The Princess Bride Characters

The BeautyOne of the first things we hear about Buttercup is that she is one of the most beautiful women in the world—the twentieth most, to be precise. But the only reason she isn't ranked highe...

The HunkWhen we first meet Westley, he's nothing more than a handsome young farmhand who works for Buttercup and her parents. Buttercup totally takes him for granted and assumes that he's stupid be...

In a surprise move, the author William Goldman includes himself as a character in The Princess Bride. That's because at its heart, this book is a story about a story. Goldman introduces what is cal...

Inigo Montoya is the walking definition of a man with a mission. And that mission is to kill the dude who murdered his father. Inigo has spent his entire life learning to be a great swordsman, all...

The first thing you need to know about Fezzik is that he's an absolutely huge dude, and the second is that he's really strong. But because he's so big and strong, people always assume he's dumb, wh...

If you need to associate Prince Humperdinck with a basic human trait, then that trait is definitely insecurity. The guy is so obsessed with proving himself that he builds a giant Zoo of Death where...

We don't know it at first, but Count Rugen is actually the dude who killed Inigo Montoya's father. On top of that, the guy is an expert in the field of pain science. Yup, you read that right. He's...

Vizzini is basically a smart aleck. He's really proud of his brains in the same way that Inigo is proud of his sword or Fezzik is proud of his strength. As he tells us directly: "I, Vizzini the Sic...

This guy is only in this book for one scene, but he makes quite an impression. After all, the book wouldn't get very far if its hero (Westley) stayed dead after being killed by Humperdinck. And tha...