History Film / THEBIGLEBOWSKI

** ''Was'' Smoky's foot over the line? We never see.

* NonIndicativeName: The Big Lebowski of the title is not the Dude, but the other Jeffrey Lebowski.

* LicensedPinballTable: Coming from Dutch Pinball in 2005, complete with rug and a White Russian. [[Pinball/TheBigLebowski Click here for tropes.]]

* ScriptFic: ''Theatre/TwoGentlemenOfLebowski'', written in the style of Shakespeare.

* IncestSubtext: Even though we're assured that Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (the hippy bachelor) and Jeffrey Lebowski (the paraplegic billionaire philanthropist) have no relationship to each other, it's more than a little bit disturbing when [[spoiler: the Dude winds up impregnating Maude Lebowski by the end of the movie]], thus assuring us that [[spoiler: Maude's child will still carry the Dude's name]].

* {{Irony}}: The film has a lot of it.
** For a stoner who supposedly "abides" and puts on airs of being calm, the Dude gets angry a ''lot'' and often tries to change, or unintentionally winds up changing, events around him that he wants no part of.
** As it turns out, the Big Lebowski [[spoiler:doesn't actually have any money of his own,]] despite his posturing and elitist bluster at the Dude for fitting into his bias of the lazy, unemployed leeches looking for a handout.
** In one scene, Walter, the (as he'll tell you) Vietnam veteran who pulled out a pistol on a fellow bowler over tournament rules and constantly argues with people over his right to be angry, wimps out and flashes the peace sign to an angry owner of the car he just angrily wrecked. Earlier, he correctly points out he is, in fact, calmer than The Dude is.
** Maude, as an artsy, Avante-garde type who dislikes capitalism (as most artists do) and materialism, gets involved to protect her family's money... and her mom's rug.
** The Nihilists, who "care about nuzzink!" and [[ForTheEvulz think they're uncaring villains]] defying weak men's' laws, whine that it's not fair when it's revealed [[spoiler:neither the Big Lebowski nor the Dude have the money they wanted]].

* {{Homage}}: "The Dude [[Film/TheNightOfTheHunter abides]]."
** Also, Lebowski and his family are based on General Sternwood's family from ''Literature/TheBigSleep'', which shares a similar noir plot involving kidnapping and pornography in LA.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: "Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling." The last of which was preceded by a man-hug.
* HiddenDepths: For all his apparent psychopathy, Walter deeply loves his ex-wife Cynthia, even though she's long since moved on with another man. He frequently does random favours for her at the drop of a hat, and it's heavily implied that he only clings to Judaism because it's the only connection that he has with her (he was raised Catholic, and converted to Judaism when he got married).

** The Dude himself counts; his involvement in most of the ongoing plots is tangential, whether the struggle between Maude and the eponymous Big Lebowski over his embezzlement (and Maude's subsequent quest to find a "sperm donor" to get her pregnant), Jackie Treehorn's dispute with Bunny Lebowski (which kickstarts the plot due only to the incompetence of Treehorn's hired thugs), or Da Fino's struggle to return "Bunny" to her family back east. Inverting this trope, The Dude '''is''' the hero of the story of the bowling league and his team's struggle against the Jesus, but we never get to see how that turned out.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "You guys are dead in the water." [[spoiler: Where do Walter and the Dude take Donny's ashes?]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Dude picks up Walter for the dropoff, one can clearly see Walter runs a store selling security equipment. Given his devout Judaism and very vocal hatred of Nazism, it's a little weird to see that the logo for Sobchak Security is a big "SS".

-->"Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts! [Cop laughing]

* RiddleForTheAges: Why did Jackie Treehorn draw...THAT?

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Jackie Treehorn, according to the police chief. "Mr Treehorn draws a lot of water in this town. You don't draw shit, Lebowski."

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Dude does this a few times throughout the film. The Big Lebowski even lampshades it:

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: MARK IT ZERO!

* IHaveManyNames: "Or, you know, Duder, or His Dudeness, or El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, Jeff Lebowski "The Dude" and Jeff Lebowski the rich guy. Which starts the chain of troubles for the Dude.

** The various acts of violence done to [[TheAllegedCar The Dude's car]], culminating in [[spoiler: the nihilists setting it on fire at the end]].

* MockGuffin: "It's my dirty undies. Laundry, the ''whites''."

** "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"[[note]]For those unfamiliar with the phrases, he mixed up "Does a bear shit in the woods" with "Is the Pope Catholic"[[/note]]

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Autobahn, the extremely obscure '70s synth-pop band that Uli and his nihilist friends were in, is loosely based on Music/{{Kraftwerk}} and takes its name from Kraftwerk's best-known album.

* GroinAttack: "I said WE'LL CUT OFF YOUR CHONSON!"
-->"''Ja'', maybe we stomp on it and skvoosh it!"\\\
"My only hope is that the Big Lebowski will kill me before the Germans cut my dick off..."

* GoshdangItToHeck: Only on TV broadcasts. "Do you see what happens when you '''find''' a stranger in the '''Alps'''?" The TV broadcast version also might benefit from the heavy censorship in the scene where the cab driver throws the Dude out of his taxi and shouts, "Get out of my peaceful cab!" which coincides with the scene, the song being played, and also provides a little HypocriticalHumor.

* GodwinsLaw: After the Dude is attacked by a group of German nihilists, Walter calls them Nazis [[AllGermansAreNazis purely on them being German]].
-->'''Walter:''' Fucking Nazis.\\
'''Donny:''' They were Nazis, Dude?\\
'''Walter:''' Oh come on, Donny. They were threatening castration! Are we going to split hairs here?
** However, Walter backtracks surprisingly fast from his claim when hearing that the attackers were nihilists since at least Nazis believe in something.

* ExactEavesdropping: Subverted; the Dude is in a conversation with Jackie Treehorn when the latter receives a call, writes down something on a notepad, tears off the notepad, and excuses himself. The Dude, in full sneaky investigator mode, grabs the notepad and shades it with the side of a pencil to highlight the impression made on the next sheet of paper. It turns out to be an anatomically exaggerated picture of a man and his...manhood.

* WritingIndentationClue: The Dude uses this trick to see what Treehorn wrote while taking a phone call, but it turns out to be just a doodle of a man with... implausible anatomy.

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Walter replaces the real one with his undies, intending to keep the real briefcase full of money, given to the Dude to make an exchange for Bunny. [[spoiler:... Which turned out to not have money in it at all. Perhaps someone should have opened it. As the Dude puts it, Walter "threw out a ringer for a ringer," with the Big Lebowski hoping that the kidnappers would kill the Dude and take the heat off of him.]]

'''The Dude:''' ...The fuck are you talking about?

* CoolCar: The Corvette they find during the attempt to extort the boy who stole The Dude's car. "I'd say he's still got about $960-$970,000 left, depending on the options."

* DeconstructiveParody: Of the Film Noir genre and detective stories in general. The "detectives" are made up of a stoner, a 'Nam obsessed lunatic, and a random friend of theirs who is forcibly kept out of the plot. It's actually perfectly in line with most noir, though, that [[spoiler: solving the mystery doesn't bring the guilty parties to justice.]]

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The film opens with a dramatic shot of Los Angeles following a tumble weed to the tune of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" by Roy Rogers & Sons Of The Pioneers as Creator/SamElliott tries giving a dramatic, Western-style introduction to The Dude, only for him to lose his train of thought mid-sentence. This establishes the film's tone nicely, introducing a subverted genre film without a traditional narrative, a humble setting full of off-beat characters and a sarcastic sense of humor.

* GenreBusting: It's a StonerFlick masquerading as FilmNoir, while the narrator insists it's TheWestern.

* GoodIsNotNice: Walter is not a bad guy, all right, but, heavens, he has a way to behave towards Donny or towards people in general. Then there's also the Dude himself, who isn't a violent person like Walter was, but makes up for it by being an incredibly lazy and occasionally stubborn slacker.

* BlackComedyRape: The Jesus' extremely flamboyant threat to our heroes: shoving Walter's pistol up his ass "until it goes ''click.'' YOU GOT A DATE WEDNESDAY, BABY!"

* HateSink: Treehorn's thugs are introduced having broken into the Dude's home, one of them giving him a very violent swirly while the other pisses on his living-room rug [[KickTheDog just to be mean]]. Then the first thug carelessly drops the Dude's bowling ball onto the bathroom floor cracking the tiles, call him a loser and leave, treating the situation as though it was the Dude's fault they mistook him for the Big Lebowski.

* VitriolicBestBuds: The Dude and Walter are, to an outside observer, completely incompatible people who, true to form, spend most of their time loudly arguing with each other. However, they're practically inseparable. Same with Walter and Donny; Walter spends a lot of time browbeating and yelling at Donny [[spoiler: yet is clearly cut up when Donny dies from a heart attack.]]

* AmbiguouslyTrained: Walter makes it very clear in every scene that he has done service in Vietnam, but it is never made clear in which branch of the military he served. [[spoiler:While the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Air Force were all involved, over half of the troops involved were a part of the Army, so it is likely that Walter was in the Army. But if the original screenplay is in any way canon, Walter [[PhonyVeteran did not actually serve any time in Vietnam]], but it's never made clear in the film itself.]]

* AntiHero:
** The Dude in the classic sense, a lazy stoner only vaguely interested in this mystery thing who doesn't do anything heroic at all. He is at least genuinely concerned about Bunny's well-being and is taken aback by some of Walter's shenanigans, [[EveryoneHasStandards which he tries to mitigate or rein in]].
** Walter, a violent, bumbling psychopath who thinks he's in the right and screams at people for anything, ever.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: The Jesus, a braggart who threatens our "heroes" several times over.
-->''Dios Mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna FUCK YOU UP.''

* BadassMustache: Sam Elliot personifies this trope. The Stranger is not shown doing anything badass, but he sports some mighty impressive armlike whiskers that seem eager to punch you if you stare at them too long.

* TheBerserker: When Walter gets mad, he gets '''''mad'''''. He points a gun at someone over an alleged bowling foul and manages to hand the nihilists their collective ass all by himself through sheer rage.
* BerserkButton: Walter has several.
** Walter flips right the fuck out when a bowling opponent allegedly steps over the line in a League game and refuses to acknowledge his error. Cross Walter on a rules violation, and you'll stare down the barrel of a gun.
--->'''Walter:''' You are entering a world of pain.
** Walter takes his Judaism very seriously, [[spoiler: even though he converted for his (now ex-)wife]]. Getting him to break the laws of Shabbas will earn you an ear full.
** Walter completely snaps when trying to intimidate a teenager he suspects has stolen the ransom money by smashing up what he thinks is his car, screaming, "''This'' is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!"
** Whenever Walter gets his dander up, he inevitably finds some way to link it back to some obviously unresolved issues with his tour in Vietnam. In fact, he finds an excuse to mention 'Nam in just about any situation. [[spoiler:He even brings up 'Nam during a eulogy for Donny, despite it having nothing to do with Donny. The Dude doesn't take that particularly well.]]
--->'''The Dude:''' What the fuck does ''anything'' have to do with Vietnam?!
** The cab driver freaks out and bodily throws the Dude out of his cab [[SeriousBusiness just for insulting]] Music/TheEagles.

* BrokenRecord: Walter has a tendency of repeating himself (especially when pissed - or more pissed than usual), and sometimes he goes into overdrive.
-->'''Walter:''' You see what happens, Larry?! You see what happens, Larry?! You see what happens, Larry, when you fuck a stranger in the ass?! You see what happens, Larry?! ''(etc, etc.)''

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Implied to be the reason why the Dude and Walter keep Donny around. He gets a strike every time we see him roll with one notable exception.
* ButtMonkey: Donny gets no respect from his friends ([[RunningGag especially Walter]]) when he tries to join in on their conversations. Literally, the only time he isn't told to shut the fuck up by Walter, or something similar, is at the end - [[spoiler:when he's dying thanks to the fight with the nihilists]].

* CaptainObvious: Donny, which may be part of the reason why Walter and the Dude ignore him all the time. (i.e.: "Jeffrey Lebowski? That's your name, Dude!")

* TheChewToy: The Dude. The universe seems to love sending him people who break down his door, smash up his car, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and pee on his carpet.]]

* ClassicalAntihero: The Dude is a nice guy, but he doesn't want to be involved in the weird conspiracy he finds himself in. As the Stranger notes, all the Dude really wants (at first) is some compensation for the two goons breaking into his house and peeing on his rug -- and only sought that out after Walter pushed him into doing so. He does show concern for Bunny... but only once grievous harm is threatened. This is in stark contrast to Walter, who seems to leap at the opportunity to get involved.

** After the Dude informs his friends about the Nihilists dropping a feral ferret into his bath and threatening to remove his johnson, Walter starts to get a bit sidetracked on the fact that bringing wildlife into the city limits is a criminal offence.

* TheComicallySerious: Brandt always refers to the Dude as "Dude", even when discussing the terms of a ransom handoff in a dead-serious tone.

* CovertPervert: Bunny implies that Brandt is willing to pay to watch her have sex with other men.
* {{Cowboy}}: The Stranger "got a whole cowboy thing going". His style is very ''diggable''.

* DeadpanSnarker: The Dude gets in a few good quips.
** The first scene features two from the Dude. When one of the punks is dunking the Dude's head in a toilet and shouting "where's the fucking money, Lebowski?!" the Dude answers "it's down there somewhere. Lemme take another look." Later, when the same punk asks "what the fuck is this" when he looks at the Dude's bowling ball, the Dude says "obviously, you're not a golfer."
** Regarding the porn movie Bunny's been in:
--->'''Maude:''' Lord, you can imagine where it goes from here.\\
'''Dude:''' He fixes the cable?

* TheDeterminator: Walter tends to take things too far...

* DumbassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Walter, the most insane and incompetent character in the movie, turns out to be the only one who even remotely figured out the plot. The only things he got wrong were the belief that Bunny had kidnapped herself and the belief that the Big Lebowski isn't disabled and throws him on the floor, otherwise, he was dead-on accurate.]]
** Although technically [[spoiler: the Dude figured it out first ("she probably kidnapped herself, man."). Walter just latched onto the Dude's speculation as fact and refused to let it go. He did turn out to be right, but it was the Dude who gave him the idea in the first place.]]

* FemmeFatale:
** If this were a regular Noir, Maude Lebowski would be this. [[SubvertedTrope She turns out be completely frank with the Dude about everything]], and while she's odd, her goals aren't particularly shady.
** Also, Bunny, who offers the Dude a $1,000 blowjob when they first meet.
--->'''The Dude:''' Uh, I'm just gonna go find a cash machine.

* HairTriggerTemper: Walter. "For your information, the Supreme Court has ''roundly rejected prior restraint!''"
** The taxi driver the Dude takes from his escapade to Treehorn's mansion also really doesn't like people badmouthing Music/TheEagles.

* InformedAbility: [[spoiler: In his eulogy, it is mentioned by Walter that Donny loved to surf. This is the only time that hobby comes up in the movie.]] Subverted entirely when it comes to Donny's bowling skills. Watch carefully throughout the film's bowling scenes - The only time Donny misses a strike (and looks visibly perturbed by it) is the scene just before the fight with the nihilists near the end.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Walter, who makes ''everything'' about how he fought in Vietnam just to see what the world has become.
-->'''Waitress''': Sir, if you don't calm down, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.\\
'''Walter''': '''LADY, I GOT BUDDIES WHO DIED FACE DOWN IN THE MUCK SO YOU AND I COULD ENJOY THIS FAMILY RESTAURANT!'''

* {{Jerkass}}: Walter gets constantly called out on his obnoxiousness and The Dude once on passing (see IResembleThatRemark above). They pay little mind to [[ClusterFBomb mild language]]. Varying cases can be made for the rest of the picturesque cast. The nihilists, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] wannabes who pretend to kidnap Bunny and threaten the Dude with castration, may tower above their peers.

* KarmaHoudini:
** Walter. He pulled a gun on a man in a bowling alley where everybody knew who he was and destroyed a brand new luxury car, and somehow manages to avoid jail time or any other form of actual punishment.
** Bunny. [[spoiler:The whole kidnapping scam and Treehorn harassing the Dude was because Bunny decided to leave L.A. with some friends without telling anyone, and as far as we know she never finds out about any of it.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, the Big Lebowski over his scheme, unless you count Walter traumatizing him and crushing his inflated ego. On the plus side, his daughter knows he has the money and there was no kidnapping so he's probably going to be forced to give it back. Plus, his wife is probably underage so he could be a in lot of trouble.]]

* KickTheDog: More like Shove the Dog: [[spoiler: Big Lebowski did this to a dog that was just trying to comfort him.]]

* KindheartedSimpleton: Donny. At first, it may seem like he's just unaware of the facts (because Walter refuses to fill him in), but a few lines suggest that he is genuinely kind of stupid.

* LargeHam: Walter, and Jesus Quintana. The title character certainly is, as well.
--> "Fuckin' Quintana. That creep can roll, man."\\
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"It don't matter to the Jesus!"\\
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'''"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS! WHEN YOU! FUCK! A STRANGER! IN THE ASS!"'''

* LazyBum: The Dude, and referred to as such by The Big Lebowski and the Malibu chief of police.
* LemonyNarrator: "Way out west, there was this fella I wanna tell you about..." Variation in that he's not sarcastic, just completely clueless about the genre.

* LightningBruiser: Walter proves to be much faster than you'd expect a man of his size to be, as shown by his fight with the three Nihilists.

* MayDecemberRomance: Taken to a ridiculous extent by "Big" Jeffrey and Bunny Lebowski. For perspective, Tara Reid is about 15 years younger than Creator/JulianneMoore, who plays her ''step-daughter''. Da Fino reveals [[spoiler: Bunny should be in High School.]]

* MessianicArchetype: The Dude is one. He does happen to have long hair, a simple attire consisting largely of robes, a close group of "disciples," and a tendency to suffer for things he has no responsibility for.

* TheMillstone: By involving himself in the Dude's "case", Walter probably causes more trouble than he solves.
-->"Yes, Walter, there is an unspoken message here, it's ''fuck you!'' '''LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!''' ...Yes, I'll be at practice."
** Double subverted a bit later. [[spoiler: If Walter had never been involved, who would have saved the Dude and Donnie from the Nihilists? They would have probably been content with taking the money that Donny and the Dude had on them at the time before Walter chimed in with his retort of "Fuck you. What's mine is mine." And Donny wouldn't have had his heart attack. And really, if the Dude had never listened to Walter, he never would have met the Nihilists, to begin with.]]
** Well with Walter, it could go either way. [[spoiler: If Walter hadn't gotten involved at the very beginning. Dude would have either just been left with a peed-on rug or no rug at all and everything else avoided. However, if Walter didn't get involved after the Dude met Lebowski, the Dude would have been framed for stealing $1 million, having both the Nihilists AND police after him]]

* MockMillionaire: [[spoiler: It turns out Big Lebowski only has very limited control over his late wife's fortune and is [[StealingFromTheTill embezzling money]]]]

* NewAgeRetroHippie: Asked what he does with his time, the Dude says "Drive around. Bowl. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Enjoy the occasional acid flashback]]."
--> "I spent most of my time occupying various administration buildings... smoking a lot of Thai stick... breaking into the ROTC... and bowling."
** "Smokey's a pacifist!"

* OnlySaneMan: Massive subversion with Walter, who proves to be the only '''insane''' man: "Has the whole [[WorldGoneMad world gone CRAZY]]?! Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?" Right before pulling out a Colt on a bowler who simply rule-argued with him.
** Of course, Walter proves ultimately [[spoiler:correct]] about the kidnapping and the severed toe and all.

* PhonyVeteran: Walter is so insistent and [[ShellShockedVeteran full of himself]] about his 'Nam experiences that the subtext suggests that it's just another of his shenanigans. Averted in the final cut of the film, but a deleted scene had the Dude revealing that it was all nonsense.

* PinballProtagonist: Throughout the movie, The Dude bounces from one situation to another, typically dragged along by Walter's insistence more than any drive of his own.

* PoisonousFriend: Walter Sobchak is technically responsible for everything that happens to the Dude after the initial rug-soiling incident because it is he who kickstarts the plot by convincing the Dude to seek out the Big Lebowski for recompense over the rug instead of dropping the whole matter.

* PrinciplesZealot: Walter Sobchak. He is so thoroughly principled that he converted to Judaism for his wife and refuses to abandon it even after their divorce.
--> '''Walter:''' Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don't work, I don't drive a car, I don't fucking ride in a car, I don't handle money, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as shit '''DON'T FUCKING ROLL!!!'''

* ReallyGetsAround: Bunny.
-->'''The Dude''' (to Maude): "I'm sorry your stepmother is a nympho..."
* RealMenWearPink: Real dudes drink White Russians.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The Dude.

* SingleIssueWonk: Walter tries to tie ''everything'' back to Vietnam. The Dude finally gets sick of it when he pulls it during [[spoiler:Donny's eulogy]].
-->What the ''fuck'' does ''anything'' have to do with Vietnam?
* SirSwearsALot: Both The Dude and Walter.
-->'''The Stranger:''' Do ya have to use so many cuss words?\\
'''The Dude:''' ...The fuck are you talking about?

* TheSlacker: There is a man in whom casualness runs deep.
-->'''Stranger:''' The Dude, from Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man -- and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Los Angeles County, which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide.

* SpiritAdvisor: The Dude questions the Stranger about this:
-->"Is that some kind of Eastern thing?"\\
"[[TheWildWest Far from it]], Dude."
** Also counts as a StealthPun.

* StrawNihilist: The nihilists. "Ve beliefe in NUSTHING!!!"
** "Ahh, that must be exhausting."
** And then they get chewed out for not being real nihilists at the end:
--->"Is not fair!"\\
"''Fair''?! Who's the fucking ''nihilists'' around here, you bunch of fucking crybabies?!"
** Notably, Walter's closer to the ideal of {{Ubermensch}}, even if he's so blatantly incompetent that it's hard to see -- at least he genuinely doesn't care what others think of him, and does what he thinks is correct at any moment. [[LampshadedTrope And isn't a wannabe nihilist.]]
* StupidCrooks: The story begins with two thugs breaking into The Dude's house and pissing on his rug after they manage to mistake him for a multi-millionaire - they don't even leave until they finally notice the Dude's living in a crappy house for a millionaire. Later, we get what is possibly the opposite of a lampshading when they finally get things sorted out and are summoned to collect the 'deadbeat' Lebowski:
--> '''First Goon''': You're not dealin' with morons here.

* ThoseTwoGuys: "You're not dealin' with morons here." Yes, we are.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Walter, natch.
* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: For The Dude, a White Russian.

* TrophyWife: Bunny. In the parlance of our times.

* UglyGuyHotWife: "Father's weakness is vanity, hence the slut."
** [[spoiler:Ironically echoed a few moments later when it turns out Maude humped the Dude for a child.]]

* TheVamp: Bunny. "I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars."
** Uh, I'm just gonna go find a cash machine ...

* VerbalTic: [[ClusterFBomb Fuckin']] everybody.
** Some editions of the [=BluRay=] include the "Mark It Dude" feature, which notes every instance of "Lebowski", "Dude", "Man", and "Fuck". The Dude says "Man" 147 times, that's like a lot, man.
** Walter's "Shut the fuck up, Donny!":
--->'''Donny:''' They posted the next round for the tournament.\\
'''Walter:''' Shut the fu-- when're we playing?

* TheWatson: Subverted with Donny, who is LockedOutOfTheLoop. "You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie, and wants to know..."

* YesMan: Brandt, who laughs and compliments everything that comes out of The Big Lebowski's mouth, even if it's not a joke.

'''Smokey:''' Look, Dude, he's your partner...

* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Provides the current page image. The Dude suffers multiple home invasions and, getting kinda sick of it, starts to nail a piece of wood to the floor and props a chair between it and the door. It is immediately revealed that [[DoorDumb the door opens outwards instead of inwards.]] And later in the film, he trips over it.

-->'''Walter''': No, we can't do that Dude. That fucks up our plan.\\
'''The Dude''': Well, why don't you call them up and explain that, Walter? [[DeadpanSnarker Your plan is that fucking simple I'm sure they'd understand.]]

-->'''Stranger:''' The Dude, from Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man - and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Los Angeles County, which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide.

*** And, of course, a song about a "back door" was playing immediately after the Dude had had a [[AssShove prostate exam]]...
*** And the "doo doo doo" lyrics could easily be misheard as "Dude Dude Dude".

-->'''Dude:''' Jesus.\\

-->'''Walter''': [[AndAnotherThing Also]], let's not forget - let's ''not'' forget, Dude - that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for, uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that ain't legal either.\\
'''The Dude''': What are you, a fucking park ranger now?

-->'''Walter:''' You are entering a world of pain.

-->'''Dude''': What the fuck does ''anything'' have to do with Vietnam?!

-->Do ya have to use so many cuss words?

-->'''Walter:''' Donny, shut the f- When do we play?
-->'''Walter:''' Who the f- (As in the Dude's "Who the fuck is Arthur Digby Sellers?)

--> "She's not my special lady; she's my fucking lady friend! I'm just helping her conceive, man!"

--> "You mean... coitus?"

--> '''The Dude:''' Uh, I'm just gonna go find a cash machine.

-->'''Walter''': Fucking Nazis.
-->'''Donny''': They were Nazis, Dude?
-->'''Walter''': Oh come on, Donny. They were threatening castration! Are we going to split hairs here?

--> "''Ja'', maybe we stomp on it and skvoosh it!"
--> "My only hope is that the Big Lebowski will kill me before the Germans cut my dick off..."

-->'''Walter:''' Am I wrong?
-->'''The Dude:''' No you're not wrong.
-->'''Walter:''' [[BrokenRecord Am I wrong?]]
-->'''The Dude:''' You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an asshole!
-->'''Walter:''' Okay then.

--> "Well, they finally did it. They killed my fucking car."

-->'''Jackie Treehorn''': Refill?
-->'''The Dude''': Does the pope shit in the woods?

--->'''Walter:''' Smokey, my friend... (''drawing a pistol'') You're entering a world of pain.

-->'''The Jesus:''' "Let me tell you something, [[ForeignCussWord pendejo]]!"

---> Fuck you. What's mine is mine.

--->'''Donny''': They posted the next round for the tournament.\\
'''Walter''': Shut the fu-- when're we playing?

-->'''The Dude''': With friends like these, huh, Gary?

--> "Oh, ‘fuck it!’ Yes, that’s your answer. That’s your answer for everything. Tattoo it on your forehead."

--> "That's your answer to everything."

-->Smokey, this is not [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar 'Nam]]. This is bowling. There are ''rules''.\\
'''MARK IT ZERO!!!'''

-->'''The Stranger''': Do ya have to use so many cuss words?

-->"Is that some kind of Eastern thing?"
-->"[[TheWildWest Far from it]], Dude."

-->'''Dude''': What is that, yoga?\\
'''Maude''': It increases the chances of conception.\\

'''Dude''': ''(coughing)'' ''In''creases?!

-->"Is not fair!"\\

-->'''The Dude:''' Hey man, nothing is fucked here...
-->'''The Big Lebowski:''' Nothing is '''[[AtomicFBomb FUCKED?]]'''
-->'''The Dude:''' No...
-->'''The Big Lebowski:''' THE GODDAMN PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO THE MOUNTAIN!

-->'''Walter:''' (''drawing a pistol'') Mark it zero, Smokey or you're in a world of pain.
-->'''Smokey:''' (''starts stammering'')
-->'''Walter:''' A world of pain.
-->'''Smokey:''' Dude; - he's your partner -
-->'''Walter:''' (''stands up brandishing the pistol threateningly'') Has the whole world gone CRAZY? AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES? MARK IT ZERO!