Sawyer is one of my favorite characters from Lost even though I hated him at first. He is very funny and in fact says what is probably the funniest line in all of Lost. In the episode where Locke, Jack, and Sawyer are looking for Michael (who is searching for Walt), Locke asks Sawyer in the middle of the jungle, “Does any of this look familiar from when you were coming back?” Sawyer replies, “Oh yeah, look, it's my favorite leaf! How could I forget this place?”
I've gathered a list of my favorite nicknames Sawyer gives each of the main characters. Some nicknames are pretty self explanatory while others I've added some explanation.
Alex: “Sheena” (Alex hides Kate and Sawyer in a hole in the ground. Sawyer says, “Nice to meet you Sheena.” Sheena is a comic book character who lives in the jungle.)
Ana-Lucia: “Ponce de Leon” (when Ana-Lucia says that she's not lost, Sawyer says, “then tell me,Ponce de Leon, which way are we supposed to go?” Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who tried finding the Fountain of Youth back in the 1500s.)
Benjamin Linus: “Yoda” (when Ben is trying to find out information from Sawyer about Kate, Sawyer says, “You're wasting your time, Yoda.”)
Bernard: “Norma Rae” (when Bernard is trying to recruit Sawyer to help make the S.O.S. sign, Sawyer says, “What, you got union trouble down at the sand factory, Norma Rae?” Norma Rae is a 1979 film about a woman who becomes involved in a labor union.)
Charlie: “Babynapper” (Charlie wants someone trustworthy to supervise the taking of food and Saywer says, “Like you, babynapper?”)
Claire: “Mamacita” (Claire, who is very pregnant at the time, walks by Sawyer and Sawyer says, “Hey, Mamacita, you want some fish?”)
Daniel Faraday: “Danny Boy” (Daniel says they can't change things and Sawyer says, “How do you know so much about this, Danny Boy?”)
Desmond: “Scotty” (Desmond, who is Scottish, wants to get to Jack to warn him of the freighter and Sawyer says, “Easy, Scotty, everything's cool.”)
Hurley: Sawyer gives Hurley several nicknames including “Kong,” “Big Foot,” “Deep Dish, and“International House of Pancakes” to name a few. My favorite though is “Stay Puft” (Hurley tells Sawyer to give him the manifest because he could use the points. Sawyer responds, “Well,gosh, you sure know how to butter a man up, Stay Puft.” Stay Puft was the giant marshmallow guy in the movie Ghostbusters.)
Jack: “Dr. Quinn” (Sawyer wonders why Jack is coming around when no one else will. Sawyer asks Jack, “How'd I score the house call, Dr. Quinn?” Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman was a tv show about Dr. Quinn, a female doctor.) Or, “Hoss” (Jack hands Sawyer a gun and Sawyer asks, “where'd you get the hardware, “Hoss?” Hoss was cowboy from the tv show Bonanza.)
Jin Kwon: “Mr. Miyagi” (Kate asks where the water came from. Sawyer says, “I traded Mr. Miyagi the last of my water for a fish he caught.”)
Kate: “Thelma” (Kate asks Sawyer for a gun and tells him he doesn't get to ask why. Sawyer says, “Well, Thelma, seeing as I got all the guns, I do get to ask why.” Thelma and Louise is a movie where two women become criminals.)
Libby: “Moonbeam” (Libby suggests no one be in charge of the food. Sawyer says, “Great plan, Moonbeam, and after that we can sing Kumbaya and do trust falls.”)
John Locke: “Mr. Clean” (Sawyer asks if Locke is sure that Michael went this way and Locke wants to know why he asks. Sawyer responds, “Oh, I don't know, Mr. Clean, I probably would have gone around Mt. Vesuvius.”)
Miles: “Mr. I-Speak-To-Dead-People” (Sawyer calls Miles this when he's talking Juliet out of leaving the island.)
Paulo: “Zorro” (Paulo tells Sawyer that he got the magazine from the magazine stack and that they share things now. Sawyer responds, “Listen, Zorro, it was in my stuff.”)
Rousseau: “Frenchie” (Saywer tells Ben that he'll grab “Frenchie and the kids,” meaning Rousseau, Alex, and Karl.)
Walt: “Tattoo” (Walt and Sawyer are talking about Ethan and Sawyer says, “Alrighty, Tattoo, where do you think Ethan came from?” Tattoo was the name of the small guy who ran up the main bell tower to ring the bell and shout, “The plane! The plane!” on the tv show Fantasy Island.)
Guest poster Richard Sorenson
