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{{quote|''"I am the law!"''
|'''[[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]]'''|''[[2000 AD]]''}}
A character declares him- or herself to be the sole representative of a group or abstract concept. The implication is often that they believe that they can speak for the entirety, and that their needs, wants, and thoughts and those of the group are one and the same.
Will usually come in the form of someone asking about X, with another character replying that they ''are'' X.
Not to be confused with [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]. Unrelated to [[I Am the Band]].
See also [[A God Am I]] and [[Badass Boast]]. A phrase like this is usually spoken with [[Punctuated!
=== I am the examples! ===▼
== I Am [[Advertising |Advertising]] ==
* Australian company Quicksilver Cruises claims, "Quicksilver is the Great Barrier Reef."
* Charter Internet has introduced Timothy, who [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DO0Ts7c8KM IS the Internet].
* The most famous ad campaign for Molson Canadian beer: ''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|"I! Am! Canadian!"]]''
▲== We Are Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[
▲* Catherine II in ''[[Le Chevalier d'Eon (Anime)|Le Chevalier d'Eon]]'': "I am Russia!"
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', when Goku first reaches the Super-Saiyan level he proceeds to lecture Frieza, the gist of which is "I am the hope of the universe!"▼
▲* In ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', we get this in stereo from Light and L: "I am... Justice!" They both use the same word for 'justice' but [[Japanese Pronouns|different ones for 'I.']]
** In ''[[
▲* In ''Dragonball Z'', when Goku first reaches the Super-Saiyan level he proceeds to lecture Frieza, the gist of which is "I am the hope of the universe!"
▲** In [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]], when Staff Officer Black questions Commander Red's true motives, the commander udders this line: "I am the Red Ribbon Army. What's good for me is good for everyone and I want to be taller. All my life, I've drawn the short straw. I've had to contend with being a mere pebble in a land of giants. It is the curse of my existence. You couldn't possibly understand what it's like...the nightmare of being a genius...yet trapped inside this ugly little body?"
** Piccolo says to Cell, "I am the Namek!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0D8kiDlyU here]
* Setsuna F. Seiei from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'': "I am Gundam!"
== We Are
* "I am the law" is a [[Catch Phrase]] of [[Judge Dredd]].
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], [[Galactic Conqueror]] [[Thanos]] delivers a perfect one after [[Ascend to
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* Marvel's cosmic characters tends to love this in general:
** [[X-Men (Comic Book)|"I am Fire made Flesh! I am Power Incarnate! I am Phoenix! Now and Forever!"]]<ref>[[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Amen!]]</ref>
** "I am the absence of opposites! I am that which those who live among opposites cannot explain! In short... '''[[Galactus]]!'''"
* [[The New Gods|Darkseid IS.]]
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** "I am the Tiger-Force at the heart of all creation! When you cry out in your dreams, it is ''Darkseid'' that you see!"
** From an early New Gods story:
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'''Darkseid''': I ''am'' the storm. }}
*** [http://www.4thletter.net/2009/06/and-now-darkseid-minus-new-gods/ But not a wedding.]
* In ''[[Bionicle]]'':
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** Later, when [[Big Bad]] Makuta manages to [[The Bad Guy Wins|successfully]] pull off his [[Xanatos Roulette]] and [[A God Am I|become a]] [[Physical God]], he tells the heroes, "No longer must I fight you in hopes of controlling a universe. I ''AM'' THE UNIVERSE!"
** Earlier than that, when Makuta was confronted by [[The Mole]] of the Barraki - who claimed that under the Brotherhood Law, he has to be spared - right before he "[[Rewarded
** Before any of that, in 2001, as part of his speech when the Toa come to destroy him (destroy being The Makuta's word here):
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* In ''Uncanny [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' #423 [[Wolverine]] says "when it comes to mutants, we are the police!"
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* In ''[[
== I Am [[Film]] ==▼
* ''[[Judge Dredd (
▲== I Am Film ==
▲* ''[[Judge Dredd (Film)|Judge Dredd]]'' contains his catchphrase (see the page quote), which he uses to attempt to scare a group of criminals into turning themselves in. It nearly works, but the gang members ultimately end up firing at him, forcing him to attack.
* In ''[[Star Wars]] Episode III: [[Revenge of the Sith]]'', Palpatine says "I am the Senate!"
** This is also the name of an awesome song on John Williams' soundtrack for the film.
* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest'', Davy Jones is informed by one of his [[Mooks]] that Will must have been claimed by the sea, to which he replies "I am the sea!"
* ''[[
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'''Z:''' What are you saying? We ''are'' the colony.
'''[[Big Bad]]''': ( {{spoiler|Shoved aside by Cutter}}) {{spoiler|Cutter}}, what are you doing?!
{{spoiler|Cutter}}: Something I should have done, long ago. ''This'' is for the good of the colony.
'''[[Big Bad]]:''' You useless, ungrateful maggot! ''I'' AM THE COLONY! }}
* ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''. Eric Liddel is trying to avoid running on Sunday and a friend makes a place for this. When one of the English grandees questions the legality of this, another says:
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Then a third says "We ARE the committee". }}
* ''[[
** Comes back to bite Robo in the ass too: "You thought you could just stroll in here and arrest me? You're ''product''!
* The 1990s TV movie ''Kingfish'' starred John Goodman as Governor Huey P. Long of Louisiana (on whom Willie Stark of ''All The King's Men'' was also based), and featured a scene where Goodman, in a Dixie accent similar to the one he had in ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', bellowed "I ''am'' the constitution of the State of Louisiana!".
* ''[[The Princess Bride (
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'''Fezzik''': I'm on the Brute Squad!
'''Miracle Max''' (surveying the giant Fezzik): You ''are'' the Brute Squad! }}
* "This ship IS England", Captain Jack Aubrey in ''[[Master and Commander (
* Defied in ''[[Iron Man (
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'''Reporter''': Well, your company did.
'''Tony''': Well I'm NOT my company. }}
** Played straight in the sequel when he faces the congressional committee that is trying to confiscate his armor.
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* [[The Virgin Queen|Queen Elizabeth I.]] in ''[[Fire Over England]]'' (1937): "Then let me speak for all of you -- for I ''am'' England."
* In ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'', when Jay Baruchel confronts his co-stars about whether or not they know the script, the [[Dyeing for Your Art|ridiculously deep in-character]] Kirk Lazarus declares "I am the script!".
* "[[A Nightmare
* ''[[Hellraiser Bloodline]]'':
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* In ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' Data and the Borg Queen discuss this about the Queen's statement of "I am the Borg". Data asks if this means she is their leader, so she replies, "I am the beginning. The end. The one who is many. I am the Borg." To which Data replies, "An interesting, if cryptic, response."
** Given that the Borg Queen is apparently a personification of the Borg's collective intelligence, her statement was true.
* In ''[[
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* "I AM RIPPER! TEARER! SLASHER! GOUGER! I AM THE TEETH IN THE DARKNESS! THE TALONS IN THE NIGHT! MINE IS STRENGTH! AND LUST! AND POWER! '''I AM [[Beowulf (
** "'''I AM RIPPER! TEARER! SLASHER! GOUGER! I AM THE TEETH IN THE DARKNESS! THE TALONS IN THE NIGHT! I AM THE POWERFUL WAVES OF THE OCEAN! THE MIGHTY WIND IN THE AIR''' THAT BRINGS THE SOFT BREEZE IN THE MORNING? the, I am the, Dew upon the flowers that glisten in the sunlight?? The pleasant scent of freshly cut grass???, The giver of presents to small children, Igivehugswhennooneelsewillgivehugs. Mine is kindness and sweetness and cheer… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeRN19Blr4 i'm beowulf"]
* ''[[I Am Legend]]''.
* ''[[The Siege (
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* ''[[
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* ''The'' ''Last'' ''Detail''
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'''Budusky''': I am the fucking shore patrol! }}
* ''[[Jackboots
* [[
* [[Kingdom of Heaven]]: I'am Jerusalem. Proceeds to bitch slap someone till they bleed.
* "[[Highlander
* Ramses in [[The Ten Commandments]]: "I am Egypt."
* [[The Lion King|"I AM THE KING!"]]
* In ''[[Airheads]]'', as Chazz and his band first take Rebel Radio hostage:
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'''Chazz:''' (''pointing a {{spoiler|plastic}} Uzi'') You look like half a [[Unusual Euphemism|butt puppet]]! Do you know what it's like to be on the bill and to play for 15 minutes and the only people there to see you are the other bands and their girlfriends? Don't talk to me about Rock 'n' Roll! I'm out there in the clubs and on the streets and I'm living it! '''I ''AM'' ROCK 'N' ROLL!''' }}
* ''[[Paycheck]]'':
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== I Am [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== I Am Literature ==
* From [[The Bible]]:
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** The sequel tries to top this:
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'''God 2.0:''' I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. }}
*** Really that's most of the gospel of John.
** Jesus also does it in the most minimalist way possible:
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* [[Stephen Colbert]]: ''I Am America (and so can you)''.
* [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[
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'''I AM Torus's worst dream!''' }}
* [[
** From ''[[
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'''Vimes:''' ''The Law'', you sons of bitches! }}
** From ''[[
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'''Death:''' {{
** From the short story "Theater of Cruelty":
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'''Death:''' {{
** From ''[[
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'''Wizard''': Whereabouts in the Lore?
'''The Archchancelor's Hat''': ''I embody the Lore.'' }}
* Rand al'Thor from ''[[
* ''[[I Am the Cheese]]''.
* In [[The Thrawn Trilogy]], the Noghri object to their sovereign Grand Admiral Thrawn breaking their rules by having a commando under suspicion taken to his ship rather than being tried by their elders. He doesn't like this. He doesn't like this at all. In fact, when the maitrakh keeps protesting he reminds them of what it means to defy the Empire by ordering an airstrike on the hills around him - and on Honoghr, where most of the planet is barren, this is really bad.
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** Also, when Pellaeon is concerned that the mad C'baoth is breaking away from [[The Empire]], C'baoth retorts "I ''am'' the Empire".
* The Warden in ''[[Redwall|Martin the Warrior]]'': "I am the Law!"
* From the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series:
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'''Richard''': I ''am'' the weapon. }}
* From ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', the werewolf boasts - "I am hunger. I am thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die" - and goes on.
* Neil Gaiman's ''[[
* [[Guile Hero|Kelsier]] and later [[Dark Action Girl|Vin]] in ''[[Mistborn]]'': "I am [[Hope Bringer|Hope]]."
* In ''Ethan of Athos,'' when interviewing the telepathic Terrance Cee for possible recruitment:
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'''Terrance:''' Lady, when this thing is activated, I ''am'' the other people. }}
* In the [[RCN
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] on his brother Mycroft:
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* [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]: Captain Nemo:
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* [[The Smiths
* ''[[
* In ''[[
== I Am [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
* In ''[[Star Trek
▲== I Am Live-Action TV ==
▲* In ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "The Search" we have:
▲{{quote| '''Kira:''' You're part of the Dominion, aren't you?<br />
'''{{spoiler|Female Changeling}}:''' ''Part'' of? Major, the {{spoiler|Changelings}} ''are'' the Dominion! }}
* In ''[[
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'''Doyle:''' Wait a minute! No, no! I'm not combat ready, man. I'm just the messenger!
'''Angel:''' And I'm the message. }}
** Illyria gets one in later [[A God Am I|"I am a god!"]]
* In season three of [[
* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the Goa'uld have a tendency to yell "I am your god!" at defiant foes. The Wraith in [[Stargate Atlantis]] go for the somewhat more disturbing "I am your death."
* ''[[The West Wing]]'':
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'''Josh:''' We ''are'' the system, Donna.
'''Donna:''' ...well, we suck! }}
** Also, when Donna had described him as not practicing law: "I don't practice law? I help write the laws! I make the laws! I am the law!"
** And later:
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* Multiple [[Police Procedural]] shows:
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'''Cop:''' I ''am'' the police! }}
* Used a lot by [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] in ''[[The Thick of It]]''. Things he ''is'' include the matrix, the press and the heart of government:
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'''Malcolm Tucker:''' "Fuck you [[The Nicknamer|Andy Pandy]], I ''am'' the loop..." }}
* From ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' we have the alcoholic Jim Lahey, who ''is'' the liquor.
** "Against the law, is it Randy? Well I AM THE LAW! Go get the chains and orange gag balls."
* From ''[[
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'''Jack Bauer''': I AM the police! }}
* Rather like ''The Thick of It'' above, the ever-popular ''Scenes from a Hat'' from the even-more-popular ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' has these suggestions for "announcements that will make this audience cheer wildly":
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'''Wayne''': {{spoiler|"I'm the <s>liquor</s> licker!"}} }}
* In one episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', Dr. Forrester told TV's Frank to push the button and Frank said, "I ''am'' the button!" He was acting high at the time, though.
== I Am [[Music]] ==▼
* "I am Music/And I write the songs"—the final lines of [[Barry Manilow]]'s "I Write the Songs".
▲== I Am Music ==
* [[
* The recurring [[Catch Phrase]] of the [[Greek Chorus]] in [[
* [[
* [[The Beatles (
* The [[
* The [[
** The DKs also use this trope in their original song "I Am the Owl".
* [[
* "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond.
* "I Am A Viking", by [[
* "I Am A Pilgrim", a bluegrass standard covered by [[
* [[Selena Gomez
* Javert's Suicide, from ''[[Les Misérables (
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* I AM [[Black Sabbath
* "I Am I", by Queensrÿche
* "I Am the War" by Sodom.
* "[[The Smiths|I am the son and the heir]] [[The Woobie|of a shyness that is criminally vulgar...]]"
* "[[Ear Worm|I am I am...I am I am...I am I am...I think I am...I think I am]]...I'm glad I am...I'm proud I am...[[Nacho Libre|a real religious man]]."
* "I Am The Storm" by [[Blue
* "[[Epic Rocking|I am the root! I am the progress! I'm the aggressor! I am the tablet!]] [[Lou Reed|I AM! I AM! I AM! I AM! I AM!]]
* "Touched By The Crimson King", by Demons & Wizards:
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''I am the word, I am the law
''I am holding truth, release your sadness
''I am the key, I am the door }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjIMsLRz94 "Inside of You, In Spite of You"] by [[ThouShaltNot]] is composed ''entirely'' of "I am the noun" lines.
* "I'm a tornado", a repeated line in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaEmQJG2HHU "Tornado"] by Little Big Town.
* "I am the Sword" by [[Motörhead]].
* "I am the Fire" by [[Halestorm]].
== I Am [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* "You call me a student of the game? ''I am'' the damn game!" And thus, [[
* "I am [[Samoa Joe]], and I am pro wrestling."
* [[AJ Styles]]' theme song. I am I am!
* [[The Undertaker]], from a speech he gave during his [[Ministry of Darkness]] phase: "For I am the Reaper of Men, the Chaser of Souls, the Weaver of Nightmares. I am the heart of darkness."
* [[Dolph Ziggler]] is perfection! (perfection!)
* Because I'm [[The Miz]].. .[[Catch Phrase|and I'm...AAAAAWWWWWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!]]'"
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** Subsequently, [[CM Punk]] is the best in the world.
== We Are [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
* Konrad Curze from ''[[Warhammer
▲== We Are Tabletop Games ==
▲* Konrad Curze from ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'': "I fear no evil. For I am Fear Incarnate!"
** The Canticle of Absolution of the Grey Knights.
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''I am the hate!''
''I am the END!'' }}
== We Are [[Theatre]] ==▼
▲== We Are Theatre ==
* At the end of the opera ''Paul Bunyan'', [[The Unseen]] title character is asked who he is, and he says:
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''Where the dream becomes the fact,
''I am the Eternal Guest,
''I am Way,
''I am Act. }}
== We Are
* [[Alone in
* From ''[[Vagrant Story]]'':
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'''[[Badass|Ashley Riot]]''': "Reinforcements? I ''am'' the reinforcements." }}
* ''[[
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'''[[Smug Snake|Illusive Man]]:''' Cerberus ''is'' humanity. }}
** Don't forget Aria:
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** According to Javik, the Protheans invoked this trope right and left. There's an avatar, a "voice" of just about everything. He is the avatar of vengeance. He later proclaims Shepard to be the avatar of victory.
* From ''[[Command
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** And in the ''Firestorm'' expansion to ''Tiberian Sun''.
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* In the [[Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi]] games (which feature a moderately changed script from the movies/anime), when Goku goes Super Saiyan against Frieza, Frieza, displaying visible fear, asks "What ARE you?" and Goku comes back with ""I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace, I am protector of the innocent, I am the light in the darkness, I am your WORST NIGHTMARE, FRIEZA!"
** The English dub did something similar.
** As well as the [[Fixed
* An example of Kain's dry sense of humour in ''[[Legacy of Kain]]: Blood Omen 2'':
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'''Kain:''' "I ''am'' the night shift." }}
** The Elder God often speak of himself this way. From ''Soul Reaver 2'' and ''Defiance'':
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'''Elder God:''' "I am the still center of the turning wheel, the hub of this world's destiny."
'''Elder God:''' "I am the Wheel and its turning. I am the circle of life and death." }}
* [[Street Fighter|"I AM]] [[That One Boss|YOUR]] [[Physical God|GOD."]]
** Waaait...isn't that the [[Physical God|Goa']][[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|uld's]] [[Catch Phrase]] in ''Stargate SG-1''?
* "[[
* The [[Private Military Contractors|Flaming Fist Mercenaries]] in the first ''[[
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* [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|I am Lightning]], the rain transformed.
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III
* [[Unreal Tournament
* [[Final Fantasy XIII
* [[Pokémon Black and White
* [[Fallout: New Vegas
* ''[[Legend of Mana]]'':
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Remember me!
Need me!
I can provide you with everything!
[[Arc Words|I am love.]]
[[Call to Adventure|Find me, and walk beside me.]] }}
I am light.
▲{{quote| (the final battle)<br />
I am
▲Half of myself is what<br />
I create, I destroy.
▲[[Wham Line|You have fought in the past.]]<br />
And I create
▲[[Arc Words|I am love.]]<br />
{{spoiler|--Goddess of Mana, who is the final boss.}} }}
* From his themesong: "[[Sonic Adventure 2
** [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|My name is]] [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]. I am the world's Ultimate Lifeform.
*** Shadow's spinoff title also featured the themesong "I am". It actually averts this trope but is [[Captain Obvious|an I Am song]] and contains some [[Shaped Like Itself]] with it's chorus "I am, I am I'm all of me."
*** Also, every ending of this game has Shadow starting with, "I am Shadow the Hedgehog...", includes the noun of what he believes he is (depending on the path you chose), a speech, and then ending with "...this is WHO I AM!"
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Deathwing gets this just before the final battle.
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* ''[[Dawn of War]]: Soulstorm'' had this from Archon Tahril:
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* [[Super Robot Wars|I am the Sword That Smites Evil!]]
* From ''[[Stranglehold]]'':
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== We Are [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'':
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'''Strong Bad:''' What joining? I ''am'' the other side! }}
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' - [http://www.sinfest.net/
* Mocked in ''[[
* ''[[Darths and Droids]]'': [
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has Beausoleil presumably quoting Simon Voltaire as "La ville s'est moi". Also, [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170630 after] his daughter Colette did "[[Traumatic Superpower Awakening|break through]]" at last (she was using his [[Brain-Computer Interface|way of directly controlling]] city systems at the time). [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180124 Or] —
{{quote|'''Gil''': ''[[Mad Scientist|Mad]]?''
'''Tarvek''': ''"I AM PARIS..."' What do ''you'' think?}}
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' in [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-10-29 one] conversation:
{{quote|'''Kevyn''': How do you do this "[[Dissonant Serenity|calm in the storm]]" thing?
'''Tagon''': I ''am'' the storm. }}
** His father likes "[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-11-16 I ''am'' the payload]". Which is also a [[Brick Joke]], though [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-03-24 not very long one].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100314104639/http://www.theonion.com/content/video/supreme_court_rules_death_penalty I Am the law!]▼
▲== We Are Web Originals ==
▲* [http://www.theonion.com/content/video/supreme_court_rules_death_penalty I Am the law!]
* [[Weebl and Bob]] gives a nod to the Oppenheimer quote at the top of the page:
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* In the beginning of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk Hayek vs. Keynes rap]:
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'''Keynes:''' That won't be necessary, I am the agenda. }}
* From ''[[
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'''[[
'''Snob:''' I know you're the system! That's my point!
'''Critic:''' I know it's your point! It's just when you say that I'm out of order and the system's out of order it's kind of redundant! }}
== I Am [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* ''[[
▲== I Am Western Animation ==
▲* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' used this in reverse, in a somewhat more...belittling manner.
▲{{quote| This is deeply offensive to the Jewish community!<br />
You ''are'' the Jewish community! }}
* [[Superman:
* ''[[Darkwing Duck|That]]'' [[Morally
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''I am the offtopic discussion that ruins your YKTTW!''
''I am [[Darkwing Duck]]!'' }}
* Batman was a triple threat in ''[[Batman:
** When the pilot episode of the animated series was scripted out, Batman's first scene was going to be fairly similar to how it was in the recent [[Tim Burton]] ''[[Batman (
*
* Cat R. Waul from ''[[An American Tail|An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' says something along these lines.
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* ''[[Cars|"Speed. I am speed."]]''
** [[Cars 2|"Then Francesco is ''triple'' speed."]]
* ''[[
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'''Dinobot II:''' "I ''am'' the plan." }}
** Also from ''Beast Wars'':
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'''Megatron''': I '''am''' power. }}
* ''[[Aeon Flux
* From the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' cartoon:
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''(Proceeds to dismantle a tank with his bare hands.)'' }}
* ''[[The Avengers:
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* [[Popeye (
* ''[[
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* [[The Venture Brothers|"I am the Bat."]]
== I Am [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== I Am Real Life ==
* ''"You think you are the State? No, I am the State."'' - Louis XIV
** Interestingly subverted by his last words: "I am dead, but the state will survive".
*** The two statements are in fact entirely consistent: French law considered the king the personification of the nation, but the new king ascends instantly upon the death of the old king. Therefore, Louis XIV's great-grandson Louis XV (his son and grandson, both also named Louis, died a few years before Louis XIV did) became "the state" at the moment of his death. Thus the phrase, "The King is dead. Long live the King."
** This is consistent with the idea of the Divine Right of monarchs, where the king or queen is seen as the source of all law and political authority in his or her domain. In this framework the monarch is above the law. This is why you'll see similar statements from almost every European ruler from the Renaissance to the modern age.
*** Even where monarchs are firmly constitutional, they frequently are the legal embodiment of the state. For example, where American criminal cases are ''The People'' or ''The State v. Whoever'', British and Commonwealth Realm cases are ''Regina'' (the Queen) ''v. Whoever.''
* France seems to like these: "[[Badass Boast|The Revolution is over: I AM The Revolution]]." - [[The Napoleon|Napoleon]]
* The name of the comedian escapes memory at the moment, but he put on a skit about two people going on a date for the first time. They would sit down and take turns plunking down cards with all of their emotional problems.
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'''Woman:''' I'm schizophrenic; I AM OTHER PEOPLE!!!
'''Man:''' Okay! Take the pot. You win. }}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88f_NtDeQyE Richard Jeni]
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** Also, when asked to define surrealism, he answered "I am surrealism."
* Portly Miami sports radio talk show host Hank Goldberg once dealt with an obnoxious caller by subverting this for humor:
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'''Hank''': What do you mean? I AM a basketball! }}
:: Doubly funny, considering that a self-deprecating sense of humor is normally one of the last things that one would associate with Goldberg. (Isn't that self-aggrandizing humor though?)
* While they (to my knowledge) never explicitly said "I am the State", [[Those Wacky Nazis]] spent much of their time and effort in promoting that image. For example: "Ein Volk, ein Staat, ein Reich, ein Führer. [[Rule of Three|(One people, one State, one empire, one leader)]]" - [[Adolf Hitler]].
* In an interview, Amy Lee from [[
* [[Fidel Castro]] said of Che Guevara, 'he WAS the revolution'.
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* [[Stephen Colbert]] of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' claims, "I know western culture, I ''am'' western culture.
* [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''"A New Refutation of Time"'': "Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire."
* A rather tragic case with Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 with David Burke killing the pilot but not before proclaiming "I'm the problem".
* Leigh Alexander, famous for the start of "Gamers are dead" articles where dozens of unrelated sites [[I Resemble That Remark|posted editorials proclaiming their audience dead without citing or referencing the others within 48 hours when accused of collusion]], proclaimed "I am game journalism" (most likely while drunk). Within a year Leigh had left her job, almost certainly involuntarily, and started a blog nobody reads. An overblown ego or the perfect miniature of the implosion of game journalism? You be the judge!
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