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== Literature ==
* Edward D'Eath spoke like this to himself (with ''italics'' in place of '''bold''') in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
* The book series ''[[Fearless (novel)|Fearless]]'' puts what the writer (or other member of [[The Powers That Be]]) thinks is the most [[Badass]] sentence on each page larger and in a different typeface than the rest, instantly transforming it into [[Narm]].
* [[Dorothy L. Sayers]] uses this (with italics) in several of her books to show the annoying speech patterns of certain characters.
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* [[John Hodgman]] is fond of using ALL CAPS for emphasis. [[Complete World Knowledge|WERE YOU AWARE OF IT?]]
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* '''Captain''' [[Star Trek|James]]...'''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|T]].'''...[[William Shatner|Kirk]]!▼
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' Jeremy '''Clarkson''''s speech is the '''best''' example of this...▼
** ...in the '''world'''.▼
* Putting unusual emphasis on random words? Could there '''be''' a better description of Chandler's signature mode of speech '''on''' ''[[Friends]]''?▼
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'''s Barney '''[[How I Met Your Mother|Stinson]]'''. His use of this is '''Legen''' waitforit '''''DARY'''''. '''LEGENDARY'''.▼
* ''Boot'', the precursor to ''[[Maximum PC]]'', had one of the [[Letters to the Editor]] complain about this. It contained semi-boldfaced words, and stated that the writer read the '''FIRST''' and '''LAST''' issue because they '''BOLDFACE''' every third '''WORD'''. The editor's reply was that you '''CAN'T''' win them '''ALL'''.
* ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' has does this constantly ever since its days as a comic book. Authors especially like '''emboldening nouns''' and '''adjectives!''' ''[[Gratuitous Yiddish]] expressions'' will always be bold as well, '''schmuck!'''
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** [[Russell Brand]], when dissecting an unflattering Sun article about him in his stand-up routine, drew the audience's attention to this trope. Some time afterwards, the Sun had another article about him, in which they seemingly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] it, emboldening words such as '''WAS''' and '''HAD'''.
* ''PC Magazine'' columnist [https://web.archive.org/web/20081222014807/http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,1103,00.asp John C. Dvorak] randomly scatters '''bolding''' throughout his technology columns.
== Live-Action TV ==
▲* '''Captain''' [[Star Trek|James]]...'''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|T]].'''...[[William Shatner|Kirk]]!
▲* ''[[Top Gear]]'' Jeremy '''Clarkson''''s speech is the '''best''' example of this...
▲** ...in the '''world'''.
▲* Putting unusual emphasis on random words? Could there '''be''' a better description of Chandler's signature mode of speech '''on''' ''[[Friends]]''?
▲* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'''s Barney '''[[How I Met Your Mother|Stinson]]'''. His use of this is '''Legen''' waitforit '''''DARY'''''. '''LEGENDARY'''.
== Newspaper Comics ==
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* [http://www.foolquest.com/atheism.htm foolquest]. '''Bold''', ''italic'', <u>underline</u>, <font color="red">coloured</font> <font color="blue">text</font>, [[pothole|hyperlinks]], highlightings, text boxes, <big>giant words</big>.
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* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' falls into this all too often. The words in bold tend to be the usual [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]s, and while their emphasis would be weird in normal conversation, it serves to highlight those puns to the more moronic listeners (and the [[Viewers are Morons|more moronic readers]]).
** Though most of the time, the bolded words are completely random, and may just be due to Mookie writing the text by hand, causing people to be emphasizing words in their speech for no reason.
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