The Rewatchables' awards

The categories, most rewatchable scenes, and double features from the episodes read for them so far: 95 films and 1 episode about no one film. Every pick is a host's opinion, with who said it and when.

Best character name: 43 picks in 23 episodes

Every film and category

Friday the 13th (1980) · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Best character name · The best name in the movie.

  1. pick Jason Voorhees
    “Jason Voorhees was mine.”
    unknown · 1:01:11
  2. pick Crazy Ralph
    “I had crazy Ralph.”
    unknown · 1:01:12

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

Brock Landers Award · Best character name.

  1. winner Leatherface
    “It got to be Leatherface.”
    unknown · 0:55:07

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly

Brock Landers Award · Best character name.

  1. winner Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby
    “I think it's Ricky Bobby.”
    unknown · 1:01:15
  2. nominee Texas Ranger (TR)
    “the Texas TR Ranger is a funny joke in the movie”
    unknown · 1:01:23
  3. nominee Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy: Floated against Ricky Bobby; the hosts called it unanswerable.
    “Well, the real question is, is it a better name than Ron Burgundy?”
    unknown · 1:01:42

The Italian Job (2003) · ‘The Italian Job’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Best character name · The best character name in the movie.

  1. nominee Left Ear
    “Left ear is pretty good.”
    unknown · 1:00:32
  2. pick Handsome Rob
    “I gotta go hand some rob.”
    unknown · 1:00:33
  3. pick Skinny Pete
    “I gotta go skinny Pete.”
    unknown · 1:00:34

Domestic Disturbance (2001) · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Best Character Name · The best character name in the movie.

  1. nominee Ray as Ray: Argues Ray is the great scumbag name; no movie hero is named Ray.
    “I had a scumbag characters named Ray.”
    unknown · 0:58:33
  2. winner Rick Barnes as Rick Barnes: Vaughn's character takes the name of the college basketball coach; hosts agree it wins.
    “Rick Barnes?”
    unknown · 1:00:34

Fargo (1996) · ‘Fargo’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Kyle Brandt

Best Character Name · The best character name in the movie.

  1. winner Shep Proudfoot: Loved that the movie acknowledges how cool the name is.
    “I would go Shep Proudfoot.”
    unknown · 1:11:51

F1 (2025) · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Best character name · The best name in the movie.

  1. winner Sonny Hayes
    “best character name, Sonny Hayes.”
    unknown · 1:10:07
  2. nominee Don Cavendish: Proposed as a new category for 2026.
    “The British the sports reporter, Don Cavendish.”
    unknown · 1:10:11

Weird Science (1985) · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

Best Character Name · Best character name.

  1. winner Chet
    “Just a big brother named Chet, who's a fucking asshole.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:31

The Truman Show (1998) · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan

Best Character Name · The best name in the movie.

  1. winner Ed Harris as Christoph: It is a douchey one-name name for a man who plays God.
    “Christoph's really good.”
    unknown · 0:53:47
  2. nominee Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank: Glen thinks it could have used a second draft and Bill compares it to a Jaguars left tackle.
    “Truman Burbank is pretty good though.”
    unknown · 0:53:59

RoboCop (1987) · ‘RoboCop’ (1987) With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt

Best Character Name · Best character name.

  1. winner Dick Jones: Name your villain Dick; the name is dying out.
    “It's obviously Dick Jones.”
    unknown · 0:58:48

Species (1995) · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Best character name · Best name in the movie

  1. pick Xavier Fitch
    “Xavier Fitch is Ben Kingsley's name.”
    unknown · 0:54:32
  2. winner Preston Lennox
    “Preston Lennox is good though.”
    unknown · 0:54:42

After Hours (1985) · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey

Chester Rockwell and Brock Landers Award · Best character name.

  1. winner Horst
    “The Chest Rockwell and Brock Landers Award for best character name, it's clearly horsed.”
    unknown · 1:03:02
  2. nominee Kiki Bridges
    “I do think 2nd place is Kiki Bridges.”
    unknown · 1:03:37
  3. nominee Marcy: A name the culture has lost.
    “Marcy is also just a good, it is a good name.”
    unknown · 1:03:42

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) · ‘Die Hard With a Vengeance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Best character name · The best name in the movie.

  1. winner Zeus Carver
    “Zeus Carver is pretty tough to beat.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:14:34

Working Girl (1988) · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson

Best character name · The best character name in the film.

  1. winner Doreen DiMucci
    “Can I submit Doreen DiMucci?”
    unknown · 1:15:43
  2. nominee Trask
    “Or Cask is a good runner-up.”
    unknown · 1:15:48

Rocky (1976) · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Best character name · Best name in the film.

  1. winner Apollo Creed: Called up there with Darth Vader.
    “It's got to be Apollo Creek.”
    unknown · 1:07:29
  2. nominee Spider Rico
    “Right. Fantasy, don't sleep on Spider Rico.”
    unknown · 1:07:42

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) · ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Mallory Rubin

Racehorse, rock band, wrestler, fantasy team name · A name from the movie that would make a racehorse, rock band, wrestler or fantasy team.

  1. pick All American Burgers
    “All American burgers.”
    unknown · 1:28:19
  2. pick Ron Johnson, Audio Consultant
    “I got Ron Johnson audio consultant as my racehorse.”
    unknown · 1:28:20

Internal Affairs (1990) · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

Racehorse or fantasy team name · Which character name would make a good racehorse or fantasy team name.

  1. pick Van Stretch: Noted the announcer might trip over the 'down the stretch' joke.
    “Van Stretch as a racehorse is a cool racehorse.”
    unknown · 1:18:50

The Big Chill (1983) · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Best Racehorse Name · Best racehorse name drawn from the film.

  1. winner J.T. Lancer
    “I think J.T. Lancer is pretty good for...”
    Chris Ryan · 1:35:14

My Cousin Vinny (1992) · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris

Best horse name · Best name in the movie, as a horse or a place.

  1. winner Wazoo, Alabama: Also floated 'Cousin Vinny' as a horse name; the category name is garbled in the transcript.
    “Wazoo, Alabama, great.”
    unknown · 1:11:31

This Is the End (2013) · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck

Best Character Name · The best name in the movie.

  1. winner Jonah Hill's dog, Aja
    “I also really like Jonah Hill's dog's name, Asia.”
    unknown · 0:41:43
  2. nominee Textbook twatage
    “What about textbook twatage?”
    unknown · 1:00:52

Iron Man (2008) · ‘Iron Man’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

Best racehorse name · Which name from the movie would make the best racehorse.

  1. nominee Jericho
    “Jericho?”
    unknown · 1:25:25
  2. nominee Pepper Potts: A great filly name.
    “Pepper Pots is a great Philly name.”
    unknown · 1:25:31
  3. nominee Iron Monger: Too evil; might flip out with the other horses.
    “Iron Monger.”
    unknown · 1:25:33

Catch Me If You Can (2002) · ‘Catch Me If You Can’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Best Racehorse Name · Best name for a racehorse from the movie.

  1. pick Paper Hanger
    “Paper hanger?”
    unknown · 1:27:37
  2. winner Catch Me If You Can: Called the answer.
    “Catch me if you can is a great racehorse name.”
    unknown · 1:27:51

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) · ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

Best character name · Great character names in the movie.

  1. pick Basil Exposition
    “Basil exposition, a lot of vagina, uh, random task, just like great, great, great character names.”
    unknown · 0:50:13
  2. pick Alotta Fagina
    “Basil exposition, a lot of vagina, uh, random task, just like great, great, great character names.”
    unknown · 0:50:13
  3. pick Random Task
    “Random task, a good one.”
    unknown · 0:50:21