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Old 08-01-08, 10:56 AM
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Old 08-01-08, 11:04 AM
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If anyone hasn't alerady said it:

Clark Griswold (or "Griswald", depending on which movie you prefer)
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Old 08-01-08, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by jiffy97
Guess it wasn't really that memorable a name afterall...
just because I can't type properly at times doesn't make it unmemorable.
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
John Matrix
Good one. There's a review floating around on the internet somewhere from a guy defending Commando and one of his reasons was "His name is John Matrix so fuck you!" Which gave me a good laugh.
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Buckaroo Banzai (duh!)

Léon (wow! can't believe i forgot that one)
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
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Old 08-01-08, 05:16 PM
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Usually whenever someone repeats themselves within the same sentence, I like to use Jimmy Two Times. Of course, mobsterish names are always fun.


Ted Stryker (from Airplane! and Zero Hour!)
Rex Kramer (from Airplane! and Kentucky Fried Movie)
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Rollo Tomasi
Seconded. That name really rolls off the tongue.

Also, I'm a big Johnny Utah fan.
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just saw it yesterday and while never being iconic status i like...

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Already mentioned. But I remembered these names since the first time I saw the movie. I never had to refer to them in the actor's name.

Dirk Diggler
Travis Bickle
Tyler Durden
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If Horatio Caine was in a movie, this thread would be owned by him.

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Dr. Richard Kimble
Sidney Prescott, Billy Loomis, Cotton Weary
Maverick, Goose, Iceman
Sean Archer, Castor Troy
Ben Richards
Ray Kinsella
Lawrence "Crash" Davis
Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh aka "Meat"
Roy Hobbs
Ponyboy, Sodapop, Dallay, Darrel, Johnny, Two-Bit
"Paulie" (Rocky and Goodfellas)
Henry Hill
Mickey, Thunderlips, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, Apollo Creed
Tommy Gunn, George Washington Duke, Union Caine, Mason Dixon
Dalton
Cameron Poe, Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

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Gojirah!!!, Mosura!!!, Radon!!!

or, for you Gaijin...

Godzilla!!!, Mothra!!!, Rodan!!!
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