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[[Describe Topic Here|Describe]] [[Fan Nickname|Samuel L. Motherfuckin' Jackson]] here.

As one might guess from looking a little below this entry, he is a living [[Fountain of Memes]].

 

 

On a lighter note, Jackson is one of those lucky Hollywood few who is [[Happily Married]]: he has been married to LaTanya Richardson, whom he met at Morehouse College, since 1980.

 

 

He also did an anti-gun violence PSA, which can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depgWW3wakQ here.]

 

* Jules Winnfield in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. (They just witnessed a miracle, and he wants you to fucking acknowledge it!)

** He also wants you to get his wallet out of the bag. You know, the one that says "bad motherfucker" on it.

*** '''ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT?'''

** WHY THE FUCK IS HE IN THE BACKSEAT ON BRAIN DETAIL?!

*** This is the '''''VALLEY''''', Vincent! Marsellus ain't ''got'' no friendly places in the Valley! 'Jules, this ain't my fuckin' town, man!'

** And you will know HIS NAME IS THE LORD, WHEN HE LAYS HIS VENGEANCE UPON THEE!

** He didn't say Jèsus, he said HEY, ZEUS! As in Father of Apollo, Lord of Mount Olympus, don't fuck with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your ass, ZEUS!

*** It helps that [[Classical Mythology|Zeus]] really was a motherfucker, [[Anything That Moves|among other kinds of people]].

** Not even ''God'' knows what you're doing!

** He wants you to remember that ''all'' brothers don't know how to use guns, you racist motherfucker.

* Sergeant West in ''[[Basic]]''.

** He swears to GOD you will ''swim'' the canal.

** He is officially Section 8.

** Those of you he finds lacking will quit. Those of you who refuse to quit will suffer an accident. His base suffers three training accidents each year. Unfortunate accidents that he will not hesitate to repeat if you cross him.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|It did take the most powerful Sith Lord ever to kill him]], though. And even then he won the lightsaber duel against the Dark Lord. Something Yoda couldn't do. The novelization makes it quite clear that Windu had Palpatine beaten, and that only after Anakin arrived did Palpatine switch tactics. And that he is a superior lightsaber duelist compared to Yoda, despite the latter's greater power. In Star Wars canon, Windu truly is one of the baddest motherfuckers in the galaxy. However, [[Word of God]] by George Lucas confirms a [[Xanatos Gambit]] may have been played straight by Palpatine, as Mace clearly had him beaten in lightsaber terms, but the lightning duel was obviously staged.

** Apparently his in-universe self-invented fighting style, Vaapad, taps into the 'penumbra of the dark side' by [[Blood Knight|enjoying the fight and thrill of victory]]. Badass.

* Elijah Price in ''[[Unbreakable]]''. Something of a [[Double Subversion]] of his usual role as a [[Scary Black Man]], as Price is [[wikipedia:Osteogenesis imperfecta|frail due to a serious illness]], but turns out to be pretty {{spoiler|[[Evil Genius|darn scary]]}} nonetheless.

** {{spoiler|I should have known it all along... It was the kids! They called me "[[Meaningful Name|Mr. Glass]].''}}

* [[Sacrificial Lion|Russell Franklin]] in ''[[Deep Blue Sea]].'' (Killed by a shark, while ''indoors''!)

** That's one ''badass'' shark.

** It exploded at the end - that wasn't the C4, that was Sam.

** "Enough is enough! I've had it with these motherfucking SHARKS on this motherfucking -- [CHOMP]!"

* [[Shaft]] in the 2000 version of the film. (He's a complicated man, but no-one understands him but his woman.)

** Frozone even ''looks'' like Samuel L. Jackson ([[Ink Suit Actor|well, a cartoon version]]).

** [[Didn't Want an Adventure|He wanted to go bowling]].

** Who the hell can make the name "Neville" cool? Samuel L. Jackson, that's who!

** Even better is the fact his only motivation for taking up the role was ''the movie's title.''

*** It was just the working title, until he threatened to walk if weren't made official. The rest is history.

** Lampshaded in the comics. Who does Fury himself think should play him in a film?

''I have [[Eyepatch of Power|my eye]] on you.'' }}

** Best part of all this(so far): we ''finally'' find out [[MacGuffin|exactly what]] is in [[Pulp Fiction|Marsellus Wallace]]'s briefcase - '''''{{spoiler|The [http://marvel.wikia.com/Cosmic_Cube Cosmic Cube]!}}'''''

** He understands that the Council has made a decision. However, as it is a ''stupid-ass'' decision, he has elected to ignore it.

** Add one mo' body to the body toll! May God rest this po' bastard's soul!

** He is so far above you, if he takes a crap, you'll think GOD HIMSELF just shit on you.

** '''''BOO!'''''

** He also got to recreate the "What" scene from ''Pulp Fiction'' with Riley, with a change in subject, but otherwise word for word.

** "I'll be dead on his ass like Spencer for fuckin' hire. I'll hunt him down and feed him his own testicles. ''And'' I'll do it in a jiffy! And I don't care if his mama there, his grandmama, innocent bystanders, little kids, babysitters, bill collectors, what''EVER!'' I'll leave his whole BLOCK filled with hot brass if I have to! AND YOU KNOW WHY? CAUSE I JUST DON'T GIVE A FUCK! [[Mood Whiplash|...you guys sure you don't want some breakfast? I got English muffins and peach jelly.]]"

** Interestingly, the character in the original novel was a middle aged British man. Though the change is quite understandable: if some British guy walked up to you and said 'Don't go in the room!', [[Schmuck Bait|you'd probably do it out of spite]]. Now if ''Samuel L Jackson'' told you 'Don't go in the fucking room'... You'd either have a really short movie or a really big [[Idiot Ball]].

** "YOU WANT MY BLOOD?! TAKE MY BLOOD!"

** "I ''AM'' TALKING! NOW DID YOU OR DID YOU ''NOT'' EVER DRESS UP LIKE A SCHOOLGIRL AND GET YA ASS SPANKED?!"

** Killed off-screen? No sir, Samuel L. Jackson tore off his own arm and beat the raptors with it like a club of pure awesome. After sparing them a killing blow he walked his way back to the mainland and built himself a new arm using his badass mechanical skills.

** Not true, his least badass role was in [[Coming to America]], an Eddie Murphy vehicle. He played a one shot thug who tried to rob the fast food place and got his ass kicked by Eddie Murphy with a mop. It was sad.

** That's also a duck, not a dick.

*** He plays a big black dick.

** '''CAN'T KILL ME, MUTHAFUCKERS!!!'''

* He apparently expressed interest in playing [[Implacable Man|The Saint of Killers]] - arguably the most [[Badass]] character in fiction - if they ever make a ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' movie.

** "I'm the Octopus bitch! I got eight of everything!"

* Dr. Harry Adams in ''Sphere''. (Are you afraid of dying, Norman?)

* ''A Caveman's Valentine'', which proves that the crazier his hair is, the more unstable of a character he will be.

** Which we already knew from ''Unbreakable''.

* He is also a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p1dUrVR9ls legendary youth hockey coach.]

* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' as Zog. He even gets a Samuel L. Jackson line:

* ''The Red Violin'' is the story of a violin from the 17th century, its various owners, and the different times it survived through. Who just happens to be an appraiser for a collection of violins, including the title instrument? SAMUEL L. MOTHERFUCKIN JACKSON.

** And at the end of that movie he {{spoiler|switches that out for a fake and gives the real one to his daughter.}} Because he's just that bad ass.

* He plays a muthafuckin' farmer who kidnaps a woman to her help in ''[[Black Snake Moan]]''.

* He plays a badass [[Cowboy Cop]] whose partner is played by [[Dwayne Johnson]] in ''[[The Other Guys]]''. {{spoiler|Until they get killed, and the movie's real protagonists step ahead}}.

** "I got these scars by putting foot to ass for my country".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyU7JNBDkuI Being a goddamn motherfucking cold badass doing Anti-crime adverts for the black community]

* In ''Unthinkable'', which may be one of his most interesting performances, Sam Jackson plays a [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|rogue interrogation expert]] of the Abu Ghraib Prison/Guantanamo Bay variety. The very first thing he does is slice off the the tip of a terror suspect's finger, and it gets worse from there. It's especially creepy when he goes outside to have a picnic with his wife, talk to his kids via his laptop, and then goes back in to electrocute the guy. He claims that it's all in the name of protecting the country, but he crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] when he unexpectedly {{spoiler|slashes the throat of the terrorist's wife in front of him. Immediately following that, he threatens to torture the terrorist's two young children.}}

* He plays Coach Carter in ''[[Coach Carter]]'', pushing his basketball players to hell and back to make them ''winners''.

** "DING DING DING DING DING DING DING! Good answer! And because you gave such a good answer, and gave the coach attitude, you get the grand prize of '''FIVE HUNDRED PUSHUPS!'''"

* Also, he managed to push a terrible movie into [[So Bad It's Good]] territory by playing the [[Affably Evil]] villain in ''Arena''.

* Played Sargeant Hondo in [[SWAT]]

* Last but not least, Samuel L Jackson is [[God]]. That's right, in the audiobook "Inspired By... The Bible Experience", of all the 400 actors, actresses and other notables brought together to read the entire Bible, the one they get to portray God's voice in the New Testament is none other than Samuel L Jackson.

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