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Character name: Rick O’Connell
Series: The Mummy (1999)
Age: late 20s-ish
Job: Glorified Grave Robber
Canon: Egypt, 1923. A group of archeologists and ragtag adventurers manage to find their way to the lost city of Hamunaptra, a place of legend that’s supposedly filled to the brim with the secrets of the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, the only secret the group manages to find is actually a 3,000-year-old high priest who was mummified alive for boning the pharaoh’s mistress. With an immortal mummy on the loose, looking for a way to revive his lover, only a select few can muster the courage to try to save the world. One of these few brave souls is none other than adventurer Rick O’Connell, resident gunslinger and handsome man.
If you need a job done, then O’Connell is the guy you can count on. He succeeds at anything he puts his mind to, and he’s skilled at coming up with creative solutions to difficult problems. His bravery isn’t anything to sneer at, either: he can face down half-rotted immortals without so much as flinching. He’s a pretty good fast-talker too, and if he is facing off against a woman? Well, a few words are enough to whisk them off their feet and into his bed. Unfortunately, his way of living life on the edge has gotten him in trouble more than once. He is incredibly reckless, and he has this nasty habit of making enemies wherever he goes. He may be a charismatic man, but more than a few angry husbands in the world are out for his blood.
Note: O’Connell is being taken from the end of the first movie.
Sample Entry: I didn’t think I would be back so soon, but man it’s good to be home. You never know how much you’ll miss the good old US of A until you’re away for a few years. I would’ve liked to end up in a big city, though. There aren’t nearly enough bars out here in the middle of Nowhere. But at this point anything’s better than that damn desert, I was getting sick and tired of having to clean sand out of my boots every day. Oh well, I didn’t come here to enjoy the weather: Ms. Sayre sent me here to retrieve some treasure for her, and treasure she will get.
I have to say, though: I never expected to find a pyramid in the middle of the heartlands. Okay, ‘a pyramid-shaped barn,’ but still. Some farmer must really love Egypt, since he modeled the whole place after it. I’m not so sure that they headdresses look so good on the cows, though, and adding humps to a horse does not make it a camel. And the half-rotted mummies wandering around moaning for brains? Not exactly a good addition to the atmosphere. I can see why someone would think it fits in, what with the whole ‘mummies of Egypt’ thing, but those mummies are all dead. If you’ve got a mummy that’s up and wandering around, dropping body parts here and there, then you’ve got a problem. Plus they’re guarding that pyramid-barn, which is going to make looting- I mean, ‘liberating the goods’ a little more difficult. But then again, they look like they’re women mummies. And if they’re women then I can use my good old O’Connell charm on them, get the goods, and get out of there. Not exactly my most cunning plan, but it’ll do. Alright, I’m going in.
Hey ladies, fancy meeting you here. I know, it’s not often that you get to meet a rugged man like me, but I think we should get to know each other. I’m Rick O’Connell, and I’m here on a very important mission. But, you know, it’s a little lonely working by myself, and I could use a little help. And don’t think of it as ‘grave robbing,’ it’s archaeology. There’s a big difference between stealing for profit and using artifacts from great rulers to educate the masses about how life was centuries ago. C’mon, you want to help those poor kids learn a thing or two, right? And actually, I have a great idea. Why don’t you come with me and work at the museum? Just think about it: you could stand there with your gold and jewels, looking all pretty, and I could tell stories of my brave adventures looking for lost treasure. And you can even play the part of the vengeful mummy, out to steal organs in order to regenerate.
Though really, you’re not going to steal anything from anyone. You want to win the hearts of the audience, not eat them.
In with 93.1%
Series: The Mummy (1999)
Age: late 20s-ish
Job: Glorified Grave Robber
Canon: Egypt, 1923. A group of archeologists and ragtag adventurers manage to find their way to the lost city of Hamunaptra, a place of legend that’s supposedly filled to the brim with the secrets of the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, the only secret the group manages to find is actually a 3,000-year-old high priest who was mummified alive for boning the pharaoh’s mistress. With an immortal mummy on the loose, looking for a way to revive his lover, only a select few can muster the courage to try to save the world. One of these few brave souls is none other than adventurer Rick O’Connell, resident gunslinger and handsome man.
If you need a job done, then O’Connell is the guy you can count on. He succeeds at anything he puts his mind to, and he’s skilled at coming up with creative solutions to difficult problems. His bravery isn’t anything to sneer at, either: he can face down half-rotted immortals without so much as flinching. He’s a pretty good fast-talker too, and if he is facing off against a woman? Well, a few words are enough to whisk them off their feet and into his bed. Unfortunately, his way of living life on the edge has gotten him in trouble more than once. He is incredibly reckless, and he has this nasty habit of making enemies wherever he goes. He may be a charismatic man, but more than a few angry husbands in the world are out for his blood.
Note: O’Connell is being taken from the end of the first movie.
Sample Entry: I didn’t think I would be back so soon, but man it’s good to be home. You never know how much you’ll miss the good old US of A until you’re away for a few years. I would’ve liked to end up in a big city, though. There aren’t nearly enough bars out here in the middle of Nowhere. But at this point anything’s better than that damn desert, I was getting sick and tired of having to clean sand out of my boots every day. Oh well, I didn’t come here to enjoy the weather: Ms. Sayre sent me here to retrieve some treasure for her, and treasure she will get.
I have to say, though: I never expected to find a pyramid in the middle of the heartlands. Okay, ‘a pyramid-shaped barn,’ but still. Some farmer must really love Egypt, since he modeled the whole place after it. I’m not so sure that they headdresses look so good on the cows, though, and adding humps to a horse does not make it a camel. And the half-rotted mummies wandering around moaning for brains? Not exactly a good addition to the atmosphere. I can see why someone would think it fits in, what with the whole ‘mummies of Egypt’ thing, but those mummies are all dead. If you’ve got a mummy that’s up and wandering around, dropping body parts here and there, then you’ve got a problem. Plus they’re guarding that pyramid-barn, which is going to make looting- I mean, ‘liberating the goods’ a little more difficult. But then again, they look like they’re women mummies. And if they’re women then I can use my good old O’Connell charm on them, get the goods, and get out of there. Not exactly my most cunning plan, but it’ll do. Alright, I’m going in.
Hey ladies, fancy meeting you here. I know, it’s not often that you get to meet a rugged man like me, but I think we should get to know each other. I’m Rick O’Connell, and I’m here on a very important mission. But, you know, it’s a little lonely working by myself, and I could use a little help. And don’t think of it as ‘grave robbing,’ it’s archaeology. There’s a big difference between stealing for profit and using artifacts from great rulers to educate the masses about how life was centuries ago. C’mon, you want to help those poor kids learn a thing or two, right? And actually, I have a great idea. Why don’t you come with me and work at the museum? Just think about it: you could stand there with your gold and jewels, looking all pretty, and I could tell stories of my brave adventures looking for lost treasure. And you can even play the part of the vengeful mummy, out to steal organs in order to regenerate.
Though really, you’re not going to steal anything from anyone. You want to win the hearts of the audience, not eat them.
In with 93.1%