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16	So you're going through the bookstore reading titles, browsing for something to read. You see lots of random things, incoherent titles, boring titles, one-word titles that could mean anything or nothing. What to read? And then you see it. A book that sounds like it will focus on one subject just because of the title. A book that purports to speak from authority, just because of the title. It is a book that reads "I, Noun" possibly with an obscenely long subtitle.
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18	This is a subtrope of TheJoyOfX. Related to EnterEponymous but not to IProduct.
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21	!!Examples:
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24	[[folder:I, Anime & Manga]]
25	* ''Manga/{{Patalliro}}'': From the second season, the title of the anime adaptation is ''Boku Patalliro!'' (''I, Patalliro!'').
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28	[[folder:I, Audio Plays]]
29	* "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsIDavrosInnocence I, Davros]]" A ''Series/DoctorWho'' spinoff series of audio dramas.
30	[[/folder]]
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32	[[folder:I, Comic Books]]
33	* ''ComicBook/IJoker'', a GraphicNovel about the [[ComicBook/TheJoker eponymous super villain]].
34	* ''ComicBook/IVampire'', Creator/DCComics strip about a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.
35	* ''ComicBook/IZombie'' Vertigo comic book series.
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38	[[folder:I, Fan Works]]
39	* Chapter V of ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' is called "I, Rebut" as a pun on ''Literature/IRobot''.
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42	[[folder:I, Live-Action Film]]
43	* ''Film/IAnActress'', a 1977 short film of an improvised screen test
44	* ''Film/IDanielBlake'', a 2016 drama film. This a reference to a scene when protagonist Daniel decides in a an act protest to graffiti his appeal letter, starting "I, Daniel Blake," to the outside wall of a Jobcentre Plus office.
45	* ''Film/IFrankenstein'', a 2014 film.
46	* ''Film/IMadman'', 1989 horror film.
47	* ''Film/IMobster'', a 1958 movie based on the novel of the same name.
48	* ''Film/IMonster'', a 1971 adaptation of ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
49	* ''Film/IRobot'', a 2004 loose adaptation of [[Literature/IRobot the collection of short stories with the same name]].
50	* ''Film/ITheJury'' a noir featuring Mike Hammer. Based on the book by Mickey Spillane.
51	* ''Film/ITonya'', a 2017 biopic of the controversial figure skater UsefulNotes/TonyaHarding.
52	* ''Film/IZombie1998'' (full title with ColonCancer is ''I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain'') is a British film from 1998.
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55	[[folder:I, Literature]]
56	* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
57	** ''Literature/IRobot'', a [[{{Anthology}} collection]] of ArtificialIntelligence stories.
58	** ''[[Literature/IAsimovAMemoir I. Asimov: A Memoir]]'', an {{autobiography}} where the different punctuation transforms the pronoun into an initial.
59	* The first book of ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'' is called ''I, Freddy''.
60	* ''Literature/IAlien'' by Michael Reaves, with illustrations by comics artist Terry Austin.
61	* The "acto-biography" of Nigel Planer's pretentious [[{{Luvvies}} luvvie]] character Nicholas Craig has the intentionally clunky title ''I, an Actor: Another Great Actor Exposes Himself''.
62	* ''I, Ba'al'', a short story set in the Franchise/StargateVerse.
63	* ''Literature/IClaudius'', possibly the UrExample. Justified in that it's not only the title but the start of the supposed memoir itself, which Claudius begins by reciting his formal names and how they are less telling than the derisive nicknames by which his family knew him.
64	* "I [[Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu Cthulhu]] [[EitherOrTitle or]], What's A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9' S, Longitude 126° 43' W)?," by Creator/NeilGaiman.
65	* ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'', the only ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel to be written entirely in the first person.
66	* ''Literature/ILucifer'' by Glenn Duncan.
67	* ''[[Literature/ModestyBlaise I, Lucifer]]'' by Peter O'Donnell.
68	* ''I, Monster: Serial Killers in Their Own Chilling Words'' by Tom Philbin
69	* ''Literature/IPartridgeWeNeedToTalkAboutAlan'' the "autobiography" of Franchise/AlanPartridge.
70	* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil I, Pencil]]'', an influential 1958 essay about how markets produce things (like pencils) that no single person is capable of making.
71	* ''Literature/{{IQ}}'', a ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' novel featuring Q (and riffing off the intelligence test of the same name).
72	* "[[Literature/AdamLink I, Robot]]", a ShortStory by Creator/EandoBinder, from the perspective of the robot Adam Link.
73	* Cory Doctorow has short stories called both "I, Robot" and "I, Rowboat".
74	* ''I, Strahd'' by P. Elrod, memoirs of titular vampire, set in ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}.''
75	* ''I, Sniper: A Literature/BobLeeSwagger Novel'' by Stephen Hunter
76	* ''I, the Jury'' a noir by Mickey Spillane featuring Literature/MikeHammer. Also became a movie.
77	* ''Literature/ITrissy,'' a short YA novel by Creator/NormaFoxMazer about an 11-year-old girl dealing with her parents' divorce.
78	* ''[[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=7605 I, Tyrant]]'' -- [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons AD&D2]] {{sourcebook}} about beholders (a pun on "eye tyrant").
79	* ''Literature/IVampire: The Confessions of a Vampire -- His Life, His Loves, His Strangest Desires ...'' by Michael Romkey - You get the feeling they just couldn't bring themselves to use such an undescriptive title and trust it to stand on its own merits.
80	* ''Literature/IWeapon'', a 70s sci-fi novel about the breeding of the ultimate living weapon from several human subspecies to fight an alien threat.
81	* The ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series has a book within a book called the “I, Marcellus”.
82	* ''Week Ending: Cabinet Leaks'' had a parody autobiography of Carol Thatcher called ''I, Carol''. And every time she refers to herself in the first person it's "I, Carol," to the editor's despair.
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85	[[folder:I, Live-Action TV]]
86	* "I Robot, You Jane", a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 1 episode. It also references ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'''s "Me Tarzan, you Jane".
87	* "[[PunBasedTitle I, Witness]]" is a season 7 episode of ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}''.
88	* "I, Rowboat" was the title of a Creator/ConanOBrien parody of the then-recent Will Smith ''Film/IRobot'' movie.
89	* "I, E.T.," a ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode.
90	* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' ends with a string of these, including "I, Whoops There It Is" and "I, Done."
91	* ''Series/ILovett'', a sitcom starring Creator/NormanLovett with a TheDanza EpunymousTitle.
92	* The name of the series ''Series/{{iZombie}}'', stylizing it like IProduct. It's an adaptation of the comic book.
93	* "I, Murdoch", from ''Series/MurdochMysteries'', which features a [[spoiler: fake]] SteamPunk robot.
94	* Episode "I, Busybody" of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
95	* "I, Borg," a ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode -- a significant title, as the {{hivemind}}ed Borg attach no importance to individuals. (Strictly speaking, the official episode title, and the one on production records, is "I Borg" with no comma. It's still an example.)
96	* "I, Mudd," a ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode.
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99	[[folder:I, Music]]
100	* ''I Robot'' is the title of an [[Music/TheAlanParsonsProject Alan Parsons Project]] album, partly inspired by the Asimov collection. %% The album title has no comma.
101	* "Moi... Lolita" (''I, Literature/{{Lolita}}'') by Alizée.
102	* The band Music/IMonster.
103	* "I, Hedonist" is [[SimilarlyNamedWorks both]] a song by Music/{{Panopticon}} and the band Hedonist.
104	* "I Zimbra" by Music/TalkingHeads looks like an example at first glance, but given that the title and lyrics are pulled from a totally nonsensical Dadaist poem, it's doubtful whether that was the intention.
105	* "I, Zombie" is the title of a [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]] song.
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108	[[folder:I, Tabletop Games]]
109	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''I, Tyrant'' is a book about beholders, which are also known as [[{{Pun}} eye tyrants]].
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112	[[folder:I, Theatre]]
113	* Musical about Roy Keane's controversial departure from the Republic of Ireland football team before the 2002 World Cup: ''Theatre/IKeano''
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116	[[folder:I, Video Games]]
117	* ''VideoGame/IRobot'', an arcade game released in the 80s.
118	* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has the minigame mode "I, Zombie", which flips the script on the main gameplay by having you deploy zombies to tear through plant defenses.
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121	[[folder:I, Web Original]]
122	* ''I, Mario'', the attempt at a more realistic ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
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125	[[folder:I, Western Animation]]
126	* "I, Farmbot" (''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'')
127	* "I, Breakfast Bot" (''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'', a SpinOff series of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'')
128	* "I, Fanbot" (''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'')
129	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': "I, Roommate."
130	* ''WesternAnimation/IElvisRiboldi'' refers to the main character itself.
131	* "I, Brobot" (''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'')
132	* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot I, D'oh- Bot]]," an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
133	* "I, Monster" is the title of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''. It was re-used for an episode of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 the 2012 reboot]].
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