# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/61 "2014-04-23T21:41:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Holly Goodhead From an interview with the actress: “My mother thinks it’s because she’s so smart!” (paraphrased from an article I read ca. 1980) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/62 "2014-04-23T23:00:20Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Zaphod Beeblebrox (I’m aware it came from the book series) > > But what about the names that celebs give their kids? A few that come to mind: > > -Moon Unit Zappa > -Pilot Inspektor ([Jason Lee](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005134/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)’s kid) > -Moxie Crimefighter ([Penn Jilette](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Jillette)’s daughter) How does this fit the thread? ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/63 "2014-04-23T23:27:15Z")
Youngblood Priest (from _Super Fly_) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/64 "2014-04-23T23:32:00Z")
Gloria Mundy from _Foul Play_ ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/65 "2014-04-23T23:33:53Z")
Didn’t one of the Bond films have a character named “Pussy Galore” in it? ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/66 "2014-04-24T00:29:14Z")
Goldfinger… Post #2. Not many people know this but there was a campaign to have Goldfinger banned in the U.S. because of its “pussy gallery”. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/67 "2014-04-24T01:31:25Z")
Waring Hudsucker ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/68 "2014-04-24T01:35:12Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > "… > Neidermeyer!‘’’ Otter Flounder Dean Wormer ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/69 "2014-04-24T01:39:21Z")
[del]Heddy[/del] That’s Hedley Lamarr Lili von Shtupp Governor LePetomaine Howard Johnson Olson Johnson Harriet Johnson Van Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/70 "2014-04-24T01:44:50Z")
Ratso Little Big Man Tootsie ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/71 "2014-04-24T02:09:43Z")
_Boogie Nights_ Dirk Diggler (aka Brock Landers) Reed Rothschild (aka Chest Rockwell) Buck Swope Amber Waves ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/72 "2014-04-24T02:20:08Z")
Frankincence Pontibee ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/73 "2014-04-24T02:21:06Z")
John Smokes-too-much ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/74 "2014-04-24T02:41:37Z")
Biggus Dickus ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/75 "2014-04-24T03:13:48Z")
\*\* Robby Gort Maria Tobor the Great Gog (and Magog) KRONOS Huey, Dewey, and Louie Artoo-Detoo and See- Threepio (R2D2 and C3PO) Hal-9000 Colossus Hector V.I.N.CENT. Wall-E Burn-E Max 404 ED-209\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/76 "2014-04-24T03:18:03Z")
:smack: **YODA** _ **CHEWBACCA** _ **D A R T H V A D E R** ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/77 "2014-04-24T03:32:32Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Biggus Dickus And, of course, Tittius Maximus. 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/78 "2014-04-24T04:09:09Z")
Hannibal the Cannibal. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/79 "2014-04-24T05:10:05Z")
Plutarch Heavensbee Katniss Everdeen Dr. Frank N. Furter Bonesaw (wrestler from first Spider-Man film) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-character-names-in-film/686761/80 "2014-04-24T05:17:44Z")
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