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Who did you despise more?. Mr or Mrs tweedy.

posted 12 years ago by Leoneswest
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For me, the answer would be Mr tweedy (although I loved his "No chicken escapes from tweedy's farm" line).

Mrs Tweedy was basically evil personified. Everything about her said that.

Mr Tweedy on the other hand seemed to bounce from Evil to Docile which made me despise him more. Maybe cause he was just more unpredictable or perhaps cause one moment he could be smarter than both the chickens and Mrs tweedy...and other times dumber.

Can't really explain it...but he seemed to be more a monster than his nagging wife. Of course this is all from the chickens perspective.

[–] Raincrow11 12 years ago

Mr. Tweedy has some of my favorite lines in the film (like the one you quote, naturally -- and I also like his continual muttering, "It's all in me head, it's all in me head" whenever the chickens are doing something strange). Mrs. Tweedy would have been a bigger threat if she'd taken her husband's observations seriously from the start, and Mr. Tweedy would probably be more competent without her trying to control him. I think I understand exactly what you mean, though; Mr. Tweedy's behavior is more unpredictable than his wife's, but the times when he is most competent are when he's acting of his own accord, like when he kicks over the launching ramp, almost ruining the chickens' escape plan.

"Courage is found in unlikely places." ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien