# Iconic self-identifications

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446>\
**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:** 14

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/261 "2024-02-20T16:46:29Z")

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I yam what I yam.

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**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/262 "2024-02-20T16:56:22Z")

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Eowyn;

> **[https://i.redd.it/64rdb8oohin91.jpg](https://i.redd.it/64rdb8oohin91.jpg)**

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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/263 "2024-02-20T17:08:41Z")

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“I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life, as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service us.”

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**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/264 "2024-02-20T23:29:23Z")

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My favorite version is this:

> **['I Can Do This All Day' 4K Scene - Steve Fights Himself | Avengers ENDGAME...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-PvCcRPkGM%2F)**
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> \*\*"I can do this all day."#AvengersEndgame #MarvelWatch in 4k!Buy on 4K Ultra HD: https://www.amazon.com.au/Avengers-Endgame-4K-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B07QQXPBCF/r...

“I can do this all day.”  
“Yeah, yeah, I know.”

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/265 "2024-08-23T23:09:39Z")

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I am I, Don Quixote  
The Lord of La Mancha  
My destiny calls and I go

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/266 "2024-08-24T01:02:40Z")

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I don’t suppose Jed Bartlet’s entrance in the first episode of _The West Wing_ technically counts as self-identification. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTG5p4wEAAM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTG5p4wEAAM)

But it is a great entrance line.

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**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/267 "2024-08-24T02:39:17Z")

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“You’d be William Munny out of Missouri. Killer of women and children.”

“That’s right. I’ve killed women and children. Killed everything that’s walked or crawled at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you Little Bill, for what you done to Ned.”

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**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:** [August 24, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/268 "2024-08-24T02:39:34Z")

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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;  
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/269 "2024-08-24T02:51:49Z")

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A little thing I created recenly

> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;  
> Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

A couple of images I created recently on Nightcafe

[![](https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/Rln2D8SmmNKt16gDbpbd/Rln2D8SmmNKt16gDbpbd--j728a.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max) ](https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/Rln2D8SmmNKt16gDbpbd/Rln2D8SmmNKt16gDbpbd--j728a.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max)

[![](https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/1WxAjiy38VsUFm0CKNAW/1WxAjiy38VsUFm0CKNAW--1--2sso7.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max) ](https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/1WxAjiy38VsUFm0CKNAW/1WxAjiy38VsUFm0CKNAW--1--2sso7.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/270 "2024-08-24T03:05:20Z")

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“I’m the Urban Spaceman”

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**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:** [August 24, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/271 "2024-08-24T03:29:16Z")

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They all did it. But if you wanna know who killed Mr. Boddy, _I_ did: in the hall, with the revolver. Okay, Chief, take 'em away; I’m gonna go home and sleep with my wife.

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**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/272 "2024-08-24T04:12:47Z")

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“I want you to go in that bag and find my wallet.”

“Which one is it?”

“It’s the one that says Bad MotherFucker.”

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/273 "2024-08-24T08:33:23Z")

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“Pool, Dead.”

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/274 "2024-08-24T10:37:17Z")

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- “Kassen Akoll, the GODDAMN SCAV BITCH OF IVENMOTH.”

- “HULK IS STRONGEST ONE THERE IS!”

- “Nothing can stop the Juggernaut!”

- “I. Am. The. New. God. All is one in Darkseid. This mighty body is my church. When I command your surrender, I speak with three billion voices. When I make a fist to crush your resistance. It is with three billion hands. When I stare into your eyes and shatter your dreams. And break your heart. It is with six billion eyes! Nothing like Darkseid has ever come among you: Nothing will again. I will take you to a hell without exit or end. And there I will murder your souls! And make you crawl and beg! And die! Die! DIE FOR DARKSEID!”

- “I am Chun, the Unavoidable.”

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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/275 "2024-08-24T11:34:09Z")

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yeah, that one.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/276 "2024-08-24T14:02:50Z")

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George Nelson! Not “Babyface”! You remember, and you tell your friends! I’m George Nelson! Born to raise hell!

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/277 "2024-08-24T14:23:33Z")

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Naram-Sin, the mighty God of Akkad, King of the Four Corners of the Universe

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/278 "2024-08-24T16:41:12Z")

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We’re the Ghostbusters.

Who does your taxes?

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/279 "2024-08-24T19:06:17Z")

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My surname is Li and my personal name is Kao , and there is a slight flaw in my character.

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**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/280 "2024-08-24T23:18:48Z")

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I am a patient boy  
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait  
My time’s like water down a drain

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