The ones that come to mind:
- Captain Raymond Holt in Brooklyn 99
- Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory
- Mr Spock from Star Trek
- Gus Fring (maybe), Gale and Lydia from Breaking Bad
- Abed from Community
The ones that come to mind:
A more generic and neutral way to make this distinction is low needs vs high needs (low need being roughly same as high functioning).
Many people get upset when claims are made about intelligence. This alternate naming sidestep the problem.
His unemotionality. The way he speaks formally. His precise mannerisms. The way he always seems to be putting on a facade, like he’s an alien pretending to be human.
I don’t think he was intended to come across as autistic, he just vaguely seems like it.