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* HeterosexualLifePartners: "Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling." The last of which was preceded by a manhug.
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* GlorifiedSpermDonor: The "glorified" bit is definitely averted.
-->'''Maude:''' I don't want the father to be someone I have to see socially, or who will have any interest in raising the child himself.
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-->'''Maude:''' I don't want the father to be someone I have to see socially, or who will have any interest in raising the child himself.
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-->'''Maude:''' Do you like sex, Mr Lebowski?
-->'''The Dude:''' You mean... coitus?
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-->'''The Dude:''' You mean... coitus?
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! Maud Lebowski
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The Big Lebowski's daughter. A feminist and an avant-garde artist whose work "has been commended as being strongly vaginal". She introduced Bunny to Uli Kunkel. She beds The Dude solely to conceive a child, and wants nothing else to do with him.
* ItsNotPornItsArt
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
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The CharacterTitle.[[CharacterTitle titular character]]. He is a wheelchair-bound (he lost the use of his legs in the Korean War) apparent multi-millionaire who is married to Bunny and is Maude's father by his late wife. He refers to The Dude dismissively as "a bum" and a "deadbeat", and is obsessed with "achievement". Although he characterizes himself as highly successful and accomplished, it is revealed by Maude that he is simply "allowed" to run some of the philanthropic efforts of her mother’s estate, and that he doesn't actually have very much money of his own.
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The CharacterTitle, CharacterTitle. He is a wheelchair-bound (he lost the use of his legs in the Korean War) apparent multi-millionaire who is married to Bunny and is Maude's father by his late wife. He refers to The Dude dismissively as "a bum" and a "deadbeat", and is obsessed with "achievement". Although he characterizes himself as highly successful and accomplished, it is revealed by Maude that he is simply "allowed" to run some of the philanthropic efforts of her mother’s estate, and that he doesn't actually have very much money of his own.
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! Jeffrey Lebowski, a.k.a. "The Big Lebowski"
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->Played by: '''David Huddleston'''
The CharacterTitle, is a wheelchair-bound (he lost the use of his legs in the Korean War) apparent multi-millionaire who is married to Bunny and is Maude's father by his late wife. He refers to The Dude dismissively as "a bum" and a "deadbeat", and is obsessed with "achievement". Although he characterizes himself as highly successful and accomplished, it is revealed by Maude that he is simply "allowed" to run some of the philanthropic efforts of her mother’s estate, and that he doesn't actually have very much money of his own.
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* {{Jerkass}}
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* EruditeStoner: Has "the occasional acid flashback".
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first he is shown doing is shopping for half-and-half in his robe, tasting it in the store, then paying for it by writing a check for 69 cents.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first he is shown doing is shopping for half-and-half in his robe, tasting it in the store, then paying for it by writing a check for 69 cents.
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* * TheDanza: Despite The Dude's seeming similarity to Jeff Bridges, he is actually based on a friend of Creator/{{the Coen Brothers}}, Jeff "The Dude" Dowd. Both Dowd, Dude, and Bridges are named Jeffrey.TheDanza
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* * TheDanza: Despite The Dude's seeming similarity to JeffBridges, Jeff Bridges, he is actually based on a friend of Creator/{{the Coen Brothers}}, Jeff "The Dude" Dowd. Both Dowd, Dude, and Bridges are named Jeffrey.
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** [[spoiler: He's wrong when he thinks the Big Lebowski isn't disabled and throws him on the floor, except he might have been right about that, too: the Big Lebowski's leg visibly kicks when Walter throws him down. Probably an acting mistake, could be very subtle confirmation of Walter's theory. Which would make Walter correct about absolutely everything.]]
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** "Shut the fuck up, Donny."
** "Am I wrong?"
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-->Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax. YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!
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-->Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax. YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!
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* CaptainObvious: May be part of the reason why Walter and the Dude ignore him all the time.
-->Jeffrey Lebowski? That's your name, Dude!
* CaptainObvious: May be part of the reason why Walter and the Dude ignore him all the time.
-->Jeffrey Lebowski? That's your name, Dude!
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Walter is a walking example of this trope, despite (supposedly) serving in Vietnam, and presumably having been trained in gun handling. Notable examples include threatening someone else with a gun (though arguably he isn't being reckless here so much as psychotic), and, in doing so, racking the slide with his finger on the trigger, which is likely to end poorly.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Walter is a walking example of this trope, despite (supposedly) serving in Vietnam, and presumably having been trained in gun handling. Notable examples include threatening someone else with a gun (though arguably he isn't being reckless here so much as psychotic), and, in doing so, racking the slide with his finger on the trigger, which is likely to end poorly.
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** Has elements of a deconstruction. Yes, Walter is a badass but his violent tendencies are a result from PTSD incurred in Nam. His friends seem to think he needs mental help.
** Unlike the average badass, Walter winds up attacking a lot of the wrong targets. And when he finds out he's been smashing the wrong car, he quickly decides to run.
-->You are entering a world of pain.
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->Played by: '''Creator/SteveBuscemi'''
A member of Walter and The Dude's bowling team. Naïve and good-natured, Donny is an avid bowler and frequently interrupts Walter's diatribes to inquire about the parts of the story he missed or did not understand, provoking Walter's frequently repeated response, "Shut the fuck up, Donny!". [[ActorAllusion This line is a reference to Fargo]], the Coen brothers' previous film, in which Buscemi's character was constantly talking.
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! Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos
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->Played by: '''Creator/SteveBuscemi'''
A member of Walter and The Dude's bowling team. Naïve and good-natured, Donny is an avid bowler and frequently interrupts Walter's diatribes to inquire about the parts of the story he missed or did not understand, provoking Walter's frequently repeated response, "Shut the fuck up, Donny!". [[ActorAllusion This line is a reference to Fargo]], the Coen brothers' previous film, in which Buscemi's character was constantly talking.
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A [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Nam]] veteran, The Dude's best friend, and bowling teammate. Walter places the rules of bowling second in reverence only to the rules of his religion, Judaism, as evidenced by his strict stance against "rolling" on Shabbos. He has a violent temper, and is given to pulling out a handgun (or crowbar) in order to settle disputes. He says the Gulf War was all about oil and claims to have dabbled in pacifism. He constantly references Vietnam in conversations, much to the annoyance of The Dude. Walter was based, in part, on screenwriter John Milius.
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->Played by: '''John Goodman'''
A [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Nam]] veteran, The Dude's best friend, and bowling teammate. Walter places the rules of bowling second in reverence only to the rules of his religion, Judaism, as evidenced by his strict stance against "rolling" on Shabbos. He has a violent temper, and is given to pulling out a handgun (or crowbar) in order to settle disputes. He says the Gulf War was all about oil and claims to have dabbled in pacifism. He constantly references Vietnam in conversations, much to the annoyance of The Dude. Walter was based, in part, on screenwriter John Milius.
* BerserkButton: Don't mess with bowling rules in front of him. NEVER.
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* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Loves White Russian cocktails.
* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Loves White Russian cocktails.
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->Played by: '''Creator/JeffBridges'''
A single, unemployed slacker living in Venice, California, who enjoys cocktails and bowling. He is mostly inspired by Jeff Dowd, a member of the anti-war radical group the Seattle Liberation Front (The Dude tells Maude Lebowski that he was one of the Seattle Seven, who were members of the SLF). A friend of the Coen brothers, Vietnam War veteran Pete Exline, also inspired aspects of the character.
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->Played by: '''Creator/JeffBridges'''
A single, unemployed slacker living in Venice, California, who enjoys cocktails and bowling. He is mostly inspired by Jeff Dowd, a member of the anti-war radical group the Seattle Liberation Front (The Dude tells Maude Lebowski that he was one of the Seattle Seven, who were members of the SLF). A friend of the Coen brothers, Vietnam War veteran Pete Exline, also inspired aspects of the character.
