The Sixth Annual Mutant Awards Worst Double Entendre |
As Seth Green once uttered in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "That's
great... you've really mastered the single entendre". These things are TRICKY! The ability to weave a come-on or sexual innuendo with something seemingly innocent is tougher than you might think. One usually tries to stay from geek humour (I'd like to be the Lord of HER Ring!) or being a little too direct (I'd like to **** her **** with a ****!). So let's awkwardly salute these heroes of saying one thing, but meaning something so deliciously different.
Can it really be any surprise that the Bond series (and its satirical cousin, Austin Powers) make such a strong showing in this category? We have a tie in the second runner-up slot, with 11.1% of the vote each, for Jinx in Die Another Day ("Now that's a mouthful!") and for the newscast in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (the mysterious terrorist organization with the overtly feminine name). Finishing just ahead (18.5%) is Dr Evil in Goldmember, with his oh-so-obvious line about his submarine lair, which I will now admit, in manly fashion, made me laugh out loud in the theater.
But come on, you didn't honestly expect a non-Bond movie to walk away with this one, did you? No, first place, with nearly a third of the vote (32.1%) went to 007 himself, as Pierce Brosnan's Bond in The World is Not Enough dropped a BOMB of a line about Christmas only coming once a year. And people wonder why I don't even bother watching Bond films anymore. Eye roll city, and definitely a worthwhile winner (at least, as far as this
topic goes...).
Final Tally
1. James Bond: [to Christmas Jones] "I thought Christmas only comes once a year." The World Is Not Enough (32.1%)
2. Dr. Evil: "Welcome to my submarine lair! It's long, hard and full of seamen." Austin Powers 3 (18.5%)
3. Jinx: "Ornithologist, huh? Wow. Now there's a mouthful." Die Another Day; Willenholly and the Newscaster talking about the female body part named terrorist group, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (tied at 11.1%)
Dead Last: The name "Plenty O'Toole", Diamonds Are Forever (1.2%)
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Posted: November 6, 2003
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