# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/81 "2024-02-12T14:59:12Z")
[![](https://i.gifer.com/133i.gif) ](https://i.gifer.com/133i.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/82 "2024-02-12T15:01:35Z")
There’s a subtler but no less iconic self-identification from the same movie: > [@](#): > > AAAAAAAAS > YOUUUUUUUUU > WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSHHHHHHHHH ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/83 "2024-02-12T15:03:23Z")
Top of the world, ma! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/84 "2024-02-12T15:05:25Z")
Well, since we’re doing different incarnations of that Time Lord guy, “I am the Doctor. Basically, run.” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/85 "2024-02-12T15:12:09Z")
In the comics, Wolverine’s signature line is, “I’m the best there is a what I do, but what I do best isn’t very nice.” Which occasionally gets parodied, “I’m the best there is at what I do, and what I do best is guzzle bee—uh, commit mayhem!” ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/86 "2024-02-12T15:27:43Z")
"I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/87 "2024-02-12T16:06:58Z")
“I’m Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?” ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/88 "2024-02-12T16:07:33Z")
“I’m not Fat, I am Big-Boned.” ---
**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, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/89 "2024-02-12T16:11:49Z")
“Meesa called Jar Jar Binks! Meesa your humble servant!” ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/90 "2024-02-12T16:18:59Z")
I am Hugh. You are me? No, I am Hugh. > **[I am Hugh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loMNXk4eIis%2F)** > > Great scene from "What's Up Doc" with the hilarious Liam Dunn who would go on to play the Preacher in "Blazing Saddles" and Kenneth Mars as "Hugh". ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/91 "2024-02-12T16:52:26Z")
I’m 'enery the 8th I am. 'enery the 8th I am, I am. ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/92 "2024-02-12T17:17:36Z")
“We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.” Often corrupted to: “We are the Borg. Resistance is futile.” ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/93 "2024-02-12T18:32:28Z")
OK, if we’re going Star Trek… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_bZKEhgieoc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZKEhgieoc) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/94 "2024-02-12T18:57:34Z")
“You don’t understand. I could’ve had class. I could’ve been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let’s face it.” –Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in [On the Waterfront](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBiewQrpBBA&t=81s) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/95 "2024-02-12T19:02:29Z")
Do songs count? Then I’ll offer: _I’m so fucking sick_ _I’m the king of the world_ _I’m the genius of_ _Useless stuff_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3sliifUjWaQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Useless Stuff") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sliifUjWaQ) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/96 "2024-02-12T19:33:35Z")
“No anchovies? You’ve got the wrong man. I spell my name - _Danger._” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/97 "2024-02-12T19:37:31Z")
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.” “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as Nada in _They Live_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/98 "2024-02-12T19:42:11Z")
I am the eggman, (_whooo!_) they are the eggmen, (_whooo!_) I am the walrus, goo-goo g’joob ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/99 "2024-02-12T20:59:52Z")
I’m bored! I’m the chairman of the board! I’m sick! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/100 "2024-02-12T20:59:53Z")
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