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* The [[YouTube Poop]] fad [[Soundtrack Dissonance|"X does Y while I play unfitting music"]] often invokes this, for example in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7J5ci4GyY This one], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPO4bz4mAeY this one], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAddWawlwy8 this one].
** Or '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpVbZE1ODJo this one]'''.
* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] tests just how far this trope can go towards the end of [
** In the middle of ''The Final Brawl'', with epic battle going on around them, the [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|Nerd]] dramatically bellowing and raising his fist... before placing a ''Geek Fight'' card on a table. The Critic responds in kind, and they argue about the power level...
* At some point, one has to wonder how much more ridiculous video game-to-film adaptations can get. Wonder no more: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs Minesweeper the film is here.]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI Double Rainbow!] [[Memetic Mutation|What does it mean?]]
* [http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Stephen+Fry/ Who says Stephen Fry isn't awesome?]
* As ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100310010807/http://www.cwsargeras.com/2009/03/scourge-chat-log-2.html Scourge Chat Log #2]'' points out, usually awesomeness of a nickname is inversely proportional to awesomeness of a netizen wearing it:
{{quote|[Killzone’jaeden]: Rule of Guild Names: The more awesome the guild name tries to sound, the more the guild sucks.
[Killzone’jaeden]: If I see, like, "Lords Of Chaos And Darkness"... done
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZkKxVAPMRg This] [[YouTube]] video has a political commentator going to a protest gathering outside a town hall and he tried to play up the (mostly harmless) people there as a dangerous angry mob.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-bWvO3elLA This video] would just be a lecture about how life could have originated, if it weren't set to [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Ode to Joy]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtmbcfb_rdc The sequel] (about the origin of the genetic code) is set to ''[[Ominous Latin Chanting|Carmina Burana]].''
* A stick figure [https://web.archive.org/web/20111118091340/http://l.j-factor.com/misc/anime.gif tries to open a door].
* [[Retro Game Master]], a translation of a Japanese TV show, can get into this pretty often. It's about a guy trying to complete classic NES-era games in single playthroughs. The commentary translation sounds very literal, which in English tends to result in some... interesting emphasis. [[Large Ham|MIGHTY BOMB JACK]], anyone?
* [[Desert Strike]]: Return to the Gulf - [http://youtu.be/c86tJltW9gw Epic Version]. The Very True, Incredibly Epic and Completely Heroic story of how Lieutenant G.W. Bush won the first gulf war. "Take That, Iraqistan!". Megadrive game updated with a Big Damn Score by some of Hollywood's finest.
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