Jason Sudeikis hosted a mostly smooth MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, marking a big step up from the past few lukewarm ceremonies. His successful emceeing (and the pitiful award handout) made us think about the show's fascinating 20-year history. Click ahead for a review of bizarre Best Kiss nominees, unfortunate snubs of funny ladies, and the single funniest forgotten category.
1. Emma Stone's win for Best Comedic Performance makes her only the second woman in the 20-year history of the Movie Awards to win that trophy. The first lady? Generation Award recipient Reese Witherspoon, who won for Legally Blonde. Oh, come on: no Meryl Streep?
2. Whether or not you support The Twilight Saga's three-time takeover of the Best Kiss category, there have been plenty more dubious nominees in the category's past: How about Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain in Lolita? Kyra Sedgwick and John Travolta in Phenomenon? Priscilla Presley and Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear? Or my favorite: Jason James Richter & Willy in Free Willy.
3. There are a bunch of discontinued categories in the MTV Movie Awards annals, but the best has to be (with the possible exception of 2007's "Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet") the 2003-only award for "Best Virtual Performance." Who took home the trophy? Gollum from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in a (presumed) landslide over Yoda (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), Dobby (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Scooby Doo in Scooby Doo, and -- wait for it -- Kangaroo Jack.
4. Aside from Twilight's stronghold over the past two years, there has only been one other movie to garner Best Movie, Best Male Performance, and Best Female Performance in a single year. Nope, it's not High School Musical 3: Senior Year, From Justin to Kelly, or Howards End; it's Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger) in 1992, the first year of the ceremony.
5. Though Uma Thurman and -- ugh -- Robert Pattinson both won the Best Fight Award for the same movie series twice (Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Twilight), the only person to win Best Fight twice and for two unrelated films is... Cam Gigandet. He won for Never Back Down (with Sean Faris) and Twilight (with R-Pattz). I grant him an honorary Best Fight Award for surviving Burlesque.
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