Ram Sweeney was a secondary character in the cult-classic film Heathers. He was an athlete at Westerburg High School, and played Defensive Linebacker on the Westerburg High School football team before he and Kurt Kelly were shot and killed by J.D..
Appearance[]
Ram had short chestnut brown hair, blue eyes and had a burly physique due to him being a linebacker on the high school football team. He was often seen sporting his letterman jacket.
Personality[]
Ram was dim-witted, sexist, homophobic and rude. He often bullied weaker "nerdy" students only to show how strong he was and try to compensate for his lack of intelligence.
Death[]
Ram Sweeney was shot in the throat and killed by J.D. when Ram and Kurt were tricked into coming to the woods behind the school to have a threesome with Veronica. There, right before stripping Veronica, Ram was shot by J.D. with a pistol. After Ram and Kurt were killed, J.D. and Veronica forged a suicide note saying that Ram and Kurt had killed themselves because they had to hide their gay love from a disapproving world, which everyone believed.
Relationships[]
Kurt Kelly[]
Ram Sweeney and Kurt Kelly are shown friends and both on the football team. They are seen talking and laughing in the cafeteria during the lunchtime poll. They also bully J.D. together, before they get threatened with a gun full of blanks. When they are both murdered, they are framed as being in a homosexual relationship.
Veronica Sawyer[]
Ram and Kurt are seen on several occasions trying to ask out Veronica. The two were supposed to have a a double-date with Veronica and Heather McNamara, but they end up going cow-tipping instead. When Veronica rejects their sexual intentions, they spread a rumor around the entire school that they had an "oral threesome with Veronica." Ram and Kurt are later murdered by Veronica and her boyfriend, J.D.
Heather McNamara[]
Ram and Heather McNamara were dating before he sexually assaulted her in a field after him and Kurt’s double-date with her and Veronica. McNamara admits during a radio call that she does like him a bit, but there is never confirmation of actual reciprocation beyond wanting her for her body and fame as a member of the Heathers from Ram.
Quotes[]
- "Let's kick his ass!"
- "I want to get a Heather and put her on my johnson and just start spinning her around like a goddamn pinwheel."
- ""What I would do with 1 million dollars is pay Madonna to sit on my face and ride it like the Kentucky derby""