# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/121 "2024-02-13T02:54:40Z")
They aren’t memes any more, but many of the characters in the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas introduced themselves using catchphrases that became quite well known (and were frequently parodied): “I am the very model of a modern major general” “Three little maids from school are we” “I am the captain of the _Pinafore_” “I’m called Little Buttercup, dear little Buttercup” “A wand’ring minstrel I, a thing of shreds and patches” “My name is John Wellington Wells/I’m a dealer in magic and spells” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/122 "2024-02-13T03:07:55Z")
_“I am Bick Pentameter!”_ What movie was that? I always forget. Oh! Now I remember. It’s from nothing. I just made it up. ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/123 "2024-02-13T03:10:11Z")
I am a pirate king. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/124 "2024-02-13T03:17:11Z")
_Fuck you_, that’s my name! ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/125 "2024-02-13T03:20:59Z")
“I am… Dracula.” ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/126 "2024-02-13T03:24:13Z")
“Make him stop saying that!” ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/127 "2024-02-13T03:28:49Z")
“I’m 'Enery the Eighth, I am, 'Enery the Eighth I am, I am!” ---
**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, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/128 "2024-02-13T03:49:13Z")
_“I am an Antichrist, I am an anarchist”_ – Johnny Rotten ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/129 "2024-02-13T03:58:10Z")
_“Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.”_ ---
**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 13, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/130 "2024-02-13T05:02:16Z")
A man in a mask [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wKn1R6fekk4/maxresdefault.jpg "[MF] V for Vendetta - The V monologue - HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKn1R6fekk4) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/131 "2024-02-13T07:38:30Z")
My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/132 "2024-02-13T13:04:19Z")
I AM the LAW! ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/133 "2024-02-13T13:15:46Z")
The name of this band is … … The Talking Heads ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/134 "2024-02-13T13:48:10Z")
In that vein: Hello, I’m Johnny Cash. We are Motörhead, and we play rock’n’roll. ETA: I just noticed, shouldn’t it be “The name of the band is…Talking Heads”? Wasn’t it the point that the band name didn’t include the article? ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/135 "2024-02-13T14:18:02Z")
I am the God of hellfire… ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/136 "2024-02-13T14:20:44Z")
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I’m easy come, easy go, little high, little low Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/137 "2024-02-13T14:29:57Z")
“My name’s Pitt. And yo’ ass ain’t talkin’ your way out of this shit.” [My name’s Pitt, and your ass ain’t talkin’ your way outta this shit. - YouTube] [Aint Talkin Your Way Out - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVnQKFs8ykc) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/138 "2024-02-13T14:32:06Z")
No one seems to have cited this classic bit of American Folklore: “I’m that same Davy Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half man, half alligator, a little touched with snapping turtle, can wade the MIssissippi, leap the Ohio, ride a streak of Lightning, slide down a honey locust and not get scratched. I can whip my weight in wildcats, hug a bear too close for comfort, and eat any man opposed to Jackson.” There are variations on this formula (some have “half horse, half alligator”, others say that, in addition to beating his weight in wildcats, you could, for a sawbuck, toss in a panther, and the like. A fine piece of frontier braggadocio that I don’t think the Disney version ever cited. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/139 "2024-02-13T14:50:28Z")
I am the one you warned me of I am the one who never never lies -Blue Oyster Cult ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446/140 "2024-02-13T15:03:20Z")
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