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  • Steven Kovacs
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  • Steven Kovacs is the main protagonist of the 1996 dark comedy The Cable Guy. He is played by Matthew Broderick. After his girlfriend flips out and gives him the boot, Steven Kovacs gets the very last thing he needed to fill the new void: an incredibly bizarre cable installer named Chip who latches on and insinuates himself into Steven's life. To his credit, Chip does lots of favors for Steven, up to and including helping him win back his girlfriend Robin Harris , but his odd, off-putting and sometimes illicit behavior (including buying Steven a prostitute and then making it up to him by beating the crap out of Robin's date, and later getting him an overelaborate entertainment system via "connections"... which ends up being stolen) proves too much to take and Steven eventually has to tell h
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  • victim; paranoid hero
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  • Steven M. Kovacs
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  • Steve, Stevie
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  • The Cable Guy
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  • Origin
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  • to get away from the stalker Cable Guy
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  • Steven Kovacs
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  • Steven Kovacs is the main protagonist of the 1996 dark comedy The Cable Guy. He is played by Matthew Broderick. After his girlfriend flips out and gives him the boot, Steven Kovacs gets the very last thing he needed to fill the new void: an incredibly bizarre cable installer named Chip who latches on and insinuates himself into Steven's life. To his credit, Chip does lots of favors for Steven, up to and including helping him win back his girlfriend Robin Harris , but his odd, off-putting and sometimes illicit behavior (including buying Steven a prostitute and then making it up to him by beating the crap out of Robin's date, and later getting him an overelaborate entertainment system via "connections"... which ends up being stolen) proves too much to take and Steven eventually has to tell him to take a hike. Things quickly turn sour after that, and Steven finds out just how weird his "pal" really is when Chip begins stalking him and pulling various strings to try and ruin his life.