I think this has been offered before, but what the hell. It's a fun topic anyway.
This is either good movie/bad movie. Doesn't matter. What are some of your favorite character names?
Casanova Frankenstein: This has got to be one of my all-time favs. Mystery Men is not a good movie. There are things about it I like, whatever, but the central villain, Casanova Frankenstein, played by Geoffrey Rush, is one cool character and name. It's just such an over-the-top name that is at once semi-contradictory and image heavy. How did he get the name Casanova Frankenstein? It's never explained. Yes, I don't want it to be. Let me imagination run wild.
Rooster Cogburn: Just a great name. That's all.
Otto Maddox: Emilio Estevez's character from Repo Man. What a ridiculous name. Sounds cool but is really just a play on "automatic." And he repossesses cars for a living, making it ever better.
There's a few to get started. I'm sure I can come up with lots more. What are some of your favorites?
I'll be the jerk that says ZAP ROWSDOWER :teddyr:
Always liked Royal Tenenbaum too.
Zaphod Beeblebrox
p***y GALORE
Wes Mantooth
* Rupert Pupkin - Robert DeNiro's character in THE KING OF COMEDY
* Fielding Mellish - Woody Allen's character in BANANAS
* Rosa Klebb - Lotte Lenya's character in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
* Stanley Belt - Jerry Lewis' character in THE PATSY
* Sidney Pythias - Jerry Lewis' character in THE DELICATE DELINQUENT
* Travis Bickle - Robert DeNiro's character in TAXI DRIVER
QuoteRupert Pupkin - Robert DeNiro's character in THE KING OF COMEDY
That's a great one, and I love that film. I love the bit at the end when his name is just repeated over an over.
Quote from: Flick James on April 22, 2011, 12:37:04 PM
QuoteRupert Pupkin - Robert DeNiro's character in THE KING OF COMEDY
That's a great one, and I love that film. I love the bit at the end when his name is just repeated over an over.
Yup. This is one of my "sleeper picks." I've seen this movie about a dozen times and there are parts that crack me up every time. I love the scene where DeNiro is sitting in the waiting room at Jerry Lewis' office. At one point, he's just staring up at the ceiling. The receptionist starts looking up to figure out what DeNiro is looking at. Finally, he asks, "Is that cork?" A hilariously mundane moment.
AKA John Mackle in GYMKATA.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen
Tyler Durden
Homer J. Simpson
Max Wrenn
W.C. Fields always had great character names: Eustace McGargle, Elmer Prettywillie, J. Effingham Bellweather, Augustus Winterbottom, T. Frothingill Bellows.
So did Groucho Marx: Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding, Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff, Rufus T. Firefly, Otis B. Driftwood, Attorney Loophole.
I also like Scott Baio's lawyer character name in "Arrested Development": Bob Loblaw.
Marion Cobretti. Brilliant name.
Cosmo Carboni
Torgo - Manos: The Hands of Fate.
another favorite of mine is The Motorcycle Boy
Shooter McGavin
Quote from: Rev. Powell on April 23, 2011, 02:26:40 PM
I also like Scott Baio's lawyer character name in "Arrested Development": Bob Loblaw.
And you could contact him online at Bob Loblaw's Law Blog!
The chick in "Moonraker" was named Holly Goodhead. That speaks for itself.
Some of the characters from Dr. Strangelove, such as:
Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Gen. Buck Turgidson
President Merkin Muffley
Premier Dmitri Kissoff
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake
Maj. T.J. "King" Kong
Col. "Bat" Guano
Dr. Semptis Pretorius - BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Vesta Vernoff - SH! THE OCTOPUS
Horace Femm, Rebecca Femm, Saul Femm, Roderick Femm - THE OLD DARK HOUSE
Dr. Mirakle - MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
Murder Legendre - WHITE ZOMBIE
Peggy Gravel - DESPERATE LIVING
Marge Gunderson - FARGO (She married ol' Norm Sonofagunderson, doncha know?)
Quote from: Raffine on April 24, 2011, 10:56:09 AM
Peggy Gravel - DESPERATE LIVING
Nice one. Pretty much all John Waters character names are great.
Dr. Quackenshaw
Francine Fishpaw
Cuddles Kovinsky
Motormouth Maybelle
Seaweed
just to name a few
Clubber Lang
Quote from: AndyC on April 23, 2011, 06:02:20 PM
Some of the characters from Dr. Strangelove, such as:
Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Gen. Buck Turgidson
President Merkin Muffley
Premier Dmitri Kissoff
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake
Maj. T.J. "King" Kong
Col. "Bat" Guano
Great film and great names. I also like the name of the base: Burpelson Air Force Base.
Such amazing performances in that film. Peter Sellers is Peter Sellers, of course, and great all around, but Sterling Hayden as Gen. Ripper was fantastic, and George C. Scott as Buck Turgidson, well there are no words. Who the hell knew he could be that funny?
Quote from: crackers on April 25, 2011, 04:11:29 AM
Quote from: Raffine on April 24, 2011, 10:56:09 AM
Peggy Gravel - DESPERATE LIVING
Nice one. Pretty much all John Waters character names are great.
A classic Peggy Gravel moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BfLOZBT_c&feature=related
"She's having a mental fit!"
Hyacinth Bucket ("It's prounounced Bouquet!") from Keeping Up Appearances.
Dr. Strangelove
James Bond Films
Miss MoneyPenny (I just like the way it sounds)
Plenty O'Toole
Kissy Suzuki
Tiger Tanaka
p***y Galore
I can't help but notice the fun character names are the ones mostly with Sean Connery Bond films. :smile:
It's not an official name, but how could I forget Big McLargehuge? played by Reb Brown.
TV's Frank