The Big Lebowski. The Big Lebowski. VOICE- OVER: A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self- apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, like- wise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'. VOICE- OVER: They call Los Angeles the City of Angels. I didn't find it to be that exactly, but I'll allow as there are some nice folks there. Course, I can't say I seen London, and I never been to France, and I ain't never seen no queen in her damn undies as the fella says. But I'll tell you what, after seeing Los Angeles and thisahere story I'm about to unfold- - wal, I guess I seen somethin' ever' bit as stupefyin' as ya'd see in any a those other places, and in English too, so I can die with a smile on my face without feelin' like the good Lord gypped me. Art, music, cinema, cats. I'm Ines. I love cats & art. Contact me : sevasevol (at) gmail.com. A scene towards the end of the film The Big Lebowski (TBL) unmistakably illustrates the connection between the trickster and detective work. ![]() VOICE- OVER: Now this story I'm about to unfold took place back in the early nineties- - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and the Eye- rackies. I only mention it 'cause some- times there's a man- -I won't say a hee- ro, 'cause what's a hee- ro?- -but sometimes there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here- - sometimes there's a man who, wal, he's the man for his time'n place, he fits right in there- -and that's the Dude, in Los Angeles. VOICE- OVER: .. and even if he's a lazy man, and the Dude was certainly that- -quite possibly the laziest in Los Angeles County. VOICE: We want that money, Lebowski. Bunny said you were good for it. VOICE: Where's the money, Lebowski! ![]() ![]() VOICE: Where's the money, Lebowski! VOICE: WHERE'S THE FUCKING MONEY, SHITHEAD! DUDE: It's uh, it's down there somewhere. Lemme take another look. VOICE: Don't fuck with us. If your wife owes money to Jackie Treehorn, that means you owe money to Jackie Treehorn. DUDE: Oh, man. Don't do- -. BLOND MAN: You see what happens? You see what happens, Lebowski? DUDE: Look, nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man. Antagonist Title: The protagonist is actually the Dude (although his surname is indeed Lebowski). The other one, the 'Big' Lebowski, is one of several antagonists in. Several characters from Akagi seem to be chain smokers, including the undoubtedly cool, demoniacally talented titular character. Of course, this is a series that. The Big Lebowski (1998) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more. BLOND MAN: Your name is Lebowski. Your wife is Bunny. DUDE: Bunny? Look, moron. You see a wedding ring? Does this place look like I'm fucking married? All my plants are dead! BLOND MAN: The fuck is this? DUDE: Obviously you're not a golfer. BLOND MAN: Woo? BLOND MAN: Wasn't this guy supposed to be a millionaire? BLOND MAN: What do you think? WOO: He looks like a fuckin' loser. DUDE: Hey. At least I'm housebroken. WOO: Fuckin' waste of time. BLOND MAN: Thanks a lot, asshole. WALTER: This was a valued rug. This was, uh- -. DUDE: Yeah man, it really tied the room together- -. WALTER: This was a valued, uh. DONNY: What tied the room together, Dude? WALTER: Were you listening to the story, Donny? WALTER: Were you listening to the Dude's story? DONNY: I was bowling- -. WALTER: So you have no frame of reference, Donny. You're like a child who wanders in in the middle of a movie and wants to know- -. DUDE: What's your point, Walter? WALTER: There's no fucking reason- -here's my point, Dude- -there's no fucking reason- -. DONNY: Yeah Walter, what's your point? DUDE: What's the point of- -we all know who was at fault, so what the fuck are you talking about? WALTER: Huh? No! What the fuck are you talking- -I'm not- -we're talking about unchecked aggression here- -. DONNY: What the fuck is he talking about? DUDE: This Chinaman who peed on my rug, I can't go give him a bill so what the fuck are you talking about? WALTER: What the fuck are you talking about?! This Chinaman is not the issue! I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line you do not, uh- -and also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred, uh.. Asian- American. Please. DUDE: Walter, this is not a guy who built the rail- roads, here, this is a guy who peed on my- -. WALTER: What the fuck are you- -. DUDE: Walter, he peed on my rug- -. DONNY: He peed on the Dude's rug- -. WALTER: YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT! This Chinaman is not the issue, Dude. WALTER: Jeff Lebowski. Come on. This other Jeffrey Lebowski. The millionaire. He's gonna be easier to find anyway than these two, uh. And he has the wealth, uh, the resources obviously, and there is no reason, no FUCKING reason, why his wife should go out and owe money and they pee on your rug. Am I wrong? DUDE: No, but- -. WALTER: Am I wrong! DONNY: His name is Lebowski? That's your name, Dude! DUDE: Yeah, this is the guy, this guy should compensate me for the fucking rug. I mean his wife goes out and owes money and they pee on my rug. WALTER: Thaaat's right Dude; they pee on your fucking Rug. YOUNG MAN: These are Mr. Lebowski's children, so to speak- -. DUDE: Different mothers, huh? YOUNG MAN: No, they- -. DUDE: I guess he's pretty, uh, racially pretty cool- -. YOUNG MAN: They're not his, heh- heh, they're not literally his children; they're the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, inner- city children of promise but without the- -. YOUNG MAN: - -without the means for higher education, so Mr. Lebowski has committed to sending all of them to college. DUDE: Jeez. Think he's got room for one more? YOUNG MAN: One- -oh! Heh- heh. You never went to college? DUDE: Well, yeah I did, but I spent most of my time occupying various, um, administration buildings- -. YOUNG MAN: Heh- heh- -. DUDE: - -smoking thai- stick, breaking into the ROTC- -. YOUNG MAN: Yes, heh- -. DUDE: - -and bowling. I'll tell you the truth, Brandt, I don't remember most of it.- -Jeez! Fuck me! LEBOWSKI: Okay sir, you're a Lebowski, I'm a Lebowski, that's terrific, I'm very busy so what can I do for you? DUDE: Well sir, it's this rug I have, really tied the room together- . LEBOWSKI: You told Brandt on the phone, he told me. So where do I fit in? DUDE: Well they were looking for you, these two guys, they were trying to- -. LEBOWSKI: I'll say it again, all right? You told Brandt. He told me. I know what happened. Yes? Yes? DUDE: So you know they were trying to piss on your rug- -. LEBOWSKI: Did I urinate on your rug? DUDE: You mean, did you personally come and pee on my- -. LEBOWSKI: Hello! Do you speak English? Parla usted Inglese? I'll say it again. Did I urinate on your rug? DUDE: Well no, like I said, Woo peed on the rug- -. LEBOWSKI: Hello! Hello! So every time- -I just want to understand this, sir- - every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the- -. DUDE: Come on, man, I'm not trying to scam anybody here, I'm just- -. LEBOWSKI: You're just looking for a handout like every other- -are you employed, Mr. Lebowski? DUDE: Look, let me explain something. I'm not Mr. Lebowski; you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or Duder. His Dudeness. Or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing- -. LEBOWSKI: Are you employed, sir? DUDE: Employed? LEBOWSKI: You don't go out and make a living dressed like that in the middle of a weekday. DUDE: Is this a- -what day is this? LEBOWSKI: But I do work, so if you don't mind- -. DUDE: No, look. I do mind. The Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this will not stand, man. I mean, if your wife owes- -. LEBOWSKI: My wife is not the issue here. I hope that my wife will someday learn to live on her allowance, which is ample, but if she doesn't, sir, that will be her problem, not mine, just as your rug is your problem, just as every bum's lot in life is his own responsibility regardless of whom he chooses to blame. I didn't blame anyone for the loss of my legs, some chinaman in Korea took them from me but I went out and achieved anyway. I can't solve your problems, sir, only you can. DUDE: Ah fuck it. LEBOWSKI: Sure! Fuck it! That's your answer! Tattoo it on your forehead! Your answer to everything! BRANDT: How was your meeting, Mr. Lebowski? DUDE: Okay. The old man told me to take any rug in the house. YOUNG WOMAN Blow on them. YOUNG WOMAN G'ahead. Blow. DUDE: You want me to blow on your toes? YOUNG WOMAN Uh- huh.. I can't blow that far. DUDE: You sure he won't mind? YOUNG WOMAN Dieter doesn't care about anything. He's a nihilist. DUDE: Practicing? YOUNG WOMAN You're not blowing. BRANDT: Our guest has to be getting along, Mrs. Lebowski. DUDE: You're Bunny? BUNNY: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. BRANDT: Ha- ha- ha- ha! Wonderful woman. Very free- spirited. We're all very fond of her. BUNNY: Brandt can't watch though. Or he has to pay a hundred. BRANDT: Ha- ha- ha- ha- ha! That's marvelous. DUDE: I'm just gonna find a cash machine. DUDE: What the fuck are you- -. WALTER: I'm saying, Cynthia's Pomeranian. I'm looking after it while Cynthia and Marty Ackerman are in Hawaii. DUDE: You brought a fucking Pomeranian bowling? WALTER: What do you mean "brought it bowling"? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not gonna take your fucking turn, Dude. DUDE: Hey, man, if my fucking ex- wife asked me to take care of her fucking dog while she and her boyfriend went to Honolulu, I'd tell her to go fuck herself. Why can't she board it? WALTER: First of all, Dude, you don't have an ex, secondly, it's a fucking show dog with fucking papers. You can't board it. It gets upset, its hair falls out. DUDE: Hey man- -. WALTER: Fucking dog has papers, Dude. WALTER: Over the line! WALTER: Smokey Huh? WALTER: Over the line, Smokey! I'm sorry. That's a foul. SMOKEY: Bullshit. Eight, Dude. WALTER: Excuse me! Mark it zero. Next frame. SMOKEY: Bullshit. Walter! WALTER: This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. DUDE: Come on Walter, it's just- -it's Smokey. So his toe slipped over a little, it's just a game. WALTER: This is a league game. This determines who enters the next round- robin, am I wrong? SMOKEY: Yeah, but- -. WALTER: Am I wrong!? SMOKEY: Yeah, but I wasn't over. Gimme the marker, Dude, I'm marking it an eight. WALTER: Smokey my friend, you're entering a world of pain. DUDE: Hey Walter- -. WALTER: Mark that frame an eight, you're entering a world of pain. SMOKEY: I'm not- -. The Big Lebowski (Film) - TV Tropes. The Dude abides. in 1. Lebowski, who prefers to be known as "The Dude". One night, a pair of thugs break into his house, dunk him in the toilet, and pee on his rug, mistaking him for a local millionaire, also named Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston, the eponymous "Big" Lebowski). Said millionaire, who denies compensation for said rug, ends up recruiting the Dude to help in the negotiations for his kidnapped wife, Bunny (Tara Reid), and that's when the plot takes off. This being a Coen Brothers movie, though, the plot isn't what's important. The driving force of the movie is the various bizarre characters, almost all of whom seem to come from different movies. For more information about them, . Despite being a disappointment at the box office and initially getting a mixed reception from critics, has become one of the biggest cult classics in modern film history, to the point that it has a yearly festival dedicated to it, both in America and England. Critics nowadays also look upon it far more kindly as a modern comedy classic. Absurdly Ineffective Barricade: Provides the current page image. The Dude suffers multiple home invasions, and getting kinda sick of it, starts to nail a piece of wood to the floor and props a chair between it and the door. It is immediately revealed that the door opens outwards instead of inwards. And later in the film, he trips over it. Affectionate Parody: The plot is sort of a meandering gonzo take on Raymond Chandler- style noir detective stories, in particular, The Big Sleep. The Coens have produced theirfairshare of straightforward examples of the genre, so it's definitely an affectionate one. The Alleged Car: The Dude's Torino increasingly becomes this. It wasn't exactly a royal chariot to begin with, but over the course of the film it is stolen and trashed by a fifteen year old, used as a toilet, crashed by the Dude (twice), beaten with a crowbar, and finally set on fire. All Germans Are Nazis: The Jewish Walter automatically assumes that the Germans are Nazis and that nothing ever changes. When the Dude insists that they're nihilists, Walter notes that that would be worse, since "say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos." In the end, though, he calls one of the Nihilists an antisemite, so he apparently hasn't given up on the idea. Answers to the Name of God: The Jesus certainly does. Dude: Jesus. Jesus: You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus. Antagonist Title: The protagonist is actually the Dude (although his surname is indeed Lebowski). The other one, the "Big" Lebowski, is one of several antagonists in the film. Anti- Hero: The Dude in the classic sense, a lazy bumfuck only vaguely interested in this mystery thing who doesn't do anything heroic all. He is at least genuinely concerned about Bunny's well- being and is taken aback by some of Walter's shenanigans, which he tries to mitigate or rein in. Walter, a violent, bumbling psychopath who thinks he's in the right and screams at people for anything, ever. Arrogant Bowling Guy: The Jesus. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Without the verbalization; after another home invasion where The Dude's johnson is threatened by a nihilist ferret (which the Dude mistakenly believes to be a marmot), Walter shows concern about possession of wildlife inside a city being illegal. The Dude: What are you, a fucking park ranger now? Artistic License Gun Safety: 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 Colt M1. A1, and, in doing so, racking the slide with his finger on the trigger, which is likely to end poorly. There is also the incident with the disguised MAC- 1. Walter and the Dude were trying to make the handoff at the bridge. Ashes to Crashes: Walter misjudges the wind, and ends up pouring out the ashes of Donny all over the Dude. Ass Shove: The Jesus threatens to do this to Walter with Walter's Colt . Walter ever tries jamming a gun in the Jesus's face. Babies Ever After: "I happen to know that there's a Little Lebowski on the way." Weirdly subverted, though, since Maude makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with the Dude after the child is born, and just wanted him to impregnate her so she wouldn't have to run into the father of her child everywhere she went. It Makes Just As Much Sense In Context. Badass: Walter, especially where he nails a nihilist in the chest with a bowling bag full of bowling balls, one- hit punches another with a sword, and bites another's ear off. Badass Mustache: Sam Elliot pretty much is this trope. Not a badass character in this film, but those whiskers are mighty impressive. Be Careful What You Wish For: Walter got what he wanted. Donny finally shut the fuck up. Bears Are Bad News: "Sometime you eat the b'ar, and sometimes, well.. YOU!"The Berserker: Walter. Berserk Button: Walter has several. Walter flips right the fuck out when a bowling opponent steps over the line and refuses to acknowledge his error. Cross Walter on a rules violation, and you'll stare down the barrel of a gun. You are entering a world of pain. Walter takes his Judaism very seriously, even though he converted for his (now ex- )wife. Getting him to break the laws of Shabbas will earn you an ear full. Walter completely snaps when trying to intimidate a teenager he suspects has stolen the ransom money by smashing up his car, screaming, "This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!" er, "find a stranger in the Alps!" Whenever Walter gets his dander up, he inevitably finds some way to link it back to some obviously unresolved issues with his tour in Vietnam. In fact, he finds an excuse to mention 'Nam in just about any situation. Dude: What the fuck does anything have to do with Vietnam? Bilingual Bonus: More often than not, the lyrics of the Gipsy Kings' version of the already surreal "Hotel California" are weird or make little sense in Spanish. The song tries so hard to be literal that it becomes a Translation Train Wreck. A very fitting theme for this kind of movie. Bittersweet Ending: The Cowboy argues for this. Donny is dead and the Dude and Walter will never be able to prove the Big Lebowski's guilt, meaning all they have to do now is contemplate their lives before the big game. However we hear there's a little Lebowski on the way, albeit one that won't have the Dude's involvement in his upbringing. In addition, Big Lebowski gets traumatized by Walter for his swindle, the irritating Nihilists won't harass the Dude anymore, and the Dude won't take the fall for Bunny's disappearance like the Big Lebowski planned. And, you know, come what may.. Dude abides."Black Comedy: One of the blackest. Even Walter's eulogy/funeral for Donny ends up being hilarious. Black Comedy Rape: The Jesus. YOU GOT A DATE WEDNESDAY, BABY!"Bookends: When The Dude first meets Maude, she is naked and covers herself up with a robe. The last time he sees her, she takes off a robe and gets naked with him. Briefcase Full of Money: which turned out to not have money in it at all. Perhaps someone should have opened it. Walter replaces the real one with his undies. Broken Record: Walter has a tendency of repeating himself, and sometimes he goes into overdrive. Walter: You see what happens, Larry?!? You see what happens, Larry?!? You see what what happens, Larry, when you fuck a stranger in the ass?!? You see what happens, Larry?!?. Busby Berkeley Number: "Gutterballs" when the Dude is insanely high. Bunnyears Lawyer: Implied to be the reason why the Dude and Walter keep Donny around. He gets a strike every time we see him roll with one notable exception. Butt Monkey: Donny gets no respect from his friends (especially Walter) when he tries to join in on their conversations. Literally the only time he isn't told to shut the fuck up by Walter, or something similar, is at the end - when he's dying. The Cameo: Aimee Mann appears briefly as the fourth member of the Nihilist gang. She contributed a cover of "Viva Las Vegas" for the end credits. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea is the Nihilist who gets his chest caved in by Walter's bowling ball. Comedian Dom Irrera plays Maude's limo driver, he even performs a portion of his "I can't complain!" routine. Pornstar Asia Carrera has an uncredited cameo in the Logjammin' sequence. Camp Gay: "Knox Harrington. The video artist." Played by David Thewlis. Who giggles madly for no reason at times, much to the Dude's consternation. Camp Straight: "The Jesus" comes across as Camp Gay, but is introduced as a heterosexual pedophile (or "pederast", as Walter puts it). Candlelit Bath: "Far out, man." Shortly ruined by the nihilists and their "marmot" (actually a ferret). Captain Obvious: Donny, which may be part of the reason why Walter and the Dude ignore him all the time. Jeffrey Lebowski? That's your name, Dude!")Car Radio Dispute: The Dude gets in an argument with a cab driver because he "hates the fucking Eagles", culminating with his getting kicked out of the cab. Cassandra Truth/The Cuckoolander Was Right: Walter speculates what really happened throughout the movie and is right almost every time. No one believes him. Am I wrong?" The only thing he wasn't right about was Bunny kidnapping herself, but that wasn't his idea anyway, and he was right that she was safe all along - and she might as well have kidnapped herself, anyway. And he was right that "that's not her toe, dude." 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. Catch Phrase: A number, which is a pretty big understatement. We believe in nothing!" - the nihilists.
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