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* [[Jean Reno]] as "the cleaner" has one scene in ''[[Nikita (film)|La femme Nikita]]'', but it is probably what viewers remember best about the whole movie. In fact the scene was so memorable that director Luc Besson decided to make a similar character the protagonist of his [[Léon: The Professional|next film]], with the role specifically written for Reno.
* [[Jean Reno]] as "the cleaner" has one scene in ''[[Nikita (film)|La femme Nikita]]'', but it is probably what viewers remember best about the whole movie. In fact the scene was so memorable that director Luc Besson decided to make a similar character the protagonist of his [[Léon: The Professional|next film]], with the role specifically written for Reno.
* [[Bill Bailey]] as the Whale in the film of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''.
* [[Bill Bailey]] as the Whale in the film of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''.
* [[Sean Connery]] has a cameo appearance as King Richard at the end of ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''. It's the best scene in the movie that doesn't involve [[Alan Rickman]] leaving [[Chewing the Scenery|teeth-marks]] [[Ham and Cheese|in the set]].
* [[Sean Connery]] has a uncredited cameo appearance as King Richard at the end of ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''. It's the best scene in the movie that doesn't involve [[Alan Rickman]] leaving [[Chewing the Scenery|teeth-marks]] [[Ham and Cheese|in the set]].
* [[Orson Welles]]'s role as Cardinal Wolsey in the 1966 film version of ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. He's in two scenes, and is probably the best thing about this very excellent film. In a later version of the film, John Gielgud did a pretty decent, though less remarkable, job in the role as well.
* [[Orson Welles]]'s role as Cardinal Wolsey in the 1966 film version of ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. He's in two scenes, and is probably the best thing about this very excellent film. In a later version of the film, John Gielgud did a pretty decent, though less remarkable, job in the role as well.
* Diedrich Bader in ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]] as Rex the patriotic martial arts instructor with the bodybuilder wife.
* Diedrich Bader in ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]] as Rex the patriotic martial arts instructor with the bodybuilder wife.
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* ''[[In the Loop]]'' is not short of great performances or funny material. Steve Coogan is in the movie for what must be a grand total of five minutes all up, and interacts with few of the main characters and none of the main plot. However, in those five minutes he easily manages to steal the movie as Paul, the easily frustrated constituent who just wants the U.K. Minister for International Development to do something about the wall of his constituency office (which is collapsing into Paul's mum's back garden) whilst said Minister is self-importantly but foolishly involving himself in grand matters of geo-political diplomacy.
* ''[[In the Loop]]'' is not short of great performances or funny material. Steve Coogan is in the movie for what must be a grand total of five minutes all up, and interacts with few of the main characters and none of the main plot. However, in those five minutes he easily manages to steal the movie as Paul, the easily frustrated constituent who just wants the U.K. Minister for International Development to do something about the wall of his constituency office (which is collapsing into Paul's mum's back garden) whilst said Minister is self-importantly but foolishly involving himself in grand matters of geo-political diplomacy.
* Pyramid Head in the ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' movie. Two scenes, each lasting approximately thirty seconds, not a single line, and he's still one of the best parts.
* Pyramid Head in the ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' movie. Two scenes, each lasting approximately thirty seconds, not a single line, and he's still one of the best parts.
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] examples:
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* ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' features [[Donald Pleasence]] as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He's got a white cat, a bald head, and a scar. He's also one of the most memorable [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] villains, parodied and referenced ad nauseum. Total screen time: Approximately ten minutes.
** ''[[Goldfinger]]'' had Jill Masterson, who only appeared a couple of minutes before being killed, her death one of the most iconic in the franchise. Also, [[Never Mess With Granny|the old lady]] who whips out an MP 40 and shoots at Bond's Aston Martin.
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** ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' features [[Donald Pleasence]] as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He's got a white cat, a bald head, and a scar. He's also one of the most memorable villains in the franchise, parodied and referenced ad nauseum. Total screen time: Approximately ten minutes.
** [[Madonna]] as a fencing instructor in ''[[Die Another Day]]''. She also sang the theme to the movie.
* ''[[Wholly Moses]]'' has a few of these, but the one that really stands out is John Ritter's one-and-half-minute appearance as Satan.
* ''[[Wholly Moses]]'' has a few of these, but the one that really stands out is John Ritter's one-and-half-minute appearance as Satan.
* [[Jack Palance]] had a film career of 50 years and over 70 movies, but when he died in 2006, one film role consistently stood out in all the obituaries and tributes dedicated to him: the role of the taunting, [[Slasher Smile|smiling]] [[The Dragon|hired gun]] Jack Wilson in ''[[Shane]]''. Palance's Wilson is widely regarded as '''the''' definitive [[The Western|Western]] bad guy. Total screen time: eight minutes. Total words spoken by Wilson: less than fifty, but he makes the most out of two of them: "Prove it."
* [[Jack Palance]] had a film career of 50 years and over 70 movies, but when he died in 2006, one film role consistently stood out in all the obituaries and tributes dedicated to him: the role of the taunting, [[Slasher Smile|smiling]] [[The Dragon|hired gun]] Jack Wilson in ''[[Shane]]''. Palance's Wilson is widely regarded as '''the''' definitive [[The Western|Western]] bad guy. Total screen time: eight minutes. Total words spoken by Wilson: less than fifty, but he makes the most out of two of them: "Prove it."
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* [[Pee Wee Herman]] in ''[[Back to the Beach]]''. He appears in the middle of a beach party, performs an amazing idiosyncratic version of "Surfin' Bird", and then literally ''flies away'' on a surfboard.
* [[Pee Wee Herman]] in ''[[Back to the Beach]]''. He appears in the middle of a beach party, performs an amazing idiosyncratic version of "Surfin' Bird", and then literally ''flies away'' on a surfboard.
* In ''[[The Exorcist]]'', this is true of ''the title character''. [[Badass Preacher|Father Damien Karras]] does not appear until near the end of the movie, and the part involving him is surprisingly short, but ''damn'' does he make full use of every second.
* In ''[[The Exorcist]]'', this is true of ''the title character''. [[Badass Preacher|Father Damien Karras]] does not appear until near the end of the movie, and the part involving him is surprisingly short, but ''damn'' does he make full use of every second.
* Most of the monsters in ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' get less than a minute of screen time apiece, but ''damn'' they make good use of every second.


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