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[[File:rarity_drama_513.jpg|link=My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
[[File:rarity_drama_513.jpg|link=My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|frame|<small>Oh, ''why'' did you have to chose such ''horrid'' pictures of me? Everyone will just ''laugh at me'' now! My life is ''RUINED''!!!</small> ]] |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* In ''[[Gone |
* In ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', Scarlet's Aunt "Pittypat" was prone to overreaction and fainting, to the point where people even snap at her to stop fainting. |
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* The eponymous ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]''. |
* The eponymous ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]''. |
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* [[Jeeves and Wooster ( |
* [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]], frequently. On being forced to sing at a "clean, bright entertainment": |
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{{quote| "I have been subjected to a nervous strain unparalleled since the days of the early Martyrs. I have lost pounds in weight and permanently injured my entire system. I have gone through an ordeal, the recollection of which will make me wake up screaming in the night for months to come ..."}} |
{{quote| "I have been subjected to a nervous strain unparalleled since the days of the early Martyrs. I have lost pounds in weight and permanently injured my entire system. I have gone through an ordeal, the recollection of which will make me wake up screaming in the night for months to come ..."}} |
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* ''[[In Death]]'' series: ''Divided In Death'' has young Chloe McCoy, who is this trope, due to her lover Blair Bissel's death. {{spoiler|She gets murdered by Blair Bissel later, and he staged it to look like suicide}}. |
* ''[[In Death]]'' series: ''Divided In Death'' has young Chloe McCoy, who is this trope, due to her lover Blair Bissel's death. {{spoiler|She gets murdered by Blair Bissel later, and he staged it to look like suicide}}. |
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== Manga And Anime == |
== Manga And Anime == |
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* Team Rocket from ''[[Pokémon ( |
* Team Rocket from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. Jessie is the most prominent one, but they all can be ridiculously dramatic at times. It's mostly the reason why they're so loved despite being so ineffective. |
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* Tamaki of ''[[ |
* Tamaki of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' will act extremely emotional if anything sets him off enough. This includes having to lie down on a comfy bed, when being told about how the Lobelia academy works. |
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== Theater == |
== Theater == |
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* The acting script for ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' notes that Audrey should be played in a melodramatic way--not because she's being subversive or trying to parody the genre, but because she sincerely feels the emotions she expresses and "sees [[World of Ham|the world]] as her personal [[B-Movie |
* The acting script for ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' notes that Audrey should be played in a melodramatic way--not because she's being subversive or trying to parody the genre, but because she sincerely feels the emotions she expresses and "sees [[World of Ham|the world]] as her personal [[B-Movie]]". |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* Demon Lord Ghirahim from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |
* Demon Lord Ghirahim from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' is ridiculously dramatic, but this also highlights his [[Ax Crazy]] persona as well. |
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* Make that "Drama ''Prince''"! Alexander sure acts like one in ''[[King's Quest VI |
* Make that "Drama ''Prince''"! Alexander sure acts like one in ''[[King's Quest VI|King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]'' while he is feigning suicide in front of Shamir Shamazel and the Pawn Shop Owner. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* Bender from ''[[ |
* Bender from ''[[Futurama]]'' actually admits to being a drama queen a lot of the time. When he thought he had a backup system, he therefore thought he was never in any real danger when the cast was in trouble. But he acted all terrified anyway. |
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* [[Large Ham|Rarity]] from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
* [[Large Ham|Rarity]] from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (The Trope Images) loves to be dramatic, and even has her own couch just for fainting on<ref>She apparently carries it everywhere, as she was able to summon it from off-screen while on a picnic.</ref> One time Twilight Sparkle was overreacting due to [[Sanity Slippage]], and when Rarity [[Hypocritical Humor|called her a drama queen]], the other ponies glared at her. [[Hypocrisy Nod|Rarity quickly corrected with "Relatively speaking]]". |
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** At one point, she even manages to be a drama queen while writing a letter. |
** At one point, she even manages to be a drama queen while writing a letter. |
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* ''[[Total Drama Island |
* ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama]]'' has three such characters. |
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** Courtney acts as one from the second half of ''Action'' on. An particularly egregious example of this behavior is when she [[Ship Sinking|breaks up]] with Duncan {{spoiler|for the last time}} in "The EX-Files", dumping a bowl of spaghetti on his head and throwing an outright tantrum in the Total Drama Plane's cafeteria. |
** Courtney acts as one from the second half of ''Action'' on. An particularly egregious example of this behavior is when she [[Ship Sinking|breaks up]] with Duncan {{spoiler|for the last time}} in "The EX-Files", dumping a bowl of spaghetti on his head and throwing an outright tantrum in the Total Drama Plane's cafeteria. |
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** Blaineley tries to act like one; however, it comes off more as [[Large Ham]]. |
** Blaineley tries to act like one; however, it comes off more as [[Large Ham]]. |
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== Other == |
== Other == |
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* This is the basic premise of the [[Memetic Mutation]] videos from ''[[Downfall ( |
* This is the basic premise of the [[Memetic Mutation]] videos from ''[[Downfall (film)|Downfall]]'', by having Hitler fly off the handle over just about anything. |
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