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* Most of the "drama" in ''[[Walkyverse|Roomies]]'' and ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky]]'' is either [[Narm]] or [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]] material. ''Roomies'' was generally agreed to be [[Cerebus Syndrome]] gone bad, but ''It's Walky'' [[Indecisive Parody|never seemed to figure out what it was trying to do]]. Whether it be the over-the-top [[Wangst]] of Sal (complete with a distracting, out of place accent), the seriousness with which Joyce's "innocence" is given (complete with trauma over forcibly being shown generic porn) that requires ignoring other events to work, the on and off competency/seriousness of the Saturday-morning cartoon-style alien villains, or the excessive amount of time spent mourning the pointless deaths of all the designated victims, the only consistent reaction is to roll one's eyes at it all. At least the comedic parts work fairly well when they shows up.

** This [[Tropers/Katana|troper]] would like to note that it works a lot better when [[Archive Binge|Archive Binging]].

** Also there is a moment when Catalina asks {{spoiler|Susan to go out with her ([[Schoolgirl Lesbians|in that way]]),}} Susan declines, and Catalina runs off. This was a dramatic moment... right up until Catalina says "Assjack!" (A reversal of the highly temperamental [[Genki Girl]]'s favorite word, "Jackass(es)!")

**** Though this might have been intended.

** It is utterly impossible to take an eldritch abomination which has chosen to call itself {{spoiler|Pandora Chaos Raven}} seriously. It's the kind of thing a disaffected goth girl would come up with, not a {{spoiler|Immortal sorceress/whatever the hell Chaos is}}.

*** Isn't she a [[The Fair Folk|Fae]]? Within that context it makes sense, since Fae tend to be unoriginal.

**** That's unoriginal for a writer, but it's probably ''too'' original for a Fae. It's that third name that kills it.

** Ellen's song in the Birthday Party arc was ''painfully'' cheesy. First off, singing scenes in comics are probably impossible to do well. Secondly, she chooses a song to tell {{spoiler|Nanase}} how she feels, [[Sarcasm Mode|because serenading your loved one is never sappy]]. Thirdly, she scores a perfect 100 after the song's done. She must have put her soul into it.

** Also noteworthy [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-07-19 is this much parodied strip.] Spoilers in that strip! Be warned!

** [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-11-30 Mookie's topped himself].

** When Cthulhu-[[Fan Nickname|TIM]] and Celesto were tearing up Lynn's Brook for some time, there's a scene where Dex and his ex-wife are desperately cowering behind a piece of rubble as people all around them are getting slaughtered. It would have been a much more emotionally powerful scene if the people getting slaughtered looked more like they were desperately running for cover and less like they were out for a casual morning stroll.

* The page image above is from ''Incontinent Student Bodies'', a parody of ''[[Associated Student Bodies]]''. One of the characters is playing with his friends and then suddenly [[Potty Failure|pisses and shits himself]], at which point he screams "BAWWWWW!" and starts to cry. This was a grown man--[[Furry Fandom|or bunny rather]]--by the way.

** The recent wedding arc might as well be Narm incarnate. From the vows ("Life dropped an epic husband") to the ''Hawaiian Mafia(?)'', it's just jam-packed.

** Let us not forget the [[Take That]] episode against Jack Thompson. The appearance of Tim Buckley's [[Author Avatar]], the hypocrisy of his statements ("How dare you call video gamers violent! Don't fuck with us!") and the overwrought writing launched it straight into the [[Narm]][[Incredibly Lame Pun|osphere]].

{{quote| "Aw, no. Chief."}}

** The ''excessive'' amounts of gore, the ridiculous facial expressions, how the characters try to pull of a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment or badass pose every other strip... yeah, this comic is really narmy.

* ''[[Tales of the Questor]]''... when the [[wikipedia:Green Fairy|green fairy]] [http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00541.html gives Quentyn her] [[True Name]].

** And the author would have done the same for the ''blue'' fairy's true name-- if he could have found a beverage that went by the appropriate name...

{{quote| [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date{{=}}2008-12-10 I can't stop shooting! It hurts to stop! It hurts to stop! :'(]}}

* Considering it's a webcomic that underwent heavy [[Cerebus Syndrome]] while retaining a cartoony, stick-figure-based art style, you'd think ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' would be awash in Narm; surprisingly, it mostly dodges it. However, Bozzok's attempt at a [[Bond One-Liner]]--"I'm bringing the onions...to make you cry!"--is wince-worthy, and if it was supposed to be so on purpose, then it was still too bad to be [[So Bad It's Good]]. The Thieves' Guild in general is narmy because everyone acts as if they're a credible threat with far-reaching plot implications...and then they go down like a kobold with a lung infection.

** [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1339 Or Vashiel in the lower left hand panel.] He looks like he's trying with all of his might to take a dump.

** When Ash reluctantly agrees to do his "duty" as King of the mountain, [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1464 this] happens. Uh... okay?

** It's like the author spun the Convenient Cliched Dramatic Death Wheel and landed on "mugging gone wrong" between "skiing accident" and "plane crash"

* In [http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=481389 this] page of ''[[Harkovast]]'', many people found Shogun's expression of rage in the final panel more comical then anything else.

* During its run, ''[[Supermassive Black Hole a Star]]'' had an art shift to a darker, [[Film Noir]] art style. While some characters' looks were tweaked slightly, others weren't, resulting in [http://smbhax.com/cgi-bin/d.pl?e=0011&d=0072 dramatic lighting for a character whose nose is bigger than the entire rest of his head].

* "[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lelcqjWint1qdromdo1_500.jpg WOW! Hot a What Baabhabhiat]"

** When Jade is comforting Jadesprite, who [[Came Back Wrong]], hates being alive and is unable to stop crying, the fact that her tears are rendered in chatlog style as '{{color|green|BOO HOO HOO HOO HOO. woof :'(}}' somewhat lessens the genuine tragedy. It doesn't help that a few pages later, Karkat starts imagining Jade and Jadesprite making out.

*** But then, considering it was half leading up to the callback of having Jadesprite echo alternate-future-daves conversation with Calsprite, and the point and that her dreamself is rather overly emotional and flighty about things that Jade herself is not...it does all make it a rather less tragic either way.