Good Buddy

Summarized below are the plots of twenty popular buddy films of the last forty years. Name the films, then call your best buddy and confess your repressed feelings of homosexual desire. Answers will appear after you complete the quiz and submit the form.

Note: Spelling counts, capitalization doesn't.


Pop Simpleton:

1) Wild-eyed Vietnam vet and stable homocide cop overcome differences to bust drug ring, beat the snot out of Gary Busey, and form a close, everlasting friendship:

2) World-weary cop and smart-talking ex-con overcome differences to recover stolen cash from the back of a porsche, terrorize a redneck bar, and form a close, everlasting friendship:

3) White-boy ringer and playground legend overcome differences to dunk basketballs, help Rosie Perez win Jeopardy!, and form an close, everlasting friendship:

4) Gung-ho youngster and wily veteren Jeff Daniels have few differences but still manage to defuse bombs, board moving buses and form a close friendship that lasts until Daniels explodes:


Couch Potato:

5) Down-on-his-luck PI and pill-popping football star overcome differences to save professional football, toss bad guys into helicopter rotors and form a close, everlasting friendship:

6) Curly-haired editor and jive-talking car thief overcome differences to sneak aboard trains, solve a professor's murder and form a close, everlasting friendship:

7) Big-city teen and small-town hayseed overcome differences to engage in exciting male dancing, resist the tyranny of the Protestant church, and form a close, everlasting friendship:

8) Rookie fireman and his firehouse-legend older brother overcome differences to save lives, thwart a serial arsonist and make the audience cry during the melancholy funeral scene:


Paparazzi:

9) Ultra-macho supercop and Rocky Balboa overcome differences to escape wrongful imprisonment, bore audiences to tears and form a close, everlasting friendship:

10) Rich-kid rookie and stogie-chewing veteran cop overcome differences to collect bruises, get raped by Sonja Braga and form a close, everlasting friendship:

11) Chicago bachelor and his loutish, overbearing co-worker overcome differences to play softball, nail Demi Moore and form a close, everlasting friendship:

12) Everyday Chicago cop and his Russian counterpart overcome differences to bust evil drug dealers, compare pistols and form a close, everlasting friendship:


Celebrity Stalker:

13) Escaped convicts Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier overcome differences to elude police, break their shackles and form a close, everlasting friendship:

14) Agent Cooper and L.A. cop overcome differences to chase Ferraris, destroy a hideous alien parasite and form a close, otherworldly friendship:

15) Hot-shot Secret Service agent and sleazy Treasury man overcome differences to bungee jump from bridges, bust a psychotic counterfeiter and die, die, die:

16) Bounty-hunter Robert DeNiro and bail-jumper Charles Grodin overcome differences to flee the mob, divide tons of embezzled loot and form a close, everlasting friendship:


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