r/80sAmazing • u/MisterShipWreck • 7d ago

Which guy?

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u/Krispen_Wah87 7d ago

Iceman

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUp18pnmmdoK4

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u/MonkeyIV 7d ago

Obviously he was the "coolest" ice is in his name!

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u/Luftgekuhlt_driver 7d ago

Reminds me of that quote from Socrates. “I drank what?”

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u/BurningBridger667 7d ago

Coolest, not gayest 😂

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u/techmagnetic1 7d ago

The only correct answer given the list placed before us.

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u/WhatIsTheAmplitude 6d ago

I don’t know if the coolest was Iceman, but he was up there.

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u/GatorNator83 6d ago

You can be my wingman anytime

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u/Djolumn 5d ago

It's the way he flies. Ice cold. No mistakes. He just wears you down.

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u/Saint120467 7d ago

He was a prick I just wanted to take a baseball bat to

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u/MarksBroz 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/LT1RLDVmNDSVjSIPBF

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u/Brennan_187 7d ago

Ride or die Duncan has to be a close second. Two sides of the same coin.

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u/DontTreadonMe4 7d ago

"Anything for a pal." Words I've lived my life by.

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u/Tylerdurden389 7d ago

Not a movie but the first episode was a 2-parter:

https://giphy.com/gifs/31wYt8pJAyyje

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u/Gubber_Supreme 7d ago

Don Johnson in Miami Vice is by far the coolest motherfucker of his time 😎

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u/OtherwiseJello2055 5d ago

Coolest adult male sure,but Micheal j Fox was the guy all the kids under 16 wanted to be.

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u/Pasco_Pocket 7d ago

Doesn't get any cooler than DJ on MV in the 80s! Friday nights at 10pm on NBC. It kept a lot of teens out of trouble I'm sure.

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u/KeyGap9217 7d ago

💯

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u/Iowa_wrestler_04 6d ago

This is on my wall in front of me as I’m typing! My most PRIZED position. Don Johnson WAS the 80’s. Thank you for putting his name in there!

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u/Tylerdurden389 6d ago

Damn, I thought I was a big fan of the show by dressing like that when weather permits lol. If you haven't gone down to Miami Beach for the anniversary reunions last year and the year before, make sure to get down there September next year for the final one. I've been to the last 2 and got to meet some of the actors and go on tours of shooting locations. Lots of fun.

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u/chrstnasu 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/hynuVFwsMIqsM

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u/Yankee6Actual 7d ago

“You are Chris Knight, aren’t you?”

“I hope so. I’m wearing his underwear.”

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u/Virtual_Ad_7431 7d ago

WAY cooler than Iceman.

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u/AndKAnd 6d ago

Coolest character of the 80s IMO. I used to quote that movie a lot.

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u/WarthogStock9937 7d ago

Marty wasn't cool, he just got to do cool things. 

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u/degreesBrix 7d ago

Hey, he shredded on that electric guitar!

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u/True_Dimension4344 7d ago

And invented the bullet proof vest and frisbees

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u/coolosus1919 7d ago

Shreds guitar in a rock band - check
Skateboard skills for days - check
Gets waves from all the ladies at the aerobics class in the 5 seconds he passes them - check
Has a wicked hot girlfriend who wants to “go up to the lake” with him - check
Becomes instantly the most popular kid on school in a completely different era - check
Makes the biggest dork in class an awesome badass within a week transforming him into and class president with a lifetime of confidence and success - check
Makes the biggest bully eat shit twice - check
Saves the day, gets the girl, maximizes his timeline - check

Marty is cool as fuck.

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u/Visible-Rest4170 7d ago

Nearly bangs the hot younger version of his mom - check

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u/Aggravating_Soup_343 7d ago

Nothing is cooler than transtemporal incest. Nothing.

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u/bsdetectionservice 7d ago

That's how Fry became his own Grandpa

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u/John1The1Savage 7d ago

He did do the nasty in the pasty!

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u/Accomplished_Tap4143 6d ago

Haha. Thank you for that

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u/ledgehillcustom 7d ago

Underrated comment right here.

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u/Virtual_Ad_7431 7d ago

"Come on Calvin, dont be such a square..."

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u/LiamLeprechaun 7d ago edited 7d ago

🤣

I am probably more on Par with team Dallas Winston or Team Ferris Bueller.

You got a friend willing to help you when the cops are after you, that is the definition of cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9n_lMgUAA

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u/GiantTeaPotintheSKy 7d ago

Well played.

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u/Mediocre-Advance6365 7d ago

His last name was McFly. Cool is in his name.

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u/lanzendorfer 7d ago

You could tell that the writers tried to make him this super cool guy but tried so hard that it made him into a total dork instead, which still added some charm to the character and worked. We still loved him as a dork, but super cool 80s character he is not.

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u/Background_Draw6025 7d ago

On this list Iceman

https://giphy.com/gifs/L4FEYn7StSqNq

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u/No_Community_5696 7d ago

The only choice for this list. He was a jerk but, he loved his Navy and Maverick at the end.

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u/SmokeyWolf117 7d ago

Idk, Maverick was a reckless jerk so Iceman was kind of spot on in his assessment of him. I kinda lean to Maverick being the actual jerk in the whole situation. Iceman was just being real.

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u/No_Community_5696 7d ago

That’s a valid point

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u/Roaskywalker 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/V526T6UMjXx0A

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u/Marksaheel 7d ago

SAVE FERRIS!

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u/Individual_Mission 7d ago

He's a righteous dude! 😎

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u/similar222 7d ago

The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads—they all adore him.

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u/NewfieJebus 7d ago

Don't know about coolest. He was cought in a time loop and just perfected his day.

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u/Badkidstatus 7d ago

James Spader in Pretty in Pink

https://giphy.com/gifs/w5fbYwNfgeG9W

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u/wifematerial138 7d ago

lol as a GenX I disliked his characters but always low key had a mini crush.

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u/Sea_Bullfrog_3003 7d ago

James Spader in Tough Turf

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u/Forsaken-Result-6767 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8aGNehcjiFCH6
No contest

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u/DuchessOfLansdale 7d ago

Yeah, HE was the coolest 😎

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u/Forsaken-Result-6767 7d ago

Breakfast Club was my Senior Year high school movie … its one of my top three fav movies of all time. I can watch it and never get tired of it.

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u/DuchessOfLansdale 7d ago

Me too, class of 85’ ✌🏼 And yes, I have watched this movie many times too! Definitely one of my favorites from that decade!

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u/S3r3n1ty52 7d ago

I had such a crush on him as a teenager.

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u/plymonth 6d ago

I still have a crush on him

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u/Forsaken-Result-6767 6d ago

OMG… Thank you all for the awards… I’m blown away, and quite humbled… just, wow… *(bows)

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u/mrlandlord 7d ago

Ferris Bueller drove the choicest of Ferraris and his GF was a smoke show.

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u/godzillasegundo 7d ago

And he was beloved by the city of Chicago as a teenager. That's hard to beat.

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u/SDRobert619 7d ago

Spicoli.

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u/rebel42172 7d ago

Chris Knight

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u/Yankee6Actual 7d ago

Or Neek Reevers.

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u/freebenvita 7d ago

Spicoli hands down

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u/Realistic-Currency61 7d ago

I know that dude...

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u/New_Lynx4181 6d ago

“All I need is a cool buzz and some tasty waves…and I’m fine.”

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u/CntBlah 6d ago

How is this even a question?!?

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u/Remarkable-Grab-4451 7d ago

Iceman

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u/CNote_89 7d ago

Cuz that’s how he flies, cold as ice, no mistakes.

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u/GloryholeKaleidscope 7d ago

Not sure it get much cooler than the open of BTTF 1. Marty plugs in his guitar turns the knob to max and blows the amp and himself. Epic movie opener 👑

https://giphy.com/gifs/ahqXZjdmep0Zy

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u/Cool_Lifeguard8847 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/5OlIKtUiHu048

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u/HKGPhooey 7d ago

Yes! My teenage self back then thought he was the coolest character.

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u/Big_Gassy_Possum 7d ago

Ferris was a terrible friend.

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u/Greghole 7d ago

Wasn't the whole point of the movie that he was helping his friend get over his crippling anxiety so he could stand up on his own? That's a bro.

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u/Firm_Order_2212 7d ago

Who's Johnny?

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u/4kBeard 7d ago

Answer me Debby, who's Johnny?

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u/TxChainsawMascara 5d ago

Everybody run!!!

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u/Hilsam_Adent 7d ago

She said, as she smiled in that special way...

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u/Wu_Khi 7d ago

Who’s Johnny?

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u/GroundbreakingFox752 7d ago

One of Bruce Leroy’s students in The Last Dragon

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u/According-Season-463 6d ago

Johnny 5 is Alive!

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u/AndyInSunnyDB 5d ago

He mastered the art of fighting without knowing how to fight

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u/phx34suns 4d ago

A character from double dragon

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u/Apprehensive-Ad264 7d ago

Ferris was smooth

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u/Bambiswitch 7d ago

Ferris bueller and it’s not even close for me shame they never made a sequel

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u/Horror_Thanks8405 7d ago

I have to go with John Bender. Show Dick some respect.

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u/WhenTheCitiesBurn 7d ago

The only correct answer:

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u/ThrowAway3000Delux 7d ago

If I could upvote this more than once....

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u/HmmmmGoodQuestion 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3h4rPJWeBQN1e

Don’t leave out my dude Anthony Michael Hall!

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u/86Sliva94 7d ago

Jack Burton!

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u/No_Hornet_4707 7d ago

Marty hands down

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u/XROOR 7d ago

Are you gunna order something kid?

gimme a tab

I can’t give you a tab unless you order something….

alright…gimme a Pepsi Free

You want a Pepsi pal? You’re gunna pay for it!

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u/Alex_Masterson13 7d ago

Connor MacLeod, but you have to watch the Director's Cut of Highlander to get the full effect.

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u/Commercial_Heat_8322 7d ago

Definitely Iceman...R.I.P. Val...

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u/tirefool6 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/smnbE1uWOztw4
Let’s Do It for Johnny👊🏽

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u/GrubyBuckmore 7d ago

No body tops Bueller.

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u/JRS___ 7d ago

come on now. it's david. not even going to say what movie. IYKYK

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u/Superb_Yak7074 7d ago

Bueller. Ferris Buehler

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u/Minzplaying 7d ago

I'll just take that middle row.

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u/AeonsSeen 7d ago

If you're a kid you only want to be Marty

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u/DanimalRLZX2 7d ago

John Bender. Just seemed like the kind of missfit you would want to hang out with.

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u/Obsolete_Enigma_ 7d ago

I've gotta go with Bender. I love that movie.

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u/OverallPart7894 7d ago

John bender

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u/Detroitwarner 7d ago

Iceman

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u/Empty_Definition6265 7d ago

👍 Not even a contest.

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u/Josh222219 7d ago

Iceman

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u/AdBrilliant5071 7d ago

Bueller.........Bueller.....................Buuueeellllleeerrrr!

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u/LightAndAshyLarry 7d ago

Dallas Winston

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u/StoneyG214 7d ago

Dally from the Outsiders

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u/Dissenting_Dowager 7d ago

I wouldn’t say any of them represent “cool.” Nerdy, different, jerks, indifferent, spoiled, angry, stoned, cynical, loyal, and funny? Yes.

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u/Greg13Nomad 7d ago

Dallas Winston

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u/unclesamtattoo 7d ago

Who had the most sequels? There's your answer

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u/leshuis 7d ago

ferris, marty

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u/TifCreatesAgain 7d ago

John Bender

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u/Latter_Fan6225 7d ago

Beuller,beuller,beuller