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*** For that matter, Ratatosk{{spoiler|!Emil}}.
{{quote| '''Ratatosk:''' Lumen, OBEY ME!}}
*** {{indent|80:You almost expect [[Code Geass (Anime)|the Geass symbol]] to appear [[Hey
** Starting from ''Destiny 2'', any [[Invocation]] of any Hi-Ougi by any character will do this. Emotionless characters will intone oaths and spells with great gravitas, more [[Hot Blooded]] ones let out their [[Screaming Warrior]], and bosses, especially of the final variety, will reach [[Off the Scale]] ham levels declaring their intent to rend time, space, and creation.
*** For example, here's a Hi-Ougi from ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]]'':
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** "I'M HERE! FIGHT ME!"
** Some of the [[Non Player Character|NPCs]]' voicesets do this too. Quoth Valen: "Into the flames we leap!"
** A lot of the companions are like this too. ''Especially'' [[Barbarian Hero|Dae]][[Noble Savage|lan]] [[Half
** They actually kept the original voicesets for ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', as well as added some new ones. Among these is the "Dramatic" voiceset...
** "Your death has been TOO long DELAYED!"
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{{quote| '''Leon:''' I'll kill you, AND THE NIGHT!}}
** ''[[Castlevania Chronicles of Sorrow (Video Game)|Dawn of Sorrow]]'' has these in Japanese, as it was never translated into English, voicewise. The fight {{spoiler|against Soma as Dracula is particularly notable, with his marvellous evil laugh, and the way he calls out the name of the person you are using while throwing his wine glass away. Julius... BERUMONDOOOOOAAAAA!}}
* Minsc from the ''[[
{{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!"}}
** His [[Evil Counterpart]] Korgan is nearly as bad with his over-the-top [[Violent Glaswegian]] acting. Most of the villains get some epic [[Chewing the Scenery]] lines, but most of them, with the possible exception of Irenicus, also know when calmness is called for.
** Just those two? ''[[
* The ''[[Command and Conquer]]'' RTS series of games is legendary for its wonderfully cheesy FMV cutscenes and a healthy dose of [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkerey]], 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
** On the Soviet side, there's Stalin himself, who gets nuttier (and hammier) as the game progresses, The psychic Yuri, who seems to be channeling Bela Lugosi for the entire game, and the most ''Hamtacular'' of all - Premier Romanov, who [[Chewing the Scenery|will only let go of the scenery when they pry it from his cold, dead]] ''[[Chewing the Scenery|jaws.]]''
** For the Allies, there's President Dugan, a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of [[Bill Clinton]], and General Carville, who serves his Ham Texas-style.
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** Apollo Justice specifically ''trains'' his [[No Indoor Voice]] to be as hammy as possible. He mentions it constantly and calls it his ''Chords of Steel''.
*** Lampshaded in the demo version of the game where Apollo loses his voice in the middle of the trial due to overdoing his vocal chords training.
* Both Pey'j and Double H[am] in ''[[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' ratched up the ham to ridiculous levels (Pey'j in the most literal sense possible, since he's a [[Funny Animal|talking pig and all.]]) Pey'j is a [[Boisterous Bruiser]]-ish, Texan-accented ham with a [[Curse of the Ancients|wide variety of bizarre euphemisms]] and quips to his name, plus the always-useful '''''SWEET JESUS!''''' Double H, on the other hand, appears to be an immigrant from a [[So Bad
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE-q48pmap8&feature=related Maximillian Roivas] and Pius Augustus both engage in some deliciously hilarious hamming in ''[[Eternal Darkness (Video Game)|Eternal Darkness]]''.
* Some of the enemy commanders from ''[[Supreme Commander (Video Game)|Supreme Commander]]'' serve a large side of ham with their taunts to the player, including Commander Godwyn (Operation Unlock) and Commander Eris (Operation Metal Shark and Operation Defrag). The largest ham award, however, goes to Commander Ariel, of Operation Shining Star. At any given moment, she's just barely restraining a maniacal evil witch laugh.
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{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43NJmbkwmzY#t=0m33s You DAAAREEEE loooook upon the HOOOST OF SOOUUUULS? I shalllll devourer you WHOOOOOLE!]}}
** Eadric the Pure, one of the 2 Argent Crusade Bosses of Trial of the Champion, would be considered a Large Ham of the Light, especially compared to the Argent Confessor Paletress. Ironically, he's an easy boss compared to the Confessor.
** Blizzard would like you to know that despite the typical byline of "women can't become liches or be hammy", that this is patently false necro-sexist propaganda. Observe [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c73iP4KwsiY&NR=1 Lady Deathwhisper] actually ''gasping for breath in between lines.'' Now we know why Kel'Thuzad got a [[Right
*** I suggest we rename Icecrown Citadel to Largeham Citadel.
{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VowrR8zcmMY&feature=related THIS is the beginnnning, ANNND the enndddd...]<br />
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** Ganondorf's [[Expy]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|Spirit Tracks]]'', Malladus, might be a pretty extreme example: He gets barely three lines in the whole game, but each of them is so incredibly hammy, Ganondorf himself would probably back off:
{{quote|"'''RELEASE ME!!!'''"|"This body... is rejecting my spirit... I'm... slipping from it... ... I can't hold on for long... ''but the world will crumble in the time I have left!''"}}
** And what about [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|Ghirahim]]? "FURIOUS!" "''OUTRAGED!''" "'''''SICK WITH ANGER!'''''"
* ''[[Sinistar]]''. He hungers! '''RUN, COWARD! RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN!'''
* Every iteration of ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]: [[Dawn of War (Video Game)|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...
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** "YOU SOUND LIKE CHAPTERS FROM A SELF-HELP BOOKLET!"
* Cid in ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' has just two kinds of speaking. Shouting and yelling.
** Likewise, the Cid from ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' has two main modes of speaking: Shouting and [[Cluster F
{{quote| "Shut up! Sit your ass down in that chair and drink your goddamn TEA!!"}}
** Barret and a few of Shin Ra's higher-up employees qualify.
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'''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Kuja]]''': "Curtain rise!" *boom boom boom boom* "Here comes the FINALE!"<br />
'''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Jecht]]''': "You are just out of luck! C'mon c'mon ''c'mon'' '''c'mon!''' This is ''my'' show!" "One more!" '''"OH YEEEEEAAAAAH!"'''<br />
'''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Shantotto]]''': "NOW I'M '''MAD!!''' [[
'''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Gabranth]]''': "By my SWORD! KNOW THIS '''PAIN!''' [[Kiai|Hmph hm hah!]] ''Take your last breath.'' Surrender now to '''OBLIVION!!'''" }}
** 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--could ''anyone'' match that level of ham?
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*** "'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMREoitX9pE You will give me the egg.]'''"
*** Let's face it - every. Single. Line. That comes from Wesker's mouth, comes out being [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-xOLEQT_so&feature=related incredibly hammy].
**** No wonder Chris invokes [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]. "I've had enough of your bullshit!" Even though he himself is a bit of a ham here. Albiet, far less of one.
** Leon from ''[[Resident Evil 4 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 4]]'' is a walking Large Ham/ [[Deadpan Snarker]]. As soon as minor supporting characters start to die, he switches to ham mode. "MIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE! <s>LUUUUUUUUUIS</s>LEEEWWWIIISSS!" Then, if a friend of yours were to die, you'd scream like that too.
** The twins from ''Code: Veronica'' much?
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{{quote| "Ever since you sent the knights away, you do nothing but deprive me of my fun! Frankly, it's getting dull. I crave EXCITEMENT! And ACTION!"}}
* ''[[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]]'' had a lot of [[Evil Is Hammy]], most of its [[Large Ham]] characters are bad guys.
** Flemeth is a textbook [[One
** Knight-Commander Merideth, especially during her [[Villainous Breakdown]] at the end.
** Varric seems to be a kind of information broker but seems to make a living primarily from writing adventure novels. The entire game is told in four long flashbacks he tells to his interrogator, and at some points he really goes overboard with his artistic license. Instead of having it narrated, you acually play the scenes which are hilariously over the top.
** [[Well
** The Black Emporium DLC gives you the titular shop's proprietor, Xenon the Antiquarian, who combines this trope with speaking like [[William Shatner]].
{{quote| "Don't... '''MAN'''-handle the uuuurrrchin! He's not... for sale... '''FIND YOUR OWN!'''"}}
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** After the [[Wham Episode]] in the first game: {{spoiler|[[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|LOOK AT MY]] [[Power Gives You Wings|BEEEAAUUUUTIFUUUL WIIINGS!!!]] [[Narm|I AM COMPLEEEETE!!]]}}
* [[Skylanders Spyros Adventure|Kaos]] is this.
{{quote| I SUMMON the DEADLY [[
** And later in the boss fight...
{{quote| I SUMMON the even DEADLIER SHARK BATH OF DOOOOOOMSHARKS!!!}}
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* In ''[[Dune II]]'''s remake ''Dune 2000'', the FMV cutscenes feature fair amounts of ham, the largest of them being the Atreides mentat. Other characters get their fair share as well.
* Shamir Shamazel can be this in the voiced version of ''[[King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow (Video Game)|King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]''. Some of his hamminess in a few scenes (and disguises) has been taken to ridiculous new levels.
* As usual, [[The Joker]] is all about ham in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum (Video Game)|Arkham Asylum]]'' and ''[[Batman: Arkham City (Video Game)|Arkham City]]''. Considering he's voiced by [[Mark Hamill]], who did him in the cartoons and who was also [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Ozai]], it's some of the most delicious hams in the business.
* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' is practically FULL of this considering it's from the [[Cyber Connect 2|guys behind]] [[.hack GU Games|.hack//G.U. Games]] and can be summed up as Sci-Fi ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'' with a Hindu theme, this isn't a surprise. Asura's not even the only ham in the cast here!
** Asura himself is just a barrel of pent up [[Unstoppable Rage]] who doesn't seem to have the concept of an [[No Indoor Voice|indoor voice down pat]] who will [[Badass|RUIN]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|your day]] [[Papa Wolf|if you touch his daughter Mithra.]]
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