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'''Marian''': Now and forever, my love. }}
* The creators of ''[[The Weird Al Show]]'' note in the commentaries that Brian Haley as The Hooded Avenger had the unenviable task of delivering the majority of the show's [[Anvilicious]] morals. But his Adam West style utter conviction to the part makes it work.
* [[Bea Arthur]], in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'', is able to take her usual [[Deadpan Snarker]] persona and apply it to good effect during her song-and-dance sequence in the Cantina on Tatooine, though she's helped in that it's just about
* The hilarious, homoerotic, and oddly charming Long Underwear Boxing scene in [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson]].
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** "Heart of a Dragon" somehow manages to sound rather triumphant despite sharing a melody with the children's song "Three Little Speckled Frogs".
* Heino. Anything by Heino, especially if it refers to "letzten Abendrot," cowboys, or involves clapping.
* The [[Muse (band)|Muse]] single "Uprising" is, by itself, a really catchy [[Queen]]-style revolutionary anthem. That is, until you notice that the music video, the CD and the vinyl single artwork all seperately portray ''teddy bears'' rising up from a field in revolt. It might've been [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|meant to symbolize]] the seemingly harmless and ubiquitous masses suddenly proving that they're [[Not So Harmless]], but the image should still be pure [[Narm]]. Except that listening to the song and hearing the lyrics as a call for downtrodden teddy bears to rise up in righteous rebellion against their human oppressors just adds a whole new, [[
** From the same album, "Guiding Light". It's basically a full-on '80s [[Power Ballad]], complete with seemingly endless drum reverb (which fits nicely with the jet engine segue at the beginning); a Queen-inspired guitar solo is the icing on the cake. For a band that's often accused of taking itself too seriously these days, it's a refreshingly clear-cut "just enjoy this" moment on the album.
** And while we're at it, "Knights of Cydonia" needs a mention, doubly so when you consider the music video. It combines an overt political [[Take That]] with overly sincere "fight for your right" chants, Wild West imagery, kung fu, unicorns, laser beams, and a heavy dose of [[Epic Rocking]]; and the end result is somehow legitimately chilling.
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* [[John Cleese]] as "Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard" ([[Magnificent Bastard|but not really]]) kind of stole the show in ''[[Jade Empire]]'', at least during the chapter in the capital, because he is such a magnificently overdone interpretation of the Chinese view of Western Imperialists.
* [[Memetic Mutation|The Lusty Argonian Maid]] play from ''[[Elder Scrolls|The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]'', written ([[In-Universe]]) by the perverted politician [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Crassius Curio]], was so amusingly out-of-place and corny that one can't go far in an ''Elder Scrolls'' discussion without someone referencing it.
* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)
** Most ''Sonic'' dialogue falls under this. This narm is awesome narm. (Especially ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' narm.)
** ''Sonic Adventure'' does this in Sonic's final boss battle. (GET A LOAD OF THIS-GET A LOA-GET A LOAD OF THIS, etc)
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