# TV Characters That Refer To Themselves By Their First Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079 "2007-01-30T03:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Impounded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Impounded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Impounded)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/1 "2007-01-30T03:48:03Z")
Was just trying to figure this out. I was looking for a list of TV characters who refer to themselves by their own first name. For instance on _Laverne And Shirley_ the character Rhonda never said “I” or “Me,” she always said “Rhonda.” As in “Rhonda thinks you should ask Laverne.” On _Becker_ the character Bob always refered to himself as Bob and not “I” or “me.” Of course there was the one time character on _Seinfeld_ played by Anthony Starke, who always referred to himself as Jimmy. Any others anyone can think of? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/2 "2007-01-30T04:04:18Z")
Elmo, of course. But that’s more because of the fact he’s a child rather than being concieted. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/3 "2007-01-30T04:07:44Z")
George Costanza would often do this, but only after he met Jimmy, who always did it. ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/4 "2007-01-30T07:03:23Z")
When in character, professional wrestler The Rock always refers to himself in the third person. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/5 "2007-01-30T11:41:09Z")
I believe there’s a character on the new show “Friday Night Lights” who does this at least some of the time - or at least refers to himself by his team nickname. Smash maybe? 😃 ---
**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:** [January 30, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/6 "2007-01-30T13:51:30Z")
“Hulk smash,” you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/7 "2007-01-30T16:29:27Z")
Homie the Clown from the old “In Living Color” sketches. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/8 "2007-01-30T16:39:34Z")
I vaguely remember Puck from one of the early seasons of MTV’'s Real World doing that. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/9 "2007-01-30T16:41:00Z")
Alex and Izzie rather hilariously began doing this on Grey’s Anatomy, after having met a patient who did it. I don’t think they’ve done it again in any episodes since then, though. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/10 "2007-01-30T16:49:01Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I vaguely remember Puck from one of the early seasons of MTV’'s Real World doing that. [/QUOTE] Not only that but he ratcheted up the pretension by calling himself “_The_ Puck.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/11 "2007-01-30T17:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Not only that but he ratcheted up the pretension by calling himself “_The_ Puck.” [/QUOTE] How helpful of him to differentiate himself from Robin Goodfellow. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/12 "2007-01-30T18:08:07Z")
Anybody who has ever played Bob Dole on SNL. That would include Dan Ackroyd, Norm MacDonald, and some guy named Bob Dole. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/13 "2007-01-30T18:13:14Z")
In one of the Charlie’s Angels movies, there was a character named Chad who referred to himself as “The Chad.” “The Chad is unhappy…” And then the classic, “I think The Wind just broke its leg.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/14 "2007-01-30T18:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=bibliophage] Anybody who has ever played Bob Dole on SNL. That would include Dan Ackroyd, Norm MacDonald, and some guy named Bob Dole. [/QUOTE] And whoever voiced Bob Dole on the Simpsons Halloween episode ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/15 "2007-01-30T18:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] In one of the Charlie’s Angels movies, there was a character named Chad who referred to himself as “The Chad.” “The Chad is unhappy…” And then the classic, “I think The Wind just broke its leg.” [/QUOTE] Ditto “The Todd” on _Scrubs_. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-that-refer-to-themselves-by-their-first-name/390079/16 "2007-01-30T19:18:18Z")
Scruffy from **Futurama** talked like that