Passes the Bechdel test

Coneheads

Name: Coneheads
Released: 1993

1993. Directed by Steve Barron, written by Tom Davis and Dan Aykroyd and Bonnie Turner.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
11 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 146.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

An alien couple known as Beldar and Prymatt with cone-shaped heads from the planet called Remulak is mistakenly ditched on earth, during a scouting mission for planet conquest. While here, they dodge the INS, have a child and discover that life on Earth is quite good. But unfortunately they are being chased by the government who knows something is not quite right with the Conehead family. After they are rescued and taken back to their planet, Beldar vows to return to earth and conquer it.

Released: 23 Jul 1993
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Rated: PG
IMDb: 5.5 / 10
Metascore: 49 / 100
Awards: 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Beldar 186 lines, man
Prymaat 86 lines, woman
Seedling 52 lines, man
Connie 44 lines, woman
Close-Up 17 lines, man
Otto 17 lines, man
Ronnie 16 lines, man
Larry 15 lines, man
Turnbull 14 lines, man
Dentist 12 lines

Full cast, 54 people

Dan Aykroyd as Beldar
Jane Curtin as Prymatt
Michael McKean as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
Laraine Newman as Laarta
Jason Alexander as Larry Farber
Lisa Jane Persky as Lisa Farber
Chris Farley as Ronnie the Mechanic
David Spade as Eli Turnbull, INS Agent
Sinbad as Otto
Phil Hartman as Marlax
Jan Hooks as Gladys Johnson, Driving Student
Dave Thomas as Highmaster
Michelle Burke as Connie Conehead
Robert Knott as Air Traffic Controller
Jonathan Penner as Captain Air Traffic
Whip Hubley as F-16 Pilot
Howard Napper as Ang Pilot
Michael Richards as Motel Clerk
Eddie Griffin as Customer
Adam Sandler as Carmine
Grant Martell as Hispanic Man #1
Art Bonilla as Hispanic Man #2
Rosa Maria Briz as Hispanic Woman
Joey Lauren Adams as Christina
Parker Posey as Stephanie
Kevin Nealon as Senator
Julia Sweeney as Principal
Ellen DeGeneres as Coach
Walter Robles as Fire Marshal
James Keane as Harv
Todd Susman as Ron
Danielle Aykroyd as 3 Year Old Connie
Nicolette Harnish as 10 Year Old Connie
Sam Freed as Master of Ceremonies
Tom Davis as Supplicant
Garrett Morris as Captain Orecruiser
Cooper Layne as Engineer
Sarah Anne Levy as Hygenist
Drew Carey as Taxi Passenger
Shishir Kurup as Khoudri
Sydney Coberly as Nurse
Barry Kivel as Doctor
Terry Turner as Sketch Artist
McNally Sagal as Female Agent
Richard Comar as Agent
Peter Aykroyd as Highmaster Mentot
Nils Allen Stewart as Guard
Tim Meadows as Athletic Cone
Mitchell Bobrow as Garthok Combatant
Laurence Bilzerian as Cone Battle Commander
Topper Lilien as Cone Pilot
Tom Arnold as Golfer (uncredited)
Jon Lovitz as Dr. Rudolph (uncredited)
Cameron Oppenheimer as Conehead (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 18% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 146

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	1
5 to 8	0	2
9 to 12	3	12
13 to 16	0	2
17 to 20	0	7
21 to 24	2	5
25 to 28	7	18
29 to 32	8	37
33 to 36	1	27
37 to 40	3	9
41 to 44	0	7
45 to 48	5	23
49 to 52	4	17
53 to 56	16	32
57 to 60	0	0
61 to 64	12	22
65 to 68	4	6
69 to 72	8	6
73 to 76	8	9
77 to 80	20	15
81 to 84	0	13
85 to 88	4	5
89 to 92	6	19
93 to 96	4	13
97 to 100	4	13
101 to 104	8	11
105 to 108	2	6
109 to 112	0	2
113 to 116	1	2
117 to 120	0	2
121 to 124	4	2
125 to 128	14	16
129 to 132	5	11
133 to 136	6	12
137 to 140	0	2
141 to 144	1	3
145 to 146	3	11

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

PRYMAAT: Yes. That's it·. France. LISA: You know I thought I heard an accent.

LISA: Can we drive you to the airport or pick up your car? PRYMAAT: Do not worry, it will be picked up.

PRYMAAT: Correct we are at the landing port. Were you not supposed to pick us up? Did you not get my deep space gram. LAARTA: Yes we did. Did you not get our deep space-gram saying we couldn't pick you up? PRYMAAT: No.

PRYMAAT: You never did it. LAARTA: Connie, you will be pleased to know that, as is the custom, your granprogenitor and I have selected your chosen life-geneto-mate. PRYMAAT: What'?!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.

163 lines from women, 400 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 33 men in the cast. 8 women and 26 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 16 of 685. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 59 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 24% of the words (2,067), men 76% (6,611). Women have 29% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 12% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Steve Barron (man)
Written by: Tom Davis (man), Dan Aykroyd (man), Bonnie Turner (woman), Terry Turner (man)
Produced by: Lorne Michaels (man)
Shot by: Francis Kenny (man)
Edited by: Paul Trejo (man)
Music by: David Newman (man)