Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"

CrystalRoseCreations · 2.5M views · 2013-06-01 · 2:50

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Overview

A Mitchell and Webb sketch in which two German soldiers realize their uniforms carry skulls and wonder whether they are the baddies. It is a short comedy bit about people failing to see themselves as the villains.

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Cited constantly as a quip when a person or organization seems to be doing something morally dubious.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2014–2026

Topics

Stand-up & sketch comedy Satire & parody

What people said

kjellsbells · 2025-07 · Recommendation
On the topic of evil, this sketch from Mitchell and Webb stayed with me for years. Are we the baddies? [VIDEO] Every villain is the hero in their own story, after all.
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graemep · 2026-07 · Joke / meme
Its very rare for people do deliberately do bad things. Almost everyone thinks they are doing the right thing. My point (which I think should be apparent in my original comment) is that we should look at doing things "for their own good" has a very bad history. Now do you get it? [VIDEO]
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netsharc · 2026-06 · Joke / meme
Obligatory "Are we the baddies?" [VIDEO] for those who don't know this meme (the Dawkins definition of meme)
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