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* ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]'' is absolutely ''packed'' with [[In-Universe]] Narm, since it's about a [[Show Within a Show]].
* It's alluded to in the main page, but now that everything's been split off, the [[Trope Namer]] from ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' should have its own entry.
{{quote|'''Nate''': "My arm's numb... Numb arm. Numb arm. Narm. Narm..." [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|* THUD* ]]}}
* In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "A late delivery from Avalon", {{spoiler|when the faux-King Arthur Laments: "I was responsible...Their armor was not strong enough to protect them... Their horses were on fire!"}}
** In the episode "Moments of Transition," the denouement, in which Neroon makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], is just packed with Narm, especially since it turns into a three-way [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]] between Neroon, Delenn, and Shakiri.
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** It gets better. Several [[Novelization|novelizations]] of episodes were released. They featured more of the original literature's text, but still integrated Wishbone as a dog into the story. For example, in ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', as Darnay (played by Wishbone) gets out of his coach, he muses that he needs a private moment with a tree; and it is noted that he can only trot at his (human!) wife's ankle height when they walk together.
** What about his adaptation of David and Goliath? Near the end, David is to take down Goliath headshot style. Cut to a scene of Wishbone as David, with his paw up in the air, spinning a sling around his head.
* The revelation that the Romulan senator realizes Sisko's carefully-made forgery was fake in the excellent ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "In the Pale Moonlight" would have had more impact if the senator had not used that exact moment to channel the spirit of the villain from ''[[The Shining]]''. It also doesn't help that it was seized upon by the denizens of the internets and completely [[Memetic Mutation|memed]] to death, as depicted here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWQIiFxjbc\]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwbPRCRkMy0 It's a Steeeeeeak!]
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lHgbbM9pu4 Don't you understand?! It is REEEAAL!]
** An earlier example of ''[[Star Trek]]'' Narm changed the course of an entire species. When ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' began, Gene Roddenberry was involved in the series and trying as hard as he could to make it match the feel of the original series. Thus came the new "big menace for the Federation", the Ferengi, who hooted and howled like monkeys, cracked energy whips, and dressed in furs. It would have fit in perfectly with the original series's cheesy [[Sci Fi]] of the day; to new audiences, it just looked ridiculous. The Ferengi were quickly [[Retool|retooled]] into being a mostly comedy relief species and, ironically, probably became a favorite race of the series because of it.
** [[Two Words]]:
{{quote|[http://youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}_HMpylu3Do0 FOR CARDASSIA!]}}
** The best and worst ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' example occurs during the climax of "In the Hands of the Prophets." The episode itself was good -- one of the few truly good episodes of the first season, in fact -- but Sisko's slo-motion "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!", complete with dropped pitch, at the most tense moment was jarringly funny.
** ''[[Star Trek]],'' the original series: Any time [[William Shatner]] starts [[Chewing the Scenery|chewing scenery]] is Narm time.
*** He was out-Narmed by a lowly ''Ensign'' in "[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Corbomite_Maneuver_%28episode%29 The Corbomite Maneuver]":
{{quote|What, are you all out of your minds?! End of watch? It's the end of everything! ''WHAT ARE YOU, ROBOTS?!'' Wound up, toy soldiers?! Don't you know when you're dying?! Watch and regulations and orders? What do they mean?"}}
** A special mention to the lovely ladies from the episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3/E01 SpocksSpock's Brain|Spock's Brain]]":
{{quote|"Brain and brain! WHAT IS BRAIN?!!!"}}
** Spock's rather out-of-character moment near the end of "The Cage"
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** In the season 4 episode "When The Levee Breaks," there is a scene where Sam tells Dean to say what he's thinking (that Sam is a monster). He hisses, "Say it!", reminiscent the narmful scene in ''Twilight'' in which Edward says the same. Credit is given to Supernatural, though; after that line, the scene ends in one of the saddest ways up to that point: {{spoiler|Sam walking out on Dean voluntarily, leaving him alone and crying on the floor}}.
** Season 6's opening episode "Exile on Main Street": the scene where Dean is lying on a bed while hallucinating that Azazel kills Lisa and feeds Ben demon-blood. Dean's desperate cries and sweaty face, the wobbly camera effect, and Lisa's "it's all your fault" are what really sell the hokeyness.
** Boss Leviathan Dick Roman's own personal form of [[You Have Failed Me...]], "Bibbing". It ''should'' be horrifying, he's essentially forcing his underlings to devour themselves. However, "bib" is just such a [[Inherently Funny Words|stupid word]] that it immediately kills the intensity any scene it's uttered in. It doesn't help that the first time we see him do it to someone, he has his secretary dress them up with a handkerchief first.
** The leviathans in general tend to be pretty narmy. They don't seem to be able to go a single scene without mentioning that they eat people. Their big plan is to make humans lazy and fat. And then there's all the jokes about their leader being named Dick...
* In ''[[The X-Files]]'', the eighth season episode where Mulder finally comes back but seems to be dead ends with what should be an incredibly brutal scene of Scully collapsing to her knees and giving a [[Big No]], with Gillian Anderson demonstrating that she's one of a diminishing number of actors who can pull it off. Except, before that, the script makes her shout "This is not happening!" because a guy at the beginning of the episode said it, and it's the title of the episode, so it means...something. It just comes off as utterly [[Out of Character]]. Though there are some fans who believe that line works, and it's the "Noooooo!" that doesn't.
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** The [[You Fail Physics Forever|electromagnetic field radiated by the star "fragment"]] causes things to start FLOATING. Highlights are a guy and his kid grabbing onto a swing set to avoid falling up, and a train being ''launched off the rails into the air'' in a scene strangely reminiscent of ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]''.
** No, not the electromagnetic field. They said "gravity fluctuations," which is even MORE ridiculous (gravity is constant to the amount of mass. Gravity can't fluctuate without [[Incredibly Lame Pun|massive]] changes in that)! Also, the scene with the ship being sucked off of the water, but the water not moving at all was pretty narmy.
* In the BBC version of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'', the death of peasant girl Kate's brother was meant to be a tragic, heart-rending event, and it perhaps would have been...if it weren't for the spectacle of Kate's utterly bizarre [http://www.robinhood2006.com/gallerys3/Series3/episode2/slides/S3E2249.html HAIR]. It's impossible to even ''concentrate'' on the scene, let alone be moved by it, when you're fixated on the fact that the actress looks like she's wearing a basket on her head. It became something of a [[Memetic Mutation]] in the fandom, earning Kate the name [[Fan Nickname|"Braid-Face."]] [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Not that concentration would have helped]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|in this case.]]
{{quote|''He keeled mah bruthah!''}}
** Then there's Tuck. The writers of the show drop the "Friar" part of his name and refer to him as "Brother" Tuck. For the record, this is historically accurate, considering there was no such clerical position as "friar" until many years after [[King Richard|King Richard's]] reign. The problem is that Brother Tuck was played by David Harewood...a black actor. So we end up with a group of white Merry Men (Djaq is already gone) who are constantly referring to the only black guy in England as a "brother." It's utterly hilarious, particularly since Harewood takes his role ''oh so very seriously''.
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* ''[[Sanctuary]]'' in the episode "Kali, Part II" Will attempted to contact a god-like abnormal. It went something like this:
{{quote|I must find her! How can I find her?! ...Dance... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}BnHmoaRB8pg I can DANCE!!!]}}
* ''[[Yo Gabba Gabba!]]'' manages to have this. Normally it would be overlooked because it is a show for preschoolers. But in the episode "Careful," Plex is temporarily shut down because he was hit by a ''snowball'' by Muno. Everyone else proceeds to sing about not throwing things at friends. Was there ice in that snowball, or is ''[[Yo Gabba Gabba!]]'' trying to eliminate snowball fights?
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': "Omega, why did you hit me with a pipe?"
* There was a microwave instructional video played in some home economics classes that showed a girl putting a donut in a microwave. After she pressed the start button, the video then showed footage of the atomic bomb exploding.
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* ''Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets'' is a true crime show on the cable channel Investigation Discovery. Murder cases, narrated in the (entirely fictional) voices of the murder victims. Exactly '''how''' did they fail to notice just how narmy this would be!?
{{quote|"I once saw a cat kill a bird just for fun. ... I know it's the way of nature, but it's not the way of humanity."}}
* In ''[[VanpiresVan-Pires]]'', evil alien vampire cars suck fuel from the cars of Earth. The line "poor, innocent cars!" was uttered often, and when combined with [[Special Effects Failure]] it made for a pretty surreal and hilarious show.
* There is no doubt [[Gackt]] was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6dwJaSDcYI cannibalistic serial killer] in the TV series ''Mr. Brain''.
{{quote|"I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will...be reborn! [[Evil Laugh|HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"}}
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