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Butch's Girlfriend Award

Weakest element of the film.

Butch's Girlfriend Award has run in 196 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘It Follows’Bill Simmons

The swimming pool/hairdryer electrocution plan scene - calls it one of the dumbest plans in the movie, though he notes it's intentionally a 'kid movie plan'

‘It Follows’Chris Ryan

The 'peeping tom kids' subplot - says he never understood why they're in the movie

‘It Follows’Joanna Robinson

Greg (Daniel Zovatto's character) as a weak link - wanted him to be more charismatic/irresistible like a 'Tim Riggins' type to justify Jay's attraction to him

‘Friday the 13th’Bill Simmons

Annie's early death / Alice as final girl - feels Annie (the Karen Allen-esque character) should have survived as the true hero and Alice, who he found unlikeable and unattractive, was killed off too late

‘Friday the 13th’Chris Ryan

Ned - specifically the scene where he wears the Native American headdress and the cop says 'settle down Tonto,' calling it an annoying, weird subplot full of cultural appropriation

‘Friday the 13th’Van Lathan

The killing of the snake scene - the drawn-out sequence of Ned and friends catching/killing a snake

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bill Simmons

Franklin - hates him as the weak link, calling him one of the most despicable characters who almost deserves his death

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Chris Ryan

Agrees it's Franklin, highlighting the scene where everyone pairs off at the first house, making him the fifth wheel longing for connection

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Bill Simmons

The illogic of Clyde's elaborate 10-year revenge plot instead of just killing everyone quickly (Darby, the judge, etc.) after getting out; also the implausibility of his elaborate prison isolation cell with tunnels and his ability to move in/out undetected while also working a full janitorial shift

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Craig Horlbeck

Agrees the long-con logistics are the weak link—calls it possibly 'apex mountain for the long con,' noting the absurdity of Clyde planning 10 years, digging tunnels, and working a janitor job simultaneously

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Van Lathan

Points out Clyde's revenge lacks real purpose/logic (revenge vs. justice distinction), making his scattershot, drawn-out killing spree the weak link; also jokes about the suspiciously nice, manicured tunnels

‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’Bill Simmons

Rambo should have died/gotten hit multiple times but never does, specifically the scene after the aborted helicopter escape where Russian soldiers close in and shoot at him repeatedly but capture him instead of killing him despite having the clear advantage.

Episode	Host	Answer
‘It Follows’	Bill Simmons	The swimming pool/hairdryer electrocution plan scene - calls it one of the dumbest plans in the movie, though he notes it's intentionally a 'kid movie plan'
‘It Follows’	Chris Ryan	The 'peeping tom kids' subplot - says he never understood why they're in the movie
‘It Follows’	Joanna Robinson	Greg (Daniel Zovatto's character) as a weak link - wanted him to be more charismatic/irresistible like a 'Tim Riggins' type to justify Jay's attraction to him
‘Friday the 13th’	Bill Simmons	Annie's early death / Alice as final girl - feels Annie (the Karen Allen-esque character) should have survived as the true hero and Alice, who he found unlikeable and unattractive, was killed off too late
‘Friday the 13th’	Chris Ryan	Ned - specifically the scene where he wears the Native American headdress and the cop says 'settle down Tonto,' calling it an annoying, weird subplot full of cultural appropriation
‘Friday the 13th’	Van Lathan	The killing of the snake scene - the drawn-out sequence of Ned and friends catching/killing a snake
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Bill Simmons	Franklin - hates him as the weak link, calling him one of the most despicable characters who almost deserves his death
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Chris Ryan	Agrees it's Franklin, highlighting the scene where everyone pairs off at the first house, making him the fifth wheel longing for connection
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Bill Simmons	The illogic of Clyde's elaborate 10-year revenge plot instead of just killing everyone quickly (Darby, the judge, etc.) after getting out; also the implausibility of his elaborate prison isolation cell with tunnels and his ability to move in/out undetected while also working a full janitorial shift
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Craig Horlbeck	Agrees the long-con logistics are the weak link—calls it possibly 'apex mountain for the long con,' noting the absurdity of Clyde planning 10 years, digging tunnels, and working a janitor job simultaneously
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Van Lathan	Points out Clyde's revenge lacks real purpose/logic (revenge vs. justice distinction), making his scattershot, drawn-out killing spree the weak link; also jokes about the suspiciously nice, manicured tunnels
‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’	Bill Simmons	Rambo should have died/gotten hit multiple times but never does, specifically the scene after the aborted helicopter escape where Russian soldiers close in and shoot at him repeatedly but capture him instead of killing him despite having the clear advantage.