Cobra (1986)
The Rubbish Name: Marion Cobretti (Sylvester Stallone)
Who He Is: He's the cop planning to clean up his town and take down a ruthless gang of neo-fascist thugs.
We can guess why he likes being known as Cobra, given that he has a silly first name.
What He Sounds Like: Slightly loopy Posh gal in a tale of romance and pedigree dog breeding.
Can she win Crufts with her Schnauzer/Shih Tzu cross-breed?
The Adventures Of Pluto Nash (2002)
The Rubbish Name: Pluto Nash (Eddie Murphy)
Who He Is: A nightclub owner who investigates who blew up his place on the moon.
Even the stupid name couldn't help this comedy.
What He Sounds Like: The narrator behind a series of quirky stories as he tracks his life across the decades.
The filmmakers are later sued by the team behind Forrest Gump for plagiarism.
Dragonball Evolution (2009)
The Rubbish Name: Goku (Justin Chatwin)
What He Is: The standard hero-with-a-destiny who discovers he's one of the few people who stands between a nasty alien type and ultimate power.
His hair is even sillier than his name.
What He Sounds Like: You know that sound cats make when they've got a particularly troublesome hairball working its way up their gullet?
That sound exactly.
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Toursiveu
Dec 9th 2009, 11:27
How can you forget about Cyborg? Jean-Claude Van Damme's character is named Gibson Rickenbacker. And the bad guy is... Fender Tremolo!
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Hadouken76
Dec 9th 2009, 12:57
wes mantooth is a silly name but still makes me smile lol
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joedav87
Dec 9th 2009, 13:34
Bob Lee Swagger? ok it sounds like a hillbilly name, but there is a reason for it. S.W.A.G.G.E.R = Sophisticated Wild a*s Guess in sniper lingo. so bob lee is a swaggerer. also its a class film, with a tour de force perfomance from Danny Glover. "who gives a s**t? its over. i win. you lose"
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Lingdada
Dec 10th 2009, 0:37
Those hilariously awful names are pure Python,all s****hed from the Ministry of Silly Names!! Bring back Trevor and Siegfried!!
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milkboymedia
Dec 11th 2009, 5:22
Igby is clearly the one with the weird name in "Igby Goes Down". And what the c**p is wrong with Beatrix Kiddo? That's my daughter's name. (Admittedly, not the "Kiddo" part though)
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RastaFresh
Dec 13th 2009, 9:42
C'mon people! I don't tell me you forgot Kurt Russell's name in Escape from NY (and LA) - Snake Plissken!!!
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mcghater
Sep 6th 2010, 17:26
all of adam sandlers characters
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BennettsVest
Sep 7th 2010, 17:49
Admittedly there are a few REALLY stupid names there, but most of them seem to be lumped in there because they're foreign... Everyone who commented above had far more valid suggestions than the ones actually featured.
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Faers
Sep 10th 2010, 13:42
Hit and miss - some of these names need to be put into context. Chev Chelios and Crank go hand in hand for example. I mean, you haven't mentioned Auric Goldfinger for example. It's hardly your average name, but it the context of the James Bond universe, it is.
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QuietLife
Oct 18th 2010, 8:46
How could you miss out Castor Troy/Pollux Troy from Face/Off??? Surely the daftest names in cinema!
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