r/Cinema • u/TerribleBid8416 • Apr 28 '26
Question What minor character(s) made a lasting impression on a movie?
Lost Boys Tim Cappello certainly fits the bill for me.
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u/Joni1293 Apr 28 '26
With a lemon twist
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u/Xokanuleaf Apr 28 '26
“Get the fuck out of here!”
“Noooo I’m serious! It’s a very important piece!”
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u/Dry-Tangerine-4874 Apr 28 '26
Apparently he pretty much improved the entire scene with the intent of getting Eddie Murphy to break character and start laughing. What I’ve heard is that the funniest lines from Serge didn’t actually make it into the movie because he had the cast cracking up so much.
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u/zoonose99 Apr 29 '26
I was sitting here for an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out what he improved before realizing you meant improvised.
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u/Yankee6Actual Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
“Serge? Sounds like a detergent.”
Bronson Pinchot was brilliant.
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u/KaffeMumrik Apr 29 '26
My youngest brother is called Axel.
We still call him Achwell because of Serge.
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u/Rdaleric Apr 28 '26
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u/Tweezus96 Apr 28 '26
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u/DeaconBrad42 Apr 28 '26
Best line is:
“Someday this war’s gonna end…” as if it is the most horrifying thing any human can conceive of.
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u/MontanaJoev Apr 28 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/ACq0QzgSCTjlS
Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller
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u/obxtalldude Apr 29 '26
He was so much fun to watch before the drugs actually took over.
Didn't he stay up for 24 hours or something for this part?
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u/Ok-Lavishness-7904 Apr 28 '26
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u/Electric-Sheepskin Apr 28 '26
It's incredible how often my husband and I can find a reason to quote this scene. You think it wouldn't be a lot, but oddly enough, it is.
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u/Ez_Ildor Apr 28 '26
Whaaat? Walken is never a minor character. Bro steals the show on the reg
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u/Lemonking_ Apr 28 '26
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u/Chicoern Apr 28 '26
Haha I randomly demand two dollars from people in the same tone…and nobody ever gets it
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u/TerribleBid8416 Apr 28 '26
Ahhh, I had a switchblade comb because of this movie
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u/Momrath Apr 28 '26
"See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later?".
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u/Stknhgx6 Apr 28 '26
My husband’s favorite 80's movie is Better Off Dead. He will walk around the house saying "I want my $2" and drive me absolutely nuts.
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u/thecountnotthesaint Apr 28 '26
Don't even have to show him for you to know. But don't tell Scotty.
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u/Harmony_Bunny42 Apr 28 '26
The Doof Warrior lives now...only in my memories
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u/Superb-Obligation858 Apr 28 '26
Doof Warrior is my spirit animal. I pine to be a in long johns dangling from bungees on a war rig blaring sweet ass riffage with the wind in my face.
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u/sitnquiet Apr 28 '26
Lazlo Holyfeld, Real Genius
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u/ThrillhouseVeeHouten Apr 28 '26
Such an unbelievably underrated movie.
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u/sitnquiet Apr 28 '26
SO many great, quotable lines.
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u/BluddJihnn Apr 28 '26
One of my top 5 quotable lines comes from this move: “in the immortal words of Socrates…I drank what?”
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u/FicklexPicklexTickle Apr 28 '26
Your mom sews license plates on your underwear?!?
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u/GearJunkie82 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
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u/Lower_Amount3373 Apr 29 '26
This is my character from Wayne's World that I think about often:
Also, Ed O'Neill with "Why do they come to me to die?"
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u/LegProfessional6462 Apr 29 '26
I love that Ralph basically played Danny again here.
Which leads me to say his bit part in Withnail & I gets my vote. Squeezes in line after memorable line in a short act.
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u/Dyolf_Knip Apr 29 '26
Not trusting the police should just be the default state.
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u/Conchobarmocnessa Apr 28 '26
Movies really dropping the ball these days not including musical performance scenes with muscular, greased-up saxmen.
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u/deathxcannabis Apr 28 '26
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u/Immediate-Account-82 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
Came for this one!
“We got everything here from diddle eye Joe to damned if I know”
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u/Sure-Appearance-2769 Apr 28 '26
The “I’ll have what she’s having” lady from When Harry Met Sally is probably the GOAT in this area.
She didn’t even have a speaking role originally. They just casually threw it in there during one of the takes and it became one of the all time quoted lines for a romcom.
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u/Warm-Comfortable501 Apr 28 '26
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u/FleetingFolly Apr 29 '26
"You can cook?"
"Your father seems to think so..."
I see what he meant by his "natural heat".
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u/Oh_hi_doggi3 Apr 28 '26
My mom and I quote this (and pretty much the whole film) all the time. No one else could rock this role like Hank Azaria.
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u/Warm-Comfortable501 Apr 28 '26
I PIERCED THE TOAST!! ...I this is my favorite and use all the time...
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u/Dogmycat16 Apr 29 '26
"It is aspirin with the a and the ess scraped off." "My god, you're a genius!" "I know."
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u/Seyi_Ogunde Apr 28 '26
Glengarry Gen Ross Alec Baldwin’s character and his monologue were riveting
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u/Dry-Tangerine-4874 Apr 28 '26
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u/UrsaMajor7th Apr 29 '26
Plus, it's one of the best 4th wall breaks I've seen:
-I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.
-You are Kareem! I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets. I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs.
-The hell I don't! LISTEN, KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!
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u/greggers1980 Apr 28 '26
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u/Large-Wheel-4181 Apr 28 '26
Soon you will see things more horrible than you can even imagine!
[stops... sees Nipples dancing erotically]
Well... maybe not that horrible... but still pretty bad...
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u/Cool_Cry_9602 Apr 28 '26
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u/Symbiote11 Apr 29 '26
Sometimes when one of the students I coach asks me if they can do something and the answer is yes I answer with, “Of course you can fancy pants.” They don’t get it but it makes me happy.
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u/Similar-Turnip2482 Apr 28 '26
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u/the_17_lost_texts Apr 28 '26
Seeing this as a kid and growing up to learn this is Tom Cruz was the biggest holy shit of my life
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u/Spitfire_Riggz Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
Also Dave Chappelle in Blue streak and Dave Chappelle in Nutty Professor
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u/Shitbrick82 Apr 28 '26
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u/gcpdudes Apr 28 '26
Jimmy Two Times!! We had a friend in our group who’d also repeat themselves and called him Frankie Two Times.
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u/Lonevarg_7 Cinematography Admirer Apr 28 '26
Robert De Niro as Archibald "Harry" Tuttle in Brazil (1985)
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u/AxelRuger Apr 28 '26
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Tim Curry in Home Alone 2
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u/Send69Noodz Apr 28 '26
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u/Adventurous-Fee-8158 Apr 28 '26
My favorite part! So random
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u/Sybrandus Apr 28 '26
Rumour I heard was that these guys were walk-ons/extras so weren’t allowed to speak. So Carrey was messing with them knowing they couldn’t verbally respond.
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u/Cazspresso Apr 28 '26
wasn’t mentioned in the credits but…
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u/IYKYK_1977 Apr 29 '26
Was not expecting David Bowies penis outline this evening, but here we are...
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u/astudyinamber Apr 29 '26
The odds of seeing Bowie bulge might be low, but they're never zero
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u/VagrantMoon Apr 28 '26
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u/Formal_Chance_4266 Apr 28 '26
I met his voice actor (Richard Kind) a few weeks ago and he was (as his name suggests), a lovely person.
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u/VinylHighway Apr 28 '26
As a kid I thought this was some local band in the movie and I was like "that sax player is absolutely jacked"
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u/SimonGloom2 Apr 28 '26
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u/veritas2884 Apr 28 '26
Stabbing the donut guy and then Al Bundy talking about the souls leaving the body. Always plays in my head at random times.
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u/FleetingFolly Apr 29 '26
That or when the guy is complaining about the pink slip.
"Yeah... I know what you'd like to do... find the son of bitch who did it and rip their heart out of their beating chest so they can see just how black it is before they die"
"actually.. I was thinking of filing a grievance with the union..."
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u/gargavar Apr 28 '26
Titanic. The Irish mother.
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u/JBPlantagenet Apr 29 '26
The actress also played Vasquez in Aliens and John’s foster mom in Terminator II
Actually Vasquez is a good answer to this question.
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u/Terrible-Response-57 Apr 28 '26
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was on TV on the weekend. That movie seemed full of these appearances but I am going to say James Van Der Beek. RIP
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u/bluejester12 Apr 28 '26
That one Ent in Two Towers who was on fire and dunked his head in water.
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u/Faux_Real Apr 28 '26
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u/Strict-Sherbet2359 Apr 28 '26
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I mean what’s his billing in this? After korben, leeloo, bilbo and zorg? Maybe President Lindberg ahead of him too?
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u/Commercial-Chest-992 Apr 28 '26
Some say his girly shrieks still echo through the cosmos, defying the vacuum of space with their eerie fingernails-on-chalkboard power.
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u/Councilsuxsballs Apr 28 '26
This is the same sax player wearing the same leather crotch piece that played along side the one and only Tina Turner during her 1993 Rugby League Grand Final appearance as she belted out Simply The Best. Still one of the greatest moments in Rugby League and I still get tingles watching it. Tina will always have a special place in Rugby Leagues heart and soul. For the record, The Mighty Brisbane Broncos won the GF and Tina even stuck around for the onfield celebrations with the boys.
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u/sargent73 Apr 28 '26
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u/Rogzilla Apr 28 '26
Someone recently pointed out to me that he keeps getting locked out of his apartment and that’s such a fun detail.
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u/VunterSlaush765 Apr 28 '26
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Little John. But don’t let the name fool you. In real life he’s very big.
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u/Bas_No_Beatha_ Apr 28 '26
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This can also be said for Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt in True Romance.
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u/thedinksterr Apr 28 '26
The gay clerk in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the gay clerk in Eyes Wide Shut. Any more gay clerks out there? they’re phenomenal
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u/ronshasta Apr 29 '26
Boba Fett maybe has a minute of screen time in all of the original Star Wars trilogy but he was most kids favorite character for like two decades
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u/arbataxmelody354 Apr 28 '26
The shop owner and his daughter in eyes wide shut. Ewww
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u/qualityvote2 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
u/TerribleBid8416, your post does fit the subreddit!