Fails the Bechdel test

Leprechaun 2

Name: Leprechaun 2
Released: 1994

1994. Directed by Rodman Flender, written by Mark Jones and Turi Meyer and Alfredo Septién.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

0 / 3

Fails

No 1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

On his 1000th birthday, a mean Leprechaun gets to choose a bride by making her sneeze three times, then she's his...only the bride he chooses is the daughter of his slave (who fouls up the wedding) so Leprechaun must wait until his 2000th birthday to claim the woman of his nightmares. The descendant of the woman he wanted to marry already has a boyfriend: a brave young boy named Cody, who lives with his swindler uncle Morty and together they run a tour company called Darkside Tours. Leprechaun soon wakes up, kills a bunch of people and kidnaps his bride to be. It's soon up to Cody to save her, and only wrought iron can destroy a Leprechaun. Morty has an idea, but it soon goes horribly wrong when he gets too greedy. Cody ventures into Leprechaun's home to save Bridget, but little does he know that a leprechaun's home has many surprises.

Released: 08 Apr 1994
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.7 / 10
Awards: 1 win total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Cody 186 lines, man
Leprechaun 131 lines, man
Morty 116 lines, man
Bridget 101 lines, woman
Ian 22 lines, man
Wiggins 18 lines, man
William 14 lines, man
Desk Sergeant 8 lines, man
Tourist 8 lines, man
Waiter 8 lines, man

Full cast, 26 people

Warwick Davis as The Leprechaun
Charlie Heath as Cody
Shevonne Durkin as Bridget / William's Daughter
Adam Biesk as Ian
Arturo Gil as Drunk at the Pub
Linda Hopkins as Housewife
James Lancaster as William O'Day
Sandy Baron as Morty
Kimmy Robertson as Tourist's Girlfriend
Clint Howard as Tourist
Andrew Craig as Midwestern Dad
David Powledge as Frank
Billy Beck as Homeless Man
Al White as Desk Sergeant
Martha Hackett as Detective
Jonathan R. Perkins as Partner
Tony Cox as African-American Leprechaun
Mark Kiely as Talent Agent
Michael McDonald as Waiter
Warren A. Stevens as Wiggins
Matthew Anderson as Mat
Samantha Davis as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Dawn Comer as (voices)
Barry Schwartz as (voices)
Gabriella Sinclair as (voices)
Danny Roque as (voices)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 120

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Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	19
4 to 6	8	36
7 to 9	4	16
10 to 12	7	32
13 to 15	3	4
16 to 18	1	3
19 to 21	1	2
22 to 24	1	6
25 to 27	7	14
28 to 30	0	6
31 to 33	0	51
34 to 36	14	16
37 to 39	15	19
40 to 42	4	5
43 to 45	5	9
46 to 48	6	17
49 to 51	3	1
52 to 54	1	0
55 to 57	0	35
58 to 60	0	6
61 to 63	0	46
64 to 66	3	15
67 to 69	0	16
70 to 72	0	0
73 to 75	0	10
76 to 78	0	16
79 to 81	0	8
82 to 84	0	12
85 to 87	0	10
88 to 90	0	12
91 to 93	0	2
94 to 96	0	35
97 to 99	3	6
100 to 102	0	3
103 to 105	0	5
106 to 108	0	2
109 to 111	4	7
112 to 114	1	2
115 to 117	13	17
118 to 120	6	10

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 17 are women's.

110 lines from women, 531 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

5 women and 15 men in the cast. 3 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 35 of 647. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 139 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 14% of the words (814), men 86% (5,066). Women have 17% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: 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 E: behind the camera

1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Rodman Flender (man)
Written by: Alfredo Septién (man), Turi Meyer (man)
Produced by: Donald P. Borchers (man), Paolo Mazzucato (gender not listed)
Shot by: Jane Castle (gender not listed)
Edited by: Richard Gentner (gender not listed), Christopher Roth (man)
Music by: Jonathan Elias (man)
Production design by: Anton Tremblay (man)
Cast by: Linda Francis (woman)

The crew, department by department

Camera

2 women, 5 men, 14 not listed
Production

3 women, 6 men, 8 not listed
Sound

3 women, 2 men, 12 not listed
Other crew

1 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
Lighting

0 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
Costume & Make-Up

1 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
Directing

1 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
Art

1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 44 on average. Men: 37 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Shevonne Durkin 24, Kimmy Robertson 39, Linda Hopkins 69

Men

Warwick Davis 24, Arturo Gil 34, Clint Howard 34, Sandy Baron 56

Exhibit G: the money

It made 1.1 times what it cost.

Budget: $2 million
Box office: $2.3 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 120 scenes and 647 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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