I am a huge fan of movies, video games, TV shows and pretty much all things electronic. Pop culture is something I am connected to every day, both in work and in personal life. So, when I came across an article talking about different comic book characters from each state, and saw that it listed a G.I Joe character as Minnesota's character, it made me curious to see what other characters were from Minnesota. This curiosity then turned into seeing what Minnesota’s involvement in pop culture fully extends to.

The number of characters that are from Minnesota is pretty small, and mostly consists of brand characters such as Green Giant and Betty Crocker, but also includes characters from folklore such as Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, as well as Minnehaha. Minnesota has spawned a few characters for TV shows, though, such as Marshall Eriksen from “How I Met Your Mother”, a native of St. Cloud, and Ben Wyatt, of “Parks and Recreation”, a native of Partridge. Other characters that are from Minnesota are Rocky and Bullwinkle, Pillsbury Doughboy, and of course, the lovable Goldy Gopher.
If Rochester had a character that had local origins, what kind of character do you think they would be? Or what kind of show would it be? I think they would be a heart surgeon on a prime time medical show. 'Grey’s Anatomy' anyone?

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