Jay and Silent Bob

Jay and Silent Bob are unlikely prophets who help the last Zion save the world. Now THAT ’S a prophet!

Bethany: What exactly brought you to Illinois?

Jay: Some fuck named John Hughes.

Bethany: “Sixteen Candles” John Hughes?

Jay: You know that guy, too? See, all these movies take place in a small town called Shermer, in Illinois, where all the honies are top-shelf, but all the dudes are whiny pussies – except for Judd Nelson, he was fuckin’ harsh – but best of all, there was no one dealin’, man; then, it hits me: we could live like phat rats if we were the blunt connection in Shermer, Illinois. So we collected some money we were owed, and we caught a bus. You know what the fuck we found out when we got there? There is no Shermer in Illinois. Movies are fuckin’ bullshit.

IMDb

In Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse films, the two characters were originally introduced as minor characters in “Clerks”. However, in “Mallrats” the pair were promoted to participating in key sequences. Despite not appearing for much of Chasing Amy, Silent Bob still speaks the line which gives the film its title and the two then returned as main characters in “Dogma”. “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” cemented the pair’s status as break-out characters as the entire film was based on them. They have since appeared in Clerks II in a much bigger role than the original “Clerks”.