Pretty much any movie you can think of needs conflict to function and that generally arrives by way of an antagonist who stands in the heros way. A douche bag is the constant gift of the main characters mother in the novel set in the late 40s The World according to Garp by American novelist John Irving. With the proliferation of high school movies in the 1980s the decade has an especially high douchebag quotient with cocky jocks dominating a large percentage of this list while the rest is filled out by yuppies and authoritarian figures who flout chops they dont really have.
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The Top 10 Douchebag Villains from 80s Teen Movies.
Posted on April 28 2012 by Derek.
Do you recognize William Zabka up there. If youre a devotee of 80s teen movies then you do even if you dont realize it. The staple of the teen-centric films of the 1980s was the role of the bullying douche. The 80s excelled at many things.
Mullets arcades phenomenal cocaine use.
But the decade also specialised in a unique movie antagonist. The weaselly douchebag who tries to thwart the hero. The top 20 biggest douchebags in movie history ranked from Die Hard to Trainspotting. Primo A-holes to a man.
More emblematic of the 80s douchebag problem than any dozen cars you could shake a platinum coke spoon at the second mid-engine Lamborghini was the ride for the man with gold chains white shoes.
So douchebag seems to have been used in a vulgar context as far back as World War II or thereabouts. Its worth noting however that this is the ONLY usage of the type found in 1950s literature. All other examples of douchebagdouche bag refer to medicine or hygiene. Click here to watch the video 9 Ways To Look Like A Douche Douche Style Tip 1 Pop The Collar Out.
The popped collar look made a breakthrough sometime during the early 80s when it was pretty much a staple of the preppy rich frat boy youd normally see in the movies.
The douchebags will insist the new album is as good as their earlier work but thats impossible it just doesnt work way guys. Hey at least youre not a Megadeth fan oh wait you like both bands. It takes a specially committed douchebag to pay for such a gigantic waste of money. Perhaps a suicidal type of douchebag given that Land Rover is known for vehicles that roll fairly easily so to not only get an Evoque but an Evoque convertible gives new meaning to losing ones head.
Yes the slang usage of douchebag was known before the 80s.
The following interesting piece from dialect blog traces douchebag usage as a slang term from its earliest documented usage in 1951. Though there are usage instances during the following decades it was only around the years 2000s that the term actually became common. William Atherton - Any Movie He Starred In Ghostbusters Die Hard Real Genius William Atherton deserves an Honorary Oscar for the number of times hes played a slimy 80s douchebag to. Scroll through a list of 80s classics and youll see the Douchebag Boyfriend everywhere.
Entitled obnoxious frequently sporting a power mullet and almost always bullying the guy his.
The Top 5 Douchebag Heroes from 80s Teen Movies Posted on January 26 2015 by Derek I did a post a while ago listing The Top 10 Douchebag Villains from 80s Teen Movies and as I was looking back on that list I came to the realization that a lot of times the villains were pretty justified in their awful behavior based on the supposed hero of the movies they were featured in. Douchebag and Call of Duty Cold Sore multiplayer theme. An incorrect link to the word Douchebag The term douchebag generally refers to a male with a certain combination of obnoxious characteristics related to attitude social ineptitude public behavior or outward presentation. Though the common douchebag thinks he is accepted by the people around him most of his peers dislike him.
It would be really cool to see Steve and Nancy end up together as the classic trope would be for her to ditch him and end up with Jonathan.
One who makes douchebag statements particularly sexist racist or otherwise bigoted ones then decides whether they were just joking or dead serious based on whether other people in the group approve or not.
