Mundane Made Awesome/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

** If you were going to pose for a statue that potentially hundreds of people would see for the next 12 hours, wouldn't you strike the most impressive pose possible? And if you could get a do-over every 24 hours, why not do it better?

** Plus, they have an interest in maintaining their camouflage, and preserving a threatening image.

* Various characters in ''[[Invader Zim]]'' made frequent use of the trope, in conjunction with stylized expressions and loud vocalizations. The very first instance would have to be:

** Also the episode title (rendered in foot-high solid lettering, one word at a time, while spinning through space) -- "ZIM EATS WAFFLES"

** And also the episode "Germs", where Zim embarks on the vital and life-threatening mission of... ''cleaning his house''.

** The one episode where Dib gets powers, and showed off how awesome it was by sliding from the 2nd floor to the first, ''outside of his house'', threw toast, butter, and orange juice in the air, all forming to make breakfast, which he also ate in the air.

** Another Zim example, this one from a crossover: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x1JIAcbCbs this scene] in ''[[Nicktoons Unite!|Nicktoons: Globs of Doom]]'' has him bragging about mundane tools as if they were killer weapons of destruction (complete with fanfare):

** 5 words: "''A room...'''with a moose!'''''"

** FBI Warning of Doom. Zim tries to return a movie, while a crazed mall cop tries to stop him. (Because it was after hours.) The whole ordeal ends with the cop trying to stop Zim with a zombie army. However, it can all be summed up with this one line:

** There was one episode where GIR threw a sandwich at Dib's head. He threw it so hard that it sent Dib ''flying through the air and crashing through the wall of the nearest building.''

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''

** When a customer gets a Patty with jellyfish jelly added, he's so enthused that he bursts into an impromptu musical number: "''LISTEN'' to me, everybody! I just had a sand-''wich''! It's no ordinary sand-''wich''!"

** In one of the "Legends of Bikini Bottom" episodes, SpongeBob is unconscious due to his Krabby Patty meter being empty. Mr. Krabs gets him to eat one. He then blasts up, explodes into pieces, then regenerates after all of them land together, and then...

** Mermaid Man. "To the meatloaf... AWAY!"

** '''[[Memetic Mutation|"CHOCOLATE?! CHOCOLATE!!!!"]]'''

** The show for many fans.

** The episode "D-Yikes!," a parody of ''[[300|Three Hundred]] 300'', features [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67KXHqNNJks Mrs. Garrison making coffee].

*** In that same episode, an unknown lesbian character takes a potato chip... [[Death Note|and '''eats''' it.]]

** "It'll be the end of the world! ... of Warcraft."

*** In fact, the entirety "Make Love, Not Warcraft" fits this trope by somehow making the quest to kill one high-level [[World of Warcraft]] [[Griefer]] completely epic. Semi-justifiable, since this one player has somehow broken WoW's [[PvP]] rules, can kill ''Admins'', and seems to be determined to kill every player in the game so many times that they get extremely frustrated and never want to play again.

* Doctor Orpheus, in ''[[The Venture Brothers]],'' has the ability to make his speech sound awesome (complete with dramatic music) -- regardless of what he's saying. ("Do not be too hasty in entering that room -- I had ''Taco Bell'' for lunch!")

** "Greetings, Pumpkin, I am at Mr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself! There are four puddings in the fridge. You may enjoy the contents of one of them. Dinner at six"

* ''[[Rocket Power]]'' replaces such things as [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] with [[Narm|embarassingly exaggerated]] attempts at [[Rule of Cool|being cool]], especially in regard to extreme sports (being the premise of the show). Or, as the show puts it '''[[Totally Radical|sick]]'''!!

* Mildly spoofed in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

** Azula also employs the trope a couple of times during the third-season [[Beach Episode]] by taking the [[Serious Business|same approach]] to beach volleyball and flirting with boys that she takes to world domination. It involves [[Elemental Powers|fire]], [[Screaming Warrior|loud declarations]], and ''[[Stuff Blowing Up|explosions]]''.

'''Azula''': That's a ''sharp'' outfit, Chan. Careful; you might puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battleship, leaving ''thousands'' to ''drown'' at ''sea''! ... Because... it's so sharp. }}

*** From the same episode, we have [[Disturbed Doves]] going along with Zuko ''[[Shirtless Scene|taking off his shirt]]''.

* Most [[Transformers]]' [[Kibbles and Bits]] (the bits of alt-mode that don't have a purpose in robot mode) just hang off their bodies uselessly. Bulkhead of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', however, can [http://www.tfwiki.info/wiki/Image:Bulkheadchair.jpg transform his kibble into a chair.] This is considered by the fandom to be pretty awesome, especially since one of his toys can actually do this.

* In an episode of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' after the Scotsman has rescued Jack from a bunch of sirens they have a series of contests to decide who would be the one to row back. The contests culminated in a thumbwrestling match, complete with close-ups on their thumbs and faces all while in slow motion.

** Especially, "''Arthur!'' I'm doing ''laundry!''" which may very well be one of the defining moments for this trope.

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', mainly in the episode "Identity Crisis." Super Danny seems to permanently have a breeze around him, even when he's standing still.

* In ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'', a huge monstrous ogre-type tries to defeat Captain K'nuckles in a poker game with, as he puts it: "Pair of... TWOOOOOOOOOOSS!!" (He loses, naturally).

** With a pair of threes no less.

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' practically ''runs'' on this trope. For example, the episode "Tip of the Day" ended with a crowd song about ''[[What the Heck Is An Aglet?|aglets]]'' (you know, those plastic things on the ends of a shoelace ([[Justice League (animation)|their true purpose is sinister]])).

** "Raging Bully": After accidentally causing Buford to drop Ice Cream on himself, Phineas is challenged to a duel, and the entire episode has them set up a boxing ring, going through a Rocky-style training montage... all for a thumb war! THE MOST EPIC THUMB WAR EVER, even with an overly excited commentator!

** From the movie we have a song about how everything, including blinking, breathing and sitting on a chair, is [http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=-iSQSnSI-so better with Perry.] Although this becomes a [[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension/Heartwarming|Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] after the movie is over.

* John Redcorn on ''[[King of the Hill]]'' is frequently introduced with blowing leaves and a signature musical leitmotif in the style of a [[Magical Native American]], but he's usually just going about his mundane business.

** Did we mention the [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|large, fire-breathing dragon]]? Because there's a large, fire-breathing dragon.

* In ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'', after giving a bonafide rousing speech uniting superhumans and uniformed military for the first time since the Cold War started, [[Superman]] finishes with this:

''[Cue assembled multitudes of hard-bitten warriors, cheering loudly for the idea of sitting around for a while, and then figuring out what they're going to do later on that afternoon]'' }}

* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' is doing this with ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Da90PI94w kickball]''. The actual episode does not disappoint, ending with a ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z''-slash-''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''-esque final pitch.

* In ''[[We Are the Strange]]'', a dying mook sees his own blood gushing out before its eyes, then [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|a single drop of blood stops in mid-air, turns into a pixelated block, laughs at the him, turns back into a regular drop of blood and falls back down.]]

** Also, the Context-Sensitive-Big-Red-Button that changes episode to episode. It's even changed ''twice'' in the ''same episode''.

* From ''[[Voltron Force]]'' episode [[A Day in the Limelight|"The Hunkyard"]], we have an example of Hunk barbequing...ribs the size of a Buick on a customized grill the size of a church organ. His secret ingredient: jet fuel. Not only does he, predictably, burn such ribs, they launch into the air and through the ceiling, activating the Castle of Lion's missile defense system. Pidge's reaction is PRICELESS:

* In the episode of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', "An Ed Too Many," Jimmy goes [[Yandere|when Sarah starts sessing]] over Double D. He declares he's "A Lone Wolf looking for trouble," and proceeds to rip apart his teddy bear.

* The epic game of tag in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' movie.

** Moments in the series include the professor swallowing a pea, the townspeople saving the day by ripping open the packages of a collector, the girls eating broccoli, and Mojo breaking a loaf of bread over a robot's head.

*** This is also a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (Rarity vowing to make up with her baby sister) and a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] (Rarity admitting she was wrong).

** From "Green Isn't Your Color": Pinkie Pie's gonna take an apple...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQnSdXh0syE and eat it.]

** Granny Smith's preparations for Zap Apple Jam-making in "Family Appreciation Day", especially the scene where she acts like a drill sergeant towards a bunch of jam-jars.

* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9oO0nqVGQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=139s\]

'''Dr. Weird''': You... tell me! *maniacal laughter* {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Oh, oh, WAIT!]] [[Played for Laughs|*bursts into flame*]]}} }}

* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' features [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PvJ1zBJ-us ''Daffy Duck: The Wizard''], a [[Heavy Mithril]] Power Ballad about Daffy doing incredibly mundane things like blowing up a hot dog in a microwave or crossing the street juxtaposed with the kind of stuff you'd expect from a Power Metal music video.

* ''[[Adventure Time]]'''s use of this trope is par for the course, but special mention must be made of '''SUPER ULTIMATE HIGH-FIVE GO!!!''' Finn and Jake decide that, as cool as their high-fives get, they can make them even better, and this eventually culminates in the two of them catapulting hands-first across a good chunk of the world. They're flying for most of the episode, and they finally connect, entirely by coincidence, over a talent competition which they promptly win because the stunt was just ''that cool''.

 

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