# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/41 "2024-02-12T04:59:35Z")
Wait, wait, let me explain something to you. Um, I am not Mr. Lebowski. You’re Mr. Lebowski. I’m The Dude. So, that’s what you call me, you know? Uh, that, or, uh, His Dudeness, or, uh, Duder, or, uh, you know, El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, uh. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/42 "2024-02-12T05:12:25Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S3P9ypBjKPc/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm the motherfucking fucking one who calls the shots!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3P9ypBjKPc) I’m the motherfuckin’ fuckin’ one who calls the shots. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/43 "2024-02-12T05:42:40Z")
> **[https://i.redd.it/l4pkir79qi641.gif](https://i.redd.it/l4pkir79qi641.gif)** ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/44 "2024-02-12T05:44:53Z")
Peep Show (British comedy series) Jez is winding up his somewhat interesting impromptu Best Man’s speech at Super Hans’s wedding … _Thank you_ _(Pretty sure someone’s going to print that speech on a tea towel some day._ _Yeah, eat that Obama. Fuck off Mandela. Take that, Mark._ _I’m the Best Man. I’m the Best Man who ever lived._) [copied from the tea towel] ---
**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, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/45 "2024-02-12T06:03:57Z")
“I was relentless. They would call me ‘Nandor the Relentless’. Because I would just never relent.” (What We Do in the Shadows) ---
**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, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/46 "2024-02-12T06:09:36Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/47 "2024-02-12T06:19:07Z")
![](https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZ256cXdlN2M3cDJmeWFkaWt6cHZoZTl4ZWRxcm5jMThuamFrMTY2YyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/iebPOlEL4aM5Fka7Wi/giphy.gif) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/48 "2024-02-12T06:29:43Z")
You Jane, me Tarzan. ---
**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, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/49 "2024-02-12T06:38:32Z")
It defines Darth Vader. ---
**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, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/50 "2024-02-12T06:45:18Z")
Ho ho ho. Santa Claus ---
**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, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/51 "2024-02-12T07:08:22Z")
“Good. Bad. I’m the guy with the gun.” ---
**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, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/52 "2024-02-12T07:09:46Z")
"This is my rifle, this is my gun, this one’s for shooting, this one’s for fun!!!" ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/53 "2024-02-12T07:14:51Z")
“I am GODZILLA!!! YOU are JAPAN!!!” ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/54 "2024-02-12T07:53:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > “Who am I? **TWO! FOUR! SIX! OH! ONE!** ” I’ve gotten almost all the others, but could I request a lil’ help with this one, please? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/55 "2024-02-12T08:01:26Z")
“No one created me. I am Evil. Evil existed long before Good. I made myself. I cannot be unmade. I am all powerful.” (Minions applaud, Evil nods acknowledgement) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XCLFhZjpyJI/hqdefault.jpg "Time Bandits: Evil Genius - "That's a good question"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCLFhZjpyJI) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/56 "2024-02-12T08:14:19Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’ve gotten almost all the others, but could I request a lil’ help with this one, please? _Les Misérables._ ---
**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, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/57 "2024-02-12T10:49:50Z")
“I’m a man of wealth and taste.” ---
**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, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/58 "2024-02-12T10:59:19Z")
You could have provided a clue who the speaker is, you know. I mean, did you hope we’d just guess his name? ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/59 "2024-02-12T13:19:05Z")
“I’m the Anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. You tell the angels in heaven you never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you. My name is Vincent Coccotti. I work as counsel for Mr. Blue Lou Boyle, the man your son stole from.” -Christopher Walken in _True Romance_ ---
**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, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/60 "2024-02-12T13:33:43Z")
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