🧠 MBTI Personality Analysis of Euphoria Characters

A deep-dive into the personalities and relationships of the key characters from Euphoria, through the lens of MBTI.

💭 Rue Bennett – INFP (The Mediator)

Actor: Zendaya

🧠 Traits:

• Idealistic and deeply emotional, yet struggles to express feelings clearly.
• Highly empathetic, especially toward Jules, whom she sees through a poetic lens.
• Avoids pain and conflict by escaping (e.g., through substance use).
• Sensitive, introspective, and morally conflicted.

🤝 Relationships:

• Jules: Deep emotional dependency. Rue idealizes her, which creates pressure and pain.
• Fezco: Protective brother-like figure; Rue trusts him implicitly.
• Family: Emotionally distant from her mother and sister; guilt-ridden over disappointing them.

🌈 Jules Vaughn – ENFP (The Campaigner)

Actor: Hunter Schafer

🧠 Traits:

• Curious, energetic, and emotionally expressive.
• Explores identity and emotions with a free spirit.
• Longs for deep connection but flees from emotional heaviness (especially Rue’s dependency).
• Acts spontaneously, guided by intuition and imagination.

🤝 Relationships:

• Rue: The emotional bond is strong, but she feels suffocated by Rue’s dependence.
• Nate (via catfishing): Represents her desire to be seen and understood, even in an illusion.
• Her father: His support is stabilizing, but emotional gaps remain.

🧊 Nate Jacobs – ENTJ (The Commander)

Actor: Jacob Elordi

🧠 Traits:

• Assertive, strategic, and dominant.
• Emotionally repressed, shaped by a toxic and secretive father.
• Highly manipulative and aggressive; masks vulnerability behind control.
• Deeply insecure, especially about identity and masculinity.

🤝 Relationships:

• Maddy: A toxic love-hate power dynamic.
• Cassie: A relationship rooted in control and possession.
• Jules: Obsessed with her in an idealized digital version, unable to face real emotions.

🔥 Maddy Perez – ESFP (The Performer)

Actor: Alexa Demie

🧠 Traits:

• Charismatic and bold, thrives on attention and drama.
• Passionate and emotionally intense.
• Enjoys thrill and status; hides vulnerability beneath confidence.
• Often impulsive, especially in romantic situations.

🤝 Relationships:

• Nate: A destructive but addictive dynamic, driven by manipulation and passion.
• Cassie: Betrayal shatters their friendship; emotionally volatile fallout.
• Mother: Inherited a complex, possibly toxic view of love.

💧 Cassie Howard – ISFJ (The Defender)

Actor: Sydney Sweeney

🧠 Traits:

• Emotional, nurturing, and self-sacrificing.
• Craves love and validation, often loses herself in relationships.
• People-pleaser tendencies; driven by fear of abandonment.
• Soft, gentle, but emotionally unstable.

🤝 Relationships:

• Nate: Overwhelming need to please, leading to emotional breakdowns.
• Maddy: Betrayal creates guilt, denial, and spiraling instability.
• Lexi: Sees Lexi as distant; underestimates her quiet observations.

🧠 Lexi Howard – INTP (The Logician)

Actor: Maude Apatow

🧠 Traits:

• Analytical, introspective, and perceptive.
• Prefers observation to participation; rarely shows emotions directly.
• Uses writing (e.g., her school play) as a coping and truth-telling mechanism.
• Quiet, but profoundly insightful.

🤝 Relationships:

• Cassie: Frustrated by Cassie’s self-destruction, but rarely confronts her openly.
• Rue: Understands her more than most, due to childhood closeness.
• Fezco: A budding, tender connection based on authenticity and trust.

🧱 Fezco – ISFP (The Adventurer)

Actor: Angus Cloud

🧠 Traits:

• Quiet, loyal, and fiercely protective.
• Emotionally grounded, with a strong moral compass despite his environment.
• Actions speak louder than words—shows care through loyalty.
• Has a deep, soulful calmness.

🤝 Relationships:

• Rue: Treats her like family; wants to shield her from self-destruction.
• Lexi: Their slow-burn connection reveals his gentle side.
• Ashtray: Protective and fraternal; the most loyal relationship in his life.

⭐ Relationship Map (Simplified):

Rue ←deeply loves→ Jules  
Rue ←trusts→ Fezco  
Jules ←feels trapped by→ Rue  
Jules ←digitally linked→ Nate  
Nate ←manipulates→ Maddy & Cassie  
Maddy ←betrayed by→ Cassie  
Cassie ←emotionally distant from→ Lexi  
Lexi ←quiet bond→ Fezco  
Fezco ←protects→ Rue & Lexi