# 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:** 6
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/101 "2024-02-12T21:20:47Z")
“And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.” –Mark 5:9 ---
**Author:** ![ZamboniAce1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f19dbf/32.png) [@ZamboniAce1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZamboniAce1000)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/102 "2024-02-12T21:27:09Z")
“I’m your worst f\ ***ing nightmare, a N** ^^r with a badge” [Eddie Murphy in “48 Hours”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvXPGC4j3PE) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/103 "2024-02-12T21:35:35Z")
My name’s Forrest, Forrest Gump. ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/104 "2024-02-12T22:18:02Z")
“My name is Humpty, pronounced with an Umpty” ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/105 "2024-02-12T22:19:05Z")
A slightly older TV identification which I still love: [“Superman is what I can do. Clark is who I am.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZMTPjQjvfA) From Lois and Clark. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/106 "2024-02-12T22:26:46Z")
“I know who I am, and where I come from. But who are all you zombies?” ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/107 "2024-02-12T22:56:30Z")
My name is Francis Sawyer. Everybody calls me… ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/108 "2024-02-12T23:58:36Z")
_Me_ , the 13th Duke of Wybourne? _Here_ ? At a French maids finishing school? At three o’clock in the morning? With _my_ reputation? ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/109 "2024-02-13T00:03:17Z")
“We’re on a mission from _Gaahhd_.” ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/110 "2024-02-13T00:17:36Z")
“Hi Everybody!” Crowd: “Hi, Doctor Nick!” ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/111 "2024-02-13T00:19:29Z")
Pikachu! Nearly every anime Pokemon can say only its own name. Groot is quite verbose by contrast. ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/112 "2024-02-13T00:21:05Z")
“Hi, I’m Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and that’s my other brother Darryl.” (From Newhart) > [@E-DUB](#): > > OK, if we’re going Star Trek… [Moopsy!](https://youtu.be/bcVUBw8nAJw?si=DdYL-_xlPhFGUrcB&t=23) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/113 "2024-02-13T00:38:00Z")
for Adam Ant fans: Hello, I’m Marco ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/114 "2024-02-13T00:41:53Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > From Newhart) Good one! ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/115 "2024-02-13T01:34:33Z")
"You don’t wanna get mixed up with a guy like me. I’m a loner, Dottie. A rebel.” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/116 "2024-02-13T01:46:26Z")
[Figaro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bhlWgyjEQs&t=200s) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/117 "2024-02-13T01:48:29Z")
I am not a merry man! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/118 "2024-02-13T02:08:04Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m the Doctor “Hello. I’m the Doctor. Basically… run.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1ovuqT5LSmA/hqdefault.jpg "Doctor Who - The Eleventh Hour - ''Basically, run''") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ovuqT5LSmA) ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/119 "2024-02-13T02:21:45Z")
“I _ **am** _ The King!” –Paul Goldenberg, owner of Paul’s TV, self-proclaimed “King of Big Screen”. If you lived in Southern California from the 1970s on, you were exposed to his commercials. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/120 "2024-02-13T02:48:45Z")
“The rootin’est, tootin’est, shootin’est, bobtail wildcat in the west! The meanest, roughest, toughest hombre that’s ever crossed the Rio Grande! The fastest gun North, South, East, and WEST of the Pecos!” -Yosemite Sam [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446.md?page=7)