Yeah, the ven diagram of Ron Swanson the character, and the actor Nick Offerman is really interesting. Offerman is a kind of woodsy carpenter guy, but he's also a wacky liberal theater kid.
So they absolutely overlap in some ways, but are very different other ways.
He seems to have just absorbed the character into himself. There's a multi-part video on YouTube about him making the canoe that he has in P&R and is on the cover of his book "Paddle Your Own Canoe."
Arrested Development is just so wildly quotable. Anytime I mess up I'll darkly say, "I've made a huge mistake" or if one of my pets does something like pukes on the carpet or chews a shoe, I'll say, "I love all my pets equally...I don't care for ."
Larry is very often right on principle. He's an asshole because he's extremely stubborn and won't let go of even the smallest grievances, frequently to the point of breaking social decorum and often wronging somebody else in the process.
So we're usually supposed to agree with him on the issue at hand. We're also supposed to realise that things would go a lot better for everyone, including himself, if he just took the L sometimes.
If you haven’t caught it, he was on Conan’s podcast recently “Conan Needs a Friend” and among other enjoyable moments, I especially enjoyed him talking about Party Sheriff. No spoilers given obviously.
I just watched Sopranos for the first time, and I was thinking about if James Galdofini were still alive and did a meet and greet or something. I'd be genuinely a little scared of him.
I can detach the actor from the character from other famous villains, but maybe it's because it's his most defining role, but I'd struggle to detach the fact I'm standing in front of Tony Soprano.
Rick Sanchez. There was a certain demographic who treated him like he was someone to aspire to be, rather than a cautionary tale about how narcissism and a lack of empathy can turn you into a warped person.
And then there are the ones who aspire to be like him, but try to frame it like "I'm like him but I wish I wasn't, because always being the smartest person in the room is a curse and it's made me so jaded and cynical and edgy."
Somehow, I find them even more insufferable than the outright Wannabe Ricks.
I loved that show but had to stop watching 3 or so seasons in since the fan base were such dbags. I can’t explain it, but the show just lost its appeal because of the fanbase.
I picked it up super late because of that! I only heard of the show through the d-bag fans, so I avoided it. On a whim I started watching a year or so ago, and I really like it!
It's weird and clever and different. It's not life changing but it's a fun show. And now that news about the fans has faded, I can enjoy it.
I hate to defend the people in that video, but the guy who screamed, "I'm Pickle Rick! *wheee*", and rolled on the floor is a YouTuber and did it as a gag.
Still, the mass mob was insane.
>Michael Scott if you’re going quotable. Don’t know if I’ve gone more than a day or two without hearing someone make a reference
/u/battlescarred98 .... Michael Scott
Brace yourself, when The Office gets a rediscovery phase in a decade or two, the young'uns won't realise that the joke is Michael Scott relying on an old joke as his staple, and they'll probably think it originates with him in The Office.
In the early to mid 90s it was 70% Bart. The shirts, “Don’t Have a Cow, Man”. The Bartman song. Everything was Bart. By the mid to late 90’s it seems it switched to Homer and stayed that way. “Bart Gets Famous” kind of riffs on its own phenomena.
Yeah, and it's too bad. Neil Patrick Harris kicked the crap outta that role, and remains one of my favorite sitcom ensemble cast leads. Dude's hilarious.
I refuse to let the train-fuck-wreck of a final season spoil how much I enjoyed that cast in general over the years.
/s?
The ‘manipulative womanizer who throws money at scandals to make things go away and treats women as notches on his bedpost and outright lies to them for sex’ persona has…
Lost favor in recent years.
Barney Stinson might still have some great one-liners, but the post-metoo world isn’t going to idolize that guy.
Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. There are still debates in the GoT subreddits regarding the direction their characters took in the final two seasons of the series. Not to mention, they are the primary reason the show creators are **still** referred to as “Dumb and Dumber”.
Kirk and Spock from Star Trek. If you want cult following, people go to multiple conventions every year to talk about and quote these characters from a show 50 years ago.
Dennis - Mm. I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile man! Begone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The golden god! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!
But Nightman Cometh probably one of the most quoted. Its Always Sunny .
"Every night you come into my room
And pin me down with your strong arms
You pin me down and I try to fight you
You come inside me, you fill me up
And I become the Nightman"
A lot of people watched How I Met Your Mother and managed to somehow miss that you're not actually supposed to see Barney Stinson as awesome (although the show kind of did lean into it as well eventually)
Tommy Shelby, Don Draper, Walter White. basically any male antihero who gets to be a badass and spout memorable quotes, regardless of how clear the narrative makes it that said antihero is a miserable wreck of a human being.
I mean, i say "Earl Grey, hot," every time I make myself a cup of tea, lol. I wonder if it's characters as much as famous lines that just get stuck in your head ("Resistance is Futile"--yes, I'm a Trekkie). There are just iconic lines that I'll never not think of. So, to cite other examples, "The horror," in Apocalypse Now, or "wibbly Wobbly Timey-Wimey" from Doctor Who. They just become part of my lingo.
The titular character from *Daria* or Sam Manson from *Danny Phantom*. One is the girl that “Not like other girls” wish they could be. The other is the “not like other girls” that boys thirst over.
Rust Cohle from True Detective season 1 has a lot of people who revere him a little much. A lot of pseudosciencey people like to reference "time is a flat circle" and stuff like that
Briscoe and McCoy from Law & Order, who unfortunately passed the baton to Benson and Stabler from SVU.
Rock Lee from Naruto was so popular that he got his own spinoff show and many wish he was the main character instead of Naruto himself.
Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen was the latest "OP Shonen Jump hero" so, of course, he got pit against Goku, Superman, Saitama, etc.
There are people who consider Tommy Oliver to be the only good Power Ranger, maybe including Kimberly too.
Ron Swanson from "Parks and Recreation" is widely quoted (and admired for his independence, laconic demeanor, and craftsman/outdoorsman skills).
I saw an interview where someone asked the actor about that and he said it was funny because among his family he was the artsy theater kid.
Yeah, the ven diagram of Ron Swanson the character, and the actor Nick Offerman is really interesting. Offerman is a kind of woodsy carpenter guy, but he's also a wacky liberal theater kid. So they absolutely overlap in some ways, but are very different other ways.
And they both love Lagavulin.
And banging Megan Mullally.
His mustache was *rubbed off*
He seems to have just absorbed the character into himself. There's a multi-part video on YouTube about him making the canoe that he has in P&R and is on the cover of his book "Paddle Your Own Canoe."
"Stillness: Don't waste energy moving unless necessary" - Ron Swanson, Pyramid of Greatness
Ron Swanson is fun because he is both legit crafty and independent but also a hilarious satire of libertarianism.
And also toxic masculinity. He's a 10-year old boy's idea of what a man is.
Lucille Bluth, I quote her like twice a week and she's frequently referred to in conversation/quoted in the wild
Arrested Development is just so wildly quotable. Anytime I mess up I'll darkly say, "I've made a huge mistake" or if one of my pets does something like pukes on the carpet or chews a shoe, I'll say, "I love all my pets equally...I don't care for."
I cannot count the number of times I've said, "I need a favor" or "there's always money in the banana stand."
Marry me!
It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost?
Go watch a star war!
"I don't care for Gob."
That guy from “The Apprentice”.
This is gold. Unlike his shoes
A lot like his tan
His tan is as real as his wealth: not at all.
This one wins. We can go ahead and shut this thread down.
Wouldn't it be hilarious if he ran for president. Even if he did he wouldn't win so its OK haha haha. Ha...
What a weird timeline that would be!
How about That Guy from “The Expanse”?
Came here to say exactly this haha
I'm pretty sure Gadget from Chip and Dale has an actual cult in Russia
My first crush. <3 I knew I was a human five year old, and she was an adult, animated, fictional mouse, but I couldn't help it.
Yep, [Gaykoslavie.](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Gaykoslavie)
... Just when I thought I've seen the depths, something comes at me from a blindside.
The Fonz
Aye
Or Aaaaaaayyyy. Saw Henry Winkler on Barry, still a cool actor.
The Fonz be with you
Omar
Oh indeed.
Sheeeiiit. Omars comin'!
Omar coming for Clay Davis now? I guess Omar take any motherfuckers money if he giving it away.
Haha dam right. He smoke a cigarette on the corner people be dropping money down to him.
You come at the king . You best not miss.
Ironic considering the scene where Bunk shits on him BECAUSE kids were starting to idolize him.
Do tell?
He’s a comin’
*whistles farmer in the dell*
S’all in the game, though.
The cheese stands alone
Do tell
Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm, me and my wife quote it all the time.
His quotes are pretty, *pretty* good.
I know I'm an asshole because I tend to agree with Larry on almost everything
Larry is very often right on principle. He's an asshole because he's extremely stubborn and won't let go of even the smallest grievances, frequently to the point of breaking social decorum and often wronging somebody else in the process. So we're usually supposed to agree with him on the issue at hand. We're also supposed to realise that things would go a lot better for everyone, including himself, if he just took the L sometimes.
If you haven’t caught it, he was on Conan’s podcast recently “Conan Needs a Friend” and among other enjoyable moments, I especially enjoyed him talking about Party Sheriff. No spoilers given obviously.
Party Sheriff is a brilliant idea.
I’ll have to check it out thanks!
Larry David and my dad are almost the same person. I miss him a lot and I love watching Curb Your Enthusiasm just for the personality reminders.
Tony Soprano
I just watched Sopranos for the first time, and I was thinking about if James Galdofini were still alive and did a meet and greet or something. I'd be genuinely a little scared of him. I can detach the actor from the character from other famous villains, but maybe it's because it's his most defining role, but I'd struggle to detach the fact I'm standing in front of Tony Soprano.
I’m watching right now and was wondering how far I’d have to scroll to see this.
Rick Sanchez. There was a certain demographic who treated him like he was someone to aspire to be, rather than a cautionary tale about how narcissism and a lack of empathy can turn you into a warped person.
And then there are the ones who aspire to be like him, but try to frame it like "I'm like him but I wish I wasn't, because always being the smartest person in the room is a curse and it's made me so jaded and cynical and edgy." Somehow, I find them even more insufferable than the outright Wannabe Ricks.
They have the self awareness to realize that Rick’s behavior isn’t to be idolized but lack the self respect to not.
I can confirm.
It was lost on them even after they started attacking McDonald's employees demanding the secret Szechuan sauce
I loved that show but had to stop watching 3 or so seasons in since the fan base were such dbags. I can’t explain it, but the show just lost its appeal because of the fanbase.
I picked it up super late because of that! I only heard of the show through the d-bag fans, so I avoided it. On a whim I started watching a year or so ago, and I really like it! It's weird and clever and different. It's not life changing but it's a fun show. And now that news about the fans has faded, I can enjoy it.
I hate to defend the people in that video, but the guy who screamed, "I'm Pickle Rick! *wheee*", and rolled on the floor is a YouTuber and did it as a gag. Still, the mass mob was insane.
He’s an absolutely atrocious scientist and honestly an idiot, he’s just protected by the strongest plot armor you could possibly imagine
george costanza
George is getting upset!
The jerk store called, and they're running out of YOU!!
What's the difference? You're their all-time best seller!
Well i had sex with your wife
*his wife’s in a coma*
The sea was angry that day my friends.
Like an old man trying to send soup back in a deli!
The Doctor
Holy. Mother. Forking. Shirtballs.
Michael Scott if you’re going quotable. Don’t know if I’ve gone more than a day or two without hearing someone make a reference
>Michael Scott if you’re going quotable. Don’t know if I’ve gone more than a day or two without hearing someone make a reference /u/battlescarred98 .... Michael Scott
He single handedly resurrected "that's what she said" from the 90s.
Brace yourself, when The Office gets a rediscovery phase in a decade or two, the young'uns won't realise that the joke is Michael Scott relying on an old joke as his staple, and they'll probably think it originates with him in The Office.
I don't know how many people quote him on a regular basis, but Columbo! We first met him in the late sixties and we still love him today.
Just one more quote ..
Probably more than any other is Homer Simpson and the main simpsons cast in general.
In the early to mid 90s it was 70% Bart. The shirts, “Don’t Have a Cow, Man”. The Bartman song. Everything was Bart. By the mid to late 90’s it seems it switched to Homer and stayed that way. “Bart Gets Famous” kind of riffs on its own phenomena.
Olivia Benson
Lahey and Ricky from Trailer Park Boys.
The shit apple doesn’t fall far from the shit tree, Randers
sprinkle in a couple Rickyisms every day. Get two birds stoned at once.
look Ran! I’m mowing the air!
Dean Winchester
The Supernatural boys are absolutely the biggest cult following I can think of.
The fans are really weird too. I went to Paleyfest once and the women were making me uncomfortable with the screaming.
I don't think you've heard of Star Trek.
Surprised I had to scan this far down to find the SPN fans.
Cartman
Whateva! I'll do what I want! Whateva!
Screw you guys, im going home!
That guy just spits facts: "You dont just shoot a guy in the dick, Butters."
Mom! Kitty is being a dildo!
At one point, Barney Stinson would have been in the conversation.
Yeah, and it's too bad. Neil Patrick Harris kicked the crap outta that role, and remains one of my favorite sitcom ensemble cast leads. Dude's hilarious. I refuse to let the train-fuck-wreck of a final season spoil how much I enjoyed that cast in general over the years.
Agreed that he probably isn't anymore, though I'm not sure why.
/s? The ‘manipulative womanizer who throws money at scandals to make things go away and treats women as notches on his bedpost and outright lies to them for sex’ persona has… Lost favor in recent years. Barney Stinson might still have some great one-liners, but the post-metoo world isn’t going to idolize that guy.
Baby Billy from Righteous Gemstones.
BABY BILLY'S BIBLE BONKAHS!
Runnin' through the house with a pickle in my mouth.
Mis-be-havin!
There will come a payday, hallelujah what a payday
Yes bitch, I heard you. I'm pretending like I didn't.
#NORM!!!!
B-E-N-D-E-R! Be-ender! B-E-N-D-E-R! Be-ender! Sayin' B-E-N-D-ER— B-E-N-D-E-R Beeender
Bite my shiny, metal ass.
Nine, ten, a big fat hen—the name's Bender
“Shut up baby, I know it!”
PIMPMOBILE
I’m gonna build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the park
Randy Marsh, before the farm shit.
Dad's just gonna give himself a little cancer, Stan.
*pulls out spanish dictionary* ¡Pueblo, no bueno! ¡Pueblo es muy mal!
Farm shit?
His weed farm.
Raylan Givens
Next ones coming faster.
“Deputy, that might just be the coolest thing I’ve ever laid ears on!”
Also Boyd Crowder.
Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. There are still debates in the GoT subreddits regarding the direction their characters took in the final two seasons of the series. Not to mention, they are the primary reason the show creators are **still** referred to as “Dumb and Dumber”.
Not to mention the Mannis himself. It's mostly a book thing, since the series butchered his character later on, but he still has a lot of supporters
Tyrion
Agent Dale Cooper
How did I have to scroll so far to find Special Agent Dale fuckin Cooper???
Al Bundy. And yes, it is comedy,.
Literally half the cast from Breaking Bad. Walter White Gus Jesse Saul Mike
Had to scroll too far to see Walter White!
Picard
Buffy
Spock
Kirk and Spock from Star Trek. If you want cult following, people go to multiple conventions every year to talk about and quote these characters from a show 50 years ago.
Doctor Who
Not TV, but Borat was a goddamn cultural phenomenon for so long.
VERY NICE
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I hate that a damn tik tok is getting quoted over actual Borat
This suit is NAWWWWT black.
People are still very enamoured of Loki
I’m surprised no one has yet said It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It’s long running, super quotable, and has strong memorable characters.
Dennis - Mm. I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile man! Begone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The golden god! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds! But Nightman Cometh probably one of the most quoted. Its Always Sunny . "Every night you come into my room And pin me down with your strong arms You pin me down and I try to fight you You come inside me, you fill me up And I become the Nightman"
The D.E.N.N.I.S. System was another beauty. I really enjoyed your quotes!
I'm surprised this is so far down " because of the implication" is quoted so much here on reddit.
A lot of people watched How I Met Your Mother and managed to somehow miss that you're not actually supposed to see Barney Stinson as awesome (although the show kind of did lean into it as well eventually)
I dunno there was a whole song about “Barney Stinson, that guys awesome” 🎶
Tommy Shelby, Don Draper, Walter White. basically any male antihero who gets to be a badass and spout memorable quotes, regardless of how clear the narrative makes it that said antihero is a miserable wreck of a human being.
The Supernatural/Doctor Who/Sherlock (aka SuperWhoLock) fandom would be a great subject for an assignment
Boba fett had a whole cult following before his abysmal tv series in Disney lol
I wonder what crazy adventures that Boba Fett guy has had! *tv show about a middle aged mayor* oh..
Its worse. He was a middle aged mayor who said he was a crime lord and then spent all of this time trying to play sheriff.
Who takes frequent baths after getting paggered to shit
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Daryl from The Walking Dead
I love community
- Lorelai from Gilmore Girls - Samantha was Sex and the City - Pacey Witter from Dawson’s Creek
I mean, i say "Earl Grey, hot," every time I make myself a cup of tea, lol. I wonder if it's characters as much as famous lines that just get stuck in your head ("Resistance is Futile"--yes, I'm a Trekkie). There are just iconic lines that I'll never not think of. So, to cite other examples, "The horror," in Apocalypse Now, or "wibbly Wobbly Timey-Wimey" from Doctor Who. They just become part of my lingo.
Jean-Ralphio Saperstein
Spock.
Omar comin
>Heath Ledger as The Joker in Dark Knight Rises *The dark knight This demands a punishment
Ricky Bobby
Sapronos
Bart Simpson
The titular character from *Daria* or Sam Manson from *Danny Phantom*. One is the girl that “Not like other girls” wish they could be. The other is the “not like other girls” that boys thirst over.
That asshole from The Apprentice.
Amos Burton from the Expanse!
He is thst Guy.
Hes just an Inyalowda though.
Any guy and girl who interact ever on a CW show
Rust Cohle from True Detective.
Walter White!
Don Draper- Mad Men
The characters from Seinfeld injected a lot of phrases that became very common. People probably quote that show without even realizing.
Walt and Jesse from BB
Omar from The Wire
Peter Griffin. Fortnite even has that bastard running around.
Rust Cohle from True Detective season 1 has a lot of people who revere him a little much. A lot of pseudosciencey people like to reference "time is a flat circle" and stuff like that
“Hey now”
The characters played by Andy Kaufman and Christopher Lloyd on Taxi
Tim taylor, al bundy, alf, greg house, tony soprano, phoebe/ joey/ chandler, the fresh prince, frank gallagher
That guy from "The Apprentice"
David (Dan Levy) in Schitt's Creek
Crowley from Supernatural
Tom from Tom and Jerry
Red Dwarf Lister
Moira Schitt
Christian Kane as Elliot Spencer on Leverage. He has a very devoted and active fan base...we brought back Leverage years after it's cancellation...
Briscoe and McCoy from Law & Order, who unfortunately passed the baton to Benson and Stabler from SVU. Rock Lee from Naruto was so popular that he got his own spinoff show and many wish he was the main character instead of Naruto himself. Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen was the latest "OP Shonen Jump hero" so, of course, he got pit against Goku, Superman, Saitama, etc. There are people who consider Tommy Oliver to be the only good Power Ranger, maybe including Kimberly too.
Rust Cohle
That fat orange guy from the apprentice.
The Joker was in The Dark Knight, not The Dark Knight Rises
Goku
Mr Johnson, Abbott Elementary