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15. SEAN MAGUIRE in GOOD WILL HUNTING
Sometimes to be a good mentor, you need to have something to work with in the first place. Robin Williams' washed-up therapist Sean Maguire is pretty lucky in that respect, because his patient is Will Hunting, an orphan from Boston; he's young, looks like Matt Damon and is very possibly a mathematical genius. Will is also a pussy, scared stiff of leaving behind his simple life and his menial job as a janitor in case he suffers further heartbreak and loss. Maguire is called in to whip loose cannon Hunting into action, and the two form a close bond as they discuss life, love and art; the beardy shrink slowly breaks down Will's defences until he's ready to go out into the big wide world and live a little. As Will speeds off after his lady, all that's left for Sean to do is find where Ben Affleck lives and get to work on him - now there's a challenge.

Wise words: "Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself."

14. V in V FOR VENDETTA
When we first meet the alphabetically challenged moral crusader known only as 'V', he sounds like he's been reading the dictionary but couldn't face moving on to 'W'. But when we get to know the man behind the mask, V is a very cool cat indeed. Taking naïve Brit girl Evie under his wing, V moulds the youngster into a freedom fighter that has the government shaking their iron fists in frustration. How does he transform Natalie Portman's plummy young intern into an inner-city terrorist? Tough love. V 'kidnaps' Evie while pretending to be a government agency, forcing her to shave her head and forget everything she knows until she is pure and ready for a revolution. Britain's fascist regime didn't stand a chance.

Wise words: "The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous."

13. CHUBBS PETERSON in HAPPY GILMORE
Happy Gilmore was destined to be just another loudmouth Adam Sandler cry-baby until he met the almighty Chubbs Peterson; the Fresh Prince of the fairway. Under Chubbs' tutelage, Happy went from being a fat-headed hockey jock to the hottest young thing in golf. Clad in traditional golfing attire ("Goofy pants and a fat ass"), Chubbs is the calm Ying to Happy's raging Yang, none more so than when he takes his young protégé to a mini-golf course and he's taunted mercilessly by a mechanical clown. Chubbs was quite the player himself back in the day, until an alligator took his hand, leaving him with a wooden replacement that crumbled under even the most limp-wristed of handshakes. He was last seen in heaven giving personal golfing lessons to Little Nicky's mother, where he was presumably "just easing the tension" and scoring as many holes-in-one as he could muster.

Wise words: "It's all in the hips!"

12. TRENT WALKER in SWINGERS
Everybody goes through heartache at one point in their life, and it's usually your nearest and dearest that bring you through it. Mikey's best buddy Trent just wants to get his main man back on the scene after his girlfriend of six years dumps his ass, so takes him on a road trip to "Vegas, baby!" His gambling advice may be shit (apparently you don't always double down on 11) but Trent is a whiz with the women, hitting up a hot waitress in her trashy trailer while poor Mikey pours his heart out in the next room. Trent offers up invaluable advice on how to pick up chicks - wait six days before making that phone call, and don't leave a goddamn message - and is so knee-deep in pussy, he tears up hot girls' digits at parties (kind of a dick move). But wouldn't you know it, Mikey finds love in the shapely form of Heather Graham and mentor Trent finally sees his "grownsed up" boy hook up.

Wise words: "You're so money and you don't even know it."

11. RUFUS in BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
Bill S. Preston and Ted Theodore Logan are two young men in sore need of guidance. Their band, Wyld Stallyns, suck ass, and they're both flunking high school. Cue Rufus in his telephone box - the second-coolest time machine ever - with a grave warning to the two stoners that their fate is vital to the future of mankind. He tells of a time where Bill and Ted's rock music is the basis of all existence, a San Dimas where the dirt is clean, bowling averages are up and there are more waterslides than any other planet in the universe. In order for this heavenly future to continue to exist, Rufus accompanies the two hapless air guitarists throughout the ages, picking up historical figures for their crucial exam. There's no doubt that without Rufus' help, Bill and Ted would have probably ended up being eaten by dinosaurs or killed by a pissed-off Genghis Khan on their quest.

Wise words: "Be excellent to each other."

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