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Butterworth

posted 16 years ago by seventh_son_of_a_seventh_son
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Has to be the most pointless (billed) character in any Police Academy movie. Is it ever explained why a lawyer would quit to join a volunteer police program?

[–] Creedence_Leonore_Gielgud 16 years ago

Is it ever explained why a lawyer would quit to join a volunteer police program?

Might look good on a resume, or if he had political ambitions. He's a public defender, so if he ran for office of some sort he might want to go ahead and do some damage control, for when an opponent accuses him of being soft on crime.

But yea, he was rather pointless. It's possible he might have had a bigger role, but ended up having most of his scenes cut.

[–] richie_patrese 15 years ago

I think he was a bit of an ambulance chaser anyway - a bit of a Lionel Hutz.

[–] mcgill_j 12 years ago

Yeah.. I figured he was kind of a lousy lawyer..

[–] stingingtail 12 years ago

Who said everyone had to quit their jobs to join this program? I thought it was about regular citizens being better trained to be aware of crime. They're not actually Cops. They don't get paid. They're still citizens.