# Greatest character names in film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761 "2014-04-23T12:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/1 "2014-04-23T12:19:44Z")
Furious Styles(Boyz ‘n the Hood) Napoleon Dynamite Peoples Hernandez(Shaft 2000) Bleek Gilliam(Mo’ Better Blues) Buggin’ Out(Do the Right Thing) Radio Raheem(Do the Right Thing) Stab Master Arson(CB4) Axel Foley(Beverly Hills Cop) Keep it going. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/2 "2014-04-23T12:21:58Z")
Pussy Galore (Goldfinger) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/3 "2014-04-23T12:26:21Z")
[The WC Fields nomenclatura,](http://hongkietown.com/2010/01/list-of-w-c-fields-character-names.html) incl. Cuthbert J. Twilly ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/4 "2014-04-23T12:39:07Z")
Snake Plissken. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/5 "2014-04-23T12:42:23Z")
**Humbert Humbert** ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/6 "2014-04-23T12:45:13Z")
Major Major Major Major! ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/7 "2014-04-23T12:46:19Z")
CK Dexter Haven 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/8 "2014-04-23T12:47:37Z")
Bob Loblaw ETA: I am also quite fond of the name **CK Dexter Haven**. At some point I will have a cat, dog, or son with that name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/9 "2014-04-23T12:49:37Z")
Severus Snape Rooster Cogburn ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/10 "2014-04-23T13:07:33Z")
Rufus T. Firefly Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho Max Rockatansky [Quote=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] Snake Plisskin [/Quote] I thought he was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/11 "2014-04-23T13:12:03Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Snake Plissken. I thought he was dead. Maleficent ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/12 "2014-04-23T13:54:56Z")
Sir Not Appearing In This Film ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/13 "2014-04-23T13:55:49Z")
Cruella Deville ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/14 "2014-04-23T13:58:21Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Snake Plissken. That’s the first one I thought of as well. How about: Indiana Jones ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/15 "2014-04-23T13:59:33Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > That’s the first one I thought of as well. > > How about: > > Indiana Jones In fairness, that was really the dog’s name. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/16 "2014-04-23T14:00:29Z")
“We named the **dog** Indiana!” Auric Goldfinger ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/17 "2014-04-23T14:03:23Z")
Travis Bickle ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/18 "2014-04-23T14:05:35Z")
Zap Rowsdower. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/19 "2014-04-23T14:06:19Z")
Cobra Bubbles (Disney’s _Lilo and Stitch_) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/20 "2014-04-23T14:11:55Z")
Truly Scrumptious, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761.md?page=2)