RatTales

Two memorable characters:

in The Core (a recent movie) — "Rat", an über-hacker played by D. J. Qualls. His best line: "I'll need an unlimited supply of Xena tapes and hot pockets." ...
in The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death and The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (by Daniel Pinkwater) — "Rat", aka Bentley Saunders Harrison Matthews, rich girl, automobile mechanic genius, fan of James Dean and beat poetry ...

And I shouldn't forget King Rat, James Clavell's first novel ...

(see also ReadAloud (20 Mar 2002), ...)