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Comic Strips
Ted: I'm a generic guy. I dunno why I'm here.
Dilmom: I say we whack the generic guy.
Dilmom: I say we whack the generic guy.
— Dilbert
Films — Animation
Gail: Wait, I am so confused... Who are we talking about? Wait, does he work with us?
Emmet: Gail doesn't remember me?
Surfer Dave: I know that guy, but I know, like, zippy-zap about him.
Emmet: We just talked earlier.
Fred: And I mean, all he does is say "yes" to everything everyone else is doing.
Larry: He's just sort of a...little bit of a...blank slate, I guess.
Randy: We all have something that makes us something, and Emmet is...nothing.
Emmet: (stoic, but clearly very hurt) There you go. Told you I was a nobody.
Emmet: Gail doesn't remember me?
Surfer Dave: I know that guy, but I know, like, zippy-zap about him.
Emmet: We just talked earlier.
Fred: And I mean, all he does is say "yes" to everything everyone else is doing.
Larry: He's just sort of a...little bit of a...blank slate, I guess.
Randy: We all have something that makes us something, and Emmet is...nothing.
Emmet: (stoic, but clearly very hurt) There you go. Told you I was a nobody.
Robot: President Business, we're trying to locate the fugitive, but his face is so generic it matches every other face in our database.
President Business: Diabolical.
President Business: Diabolical.
Video Games
"This overwhelmingly forgettable appearance, generic speech style, and total lack of sex appeal... Nishima... Are you an NPC?!"
— Futaba Sakura, Persona 5
Unlike the rest of the game's characters, he is an entirely average boy. He is the average height for a teenager his age, wearing the average glasses for a teenager his age. That's how average he is.
— Developers' Commentary on Klug, Puyo Puyo Fever
