Death Note/Narm: Difference between revisions

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* Light eating a potato chip in slow motion, to [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]. The guys at [[Adult Swim]] realized this and made it the episode's promo. The English dub has Light's "I'll take a potato chip...and '''eat it'''!" delivered in an even more dramatic voice than in the original, and added ''maniacal laughter''; whether this is deliberate [[Lampshade Hanging]] or unintentional is unknown. Still, this being a [[Subjective Trope]], many fans consider the Epic Potato Chips(tm) scene [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|awesome]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Really awesome]].

* Light eating a potato chip in slow motion, to [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]. The guys at [[Adult Swim]] realized this and made it the episode's promo. The English dub has Light's "I'll take a potato chip...and '''eat it'''!" delivered in an even more dramatic voice than in the original, and added ''maniacal laughter''; whether this is deliberate [[Lampshade Hanging]] or unintentional is unknown. Still, this being a [[Subjective Trope]], many fans consider the Epic Potato Chips(tm) scene [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|awesome]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Really awesome]].

** Here is a sample of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRtaRbj7FWI&feature=related Light's crazy laughter].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C65oaIHsdYM&feature=related And here is the same scene in Japanese].

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* Mikami's [[Catch Phrase]] of "DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!" is [[Narm Charm|another cross between awesome and narm]]. It would help it if didn't sound like he was channeling [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]].

** There is also the fact that, for any ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' fans, you can't help but think of him as Cyberman Kira.

* {{spoiler|Mikami's death}} in the anime. It would have been more dramatic without all the [[High Pressure Blood]]. Seriously, it's like a geyser.

* {{spoiler|Mikami's death}} in the anime. It would have been more dramatic without all the [[High-Pressure Blood]]. Seriously, it's like a geyser.

** {{spoiler|And if he hadn't done it with a ''pen''. Sure, you'd probably die if you stabbed yourself in the chest with a pen in real life, but it wouldn't have caused blood to spray from your body like a firehose.}}

** It's ridiculous no matter what weapon {{spoiler|Mikami used, because the entire thing, the thrashing about, the fucking blood geyser, is so cartoonish. The geyser is a physical impossibility, although the pen does make it even more absurd. It's also infuriating to fans of the manga, because it didn't need to be so stupid. Mikami's fate in the manga fit much better.}}

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{{quote| "Leave me alone or I'll put your names on the Internet!"}}

* "I want to tell you I'm L." Really anticlimactic there, L.

** This happens in the dub because the way L said "I'm L" in Japanese is "Watashi wa L desu." The significance of L and Light's [[Japanese Pronouns]] is for another page. The point is, [[Too Long Didn't Dub|this is a long phrase to match]], and the [[Mouth Flaps|match is awkward]].

** This happens in the dub because the way L said "I'm L" in Japanese is "Watashi wa L desu." The significance of L and Light's [[Japanese Pronouns]] is for another page. The point is, [[Too Long; Didn't Dub|this is a long phrase to match]], and the [[Mouth Flaps|match is awkward]].

** The scene was better in the manga: the reader sees "I am L", rather than hearing it, and then immediately sees Light's reaction.

* A certain foot-washing scene is [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|supposed to be a Biblical reference]], but it's more awkward than anything else.

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* Any of Mello's scenes in the English dub. His voice actor is trying so hard to sound dramatic that his dialogue sounds pathetically unrealistic. Sadly, this makes it hard to take Mello seriously. The over-the-top expressions Mello tends to make probably don't help.

*** What really sold the blanket shot was that he delivered that line and then paused for a full 2-3 seconds before actually throwing it.

*** The anime strongly implies that Mello planned his Death. Waiting to give Takada the blanket could be to show that he realizes what's about to happen. So it's like "You can use this blanket!" *pause* 'As soon as I hand it to her, my time is up.' *gives blanket*. But yeah, it did seem akward the first time I watched it.

* This scene (slightly paraphrased):

{{quote| '''Mello''': Shinigami are real.<br />

'''Near''': [[Yu-Gi-Oh ~~the~~ Abridged Series (Web Video)|I instantly believe you.]] }}

'''Near''': [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|I instantly believe you.]] }}

* The deleted scene in which Light stays in the graveyard after L's funeral, starts laughing madly, proceeds to crawl on top of L's grave, and shouts "What do you think of that, L? This is my perfect victory! That's right—I win!" with a crazed look on his face. It is chilling until we see Light looking like a dog barking at the postman when he yells at L's grave.

* {{spoiler|Light's utterly disgraceful manga death.}} I'm still not sure whether it was intended to be sad, horrific or satirical, but I was laughing so hard I almost choked.