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* Elsewhere in the [[Nippon Ichi|Nippon Ichiverse]]verse, we have ''[[Phantom Brave]]'''s [[Revenge Before Reason|Sprout]], who puts the "roaring" in [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] on a regular basis.

** While we're still in ''[[Suikoden]]'', [[Knight in Shining Armor|The Maximillian]] [[For Great Justice|Knights]] are [[Large Ham|Large Hams]]s to some extent, though Fred Maximillian from ''[[Suikoden III|III]]'' takes the cake. Ironically, this makes him a horrible actor in theater plays.

* SNK's [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]]s have their share of [[Large Ham|Large Hams]]s as it is, but special mention must go to [[Fatal Fury|Wolfgang Krauser]], voiced by B. J. Love. Krauser's lines range from the slightly narmy "I'LL CHISEL YOUR GRAVESTONE! SLEEEEEP WELL!" to his ending in ''Fatal Fury Special'', in which he bellows out, "'''WOW! WHAT A TOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!'''" without even trying to fix the mistranslation.

* Bang Shishigami, '''THE HAMMER OF JUSTICE!!!''', from ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]''.

*** To rid this world of evil, HE SHALL BECOME THE <ref> HAMMER</ref> OF JUSTICE!!!

** So can Jin when he's in [[Ax Crazy]] [[Yandere (disambiguation)]] Mode.

** In fact, it's probably easier to say that ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' is a [[World of Ham]], because '''''every single character''''' is a [[Large Ham]] at some point.

** Leon's [[Narm|Narmful]]ful vow in ''Lament of Innocence'':

* Minsc from the ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldurs Gate]]'' series is a [[Boisterous Bruiser]]-flavored ham with his constant shouting of battlecries and enthusiasm.

{{quote|"I grow tired of shouting battlecries when fighting this mage! Boo will ''finish his eyeballs'' ONCE AND FOR ALL so he ''DOES NOT RISE AGAIN!''' ''EVIL! MEET MY SWORD!'' '''SWOOOOOORD! MEEEEEET! EEEEEEEEVIIIIIIIIIL!"'''}}

** Just those two? ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldurs Gate]]'' is a textbook example of a [[World of Ham]]. There isn't a single character who ''isn't'' awesomely over the top and loving it. The closest thing you can find to a character played normally is the [[Fake Russian]] half-elf druid.

* The ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' RTS series of games is legendary for its wonderfully cheesy FMV cutscenes and a healthy dose of [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkerey]]ey, but the ''Red Alert'' games take it to a whole other level of, er... enthusiasm. A few specific examples:

** In-game, you have the [[Psycho Electro|Tesla Troopers]], who toss off [[Bond One-Liner|Bond One-Liners]]s such as ''"Burn, baby, burn!!"'' in a cheesy Ahnuld accent.

*** And while we're in Karazhan: {{smallcapssmall-caps| Surely you did not think you could win.}}

(Final phase) I AM DEATHWING! THE DESTROYER! THE END OF ALL THINGS! INEVITABLE! INDOMINABLE! [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|I! AM! THE CATACLYSM!]] }}

** And then there's Cho'gall, who has two heads--oneheads—one of them deep-voiced and portentous, the other flat-out crazy--whichcrazy—which spend most of the Bastion of Twilight instance making over-the-top speeches in wonderful Honeybaked counterpoint. It's not often you find a character in [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]] with ''himself''.

* In the ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' universe, it's the ones who ''aren't'' hams that are rare. While the Ghost may get his [[Creepy Monotone]], he can ''keep'' it, because almost everyone else is pure unabridged ham. Third prize: Tassadar's big speech at the beginning of the final mission. Second prize: Terran [[Kill It with Fire|Firebats]]. And the grand prize goes to...[[Drop the Hammer|The Siege Tank]]. Honorary mentions go to the Terran Marine, the Terran Dropship, the Protoss Zealot, the Terran Wraith, both Protoss Archons, the Zerg Overlord, and the Terran Vulture. Some voice actor was evidently having a lot of fun while recording that game.

** In ''[[StarcraftStarCraft II]]'', we have Thor pilots, and the hybrid Maar, among many, many other units and characters. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhklRF3nQlE See Maar here.]

* Razputin from ''[[Psychonauts]]''. He's voiced by [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|Richard Horvitz]], who almost exclusively plays [[Large Ham|Large Hams]]s in small bodies. Raz isn't quite up to the [[Invader Zim|Zim]] extreme, but he does get some good ones:

{{quote|'''Raz:''' [[IAdventure Can'tNarrator Use These Things TogetherSyndrome|Before I can use this machine]], I need to go to the Camp Store... ''to buy some '''delicious taffy!'''''}}

** Ginny Westcott as the '''Den Mother'''. Even in a game notable for its [[Large Ham|Large Hams]]s her scenery chewing stands out. "''The milk is NOT ready, and YOU are NOT ready for the MILK!''"

* Despite not having any voiced dialogue, Rawk Hawk from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' is ''insanely'' hammy. This is fitting, though--hethough—he's a professional fighter, and grandstanding is part of the biz. If you mess with the Hawk, you're gonna get '''''RAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWKED!'''''

* Every iteration of ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]: [[Dawn of War]]'' has (at least!) one large ham, but ''everyone'' involved had to take a step back to let Brother-Captain Indrick Boreale from ''Soulstorm'' pass...

** And ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''. With DAN GREEN as Mephiles, chewing the scenery as he goes while travelling through time <s> with ma chicken</s>, and Shadow becomes much more so too. LETS GET MOOOVING!

** And the [[Big Bad]] Chaos ''outhams them all''. But then, he's voiced by [[Norio Wakamoto]] in the Japanese version and [[Keith David]] in English--couldEnglish—could ''anyone'' match that level of ham?

* ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 4]]''. [[Knight Templar|Lambda]] is particularly hammy, breaking into [[Manly Tears]] while monologing about Filgaia's future on more then one occasion.

** In ''FEAR 3'', Paxton Fettel starts heading into hammy territory once he gets pissed. Peter Laurie ''really'' had fun hamming up some of Fettel's most unstable moments, especially his [[Evil Laugh|Evil Laughter]]ter.

* "[[Alone in Thethe Dark|I'm the LIGHT BRINGER!]] '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5_88L5EO0 I'M THE FUCKING UNIVERSE!!!]'''"

* In ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'', Kal'Gerion and any of his generals.

* Henry Stauf of ''[[The Seventh7th Guest]]'' and ''The Eleventh Hour''. [[Evil Is Hammy]] indeed.

* The [[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al -Revis]] [[Mana-Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy|Khemia]] games have Flay "Defender of Justice!" "[[FLA Yvor]] of Evil!" Gunnar. Words cannot express his sheer hammy insanity. His [[Foe Yay|rival]] Tony Eisler has plenty of moments of his own too, frequently devolving into [[Angrish]] and vowing revenge.

* Hideo Kuki of ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'' grabs the attention of every scene he is in, [[Visual Novel]] and [[Anime]].