History Main / HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday

If you belong to a ProudWarriorRace, then it goes without saying that [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch unless there's something wrong with you]], you're proud of it. Make sure you remind everyone, constantly, that you are a member of this race.

* Variant, but pretty much any member of a [[ProudWarriorRace Clan]] in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' will often declare that they are Clan or sometimes a particular Clan (there's even a ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse'' novel called "I Am Jade Falcon" that is specifically named after the main character's constant invocation of her Clan as a mark of pride and identity) as a means to voice their pride in their culture and lineage and to disparage rivals and lessers (which to most Clanners is usually "anyone not of my Clan"). Even more mellow Clans such as Sea Fox can still be like this when engaged in a negotiation. The Clans ''are'' genetically human, but have undergone so much genetic engineering and cultural restructuring that they were initially taken for alien invaders during their first appearances.

* Variant, but pretty much any member of a [[ProudWarriorRace Clan]] in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' will often declare that they are Clan or sometimes a particular Clan (there's even a ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse'' novel called "I Am Jade Falcon" that is specifically named after this trope) as a means to voice their pride in their culture and lineage and to disparage rivals and lessers (which to most Clanners is usually "anyone not of my Clan"). Even more mellow Clans such as Sea Fox can still be like this when engaged in a negotiation.

* Variant, but pretty much any member of a [[ProudWarriorRace Clan]] in ''TabletopGames/BattleTech'' will often declare that they are Clan or sometimes a particular Clan (there's even a ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse'' novel called "I Am Jade Falcon" that is specifically named after this trope) as a means to voice their pride in their culture and lineage and to disparage rivals and lessers (which to most Clanners is usually "anyone not of my Clan"). Even more mellow Clans such as Sea Fox can still be like this when engaged in a negotiation.

If you belong to a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}, then it goes without saying that [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch unless there's something wrong with you]], you're proud of it. Make sure you remind everyone, constantly, that you are a member of this race.

** You could make a drinking game out of how often Spock (the ProudScholarRaceGuy) says, "I am a Vulcan." This could be over-compensation at work -- Spock is only ''half''-Vulcan, and the few full-blooded Vulcans we meet in TOS stray surprisingly far from his ideals, and he acts even more stereotypically Vulcan when his father is around. In the episode where an alien materializes historical people from their memories, Spock apologizes to Surak for experiencing a moment of joy upon seeing him. Surak doesn't care.

** Picard was almost as bad in the early episodes of ''The Next Generation'', never letting anyone forget he's French. Which with Patrick Stewart's accent never failed to be humorous.

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* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'': Ax (an Andalite, a telepathic centaur-like alien with a bladed tail and no mouth) doesn't exactly always refer to himself as an Andalite, but he frequently draws comparisons between both cultures' way of doing things, usually judging the Andalite way better or the human way incomprehensible. The fact that humans can move around on two legs never ceases to amaze him (he had a lot of difficulty adapting to it in human morph), he ''loves'' pronouncing new words and tasting things that aren't always meant to be eaten, and has a tendency to forget that wile he's strives to be the best Andalite he can be, other Andalites might not hold themselves to such standards.

** You could make a drinking game out of how often Spock (the ProudScholarRaceGuy) says, "I am a Vulcan." OThis could be over-compensation at work -- Spock is only ''half''-Vulcan, and the few full-blooded Vulcans we meet in TOS stray surprisingly far from his ideals, and he acts even more stereotypically Vulcan when his father is around. In the episode where an alien materializes historical people from their memories, Spock apologizes to Surak for experiencing a moment of joy upon seeing him. Surak doesn't care.

* Ghim in ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
* Vegeta in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. This example is especially potent, as he not only likes to point out that he is a member of the proud Saiyan warrior race, but that anyone else with an ounce of Saiyan blood in them is too, creating a sort of "Have I Mentioned That You're A Dwarf Today?" scenario.

* Many comedians, including Jay Mohr, point out that their Jewish friends seem to be unable to get through a conversation without referencing the fact that they're Jewish.
* Comedians whose schtick revolves around some aspect of their identity, be it female, gay, Latino, redneck and so forth, must inevitably talk about this aspect of their identity quite a lot.
* Comedians who avert this trope often get praised just for that; more than one person has described Ellen [=DeGeneres=] as "the lesbian comic who knows more than one joke". Although Ellen was doing stand-up for years before coming out, her general schtick at that point was about being socially awkward.
* There are plenty of straight male comics, especially older males and married men, who have routines like this too, that pretty much revolve around being a man and male identity or their concept of it, although they aren't usually criticized for this (provided they're not obnoxious about it). One such comedian quipped that he'd been doing "married" jokes for seven years. He goes on to say he's glad he hasn't had to switch to "divorced" jokes.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} has a particularly chronic case of this. He says "I'm Batman!" at least once in every film, and the Nolan movies also include a lot of self-congratulatory talk about what a "symbol" he is. This is also played with, and heavily emphasised by the Web series ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded''.

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* In the ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'' book ''Return to the Carnival of Horrors'' you can ask one of the carnival's undead denizens to take a picture with you. When asked if he shows up on camera he responds yes, because he's a [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghoul]], not a ghost.
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** Corporal Carrot does this, as a 6-foot-tall human who was raised by dwarves and because of this, still identifies as one. As the dwarves themselves consider dwarfdom a cultural identity instead of a physical race, they agree (a later book involves a human who actually ''converted''). Although, "agree" may be a strong way of putting it; it's more like they can't find a logically consistent way to prove him wrong. After all, he knows how to ''ha'lk'' his ''g'rakha'' correctly, and claiming that he's not a dwarf despite that puts one's own dwarfhood in question.

* Klingons are like this in the ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse''. In the ''Literature/StarTrekKlingonEmpire'' series in particular, a great many characters are somewhat obsessed with "being Klingon", and make a point of it routinely. It's relatively justified, in that Klingon society has recently undergone tremendous upheaval and is now trying to reaffirm a sense of what being Klingon means. Characters evaluate their own behaviour, and that of their fellows, against the expected conduct of the ideal Klingon. This is particularly true of Toq (who grew up ignorant of his heritage and now embraces it enthusiastically -- perhaps a little too enthusiastically), and Klag (who takes his obligations to the [[KnightTemplar "Order of the Bat'leth"]] extremely seriously).

* In the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' books, hares are a proud badass warrior race, despite seeming eccentrically goofy on many occasions. Rabbits on the other hand are extremely posh, shallow and cowardly. One recurring theme throughout the series: do not call a hare a rabbit if you value your currently aligned jaw.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Subverted with Lorne. He doesn't mind it at all if people mistake his green skin for makeup. Especially if it gets him into Caesar's Palace. The first time this happens, he accidentally runs into a librarian who stammers, "You're—...you're—!!" before sighing, "...from the children's reading program!" At this, Lorne considers dropping by and reading some Literature/HarryPotter.

** Klingons are obsessed with their Klingon-ness. Worf in ''The Next Generation'' is exceptionally bad, even annoying his fellow Klingons with his inability to speak like a normal person and irritation over not following every old tradition to the letter. Hinted to be justified in that he was raised by humans and therefore has an idealized vision of his race and a need to be more Klingon than Kahless.
** Similarly with his son Alexander who was also raised by humans (specifically Worf's adoptive parents) and also had a thing for honor much like Worf except he was an incompetent Klingon even to modern Klingons.

** You could make a drinking game out of how often Spock (the ProudScholarRaceGuy) says, "I am a Vulcan." Once again, this could be over-compensation at work -- Spock is only ''half''-Vulcan, and the few full-blooded Vulcans we meet in TOS stray surprisingly far from his ideals, and he acts even more stereotypically Vulcan when his father is around.
*** In the episode where an alien materializes historical people from their memories (which may explain why Kahless appears as a ''ridgeless'' barbarian), Spock apologizes to Surak for experiencing a moment of joy upon seeing him. Surak doesn't care.
** "We are the Borg." When confronted by a gigantic cube, that frequently in the series has sparked a feeling of cold dread, their introduction is unlikely to be necessary. Justified in that their actions are highly ordered and regimented, and this and the rest of their [[BadassCreed standard hail]] is basically their way of informing you of how utterly ''[[YouWillBeAssimilated screwed]]'' you are!
*** And also justified by their HiveMind: Unlike, inter alia, [[SmallNameBigEgo James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise]], the Borg do not have names for individual ships or captains (except for [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Locutus]] and [[RogueDrone Rogue Drones]]).

* If Tyrion from ''Series/GameOfThrones'' doesn't mention his status as a dwarf (in this case, an actual little person, not a fantasy dwarf) during a conversation, rest assured that almost anyone he's talking to will bring it up. He has a rant about this late in season six, mostly about how everybody uses the same five or six jokes about him being a dwarf.
** For that matter, Jon Snow being recognized as Lord Eddard Stark's [[HeroicBastard bastard son]] is brought up by almost every person he meets for the first time. One would almost think that bastard children were rare in Westeros (considering how people always recognize Jon as Ned's illegitimate son and address him as such) but these illegitimate children are all over the place. However, Jon -- as the acknowledged illegitimate son of a lord raised by his lord father -- is the most famous illegitimate child in this series and, with his love and admiration of Ned Stark, introduces himself by saying Ned is his father in multiple instances.
* The Pasternoster Gang from ''Series/DoctorWho''. OncePerEpisode Madame Vastra and Jenny point out that they're lesbians even though this fact has been well-established by now. And almost every line out of ProudWarriorRaceGuy Strax's mouth involves either [[RunningGag suggesting unnecessary amounts of violence]] or declaring that he's doing something "for the glory of the Sontaran Empire."

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* Nearly every tabletop player will engage at this at some point, often overlapping with LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe. For example, anyone playing a non-human character in [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] will say things like "I'm an elf, I have darkvision!" or "I'm a halfling, I can fit in tight places!" Similarly applies to character classes, where players might say "I'm a cleric, I can turn undead!" Justified as the players are saying this for the benefit of other players and the GM, and is a natural part of play.
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* Magnus Shalefist in ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' is literally this, always reminding you of how awesome it is to be a native mountain dwarf affiliated with one of the major clans. [[spoiler:While he ''is'' a dwarf, he's from the city, real name Malcolm Schulefest. All the usual stuff about gold, beards, and fighting he got from an Almanac of All Things Dwarven - written by a human no less - and he talks it up to cover his own insecurities at being too far from his heritage. In the end, it turns out he ''is'' related to a clan, the legendary Iron Clan, which he leads or even becomes king of all the dwarves.]]

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* Irish people seem to do this a lot, particularly in reference to their native county. It's a common gag that, regardless of the status of any given Irish person, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRm9Q2KfzBA&t=1m24s the most important part of their identity is the county they're from.]]
* Americans in general have an international reputation for this. [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Especially the habit of putting the national flag on everything]].
* Texans have a reputation for it amongst Americans. ''Especially'' the flag bit. (They may use their state flag too, which just looks like a highly simplified version of the national flag.)
* If Spartans count for addressing each other as "Spartan" and constantly reminding people they are Spartans, then the US Marines belong on here as well, since they act exactly the same way. Do not, under any circumstances, call a Marine a "soldier" unless you intend to insult them.
* Americans frequently loudly identify with whatever country their ancestors emigrated from. Irish Americans in particular are noted for this (perhaps unsurprisingly), but Germans, Italians and many others get in on it. However, it should be noted that, as a rule, most ignore their Anglo-Saxon ancestors, assuming them to be "the baseline", so someone 7/8 English and 1/8 Italian will insist he's Italian-American. Somebody who is boasting about their Anglo-Saxon heritage will usually call themselves just "white", which in all other contexts just means "from Europe somewhere" [[note]] Which is a throwback to the fact that Italians and the Irish weren't [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_ethnic considered white]] until fairly recently.[[/note]]
* As noted in Comedy above, many Jewish people like to remind others that they're Jewish at every opportunity. This seems to especially be the case for people who [[InformedJudaism don't seem to actually be part of Jewish culture]].
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** Lance-Constable Cuddy (who is unquestionably a dwarf, just in case you're not keeping up) of ''Discworld/MenAtArms'' inverts the trope. Throughout the book, people give him the rather credulous inquiry, "Are you a dwarf?" (Generally [[FantasticRacism close-minded people]], and he ''was'' the first dwarf in the City Watch, so it's fair to be surprised to meet him.) He maintains a reasonable sense of humor about the whole thing -- if by "reasonable sense of humor" you mean [[DeadpanSnarker "unrestrained sarcasm"]].

** Near the end of ''Discworld/TheTruth'', as William's housemate Mr. Windling goes off on yet another racist rant, one of the other people at the table peels a boiled egg, salts it... and then pulls out a very small ax and ''very precisely'' cuts the top off. At this point Mr. Windling realizes he probably shouldn't complain about there being too many dwarves in Ankh-Morpork, at least not until after breakfast.

* Klingons are like this in the ''Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse''. In the ''Literature/StarTrekKlingonEmpire'' series in particular, a great many characters are somewhat obsessed with "being Klingon", and make a point of it routinely. It's relatively justified, in that Klingon society has recently undergone tremendous upheaval and is now trying to reaffirm a sense of what being Klingon means. Characters evaluate their own behaviour, and that of their fellows, against the expected conduct of the ideal Klingon. This is particularly true of Toq (who grew up ignorant of his heritage and now embraces it enthusiastically -- perhaps a little too enthusiastically), and Klag (who takes his obligations to the [[KnightTemplar "Order of the Bat'leth"]] extremely seriously).

* ''Franchise/StarTrek''

** Cardassians also make it a habit to remind everyone of the superiority of their race and explain that everyone just misunderstands their superior culture. But then, [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi]] is [[PlanetOfHats their hat]]. In one of their first appearances it was explained that this is actually genetic, and a Cardassion outside a clear chain of command will instinctively seek dominance.

** Chakotay from Voyager has a habit of connecting every topic of conversation to some spiritual or cultural element of his Native American heritage.

* Gimli in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies does not deal with other people. It's always a dwarf dealing with an elf or a human. He almost completely refers to other people not by their name, but only by their race. He does refer to both Aragorn and Legolas by their names during their expedition to get the support of the Army of the Dead, but only once each.

* Brook, in ''Manga/OnePiece'', likes to point out that he's a living skeleton, even to his own friends who sould know this by now. If he uses any kind of expression alluding to body parts, he'll point out that he's missing that one. ("This really gets my heart racing! Even though I don't have a heart, hoo hoo!")

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Subverted with Lorne. He doesn't mind it at all if people mistake his green skin for makeup. Especially if it gets him into Caesar's Palace. The first time this happens, he accidentally runs into a librarian who stammers, "You're—...you're—!!" before sighing, "...from the children's reading program!" At this, Lorne considers dropping by and reading some HarryPotter.

*** In general, with the Watch this trope gets subverted and played straight at the same time. Once you put on the uniform, you are no longer a dwarf, troll, or whatever, you are a member of the Watch, and that's all that matters.

* Americans frequently loudly identify with whatever country their ancestors emigrated from. Irish Americans in particular are noted for this (perhaps unsurprisingly), but Germans, Italians and many others get in on it. However, it should be noted that, as a rule, most ignore their Anglo-Saxon ancestors, assuming them to be "the baseline", so someone 7/8 English and 1/8 Italian will insist he's Italian-American. Somebody who is boasting about their Anglo-Saxon heritage will usually call themselves just "white", which in all other contexts just means "from Europe somewhere" [[note]] Which is a throwback to the fact that Italians and the Irish weren't considered white until fairly recently.[[/note]]

* Americans frequently loudly identify with whatever country their ancestors emigrated from. Irish Americans in particular are noted for this (perhaps unsurprisingly), but Germans, Italians and many others get in on it. However, it should be noted that, as a rule, most ignore their Anglo-Saxon ancestors, assuming them to be "the baseline", so someone 7/8 English and 1/8 Italian will insist he's Italian-American.