To honor the cult classic’s legacy, we chose and ranked the movie’s 20 best characters.
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Best quote:“Leads, yeah, sure.
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I’ll just check with the boys down at the crime lab.
They’ve got four more detectives working on the case.
They got us working in shifts!”
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Fawn Knutsen (Tara Reid).
Best quote:[To the Dude] “I’m a brother shamus!”
The Dude’s reply?
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Like an Irish monk?"
Best quote:“Mark it 8, Dude.”
Varga in season 3 ofFargo.
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(The Dude’s response: “Yeah, a friend with a cleft a–hole?")
(The Dude’s reply: “Obviously, you’re not a golfer.")
Best quote:“Interactive erotic software.
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The wave of the future, Dude.
One hundred percent electronic!”
Their number includes Torsten Voges' Franz,Flea’s Kieffer, andPeter Stormare’s Uli Kunkel, a.k.a.
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porn star “Karl Hungus” who appeared inLogjammin’alongside the aforementioned Bunny.
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Philip Seymour Hoffmanplays the impeccably polite manservant of the Big Lebowski.
We’re all very fond of her.
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Best quote:[To the Dude] “‘F— it!’
That’s your answer.
That’s your answer for everything!
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Tattoo it on your forehead!
Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski!
My advice to you is to do what your parents did.
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Get a job, sir!”
But sometimes, there’s a man.
And I’m talkin' about the Dude here.
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Sometimes, there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place.
He fits right in there.
And that’s the Dude, in Los Angeles.
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And, even if he’s a lazy man and the Dude was most certainly that.
But, sometimes, there’s a man.
Sometimes, there’s a man.
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I lost my train of thought here.
But…aw, hell.
I’ve done introduced him enough.”
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John Turturroplays the pugnacious, vividly attired bowler, and according to Walter Sobchak convicted pederast.
Best quote:“Nobody f—s with the Jesus.”
Best quote:“Phone’s ringing, Dude.”
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Best quote:“It’s a male myth about feminists that we hate sex.
It can be a natural, zesty enterprise.
Yes, Mr. Lebowski, these unfortunate souls cannot love in the true sense of the word.
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Our mutual acquaintance Bunny is one of these.”
The character was partly based onConan the BarbarianandRedDawndirectorJohn Milius.
Best quote:“Smokey, this is not ‘Nam.
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There are rules.”
Best quote:“This rug I had, it really tied the room together.”
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