List of fictional military brats

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.
• Chiasa Hikoyu Brown - Character from Midnight and the Meaning of Love by Sister Souljah

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. Ender, Morton. "Military Brat: Film Representations of Children from Military Families" Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 32, No. 1, 24-43 (2005)
2. 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
3. Lee Child and Jack Reacher official website
4. Lee Adama's father is Commander William "Husker" Adama Battlestar Galactica Miniseries
5. The original series,
6. both Series.
7. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
8. His father is Major Garland Briggs.
9. Traveler Pilot
10. 7th Heaven episode "Seven is Enough" introduces Eric's father Colonel John Camden.
11. Stargate SG-1 episode "Threads"
12. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library p 30.
13. Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Encounter at Farpoint."
14. Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise
15. Fringe episode "Ability."
16. Father is Colonel Frank Fitts American Beauty
17. Father is Colonel GladstoneFull House episode "Viva Las Joey".
18. ER episode "All in the Family"
19. Recess episode "Parent's Night"
20. Daughter of Admiral Takashi Hayase Macross Anime Net
21. 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"
22. House episode "Daddy's Boy."
23. Kill Bill
24. Smallville Episode "Gone" and Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13 (November 1959)
25. JAG episodes "We the People" and "Rendezvous"
26. Iron Eagle
27. Interview with Mary Wertsch
28. Taps
29. Degrassi: The Next Generation episode "Whisper to a Scream"
30. Star Trek: Voyager Episode 84 "Hunters" originally aired 1998.
31. Opening credits for seasons 2-3.
32. Jag episode "Wedding Bell Blues"
33. Marvel Universe on General Thaddeus Ross Marvel Universe on Betty Ross
34. Captain William "Bill" Scully The X-Files episode "One Breath"
35. Saved by the Bell episode "Aloha Slater"
36. Home Improvement episode "The Colonel"
37. Battlestar Galactica episode "Exodus, pt II"
38. Space: Above and Beyond episode "The Dark Side of the Sun"

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