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Weekend Discussion Thread: Nicknames of Movie Characters

Alert reader Sitting Duck asks:

During the course of a film, the riffers will sometimes refer to one or more characters by (usually derisive) nicknames. Which of these are your favorites? Mine come from Time Chasers, where crooked CEO J.K. Robertson is referred to as “Bob Evil.”

My pick: “The Load” in “Mole People.”

What’s yours?

85 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: Nicknames of Movie Characters”

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  1. Dan says:

    Sgt. Justine from RED ZONE CUBA.

       2 likes

  2. William Sircin says:

    Andrew Wyeth’s Pink Boy on Tarmac…

       4 likes

  3. Leave Crow T. Robert Denby Alone says:

    “I’m an icky elf!”

       6 likes

  4. Leave Crow T. Robert Denby Alone says:

    For the record (and O/T), I can’t see the new movie The Martian, because I keep picturing Matt Damon marching up and down the red rocks of Mars, repeating his character’s name in the voice of that guy from Outlaw: “Wwwatney! KING Watney! Emperor Watney!” It drives me insane.

    That said, I’m seconding, thirding and fourthing Big Stupid.
    Bob Evil of EvilCo. in Time Chasers is another that probably came up already.
    Mbax (the written equivalent of how Crow says Max in Ninja Master 1 and 2)
    Wienie Man Awaaaaay!
    Lastly, Joe Don never got a real nickname, but I love it when Pearl calls him, “the dyspeptic Joe Don Baker.”

       2 likes

  5. Henry says:

    In honor of the late Martin Milner: “Wild Kingdom” (Lyle Kingman) SST Deathflight.

       1 likes

  6. Truck Farmer says:

    Happy Chef from I Accuse My Parents.

       4 likes

  7. MarcusVermilion says:

    Johnny Mathis from “Mitchell”.

       3 likes

  8. patrick says:

    Barney Rubble

    Dan:
    Did Watney Smith from OUTLAW ever get a nickname, or was he simply too annoying & repulsive to deserve the honor?

       2 likes

  9. Ryan says:

    Golden Spider Duck, and Squat Crimson Pig

       8 likes

  10. Into The Void says:

    Track Of The Moon Beast … Bud Keeler / Butt Peeler(Wheeler?)

       1 likes

  11. Erich says:

    Garza:
    Zap Actionsdower!

    And don’t forget Kramerdower!

       2 likes

  12. Dan says:

    “Mittens! He’s a cop!”
    “Greasy scarecrow boy not invited.”

       3 likes

  13. Satoris says:

    How about a whole band?

    Scott Scrawny and the Hard Gainers from “Horror of Party Beach”.

    And from the same movie—Johnny Mathis and the Conan O’Briens.

       7 likes

  14. goalieboy82 says:

    off topic, but since there were doctor who jokes and they had some lego things,
    but there will be logo doctor who:
    http://brickset.com/article/16978/doctor-who-set-revealed-in-its-entirety!
    also i think most of us who watch mst3k also like lego and doctor who.

       0 likes

  15. crowschmo says:

    Ringworm! Crankcase! Lubejob!

    Making fun of the goofy names of the Martians in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

    But Toblerone is the one I think of when thinking MST3K. (With Big McLargehuge a close second, and Big Stupid third).

    Also, don’t forget Dirk Squarejaw, the precursor to Big McLargehuge from one of those early season space ones.

    And Johnny-the-wonder-something-or-other from Johnny at the Fair.

       4 likes

  16. Prime Minister Jm J. Bullock says:

    Johnny Longtorso!

       2 likes

  17. Twiggins says:

    Deney Terrio from CATALINA CAPER.

       1 likes

  18. Cornjob says:

    Sister Mary Vehicular Homicide from Future War, along with Jean Claude Gosh Darn.

       7 likes

  19. Cornjob says:

    And of course, Dr. Mellow Ski Bum from It Lives by Night.

       7 likes

  20. Sleepy Voiced says:

    I had to register just to add “Gomez” from Cave Dwellers. Y’know, for Dong, er, Thong, whatever.

       6 likes

  21. That ain't Dirk says:

    Edie Budget Gorme from TISCWSLABMUZ.

       3 likes

  22. goalieboy82 says:

    Chief Mccloud

       1 likes

  23. Mr. Krasker says:

    I’m late to the game, but I haven’t seen Lovejoy, Father Lovejoy, or Colonel Lovejoy (on A&E) mentioned yet.

       3 likes

  24. Cornjob says:

    Slightly off topic, but Mustache Dad from Twilight deserves a mention.

       2 likes

  25. Gare.Chicago says:

    Son of Peanut:
    Continually referring to Coleman Francis as “Curly” throughout Red Zone Cuba was just great. It only got funnier as the film went on.

    An honorable mention to “Weenie Man” from This Island Earth.

    Into the Weenie Mobile! Weenie Man Awayyyyy!

    Gare

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  26. Gare.Chicago says:

    Into The Void:
    Track Of The Moon Beast … Bud Keeler / Butt Peeler(Wheeler?)

    It’s even better than that – Mike calls him “Butt Feeler”.

    Gare

       1 likes

  27. Gare.Chicago says:

    ready4sumfootball:
    If I remember correctly, there’s at least two characters they refer to as Colonel Sanders lookalikes, one in Gamera as “Japanese Colonel Sanders” and another is one of the apes in Time of the Apes. Interesting how Colonel Sanders has become relevant again lately. I think MST3K sort of proves that pop culture works in cycles like that.

    And also the short “Is This Love?” – “Young Colonel Sanders”

    Gare

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  28. Gare.Chicago says:

    Spider Skank, Spider Skank!

    Gare

       7 likes

  29. dcmatthews says:

    Dewlap Man, from “The Human Duplicators” (the main characters drive off to somewhere; camera zooms in on a guy with an obvious Adam’s apple in another car who starts to drive off after them, during which Servo intones in his best “Batman narrator” voice: “What’s this? Dewlap Man following our heroes??”)

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  30. Into The Void says:

    Gare.Chicago: It’s even better than that – Mike calls him “Butt Feeler”.

    Gare

    Hey, thanks … since it wasn’t a name they repeated throughout the experiment I’d always been unsure as to what Mike had said for the last name.

       1 likes

  31. CHF01 says:

    Carl Lewis! (Hobgoblins)

       1 likes

  32. Johnny's nonchalance says:

    sol-survivor:
    Big Stupid in “The Girl in Lovers Lane”.

    I always get a kick out of Big’s sidekick Danny being referred to as Sex Poodle.

       2 likes

  33. Johnny's nonchalance says:

    Cornjob:
    Slightly off topic, but Mustache Dad from Twilight deserves a mention.

    I’m a fan of Orange Bikini from The Bermuda Triangle, which also features Maggie Simpson’s rival baby all grown up.

       1 likes

  34. Torgospizza-NJ says:

    “Kooky the crazy clown cop” and “Trevor, the whisper thin cop” from Bride of the Monster.

       0 likes

  35. Cornjob says:

    I of course second the mention of Cornjob.

       3 likes

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