Nurse Ratched
EDIT:
Zenia Onatopp in "GoldenEye"
Coolest Characters Names
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by Devol wrote:Nurse Ratched
Definitely top 10 all time. The spelling makes it even cooler--combination of ratchet and wretched.
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def. Rooster Cogburn
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Chloris Leachman as the dazzlingly-hootered Nurse Diesel in "High Anxiety".
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Along with the aforementioned Dix Handley (The Asphalt Jungle) and Snake Plissken (Escape from New York), my faves are:
Adenoid Hynkel (Charles Chaplin) in The Great Dictator (1940)
Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) in Laura (1944)
Jamesir Bensonmum (Alec Guinness) in Murder by Death (1976) - pronounced "James-sir Benson-ma'am"
David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy) and Caspasian Speckler (Lambert Wilson) in The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Withnail (Richard E. Grant) in Withnail & I (1987)
Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) in Miller's Crossing (1990)
Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) in Fargo (1996)
Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White) in Black Dynamite (2009)
Adenoid Hynkel (Charles Chaplin) in The Great Dictator (1940)
Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) in Laura (1944)
Jamesir Bensonmum (Alec Guinness) in Murder by Death (1976) - pronounced "James-sir Benson-ma'am"
David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy) and Caspasian Speckler (Lambert Wilson) in The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Withnail (Richard E. Grant) in Withnail & I (1987)
Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) in Miller's Crossing (1990)
Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) in Fargo (1996)
Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White) in Black Dynamite (2009)
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jesus fuck that was 7 years ago
[old crying]
[old crying]
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paulofilmo wrote:jesus fuck that was 7 years ago
[old crying]
I can't find that movie anywhere, but yeah, cool name. (If you're as old as you're whining about, that should be at least a little bit funny. )
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Andy Kaufman plays Armageddon T. Thunderbird in In God We Trust (1980)
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Maaxwell wrote:Andy Kaufman plays Armageddon T. Thunderbird in In God We Trust (1980)
Now how in God's name did I miss that one, and that is a cool name. For a tie breaker, it depends on what the "T." stands for.
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Stewball wrote:Maaxwell wrote:Andy Kaufman plays Armageddon T. Thunderbird in In God We Trust (1980)
Now how in God's name did I miss that one, and that is a cool name. For a tie breaker, it depends on what the "T." stands for.
Reminds me somewhat of all the awesome Groucho Marx character names.
Rufus T. Firefly
Otis B. Driftwood
Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
J. Cheever Loophole
Wolf J. Flywheel