Butch Coolidge is a fictional character in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, portrayed by Bruce Willis.
Butch was born in Tennessee, and lost his father in the Vietnam War. One of his earliest memories was of receiving his father's gold watch from one of the elder Coolidge's Air Force buddies (Christopher Walken), who told him to always treasure it, as his father had suffered greatly to keep it safe for his son.
As an adult, he sett...
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Butch Coolidge is a fictional character in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, portrayed by Bruce Willis.
Butch was born in Tennessee, and lost his father in the Vietnam War. One of his earliest memories was of receiving his father's gold watch from one of the elder Coolidge's Air Force buddies (Christopher Walken), who told him to always treasure it, as his father had suffered greatly to keep it safe for his son.
As an adult, he settles in Los Angeles. He is a tough southpaw boxer, but is nearing the end of his career, and is coerced into taking a bribe from mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) to throw the fight. Butch accepts the bribe, but he double crosses Wallace; he bets the money on himself, presumabely to very good odds, and proceeds to win the fight, killing his opponent. He hides out with his girlfriend, Fabienne (Maria de Medeiros), in a motel planning to leave the next morning for Tennessee to collect his money. When Fabienne forgets his father's watch...
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