# Iconic self-identifications **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446 "2024-02-12T01:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/1 "2024-02-12T01:06:09Z")
You know what I’m talking about. Those moments in movies, TV shows or books where a character identifies his or herself so distinctively and iconically that it becomes a meme or gets YouTubed, etc. A couple of examples would be “I AM SPARTACUS” or “I’m Batman”. Knock yourselves out and if you want to add a clip, go ahead. One at a time, though. I just used two for purposes of illustration. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/2 "2024-02-12T01:09:37Z")
“I am Iron Man” is pretty memorable. Does “I’m the king of the world!” from _Titanic_ count? ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/3 "2024-02-12T01:11:44Z")
NSFW, because there’s f-bombs, but: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LvbfA-NMaXE/hqdefault.jpg "The Last Detail - Shore Patrol") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvbfA-NMaXE) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/4 "2024-02-12T01:12:57Z")
Bad bad bad Beck. ☺ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/5 "2024-02-12T01:16:49Z")
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/6 "2024-02-12T01:19:43Z")
[“Bond. James Bond.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f_LyhxNWTk) And let us not forget, [“I am the fucking hall monitor.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-ie-from-automatically-chenging-the-text-size/143703/26) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/7 "2024-02-12T01:41:43Z")
“_I am Gumby, dammit_!” (Eddie Murphy on SNL) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/8 "2024-02-12T01:47:50Z")
“I am the one who knocks.” - Walter White ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/9 "2024-02-12T01:47:52Z")
Good evening. I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/10 "2024-02-12T01:47:56Z")
“Luke, I’m your Father” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/11 "2024-02-12T01:48:20Z")
I am not a NUMBER! I am a FREE MAN! ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/12 "2024-02-12T02:01:41Z")
I am sorry. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J9o-SVRzUFM/hqdefault.jpg "I am Robin hood, I am William Tell and I am Sorry. Robin hood funny video from archery competition.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9o-SVRzUFM) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/13 "2024-02-12T02:05:04Z")
“I’m the best there is, the best there was, the best there will be.”— Bret “The Hitman” Hart “To be the MAN you have to beat the MAN. And I am The MAN.” — “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/14 "2024-02-12T02:10:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > “Luke, I’m your Father” That feels different to me. That’s doesn’t define the character, it redefines it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/15 "2024-02-12T02:13:06Z")
“Look at me. Look at me. I am the captain now.” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/16 "2024-02-12T02:16:11Z")
“What nationality are you?” “I’m a drunkard.” “That makes Rick a citizen of the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/17 "2024-02-12T02:22:48Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > “I am Iron Man” is pretty memorable. Do do do do do do do, vote for me. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/18 "2024-02-12T02:23:42Z")
“I am the Great and Powerful…! Wizard, of Oz…” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/19 "2024-02-12T02:27:10Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F8TRoMSG-5I/hqdefault.jpg "Popeye - I Yam What I Yam - Robin Williams Shelley Duvall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8TRoMSG-5I) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/20 "2024-02-12T02:29:52Z")
(Now that I think about it, it is pretty iconic when the flammable shrub used the same line.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446.md?page=2)