Posts by Tom

Ripley

In the Alien series, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is a warrant officer aboard the spaceship Nostromo. When the crew wakes from stasis to find an unknown creature has infiltrated the ship, Ripley steps up to play the unlikely hero.

Angus Young

Angus Young is the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Australian band AC/DC. Subverting all expectations for how a hard rock musician should dress, Angus performs in a schoolboy uniform replete with newsboy cap and necktie.

Jason Brody

In Far Cry 3, Jason Brody is vacationing with friends on the Rook Islands when they’re captured by pirates. Following his near-fatal escape, he follows the path of the warrior and develops his skills so that he can rescue those he left behind.

Woman in Under the Skin

In Under the Skin, Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who travels around in a nondescript vehicle, probing random men with questions. Some even get invited back to her house, where they experience something they’ll remember for the rest of their lives.

Snake Plissken

In Escape from New York, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is an ex-soldier given 24 hours to rescue the President from Manhattan, which has been converted to a maximum security prison. If he’s successful, he gets a presidential pardon. If not, the explosives that have been implanted in his body will be detonated.

Lt. Jim Dangle

In Reno 911!, Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) takes you on a ride-along as the lead deputy of the Reno Sheriff’s Department. He explains that his trademark short shorts are essential for increased mobility.

Chuck Noland in Cast Away

In Cast Away, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is a systems engineers who travels the world making FedEx depots more efficient. On one such trip, his plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. He awakes to find himself the sole survivor on an uninhabited island, with only a volleyball he names Wilson to keep him company. Your choice of shorts or loin cloth depending on how committed you want to be.

Cooking Mama

In the eponymous Nintendo and iOS game series, Cooking Mama teaches you to chop vegetables, slice meats, flip foods in the pan, and arrange dishes. Since then, Cooking Mama has diversified into new activities like gardening, camping, and babysitting, wearing the same outfit through it all.

Buck Dewey

In Steven Universe, Buck Dewey is a resident of Beach City and the son of Mayor Bill Dewey. He has a laid back personality and is open-minded, although he does dislike “nasty stuff”.

Green Arrow

In Arrow, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is Green Arrow, a billionaire playboy who dons a costume and fights crime. Sounds a lot like another guy we know. No surprise that his weapon of choice is the bow and arrow.

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