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* Asked by BillOReilly to StephenColbert at the start of his interview in TheOReillyFactor.
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--->'''Simba:''' Creepy little monkey. Who are you?
--->'''Rafiki:''' The question is, who are you?

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--->'''Simba:''' -->'''Simba:''' Creepy little monkey. Who are you?
--->'''Rafiki:''' -->'''Rafiki:''' The question is, who are you?

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* Rafiki does this with Simba in ''TheLionKing'' in a non-evil ariation.
--->'''Simba:''' Creepy little monkey. Who are you?
--->'''Rafiki:''' The question is, who are you?
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* ''VideoGame/StarFox 64'':

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* ''VideoGame/StarFox 64'':''VideoGame/StarFox64'':
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* ''{{Kickass}}'' has this a couple times. First when Kickass saves the guy outside the store, and the guy with the camera phone says it:

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* ''{{Kickass}}'' Film/KickAss has this a couple times. First when Kickass Kick-Ass saves the guy outside the store, and the guy with the camera phone says it:



'''Dave:''' I'm ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Kickass]]''.

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'''Dave:''' I'm ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Kickass]]''.Kick-Ass]]''.
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-->"I'm Lieutenant Frank Drebin, Police Squad. and don't ever let me catch you guys in America. ''(Drebin than falls out the window)''

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-->"I'm Lieutenant Frank Drebin, Police Squad. and don't ever let me catch you guys in America. ''(Drebin than then falls out the window)''
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Flame Bait. And using subpages to try and get away with it.


* The first issue of ''AllStarBatman'' included this [[MemeticMutation memetic]] exchange (which, [[StealthParody for better]] [[InternetBacklash or]] [[Horrible/{{Comics}} for worse]], effectively set the tone for the series as a whole):

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* The first issue of ''AllStarBatman'' included this [[MemeticMutation memetic]] exchange (which, [[StealthParody for better]] [[InternetBacklash or]] [[Horrible/{{Comics}} or for worse]], effectively set the tone for the series as a whole):
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* ''ThePrincessBride'':

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* ''ThePrincessBride'':''Film/ThePrincessBride'':
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* The end of ''DukeNukem3D'' (LA Meltdown), the defeated boss asks, "Who the hell are you?"

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* The end of ''DukeNukem3D'' ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' (LA Meltdown), the defeated boss asks, "Who the hell are you?"
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* ''{{StarFox}} 64'':

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* ''{{StarFox}} ''VideoGame/StarFox 64'':
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* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' has this exchange just after Kyon [[DynamicEntry arrivies]] to save Tsuruya and her bodyguard from a dozen {{Yakuza}}:
-->'''Yakuza Mook:''' You've bought yourself ten seconds, and a one-way ticket to a world of hurt, kid. Who the hell do you think you are?
-->'''Kyon:''' Today, I'm a defender of justice, and that girl's guardian. Cliche though it may sound ... from this point on if you want to get to her, or him, you go through ''me''.
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* Variant: TheRock would often act nonplussed when being addressed by someone he viewed as inconsequential (which was pretty much everybody), waiting until they were finished before asking them, "Who in the blue hell are ''you''?", then interrupting them after a couple of syllables with, "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!"

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* Variant: TheRock [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] would often act nonplussed when being addressed by someone he viewed as inconsequential (which was pretty much everybody), waiting until they were finished before asking them, "Who in the blue hell are ''you''?", then interrupting them after a couple of syllables with, "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!"
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Not to be confused with the [[AwesomeMusic ridiculously awesome]] song by TheWho.
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* From the ''[[WingCommander Privateer]]'' intro:

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* From the ''[[WingCommander ''[[VideoGame/WingCommander Privateer]]'' intro:
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* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] is another frequent recipient. How he replies depends on his personality at the time.

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* [[DoctorWho ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor]] Doctor is another frequent recipient. How he replies depends on his personality at the time.
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'''Burrows:''' I don't mind that you tried to kill me, but protecting myself against your kind is expensive, and I'm on a budget! [missile to the pirate's face]

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'''Burrows:''' I don't mind that you tried to kill me, but protecting myself against your kind is gets to be expensive, and I'm on a budget! [missile to the pirate's face]

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* From the ''[[WingCommander Privateer]]'' intro:
-->'''SpacePirate:''' Who are you that flies so good? Are you insane?!\\
'''[[PlayerCharacter Grayson Burrows]]:''': No, it's just got a load of cargo in the back, and a load of bills to pay at home.\\
'''Pirate:''' And I the same! You shouldn't kill me just for attacking you!\\
'''Burrows:''' I don't mind that you tried to kill me, but protecting myself against your kind is expensive, and I'm on a budget! [missile to the pirate's face]

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* The pair of lines from Batman was parodied in ''[[{{Spider-Man}} Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #328:
-->'''Terrorist:''' What are you?\\
'''Spider-Man:''' I'm Bat— *ahem* I'm ''Spider''-Man.



* "What are you?" "I'm Film/{{Batman}}."
* ''BatmanBegins'' directly {{homage}}s the previous example with a conversation between [[TheMafia Falcone]] and Batman. Elsewhere in the same film, Rachel Dawes asks this of the title character, but receives no answer.



* In ''CaveStory'', the second time you defeat Balrog, he shouts, "What ARE you?" as he retreats. [[HeroicMime The hero, of course, says nothing.]]

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When asking the question, [[PrecisionFStrike profanity is optional]]. Depending on [[BadassAbnormal what exactly the hero did]], the villain may demand, "''What'' are you?" instead.

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When asking the question, [[PrecisionFStrike profanity is optional]]. Depending on [[BadassAbnormal what exactly the hero did]], the villain may demand, "''What'' are you?" WhatAreYou?" instead.
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* The end of DukeNukem3D'' (LA Meltdown), the defeated boss asks, "Who the hell are you?"

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* The end of DukeNukem3D'' ''DukeNukem3D'' (LA Meltdown), the defeated boss asks, "Who the hell are you?"
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* Zuko of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gets such a scene after he defeats a group of thugs in his DayInTheLimelight:
-->'''Gao:''' Who... who are you?
-->'''Zuko:''' [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is Zuko!]] Son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai! Prince of the Fire Nation and heir to the throne!
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** Tragically, she never ''will'' be an ActionMom. Or any other kind of mom. Except potentially adoptive, but she doesn't seem interested in that.
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**Her normal (utterly terrifying) response to 'what are you' ''was'' "a housewife." And it's true. She's HappilyMarried to a strong, silent-type meat butcher and is great with the local kids (though horrifyingly abusive toward her students)...and everything else in the series that isn't an EldritchAbomination finds reason to fear her.

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* Inverted or...something in ''GurrenLagann''. JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?
* FullmetalAlchemist- "Who are you?" (Izumi) "Normally, I'd say 'Just a housewife', but today I feel like showing off- I'M AN ALCHEMIST!!!"

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* Inverted or...something in ''GurrenLagann''. JUST The hot-blooded heroes were rarely actually asked, but often answered their opponents preemptively [[LargeHam and at great length]], always ending with the series' CatchPhrase / ArcWords, "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?
ARE!?"
* FullmetalAlchemist- "Who are you?" (Izumi) "Normally, FullmetalAlchemist's resident ActionMom, Izumi, gave this repsonse:
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I'd say 'Just 'just a housewife', but today today, I feel like showing off- I'M AN ALCHEMIST!!!"
off: '''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner I'm an alchemist.]]'''"




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* The first issue of ''AllStarBatman'' included this [[MemeticMutation memetic]] exchange (which, [[StealthParody for better]] [[InternetBacklash or]] [[Horrible/{{Comics}} for worse]], effectively set the tone for the series as a whole):
-->'''Dick Grayson, [[RunningGag Age 12]]:''' Who the hell are you anyway, giving out orders like this?\\
'''Batman:''' What are you, ''dense''? Are you ''retarded'' or something? Who the hell do you ''think'' I am? I'm the Goddamn ''Batman''.



** This is especially common in other Batman movies. I recall one bystander-variety scene in ''BatmanBegins'' where Rachel Dawes asks Batman, "Who are you?" and Batman doesn't answer. Another of the villain-variety scene in ''Batman Begins'' is where Falcone asks Batman, "What the hell are you?" and Batman answers, "I'm Batman."

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** This is especially common in other Batman movies. I recall one bystander-variety scene in * ''BatmanBegins'' where directly {{homage}}s the previous example with a conversation between [[TheMafia Falcone]] and Batman. Elsewhere in the same film, Rachel Dawes asks Batman, "Who are you?" and Batman doesn't answer. Another this of the villain-variety scene in ''Batman Begins'' is where Falcone asks Batman, "What the hell are you?" and Batman answers, "I'm Batman."title character, but receives no answer.



'''Inigo:'''I must know.\\
'''Man in Black:''' Get used to disappointment. (Inigo shrugs)

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'''Inigo:'''I '''Inigo:''' I must know.\\
'''Man in Black:''' Get used to disappointment. (Inigo shrugs)\\
'''Inigo:''' ''(shrugs)'' Okay.




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* ''HighPlainsDrifter''.



* Variant in ProfessionalWrestling: TheRock would ask for people's names just to set up the comeback line: "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!"
** He would also act nonplussed when being addressed by someone he views as inconsequential (protip: this is everybody), and then ask them: "Who in the blue hell are you?"



* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] gets asked this quite a bit. How he replies depends on his personality at the time.

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* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] gets asked this quite a bit. is another frequent recipient. How he replies depends on his personality at the time.
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* Variant: TheRock would often act nonplussed when being addressed by someone he viewed as inconsequential (which was pretty much everybody), waiting until they were finished before asking them, "Who in the blue hell are ''you''?", then interrupting them after a couple of syllables with, "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!"



* In ''CaveStory'', the second time you defeat Balrog, he shouts, "What ARE you?" as he retreats. [[HeroicMime The hero says nothing.]]

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* In ''CaveStory'', the second time you defeat Balrog, he shouts, "What ARE you?" as he retreats. [[HeroicMime The hero hero, of course, says nothing.]]
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** He would also act nonplussed when being addressed by someone he views as inconsequential (protip: this is everybody), and then ask them: "Who in the blue hell are you?"
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* FullmetalAlchemist- "Who are you?" (Izumi) "Normally, I'd say 'Just a housewife', but today I feel like showing off- I'M AN ALCHEMIST!!!"
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* Inverted or...something in ''GurrenLagann''. Just who the hell do you think we are?

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* Inverted or...something in ''GurrenLagann''. Just who the hell do you think we are?
JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?
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->''"I '''really''' wanna know!"''
-->--TheWho, "Who Are You"

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* Inverted or...something in ''GurrenLagann''. Just who the hell do you think we are?

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