# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/21 "2024-02-12T02:35:12Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lfgQWvhu8s4/maxresdefault.jpg "TOMBSTONE Clip - I'm Your Huckleberry (1993) Val Kilmer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfgQWvhu8s4) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/22 "2024-02-12T02:40:02Z")
“They call me MISTER Tibbs!” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/23 "2024-02-12T02:47:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W8oF0i5nvPI/hqdefault.jpg "god sent me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8oF0i5nvPI) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/24 "2024-02-12T02:49:27Z")
I’m the Doctor [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z8lBEoPi6OY/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm the Doctor...Got a Problem With That? | Voyage of the Damned | Doctor Who") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8lBEoPi6OY) ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/25 "2024-02-12T02:59:39Z")
:“Who are you?” “Your worst nightmare.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PemjPaF-8w8/maxresdefault.jpg "Rambo III (1988) - Your Worst Nightmare Scene | Movieclips") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PemjPaF-8w8) ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/26 "2024-02-12T03:00:49Z")
“I’m just Ken.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/27 "2024-02-12T03:01:04Z")
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridias, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” ---
**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, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/28 "2024-02-12T03:02:52Z")
I’ll grant that’s iconic, but also a bit long-winded, to be frank (not a dig at you, just the writing). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/29 "2024-02-12T03:04:48Z")
“I am Groot.” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/30 "2024-02-12T03:05:41Z")
“I am a shrubber. My name is Roger the Shrubber. I arrange, design, and sell shrubberies.” ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/31 "2024-02-12T03:06:45Z")
“Who am I? **TWO! FOUR! SIX! OH! ONE!** ” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/32 "2024-02-12T03:08:43Z")
“I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the [noun] that [verbs] your [noun]! **I am Darkwing Duck!** ” ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/33 "2024-02-12T03:12:47Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > “Bond. James Bond.” That was the one I immediately thought of, but I was sure someone else beat me to it. I’m honestly surprised it took five posts before someone posted it. Since that’s already taken, “[I’m Arthur, King of the Britons!](https://youtu.be/-8bqQ-C1PSE?si=AplWP82cho4_KMkg&t=66)” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/34 "2024-02-12T03:22:35Z")
Alexander Hamilton My name is Alexander Hamilton… ---
**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, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/35 "2024-02-12T03:23:09Z")
“I know who I am. I’m a dude playin’ a dude, disguised as another dude!” ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/36 "2024-02-12T03:26:29Z")
“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/37 "2024-02-12T03:38:06Z")
“Once again, I am free to smite the world with evil as I did in days long past.” by Aku, series, Samurai Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/38 "2024-02-12T04:18:29Z")
I am the genie of the lamp. Aladdin, of course ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/39 "2024-02-12T04:34:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I am Death Incarnate It is pretty much a given one is going to hear a lot of “I am… the destroyer of worlds”, “I am Alpha and Omega”, “Ego sum… flagellum dei” and that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/40 "2024-02-12T04:42:58Z")
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