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Earl Unger was one of four international spies who were assigned to steal a missile-cloaking computer chip.

Biography[]

Unger was tall, had stubble, long hair, and dressed as an old man for a disguise.[1]

During the final showdown with Alex Pruitt, Unger wore a gray-and-white camouflage suit. He fell victim to several traps: he was electrocuted, got a trunk of books and a set of weights dropped onto his head, got hit by Plaster of Paris, was hit in the head by a window, got his feet caught in two pullable Mega Bloks canisters filled with glue, got his fingers stuck in a mouse trap, accidentally shot a sewage pipe (which forced him to change clothes) and, finally, crashed into a frozen swimming pool. He was later found by police (along with Burton Jernigan) and arrested. By the time he took his mugshot, he developed chicken pox, having contracted it from Alex.[1] 

Quotes[]

  • (to Beaupre) Don't touch the yarn, it's wired. Kid's got the place booby-trapped.
  • (talking to Alice) "Books. Plural, a trunk, full of books. Then a set of weights. We got hit twice, you dumb broad!"
  • "I said, I'm heading to Wuh-ah-ah-ah...[Jernigan runs over Unger while driving] ...Stop, you nitwit!"
  • "Well then it's settled! Tomorrow, whack every kid in the neighborhood!"
  • "When I was in the john, I didn't see anything in there."
  • "In the winter? I packed tropical."
  • "I'm coming for you, shorty, to pay you back for all the misery you caused me."
  • "I saw this door close! Would I make it up? Why? What's the point? We working on commission here?"
  • "I'm gonna have bad knees when I'm old, and I'll have Burton Jernigan to thank."
  • ''Its been a long time since i was a kid, You forget how incredibly stupid they are.''

Notes[]

  • As said by Stuckey, He and his group have been working for a North Korean terrorist organization.
  • After the movie was finished filming, the mugshots for the villains were retaken for the pictures printed on the VHS boxes. When this happened David Thornton had gotten a very short haircut. This was why his character appeared in the picture on the back of the VHS boxes with short-hair. The picture is still present on the DVD cases for the original DVD releases of Home Alone 3.
  • David Thornton is married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
  • Unger is the only villain in Home Alone 3 with a sense of humor, besides Jernigan.
  • Unger is also the only one of the four to actually smile during his mugshot.
  • Though all four villains could be hostile to each other, Unger would get especially aggressive when approached in a negative light, as shown as when he referred to Alice as a "dumb broad". 
  • His personality resembles that of Marv Murchins and Hughes.
  • According to his FBI file, he is a smoker, drinker, is 6'0" tall, weighs 175 pounds and has brown eyes. Nothing else is known.
  • Unger was the first of the criminals who saw Alex face-to-face. This happened right before he got hit by a water balloon and a bag of Plaster of Paris.
  • Earl Could be of Slavic and English origin since his first name originated from England and his surname is of Slavic origin though it also has German and Ashkenazic Jewish roots.

Goofs[]

  • Unger's hairstyle changes between his being arrested and having mugshots taken
  • The amount of sewage on his suit changes from scene to scene

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