20 characters who are 100% millennial-coded

Thanks to shows like Daria and South Park, millennials know a thing or two about sarcasm, which they also could have learned from reruns of Golden Girls and watching the queen of scoffing at those who say less than smart things, Dorothy Zbornak.

Kermit the Frog’s spastic ways mirror millennials when they are tasked with using the phone.

Manny Santos is for every millennial who begged their mother for a thong at 13. The 2000s were wild.

Not every character represents millennials in their youth. Phil Dunphy is the millennial who grew up and became a fun-loving, dorky, yet cool parent.

Gen X was the first generation to have modern-day pop culture thanks to MTV, but it was millennials who took the obsession a bit far, having grown up in the TMZ era of celebrity. The fact that Kelly Kapoor from The Office could rattle off the latest Hollywood gossip before she could ever tell you how one does their taxes is why she’s on the list.

The older siblings of millennials left the house, got jobs, had families, and did what they were “supposed” to. The world worked for them. Meanwhile, millennials faced one too many unprecedented events, with many being stuck at home because they could not afford to move out. Meaning they were stuck with family, and oftentimes had to take the reigns with everyone in the household, much like Michael from Arrested Development.

Despite being a little rough around the edges, millennials are quite empathetic. One can see how they go about their lives, voting for issues that make the world better instead of selfishly focusing on themselves. They heard Mr. Feeny tell his students, “Do good,” at the end of Boy Meets World, and that’s all they needed to emulate the ultimate good girl, Lisa Simpson.

Once things settled in the 2000s, teenagers became enthralled with the beach. More specifically, the posh lives of rich kids who live on California’s coast due to stores like Hollister, as well as TV shows like The Hills and The O.C. Seth Cohen may not have been part of the “cool” kids club on the show, but he represents not only that milieu, but also how nerdy millennials can be.

There is a certain naivety to millennials that matches the spirit of Kimmy Schmidt.

The Schwooper siblings exist in the world of Netflix’s Long Story Short, a show that follows the three, their parents, children, partners, etc., over the course of a few decades, but with the story unraveling out of order. It's great show; think of it as an animated This Is Us. Anyways, the Schwoopers are millennials based on their ages, but more than that, they represent the millennials whose parents are good, but could be better; the parents that ultimately don’t understand the difference between love and control.

Sam Miller on Somebody Somewhere was a prime example of having an existential crisis as an adult (millennials currently) after hitting the bottom of the barrel, and showcased what it was like to try and crawl one’s way back up.

There’s this thing with millennials and how they were told to work hard, do great, go to college, and the world would work out for them. Which, it likely would have if many didn’t graduate as the economy took a downward spiral, thus making Rickety Cricket a great example of getting screwed over time and time again.

Every other day, there is an article about how millennials aren’t having kids. Can you blame them? Anyways, Mel Burke from Melissa & Joey reps the childless aunties (and uncles) out there who never wanted kids, but still manage to care and love the nieces and nephews her siblings gave them.

When it comes to South Park, one could assume millennials are Cartman, the crass elementary student with the biggest potty mouth. Yes, that’s true for some, but many are more like the voice of reason of the show, Cartman’s foe Kyle Broflovski.

Every millennial is Eleanor Shellstrop when it comes to family gathering, work events, etc. They know they are in the bad place. However, while they listened to Eleanor on The Good Place, no one is listening to millennials.

Evan Marquez was a high school teacher in English Teacher, and would gripe and moan about his job every single day, but still showed up and did it, and did it really well. Every millennial reading this, sound familiar?

Not Kimmy Gibler from Full House, but rather the grown-up Kimmy who came back to TV via Fuller House; an adult who knew she was older, but refused to let it show in her wardrobe and personality. Why be old and boring when you can be old and fantastic? That’s the shift the world is slowly seeing in millennials who are refusing to let go of the things that made them happy as kids, whether it’s emo music or collecting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Jessica Day was the “adorkable” optimist on New Girl, whereas Nick Miller was the actual millennial, a realist through and through.

There was this wave of yearning to be popular and pretty in the 2000s that too many millennials fell victim to, but those who didn’t only because they valued the outsider vibes Daria's Jane Lane brought to the table.

It’s safe to say Stanley Hudson is every millennial at their workplace because as the world continues to throw their generation one curveball after another, all they can do is sit and be completely over it. Did I stutter?!