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* Mocked in {{Homestuck}} [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003020 here]].
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internets!]]
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-->Pvt Joker: "...if Gunny Hartman finds out, he's gonna put us in a world of shit!"
--> Pvt. Pyle: "I ''AM'' IN A ''WORLD'' OF '''[[ThisIsSparta SHIT.]]'''"
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* ''Avengers: Eath's Mightiest Heroes'' had a truly classic one with the villain MODOC;
-->'''MODOC:''' I am ''SCIENCE''!!!
-->'''MODOC:''' I am ''SCIENCE''!!!
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* ''Avengers: Eath's Mightiest Heroes'' had a truly classic one with the villain MODOC;
-->'''MODOC:'''MODOK:
-->'''MODOK:''' I am ''SCIENCE''!!!
-->'''MODOC:'''
-->'''MODOK:''' I am ''SCIENCE''!!!
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--> '''Slavik: ''' I AM Nod!
--> '''Slavik: ''' I AM Nod!
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**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 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.
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*** Not really a boast, that's His name in the most proper sense linguistically (rather than the sacred tetragrammaton). Theologically, His essence and existence are the same (and He is the only thing that is so). It's simultaneously saying "I exist" and "I am God," due to His nature of being fully actualized (there is no "was" or "will be," nor is there "can" or "might" since they suggest potential and lack of perfection, there simply "is").
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*** Except he actually says "I '''shall''' be what I shall be". At least, for every person who has even the most basic knowledge of Hebrew.
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** Earlier than that, when Makuta was confronted by TheMole of the Barraki - who claimed that under the Brotherhood Law, he has to be spared - right before he "[[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves spared]]" the Mole, Makuta's response was "Under Brotherhood law? I ''am'' Brotherhood law!"
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** Does that mean [[FridgeHorror all of there ships are at the bottom of the ocean]]? I think they need a new catchphrase.
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->-- JudgeDredd
->[[OlderThanTheyThink I am the law.]]
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->[[OlderThanTheyThink I am the law.]]
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* In StargateSG1, the Goa'uld have a tendency to yell "I am your god!" at defiant foes. The Wraith in StargateAtlantis go for the somewhat more disturbing "I am your death."
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* In one episode of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', 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.
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* [[FinalFantasyXIII "L'Cie? I am more than that! I am Fal'Cie!"]]
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* Australian company Quicksilver Cruises claims, "Quicksilver is the Great Barrier Reef."
* Australian company Quicksilver Cruises claims, "Quicksilver is the Great Barrier Reef."
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-->'''Zaktan''': [[HannibalLecture You think you know horror]], [[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Irnakk]]? Horror is looking into the eyes of the Shadowed One, knowing you are about to die... and then being forced to live. Horror is waking each day to see every part of your body moving on its own - a shifting mass of Protodites where once was solid metal and living tissue. Horror is what is in the eyes of your partners when they look at you... and in the cries of your enemies when your swarm engulfs them. Don't talk to ''me'' about fear, creature - I ''am'' fear!
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-->'''Zaktan''': [[HannibalLecture You think you know horror]], [[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Irnakk]]? Horror is looking into the eyes of the Shadowed One, knowing you are about to die... and then being forced to live. Horror is waking each day to see every part of your body moving on its own - a shifting mass of Protodites where once was solid metal and living tissue. Horror is what is in the eyes of your partners when they look at you... and in the cries of your enemies when your swarm engulfs them. Don't talk to ''me'' about fear, creature - I ''am'' fear!
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** Later, when BigBad Makuta manages to [[TheBadGuyWins successfully]] pull off his XanatosRoulette and [[AGodAmI become a]] PhysicalGod, he tells the heroes, "No longer must I fight you in hopes of controlling a universe. I ''AM'' THE UNIVERSE!"
** Later, when BigBad Makuta manages to [[TheBadGuyWins successfully]] pull off his XanatosRoulette and [[AGodAmI become a]] PhysicalGod, he tells the heroes, "No longer must I fight you in hopes of controlling a universe. I ''AM'' THE UNIVERSE!"
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* [[UnrealTournament Xan Kriegor's]] taunts include "I am the Alpha and the Omega."
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--> Ryan: "In ten minutes, we bring out the liquor!"
--> Wayne: [[spoiler:"I'm the [[strike:liquor]] licker!"]]
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* A movie in the early nineties where John Goodman played the governor of Louisiana. And in one scene, in a Dixie accent similar to the one he had in ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'', he bellowed "I ''am'' the constitution of the State of Louisiana!".
** Was it ''Kingfish'', where he played notorious Louisiana governor Huey P. Long?
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* A The 1990s TV movie in the early nineties where ''Kingfish'' starred John Goodman played the governor as Governor Huey P. Long of Louisiana. And in one scene, 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 ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'', he bellowed "I ''am'' the constitution of the State of Louisiana!".
** Was it ''Kingfish'', where he played notorious Louisiana governor Huey P. Long?Louisiana!".
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* [[TheBeatles I am The Walrus]] would be missing quite a few words if this trope didn't exist.
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* From ''{{Kickassia}}'', complete with LampshadeHanging:
-->'''TheCinemaSnob:''' You're out of order, they're out of order! The whole system is out of order!
-->'''TheNostalgiaCritic:''' I am the system!
-->'''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!
-->'''TheCinemaSnob:''' You're out of order, they're out of order! The whole system is out of order!
-->'''TheNostalgiaCritic:''' I am the system!
-->'''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!
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* I AM [[BlackSabbath IRON MAN!]]
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* In the {{RCN}} story ''The Way to Glory'', Daniel becomes aware of an Alliance spy and sets a trap for him with Adele's help. When it goes badly -- the spy is killed ''and'' the admiral he was duping forms a grudge against Daniel and Adele -- he frets that perhaps he should've instead reported the matter to the proper authorities. Adele points out that as an agent of Cinnabar's intelligence service, "I ''am'' the proper authorities," and nothing the admiral says will outweigh Adele's report on the incident.
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->I ''am'' the law!
->-- JudgeDredd
->[[OlderThanTheyThink I am the law.]]
->-- InspectorJavert, LesMiserables
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 IAmTheBand.
See also AGodAmI and BadassBoast. A phrase like this is usually spoken with [[ThisIsSPARTA copious amounts of punctuation.]] Said phrases might also be lyrics to an IAmSong.
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* Catherine II in ''[=~Le Chevalier d'Eon~=]'': "I am Russia!"
* In ''DeathNote'', we get this in stereo from Light and L: "I am... Justice!"
* In ''DragonballZ'', 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!"
* Setsuna F. Seiei from ''{{Gundam 00}}'': "I am Gundam!"
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* "I am the law" is a CatchPhrase of JudgeDredd.
** [[TheFilmOfTheBook I believe you mean]] "[[SylvesterStallone AH AM THE LEAAAAAAUUU!]]".
*** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6cyDsuNx_U Leeeeeuuuugghhhh!?!]]""
* In the MarvelUniverse, GalacticConqueror Thanos delivers a perfect one after [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence having achieved Godhood]].
-->'''Thanos''': ''My skills, my power, are more than a body can provide! I move with the cosmos, held only by thought and never by flesh! I am Thanos, emperor of the universe! I '''AM''' the universe!''
* Marvel's cosmic characters tends to love this in general:
** [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} "I am Fire made Flesh! I am Power Incarnate! I am Phoenix! Now and Forever!"]]
** "I am the absence of opposites! I am that which those who live among opposites cannot explain! In short... '''GALACTUS!'''"
* [[TheNewGods Darkseid IS.]]
-->'''Darkseid''': [[FinalCrisis ''I. Am. The. New. God.'']]
** "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 Newpage.Gods story:
-->'''Mr. Miracle''': Have you been out in the storm all this time.
-->'''Darkseid''': I ''am'' the storm.
*** [[http://www.4thletter.net/2009/06/and-now-darkseid-minus-new-gods/ But not a wedding.]]
* In ''{{Bionicle}}'':
-->'''Zaktan''': [[HannibalLecture You think you know horror]], [[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Irnakk]]? Horror is looking into the eyes of the Shadowed One, knowing you are about to die... and then being forced to live. Horror is waking each day to see every part of your body moving on its own - a shifting mass of Protodites where once was solid metal and living tissue. Horror is what is in the eyes of your partners when they look at you... and in the cries of your enemies when your swarm engulfs them. Don't talk to ''me'' about fear, creature - I ''am'' fear!
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* In ''StarWars Episode III: RevengeOfTheSith'', Palpatine says "I am the Senate!"
** This is also the name of an [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome song]] on John Williams' soundtrack for the film.
* In ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: 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!"
* {{Antz}}
-->'''BigBad''': Don't you understand? It's for the good of the colony! ([[spoiler: killing all the worker ants]])
-->'''Z:''' What are you saying? We ''are'' the colony.
-->'''BigBad:''' I ''am'' the colony! ([[spoiler: after Cutter prevents him from killing Z, claiming ''it'' is for the good of the colony]])
* ''ChariotsOfFire''. 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:
-->That's a matter for the committee.
-->Then a third says "We ARE the committee".
* ''RoboCop'': "[[MegaCorp We]] practically ARE the military!"
* A movie in the early nineties where John Goodman played the governor of Louisiana. And in one scene, in a Dixie accent similar to the one he had in ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'', he bellowed "I ''am'' the constitution of the State of Louisiana!".
** Was it ''Kingfish'', where he played notorious Louisiana governor Huey P. Long?
* ''ThePrincessBride'':
-->'''Miracle Max''': Beat it, or I'll call the Brute Squad!
-->'''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 ''MasterAndCommander''.
* Inversion in ''Film/IronMan''. After Tony declares his intent to run his company with "more responsibility and consideration for the country's greatest good", a reporter shows him pictures of Stark Industries weapons in enemy hands, accusing him of hypocrisy.
-->'''Tony''': I didn't approve any shipments
-->'''Reporter''': Well, your company did.
-->'''Tony''': Well I'm NOT my company.
* [[TheVirginQueen Queen Elizabeth I.]] in ''FireOverEngland'' (1937): "Then let me speak for all of you -- for I ''am'' England."
* In ''TropicThunder'', when Jay Baruchel confronts his co-stars about whether or not they know the script, the [[DyeingForYourArt ridiculously deep in-character]] Kirk Lazarus declares "I am the script!".
* "[[NightmareOnElmStreet THIS...is God!]]"
* ''{{Hellraiser}}'':
--> '''Pinhead:'''What you think of as pain is a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you. Gentlemen, I... Am... Pain.
* In ''StarTrek: FirstContact'' 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 literally true.
* In ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', as IndianaJones is menacing to shoot a rocket at the Ark of the Covenant:
-->'''Belloq''': Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This [points at ark], this * is* history.
* "I AM RIPPER! TEARER! SLASHER! GOUGER! I AM THE TEETH IN THE DARKNESS! THE TALONS IN THE LIGHT! MINE IS STRENGTH! AND LUST! AND POWER! '''I AM [[Film/{{Beowulf}} BEOWULF]]!'''"
* ''{{I am Legend}}''.
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheSiege The Siege]]:
-->'''William Devereaux''': I am the law. Right here, ''right now, I am the law!''
* ''BladesOfGlory'':
-->'''Charles Michael Michaels''': I am ice skating!
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* From TheBible:
-->'''God:''' [[BadassBoast I am that I am]].
*** Not really a boast, that's His name in the most proper sense linguistically (rather than the sacred tetragrammaton). Theologically, His essence and existence are the same (and He is the only thing that is so). It's simultaneously saying "I exist" and "I am God," due to His nature of being fully actualized (there is no "was" or "will be," nor is there "can" or "might" since they suggest potential and lack of perfection, there simply "is").
** The sequel tries to top this:
-->'''God 2.0:''' I am the way and the truth and the life.,BR>
-->'''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:
-->'''Jesus:''' I AM.
* StephenColbert: ''I Am America (and so can you)''.
* PiersAnthony's {{Xanth}} series
-->I will send you Torus's worst dream!
-->'''I AM Torus's worst dream!'''
* {{Discworld}}: [[GrimReaper Death's]] phrase, [[AC:"There is no Justice, There is just Me."]]
** From ''Discworld/MenAtArms'':
--->'''Assassin:''' Who are you?
--->'''Vimes:''' ''The Law'', you sons of bitches!
** From ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'':
--->'''Jonathan Teatime:''' So I'd rather you didn't try any last-minute stuff.
--->'''Death:''' [[AC:I ''AM'' Last Minute Stuff.]]
** From the short story "Theater of Cruelty":
--->'''Carrot:''' You see, sir, as I understand the law, you are an Accessory After The Fact. Or possibly Before The Fact.
--->'''Death:''' [[AC:Young man, I ''AM'' the fact.]]
** From ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'':
--->'''The Archchancelor's Hat''': ''I challenge. And those who will not face me must follow me, in accordance with the Lore.''
--->'''Wizard''': Whereabouts in the Lore?
--->'''The Archchancelor's Hat''': ''I embody the Lore.''
* Rand al'Thor from the ''WheelOfTime'': "Come against me, if you dare! I am the storm! Come if you dare, Shai'tan!"
* ''I Am the Cheese''.
* In TheThrawnTrilogy, 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. [[{{Understatement}} 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.
--> "''I'' am the law on Honoghr now, maitrakh. If I choose to follow the ancient laws, I will follow them. If I choose to ignore them, they will be ignored. Is that clear?"
** Also, when Pellaeon is concerned that the mad C'baoth is breaking away from TheEmpire, C'baoth retorts "I ''am'' the Empire".
* The Warden in ''[[{{Redwall}} Martin the Warrior]]'': "I am the Law!"
* From the ''SwordOfTruth'' series:
-->'''[[spoiler:Drefan]]''': You don't even have your weapon.\\
'''Richard''': I ''am'' the weapon.
* From PrinceCaspian, the werewolf boasts - "I'm hunger. I'm thirst." - and goes on.
* Neil Gaiman's ''American Gods'': Shadow asks Czernobog (who is smoking a cigarette) if he's frightened of getting cancer. Czernobog scoffs, "I AM cancer. I do not frighten myself."
* In ''Ethan of Athos,'' when interviewing the telepathic Terrance Cee for possible recruitment:
--> '''Elli:''' Of course not. Not on our ''own'' people.
--> '''Terrance:''' Lady, when this thing is activated, I ''am'' the other people.
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* In StarTrekDS9 episode "The Search" we have:
--> Kira: You belong to the Dominion?
--> [[spoiler:Female Changeling]] We ''are'' the Dominion!
* In ''{{Angel}}'', as the title character tools up for the big fight scene...
-->'''Angel:''' You're driving.
-->'''Doyle:''' Wait a minute! No, no! I'm not combat ready, man. I'm just the messenger!
-->'''Angel:''' And I'm the message.
* In season three of {{Buffy}}, during the aftermath of Faith's [[spoiler:murder of a fellow human being and the ensuing angst]], Faith says to Buffy: "We don't need the law, we '''are''' the law!"
* TheWestWing:
--> '''Donna:''' [Despairing of the nigh-impossible process of getting travel expenses reimbursed] We're getting beat by the system, Josh.
--> '''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!"
* Multiple PoliceProcedural shows:
--> '''Random civilian:''' Get out of here before I call the police!
--> '''Cop:''' I ''am'' the police!
* Used a lot by [[MagnificentBastard Malcolm Tucker]] in ''TheThickOfIt''. Things he ''is'' include the matrix, the press and the heart of government:
--> '''Olly Reeder:''' "Are you out of the loop?"
--> '''Malcolm Tucker:''' "Fuck you [[TheNicknamer Andy Pandy]], I ''am'' the loop..."
* From ''TrailerParkBoys'' we have the alcoholic Jim Lahey, who ''is'' the liquor.
* From ''24'' Season 2 we got:
--> Civilian: Get out or I call the police!
--> Jack Bauer: I AM the police!
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* {{Anthrax}}'s homage to Judge Dredd, appropriately enough titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin I Am the Law]]".
* The recurring CatchPhrase of the GreekChorus in {{The Protomen}}'s first album repeatedly chant "We are the dead"
* {{Stratovarius}} has a song called AlphaΩ that is almost full of lines like this. "I am the low and high/ I am the earth and sky..."
* The ChemicalBrothers ' album "We are the Night"
* The DeadKennedys' cover of ''I Fought The Law'', keeping in with the lyrical subversion (instead of a robber who [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin went to jail]], it's a criminal who pulled a KarmaHoudini on the authorities) changes the final line to "I ''am'' the law so I won"
* "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond.
* "I Am A Viking", by YngwieMalmsteen.
* "I Am A Pilgrim", a bluegrass standard covered by TheByrds.
* [[SelenaGomez "You are the thunder, and I am the lightning..."]]
* Javert's Suicide, from LesMiserables
-->'''Javert:''' I am the law, and the law is not mocked!
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* "You call me a student of the game? ''I am'' the damn game!" And thus, [[{{WWE}} Triple H]]'s most well-known nickname was born...
** That sounds like a rant for having lost [[TheGame it.]] Like the one you, reader, are throwing out now.
* "I am [[RingOfHonor Samoa]] [[{{TNA}} Joe]], and I am pro wrestling."
* [[{{TNA}} AJ Styles']] theme song. I am I am!
* TheUndertaker, 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."
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* ''"You think the State is you? No, the State is me."'' - Louis XIV
** Interestingly subverted by his last words: "I am dead, but the state will survive".
** 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 pretty much the Renaissance to the modern age.
* France seems to like these: "[[BadassBoast The Revolution is over: I AM The Revolution]]." - [[TheNapoleon Napoleon]]
** There's a REASON why that particular short Frenchman has his very own psychological complex in all the old-school textbooks...
*** [[BlindIdiotTranslation You mean the fact that the British (possibly intentionally) mistranslated from French to English units]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic to misrepresent Napoleon Bonaparte's height for propaganda purposes?]]
* The name of the comic 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.
-->Man: Look, I'm neurotic. I need to see other people. (Plunk!)
-->Woman: I'm schizophrenic; I AM OTHER PEOPLE!!!
-->Man: Okay! Take the pot. You win.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IzOznacNo Richard Jeni]]
* Salvador Dali: "I do not take drugs. I AM drugs."
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* Konrad Curze from {{Warhammer 40000}}: "I fear no evil. For I am Fear Incarnate!"
[[AC:Video Games]]
* [[AloneInTheDark I'm]] the [[LargeHam FUCKING UNIVERSE]]!!!
* From ''VagrantStory'':
-->'''[[DistressedDamsel Callo Merlose]]''': "It's far too dangerous! We must wait for reinforcements!"
-->'''[[{{Badass}} Ashley Riot]]''': "Reinforcements? I ''am'' the reinforcements."
* ''MassEffect2'':
-->'''Shepard:''' Better for humanity? Or just Cerberus?
-->'''[[SmugSnake Illusive Man]]:'''Cerberus ''is'' humanity.
** Don't forget Aria:
--->"I ''am'' Omega."
* From ''RedAlert'':
--> '''Kane:''' I ''am'' the future.
* In the DBZ:'''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!" It's like five '''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome CMoAs]]''' at the same time.
** The English dub did something similar.
* An example of Kain's dry sense of humour in ''LegacyOfKain: Blood Omen 2'':
--> '''Duncan:''' "Restricted area. This passage is for night shift workers only."
--> '''Kain:''' "I ''am'' the night shift."
* [[StreetFighter "I AM]] [[ThatOneBoss YOUR]] [[PhysicalGod GOD."]]
** Waaait...isn't that the [[PhysicalGod Goa']][[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens uld's]] CatchPhrase in StargateSG1?
* "[[BlazBlue I am the White Void.]] [[BadassBoast I am the Cold Steel.]] [[ForGreatJustice I am the Just Sword.]] [[KnightTemplar With blade in hand shall I reap the sins of this world,]] [[KillItWithFire and cleanse it in the fires of destruction!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I am Hakumen!]] [[PrepareToDie The end has come!]]"
* The [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Flaming Fist Mercenaries]] in the first [[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]].
--> "I ''AM'' THE LAW!"
* [[MetalGearSolid4 I]] am Lightning, the rain transformed.
* [[ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne Kagutsuchi]] every other turn: I am eternity. [[ThatOneAttack *casts Infinite Light*]] I am destiny. [[RunningGag *casts Infinite Light*]] [[RuleOfThree I am truth. *casts Infinite Light*]]...
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* ''HomestarRunner'':
-->'''Homestar:''' Strong Bad, so I see you decided to join the other side, eh?
-->'''Strong Bad:''' What joining? I ''am'' the other side!
[[AC:Web Original]]
* [[http://www.theonion.com/content/video/supreme_court_rules_death_penalty I Am the law!]]
* WeeblAndBob gives a nod to the Oppenheimer quote at the top of the page:
-->'''Death:''' Lo. I have become death. Stealer of pie.
* In the beginning of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk Hayek vs. Keynes rap]]:
-->'''Receptionist:''' Your agenda.
-->'''Keynes:''' That won't be necessary, I am the agenda.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* SouthPark used this in reverse, in a somewhat more...belittling manner.
-->This is deeply offensive to the Jewish community!
-->You ''are'' the Jewish community!
* [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Brainiac]]: "I ''am'' Krypton."
* ''[[DarkwingDuck That]]'' [[MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate bird]]:
-->''I am the terror that flaps in the night!''
-->''I am the offtopic discussion that ruins your YKTTW!''
-->''I am DarkwingDuck!''
* "You are NOT my father. I am NOT a disgrace. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I am Vengeance. I am the Night. I AM]] [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries BATMAN]]!"
-> -- '''Batman''', ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
* "[[ReBoot I am Gigabyte]], [[ShoutOut destroyer of systems!]]"
* Cat R. Waul from ''[[AnAmericanTail An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' says something along these lines.
--> '''Cat R. Waul''': "Simply put, mouseling, I am the law here, and you are a mere hors d'ouevre."
* ''[[{{Cars}} "Speed. I am speed."]]''
* ''BeastWars'':
-->'''Waspinator:''' "Wait! Need plan! Wazzpinator in charge!"
-->'''Dinobot II:''' "I ''am'' the plan."
* ''[[AeonFlux "I am the edge"]].''
* From the ''GIJoe'' cartoon:
-->'''[[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja STORM SHADOW]]:''' Anyone can use a weapon, but the ninja ''is'' a weapon.
-->''(Proceeds to dismantle a tank with his bare hands.)''
* ''Avengers: Eath's Mightiest Heroes'' had a truly classic one with the villain MODOC;
-->'''MODOC:''' I am ''SCIENCE''!!!
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->-- JudgeDredd
->[[OlderThanTheyThink I am the law.]]
->-- InspectorJavert, LesMiserables
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 IAmTheBand.
See also AGodAmI and BadassBoast. A phrase like this is usually spoken with [[ThisIsSPARTA copious amounts of punctuation.]] Said phrases might also be lyrics to an IAmSong.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* Catherine II in ''[=~Le Chevalier d'Eon~=]'': "I am Russia!"
* In ''DeathNote'', we get this in stereo from Light and L: "I am... Justice!"
* In ''DragonballZ'', 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!"
* Setsuna F. Seiei from ''{{Gundam 00}}'': "I am Gundam!"
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* "I am the law" is a CatchPhrase of JudgeDredd.
** [[TheFilmOfTheBook I believe you mean]] "[[SylvesterStallone AH AM THE LEAAAAAAUUU!]]".
*** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6cyDsuNx_U Leeeeeuuuugghhhh!?!]]""
* In the MarvelUniverse, GalacticConqueror Thanos delivers a perfect one after [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence having achieved Godhood]].
-->'''Thanos''': ''My skills, my power, are more than a body can provide! I move with the cosmos, held only by thought and never by flesh! I am Thanos, emperor of the universe! I '''AM''' the universe!''
* Marvel's cosmic characters tends to love this in general:
** [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} "I am Fire made Flesh! I am Power Incarnate! I am Phoenix! Now and Forever!"]]
** "I am the absence of opposites! I am that which those who live among opposites cannot explain! In short... '''GALACTUS!'''"
* [[TheNewGods Darkseid IS.]]
-->'''Darkseid''': [[FinalCrisis ''I. Am. The. New. God.'']]
** "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
-->'''Mr. Miracle''': Have you been out in the storm all this time.
-->'''Darkseid''': I ''am'' the storm.
*** [[http://www.4thletter.net/2009/06/and-now-darkseid-minus-new-gods/ But not a wedding.]]
* In ''{{Bionicle}}'':
-->'''Zaktan''': [[HannibalLecture You think you know horror]], [[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Irnakk]]? Horror is looking into the eyes of the Shadowed One, knowing you are about to die... and then being forced to live. Horror is waking each day to see every part of your body moving on its own - a shifting mass of Protodites where once was solid metal and living tissue. Horror is what is in the eyes of your partners when they look at you... and in the cries of your enemies when your swarm engulfs them. Don't talk to ''me'' about fear, creature - I ''am'' fear!
[[AC:Film]]
* In ''StarWars Episode III: RevengeOfTheSith'', Palpatine says "I am the Senate!"
** This is also the name of an [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome song]] on John Williams' soundtrack for the film.
* In ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: 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!"
* {{Antz}}
-->'''BigBad''': Don't you understand? It's for the good of the colony! ([[spoiler: killing all the worker ants]])
-->'''Z:''' What are you saying? We ''are'' the colony.
-->'''BigBad:''' I ''am'' the colony! ([[spoiler: after Cutter prevents him from killing Z, claiming ''it'' is for the good of the colony]])
* ''ChariotsOfFire''. 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:
-->That's a matter for the committee.
-->Then a third says "We ARE the committee".
* ''RoboCop'': "[[MegaCorp We]] practically ARE the military!"
* A movie in the early nineties where John Goodman played the governor of Louisiana. And in one scene, in a Dixie accent similar to the one he had in ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'', he bellowed "I ''am'' the constitution of the State of Louisiana!".
** Was it ''Kingfish'', where he played notorious Louisiana governor Huey P. Long?
* ''ThePrincessBride'':
-->'''Miracle Max''': Beat it, or I'll call the Brute Squad!
-->'''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 ''MasterAndCommander''.
* Inversion in ''Film/IronMan''. After Tony declares his intent to run his company with "more responsibility and consideration for the country's greatest good", a reporter shows him pictures of Stark Industries weapons in enemy hands, accusing him of hypocrisy.
-->'''Tony''': I didn't approve any shipments
-->'''Reporter''': Well, your company did.
-->'''Tony''': Well I'm NOT my company.
* [[TheVirginQueen Queen Elizabeth I.]] in ''FireOverEngland'' (1937): "Then let me speak for all of you -- for I ''am'' England."
* In ''TropicThunder'', when Jay Baruchel confronts his co-stars about whether or not they know the script, the [[DyeingForYourArt ridiculously deep in-character]] Kirk Lazarus declares "I am the script!".
* "[[NightmareOnElmStreet THIS...is God!]]"
* ''{{Hellraiser}}'':
--> '''Pinhead:'''What you think of as pain is a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you. Gentlemen, I... Am... Pain.
* In ''StarTrek: FirstContact'' 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 literally true.
* In ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', as IndianaJones is menacing to shoot a rocket at the Ark of the Covenant:
-->'''Belloq''': Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This [points at ark], this * is* history.
* "I AM RIPPER! TEARER! SLASHER! GOUGER! I AM THE TEETH IN THE DARKNESS! THE TALONS IN THE LIGHT! MINE IS STRENGTH! AND LUST! AND POWER! '''I AM [[Film/{{Beowulf}} BEOWULF]]!'''"
* ''{{I am Legend}}''.
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheSiege The Siege]]:
-->'''William Devereaux''': I am the law. Right here, ''right now, I am the law!''
* ''BladesOfGlory'':
-->'''Charles Michael Michaels''': I am ice skating!
[[AC:Literature]]
* From TheBible:
-->'''God:''' [[BadassBoast I am that I am]].
*** Not really a boast, that's His name in the most proper sense linguistically (rather than the sacred tetragrammaton). Theologically, His essence and existence are the same (and He is the only thing that is so). It's simultaneously saying "I exist" and "I am God," due to His nature of being fully actualized (there is no "was" or "will be," nor is there "can" or "might" since they suggest potential and lack of perfection, there simply "is").
** The sequel tries to top this:
-->'''God 2.0:''' I am the way and the truth and the life.,BR>
-->'''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:
-->'''Jesus:''' I AM.
* StephenColbert: ''I Am America (and so can you)''.
* PiersAnthony's {{Xanth}} series
-->I will send you Torus's worst dream!
-->'''I AM Torus's worst dream!'''
* {{Discworld}}: [[GrimReaper Death's]] phrase, [[AC:"There is no Justice, There is just Me."]]
** From ''Discworld/MenAtArms'':
--->'''Assassin:''' Who are you?
--->'''Vimes:''' ''The Law'', you sons of bitches!
** From ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'':
--->'''Jonathan Teatime:''' So I'd rather you didn't try any last-minute stuff.
--->'''Death:''' [[AC:I ''AM'' Last Minute Stuff.]]
** From the short story "Theater of Cruelty":
--->'''Carrot:''' You see, sir, as I understand the law, you are an Accessory After The Fact. Or possibly Before The Fact.
--->'''Death:''' [[AC:Young man, I ''AM'' the fact.]]
** From ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'':
--->'''The Archchancelor's Hat''': ''I challenge. And those who will not face me must follow me, in accordance with the Lore.''
--->'''Wizard''': Whereabouts in the Lore?
--->'''The Archchancelor's Hat''': ''I embody the Lore.''
* Rand al'Thor from the ''WheelOfTime'': "Come against me, if you dare! I am the storm! Come if you dare, Shai'tan!"
* ''I Am the Cheese''.
* In TheThrawnTrilogy, 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. [[{{Understatement}} 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.
--> "''I'' am the law on Honoghr now, maitrakh. If I choose to follow the ancient laws, I will follow them. If I choose to ignore them, they will be ignored. Is that clear?"
** Also, when Pellaeon is concerned that the mad C'baoth is breaking away from TheEmpire, C'baoth retorts "I ''am'' the Empire".
* The Warden in ''[[{{Redwall}} Martin the Warrior]]'': "I am the Law!"
* From the ''SwordOfTruth'' series:
-->'''[[spoiler:Drefan]]''': You don't even have your weapon.\\
'''Richard''': I ''am'' the weapon.
* From PrinceCaspian, the werewolf boasts - "I'm hunger. I'm thirst." - and goes on.
* Neil Gaiman's ''American Gods'': Shadow asks Czernobog (who is smoking a cigarette) if he's frightened of getting cancer. Czernobog scoffs, "I AM cancer. I do not frighten myself."
* In ''Ethan of Athos,'' when interviewing the telepathic Terrance Cee for possible recruitment:
--> '''Elli:''' Of course not. Not on our ''own'' people.
--> '''Terrance:''' Lady, when this thing is activated, I ''am'' the other people.
[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* In StarTrekDS9 episode "The Search" we have:
--> Kira: You belong to the Dominion?
--> [[spoiler:Female Changeling]] We ''are'' the Dominion!
* In ''{{Angel}}'', as the title character tools up for the big fight scene...
-->'''Angel:''' You're driving.
-->'''Doyle:''' Wait a minute! No, no! I'm not combat ready, man. I'm just the messenger!
-->'''Angel:''' And I'm the message.
* In season three of {{Buffy}}, during the aftermath of Faith's [[spoiler:murder of a fellow human being and the ensuing angst]], Faith says to Buffy: "We don't need the law, we '''are''' the law!"
* TheWestWing:
--> '''Donna:''' [Despairing of the nigh-impossible process of getting travel expenses reimbursed] We're getting beat by the system, Josh.
--> '''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!"
* Multiple PoliceProcedural shows:
--> '''Random civilian:''' Get out of here before I call the police!
--> '''Cop:''' I ''am'' the police!
* Used a lot by [[MagnificentBastard Malcolm Tucker]] in ''TheThickOfIt''. Things he ''is'' include the matrix, the press and the heart of government:
--> '''Olly Reeder:''' "Are you out of the loop?"
--> '''Malcolm Tucker:''' "Fuck you [[TheNicknamer Andy Pandy]], I ''am'' the loop..."
* From ''TrailerParkBoys'' we have the alcoholic Jim Lahey, who ''is'' the liquor.
* From ''24'' Season 2 we got:
--> Civilian: Get out or I call the police!
--> Jack Bauer: I AM the police!
[[AC:Music]]
* {{Anthrax}}'s homage to Judge Dredd, appropriately enough titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin I Am the Law]]".
* The recurring CatchPhrase of the GreekChorus in {{The Protomen}}'s first album repeatedly chant "We are the dead"
* {{Stratovarius}} has a song called AlphaΩ that is almost full of lines like this. "I am the low and high/ I am the earth and sky..."
* The ChemicalBrothers ' album "We are the Night"
* The DeadKennedys' cover of ''I Fought The Law'', keeping in with the lyrical subversion (instead of a robber who [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin went to jail]], it's a criminal who pulled a KarmaHoudini on the authorities) changes the final line to "I ''am'' the law so I won"
* "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond.
* "I Am A Viking", by YngwieMalmsteen.
* "I Am A Pilgrim", a bluegrass standard covered by TheByrds.
* [[SelenaGomez "You are the thunder, and I am the lightning..."]]
* Javert's Suicide, from LesMiserables
-->'''Javert:''' I am the law, and the law is not mocked!
[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
* "You call me a student of the game? ''I am'' the damn game!" And thus, [[{{WWE}} Triple H]]'s most well-known nickname was born...
** That sounds like a rant for having lost [[TheGame it.]] Like the one you, reader, are throwing out now.
* "I am [[RingOfHonor Samoa]] [[{{TNA}} Joe]], and I am pro wrestling."
* [[{{TNA}} AJ Styles']] theme song. I am I am!
* TheUndertaker, 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."
[[AC:Real Life]]
* ''"You think the State is you? No, the State is me."'' - Louis XIV
** Interestingly subverted by his last words: "I am dead, but the state will survive".
** 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 pretty much the Renaissance to the modern age.
* France seems to like these: "[[BadassBoast The Revolution is over: I AM The Revolution]]." - [[TheNapoleon Napoleon]]
** There's a REASON why that particular short Frenchman has his very own psychological complex in all the old-school textbooks...
*** [[BlindIdiotTranslation You mean the fact that the British (possibly intentionally) mistranslated from French to English units]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic to misrepresent Napoleon Bonaparte's height for propaganda purposes?]]
* The name of the comic 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.
-->Man: Look, I'm neurotic. I need to see other people. (Plunk!)
-->Woman: I'm schizophrenic; I AM OTHER PEOPLE!!!
-->Man: Okay! Take the pot. You win.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IzOznacNo Richard Jeni]]
* Salvador Dali: "I do not take drugs. I AM drugs."
[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* Konrad Curze from {{Warhammer 40000}}: "I fear no evil. For I am Fear Incarnate!"
[[AC:Video Games]]
* [[AloneInTheDark I'm]] the [[LargeHam FUCKING UNIVERSE]]!!!
* From ''VagrantStory'':
-->'''[[DistressedDamsel Callo Merlose]]''': "It's far too dangerous! We must wait for reinforcements!"
-->'''[[{{Badass}} Ashley Riot]]''': "Reinforcements? I ''am'' the reinforcements."
* ''MassEffect2'':
-->'''Shepard:''' Better for humanity? Or just Cerberus?
-->'''[[SmugSnake Illusive Man]]:'''Cerberus ''is'' humanity.
** Don't forget Aria:
--->"I ''am'' Omega."
* From ''RedAlert'':
--> '''Kane:''' I ''am'' the future.
* In the DBZ:'''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!" It's like five '''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome CMoAs]]''' at the same time.
** The English dub did something similar.
* An example of Kain's dry sense of humour in ''LegacyOfKain: Blood Omen 2'':
--> '''Duncan:''' "Restricted area. This passage is for night shift workers only."
--> '''Kain:''' "I ''am'' the night shift."
* [[StreetFighter "I AM]] [[ThatOneBoss YOUR]] [[PhysicalGod GOD."]]
** Waaait...isn't that the [[PhysicalGod Goa']][[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens uld's]] CatchPhrase in StargateSG1?
* "[[BlazBlue I am the White Void.]] [[BadassBoast I am the Cold Steel.]] [[ForGreatJustice I am the Just Sword.]] [[KnightTemplar With blade in hand shall I reap the sins of this world,]] [[KillItWithFire and cleanse it in the fires of destruction!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I am Hakumen!]] [[PrepareToDie The end has come!]]"
* The [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Flaming Fist Mercenaries]] in the first [[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]].
--> "I ''AM'' THE LAW!"
* [[MetalGearSolid4 I]] am Lightning, the rain transformed.
* [[ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne Kagutsuchi]] every other turn: I am eternity. [[ThatOneAttack *casts Infinite Light*]] I am destiny. [[RunningGag *casts Infinite Light*]] [[RuleOfThree I am truth. *casts Infinite Light*]]...
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* ''HomestarRunner'':
-->'''Homestar:''' Strong Bad, so I see you decided to join the other side, eh?
-->'''Strong Bad:''' What joining? I ''am'' the other side!
[[AC:Web Original]]
* [[http://www.theonion.com/content/video/supreme_court_rules_death_penalty I Am the law!]]
* WeeblAndBob gives a nod to the Oppenheimer quote at the top of the page:
-->'''Death:''' Lo. I have become death. Stealer of pie.
* In the beginning of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk Hayek vs. Keynes rap]]:
-->'''Receptionist:''' Your agenda.
-->'''Keynes:''' That won't be necessary, I am the agenda.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* SouthPark used this in reverse, in a somewhat more...belittling manner.
-->This is deeply offensive to the Jewish community!
-->You ''are'' the Jewish community!
* [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Brainiac]]: "I ''am'' Krypton."
* ''[[DarkwingDuck That]]'' [[MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate bird]]:
-->''I am the terror that flaps in the night!''
-->''I am the offtopic discussion that ruins your YKTTW!''
-->''I am DarkwingDuck!''
* "You are NOT my father. I am NOT a disgrace. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I am Vengeance. I am the Night. I AM]] [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries BATMAN]]!"
-> -- '''Batman''', ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
* "[[ReBoot I am Gigabyte]], [[ShoutOut destroyer of systems!]]"
* Cat R. Waul from ''[[AnAmericanTail An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' says something along these lines.
--> '''Cat R. Waul''': "Simply put, mouseling, I am the law here, and you are a mere hors d'ouevre."
* ''[[{{Cars}} "Speed. I am speed."]]''
* ''BeastWars'':
-->'''Waspinator:''' "Wait! Need plan! Wazzpinator in charge!"
-->'''Dinobot II:''' "I ''am'' the plan."
* ''[[AeonFlux "I am the edge"]].''
* From the ''GIJoe'' cartoon:
-->'''[[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja STORM SHADOW]]:''' Anyone can use a weapon, but the ninja ''is'' a weapon.
-->''(Proceeds to dismantle a tank with his bare hands.)''
* ''Avengers: Eath's Mightiest Heroes'' had a truly classic one with the villain MODOC;
-->'''MODOC:''' I am ''SCIENCE''!!!
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