I'm Spartacus!

I'm Spartacus! is the catchphrase from the 1960 film Spartacus.

A famous scene of the movie has the recaptured slaves being asked to point out which one of them is Spartacus in exchange for leniency. Instead, they each proclaim themselves to be Spartacus and thus share his fate.

According to legend, Eric Douglas, son of Spartacus star Kirk Douglas, once received the mother of all heckles at the Comedy Store in London. "But I'm Kirk Douglas's son!" he screamed at the unimpressed. To which they replied, "No, I'm Kirk Douglas's son!". [From The Guardian, 09 June 2007]

For the 2005 Academy Awards broadcast, Pepsi aired a new commercial where the movie's original footage was edited to include a lunch bag containing a sandwich and a soft drink. The commercial, designed by ad agency BBDO, was recognized in advertising awards.

In May 2007 British soldiers in Iraq were reported to be wearing t-shirts bearing the slogan "I'm Harry!" in reference to the debate over whether Prince Harry should serve a tour of duty there.

This scene has been parodied in Monty Python's Life of Brian. In this scene, Brian is one of a group of people being cruxified. When a roman soldier arrives to release Brian, and asks which one he is, all the prisoners shout "I'm Brian" to try and save themselves.

In the Kappa Mikey episode Ship of Fools this scene is spoofed & the line is referenced when a bunch of Mikey's fans who are dressed as his character in LilyMu each shoot out that their Mikey then a man dressed in a roman like outfit pops up and yells "I'm Spartacus!" though this part was probably done to show what movie the scene was spoofing.

The episode 'Two Days Before The Day After Tomorrow' from the show south park parodies this scene, with the citizen's claiming 'I broke the Dam', with Stan becoming increasingly frustrated at the town's in-ability to understand his true point.