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"'Infidel'. Oh, they call me this, and they think I will take it as a mark of shame? Infidel. Unbeliever. I embrace their ignorant insult, and wear it as a badge of honor. I believe in nothing but what I can see. I trust in nothing but what I can discover, what I can prove. Infidel? Aye, call me Infidel. For you may fear it, but I do not!"
— Infidel, Astro City: Samaritan
Killer Moth: This just gets better and better! I get to kill Batman, Robin and Batgirl, all in the same night!
Barbara Gordon: (thinking) And so it became official. Now I am "Batgirl"... forevermore.
Barbara Gordon: (thinking) And so it became official. Now I am "Batgirl"... forevermore.
Announcer: What's your name?
Parker: I told you, I don't...
Announcer: We need a name, a stage name.
Parker: Oh! Uh, uh, The Spider! Is that...?
Announcer: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!
Parker: No! I...
Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN!!
Parker: I told you, I don't...
Announcer: We need a name, a stage name.
Parker: Oh! Uh, uh, The Spider! Is that...?
Announcer: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!
Parker: No! I...
Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN!!
"These aren't nicknames, Storm. You've just been rebaptized as a post-human being. It's an idea Magneto and I devised once upon a time: a name which describes your own skills and personality as opposed to those of a long-dead ancestor."
— Charles Xavier, Ultimate X-Men (2001)
Comic Strips
Sir Rodney: I'll get you for this, you dirty robbing hood!
Robbing Hood: Say, that's not bad! Mind if I use it?
Robbing Hood: Say, that's not bad! Mind if I use it?
Film — Live-Action
"A Spanish man of faith cursed me as he died by my hand. He called me, 'El Niño sin Amor', 'the child without love'. And I took my name from there. Namor. Because I have no love for the surface world."
Ronan: (motioning to the downed heroes as he gloats to the helpless masses of Xandar) Behold! Your guardians of the galaxy! What fruit have they wrought?!
(later, when Star-Lord and his True Companions are about to finish off Ronan for good)
Ronan: You're mortal! How?
Star-Lord: You said it yourself, bitch. We're the Guardians of the Galaxy.
(later, when Star-Lord and his True Companions are about to finish off Ronan for good)
Ronan: You're mortal! How?
Star-Lord: You said it yourself, bitch. We're the Guardians of the Galaxy.
"'Iron Man'. That's kind of catchy. It's got a nice ring to it. I mean it's not technically accurate. The suit's a gold titanium alloy, but it's kind of provocative, the imagery anyway."
Arthur Fleck: Uh, Murray? One small thing?
Murray Franklin: Yeah?
Arthur: When you bring me out, can you introduce me as "Joker"?
Gene: What's wrong with your real name?
Arthur: That's what you called me on the show; a joker. D'you remember?
Murray: Did I?
Gene: I don't know...
Murray: Well, if you say so, kid, y'know, Joker it is. It's good.
Murray Franklin: Yeah?
Arthur: When you bring me out, can you introduce me as "Joker"?
Gene: What's wrong with your real name?
Arthur: That's what you called me on the show; a joker. D'you remember?
Murray: Did I?
Gene: I don't know...
Murray: Well, if you say so, kid, y'know, Joker it is. It's good.
Literature
"Yes, Betrayer of Hope. So men have named me, just as they named you the Dragon. When they gave me that name they intended to revile me, but I will yet make them kneel and worship it. What will you do with your name? After this day they will call you the Kinslayer, what will you do with that?"
Live-Action TV
"Let me give you some advice, bastard: never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you."
— Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
Female Changeling: You've been more fortunate than most Changelings.
Odo: "Changelings"?
Female Changeling: You recognize the term?
Odo: I've been called a "changeling" on occasion.
Female Changeling: A name given to us by the Solids. They meant it as an insult, but in defiance we took it and made it our own.
Odo: "Changelings"?
Female Changeling: You recognize the term?
Odo: I've been called a "changeling" on occasion.
Female Changeling: A name given to us by the Solids. They meant it as an insult, but in defiance we took it and made it our own.
Thad: I'm gonna tell you a story I never told anyone. When I was a kid, I had a lisp. One day my teacher asked me how I felt about my dad going off to war. I said "Mith Thimmonth, I'm really thad"; I meant to say "sad" but it came out "thad". After that all the kids started calling me "Thad". At first I hated it, every day I was humiliated, but you know what I decided to do? I decided to own it, I started calling myself "Thad" Why? Because screw everyone else, that's why.
Alex: Dam right.
Thad: And that decision made me who I am today.
Alex: So what was your real name?
Thad: Kevin. But don't you ever call me that, because I. Am. Thad!
Alex: Dam right.
Thad: And that decision made me who I am today.
Alex: So what was your real name?
Thad: Kevin. But don't you ever call me that, because I. Am. Thad!
Music
When I was growin' up, had my troubles I suppose
When someone took exception to my face or to my clothes
Or tried to cheat me on a job or hit me on the head
When I organised to fight back, why the stinkers called me "Red!"
But you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a "Red"
If you've marched or agitated, you're bound to hear it said
So you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
'Cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a Red
When someone took exception to my face or to my clothes
Or tried to cheat me on a job or hit me on the head
When I organised to fight back, why the stinkers called me "Red!"
But you ain't done nothin' if you ain't been called a "Red"
If you've marched or agitated, you're bound to hear it said
So you might as well ignore it, or love the word instead
'Cause you ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a Red
— Eliot Kenin, "Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red"
Blood on the snow
Blood on the ashes
I'm not ashamed of what I am
Make it my own
Make it my castle
I'm not ashamed of what I am
Blood on the ashes
I'm not ashamed of what I am
Make it my own
Make it my castle
I'm not ashamed of what I am
Video Games
"I was Solas first. Fen'Harelnote came later — an insult I took as a badge of pride."
— Solas, Dragon Age: Inquisition — Trespasser
"It's Sonic who named me 'Eggman.' Except the joke's on him! I embraced the name! I made it my own! His mockery is now a name feared across the ages! I'm not going to adopt 'Baldy McNosehair,' though. My dignity has limits."
— Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, Sonic Frontiers
"Let me guess: you're wondering why I chose "the Mongrel", right? Because it's what I am, and I'm not ashamed of it. Not anymore."
— Hilda Ware, Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward
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