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This is an admitted [[Sub-Trope]] of the [[Bad Writing Index]] -- [[The Law of Conservation of Excitement]] -- but sometimes it's [[Guilty Pleasures|fun]].

Overemphasis comes in many forms. The writer may be typing as though they were talking to you, and attempting to convey their excitement by ''yelling!'' They might be using text-only formatting tricks like setting boxes aside, underlining and using different colors. Perhaps they insist use intense words like "[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|incredible]]" and "[[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|despicable]]" when there's not much reason to. In any case, the effect is the same: you're left without a way to gauge how amazing or important things "really" are.

 

 

Related to [[Bold Inflation]] and overlaps with [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]] when "bitch" comes every other sentence. It can also crop up when the character (or writer) is particularly [[Hot-Blooded|enthusiastic]], [[Single-Issue Wonk|invested]] or [[Unfortunate Implications|offended.]] This can result in any one of the [[What Do You Mean It's Not an Index?]] tropes. When similar overemphasis is used in acting, the result is an enormous, ebullient '''[[Large Ham]]'''!! See also [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]] for constrained emphasis.

 

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