Characters / Eight Crazy Nights

Davey Stone

Davey Stone

Voiced by: Adam Sandler

• The Alcoholic: Drinks his booze and whiskey throughout the movie.
• Berserk Button: Don't talk about Davey's past; it involves his parents killed in a car accident. Whitey had learned the hard way when he told Davey about it at the skating rink.
• Break the Haughty: The hallucinations showing him his parents' Hanukkah card and him finally mourning their deaths.
• Broken Bird: He spends most of his time battling with severe depression and alcoholism to deal with his stress.
• Dark and Troubled Past: The reason why Davey is such a jerk to everyone is that his parents were killed in a car accident.
• Deadpan Snarker: Is one of his many character traits.
• Defrosting Ice King: Comes off as incredibly cold and nasty towards everyone, but by the end, he learns to let his past go and make amends for how he treated everyone, including Whitey, Eleanore and Jennifer.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: His "The Reason You Suck" Speech towards Whitey and Eleanore is prompted by Whitey bringing up his Dark and Troubled Past and both of them telling him to stop running from his trauma.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Davey turned to alcohol after he lost his parents. Getting drunk was the only way he could distract himself from the crushing grief he felt after they died. As a result, he’s somewhat emotionally stunted as he never learned to properly mourn their passing, but he’s finally able to come to terms with their deaths towards the end of the film.
• Freudian Excuse: His unpleasant nature comes from the fact that at 12 years old, during Hanukkah, his parents got killed in a car crash on the way to his basketball game that he finally wins. After his parent's deaths, Davey was sent to a series of foster homes until he turned 18 years old and spent the rest of his adulthood in various unsuccessful jail and psychiatric programs to cure his alcoholism and depression over the incident.
• Hated by All: His drunken antics and criminal record have earned him the hatred and disgust of virtually everyone in Dukesberry. When he's about to be arrested during the awards ceremony, everyone in the room is delighted to see him get carted off to prison.
• Hates Everyone Equally: He's nasty to people, especially around the holidays, but he doesn't discriminate based on religion... he finds Christmas and Hannukah equally nauseating.
• Heel–Face Turn: Eventually gives up his criminal ways and starts becoming a genuinely good person.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Davey looks exactly like his voice actor. Right down to the same hairstyle.
• Jerkass: He is a rude, alcoholic jerk who enjoys making others' lives hell.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Twice.
  • His "The Reason You Suck" Speech was exceptionally harsh, but he did have a good reason to get angry after Whitey was talking about the night his parents died right in front of him, and after Davey requested multiple times not to bring it up.
  • He was moments away from getting arrested right in the middle of the awards ceremony, to everyone's understandable delight, but he makes himself be heard about how they didn't treat Whitey any better than he did.
• Mr. Fanservice: Despite being an alcoholic whose appearance is modeled after that of Adam Sandler, he's very well-built. He was supposedly designed after a hypothetical "Adam Sandler action figure".
• Never Be Hurt Again: Likely the cause for his behavior towards others. He acts like a jerk because he’s actually profoundly sad as a result of his parents’ tragic deaths; by pushing others away, he doesn’t have to own up to his true feelings of sorrow.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
  Davey: I'm out of here. I don't need this sympathy crap.
  Whitey: Maybe it's time you stop running from your emotions.
  Davey: I'm not. I'm running from two crybabies who won't shut up about something that isn't any of their business.
  Eleanore: You know, I read recently in Reader's Digest that people who let themselves cry when they're hurting are often stronger than the people who try to hold all their pain inside.
  Davey: Did you read anything about a deformed referee who spends 35 years trying to win some STUPID PATCH... so he can pretend people actually like him?!
  Eleanore: What month was that in?
  Whitey: Take that back.
  Davey: Listen, if they have an award for the freakiest looking fraternal twins... who nobody even gives a crap about, you two are definitely winning. But that patch thing ain't ever gonna happen for you... because the truth is, nobody in this town even knows you EXIST!
  Eleanore: You're an animal!
  Davey: And you're bald! (tears off her wig)
  Eleanore: Not again!
  Whitey: You're not welcome in my house.
  Davey: Good, your house SUCKS!
  • The climactic song number is this to the rest of the town for not giving Whitey the appreciation he deserves, but especially himself for the above.
  ♪Everyone in this room has been associated with Whitey either through basketball or the mall or various odd jobs he does around town for free or at most a dollar // And I'm guessing 99% of you have either laughed in Whitey's face or ruthlessly made fun of his feet or voice or sister or shortness when he wasn't looking // But the next time you'd see him he'd still go out of his way to smile and wave at you and ask you about your mother's operation or something like that because he, unlike us actually cares about someone other than himself // The reason I bring this up to you is because I was the worst offender of all...♪
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After his "The Reason You Suck" Speech towards Whitey, he eventually leaves and goes back to his criminal lifestyle.
• Sour Outside, Sad Inside: Davey acts like an irreverent jerk towards nearly everyone, but his behavior is a front masking a deeply sad man who never learned to cope with his parents’ deaths properly.
• Toxic Friend Influence: Taught Benjamin to say "biatch" to their opponent when he lost their basketball match.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Even though Whitey continuously sticks his neck up for him, Davey still treats him with nothing but contempt.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He used to be an easy-going kid, but after his parents' death, he becomes the alcoholic asshole he is today.

Whitey Duvall

Whitey Duvall

Voiced by: Adam Sandler

• Accidental Pervert: Whitey groping his mother while having a prom slow dance with her. Not that his mother seemed to mind.
• Ambiguously Human: Whitey looks like some kind of a simian. He's unnaturally hairy and has two comically mismatched feet. Even his skeleton has a bizarrely large pelvis, which is seen when he gets electrocuted in a flashback. His weird looks run in the family, with not a single member thereof looking anything like the other people in town.
  Davey, regarding a baby photo of Whitey and Eleanore: I wouldn’t show that picture to anyone, or they might try to take you two guys back to the laboratory.
• Break the Cutie: When Davey gives him an incredibly hurtful "The Reason You Suck" Speech along with not earning his All-Star Patch like he wanted.
• Butt-Monkey: Davey makes fun of him, ignores him when his car is stuck during a snowstorm, hits him, and is prone to seizures during his spasms.
• Character Catchphrase: "Technical foul"^note That's Whitey's way of saying "time out".
• Character Overlap: He first appeared on the Whitey audio skit from Sandler's Stan and Judy's Kid album and then was played by Dana Carvey in Little Nicky.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Is a bit of an oddball.
• The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: Whitey is a referee, a job that requires firmness and the ability to command respect. Despite this, he rarely stands up for himself, even in response to blatant and undeserved mistreatment.
• Despair Event Horizon: He later goes into a deep state of severe depression once he never gets to win the award he thought he deserved.
• Extreme Doormat: He takes not just Davey's mistreatment of him, but the town's abuses as well.
• Gonk: He's a short chubby old man with mismatched sized feet that makes him hobble instead of walk in a steady gait, as well as having unusual amounts of body hair.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: He heavily prefers euphemisms instead of profanity.
• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Flashbacks show that he had a full head of hair. By the present day, he's going bald.
• Half-Identical Twins: Whitey and his twin sister Eleanor are fraternal twins; each strikingly resembling his/her parent.
• Imaginary Friend: Often, he mentions having an imaginary wife.
• Incest Subtext: During a flashback, Whitey slow-dances with his mother (as no one else wanted to dance with him at the prom), and during the dance, he accidentally gropes her bottom (given that he's way smaller than her). Despite this accidental groping, his mother seemed surprised but kept smiling and laughing nonetheless.
• Innocently Insensitive: Talks about Davey's past to Eleanore, which Davey clearly didn't like remembering. He also tries to consult the second-grader whom Davey insulted, though unfortunately, it only makes the kid feel worse.
  Whitey: He was just kidding, son. You've got very nice boobs.
• Iron Butt Monkey: Whitey undergoes a series of injuries like being trampled, falling from a tree, and being near frozen to death throughout the film while being no worse for wear afterward.
• Keet: Is very optimistic and energetic, even during his ending seizure.
• Nice Guy: Is very friendly and supportive of everyone around him.
• Sarcasm-Blind: Does not understand any of Davey's sarcasm.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Family photos show that Whitey very much resembles his father and Eleanor resembles their mother.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: He finally earns his "All-Star" patch which he clearly deserved and everyone (including Davey) apologizes to him for their poor treatment of him.
• Vocal Dissonance: You'd think his voice would be perfect for someone his size; however it's also too youthful sounding for someone his age.
• You Don't Look Like You: Despite originating from Little Nicky, this version of Whitey bears only a slight resemblance to how he looked like in that movie, the only resemblance being the grey hair.
• Younger Than They Look: As a baby, teenager, and man in his late 40s/early 50s he looks almost entirely the same as he does at 70 just with either more (or in the case of his infancy less) hair^note And, in the case of his infancy, he's even shorter than he is as an adult.

Eleanore Duvall

Voiced by: Adam Sandler

• Beware the Nice Ones: When she confronts the guy who stole her Liz Taylor wig when she was a kid.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Eleanor models three of these colored wigs at one point while getting ready for the party.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Is even more abnormal than Whitey.
• Half-Identical Twins: Eleanor and her twin brother Whitey are fraternal twins; each strikingly resembling his/her same-gendered parent.
• Sarcasm-Blind: Like Whitey, she can't decipher Davey's sarcasm.
  Eleanore: You know, I read recently in Reader's Digest that people who let themselves cry when they're hurting are often stronger than the people who try to hold all their pain inside.
  Davey: Did you read anything about a deformed referee who spends 35 years trying to win some stupid patch, so he can pretend people actually like him?
  Eleanore: (shakes her head) Which month was that in?
• Strong Family Resemblance: Family photos show that Eleanor very much resembles her mother and Whitey resembles their father.

Jennifer Friedman

Voiced by: Jackie Titone

• Broken Bird: Implied by Whitey, since Jennifer had just come back to her hometown to raise her son by herself in a mall bakery after a messy divorce from a husband of 12 years who left her for a woman he met on the Internet. Not to mention her falling out with Davey whom she clearly cares for but is repulsed by his obnoxious behavior for most of the film.
• Good Parents: She's a very caring and present mother for young Benjamin despite her hardships.
• Nice Girl: Is a very kind woman towards her son and everyone around her. Notably, she's one of the few people in town who is always nice to Whitey.
• Only Sane Woman: Is the most normal out of the cast, along with her son.
• Strong Family Resemblance: In one of the flashbacks during Davey's basketball-winning game, Jennifer bears a striking resemblance to her mother who looks very identical to her own adult self in 20 years.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Davey. After Davey's incident, she stays away from him and no longer enjoys his company.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Calls out Davey during his outburst towards Whitey. She even calls out her son for using the word "biatch" to his opponent (though it was under Davey's influence).

Benjamin Friedman

Voiced by: Austin Stout

• Cheerful Child: Is generally an enthusiastic kid.
• Nice Guy: Is a well-behaved and friendly kid. His purehearted friendliness is what endears him to Davey early on in the film.
• This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: After he and Davey win the two-on-two basketball game, Davey tells Benjamin to say "Eat that nut-strap, bee-atch!" to the losing team. When Jennifer arrives, she is appalled to see those words come out of his mouth.

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