Friday, December 25, 2009

For Adrienne. Merry Christmas!

Ten ways to know if you are a minor character in a movie/tv show...

-Your conversations consist largely of random expository information (How've you been, Bob, since your wife died in mysterious circumstances last winter?)

-You have only one name

-You are the third fastest pilot/driver/draw/etc. (the second fastest is usually the villain)

-You face off against the hero after his initial ignominious defeat and before the climactic battle

-Your backstory can be explained in a single sentence

-You say things like "There are four of us and one of you..."

-Your bullets are proven ineffective against the monster and you just keep shooting

-You are the only girl, boy, foreigner, rocket scientist, person with a cool accent, person in a wheelchair, or lonely martian in the group

-You are defined by a single endearing quirk, and you find and fall in love with a person possessing that same quirk with only a significant look, a word or two, and thirty seconds of 'bowmp-chicka-wow-wow' music

-Your only line is 'Grrr!'/'Aaaaaah!'

So there you go.
Merry Christmas all!

(Tune in next time for the Minor Character's Survival Guide)

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