damn it Steve this sucks
vibrantly colorful both visually and
metaphorically these characters could
only accurately be described as Wes
Anderson Ian what does that mean over
welcome to watchmojo.com for little one
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 greatest Wes Anderson
characters still holding your position
open for you for this list we’re only
looking at big screen characters
originally created by Wes Anderson so
that’s why you came here
while we do love mr. Fox he and fellow
characters from fantastic mr. Fox will
be excluded from this list as the film
is based on rural Dolls 1970 novel you
really are kind of a quote uncle
fantastic I try the ones on our list are
truly Wes Anderson’s best characters and
being such it should come as no surprise
that they are highly likely to be
socially awkward and exceptionally
endearing oh shit man
oh shit men number 10 Francis Whitman
the Darjeeling Limited let’s go get a
drink smoke a cigarette
Francis is protective of his two
recently estranged younger brothers Jack
and Peter both of whom he convinces into
embarking on a spiritual quest through
India I wants to make this trip a
spiritual journey for each of us seek
the unknown and we learn about it we
agree to that however the real reason
behind the journey which is initially
unbeknownst to the younger siblings is
that they are actually going to find
their long absent mother I hired a
private detective to track down mom
she’s living in a convent and the
foothills of the Himalayas we’ll be
there in six days
Francis is physically memorable for
having his face covered in bandages
throughout the film as a result of
injuries he sustained in a suicide
attempt it was Brandon my new assistant
he’s gonna place an updated
under our doors every morning of all the
spiritual places and temples that we
need to see but he’s also memorable and
iconic for his personality notoriously
micromanaging right down to his brother
schedules and their choice of food
Francis goes to extreme lengths to keep
his family together which also makes him
disconcertingly delightful it’s green
drinking scuba suit number nine Margot
Tenenbaum The Royal Tenenbaums I’m
adopted did you know that Margot is the
only female of the Tenenbaum children
she became the family’s black sheep
during childhood
thanks to her father Royals constant
reminders that she was adopted her
father had a wish noted this when
introducing her this is my adopted
daughter Margot Tenenbaum because of
such isolation Margot has led a wildly
mysterious life her most long-standing
secret being she is a closet smoker hung
penis smoker
22 years
she’s unhappily married maintains an
often on eccentric affair with childhood
friend Eli cash and eventually falls in
love with her nan blood-related brother
Richie I love him
Margaux is a complex character that
doesn’t try to live by typical social
norms while her seeming indifference
makes her all the more amazing and fits
for our list I think we’re just gonna
have to be secretly in love with each
other and leave it at that regime number
eight
Susy Bishop moonrise kingdom they found
the campfire brat I should have put more
pine needles on it let’s go this comedy
drama follows twelve-year-old Susy who
was the oldest child of the bishop
family and her pen pal love interest sam
shakusky very good you know a lot about
camping don’t you my khaki stash don’t
train for anyway he used to be unhappy
with her quarrelsome parents Susie runs
away from home and Sam who was an orphan
fleeing his khaki scout troop and
uncaring foster home
Susie comes from a sheltered home she
longs to escape reality as reflected in
her obsession with reading she steals
books from her local library not one to
let obstacles hinder her Susie even
stabs a khaki scout with scissors to
ensure she and Sam can’t escape I love
you but you don’t know what you’re
talking about
have a chair Susi’s sheer determination
is certainly commendable and greatly
contributes to making her such an
unforgettable Wes Anderson creation as
well
Baron love you just want to be together
true number seven zero Moustafa the
grand budapest hotel who are you I’m
zero sir the new lobby boy in the early
1930s young zero was the lobby boy of
the grand Budapest hotel why do you want
to be a lobby boy well who wouldn’t at
the grand Budapest sir
it’s an institution very good
due to his admiration for the hotel the
concierge Gustave H takes him under his
wing and drags him along while fleeing
authorities due to a false murder
accusation zero confused sooner confused
indeed zero is passionately dedicated to
his job however even with a migratory
visa with stage three worker status zero
still gets harassed by authorities
that’s a migratory visa with stage three
worker status darling as the hotel’s
eventual owner zero only occupies his
old worker quarters even when visiting
well into his old age
he’s Wes Anderson’s most humble
character how people never provides
information of that kind you’re a stone
wall understood
number six Herman Blum Rushmore it’s
good
but let’s hope it it’s got a happy
ending
Herman Blume is an industrialist
businessman who falls in love with first
grade teacher
rosemary cross whom he met awkwardly
through his friendship with
fifteen-year-old Rushmore Academy
student max Fischer
she’s my Rushmore max because of his
competition with max to win rosemarys
affection Herman loses his unfaithful
wife and jerk jock twin sons never in my
wildest imagination did I ever dream I
would have sons like this while Herman
is not afraid to let his unsatisfactory
world burn to the ground
he’s bizarrely charming throughout his
psychotic race to the bottom with max
hey okay hmm a little bit lonely Rajesh
this role relaunched Bill Murray’s
career and no wonder who else could have
pulled off Herman Bloom better see you
and Vietnam I’m not mistaken yeah
are you in the shit yeah I was I’m sure
number five Richie Tenenbaum The Royal
Tenenbaums brother of Chas and adopted
sister Margot Richie is the most
reserved of the Tenenbaum siblings hmm
what an insane a world-class tennis
player Richie has long been in love with
Margot as can be seen in the plethora of
paintings he’s made since their
childhood he turned pro at 17 and won
the US Nationals three years in a row
he kept the studio in the corner of the
ballroom but had failed to develop as a
painter he even suffers a televised
emotional meltdown during an
international tennis competition which
then causes him to leave the sport
that’s 72 unforced errors for Richie
Tenenbaum he’s playing the worst tennis
of his life what’s he feeling right now
Tex Hayward I don’t know Jim there’s
obviously something wrong with him while
Richie’s obsessive dedication to his
sister might be a little creepy for some
in the end he gets the girl and a spot
in our top five
number four Monsieur Gustave H the grand
budapest hotel you filthy goddamn
pockmarked fascist assholes take your
hands off my lobby boy Gustave is the
proud concierge of the grand Budapest
hotel who always maintains high
standards of excellence during his time
there
good morning Cicero call the goddamn
plumber this afternoon Monsieur piston
well that felt ready for analysis no no
he has had affairs with elderly female
visitors one of which unbeknownst to him
is the hotels owner I go to bed with all
my friends
even when on the run after being falsely
accused of murder
Gustav obsesses over self-image he
maintains such high expectations even
when facing danger that his disciple
zero posthumously describes him as one
of the faint glimmers of civilization
left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity you see
there are still faint glimmers of
civilization left in this barbaric
slaughterhouse that was once known as
humanity while hopelessly vain Gustav is
as classy as he is likable what happened
my dear zero is I beat the living shit
out of a sniveling little runt called
pinky bend in Sookie who had the gall to
question my virility because if there’s
one thing we’ve learned from penny
dreadfuls it’s that when you find
yourself in a place like this you must
never be a candy-ass number three royal
Tenenbaum The Royal Tenenbaums who
stabbed you he did there was a price on
my head and he was a hired assassin once
royal learns his wife ethylene has been
asked for her hand in marriage by her
accountant Henry royal goes to great
lengths to win back his estranged family
notably by lying about having stomach
cancer what if he got I got a pretty bad
case of cancer through deception royal
gets closer to his family that is until
he’s found out everyone’s against me get
your four men yeah I know but damn it I
want this family to love me while royal
eventually makes things right it still
seems fitting that his gravestone
falsely proclaims he died saving his
family from a sinking battleship
overzealous and conniving
it takes Royals entire life to do good
by his family but maybe that’s exactly
why we can’t forget him oh I’m kidding
call me Pappy okay come on let’s shag
ass
number two Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic
with Steve Zissou is richer here this
past middle age deep-sea Explorer has
quite the hubris and barely holds on to
personal relationships outside of those
beyond the crew on his boat the
Belafonte team Zissou what kill this
frank ledbetter nah I don’t usually try
grass Steve’s mission is simple to kill
a Jaguar shark that ate his best
and now I’m gonna go hunt down that
shark or whatever it is and hopefully
kill it while Steve may be a deadbeat
potential father and isn’t exactly loyal
to his wife he means well and tries to
do right when necessary in other words
your focus while loosely based on
jacques-yves cousteau Zhi Zhu is more
eccentric even making his crew wear
matching suits right down to their
adidas sponsored shoes and undoubtedly a
character we won’t soon forget
supposedly Cousteau and his cronies
invented the idea of putting
walkie-talkies into the helmet we made
ours with a special rabbit ear on the
top so we could pipe in some music
before we get to our number one greatest
Wes Anderson character well I hope
you’re right
let’s take a look at some of our
honourable mentions keep this line clear
at all times come on Steve this is my
little nephew venom he wanted to meet
you let’s find our man bring him safely
back to camp
Kingsley Ned Zissou 29 junior grade
diving tech executive producer energetic
spirited youthful number one
max Fisher Rushmore I’m sorry did
someone say my name Max is an exuberant
student who excels at extracurricular
activities but flounders in coursework
he goes to great lengths to hide the
fact that he’s from a poor family from
others and attends the elite private
academy Rushmore on scholarship where he
gets bad grades and develops an
inappropriate obsession with first grade
teacher
rosemary cross I don’t know what you see
I don’t think she’s right for you what’s
that supposed while maybe seemingly
sociopathic especially in his rivalry
for Rosemary’s affection with older
industrialist Herman bloom max redeems
himself with those he hurts through a
play he wrote I was in love with her
first not only as Max one of Wes
Anderson’s most quirky characters he’s
also one of the writer and directors
most endearing which is why he tops this
list thank you very much so
do you agree with our list yeah more or
less standard boilerplate I guess who
are your favorite West Anderson
characters hello
screw em this is my Chapel partner
Calloway
nice to meet you Turk for more quirky
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
are you going up no I’ll sit for a
little while goodnight
vibrantly colorful both visually and
metaphorically these characters could
only accurately be described as Wes
Anderson Ian what does that mean over
welcome to watchmojo.com for little one
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 greatest Wes Anderson
characters still holding your position
open for you for this list we’re only
looking at big screen characters
originally created by Wes Anderson so
that’s why you came here
while we do love mr. Fox he and fellow
characters from fantastic mr. Fox will
be excluded from this list as the film
is based on rural Dolls 1970 novel you
really are kind of a quote uncle
fantastic I try the ones on our list are
truly Wes Anderson’s best characters and
being such it should come as no surprise
that they are highly likely to be
socially awkward and exceptionally
endearing oh shit man
oh shit men number 10 Francis Whitman
the Darjeeling Limited let’s go get a
drink smoke a cigarette
Francis is protective of his two
recently estranged younger brothers Jack
and Peter both of whom he convinces into
embarking on a spiritual quest through
India I wants to make this trip a
spiritual journey for each of us seek
the unknown and we learn about it we
agree to that however the real reason
behind the journey which is initially
unbeknownst to the younger siblings is
that they are actually going to find
their long absent mother I hired a
private detective to track down mom
she’s living in a convent and the
foothills of the Himalayas we’ll be
there in six days
Francis is physically memorable for
having his face covered in bandages
throughout the film as a result of
injuries he sustained in a suicide
attempt it was Brandon my new assistant
he’s gonna place an updated
under our doors every morning of all the
spiritual places and temples that we
need to see but he’s also memorable and
iconic for his personality notoriously
micromanaging right down to his brother
schedules and their choice of food
Francis goes to extreme lengths to keep
his family together which also makes him
disconcertingly delightful it’s green
drinking scuba suit number nine Margot
Tenenbaum The Royal Tenenbaums I’m
adopted did you know that Margot is the
only female of the Tenenbaum children
she became the family’s black sheep
during childhood
thanks to her father Royals constant
reminders that she was adopted her
father had a wish noted this when
introducing her this is my adopted
daughter Margot Tenenbaum because of
such isolation Margot has led a wildly
mysterious life her most long-standing
secret being she is a closet smoker hung
penis smoker
22 years
she’s unhappily married maintains an
often on eccentric affair with childhood
friend Eli cash and eventually falls in
love with her nan blood-related brother
Richie I love him
Margaux is a complex character that
doesn’t try to live by typical social
norms while her seeming indifference
makes her all the more amazing and fits
for our list I think we’re just gonna
have to be secretly in love with each
other and leave it at that regime number
eight
Susy Bishop moonrise kingdom they found
the campfire brat I should have put more
pine needles on it let’s go this comedy
drama follows twelve-year-old Susy who
was the oldest child of the bishop
family and her pen pal love interest sam
shakusky very good you know a lot about
camping don’t you my khaki stash don’t
train for anyway he used to be unhappy
with her quarrelsome parents Susie runs
away from home and Sam who was an orphan
fleeing his khaki scout troop and
uncaring foster home
Susie comes from a sheltered home she
longs to escape reality as reflected in
her obsession with reading she steals
books from her local library not one to
let obstacles hinder her Susie even
stabs a khaki scout with scissors to
ensure she and Sam can’t escape I love
you but you don’t know what you’re
talking about
have a chair Susi’s sheer determination
is certainly commendable and greatly
contributes to making her such an
unforgettable Wes Anderson creation as
well
Baron love you just want to be together
true number seven zero Moustafa the
grand budapest hotel who are you I’m
zero sir the new lobby boy in the early
1930s young zero was the lobby boy of
the grand Budapest hotel why do you want
to be a lobby boy well who wouldn’t at
the grand Budapest sir
it’s an institution very good
due to his admiration for the hotel the
concierge Gustave H takes him under his
wing and drags him along while fleeing
authorities due to a false murder
accusation zero confused sooner confused
indeed zero is passionately dedicated to
his job however even with a migratory
visa with stage three worker status zero
still gets harassed by authorities
that’s a migratory visa with stage three
worker status darling as the hotel’s
eventual owner zero only occupies his
old worker quarters even when visiting
well into his old age
he’s Wes Anderson’s most humble
character how people never provides
information of that kind you’re a stone
wall understood
number six Herman Blum Rushmore it’s
good
but let’s hope it it’s got a happy
ending
Herman Blume is an industrialist
businessman who falls in love with first
grade teacher
rosemary cross whom he met awkwardly
through his friendship with
fifteen-year-old Rushmore Academy
student max Fischer
she’s my Rushmore max because of his
competition with max to win rosemarys
affection Herman loses his unfaithful
wife and jerk jock twin sons never in my
wildest imagination did I ever dream I
would have sons like this while Herman
is not afraid to let his unsatisfactory
world burn to the ground
he’s bizarrely charming throughout his
psychotic race to the bottom with max
hey okay hmm a little bit lonely Rajesh
this role relaunched Bill Murray’s
career and no wonder who else could have
pulled off Herman Bloom better see you
and Vietnam I’m not mistaken yeah
are you in the shit yeah I was I’m sure
number five Richie Tenenbaum The Royal
Tenenbaums brother of Chas and adopted
sister Margot Richie is the most
reserved of the Tenenbaum siblings hmm
what an insane a world-class tennis
player Richie has long been in love with
Margot as can be seen in the plethora of
paintings he’s made since their
childhood he turned pro at 17 and won
the US Nationals three years in a row
he kept the studio in the corner of the
ballroom but had failed to develop as a
painter he even suffers a televised
emotional meltdown during an
international tennis competition which
then causes him to leave the sport
that’s 72 unforced errors for Richie
Tenenbaum he’s playing the worst tennis
of his life what’s he feeling right now
Tex Hayward I don’t know Jim there’s
obviously something wrong with him while
Richie’s obsessive dedication to his
sister might be a little creepy for some
in the end he gets the girl and a spot
in our top five
number four Monsieur Gustave H the grand
budapest hotel you filthy goddamn
pockmarked fascist assholes take your
hands off my lobby boy Gustave is the
proud concierge of the grand Budapest
hotel who always maintains high
standards of excellence during his time
there
good morning Cicero call the goddamn
plumber this afternoon Monsieur piston
well that felt ready for analysis no no
he has had affairs with elderly female
visitors one of which unbeknownst to him
is the hotels owner I go to bed with all
my friends
even when on the run after being falsely
accused of murder
Gustav obsesses over self-image he
maintains such high expectations even
when facing danger that his disciple
zero posthumously describes him as one
of the faint glimmers of civilization
left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity you see
there are still faint glimmers of
civilization left in this barbaric
slaughterhouse that was once known as
humanity while hopelessly vain Gustav is
as classy as he is likable what happened
my dear zero is I beat the living shit
out of a sniveling little runt called
pinky bend in Sookie who had the gall to
question my virility because if there’s
one thing we’ve learned from penny
dreadfuls it’s that when you find
yourself in a place like this you must
never be a candy-ass number three royal
Tenenbaum The Royal Tenenbaums who
stabbed you he did there was a price on
my head and he was a hired assassin once
royal learns his wife ethylene has been
asked for her hand in marriage by her
accountant Henry royal goes to great
lengths to win back his estranged family
notably by lying about having stomach
cancer what if he got I got a pretty bad
case of cancer through deception royal
gets closer to his family that is until
he’s found out everyone’s against me get
your four men yeah I know but damn it I
want this family to love me while royal
eventually makes things right it still
seems fitting that his gravestone
falsely proclaims he died saving his
family from a sinking battleship
overzealous and conniving
it takes Royals entire life to do good
by his family but maybe that’s exactly
why we can’t forget him oh I’m kidding
call me Pappy okay come on let’s shag
ass
number two Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic
with Steve Zissou is richer here this
past middle age deep-sea Explorer has
quite the hubris and barely holds on to
personal relationships outside of those
beyond the crew on his boat the
Belafonte team Zissou what kill this
frank ledbetter nah I don’t usually try
grass Steve’s mission is simple to kill
a Jaguar shark that ate his best
and now I’m gonna go hunt down that
shark or whatever it is and hopefully
kill it while Steve may be a deadbeat
potential father and isn’t exactly loyal
to his wife he means well and tries to
do right when necessary in other words
your focus while loosely based on
jacques-yves cousteau Zhi Zhu is more
eccentric even making his crew wear
matching suits right down to their
adidas sponsored shoes and undoubtedly a
character we won’t soon forget
supposedly Cousteau and his cronies
invented the idea of putting
walkie-talkies into the helmet we made
ours with a special rabbit ear on the
top so we could pipe in some music
before we get to our number one greatest
Wes Anderson character well I hope
you’re right
let’s take a look at some of our
honourable mentions keep this line clear
at all times come on Steve this is my
little nephew venom he wanted to meet
you let’s find our man bring him safely
back to camp
Kingsley Ned Zissou 29 junior grade
diving tech executive producer energetic
spirited youthful number one
max Fisher Rushmore I’m sorry did
someone say my name Max is an exuberant
student who excels at extracurricular
activities but flounders in coursework
he goes to great lengths to hide the
fact that he’s from a poor family from
others and attends the elite private
academy Rushmore on scholarship where he
gets bad grades and develops an
inappropriate obsession with first grade
teacher
rosemary cross I don’t know what you see
I don’t think she’s right for you what’s
that supposed while maybe seemingly
sociopathic especially in his rivalry
for Rosemary’s affection with older
industrialist Herman bloom max redeems
himself with those he hurts through a
play he wrote I was in love with her
first not only as Max one of Wes
Anderson’s most quirky characters he’s
also one of the writer and directors
most endearing which is why he tops this
list thank you very much so
do you agree with our list yeah more or
less standard boilerplate I guess who
are your favorite West Anderson
characters hello
screw em this is my Chapel partner
Calloway
nice to meet you Turk for more quirky
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
are you going up no I’ll sit for a
little while goodnight
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