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* ''[[Death Note]]'' loves doing this. You'd be surprised how epic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfMexjZ4O0 eating chips] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjydsimSvHk writing in a notebook] can really be. You obviously aren't trying hard enough. Granted, said notebook is an [[Artifact of Doom]] that ''kills'' people when their names are written in it, but is dashing across the desk (complete with red/blue after-effects and flaming eyes) really necessary? The manga wasn't anywhere quite as ridiculous with some of these aspects, and it's arguable this is just a result of trying to transfer the striking and stylized visuals possible with individual panels.

** Mikami Teru takes this even further by making slashing motions with his pen as if it were a sword while writing names in the [[Artifact of Doom|Death Note]] while saying "sakujo" ("delete" in the English dub) to himself when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOFEXzYRGG0 finishes writing a name]. A particularly epic sakujo of the anime includes slow motion, a fall backwards, and a very, ''very'' joyful look on his face that resembles an orgasm more than a killing. [http://celesse.deviantart.com/art/Death-Note-Gasm-53647615 Fanart ensued.] The same [[Memetic Mutation|Sakujo-gasm]] also has what appear to be large drops of shiny white [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|sweat]], with a spotlight on his crotch. seen at the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPoQmytWvIQ this video], which includes every instance of his [[Catch Phrase]].

** Also with the introduction of Liger Shishio, Leo's brother. When their [[Sibling Rivalry]] gets physical, the ''narrator'' actually describes the attacks they use on each other with all the seriousness of Gao Gai Gar's.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'' the [[Rule of Funny|king of this trope]] might be Uryuu who occasionally displays lightning-fast, incredibly accurate... ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qqIst0t96A sewing]'' skills, complete with the same stern concentration he has when fighting or speaking of [[Serious Business|quincy pride]]. It's also applied to him more generally as he'll make his own uniform for battle, solely for the sake of looking cool. He even has a [[Crazy Prepared|back-up cape]] just in case the one he's wearing gets damaged.

* Any time someone tastes the hero's home-made bread in ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]'', it's an event which makes the parting of the Red Sea look minuscule in comparison, replete with dramatic music, flashing lights, and vivid hallucinations. (One might wonder if the hero is [[Mushroom Samba|actually slipping psychotropic drugs into his creations]]...)

** In fact, in one episode Kazuma makes a bread composed mostly of cannabis derivatives... and it was so delicious, {{spoiler|the judge who tasted the bread was [[Time Travel|sent back in time]] and saved his own mother from [[Death by Childbirth]].}}

* The third episode of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'' turns ''googling porn'' into a magnificently epic adventure on the high seas.

** Before that it made Satou ''looking through uncensored hentai game CG sets'' (and [[A Date with Rosie Palms|some other stuff]]) as astounding to the audience as it is to him by punctuating reaching the end with ''giant explosions''. Lampshaded when a note on the screen says this is an imaginary screen.

* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', where nearly every main character has a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYIwS3NK9c different, epic, method to slide a card through their Digivice], complete with fancy card spinning and flipping, and kung-fu moves. The payoff comes in the form of two sequences which come close to being actually epic, including a split-screen triple slash, and the final one where all four mains slash the same card.

** There is a mega-crossover fanfic that included ''Tamers'' that lampshades this. One character slashes their card slowly and carefully to avoid damaging it, and nothing happens. The device explains to them that the effectiveness of a card depends on how quickly it is slashed. Hearing this, another character does a fancy spin before slashing, and their card is much more effective.

* General Hengel in ''[[Tentai Senshi Sunred]]'' takes on even the most boring of everyday tasks -- like buying furniture -- with an ''incredible seriousness'' and lightning effects in the background. His subordinate sees him as slightly loony, but is loyal nonetheless.

* ''[[School Rumble]]'' LIVES off this trope

** The Survival Game episodes were made almost in the style of ''[[Battle Royale]]''.

* ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'' has [[Mahjong]] played with dramatic camera angles, speed lines, flashing lights, and gusts of wind. Being able to get plus-minus zero score every time is pretty awesome and somewhat inhuman, but that is just the beginning. It's not just dramatic music and lighting, this turns it [[Up to Eleven]] in ways you would not imagine. Winged creatures, transformation and ''lightning'' are only the '''beginning.''' Good luck understanding ''any'' of the actual mahjong play except through context, but it is frikkin' '''''epic'''''.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' gives us one of the most epic [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c261/12.html arm wrestling matches] ever. It ''blasts a hole in the floor''.

** And lately {{spoiler|near the end of the Negi vs Fate final fight}} we get [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v36/c325/6.html One] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v36/c325/7.html Handshake] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v36/c325/8.html Death] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v36/c325/9.html Match].

* Wouldn't debate competitions be so much more interesting if they were as bright and shiny as the red and blue text in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''? This is so far more true in the VN than in the anime. In the VN, they'll show bright sword slashes flying through the dark while [[Crowning Music of Awesome|intense music]] like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsOmgr3q4sA Dread of the Grave] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRRe1moVhY Dreamenddischarger] plays.

** Umineko Chiru has Dlanor and Battler actually having a SWORD FIGHT with their respective truths...and it's pretty epic {{spoiler|especially when Battler decides to whip out the Gold Sword of Truth and completely trump her.}}

* ''[[Mayoi Neko Overrun]]'''s [[Onsen Episode]] gave us ''badass ping-pong playing'' (Though sandwiched in it there was a minute of [[Padding]])

** Episode 8 brings in the director of ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'' to deliver a spot-on parody via the medium of ''Epic Jenga''.

* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has an episode devoted entirely to the main characters taking a test. The whole thing is made of this trope, but some stand out moments include Soul's AWESOME CHEATING SKILLS, Patty's AWESOME GIRAFFE MAKING/KILLING SKILLS and Liz's AWESOME HAIR PLUCKING SKILLS. And then, just when it couldn't get anymore awesome, Black☆Star's AWESOME AUTOGRAPH, [[Couldn't Find a Pen|written in blood]], with a backing track of heavy metal.

** What do you mean it couldn't get anymore awesome? Death the Kidd suffers, sweats, cries and finally dies for not being able to WRITE A PERFECTLY SYMMETRIC LETTER "K". Also, his pencil broke and his testpaper ripped.

* Might Guy and Rock Lee of ''[[Naruto]]'' ''live'' this trope. No matter how they are viewed by their fellow shinobi or how unnerving their appearances have become over the years, '''''[[Hot-Blooded|NOTHING CAN EXTINGUISH THEIR FLAMES OF YOUTH!!!]]'''''

** After a long and anticipated wait, ''Naruto'' brings you Kakashi Hatake vs Might Guy... at rock-paper-scissors.

* There was a ping pong match in [[Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru]] featuring Tatsuno Toshiko and Haribara Harue, with [[The Storyteller|Badass Narration]] and music that belonged in the [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] section. It was one of the most epic moments in the [[Slice of Life]] genre.

** The bulk of the [[Mundane Made Awesome]] tends to go to the schoolgirl trio of Mio, Yuuko, and Mai. Besides the above, scenes featuring the little kid professor, wind up robot girl, and talking cat are generally far more mundane.

* [[Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?]] has an series of epic games of Jenga, Mahjong, Twister and others, all for a [[Serious Business|cup of pudding]].

* ''[[High School DxD]]'' gives us the debut of one of Issei's primary [[Power Potential Perversion|powers he'll use later on]] called ''"[[Clothing Damage|Dress Break]]."'' The anime turned this debut [[Up to Eleven]] when it had ''[[Ominous Latin Chanting]] music'' playing while he spreads his demon wings out.