Nihilist

Karl Hungus (Nihilist) Dale Hoover

Karl Hungus (far right) is the leader of the trio of Nihilists in the movie "The Big Lebowski." He and his two cronies constantly torture Jeffrey Lebowski (the hero), better known as The Dude, throughout the whole movie. They pretend to have kidnapped local millionaire, Jeffrey Lebowski's wife and "hold her" for ransom. When the rich Lebowski chooses The Dude to act as courier to deliver the money, the Nihilists never recieve the ransom, and everything gets out of hand. From then on The Dude goes through a series of tragic events caused by Karl and his gang. The Dude's car is stolen, and when the police find it, the car is wrecked and close to useless. The picture on the right is from the scene when the Nihilists break into The Dude's house one night, while he's in the bathtub, destroy his living room, and throw a marmot into the tub with him. Not only does Karl cause the distress and misery of The Dude, he torments him with a weasel. A true villain. At the end of the movie, after The Dude realizes there was never a kidnapping, the Nihilists show up again. They set The Dude's car on fire and demand ransom money. Karl's line, "Ve vant ze money, Lebowski" perfectly exemplifies the reasoning behind all of his villainous acts.

1) He is dressed in all black, with his hood up, menacingly looking down at The Dude. Karl wears only dark colors throughout the whole movie. 2) Karl has his two cronies standing behind him for back-up. One has a cricket bat, showing that they are not above resorting to violence. 3) This picture is right after they break into The Dude's house. They destroy his personal belongings and really make The Dude's life miserable. 4) Karl is holding a marmot, which he throws into the bathtub with The Dude. It viciously attacks him until Karl finally shows some mercy and leaves with his "pet." 5) Karl's loud, accented voice is quite evil. He is always yelling something menacing or villainous. In the scene in which this picture is from, he demands The Dude gives him the money, and uses countless obscenities.