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** Between the two of them, in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySY5YMoBp7c Dante and Agnus manage to masticate the entire cathedral].
** Between the two of them, in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySY5YMoBp7c Dante and Agnus manage to masticate the entire cathedral].
** Scarily enough, [[Fridge Brilliance|Dante and Agnus are having a serious discussion about the nature of man]] behind all that [[Flowery Elizabethan English|Shakespearean prose]] and hammy acting. Having a serious discussion would have just felt wrong for the series, but since the scene happened to be in an ''opera house'', players ignored the conversation and focused only on the theatrics.
** Scarily enough, [[Fridge Brilliance|Dante and Agnus are having a serious discussion about the nature of man]] behind all that [[Flowery Elizabethan English|Shakespearean prose]] and hammy acting. Having a serious discussion would have just felt wrong for the series, but since the scene happened to be in an ''opera house'', players ignored the conversation and focused only on the theatrics.
** Even the most [[World of Ham|ridiculously hammy dialogue]] of the third game managed to remain believable. You'd think [[Magnificent Bastard|Arkham]]'s ''[[Meaningful Name|very name]]'' [[A Worldwide Punomenon|would be quite a clue]]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvmHdEkwNf8 behold.] <ref>[[Genious Bonus|Not to mention that "ark" is pronounced like the Greek-originated prefix "arch" which means "highest".]]</ref>
** Even the most [[World of Ham|ridiculously hammy dialogue]] of the third game managed to remain believable. You'd think [[Magnificent Bastard|Arkham]]'s ''[[Meaningful Name|very name]]'' [[A Worldwide Punomenon|would be quite a clue]]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvmHdEkwNf8 behold.] <ref>[[Genius Bonus|Not to mention that "ark" is pronounced like the Greek-originated prefix "arch" which means "highest".]]</ref>
* ''[[Halo]]'': The Gravemind eats ''everything'' it can find, including the scenery. And it [[Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter|speaks only in poems]] in trochaic heptameter (which actually matters, given Bungie's self-acknowledged [[Arc Number|obsession with the number seven]]).
* ''[[Halo]]'': The Gravemind eats ''everything'' it can find, including the scenery. And it [[Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter|speaks only in poems]] in trochaic heptameter (which actually matters, given Bungie's self-acknowledged [[Arc Number|obsession with the number seven]]).
* ''[[Ace Combat]] 6'': ''"MAAAAATILDAAAAAAAAA!"''
* ''[[Ace Combat]] 6'': ''"MAAAAATILDAAAAAAAAA!"''
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{{quote|"You are our salvation. '''You are a ''Guardian''!'''"}}
{{quote|"You are our salvation. '''You are a ''Guardian''!'''"}}
* Kefka in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', with an encore in its sequel Duodecim. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7lvNkyPZs A sample of what I mean.]
* Kefka in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', with an encore in its sequel Duodecim. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7lvNkyPZs A sample of what I mean.]



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