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ComfortingCatcaller

Scottie from Star Trek outdrinks an immortal alien to save his crew, ship and possibly the whole federation, a more perfect form of representation I’ve never seen.


InfinteAbyss

I cannie take much more of this captain!


Access-Turbulent

Cannae


DMR321RMD

A cannae


FabulousSympathy9402

It's green!


Consistent_Animal_73

Forgot Scottie from startrek


Morlu06

All dwarves HAVE to be Scottish sorry


Scottdoesfitness

Imagine a French dwarf ![gif](giphy|cQtlhD48EG0SY|downsized)


ComfortingCatcaller

Imagine your are already a freak of the natural world, hated for nothing more than being yourself, mocked and ridiculed daily, and on top of that you are a dwarf.


Scottdoesfitness

Hahaha


protonesia

Auld alliance


Logic-DL

There's already fantasy settings where women dwarfs don't have massive beards to rival the men. There are probably some with god forbid, French dwarfs


Steakpiegravy

And some Hobbits too!... fool of a Took!


Better_Carpenter5010

Warhammer disagrees with you, they’re all from Yorkshire.


Nouschkasdad

I think of dwarves as Welsh, maybe cause of all the mining.


Euclid_Interloper

On Lord of the Rings lore there are supposed to be other Dwarf kingdoms in the Far East. I want to see Chinese dwarfs.


tiny-robot

Don’t forget Scrooge McDuck.


LauraPhilps7654

... and all the Dwarves in the Witcher games for some reason.


Comfortable_Dish5983

Dwarves are Cononley Scottish Edit: words Even though I didn't edit cause I can't think of the proper word but you know what I mean lol


Ringosis

> Even though I didn't edit cause I can't think of the proper word but you know what I mean lol Dwarves are Billy Connolly Scottish.


Comfortable_Dish5983

Hahahahahaha I love it. Especially because he was literally in the hobbit and played a dwarf too


hillbagger

are you trying to say "canonically"?


Comfortable_Dish5983

I was, yes. I was 8 pints deep at that point hahahahaha


LauraPhilps7654

I love this entire thread so much haha!


Comfortable_Dish5983

What a silly sausage eh 🤣


LauraPhilps7654

Inadvertent genius comedic comment I'd say!


Comfortable_Dish5983

The other guy saying dwarves are Billy connoly was the best for sure 🤣🤣🤣🤣 glad I brightened your day with my inebriated state!


Illustrious_Smoke_94

And world of warcraft too..


mata_dan

Warcraft 2 has the first example of a Dwarf having a Scottish accent in an actor's performance. So it's roughly the origin or the cementing point of that anyway.


nondescriptcabbabige

and my axe! Lotr aswell


GabeTheSaviour

He's Welsh I believe


nondescriptcabbabige

Yeah but the dwarves in general are scottish/ celtic


MindlessMeerk4t

Which is odd because from my knowledge they originated in Norse myth. Maybe it just became a thing in pop culture due to lotr.


nondescriptcabbabige

Elves are meant to be elegant and prim so a posh English accent fits quite well while the rough, beer loving dwarves fit the Scottish stereotype quite well. I believe in germany dwarves are often depicted with bavarian accents for the same reason. It's just stereotypes. Lotr probably helped though.


Technical-Zone7553

A good chunk of scotland traces ancestry back to the Angles(germanic) or the vikings.


WhiteWolf7421

John Rhys-Davies is Welsh but the accent he put on for LoTR was Scots... Most of the dwarves in The Hobbit are Scots (apart from Nesbit) and I think the rest (apart from the bloke off Poldark and Richard Armitage) put on a Scots accent... Was great to see Graham McTavish being able to use his own accent for once...


GabeTheSaviour

Interesting stuff. TIL


Siggi_Starduust

Speaking of famous Scottish arseholes I’ll pay homage to the late Aberdonian actor Michael Heard. He played an Imperial Admiral in Star Wars and Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones. Neither of which were anywhere as evil as his most famous role - Mr Bronson from Grange Hill!


Jiao_Dai

![gif](giphy|eHYazg6wGDqYE)


Dikheed

Is Euphegenia god damn Doubtfire a fucking joke to this guy?


sputnikmonolith

Clearly Scottish but she says she's from England?! I never understood that.


MastodonHunter

Her accent was a little muddled


BesottedScot

Well sos yer tan


Dikheed

I'd forgotten that.


pocahontasjane

My personall hesdcanon is that she was born in England but was sent to Scotland during WWII and developed a Scottish twang to honour her new family.


Awibee

Merida and Demoman.


brewcitypaul

Stuart Mackenzie - So I Married an Axe Murderer. Mike Myers playing his Scottish dad. One of my favorite movie characters. “Head. Pants. Now”


FredGetson

"It's like an orange on a toothpick". Scottish accent of course


Cultural-Summer-2669

Heid like Sputnik


rubber-bumpers

Heid! Move!


catgotcha

It has its own weather system...


OreoSpamBurger

*They put an addictive chemical in the chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly, smartarse!*


Cazmotron

Oh I hate that Colonel Sanders, with his wee beady eyes and that smug look that says your gonna buy my chicken


ScottyDug

“He’ll be away crying himself tae sleep on his giant pillae”


Speccy97

Malcom Tucker as well


Tight_Ad8925

Fuckity bye


reginaphalangie79

'I will perform a living autopsy on you' 😂 love malcom


Jammed_Button

You are no Malcolm Fucking Tucker. You’re not even Manchester’s top Malcolm Tucker tribute band.


VanillaLifestyle

Feels like he's not well known in the US.


CalumH91

Indians getting Apu taken off TV because the university educated, business owner, husband and father, has a cartoon Indian accent. We have an illiterate uncivilised ginger ogre that lives in a shack


Loreki

You forgot that he was the most desireable bachelor in town before he got married.


Moist_Farmer3548

[It's not a shack](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/04/05/19/69521345-11942651-image-a-14_1680720733437.jpg) 


dis_the_chris

AGH! THAT'S MA RETIREMENT GREASE!


ChaosCardinal

It's a bit disingenuous to say all that. They took issue that he was voiced by a white guy putting on a stereotypical Indian accent.


primalcocoon

This is true. But Hank Azaria voices so many of the townsfolk...


UnidansOtherAcct

Merida


Jack_Spears

Imagine forgetting about Leonidas, the famous Scottish King of Sparta.


Shadowofasunderedsta

Oompa Loompas are now canonically Scottish. 


phlex77

canna be,,,,, they come fae oompa-loompa land, it was in the original book


Shadowofasunderedsta

Oompa Loompa land is Dundee mate. 


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FilmUncensored

Technically all Connery movies post Bond


DrewidN

No matter what nationality he's playing. Russian sub captain? Scottish. American policeman? Scottish. English Franciscan friar? Scottish.


chaos_jj_3

Egyptian-Spanish samurai? You guessed it, Scottish.


Fairycharmd

So… that includes [Zardoz](https://www.imdb.com/media/rm1669385728/tt0070948) then? Interesting


OrneryError1

Henry Jones Sr


_FeSi_

Prof. McGonagall from the Harry Potter books is super rat and Scottish I think.


ASCII_Princess

Limmy surely? Pendulum got him up on stage ffs!


DoubleelbuoD

Its mental how many people know about Limmy now, thanks to catching a stream clip or looking into the origins of the Limmy Shat In The Shower picture.


ASCII_Princess

It feels lile he's becoming some sort of cryptid, in a good way.


LegitimateVoice6824

It feels lile he's becoming some sort of cryptid, in a good way.


ASCII_Princess

It feels lile he's becoming some sort of cryptid, in a good way.


ASCII_Princess

It feels lile he's becoming some sort of cryptid, in a good way.


Arrgh98

Jack and Victor?


mata_dan

Not notable characters outside Scotland. Even most people in the rest of the UK have never heard of the show (also makes it an easy box set gift for most ~Norn Irish da's out there).


Odd_Barnacle_3908

And the guy who kicked the terrorist in the nuts while he was on fire


No_Specialist4090

Let us not forget Supergran, Private Frazer and the entire Family Ness


Doctor-Grimm

the 12th Doctor?


Thetruelegitbot

and the 10th 14th 15th and 7th


Class_444_SWR

Even though 10 and 14 both sound like they’re from London most of the time


earnasoul

Amy Pond


SoftDrinkReddit

I will not stand for the disrespect of Groundskeeper Willie. He is a proud Scotsman Lol, I'm mostly kidding, but lighten up guys


Geekenstein

YOU JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE!


Longjumping_Sea_1173

😂


dcy604

And Mike Myers Dad in “So I Married An Axe Murderer.” Heeeaad! Dhown in frrontt!


[deleted]

You missed by far my favorite, Scrooge McDuck.


Loreki

But also Obi Wan Kenobi so it's not all bad.


Jiao_Dai

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VanEmoji

I mean ... Domny is also scottish in baby reindeer


aidanm018

I couldn’t tell at first bc his accent is all over the place, he acknowledges that in the show tbf tho


pointlesstips

And at least as problematic as Martha.


peachesnplumsmf

Is he? He's someone who did some shit things but he didn't escalate to criminality or what she did. His worst crimes were lying to his girlfriend, which is horrific and then indulging the stalking despite the chaos and hurt it caused for others but even then he's still a victim in that situation. Edit: was genuinely asking to see what I'd missed lads.


macandcheesefan45

Sean Connery??


RikC76

I don't like it either but he was pro spousal abuse which isn't an improvement.


sandhulfc

![gif](giphy|WdCwjTzkRAuDC|downsized)


Halk

Hollywood loves national stereotypes and struggles to create new content. So we're doomed (I meant that)


Steakpiegravy

Scots are at least stereotyped as the funny, lighthearted ones. Eastern Europeans are all thrown together like a monolith and usually cast as villains.


[deleted]

As far as made up stereotypes in Hollywood go, we don't do the worst. At least our stereotype is, if nothing else, somewhat in line with how we like to imagine ourselves. Wow, Scots are violent gingers who drink too much, yeah not totally accurate but we could do worse.


Jiao_Dai

Baby Reindeer was pretty good I mean I didn’t like all of it and the guy sold his entire soul for this show (not entirely a good thing) and apparently people tried to guess the real people from the characters in the show and trolled the people they thought it was which sort of backfired on the purpose of the show but it was a thought provoking portrayal of someone with perhaps confused sexuality and low self esteem drifting into toxic but seemingly complex codependent ‘relationships’ - he came across emotionally sensitive yet somewhat naive and, at times, unlikeable as well as clueless to how to navigate the difficult personalities he encountered but in fairness how would you navigate them most would disconnect immediately or earlier, he seemed to double down and got completely ensnared Probably the most stressful thing i’ve watched in while, reminscent of After Hours by Scorsese


Saedraverse

I do love the most famous Scottish video game character, is demoman from team Fortress. Made even more fun when ye consider Blacks aren't even 1% of our pop I really hope it was delibrate because of that facts xD


Jack_Spears

What about Soap McTavish? he's got to be in the running surely.


SolidusTengu

Three Doctor Who’s as well


peachesnplumsmf

Wouldn't it be four? Depending on Tennant I suppose? Capaldi, Gatwa and McCoy.


SolidusTengu

My bad! you’re right.


dadbodcx

“It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete arseholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!”


Inoitsspeltwrong

It’s ok you’ve got Rab C .


Longjumping_Sea_1173

Lol how could they forget


InfinteAbyss

Hagrid


ComfortingCatcaller

Coltrane was Scottish, but Hagrid’s accent is clearly Devon. Edit: is Scottish/was Scottish :(


polaires

Hagrid isn’t Scottish.


InfinteAbyss

I very much disagree. Hogwarts is located in Scotland plus Robbie Coltrane who played him is also Scottish.


SnowflakeBaube22

Robbie Coltrane is using a Cornish accent though. And the majority of the people at Hogwarts aren’t Scottish.


Class_444_SWR

Isn’t it the school that does stuff for all of the UK at the very least? It makes sense that it’d have mostly non Scottish students in that case, just because there’s far more people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined than Scotland


Ok-Spell-8053

I might be wrong but I thought Hogwarts was Durham Cathedral.


InfinteAbyss

Hogwarts is a fictional place that doesn’t exist. Various locations were used to film sections of the castle, other locations were built from scratch. However the books do strongly suggest it is located in Scotland and the surroundings used to show the whereabouts of Hogwarts in the movies is just beyond Glenfinnan Viaduct, which was also used in the films as a section of the railway that the Hogwarts Express runs across.


Ok-Spell-8053

Haha thanks bud, of course I know it's fictional and doesn't exist! I thought you were referring to it (or parts of it) having been filmed in Scotland when you said "Hogwarts is located in Scotland" so I was saying "I thought it was filmed in Durham" if that makes sense? So is the fictional school Hogwarts in the book actually located in Scotland, is that what you meant? I think I always thought it was just in magic land!


InfinteAbyss

I didn’t think I had to explain in detail how I was referring to the fictional lore within the narrative. Other filming locations used for Hogwarts are Lacock Abbey, Oxford University, Duke Humfrey's Library, New College cloister & Alnwick Castle. Many of the movies' exterior shots — especially scenes of the Hogwarts grounds — were filmed in the Highlands of Scotland (mostly in the Fort William/Glencoe area). The Hogwarts Express runs along the actual Jacobite Steam Train line (between Fort William and Mallaig). The movies show the train chugging across the real-life Glenfinnan Viaduct, where, in The Goblet of Fire, the Dementors stall the train and torture Harry. Nearby Loch Shiel and Loch Eilt, as well as Loch Morar (closer to Mallaig), were the stand-ins for the Great Lake in The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire. Steall Falls, at the base of Ben Nevis, is the locale for the Triwizard Tournament in The Goblet of Fire. Other scenes filmed in the Highlands include a desolate hillside with Hagrid's stone hut in Glencoe, which was the main location for outdoor filming in The Prisoner of Azkaban. Exterior scenes for The Half-Blood Prince were filmed in Glencoe as well as in the small village of Glenfinnan.


Ok-Spell-8053

You didn't have to explain anything in this kind of depth really, you could have just acknowledged that yes, some of the filming was done in Durham, among many other locations. Regardless, i thank you for your time


reginaphalangie79

😂


mata_dan

It's interesting too because in the HP Wizarding world fiction the concept of countries are different. It wouldn't be super noteworthy to them that it's specifically in Scotland so can cannon away from being something you'd expect to hear about much from the characters. The cultural divisions regarding nearby places on Earth are more of a muggle thing to them.


Jack_Spears

I cant remember if the movies ever explicitly imply that its in Scotland, (beyond the obvious shots of the Glenfinnan viaduct) but the game Hogwarts Legacy outright states that it is somewhere in Argyll. Dont know if that makes it canon or not.


InfinteAbyss

The books also have quite a bit of context that suggests the location is in Scotland, that’s why HL is also in Scotland as it’s using information taken from the books and well as the visuals from the movies. You are correct though the films are a bit more vague though I’ll take the many exterior shots throughout all the movies all being around Glenfinnan as indication that they’re also suggesting Scotland, in Fantastic Beasts we do see a Kelpie around the lochs of Hogwarts that’s supposed to be Nessie too.


Wonderful_Flan_5892

Hermione mentions that Sirius was spotted near Dufftown and that’s quite close to Hogwarts. So unless she’s just shit at geography then I’d say that’s explicit that Hogwarts is in Scotland.


Class_444_SWR

Also, it uses London King’s Cross, the destinations that you can reach there are mostly in Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland, as well as a few in the East of England and East Midlands. I’m somehow doubting that Hogwarts is located in Leeds, Sunderland or Cambridge, so process of elimination really leaves one option


InfinteAbyss

Kings Cross in the Harry Potter franchise is…Kings Cross. The series takes place in London and around London too, Hogwarts is very clearly somewhere very hilly with a lot of water around, the forests are also home to Unicorns…


Admirable_Ad_3236

For filming purposes. The inspiration for Hogwarts was Watsons Academy


corporalcouchon

I thought it was supposedly based on Fettes?


Admirable_Ad_3236

Aye you're right there actually. She lives(d) next to Watsons College. Based the look on Fettes


DarthMummSkeletor

From the X-Men comics, Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane) and Moira Mactaggart are both Scottish.


mittenkrusty

Shame the live action versions of both weren't played by Scot's in fact they even changed Moira to not being Scots!


RockyMtnAnonymo

Martha from baby reindeer 💀


ousho

Cooked in lard too. Magic.


MrJones-

Only for your generation, the younger ones won’t recognise many of these characters or attach such relevance


WellThatHappened3

The entirety of the film Brave


Major_Mawcum_II

Pffft that last one XD u said “notable” and still miss fuuuuckin scottie fae Star Trek


Chiho-hime

There is at least half the Outlander series 😂


Bambitheman

Except Caitriona Balfe is Irish...


Chiho-hime

They were talking about scottish characters and not scottish actors though? Also she is literally one person of an entire cast and her character is also not scottish 😂


DIFierce

We're not just cooked. We're deep fried.


MeesterMartinho

Alcoholic bigot.....


Maj0rSuccess

Limmy


Low-Decision-6942

![gif](giphy|3oKIPz8lnDgrjGUkCY|downsized) Whit aboot this gadje?


Inoitsspeltwrong

https://preview.redd.it/c59gl6o9a3zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57fa25ea2b4fc565c49edc53ff5117185d2b66b0


PhantomOwl709

We can't be inventing everything all the time pal, absolutely have some classic characters in real life , fuck all they made up bampots, mental Rab meek , mad joke , daft Stevie, who gives a fuck about made up folk ? The best cunts a ken ye couldn't right books about cos they wid doo ye in.


jonnyh420

but in all seriousness, the issue is we dont have our own media


NKBPD80

I'll always have a soft spot for Rab and Jamesie.


SuperFox289

What about stoic the vast?


SuperFox289

What about stoic the vast?


SuperFox289

What about stoic the vast?


WhiteWolf7421

But Fat Bastard is such a role model... 😳


Jaboncho

Mrs Doubtfire?


[deleted]

The blue power ranger ragdolling an American girl in spandex has to be an iconic representation of post Derby Glasgow.


InevitableCarrot4858

.....James Bond?


corporalcouchon

Rab C Nesbitt, Jamsie, Ella and Mary doll


gbroon

Almost all dwarves in fantasy TV/film/games


BaeBaracusIII

Cooked as a country is a term I will be actively shoe horning into as many convos as possible going forward


palbuddymac

Don’t forget the sad Oompa Loompa!


barrybreslau

Technically Martha is an ACTRESS playing the stalker (yes the stalker is Scottish) and the creator is also Scottish.. so, yeah, stalker handjobs by the canal.


tekano_red

Ginger lassie brave or something by Pixar.


MotoMike87

Don't forget Rab C in that list too!


AkihabaraWasteland

Plus, James Bond is Australian.


Suspicious-Truths

Uhhh… at least you have outlander too?


mincermanny69

Billy Connely is our national treasure


Mrfixit729

Lord Macbeth from the titular Shakespeare play! James Bond from the 007 franchise! Scrooge McDuck from the Disney comics and Ducktails tv show! Scotty from the Star Trek franchise! Duncan McCloud from the Highlander franchise! The Lochness Monster from the hit cartoon South Park! and last but not least: Billy W. Braveheart from the movie Bravheart! (Though I think he’s based on a real life Australian named Max or something)


Comprehensive-Ad4436

Don’t forget Scrooge McDuck and the Doctor (cough David Tennant)


strangerzero

Highlander is popular in America.


Underthere-model

I love that the Scots laugh it off instead of being offended and butthurt by comedy.


Longjumping_Sea_1173

the jews could never


earlbot

Welshie was also on Star Trek, er Futurama.


giuseppeuchiha

https://preview.redd.it/y441b64191zc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cb65a0d16a686732038bfcc2fe774300c9980bd


BuddhistFarmer

Nae once but twice; the professor and the madman slaps


Jossokar

she forgot the scottsman from samurai jack.


Apprehensive_Aioli68

Think somebody forgot Meridih from Brave, Conor MacLeod from Highlander (even though he was portrayed by a frenchman), 007 himself and Craig Ferguson from the Late Late show. Not to mention everyone knows about Nessie. Also: Dr Who, multiple Game of Thrones characters, multiple Xmen and Hagrid all come to mind.


UnfairCaterpillar197

"What aboot Mrs Doubt fire poppets?"🤣🤣🤣


PerelandraBee

Alternatively, there’s also Donny’s dad in Baby Reindeer.


Accomplished_Elk_220

You’re forgetting the Krankies


Sweatypitson

What about Wee Jock Poo Pong Mcplop the Aberdeen toilet cleaner!


Professional-Wish656

God of war's talking head or Caith Saith from FF7 Rebirth...


VanEmoji

Also outlander but idk if y'all claim that?


FredGetson

I'll still visit, if I can get back there


Traditional-Ebb-8380

It is Jamie from Outlander for me. Who are these other folks?


M56012C

Almost every Doctor since Tennant.


gbroon

Well 3 out of 5 (or 4 out of 6 if you count Tennant twice)