
If MTV is the kingdom of cool, then, a frizzy-haired, awkward misfit, with killer pelvic thrusts, reigns supreme. Picking up the best film, best male breakthrough performance and best musical performance awards, Napoleon Dynamite, MTV Films’ low budget release that became one of last year’s sleeper hits, swept Saturday night’s MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Jon Heder, whose performance as the quixotic Napoleon has re-infused teenage vernacular with a frustrated, “Gooosh!” said, “I want to thank Michael Jackson, John Travolta and Justin Timberlake.”

