62. Pee-Wee Herman
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
A strange man-child has his precious bike stolen and embarks on a weird adventure to get it back. Before he had his own playhouse in puppet land, Pee-Wee Herman lived in California with his dog Speck and his beloved stupid bicycle.
The glory of Pee-Wee as a character is that he is, more or less, an immature idiot of a human being. Playing pranks, throwing tantrums, and being generally selfish is the nature of Paul Reuben's bratty character.
It's really hard to explain why a dickish man-child would appear on my list of favorite movie characters, but then again it's hard to explain why the adventures of said dickish man-child would be one of my favorite movies. It's a really well-crafted character in a really well-written and directed film. Pee-Wee's Playhouse raised me as a child even after it went off the air.
Pee-Wee's fucking awesome, you guys.
Defining moment: Okay I'm gonna have to WALL-E this one. So here are some of Pee-Wee's best moments in the film.
- His breakfast machine
- Wrestling his even brattier neighbor Francis in a pool
- Getting progressively more and more annoyed with the hobo he rides in a boxcar with
- Remembering the Alamo
- Telling a bar full of angry bikers "SHHHHHHHHH! I AM TRYING TO USE THE PHONE!"
- Dancing to "Tequila"
- Crashing his motorcycle near moments after getting it
- Completely fucking up an entire movie studio
- Rescuing an entire pet store from a fire, constantly avoiding the snakes until they're the only one left. He then runs out screaming while holding the snakes and passes out.
- His cameo as a bellhop in the movie about his life
Yeah, Pee-Wee Herman is cool.
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