History Quotes / AppropriatedAppellation

-->-- '''Charles Xavier''', ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

->'''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.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ("The Search, Part II")

->''"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''', ''Series/GameOfThrones''

->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
-->-- '''Music/MiracleOfSound''', "[[Series/GameOfThrones When the Wolves Cry Out]]"

-> '''Phasma:''' You were always scum.\\
'''Finn:''' ''[[YouRebelScum Rebel]]'' scum.
-->-- ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VIII: Film/TheLastJedi''

->'''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 TrueCompanions 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.''
-->--''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''

->''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.''

->'''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!!
-->-- ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''

->''"People who don't like me give me THE BEST names."''
-->-- '''Amanda Jette Knox''' [[https://twitter.com/MavenOfMayhem/status/1057106412831039488 on Twitter]]

->'''Arthur Fleck''': Uh, Murray? One small thing?\\
'''Murray Franklin''': Yeah?\\
'''Arthur''': When you bring me out, can you introduce me as [[ComicBook/TheJoker "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''': [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Did I?]]\\
'''Gene''': I don't know...\\
'''Murray''': Well, if you say so, kid, y'know, Joker it is. It's good.
-->--''Film/Joker2019''

->'''Sir Rodney''': I'll get you for this, you dirty robbing hood!\\
'''Robbing Hood''': Say, that's not bad! Mind if I use it?
-->--''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId''

->'''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 "ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}"... forevermore.
-->-- ''ComicBook/BatgirlYearOne''

->''"'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."''
-->--'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]''', ''Film/IronMan1''

->''"'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''', ''ComicBook/AstroCity: Samaritan''

->''"I was Solas first. Fen'Harel[[note]]Dread Wolf[[/note]] came later -- an insult I took as a badge of pride."''
-->-- '''Solas''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition -- Trespasser''

-->--''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

-->-- '''Dr. Eggman''', ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''

->''"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."''

->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.

--> -- '''Solas''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition -- Trespasser''

I’m not ashamed of what I am\\

I’m not ashamed of what I am

->''(later, when Peter and his TrueCompanions are about to finish off Ronan for good)''
->'''Ronan''': How?
->'''Peter:''' You said it yourself, bitch. ''We're the Guardians of the Galaxy.''

'''Arthur''': When you bring me out, can you introduce me as [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker "Joker"?]]\\

-->--''Film/{{Joker}}''

-->-- '''[[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]]'''

-> '''Phasma:''' You were always scum. \\

-->-- ''Charles Xavier, ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

-->-- '''Amanda Jette Knox''' [[https://twitter.com/MavenOfMayhem/status/1057106412831039488]]

-->-- '''[[TheDragon Ishamael]]''', ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''

-->--'''Amanda Jette Knox''' [[https://twitter.com/MavenOfMayhem/status/1057106412831039488]]

-->-- ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''

-->-- ''Charles Xavier, ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

-->--''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

-->-- ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VIII: Film/TheLastJedi''

-->-- '''[[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]]'''

-->-- '''[[GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]]'''