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* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|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, when Mello eats a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJWy7IDMkg chocolate bar.]
** While the Japanese version of the potato chip eating was similar, the people dubbing decided to go [[Ham and Cheese|full out]] and added freaking ''[[Evil Laugh|maniacal laughter]]''.
** '''[[Repeat Cut|Epic hugging]]''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx6-AJ6QsEM 'cause just a hug isn't epic enough.]
*** [[Rule
** The second ending is one of the best ways to show the trope: Light goes up an elevator, his Note is opened by the wind, he writes a name on it, watches his clock, ''flies at high speeds'', walks calmly across trafic, ''flies in the opposite direction'', and does a [[Crucified Hero Shot|Crucified Villian Protagonist Shot]] over a city... all of that to the rhythm of heavy rock.
** [[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]] seems to have a second premise away from the story: MAKING ''EVERYTHING'' EPIC!!!!!!
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** Speaking of Gundam, ''[[Gundam Sousei]]'' is made of this trope. It portrays ''[[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]'' as a chain-smoking [[Badass]], and this is ''[[Character Exaggeration|just the beginning]]''.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' does roughly the same thing with a <s>children's</s> <s>collectible</s> card game. Though in that case, the fate of the characters involved (or even that of the world) really ''[[Serious Business|does]]'' hang in the balance. Still, the amount of drama that goes into picking up a card and putting it back down is <s>almost</s> laughable.
** Taken to the next level in the Battle City Arc: apart from the usual dramatic [[Catch Phrase|catch phrases]] and exaggerated arm gestures, the use of an Egyptian God Card also requires [[Ominous Latin Chanting]], lightning flashes and [[Frickin' Laser Beams|ancient Egyptian laser beams]].
** [[Lampshaded]] in an episode during the Battle City arc. Joey and Mako Tsunami were set to duel in what was apparently the local version of Sea World. Since they had an audience (which they shanghaied by somehow interrupting a killer whale show), Joey attempted to play to the crowd by drawing his card in an even more dramatic fashion than usual, pirouetting and rotating like a champion ice skater. Mako interrupts this display of card-drawing prowess by demanding Joey get on with it, after which both duelists continue their duel at the standard, slightly less ridiculous level.
** And, just like everything else about ''Yu-Gi-Oh'', [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Steve'''}} '''Arkana''': "Now let's begin by shuffling our cards in a needlessly dramatic fashion." <br />
'''Yugi''': (shuffling his cards with an utmost serious look) "Way ahead of ya." }}
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'''Adrian''': Easy, I just call out their names dramatically, and they pop up. }}
** [[Dan Green|I'm going to drink some MILK! And then I'll do my laundry...]]
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]'': [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** Episode 86 brings us guns that turn into duel disks in a western-styled draw. Just flipping a coin to decide who gets the first move isn't nearly dramatic enough.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' does this with the series finale.
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** 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 (Manga)|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.
** There's nothing dramatic about the phrase "thank you"... until it's spoken while accompanied by a [http://manga.animea.net/bleach-chapter-321-page-14.html close-up shot] of Yumichika's focused, fearless, [[Let's Get Dangerous|dangerous]] eye where it becomes a [[Pre
** Aizen proves his truly epic taste in furniture with the ''[http://sp2.fotolog.com/photo/50/60/65/alandria/1192851322_f.jpg Megacouch]''.
* 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]]...)
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** Frankly, Itoshiki-sensei makes remarking that something bugs you into an ''art form''. '''[[Catch Phrase|I'M IN DESPAIR!]]'''
* Minor example, but [[Genre Savvy|genre-savvy]] Haruhi of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fame manages to make a table tennis serve appropriately ''EPIC''. In the same episode, Kyon adds a brief burst of light to placing down what he thinks is a winning [[Mahjong]] set.
** To say nothing of the '''epic''' [[Space Opera]] that ensues in everyone's imagination when they battle the Computer Society in a doujinsoft [[Real Time Strategy]] game. Complete with orchestral soundtrack and [[Deep
{{quote| ''"GLORY TO THE COMPUTER CLUB!!!"''}}
*** Made even funnier when it constantly swaps between the epic orchestral music and the mundane beep-music of the cheap strategy game in the real world and by the fact that we all know real gamers also act like this!
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* The fighting manga-esque ping pong battle in ''[[The Wallflower|Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge]]'' (Video available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOE04nchmv0 here] at the moment).
* Ever silly, a [[Recap Episode]] of ''[[Excel Saga (Anime)|Excel Saga]]'' had quite possibly the most epic scene of setting up dominoes that has ever been made.
* ''[[Jo
** Earlier in the story there is a epic poker match that involves fighting for souls, people being turned into poker chips and two people trying to out-cheat each other. Oh yeah, and the hero breaks the villain's finger for what seems like nothing at first (but is quickly shown to be interrupting a cheating attempt). The last wager knocks the villain out.
** Part Two has the chariot race between Joseph and Wham, which involves vampire horses, a giant war-hammer, a pillar being used as a weapon, massive crossbows, Wham [[Eye Scream|blinding himself]] to avoid being tricked, and several [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]. And it truly ''is'' awesome.
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