Quentin Tarantino is a household name in film making. With an immaculate collection of films under his wide spread wings, this man can be safely called a genius at what he does. Whether screen writing or directing, collaborating or working by himself, anything containing the name Tarantino eventuates a cult film. The man is sharp, witty, humorous, and versatile, and he has a lovely talent for picking his women characters. Although a great man, I am not dedicating this post to Mr. Tarantino, rather to his women, who contribute greatly to his success. So, fuck yeah! This one’s for all Tarantino chicks!
#1 Mallory Knox
Film: Natural Born Killers (1994), writer (story): Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: her killing abilities and phrase “you stupid bitch!”
Famous quote: “That the worst fuckin’ head I ever got in my life! Next time don’t be so fuckin’ eager!”
#2 Alabama Whitman
Film: True Romance (1993), writer: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: edgy fashion style and bleached blonde hair.
Famous Quote: “Okey dokey doggie daddy”.
#3 Santanico Pandemonium
Film: From Dust Till Dawn (1996), writer (screen play): Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: demonic morphing and biting
Famous quote: “And at my command, you’ll lick the dog shit from my boot heel. Since you’ll be my dog, your new name will be “Spot”. Welcome to slavery.”
#4 Mia Wallace
Film: Pulp Fiction (1994), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: short black bob and sniffing abilities
Famous quote: “I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss, told you to take ME out and do WHATEVER I WANTED. Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.”
#5 Jackie Brown
Film: Jackie Brown (1997), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: her fine look and manipulations
Famous quote: “Shut your raggedy-ass up, and sit the fuck down!”
#6 Beatrix Kiddo, a.k.a The Bride
Film: Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003) & Vol.2 (2004), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: committed vengeance and three inch punch
Famous quote: “Wiggle your big toe.”
#7 O-Ren Ishii
Film: Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: the deadly leader of the Tokyo Yakuza and origin mix
Famous quote: “Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.”
#8 Elle Driver
Film: Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003) & Vol.2 (2004), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: her troubling whistle and eye patch
Famous quote: “That’s right. I killed your master. And now I’m gonna kill you too, with your own sword, no less, which in the very immediate future, will become… my sword.”
#9 Shoshanna Dreyfus
Film: Inglorious Bastards (2009), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: survival from the Nazis and elegant vengeance
Famous quote: “My name is Shosanna Dreyfus and THIS is the face… of Jewish vengeance! “
#10 Bridget von Hammersmark
Film: Inglorious Bastards (2009), writer and director: Quentin Tarantino
Best known for: acting popularity and flirtatious game playing
Famous quote: “I know this is a silly question before I ask it, but can you Americans speak any other language besides English?”
These 10 goddesses have made an erasable mark on cinema history, all due to one person. Nourished by vengeance and manipulation, distinguished by beauty, style and feminine power these women are deadly and not to be messed with.
Emmy told me to check out this site and Im glad I did. Will be checking out more soon. Love your list as you do feature a lot of great women. I would also include GoGo from Kill Bill Vol 1 and any of the girls from Death Proof.
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Thank you!! Happy to hear you like my blog ☺☺☺ you are sooo right! Forgot Gogo!!! I actually wanted to add Zoe Bell, but thought of keeping it a round number of 10. Will probably have a sequel to this post.
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Excellent idea for a post! You’ve got me thinking what my own picks would be, but hard to argue wiht yours.
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It actually started with Mallory. I felt like watching Natural Born Killers, and then thought about collecting my favorite bad ass chicks. I loved writing this post! Thanks, Jay 😉
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Great post!!!
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Thanks, Natasha. Do you have a favorite?
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What a great post, my lady!! Love it!!!
I think Shoshanna is my favorite of them all. She’s exceptionally beautiful and that scene where she’s running through the field is classic!
#smoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooch
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“Au revoir Shoshanna…” what a great line!!! Shoshanna is stunning. I love the actress, Melanie Laurent. My favorite from this film is Bridget von Hammersmark.
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She definitely wins for best name!!
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Oh, yeah… what an excellent German name for a fine German woman. Can’t say that without an accent.
Bridget von Hammersmark,
Bridget von Hammersmark,
Bridget von Hammersmark.
haha, #smooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooch
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HAHAHAHAH!!! AWESOME!!!!
#smoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooch
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You’ll probably unfollow me when I tell you that I cut my losses with Tarantino after watching Pulp Fiction in the cinema back in the day. Therefore I can’t offer any insight into your list, but I do hope you’ll be doing more of these features in the future.
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I will never unfollow you, Paul! I love your posts too much☺ Pulp Fiction is a cult film but not for everyone’s taste. I did like doing this post so probably more to come. Thanks!! 👍
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Jackie Brown will always be my number one Tarantino chick! I adore her.
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Jackie’s awesome!!! Gosh, I haven’t seen this film in ages, but always loved it. My favorite scene is the bag switch in the fitting room.
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Excellent post, he really knows how to craft memorable female characters.
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He truly does and this alone makes the man a genius. Thanks, Vinnie 😉
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Can’t argue with you there, he’s the man.
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Go Quentin!!
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Certainly the man is amazing, my two favourite aspects of all his work are the female characters and the choice of soundtrack.
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Absolutely!!! His OST’s are marvelous!! Which one’s your favorite?
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That’s a hard one to choose, but if I had to say, it would be Kill Bill Vol 1.
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Surly Kill Bill has a fantastic soundtrack. I also love Inglorious Bastards OST.
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I absolutely love this post Reut!!!! I love Tarantino and I love his ladies 🙂 🙂 🙂
Alabama and Shosanna are my favourites but I do love them all ❤
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Thank you, Darling, a bunch of Wonderful women
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Sorry… pressed by mistake 😊 was going to say it’s a lovely bunch of women!! My favorite will always be Mrs. Mallory Knocks. Lived her since I was 13.
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That’s okay!!! 🙂 🙂
I do love Mallory too, promise! I’ve got the original Natural Born Killers script at home, before Oliver Stone changed it about a bit! I can hear her saying “oh you stooopid bitch” right now haha. And her singing in the prison is so good!
Alabama is just wonderful, I want to be her!!!! And I loved Shosanna’s integrity and braveness. I bet you liked the scene where she was putting her war paint (make up) on! Cat People!!!!! BOWIE! ❤
I do love them all, Mia I share my surname with! And Jackie is too cool for school!!!!!!
Butting in with you and Vinnie, I adore QT soundtracks too!
Pulp Fiction is probably my favourite, Inglourious Basterds and Kill Bill Volume 1 are close seconds…and Django Unchained is hugely growing on me!!!! I love them all to be fair.
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You have the original script????? HOW???? that’s soooo cool, Emma! I feel like watching Natural Born Killers again right now! And True Romance too! Let’s decide to just love all these women equally, I mean, we don’t wanna mess with then, now do we? :-)) Pulp Fiction OST is awesome. Any favorite tracks?
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Oh sorry I probably made that sound RATHER different to what I meant lol. I don’t have the original script in terms of ORIGINAL (oh my fucking god!) script, I just meant I have the original script/screenplay, that Tarantino wrote, which is slightly different to the movie that Oliver Stone made.
Sorry!!!! Lol 🙂
Yes very true!! And in all honesty they are all simply amazing women!
I really love Surf Riders, The Lively Ones – from Pulp Fiction I mean. but I love the whole soundtrack! Except one song.
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Oh, no, that’s cool! I didn’t think that ORIGINAL either… haha. Just how do you have the one you do?
Yeah, that’s a really cool song. I love it too. Which one don’t you like? Hmmm…
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It’s towards the end of the album – If Love is a Red Dress. I just don’t like it!
Oh cool, sorry Reut I misunderstood haha! Oh it’s not hard to get, I think I got it off Ebay or Amazon maybe, definitely cost me less than £5.00.
I really love his scripts and dialogue so I’ve bought all of them over the years. I got Pulp Fiction for 10p out of a charity shop no word of a lie! I don’t have Django Unchained yet though 🙂
What’s your favourite song on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack? Or Inglourious Basterds soundtrack?
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Wow Emma! Quentin should know he’s got such a dedicated fan!!! Nice!!! I heard the man never studied film making. He was working in a video store, or something, and was busy analyzing films and what makes them successful. Not sure if it’s true or not, but it’s kinda cool!
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I really like him because he makes his own movie, not many people seem to do that even some of the big name directors! He writes the script, directs, chooses the music and actors etc. It’s HIS baby!
I bet that is true!!!! You can tell that Quentin just LOVES movies can’t you. He loves the excitement, the boldness, the action, the music. His excitement shines through in every film!
So…want’s your favourite movie by him?
🙂 🙂
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It’s true his an all doer kind of guy!! It’s rare and pretty amazing!! My favorite Tarantino movie is Pulp Fiction, I think. It’s a hard one… 😫
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It’s very hard isn’t it!!! Pulp Fiction is such a classic, I love the Winston Wolf character so much! I love Harvey Keitel so much!
I do still love Reservoir Dogs and Inglourious Basterds blew me away!!!!
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Yeah, I was undecided between Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards. Both soooo awesome!!! I love Harvey Keitel too. His character is so cool and collected. I feel like having a Tarantino-A-thon!!
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Pulp Fiction favorite song is “Girl, you’ll be a woman soon…” and Inglorious Bastards is Bowie’s song of course ☺
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Sweeeeet! 🙂 I love those!!!
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Oh, and YES!! I love the scene with Bowie in the background. I just thought of that scene and I’m going to listen to the song. Gotta love Bowie in a Tarantino film!
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with………….GASOLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I gotta listen to it now too :p
🙂
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I absolutely love this list!
Tarantino is one of my all-time favourite directors. The way he portrays women is simply great. =)
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I agree!! I’ve recently had the pleasure of re-watching Pulp Fiction for the god only knows what time, and remembered how brilliant Mia Wallace is, and then remembered that all Tarantino women choices are fantastic. They deserve a post of their own. Thanks you!!!
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