Characters in films who have ridiculous names.

[Twit 2]

Has there been a thread where we list silly names in films, like how male stars get called Ranch Spooterson and stuff? Well, there is now.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Stathis Borans, from David Cronenberg's version of The Fly.

[itsfredtitmus]

Veronica Quaife

[zomgmouse]

Marty McFly

[Shaky]

John Matrix

Not sure it's fair to include films with a comedic bent really, but the names of the Ghostbusters are fantastically idiosyncratic.

[Steven]

[ieXush2i]

Cade Yeager, inventor



Reynolds Woodcock?

[Phil_A]

Tom Cruises's character in Days Of Thunder: Cole Trickle.

[SavageHedgehog]

Nico Tuscanini
Mason Storm
Gino Fillino
Casey Ryback
Forrest Taft
Orin Boyd

The list probably goes on but that's from memory.

[ieXush2i]

Vito Corleone
Fredo Corleone
Genco Abbandando

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Oswaldo Mobray.

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Vito Corleone
Fredo Corleone
Genco Abbandando

Not Santino Corleone?

[Sebastian Cobb]

Marty McFly

Not sure if that's more or less sensible than Biff Tannen.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Elvis wasn't just the king of rock and roll, he was the undisputed champ of having a silly character name in films.

Lucky Jackson
Toby Kwimper
Tulsa McLean
Clint Reno
Rick Richards
Rusty Wells

[NoSleep]

Windows

[NoSleep]

Chest Rockwell

[Phil_A]

Not forgetting the hero of The Final Sacrifice, the immortal Zap Rowsdower.

[Steven]

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Derek Zoolander.

[ieXush2i]

Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr

[Sebastian Cobb]

Brewster Mccleod.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Ed 209.

[Dex Sawash]

Iron Balls Mcginty

[Serge]

Although not a ridiculous name in itself, the fact that Vincent D'Onofrio's character in 'Jurassic World' was called Vic Hoskins led to major disappointment when it turned out he wasn't a cockney gangster.

"Velociraptors? I shit 'em!"

[Icehaven]

Knives Chau.

[itsfredtitmus]

Brewster Mccleod.

Brewmyster General

[The Duck Man]

Coming at this from the other direction, it's pretty daft that the best name Christopher Nolan could come up with for the protagonist in blockbuster Inception was "Dom Cobb".

[BlodwynPig]

Spock

[itsfredtitmus]

Spock

racist

[MojoJojo]

Inspector Bumstead.