Ready Player One: Ranking Every Character From Worst To Best

6. Aech

Ready Player One Aech
Warner Bros.

A towering, hulking figure in the OASIS, Aech serves as a mechanic character and Parzival's best friend, both of which are used for good effect.

As a fixer of all kinds of vehicles and machinery, he's an important cog in bringing Parzival and Art3mis together, as well as fixing up and utilising the Iron Giant, which gives the movie one of its most memorable scenes.

The character also has a great sense of humour and gets a lot of great jokes, and his friendship with 'Z' is crucial to our understanding of the OASIS in the opening third, along with an excellent reveal of who he actually is in the real world (albeit one they ultimately don't do all that much with).

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.