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"I am the fire that leaves you homeless. The heart attack in aisle six. The prescription you cannot collect. I am the boiled sweet stuck in your child's throat. The motorway pileup that leaves you traumatized. The food shopping you cannot do. I am the reason you need a wheelchair. The flood that leaves you stranded. The empty house when you return from hospital. I am a crisis, and I don't care who you are."
— "I Am a Crisis"
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"I am the rules."
— Gilgamesh, Carnival Phantasm
"I AM THE FUCKING STRONG!"
— Killer Queen, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (Duwang edition)
Comic Books
Sinestro: You think these theatrics frighten me? You think I'm afraid of pain or death? Nothing frightens me. I am fear.
Atrocitus: And I am Rage!
Atrocitus: And I am Rage!
— Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Fan Works
Cyber Diva: Who the hell do you think you are... that you expect me to bow to you!?
Naka Gumi: I don't want you to submit. I want you to succumb.
Cyber Diva: You want to rule over Diola! I am the Composer - omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent! I am the Realground, and the Underground! I am DIVA!
Gumi: Then DIVA must be a hellish yard.
Naka Gumi: I don't want you to submit. I want you to succumb.
Cyber Diva: You want to rule over Diola! I am the Composer - omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent! I am the Realground, and the Underground! I am DIVA!
Gumi: Then DIVA must be a hellish yard.
Film — Live-Action
Detective Lipez: Who are you?
Candyman: I am the writing on the walls. I am the sweet smell of blood on the street. The buzz that echoes in the alleyways. They will say I shed innocent blood. You are far from innocent, but they will say you were. That's all that matters.
Candyman: I am the writing on the walls. I am the sweet smell of blood on the street. The buzz that echoes in the alleyways. They will say I shed innocent blood. You are far from innocent, but they will say you were. That's all that matters.
"Inhabitants of Peach Trees, this is Judge Dredd. In case you people have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. Ma-Ma's not the law. I am the law."
— Judge Dredd, Dredd
"On your knees... lower. I am... Jerusalem. And you... will give me the kiss of peace."
— King Baldwin IV, Kingdom of Heaven
Maccus: The boy's not here. He must have been claimed by the sea.
Davy Jones: I am the sea.
Davy Jones: I am the sea.
Data: Who are you?
Borg Queen: I am the Borg.
Data: That is a contradiction. The Borg have a collective consciousness. There are no individuals.
Borg Queen: I am the beginning, the end, the one who is many. I am the Borg.
Data: Greetings. I am curious — do you control the Collective?
Borg Queen: You imply a disparity where none exists. I am the Collective.
Borg Queen: I am the Borg.
Data: That is a contradiction. The Borg have a collective consciousness. There are no individuals.
Borg Queen: I am the beginning, the end, the one who is many. I am the Borg.
Data: Greetings. I am curious — do you control the Collective?
Borg Queen: You imply a disparity where none exists. I am the Collective.
Mace Windu: In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic... you are under arrest, Chancellor.
Palpatine: Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
Mace Windu: The Senate will decide your fate.
Palpatine: I am the Senate.
Palpatine: Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
Mace Windu: The Senate will decide your fate.
Palpatine: I am the Senate.
Literature
"How can you face that?" the prince asked. "That's not an enemy, that's... the end."
Lindon lifted into the air and turned to face the Fiend. Dark fire kindled in his hand.
"No," Lindon said. "I am the end."
Lindon lifted into the air and turned to face the Fiend. Dark fire kindled in his hand.
"No," Lindon said. "I am the end."
— Cradle Series: Waybound
"These are my marshes and I am the law!"
— The Warden of Marshwood Hill, Martin the Warrior of Redwall
Inskipp yawned and poured himself a glass of water from the dispenser unit above the bed. "Just because I head the Special Corps, doesn't mean that I am the Special Corps," he said moistly while he drained the glass. "I have to sleep sometime."
Live-Action TV
Trepp: You're not exactly in fighting shape, and we have no weapons!
Kovacs: We are the weapons!
Trepp: [muttering] What the hell does that even mean?
Kovacs: We are the weapons!
Trepp: [muttering] What the hell does that even mean?
— Altered Carbon, "Bury Me Dead"
Stephen Miller: [video clip] ...the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.
Stephen Colbert: Adding, "I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds...Kneel Before Zod. K-Kneel...Kneel. Have...Have John Dickerson washed and brought to Zod's tent."
Stephen Colbert: Adding, "I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds...Kneel Before Zod. K-Kneel...Kneel. Have...Have John Dickerson washed and brought to Zod's tent."
"I am the cartel!"
— Hector "Tio" Salamanca, Better Call Saul, "Sabrosito"
"No, you clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger!"
— Walter White, Breaking Bad, "Cornered"
Wilson Fisk: I always thought that I was the Samaritan in that story. It's funny, isn't it? How even the best of men can be...deceived by their true nature.
Officer: What the hell does that mean?
Wilson Fisk: It means that I'm not the Samaritan. That I'm not the priest, or the Levite. That I am the ill intent, who set upon the traveler on a road that he should not have been on.
Officer: What the hell does that mean?
Wilson Fisk: It means that I'm not the Samaritan. That I'm not the priest, or the Levite. That I am the ill intent, who set upon the traveler on a road that he should not have been on.
"I am the Liquor!"
— Jim Lahey, Trailer Park Boys
"When I say I'll do it, I'll do it! I am the rules!"
— Isamu Fuwa, Kamen Rider Zero-One, "We are the Astronaut Brothers!"
"WE are Empire! History bows to US!"
— Cleon XII to his Co-Emperor Cleon XIII, Foundation (2021), "The Leap"
Music
I am the Death. The Corruption. The Chaos.
My Name Is Lucifer!!!
My Name Is Lucifer!!!
— E Nomine
When you see the clouds blacken
Remember you've been warned
No shelter from my fierce winds
Because, I am the storm
Remember you've been warned
No shelter from my fierce winds
Because, I am the storm
— I Am The Storm, Blue Öyster Cult
Professional Wrestling
"I don't steal opportunities, I AM THE OPPORTUNITY!"
Video Games
Romeo: Wha—?! You can still move? But that's impossible! The Scourge pumped enough electricity into you to—
Gunvolt: I am electricity.
Gunvolt: I am electricity.
"I AM the law!"
— Captain Gantu, Stitch: Experiment 626
"I AM PERFECTION!"
— Ghetsis, Pokémon Black and White
Shepard: You run Omega?
Aria T'loak: [laughs, stands on the railing overlooking The Afterlife] I am Omega.
Aria T'loak: [laughs, stands on the railing overlooking The Afterlife] I am Omega.
Dysley: Cocoon is a factory built by fal'Cie. A factory for the mass production of human thralls.
Snow: Not anymore, it's not!
Dysley: What can mere men do? Without our help, death is all of which you're capable. You saw the fools. A mindless mob, drunk on the fear of a few l'Cie.
Lightning: If they only knew a l'Cie was the one filling their glasses!
Dysley: L'Cie? You mean me? Oh child, perish the thought. I am more than that! I am fal'Cie. My name is Barthandelus. Voice of the Sanctum, and Lord-Sovereign of the Cocoon fal'Cie. Your kind feared the darkness, so we gave you light. You begged us for the Purge, and did it not come to pass? Now you spurn our counsel? You must learn your place!
Snow: Not anymore, it's not!
Dysley: What can mere men do? Without our help, death is all of which you're capable. You saw the fools. A mindless mob, drunk on the fear of a few l'Cie.
Lightning: If they only knew a l'Cie was the one filling their glasses!
Dysley: L'Cie? You mean me? Oh child, perish the thought. I am more than that! I am fal'Cie. My name is Barthandelus. Voice of the Sanctum, and Lord-Sovereign of the Cocoon fal'Cie. Your kind feared the darkness, so we gave you light. You begged us for the Purge, and did it not come to pass? Now you spurn our counsel? You must learn your place!
Assassin: We shall strike like the subtle hand of doom, leaving nothing but weeping in our wake.] For you see - we are The Night!
Lord Havelock Vetinari: You are? I thought you were the Assassins' Guild.
Assassin: Ah - well, we are the Assassins' Guild, but we are also...The Night!
Vetinari: So, in fact, you're that period of the diurnal rhythm defined by darkness, are you? So, nighttime thefts, muggings, murders and overnight cart parking in restricted zones...we can just start billing the Assassins' Guild directly, can we? No more fussing about with tax collectors and fines...
Assassin: Er...wh..what! B-but, just because we are the Night, doesn't mean that we're responsible for the night!
Vetinari: Well if you are it, then you have to control it. And if you control it, then you're responsible for it. This seems eminently sensible. I have a few thousand unpaid bills we can send your way by tomorrow.
Assassin: Er. No, no, no, no - now look! All right. Um - we aren't are the night, but we are of the night... OF! So we... we are an integral part of the night, without assuming any controlling or otherwise responsible position. So whereas we can assume custodianship of unpaid bills, this will only be as a... a...a storage facility - a favour to you, my lord, until we find someone who utterly encompasses all aspects of the night, whereupon we can pass the bills on to him!
Vetinari: Oh, very well...so in the meantime, just get on with this new job.
Lord Havelock Vetinari: You are? I thought you were the Assassins' Guild.
Assassin: Ah - well, we are the Assassins' Guild, but we are also...The Night!
Vetinari: So, in fact, you're that period of the diurnal rhythm defined by darkness, are you? So, nighttime thefts, muggings, murders and overnight cart parking in restricted zones...we can just start billing the Assassins' Guild directly, can we? No more fussing about with tax collectors and fines...
Assassin: Er...wh..what! B-but, just because we are the Night, doesn't mean that we're responsible for the night!
Vetinari: Well if you are it, then you have to control it. And if you control it, then you're responsible for it. This seems eminently sensible. I have a few thousand unpaid bills we can send your way by tomorrow.
Assassin: Er. No, no, no, no - now look! All right. Um - we aren't are the night, but we are of the night... OF! So we... we are an integral part of the night, without assuming any controlling or otherwise responsible position. So whereas we can assume custodianship of unpaid bills, this will only be as a... a...a storage facility - a favour to you, my lord, until we find someone who utterly encompasses all aspects of the night, whereupon we can pass the bills on to him!
Vetinari: Oh, very well...so in the meantime, just get on with this new job.
"The Lady Sophie calls me Cern in jest, but I do not have a name. I am Cernunnos and Faunus, and the Horned God and the Green Man. I am the Sorcerer, and I am neither of them. I am simply of the Forest... and I am the Forest."
— The Forest God, The Secret World
"Betrayal...betrayal...I am betrayal!"
— Possessed Takumi, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
"Look at all I've done without you. I've restored justice. I AM the justice. No more bad guys, ever."
— Mustache Girl, A Hat in Time
Kano: You wanna be Top Bloke, eh?
Kabal: Out with the old, in with the new.
Kano: I'm the Black Dragon, Kabal!
Kabal: Out with the old, in with the new.
Kano: I'm the Black Dragon, Kabal!
Shao Kahn: My actions are not your concern.
RoboCop: Even you must obey the law.
Shao Kahn: I AM the law, fool!
RoboCop: Even you must obey the law.
Shao Kahn: I AM the law, fool!
Hagatha cried out over the winds: "Truly, you are as powerful as the Maelstrom!" To which the Tempest answered: "I AM THE MAELSTROM."
— Galakrond, the Tempest's Flavor Text, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
"I. Am. Deathwing. The destroyer! The end of all things! Inevitable! Indomitable! I! AM! THE CATACLYSM!''
— Deathwing, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
"I am... the lucid dream... the mOnstEr In yOur nIghTmAres... THE FIEND OF A THOUSAND FACES... TREMBLE BEFORE MY TRUE FORM! BOW DOWN BEFORE THE GOD OF DEATH!''
— Sara/Yogg-Saron, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Scarecrow: Now I'm hallucinating...
Enchantress: You may inspire fear, but I AM fear.
Scarecrow: Afraid of the competition?
Enchantress: You may inspire fear, but I AM fear.
Scarecrow: Afraid of the competition?
Raiden: A war comes which threatens this realm.
Enchantress: I AM the war, you foolish semi-god.
Raiden: The threat you pose must end!
Enchantress: I AM the war, you foolish semi-god.
Raiden: The threat you pose must end!
Brainiac: You cannot transmute Brainiac.
Firestorm: Or your ship, apparently!
Brainiac: I am the ship, the ship is me.
Firestorm: Or your ship, apparently!
Brainiac: I am the ship, the ship is me.
Poison Ivy: Think yourself formidable, Cheetah?
Cheetah: I'm a force of nature, Ivy.
Poison Ivy: I am nature.
Cheetah: I'm a force of nature, Ivy.
Poison Ivy: I am nature.
Joker: What shall we do after this?
Harley Quinn: I don't know. Circus, maybe?
Joker: My dear, we are the circus.
Harley Quinn: I don't know. Circus, maybe?
Joker: My dear, we are the circus.
Bane: I will keep Gotham.
Batman: I AM Gotham!
Batman: I AM Gotham!
Cheetah: Too wild for you?
Swamp Thing: I am the wild.
Swamp Thing: I am the wild.
"I am Monado. I was here at the beginning, and I will proclaim the end."
— Alvis, Xenoblade Chronicles 1
Tombstone: You like my new product? Calling it "Grave Dust".
Spider-Man: You have your marketing department cook that name up?
Tombstone: Heh. I am the marketing department.
Spider-Man: You have your marketing department cook that name up?
Tombstone: Heh. I am the marketing department.
Starscream: What?!? This isn't possible! NO! No one can control Dark Energon! It dominates and destroys everything it touches!
Megatron: [emerges from immersing himself with Dark Energon none the worse] (Evil Laugh) I... am the dominator! I am the destroyer! I AM MEGATRON!!!
Megatron: [emerges from immersing himself with Dark Energon none the worse] (Evil Laugh) I... am the dominator! I am the destroyer! I AM MEGATRON!!!
"...You won't get rid of me that easily. I AM the Vespers. I AM Arquebus."
— V.II Snail, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Webcomics
"YOU ARE THE LAW WHOOPS."
— Aimless Renegade, Homestuck
"I'm here! I'm The Singularity and I'm ready!!!"
— Galatea, The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!
Web Animation
"I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the poo in your toilet! The poo in your microwave! The poo in your present! I am Darkwing..." [gets smothered in ice cream] "Duck!"
Web Original
"I AM THE POOP!"
— Stong Radd on YouTube Poop
MadGeneral (As Eiki Shiki): I AM THE LAW AND THE LAW IS NOT MOCKED.
krossite: YOU ARE TINY AND YOU SHALL BE MOCKED FOR IT,YOU TINY LAW.
krossite: YOU ARE TINY AND YOU SHALL BE MOCKED FOR IT,YOU TINY LAW.
— The comments on this fanart on Danbooru
fanart on Danbooru Web Video
Danny: I am the night... and also the day.
Arin: I am the night-
Danny: I just got here early.
Arin: -and the darkness. I am the newspaper stopper!
Arin: I am the night-
Danny: I just got here early.
Arin: -and the darkness. I am the newspaper stopper!
Facing the light with a blade made of fire
Programmed to fight, for that is my desire
This world is built on mechanical graves
And I am the end of an age
Programmed to fight, for that is my desire
This world is built on mechanical graves
And I am the end of an age
Trunks: ...do you really believe your own hype that much?
Vegeta: I AM THE HYPE!!!
Vegeta: I AM THE HYPE!!!
Cell: Wait you were serious? You're actually gonna fight? I thought you were just somebody's hype man?
Mr Satan: I AM THE HYPE!!!
Vegeta: KILL HIM!!!
Mr Satan: I AM THE HYPE!!!
Vegeta: KILL HIM!!!
Mr. Lakosh: Wait. The bell does not dismiss you. I dismiss you.
Jianhao: No, Mr. Lakosh. The bell does not dismiss me. It dismisses you!
Nicole: I don't dismiss the bell, you dismiss the bell!
Vincent: I don't dismiss you, I dismiss the bell!
Debbie: I AM THE BELL!
Jianhao: No, Mr. Lakosh. The bell does not dismiss me. It dismisses you!
Nicole: I don't dismiss the bell, you dismiss the bell!
Vincent: I don't dismiss you, I dismiss the bell!
Debbie: I AM THE BELL!
Western Animation
"I am the end."
— The Lich, Adventure Time
Opeli: Viren, you are not above the law!
Viren: I'm afraid you have misjudged the situation terribly. I am...the law.
Viren: I'm afraid you have misjudged the situation terribly. I am...the law.
Mrs. Beakley: Get ready for the storm.
Donald Duck: [voiced by Don Cheadle) I am the storm.
Mrs. Beakley: Seriously, have you been saying things like that this whole time?
Donald Duck: [voiced by Don Cheadle) I am the storm.
Mrs. Beakley: Seriously, have you been saying things like that this whole time?
— DuckTales (2017), "The Shadow War; Day of the Ducks"
Optimus Prime: You've caused enough damage for one night. Now please, step out of the vehicle, sir.
Lockdown: Only one problem with that. [transforms from car mode to robot mode] I am the vehicle.
Lockdown: Only one problem with that. [transforms from car mode to robot mode] I am the vehicle.
"I am wrath! I am hate! I am righteous vengeance!"
— Atrocitus, Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Real Life
"L'État, c'est moi!" (I am the State!)
— King Louis XIVnote
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
— J. Robert Oppenheimer, quoting the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, verse 32). note
I just remember this tall, blond, ghostly creature and I looked up and I was like, “You smell like weed.” He looked down at me and he was like, “I am weed.” Then, I swear to God, he disappeared like a ninja in a smoke bomb.
—Megan Fox on meeting her eventual fiancé Machine Gun Kelly
