| | | Character back story: Initially born at some point during the Dark Ages (himself claiming to have lived through the outbreak of the Black Plague), there is little that is known about Beetlejuice predating his death (the time of which isn't even certain). Following his demise, however, he grew to a degree of infamy in the afterlife as a "bio-exorcist", claiming he could exorcise the living. To summon him, one only needs to say his name three times- after that, all bets are off. | | Inspiration for character: God only knows. | | Age/Occupation: Unknown/Bio-exorcist. | | Personality type: Obnoxious and perverse, with a pitch-black sense of humor. | | Signature look: Black-and-white striped rumpled suit, white shirt, black tie, black leather boots, yellow-green hair, rotting skin, purple-ringed eyes, ghastly teeth. | | Resides: The cemetary of the Maitland's scale model of the nearby, unnamed small town. | | Character connections: Consistently solicits the patronage of Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), antagonizes the living residents of the Maitland home, and attempts to marry Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) to secure a "green card" to the land of the living. | | Fun facts/trivia: Despite playing the title character, Michael Keaton only appears in 17.5 minutes of the film's entire 92-minute running time. | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - It's showtime!
- Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the Exorcist about a HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?
- I'm the ghost with the most, babe.
- Because if I tell you, you'll tell your friends, your friends are callin' me on the horn all the time, I gotta show up at shopping centers for openings and sign autographs and shit like that and it makes my life a hell. Okay? A living hell.
- Nice fuckin' model!
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Character name: Batman
Appears in: Batman, Batman Returns
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Award(s): | | Character back story: Everything changed for young Bruce Wayne the night his parents were murdered- shot to death by a gangster right in front of his eyes. He developed a burning need for vengeance and an almost obsessive desire for justice, which drove him to train himself, both mentally and physically, to take on an impossible task. Funneling his vast fortune into the development of high-tech weaponry and the construction of a massive lair beneath his vast mansion, Bruce Wayne dedicated himself to an unending war on crime... a war that would be fought under the guise of a creature of the night as the Batman. | | Inspiration for character: Dracula, Zorro, Leonardo DaVinci, the works of Frank Miller. | | Age/Occupation: Mid-thirties/Millionaire playboy. | | Personality type: Brooding and tormented. | | Signature look: Black rubber cowl with horns, black rubber body suit with muscular pattern sculpt, black leather gloves, custom black Nike boots, yellow utility belt, scalloped black cape, black-and-yellow bat emblem on chest. | | Resides: Wayne Manor, a private estate located just inside the Gotham City limits. | | Character connections: Wayne's only remaining "family" is acerbic butler Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough). Was once in a relationship with photojournalist Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger), is frequently called upon by Commissioner James Gordon (Pat Hingle), and is the enemy of all criminals operating in Gotham City, including the Joker (Jack Nicholson), the Penguin (Danny DeVito), Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Max Shreck (Christopher Walken). | | Fun facts/trivia: For the first Batman film, the heavy, rubber Batsuit weighed approximately 70 lbs. Keaton described the feeling of wearing it as being similar to having a thousand rubber bands stretched across his arms and legs; while practicing for a high kick in the suit, Keaton threw out the muscles of his hip, an injury that he claims still affects him today. | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - I'm Batman.
- You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let's get nuts!
- I'm not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.
- Eat floor. High fiber.
- Oh, I'm sorry. You know what? I mistook me for somebody else. Sorry.
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Character name: Bill Blazejowski
Appears in: Night Shift
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| | Character back story: A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night as their brothel. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it's more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship. | | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation: helps in the morgue also co manages a call girl ring from morgue | | Personality type: funny, a man full of ideas, always talking | Signature look:
dresses like a pimp | | Resides: | | Character connections: works with Chuck, a morgue attendant and runs a prostitution business from there | Fun facts/trivia:
Both Kevin Costner and Shannen Doherty make their screen debuts: Costner as a frat boy in the morgue party scene (a non-speaking bit part); Doherty plays a "Blue Bell" (liken to a "Girl Scout") in an elevator scene (with one line | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Chuck Lumley: As we sit here and idly chat, there are woman, female human beings, rolling around in strange beds with strange men, and we are making money from that.
Bill Blazejowski: Is this a great country, or what?
- Bill: What if you mix the mayonnaise in the can, WITH the tunafish? Or... hold it! Chuck! I got it! Take LIVE tuna fish, and FEED 'em mayonnaise! Oh this is great.
[speaks into tape recorder]
Bill: Call Starkist!
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