiction, i.e. characters that identify as pansexual or are identified by outside parties to be pansexual. Pansexuality is the sexual, romantic or emotional attraction towards people regardless of their biological sex or gender identity.[1][2] While pansexuality is at times viewed as a sexual orientation in its own right, at other times it's viewed as a branch of bisexuality, to indicate an alternative sexual identity.[2][3][4]

This list contains characters across various forms of media that are pansexual, listed in alphabetical order by surname in each section. In the case where characters are identified with only a single name (either first or last) or by a title, that is used instead. To be listed here, characters have to either state in-universe that they are bisexual, be identified as such by either someone involved in the work they appear in, or a reliable, third-party source.

The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.

Animated series[]

Character Title Duration Actor Notes Ref.
Ali Big Mouth 2019 – present Ali Wong She is openly pansexual, although her explanation of her pansexuality, as compared to bisexuality, was criticized by various LGBTQ people on social media.[5][6] In later episodes, Ali begins dating a quiet female student named Samira and later Jessi Glaser. [7]
Ally Amphibia 2019–present Melissa Villaseñor Ally is in a same-sex relationship with Jess, running an internet video channel named "IT Gals" with her.[8] The pair describe themselves in the text of their video descriptions as "just two girlfriends", qualified with an LGBT pride flag emoji. After the characters’ debut, lead color designer Andy Garner-Flexner stated that Ally's color palette was based on the pansexual pride flag.[9][10] [9]
Val/entina Romanyszyn Gen:Lock 2019–present Asia Kate Dillon Val/entina Romanyszyn is revealed to be pansexual in the episode "Together. Together." Val is also genderfluid, going by the name "Val" when male-presenting and "Valentina" when female-presenting.[11] Romanyszyn is voiced by Asia Kate Dillon, who is a pansexual and non-binary actress, and the character was written as genderfluid, but is feminine-presenting, altering their gender performance several times.[12] [13]
Lord Boxman OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2017–2019 Jim Cummings Boxman has feelings for Professor Venomous, who was his loving partner in the past.[14][15] On October 13, 2020, Ian Jones-Quartey confirmed that Professor Venomous and Lord Boxman were married at the end of the series.[16] [17]
Sakura Kinomoto Cardcaptor Sakura 1998-2000 Sakura Tange She is the show's protagonist, a "type A," energetic girl, whose favorite subjects being physical education and music, while disliking math.[18] She has been said to have a "desire to befriend everyone she meets,"[19] with some describing her as bisexual.[20] The latter is due to the fact she has a crush on a female teacher, and has feelings for Yukito, a man.[21][22][23] [24]
Rose Quartz Steven Universe 2013–2019 Susan Egan Rose had a complicated romantic relationship with Pearl,[25][26] and later with Greg Universe, the father of the show's protagonist, Steven Universe, along with various other men in short-term relationships.[27][28][29] In the episode "Mr. Greg," Greg and Pearl recognize that they both loved Rose, who loved them both back.[30][29] [31]
Steven Universe Future 2019-2020
Roger American Dad! 2005 – present Seth MacFarlane Specifically referred to as "omnisexual".[32] He is a very zany alien who lives in the Smith family's attic, who is shown to assume hundreds of different aliases, male and female.[33][34] [32]

Film[]

Character Title Year Actor Notes Ref.
Lando Calrissian The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Billy Dee Williams Lando, a gambler, con artist, playboy, mining engineer, and businessman who administered Cloud City, was confirmed as pansexual, and having fluidity in his sexuality, by a co-writer of Solo, Jonathan Kasdan. Some took this to be a "deeply regressive" move by suggesting this to fans without delivering on it, even as Donald Glover supported the interpretation.[35] Other fans pointed out possible flirting between Han and Lando, shipping them since the 1980s, with shipping expanding in the 1990s. Glover also described Lando as a character who "doesn't have hard and fast boundaries about everything" when it comes to sexual attraction.[36] [37]
Return of the Jedi 1983
Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018 Donald Glover
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 Billy Dee Williams
Mal Descendants 2015 Dove Cameron [38][39]
Descendants 2 2017
Descendants 3 2019
Harry Turpin The Thing About Harry 2020 Niko Terho [40]
Wade Wilson / Deadpool Deadpool 2016 Ryan Reynolds While Tim Miller, director of the first film, described Deadpool as pansexual, this is never explicitly portrayed on-screen.[41][42] As with the first film, Deadpool 2 (2018) also does not explicitly portray his sexuality, with the character's interest in men being used as a source of humor.[43] [44]
Deadpool 2 2018

Live-action television[]

Character Title Duration Actor Notes Ref.
Kibby Ainsley Daytime Divas 2017 Chloe Bridges [45]
Crowley Supernatural 2009–2017 Mark Sheppard [46]
Nola Darling She's Gotta Have It 2017–2019 DeWanda Wise [47]
Kristina Davis General Hospital 2002 – present Lexi Ainsworth [48]
Jadzia Dax Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993–1998 Terry Farrell [49]
Edward Will & Grace 2005 Stuart Townsend [50]
Franky Fitzgerald Skins 2011–2012 Dakota Blue Richards [51]
Elim Garak Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993–1999 Andrew Robinson [52]
Adrian Garff The Mist 2017 Russell Posner [53]
Dorian Gray Penny Dreadful 2014–2016 Reeve Carney [54]
Yara Greyjoy Game of Thrones 2012–2019 Gemma Whelan [55]
Klaus Hargreeves[a] The Umbrella Academy 2019 – present Robert Sheehan [56]
Jack Harkness Doctor Who & Torchwood 2005–2020 John Barrowman [57]
John Hart Torchwood 2008 James Marsters [58]
Roscoe Kaan House of Lies 2012–2016 Donis Leonard Jr. [59]
Kareema No Tomorrow 2016–2017 Sarayu Rao [60]
Carlton Lassiter Psych 2006 – present Timothy Omundson [61]
Sammy Lieberman Dance Academy 2010–2012 Thom Green [62]
Mal Descendants: Wicked World 2015–2017 Dove Cameron [38]
Oberyn Martell Game of Thrones 2014 Pedro Pascal [63]
Mazikeen Lucifer 2016 – present Lesley-Ann Brandt [64]
Imogen Moreno Degrassi: The Next Generation 2011–2015 Cristine Prosperi [65]
Lucifer Morningstar Lucifer 2016 – present Tom Ellis [66]
Even Bech Næsheim Skam 2016 Henrik Holm [67]
Eric Northman True Blood 2008���2014 Alexander Skarsgård [68]
Ola Nyman Sex Education 2019 – present Patricia Allison [69]
Emma Reid Doctors 2012 – present Dido Miles [70]
David Rose Schitt's Creek 2015–2020 Dan Levy An openly pansexual man, Dan Levy said that him being pansexual "felt very natural for him" and in line with his character in the small town in this series.[71][b] [72]
Josie Saltzman Legacies 2018 – present Kaylee Bryant [73]
Sophia Star-Crossed 2014 Brina Palencia [74]
Brook Soso Orange Is the New Black 2014–2019 Kimiko Glenn [75]
Ambrose Spellman Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 2018 – present Chance Perdomo [76]
Sadie Swenson[c] Scream Queens 2015–2016 Billie Lourd [77]
Tommo Brassic 2019–present Ryan Sampson
Frank Underwood House of Cards 2013–2017 Kevin Spacey [78]
Kieren Walker In the Flesh 2013–2014 Luke Newberry [79]
Cory Wilson Ackley Bridge 2017–2019 Sam Retford Retford stated that Cory "just falls in love with people".[80] [80]
Max Wolfe Gossip Girl (2021 TV series) 2021–present Thomas Doherty Doherty states, "playing Max, a pansexual character, was incredibly liberating. It was very educational, and it definitely made me challenge my own preconceived notions, my indoctrination, of ‘This is who you love, this is what you do, everything else is wrong.’" [81]

Video games[]

Character Title Year Voice actor Notes Ref.
Iron Bull Dragon Age: Inquisition 2014 Freddie Prinze Jr. [82]
Mae Night in the Woods 2017 [83]
Finn Life Is Strange 2 2019 [84]

Graphic art and webcomics[]

Character Title or Publisher Debut and Duration Notes Ref.
Loki Laufeyson Marvel Comics 1962 Loki, a frequent shapeshifter, is genderfluid, and is the God of Mischief.[85][86][87] His genderfluid identity was confirmed before the Loki series premiered.[88] [89][86]
Sakura Kinomoto Cardcaptor Sakura 1996 – 2000 In an October 2000 interview, Nanase Ohkawa called Sakura a person with an "open mind towards different family structures, different kinds of love, and different perspectives from society," adding that if Syaoran had been a girl, and the age gap had been the same, she would have fell in love with Syaoran all the same.[24] In the same interview she said that Sakura loves Tomoyo but not the same way she feels about Syaoran.[24] In November 2016, Ohkawa added that Sakura is someone who believes that "those around her will be there to catch her."[90] [24]
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 2016 – Present
Princess Koriand'r[d] DC Comics 1980 Deriving from being raised on the culture of her homeworld Tamaran, where it's acceptable to have open marriage, Starfire's sex-positivism and free-thinking habits such as a fondness for practicing nudism, openness to polygamous relationships and acceptance of "open sex" and pansexual "free-love" with persons regardless of terrestrial species, race or gender, usually lead her into conflict with Earth's more reserved culture and customs.[91][92] For Starfire, polyamory was a personal and cultural preference.[91] [92]
Wade Wilson[e] Marvel Comics 1991 [41]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also known as Number Four
  2. ^ However, Dan Levy himself is openly gay.
  3. ^ Also named Chanel #3
  4. ^ Also known as Starfire
  5. ^ Deadpool

References[]

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  2. ^ a b Sex and Society. Vol. 2. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish. 2010. p. 593. ISBN 978-0-7614-7907-9. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Firestein, Beth A. (2007). Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan. New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-231-13724-9. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Soble, Alan (2006). "Bisexuality". Sex from Plato to Paglia: a philosophical encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-313-32686-8. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  5. ^ Linnell, Christine (October 7, 2019). "Big Mouth Pansexuality vs Bisexuality Episode Stumbles Over Itself". The Advocate. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Ferguson, LaToya (October 8, 2019). "'Big Mouth' Co-Creators Apologize for Inaccurate Pansexuality Scene". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021. Also printed on Salon.
  7. ^ Ferguson, LaToya (October 10, 2019). ""Big Mouth" co-creators apologize for inaccurate pansexuality scene". Salon. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  8. ^ @DisneyBrandTVPR (October 29, 2021). ".@melissavcomedy & #DanaDavis guest star as Ally and Jess, robot-loving "IT Gals" whose expertise helps Polly bring her beloved Frobo back to life, in the new episode of #Amphibia, premiering Oct. 30 on #Disneychannel #DisneyNOW" (Tweet). Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b Garner-Flexner, Andy [@oh_heyyy_andy] (October 30, 2021). "YEP! I actually didn't know if they were going to be in a relationship or not. I'm happy we went that direction. So I colored Ally with the Pan flag colors, and Jess with the Bi flag.