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Old 04-21-04, 09:39 AM
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Memorable Animated/non-living/other Film "Characters" according to us

This list was thought of cause the the 100 memorable characters according to Premier Magazine seemed typical, predictable and bland, so lets have fun with this:

1. Beetlejuice
2. The Shit Monster (dogma)
3. Hal 9000
4. Wilson the volleyballl (Castway)
5. Gollum
6. Jack (Nightmare Before Christmas)
7. Belial (Basket Case)
8. Toxie (The Toxic Avenger)
9. The Moon (Trip to the Moon)
10. Mogwai (Gremlins)

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The Overlook Hotel from Kubrick's The Shining

The roaming bear cub and flocks of sheep in The Exterminating Angel

Daddy Z posters in Three Businessmen

The Mini Coopers in The Italian Job remake
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The briefcase from Pulp Fiction.
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Roger Rabbit
Jabba the Hutt
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Rosebud
Harvey
God in The Ten Commandments
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The Guitar case in El Meriachi/Desporado/Once Upon a Time...


Jake Lloyd in Episode 1, (I am just kidding, I am one of the 6 people to like Episode 1)
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The dancing cheeseburger from Better Off Dead.

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Herbie The Love Bug
Giant Samurai (Brazil)
Hal 9000
Mechanical dancer (Gothic)
Baby Zombie (Dead Alive)
The fortune teller (Big)
Dancing soda can (The Golden Child)
Jessica Rabbit
The respirator (Blue Velvet)
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Originally posted by Giles
This list was thought of cause the the 100 memorable characters according to Premier Magazine seemed typical, predictable and bland, so lets have fun with this:

1. Beetlejuice
2. The Shit Monster (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
3. Hal 9000
4. Wilson the volleyballl (Castway)
5. Gollum
6. Jack (Nightmare Before Christmas)
7. Belial (Basket Case)
8. Toxie (The Toxic Avenger)
9. The Moon (Trip to the Moon)
10. Mogwai (Gremlins)

I assume this is directly from Premier Magazine.

Premier is wrong, the Shit Monster was in Dogma.



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The Mini Coopers in The Italian Job remake
Aren't they the stars of the movie?
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Just some random thoughts:

Thing (The Addams Family)
R2D2 & C3PO (Star Wars)
Number 5 (Short Circuit)

Would say Kit from Knight Rider but that hasn't been made into a movie yet.
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jar jar

you hate him, but you remember him
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Hal 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Herbie (Love Bug)
Champion (Triplets of Belleville)
The Ring (LotR)
Typewriter (Naked Lunch)
R2D2 (Star Wars)
Jiji (Kiki's Delivery Service)
Harvey (Harvey)
Gort (Day the Earth Stood Still)
Widow of Saint-Pierre (La Veuve de Saint-Pierre)
Mailbox (Il Mare)
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I guess he wasn't in film, but must give credit to....
ALF!
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The Delorean - Back to the Future

The Whip - Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark

The Hockey Mask - Friday the 13th series

The Orca - Jaws

The Neuralyzer - Men in Black

The Killer Orb - Phantasm

Huey & Dewey - Silent Running
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The clown from Poltergeist.

The teddy bear from A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
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Teddy! Good choice.
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Originally posted by DVD-ho78(DTS)
Just some random thoughts:

Thing (The Addams Family)
R2D2 & C3PO (Star Wars)
Number 5 (Short Circuit)

Would say Kit from Knight Rider but that hasn't been made into a movie yet.
yes it has, it was made for nbc,it was carp, but it was still a movie
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Originally posted by Me007gold
yes it has, it was made for nbc,it was carp, but it was still a movie
Well, I say Kitt from Knight Rider!

Thanks for the info.
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Originally posted by UAIOE


the Shit Monster was in Dogma.

corrected..


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