He thinks he misplaced his shield because the one he is carrying has vertical stripes and the one he owns has horizontal stripes (most likely, it was his shield the whole time, rotated 90 degrees). And then, much like the famous scene in Spartacus, the entire army one by one says 'I am Fenwick!' But unlike Spartacus, one soldier screws it up by approaching the real Fenwick and asking him a stupid question, revealing him to the other army. Then the general of the victorious army says 'Who amongst you goes by the name 'Fenwick?' Tell me, and the rest of you will be spared.' Before Fenwick surrenders himself, a warrior claims to be him. In Medieval Europe, a defeated army lays down its arms. A Southwest Airlines advertisement also had a humorous take on the trope.The soldier then decides that he is Spartacus and drinks the Pepsi. Because it includes a Pepsi, everyone starts claiming it's theirs. Not to be outdone, a Pepsi commercial took the 'I'm Spartacus' scene from Spartacus, but replaced the beginning with a bit where a Roman soldier finds Spartacus's bag lunch and asks who it belongs to.One student slowly stands up and says: 'I did it.' After that, another student also stands up and says: He did it. A teacher asks his class who emptied a Coke dispenser. There's also sometimes the inspiring subtext that 'we are all The Hero kill one and the rest still stand.' Because of this wide spread, villians and their minions have learned to invoke this trope as well. Variations on (and parodies of) this theme have led to it becoming a trope of its own: someone else claims to be The Hero to protect the real one. The ploy ends up distracting the villain, allowing the hero to get the upper hand or escape. Sure, it's more bloodshed than planned, but at least the villain's point is made. The villain simply decides to kill everyone, including the hero. At this point, events usually play out in one of two ways: They would all rather suffer his fate than turn him over to the enemy. One by one, the entire Redshirt Army stands up.

Then The Mentor, The Smart Guy, even the Cute Bruiser.

But then brotherhood and camaraderie prevails.īefore the All-Loving Hero can give himself up to save his comrades, The Lancer suddenly stands up, claiming to be him.

Spartacus death