I Am The One Who Knocks

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"I Am The One Who Knocks" refers to a memorable quote uttered by the protagonist Walter White in the American television drama series Breaking Bad during a monologue in which he insists he is a dangerous man to be feared.

Origin

In Season 4 Episode 6 of Breaking Bad, White explains to his wife Skylar that their family is not in danger of being killed by his enemies and that he is the one his enemies should fear, proclaiming "I am the one who knocks." On August 22nd, 2011, YouTuber Dan LYsiak uploaded a clip of the scene (shown below).

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On June 5th, 2013, actor Samuel L. Jackson read the monologue as part of a charity event organized by charity organization Prizeo on Reddit.^[3] The monologue was also recorded and uploaded to Prizeo's YouTube channel (shown below, left). Less than a week later on June 10th, fellow actor Gilbert Gottfried appeared on the YouTube entertainment channel What's Trending and also recited the monologue (shown below, right).

The monologue has also been used for various remixes across various sites such as SoundCloud.^[4] The two most popular of which have over 64,000 and 57,000 plays, respectively (both shown below).