What is the word for the figure of speech that the following quotes are examples of?

1. "(Galaxia) But that's impossible! (Beerus) Now you're catching on. I AM the impossible!" (Source: Death Battle)

2. "(One of the female Samurai Rangers, talking about robots) They're not WEARING armor. They ARE armor!" (Source: Power Rangers: Clash of the Red Rangers)

3. "(Optimus Primal) Obsidian, this is treason! Megatron wants to destroy Cybertron! (Obsidian) Megatron IS Cybertron." (Source: Beast Machines: Transformers)

4. "(Luke Skywalker) You killed my father! (Darth Vader) No, Luke, I AM your father." (Source: something Star Wars)

5. "(Rafael, talking about Unicron) He's not IN the Earth's core, Jack. He IS the Earth's core." (Source: Transformers: Prime S1 E25)

6. "(Galactus) So quick to beg for oblivion's embrace. (Unicron) I AM oblivion!" (Source: Death Battle)

7. "(Lex Luthor, in his own body) Still hiding behind this hideous mask, tin man? Let's show your true face in the light of day! (Doctor Doom, now in Lex's body) Don't you see? That mask IS my true face." (Source: Death Battle)

8. "There used to be a POINT to the war. Now, war WAS the point." (Source: Death Battle - Frieza vs Megatron)

9. "(Ratchet) Have you taken control of the Deception vessel? (Nemesis) I AM the vessel." (Source: Transformers: Prime S2 E11)

10. "I don't THINK I'm a god. I AM a god!" (Source: Mega Man ZX Advent)

11. "(Trunks) Do you really believe your own hype that much?! (Vegeta, at the top of his lungs) I ***AM*** THE HYPE!!!" (Source: Dragon Ball Z Abridged Episode 44)

12. "(Perfect Cell) I thought you were just somebody's hype man. (Hercule Satan) I AM the hype!" (Source: Dragon Ball Z Abridged Episode 57) Ss0jse (talk) 15:55, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reminded of the famous statement about television, "The medium is the message".

Item 4 on your list (from The Empire Strikes Back) is not a figure of speech, as Vader actually is Luke's father. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Baseball Bugs, I understand what you're saying about Item 4, but would you happen to know which term is the answer to my question? Ss0jse (talk) 16:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That term does not exist, and probably has not even entered the premices practice leading to a fully consensual determination. One reason for that might be that its object's original field of occurence, the very minor subgenre of 1960-70's supervilains horror comics not only is low in valuation still even among its more fashionable descendants as have been listed, furthermore still is until now lacking the multilinguistic scope of interest that is usually needed for leading to parallel development of a semantic rationale. Abroad that metafictiously deflected fourth wall breaker will be just the expression of a very specific americananism (or otherwise a too much "private" anglosphere notion if you'll admit Judge Dredd into the club). Noone among contemporaneous serious linguists will be willing to risk their own profiles and reputations in such conditions... --Askedonty (talk) 20:27, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TVTropes has it as "I Am the Noun": [1]. --Amble (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It could be called the plot device of L'État, c'est moi. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:53, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This reminds me of I Am that I Am. --Error (talk) 00:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which, in turn reminds me of this. —136.56.165.118 (talk) 17:50, 26 January 2025 (UTC) [reply]

Popeye might be God. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:35, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also: "(Crowd) Give us this bread! (Jesus) I AM the bread." --Amble (talk) 17:41, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]