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Butch's Girlfriend Award

Weakest element of the film.

Butch's Girlfriend Award has run in 197 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Bill Simmons

Rod (the actor credited as Nick Cory, real name Sue Garcia) is the weak link due to his poor, drug-impaired performance, including the jail cell scene with Nancy.

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Chris Ryan

Agrees Rod is the weak link, framing it as a 'casting what-ifs' situation

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Van Lathan

Adds context that the actor's heroin use during filming affected his performance

‘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

Episode	Host	Answer
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Bill Simmons	Rod (the actor credited as Nick Cory, real name Sue Garcia) is the weak link due to his poor, drug-impaired performance, including the jail cell scene with Nancy.
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Chris Ryan	Agrees Rod is the weak link, framing it as a 'casting what-ifs' situation
‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Van Lathan	Adds context that the actor's heroin use during filming affected his performance
‘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