# Inigo Montoya or Westley? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531 "2010-04-01T03:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/21 "2010-04-01T20:22:19Z")
My husband looks just like Westley when he’s sporting a 'stash, so I had to give him my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/22 "2010-04-01T20:37:21Z")
Inigo is way cooler. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/23 "2010-04-01T20:48:57Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Ok, to me Inigo is a Doper (what else, I don’t know) and I’ve no idea who or what ‘Westley’ is so I’m going to vote Inigo. The poll is about _The Princess Bride_, either the film or the book. (Sorry, falling down on my remit.) > [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > My husband looks just like Westley when he’s sporting a 'stash, so I had to give him my vote. :eek: Lucky you! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/24 "2010-04-01T21:18:48Z")
Inigo! Oddly enough, I just rewatched Princess Bride last night. Though Cary Elwes is HOTT, I prefer dark haired men. I like the character too and the line “my name is Inigo Montoya, you kill my father. Prepare to die.” makes me cry. Also, it’s Mandy Patinkin people! After this he’ll sing Bali Hai! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/25 "2010-04-01T22:25:21Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > Also, it’s Mandy Patinkin people! After this he’ll sing Bali Hai! You speak the truth, indeed. Besides, Cary Elwes reminds me of a real asshole I dated in college. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/26 "2010-04-01T23:22:38Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Ok, to me Inigo is a Doper (what else, I don’t know) and I’ve no idea who or what ‘Westley’ is so I’m going to vote Inigo. Your vote is [disqualified.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/27 "2010-04-02T00:29:19Z")
Despite everything, on reflection, I think Westley is actually cooler. Which is bizarre to me. Inigo, however, may be hotter. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/28 "2010-04-02T00:37:08Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Despite everything, on reflection, I think Westley is actually cooler. Which is bizarre to me. Inigo, however, may be hotter. My name is Inigo Montoya. You mussa my hair. Prepare to die. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/29 "2010-04-02T00:38:04Z")
Oh come on people. > [@Westley](#): > > Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. Swoon. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/30 "2010-04-02T01:10:59Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Oh come on people. > > Swoon. My Dear Child, you’ve won the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/31 "2010-04-02T02:21:06Z")
Inigo. I agree with **Chronos** and **filling\_pages**. The Princess Bride is a story about Inigo and his revenge. Similarly, the main character in Forrest Gump is Lieutenant Dan. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/32 "2010-04-02T08:36:34Z")
**Ellen** I will see your true love quote, and raise you this: > [@](#): > > **Inigo Montoya:** Offer me money. > **Count Rugen:** Yes! > **Inigo Montoya:** Power, too, promise me that. > **Count Rugen:** All that I have and more. Please… > **Inigo Montoya:** Offer me anything I ask for. > **Count Rugen:** Anything you want… > **Inigo Montoya:** I want my father back, you son of a bitch! Chokes me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/33 "2010-04-02T11:22:13Z")
Inigo is cool, no doubt about it. However, Westley BEAT Inigo, and refused to kill him out of deep respect. Westley spent some time developing a resistance to a deadly poison, on the off chance that he’d need that resistance some day. And Westley does NOT give up. Inigo has the potential to be nearly as cool as Westley, especially since he’s going into the pirate business, but let’s face it, alcoholics just generally aren’t as cool as people who don’t crawl into a bottle. They can be tragic figures, yes, but tragic is not the same as cool. I read that Mandy had recently lost his real life father shortly before the film was made, and it was cathartic for him to play that scene where he wanted his father back. I prefer Mandy to Cary as an actor. But Westley is smart, strong, brave, and extremely inventive. Inigo is strong and brave, but I don’t think that he’s exceptionally bright. ---
**Author:** ![becbec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@becbec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/becbec)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/34 "2010-04-02T14:30:46Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Westley is sexier; Inigo is cooler. Agreed! And you can’t get a “My Name Is Westley…” t-shirt from Think Geek 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/35 "2010-04-02T15:00:34Z")
Westley’s coolness suffers from having to spend a good portion of the movie as an inert lump. My vote’s for Inigo. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/36 "2010-04-02T15:28:09Z")
> [@becbec](#): > > Agreed! And you can’t get a “My Name Is Westley…” t-shirt from Think Geek 🆒 Excellent point! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/37 "2010-04-02T17:26:35Z")
And the thing is, EvilTOJ, that scene is even cooler in the book. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/38 "2010-04-02T19:27:26Z")
Quoth **The Devil’s Grandmother** : > [@](#): > > I voted for Inigo; but after that post, I think I want Chronos. I’m not really sure what to say to that… I’m a bit out of practice on having ladies want me. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/39 "2010-04-02T19:35:40Z")
> [@choie](#): > > It’s a tie for me – they’re both all kinds of [del]sexy[/del] cool. And since in my book, the tie goes to the underdog, I chose Westley. But, a Spanish accent is always cooler than an English accent. There’s your tiebreaker. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531/40 "2010-04-02T19:36:44Z")
The battle of wits makes Westley the coolest character by a mile. His closest competitor is Jack Bauer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-or-westley/534531.md?page=3)