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** For an unexplained reason, Ulquiorra's release has him in a ''dress'' and waist-length hair. {{spoiler|It stops being cute about 15 seconds later when the Arrancar nearly cuts Ichigo's head off with a pointed pole made of energy.}}

** When Ichigo sees {{spoiler|one of Aizen's... "special" transformations}}, he reacts via saying [[Precision F-Strike|"What... the fuck... is THAT...?!]] It should be hilariously out of place, but the context in itself was so odd that it worked—Ichigo was pretty much [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|voicing EXACTLY what was going on in the readers's heads.]].

== Comic Books ==

{{quote|''LOCKED! I'm locked in this MAUSOLEUM with... with this THING!''}}

* In ''[[Doctor Strange]]: The Oath'', a critically-injured and unconscious Strange has been carried through the doors of a hospital by his manservant Wong. Though they have obviously come in through a pouring rain, his Cloak of Levitation is at full billow. In fact, it has actually ''opened the door'' to let Wong in.

== [[Fan Works]] ==

{{quote|'''Anonymous:''' "My Blowjob can't be this Psychological"}}

* The game of peek-a-boo famously played during the Grendel fight in the film of ''[[Beowulf (film)|Beowulf]]''. It makes the whole scene slightly ridiculous, but that's kinda the point: Beowulf's ego makes him do silly things (unless anyone out there can think of a ''logical'' reason for fighting an insane, man-eating giant whilst in the buff).

** [[The Order of the Stick|He thought it would make him invisible]].

** It might also be justified by {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|Mater being Lightning's first truly close friend, leaving the racecar unsure how to handle when they get into a fight.]]}}

* In Disney's take on ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', Maleficent awesomely delivers the line "and now shall you deal with ME, oh prince, AND ALL THE POWERS OF ''[[Hell]]''!"

* [[Batman]] films have a fair amount:

** Certain scenes in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', less by not killing the drama and more for injecting a little realism—not to mention [[The Woobie|pity]]. Not everyone can [[Say My Name|bellow their beloved's name]] and sound bereaved and heroic, you know.

* ''[[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]]'': When Artax starts sinking into the [[Death by Despair|Swamps of Sadness]], Atreyu's reaction is shameless and over the top... but damn if that isn't the key to making that scene ''work'' without viewers wondering what the hell the horse has to be depressed over.

* ''[[Ghost Rider (film)|Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance]]'' is entirely composed of this trope. [[Nicolas Cage]] can [[Large Ham|take the credit for much of that]].

== Literature ==

'''Winston:''' "Four! five! Four! Anything you like." }}

** [[Room 101]] itself works as an example. We've seen how lesser works have made the "your worst nightmare come to life" less scary than it should. Indeed, at first glance, the idea that, after months of the most devious psychological and physical torture known to man, the thing that breaks Winston is "give up your love, or get your face eaten by rats", still kinda sounds like something out of a ''[[Saw]]'' movie. But when you read it... it works, dammit.

* [[Narm/Star Wars|Pellaeon]], in the [[New Jedi Order]], delivering a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] that ends "You may win the occasional battle against us, Vorrik, but the Empire will ''always'' strike back."

* From ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', the line {{spoiler|"Roger sharpened a stick at both ends"}} should, by all rights, be laughable (what, is he going to {{spoiler|trip and fall on it}} or something?) In context, however, it's the sign of the boys' complete degeneration into unbridled savagery.

* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is more or less one long deliberate attempt at creating this.

* As is ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''.

* Not even ''[[Ring of Honor]]'' is immune: See Rhett "The Thrust... is a Must!" Titus, basically "Ravishing" Rick Rude with more obvious comedy and sexual references. The reason the fans essentially took his side in the Titus-Daizee Haze-Delirious love triangle was because of this. His wrestling wasn't the "best in the woooooorld!" but the sheer lulz and his sheer enthusiasm/sincerity more than made up for it.

* To some fans, this is kinda the point of pro wrestling. [[World of Ham|Pretty much everyone is a]] [[Large Ham]], sometimes the moves look fake,<ref>well, yeah, [[Kayfabe|they kind of are]], but that's not the point</ref> the writing isn't usually much better than any other [[Sitcom]] aimed at the [[Lowest Common Denominator]], but if your [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] remains unbroken, and if someone [[Vince Russo|named]] [[Vince McMahon|Vince]] doesn't book something incredibly stupid, it's actually not bad (except maybe [[So Bad It's Good|in the kind of way that makes it good]]).

== Tabletop Games ==

{{quote|The Sisters Repentia, that is those who have deemed themselves to have "failed" in some way, charge into battle [[Full-Frontal Assault|virtually naked]], with maybe a few scraps of cloth, prayer votives ''nailed'' into them, and a blindfolding hood (along with a [[BFS|six foot long]] [[Chainsaw Good|chainsword]]) and are lead/chastised into battle by what can only be described as a Dominatrix in [[Power Armor]] that is [[Dual-Wielding]] electric whips...}}

** Really, the whole setting could be summed up by saying it's ''Warhammer'' in space with deliberate over the top Grimdark black comedy and Narm Charm.

== Video Games ==

* While it is the original [[Survival Horror]] and revolutionary for its time, the original ''[[Alone in the Dark]]'' trilogy is filled to the brim with [[Narm]] like a flask of sweet liquor. The polygonal graphics are extremely cartoonish, contrasting with the darker environments of more modern survival horror games and making the appearance of the [[Off-Model]] characters more frightening than the monsters. The soundtrack, while great listening, isn't what you'd expect from a survival horror nowadays. While the first game focused on puzzle-solving and evading monsters inspired by the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], the other games went in more action-oriented and absurd directions: the second game included the hero [[It Makes Sense in Context|gunning down zombies with a Thompson while dressed in a Santa Claus costume]] while the third had Carnby mowing down [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cowboy zombies]] [[Gatling Good|with a Gatling gun]]. The cherry on the cheesecake is easily the [[So Bad It's Good]] voice acting: almost every text is read by an over-the-top narrator, often with overblown drama and ridiculous accents.

== Web Original ==

** [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s "Dark Nella Saga" was this all the way. Nella left no scenery unchewed, Lindsay's acting is... not the best ever and that's still awesome, both because she knows this and Nella herself can actually act legitimately scary while still being funny.

* ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'' brings us the famous "Well, excuse me, Princess", said by [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]] himself. However, the way he delivers it, dead serious and even menacing during a falling out with Zelda, definitely make it fit this trope.

== Western Animation ==

{{quote|'''Lion-O''': [[Punctuated Pounding|THESE BEARS ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY!!!]]}}

* [[Roger Ebert]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130328205412/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20021213%2FREVIEWS%2F212130305%2F1023 in his review] of ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'', gave a half-hearted insult to the material through a compliment to Patrick Stewart (or vice-versa): he noted that Stewart has a talent for making completely ridiculous dialogue riveting.

{{quote|'''Ebert''': "It is always said of Stewart that his strength as an actor is his ability to deliver bad dialogue with utter conviction. I say it is time to stop encouraging him."}}

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