Opie

Opie is a given name, typically male, most familiar from two television characters: the young boy played by Ron Howard in *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960s) and the biker played by Ryan Hurst in *Sons of Anarchy* (2000s).

The name evokes small-town American wholesomeness from the earlier reference: He's got that Opie quality—innocent and earnest.

character

Mayberry

Fictional wholesome village

freckles · redhead · boyhood · mischief · lessons

television

sitcom

Episodic TV comedy series

  • episodeSerialized content unit
  • CBSMajor television and radio network
  • 1960sDecade after the fifties

syndication · reruns · spinoff · primetime · series · wholesome · Nielsen · broadcast

nostalgia

Americana

Heritage artifacts or music

bygone · yesteryear · wholesome · sentimental · memories · childhood · idealized · heartwarming · fishing · homespun

actor

director

One who leads

Willow · casting · audition · career

Opposites
childhood innocence/corruption

OpieDamien

Masculine given name

Chucky · Wednesday Addams · Stewie Griffin · Eric Cartman · Bart Simpson

wholesome americana vs. edgy/countercultural

OpieTony Soprano

Walter White · Cartman · Archie Bunker · Dennis the Menace · Beavis

small-town idyll vs. urban/modern cynicism

Opiejuvenile delinquent

Youth who commits crimes

Holden Caulfield · Travis Bickle · street kid · gang member · hood rat

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G