I Am the Noun: Difference between revisions

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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.

See also [[A God Am I]] and [[Badass Boast]]. A phrase like this is usually spoken with [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|copious amounts of punctuation]]. Said phrases might also be lyrics to an [["I Am" Song]].

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== I Am Advertising ==

* Australian company Quicksilver Cruises claims, "Quicksilver is the Great Barrier Reef."

* The most famous ad campaign for Molson Canadian beer: ''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|"I! Am! Canadian!"]]''

* Catherine II in ''[[Le Chevalier d'Eon]]'': "I am Russia!"

* In ''[[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.']]

* Batman was a triple threat in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'': "You are NOT my father. I am NOT a disgrace. I am Vengeance. I am the Night. I AM [[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 (film)|Batman]]'' movie from 1989, but meddling executives made them change it because they felt it was too frightening for children, particularly as this was the first episode and they wanted to hook the audience first. Like in the movie, at the end of a fight Batman grabs a thug and holds him over the edge of rooftop. The criminal defiantly yells, "Who do you think you are?! You can't rule the night!", to which Batman coldly declares "I *am* the night!" and drops him off the building.

* Cat R. Waul from ''[[An American Tail|An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' says something along these lines.

{{quote|'''Cat R. Waul''': "Simply put, mouseling, I am the law here, and you are a mere hors d'ouevre."}}

{{quote|'''Roger:''' You want me to leave this nation? ''I AM THIS NATION!''}}

* [[The Venture Brothers|"I am the Bat."]]

== I Am Real Life ==

[[Category:I Am an Index]]

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