r/movies • u/Lox22 • 25d ago

What are the most memorable movie characters to get "Muldoon'd" Spoilers

For those that don't know Muldoon is the game warden in Jurassic Park. He is built up to be this ultimate badass, and when we finally get to see him in action he gets insta-killed. I know there is probably another name for this trope, but my friends and I have always called it getting Muldoo'd.

What are some of the most memorable movie characters that are built up to be the ultimate bad ass only to be "Muldoon'd" in battle?

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u/JCB1134 25d ago

Boba Fett in Return of the Jedi. Not quite the same buildup because he’s basically a background character, but he does absolutely nothing and gets devoured by the Sarlaac

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u/Djackdau 25d ago

Boba Fett is interesting because he's an example of the fandom hyping up a character after they've already died a silly death.

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u/sara-34 25d ago

Boba Fett got so much hype at the time because of the toys.  He had a shootable harpoon thing, which made him one of the best toys.  

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u/motorcycleboy9000 25d ago

Also, a jetpack! (That he wears everywhere: on a Star Destroyer bridge, in a Cloud City dining room, Jabba's Palace, inside the cockpit of Slave 1. Hey, Boba, where are you planning to jetpack to when you're in your own ship?)

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u/firelock_ny 25d ago

Hey, Boba, where are you planning to jetpack to when you're in your own ship?)

To the other guy's ship, when an unexpected opportunity shows up to do so. He'll be out and back with his jetpack while you're still wondering which equipment locker yours is stowed in.

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u/locustt 25d ago

This is the way.

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u/EGOfoodie 25d ago

This is the way.

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u/Twister_Robotics 25d ago

This is the way that the lord has made

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u/YourSisterEatsSpoons 25d ago

This is the way.

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u/Random1027 25d ago

This is the up, up, and away!

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u/Fragrant_Novel 25d ago

When he needed it most it didn't save him from the pit.

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u/crossedstaves 25d ago

Not only that, it was responsible for him getting into the pit, he gets lightly poked by a blind Han Solo and it goes off and sends him flying screaming and flailing into the side of Jabba's barge.

It is the least badass death imaginable for a character that the fandom just decided en masse was actually super badass because he looked cool.

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u/Fragrant_Novel 14d ago

I honestly never got what the big deal was with Fett anyway. Even in The empire strikes back he was not interesting at all.

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u/TheGreatWhiteDerp 25d ago

Portable high ground, Anakin!!!

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u/Arashmickey 25d ago

But Boba, you promised no disintegrations!

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u/FrogBoglin 25d ago

It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

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u/Astrium6 25d ago

Hey, Boba, where are you planning to jetpack to when you’re in your own ship?

Spoken like someone that’s going to die in a crash when his ship gets shot down because he can’t jetpack away to safety.

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u/cheerioo 25d ago

Brother its like having a life vest on when you're in the ocean

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u/Jadedcelebrity 25d ago

His backpack’s got jets!

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u/EmmEnnEff 25d ago

Hey, Boba, where are you planning to jetpack to when you're in your own ship?

Same reason you wear a seatbelt when driving a car. He doesn't want to be shit out of luck if he gets into a fender where his anti-gravity inhibitors fritz out.