At the instigation of his friend and bowling teammate Walter Sobchak ( Goodman ), The Dude decides to seek compensation for the rug from the other Jeffrey Lebowski.

He asks The Dude to act as a courier for the million-dollar ransom because The Dude will be able to confirm whether or not the kidnappers were the same thugs.

The Dude visits her at her art studio, and she reveals that Bunny is a porn starlet working for Jackie Treehorn.

In a flash, The Dude unravels the whole scheme: when the Big Lebowski heard that Bunny was kidnapped, he used it as a pretense for an embezzlement scheme, in which he withdrew the ransom money from the family charity to keep for himself.

He mistakes The Dude for a " brother shamus.

The Dude is mostly inspired by Jeff Dowd, a man the Coen brothers met while they were trying to find distribution for the feature film, Blood Simple.

Other uses include in the 2004 documentary film Fahrenheit 9 / 11 ; in the 2005 film The Ringer ; as entrance music for the British band James, as well as episodes of The Simpsons that had a " western " theme ( mainly in the episode titled " Dude, Where's My Ranch ?").

Chance is given a choice -- take the men to the jail to let Joe out, or the men will arrange a trade with Stumpy for Dude and Chance.

The remaining Burdette men at the hotel take Dude and offer to trade him for Joe.

Martin was acclaimed for his performance as Dude in Rio Bravo ( 1959 ), directed by Howard Hawks and also starring John Wayne and singer Ricky Nelson.

More recently, some strips have served as an homage of sorts for The Big Lebowski, featuring Mooch as the Dude, with different characters quoting lines from other characters from the film.

** Michael Chabon's novel Wonder Boys contains a reference to the main characters, Grady Tripp and Terry Crabtree, " speculating for hours on the meaning of a certain enigmatic question in the lyrics to ' Any Major Dude.

They seem romantic but she ends up falling for pilot Dude Hennick.

** Quincy Jones for The Dude

Bands such as RKL, NOFX, Stalag 13, Hogan's Heroes, Tales of Terror, The Faction, and Suicidal Tendencies were also among the first wave of skate punk bands, with the latter band also paving the way for skate punk bands to play funk metal .. Blink-182's first two albums, Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch, were considered by some to be skate punk, and brought large popularity to the genre.

** Quincy Jones for The Dude

Kutcher was cast in a series of film roles ; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor ( 2001 ) ( the role went to Josh Hartnett ), he starred in several comedy films, including Dude, Where's My Car?

* 1989 – Hey Dude premiers on Nickelodeon ; it will go on to run for three years.

* Material for the Study of Dude – The etymological origin of the word " dude " by Barry Popik, David Shulman, and Gerald Cohen.

This led to a match between Dude Love and Austin at Unforgiven: In Your House, where Austin hit McMahon with a steel chair, then the following month they had a rematch at Over the Edge: In Your House for the WWF Championship.

* < tt > 0xCAFED00D </ tt > (" Cafe Dude ") is used by Java as a magic number for their pack200 compression.

To suggest Dude is a drunk who needs a drink, one patron throws a silver dollar into a spittoon.

Dude then gets retribution on the patron who threw the dollar coin in the spittoon by making him go get it.

In the town of Rio Bravo, Texas, sheriff's deputy Dude ( Dean Martin ), who has acquired the contemptuous nickname " Borrachón ", enters a saloon to get a drink.

Blueberry plays the role of sheriff John T. Chance ; McClure, a whiskey-adoring old man, combines the roles of Dude and Stumpy ; Dusty plays the role of Colorado ; Miss March, the teacher, plays the role of a less morally challenged Feathers ; and instead of the Burdettes, here we have the Bass brothers.

In 1958, he turned down what became Dean Martin's role as " Dude " in Rio Bravo, which would have reunited him with his co-stars from Red River, John Wayne and Walter Brennan.

* 1959 – Howard Hawks's film Rio Bravo has Dean Martin as " Dude ," the drunk deputy to John Wayne.

Other artists he has collaborated with include Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, The Isley Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Teedra Moses, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Macy Gray, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude, DJ Quik, Kelis, Q-Tip, Lil ' Skeeter, Ludacris, The Bee Gees, Musiq Soulchild, Jaguar Wright, Chanté Moore, Lionel Richie, Marcus Miller, Noel Gourdin, Nappy Roots, Calvin Richardson, T-Boz from TLC, Floetry, Leela James, Amp Fiddler, John Legend, Joss Stone, Young Bellz, Anthony Hamilton, Babyface, Ledisi, Goapele, Ghostface Killah, Ginuwine, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bilal, Chali 2na, Larry Graham, Luniz as well as many others.

On SNL, Meyers has impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Michael Caine, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Prince Charles, Ryan Seacrest, Sean Penn, Stone Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Peyton Manning, Ben Curtis ( also known as the Dell Dude ), Ty Pennington, Bill Cowher, Brian Williams, Nicollette Sheridan, Wade Robson, Donald Trump, Jr., Tom Cruise, and Kevin Federline.

* John Kalodner briefly appeared in a few Aerosmith music videos including the videos for " Let the Music Do the Talking ", " Dude ( Looks Like a Lady )", " The Other Side ", " Eat the Rich ", " Blind Man ", and " Pink ".

* John Kapelos — Rush Street Dude

Under a country format the station sported DJs, including Jim Bonnett as " Big Jim " and was the station manager until 1966, Roger Price as " Pistol Pete " and P. D. 1962-1966, Johnny Dauro as " Lonesome John " and manager 1966-1970, George Lubgate as " Tiny Tim ", Ron Kitchen as " Ron the Dude " and P. D. 1966, Lowell Thomas ( Not the famous newscaster ) as " L. T.

Big movies of this sub-genre would be " The Big Lebowski ", Dude, Where's My Car, Big Nothing, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Pineapple Express.

Nuestra Señora de los Vampiros is a black and white one-shot published in 1999 by Spanish comic publisher Dude Comics based on the story by Sheridan Le Fanu, but with a modern twist.

He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by " square " names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as " Nathan Detroit ," " Benny Southstreet ," " Big Jule ," " Harry the Horse ," " Good Time Charley ," " Dave the Dude ," or " The Seldom Seen Kid.

Following a prank at UVM with his friend and former bandmate Steve Pollak — also known as " The Dude of Life "— Anastasio decided to leave the college.

After a case of mistaken identity, The Dude is introduced to a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski.

When the millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is later kidnapped, he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release.

Jeff " The Dude " Lebowski returns home only to be roughed up by two thugs claiming to be collecting money that Lebowski's wife owes a man named Jackie Treehorn.

The Dude meets Bunny Lebowski ( Reid ), the Big Lebowski's nymphomaniac trophy wife, while leaving the premises with a rug taken from the mansion.

Days later, the Big Lebowski contacts The Dude, revealing that Bunny has been kidnapped.

When Bunny's kidnappers call to arrange the ransom exchange, Walter tries to convince The Dude to keep the money and give the kidnappers a " ringer " suitcase filled with his dirty underwear.

The kidnappers escape with the ringer, and The Dude and Walter are left with the million-dollar ransom.

The Dude receives a message from the Big Lebowski's daughter, Maude, who admits to hiring the criminals who knocked him unconscious.

She agrees with The Dude's suspicion that Bunny kidnapped herself and asks The Dude to recover the ransom, as it was illegally withdrawn by her father from a charity.

The Big Lebowski angrily confronts The Dude over his failure to hand over the money, and hands The Dude an envelope sent to him by the kidnappers which contains a severed toe, presumably Bunny's.

The Dude later receives a message that his car has been found.

The Dude returns to Maude's studio, where she identifies the German nihilists as Bunny's friends.

The Dude picks up his car from the police, but the briefcase with the ransom money is still missing.

Their confrontation with Larry is unsuccessful, and the Dude and Walter leave without getting any money or information.

Treehorn then drugs The Dude's drink and The Dude passes out.

After a surreal dream blending the themes of bowling, the Persian Gulf War, Maude ’ s “ vaginal ” art, and the nihilists, The Dude wakes up in a police car and is then placed in front of the police chief of Malibu.