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[[File:wizardofoz.jpg|link=The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|frame|Moments like these are silly, but also just too heartwarming to laugh at.]]
 
{{quote|''"Part of [[Resident Evil]]'s charm is that it still takes itself seriously, despite having the most atrociously written story and dialogue..."''|'''Ben "Yatzee" Croshaw''', ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'', on ''[[Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles]]''}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Many English dubs from the 80s and 90s possess this for old-school fans, with just a few notable examples including ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'', ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', and -- in an interesting case of straddling the line between this and (in some people's opinions) [[Superlative Dubbing]] -- ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* Lots of the dramatic scenes in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' are incredibly over the top even for [[Manga]]. Because the rest of the story is just as exaggerated and fantastic, and the characters and situations themselves are uniquely compelling, there's still a rather moving effect. All the snot, tears, and loud broken groaning are usually indicative of Narm(even the girls had them), yet here it makes the story more raw and emotional.
* The first ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'' movie. Hell yes.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. Many anime fans groan from usual [[Power of Friendship]] speeches. However, here they were pulled off with awesome.
** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH]]
* ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G Gundam]]''. It wouldn't be half the awesome it is if it wasn't corny.
** [[The Power of Love|Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken]] is easily one of the cheesiest attacks in the history of anime. It's also among the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjmCQXdVibA most awesome].
*** This attack is such narmy goodness that it, along with the series in general, is parodied/referenced just as much, if not more, in as many separate shows as any other Gundam series.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYudr9h6ezw "I WILL BECOME SUPER ASIA, AND BECOME CHAMPION OF ALL!"]
* "[[The Big O (Anime)|I'm one of the tomatoes!]]" Both pulled off surprisingly well, if you'd seen the rest of the series, but ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' was all about Narm Charm in the first place. It's a show where a [[Batman]] [[Expy]] drives a giant robot and waxes philosophical before calling out [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]] and beating the snot out of baddies.
* The [[Narm]] from ''[[Trigun]]'''s Vash and Knives is entirely appropriate for their childlike, naive personalities. Vash is an idealist who honestly believes that all the evil and suffering of the world can be conquered by love and peace, takes harm on himself to spare others, and wants nothing more than for people to stop hurting each other. Meanwhile, Knives can casually kill anybody that he pleases -- including his brother ''whom he actually does love'' -- but collapses in incredible fear and confusion when he himself is hurt. This arguably makes Knives' psychopathy that much more terrifying, hating pain but happily inflicting it on everybody he considers "beneath" him, as though they were mere insects undeveloped enough to experience pain themselves.
* ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'': "You fellas know full well what this [[Badass]] mother can do!"
** Any time Emperor Charles gives a speech, it is bound to masticate scenery left, right and center, especially whenever said [[Big Bad]] uses the [[Engrish|corny]] but Badass [[Catch Phrase]] of his Empire: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5brR14OGWUU ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!], Pronounced like [[Those Wacky Nazis|heil]].
** Try just about all of ''Code Geass''. Lelouch as Zero is the [[Large Ham|biggest ham ever]] and that actually helped it to reel in legions of followers.
** Mao's infamous "[[Chainsaw Good|I'll make you compact]]" line has become slightly [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] among his fans. It's totally ridiculous... but it actually gives a good view of how insane he really is.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGODPi9_8IU Most] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KQ-Fw-TiGc of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-uoZI87VM&feature=related the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4scUOyOJnBU&feature=related openings] are grade-A [[Narm Charm]]. They're extremely [[Hot-Blooded]], with [[Gratuitous English]] and dramatic, optimistic lyrics ("I'll take away your flowing tears right now," anyone?) that [[Lyrical Dissonance|don't always fit with the mood of the show]], but they're [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome songs]] regardless. Possibly averted by the opening for the last 2 episodes of Season 1, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DmV5zJ0W9o&feature=related Hitomi no Tsubasa], which has a slightly more serious tone.
* Everyone makes fun of the infamous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs potato-chip scene] in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', or the somewhat "overexpressive" anime in itself. Still, it is a very popular and critically acclaimed show with a ton of fans.
** This is especially evident in the final episode, in which the over-the-top fashion in which {{spoiler|Light and Mikami break down}} runs a weird line between comical and horrifying.
* The opening theme song of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' is incredibly [[Gratuitous English|Engrish-ridden]], barely even making sense... yet still sounds incredibly badass, and sets the tone for the show brilliantly.
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** In the beginning of the second season, as Suou narrates about how the world has changed since the Gate appeared, a very futuristic flying car briefly appears on screen. Kind of narmy because of how much of a cliche flying cars are as a symbol of the future, but it kind of works because weird [[Magitech]] and [[Black Box]] technology is a big part of the setting. And the fact that flying cars are just [[Rule of Cool|cool]].
** The scene in the second season where [[Complete Monster|Ilya]] talks to/scares the crap out of those tourists might qualify. It's really hard to tell if that moment was meant to be somewhat humorous or not. If it was meant as a serious moment, they failed, but it works well as [[Black Comedy]].
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]'', during {{spoiler|the original Lockon Stratos's}} death scene, the little robot Haro crying {{spoiler|"Lockon! Lockon!"}} was a tad bit narmy. At the same time, though, it was rather effective. I mean, come on, even the ''robot'' was sad!
* In the first episode of the second ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' series, Yugi summoning Exodia is narm charm enough. Then watch the uncut video, especially past 3:00.
** The dub dialogue is on fire, helped by [[Dan Green]]'s delicacy...
{{quote| '''Kaiba''': "Draw your last pathetic card so I can end this game!"<br />
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'''Yami''': "Exodia, '''OBLITERATE!'''" }}
** Really, just the whole first series in general is this, not just the dub. Sure, people getting so dramatic about card games is hilarious, but you're often too busy [[Tear Jerker|crying]] or [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|cheering]] to care.
** Just, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', in general. Even before the card game was introduced, the whole thing was so spectacularly, unashamedly over-the-top that it was difficult not to love.
** The dub of the sequel series ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' generally consists of general old Narm. One exception is when a character steals Yugi's deck and begins imitating his voice. We get an voice actor who is usually a [[Large Ham]] imitate Dan Green. And it's awesome.
** In the second sequel series ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds5D's]]'', the English dub always has to remove stuff. Naturally, they edit out weapons, text, add horrible puns to what should be relatively serious dialogue, but the main reason the dub is decent is simply because the Narm is so goddamn concentrated that it must be intentional. In one scene where the main character Yusei is in a motorcycle accident, when his friends go to help him he visibly has shrapnel sticking out of his chest. But not in the dub, no.They edited it out, and added the cheesy "Augh, my gut!" line instead. They turned what was supposed to be internal bleeding into "Thanks, Pepto Bismol!"
*** Also, because of the [[Never Say "Die"|habit of ignoring most FATAL things]] a lot of issues were changed. Even though, by the time of a certain episode beginning to explain the plot, the season finale has occurred in Japan. And literally only 2 people STAY dead. {{spoiler|Rex and Rudger/Roman Go(o)dwin}}. So to protect the children, the plot got so warped that they got a new "Shadow Realm" in "The Underworld."
* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' has a good example of this. One episode had {{spoiler|Nephrite's}} death, and the line that comes next has [[Narm]] written all over it: "I'm so sorry, {{spoiler|Naru...}} I guess I won't be taking you out for a chocolate parfait." [[It Makes Sense in Context]], but still sounds silly when taken by itself. No one cared because [[Tear Jerker|they were sniffling...]]
** There is plenty of Narm Charm in the dub: {{spoiler|After apparently escaping Zoicite and [[She's a Man In Japan|her]] mooks Molly mentions the local Cafe makes exquisite Cholote Parfaits and asks if Nephrite if they could go have one sometime,which he agrees to. Then she asks him if he has "Holidays in that Evil Society of His." The sheer silliness of the second question,already silly in Japanese, gets funnier with Molly's goofy Brooklyn Accent, Nephrite and even Molly herself have a bit of a laugh about it. Instead of ruining the scene, it somehow manages to keep the drama and pathos of the Japanese version wonderfully}}.
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''. From the '''FAAABULOUS''' character designs, to the outrageous ''abilities'' (fighting with a bladed hat, putting zippers everywhere, turning rocks into mud, stopping time), to the characters themselves...then there are the manly tears, such as {{spoiler|when Polnareff cried when Abdul took a bullet for him, to when Joeseph saw his daughter's stand turning on her, et cetera}}. Yet, somehow, Jojo manages to work.
{{quote| '''The next thing you're going to say is ____'''.<br />
'''Muda da, MudaMudaMudaMudaMudaMudaMudaMuda!''' vs '''OraOraOraOraOraOraOraOraOra!'''<br />
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'''Road roller/Tank lorry da!'''<br />
'''WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!''' }}
* [[Detective Conan (Manga)|Conan]]'s use of broken English while telling {{spoiler|his [[Broken Pedestal|former idol]], Ray Curtis}} that his circumstances do not justify turning to drugs and murder would otherwise be funny, but it, combined with the music and his facial expressions, effectively conveys how he feels, and {{spoiler|Ray Curtis's}} response in perfect English makes it clear that the grammar mistakes are Conan's, rather than the writer's.
* ''[[Zoids]]''. The first series (Chaotic Century) in particular. The entire script is so laughably bad it's amazing that everyone keeps a straight face. (Van and Raven's exchange in episode 33 is a personal favorite example) But that's the reason it works. The whole universe speaks in narm and once you get used to it you realize that it's the language of the universe and it's a much more entertaining universe as a result.
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', episode 48. {{spoiler|Anemone}} is on a suicide mission after having learned that {{spoiler|Dominic has abandoned the military}} to stop the [[Big Bad]]'s plan. Lines like "I want to live! I wish I didn't have feelings like this!" are tearfully screamed at full blast, with all the pretentious angst of a bad Goth band. <ref>Note: This makes sense, given how this character '''is''' a severely emotionally crippled and confused teenager.</ref> The viewers are just as likely to be [[Tear Jerker|crying themselves]] at this point. <ref>If not, they're probably saving up the tears for the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|happy reunion of Dominic and Anemone]] a few minutes later.</ref>
** The entire PREMISE is built on this. The series is built on giant surfboarding robots, tons and tons of blatant counter-culture references (including one of the most disastrous incidents in recent history being called the Summer of Love), and an incredibly sappy romance at the forefront (hell, the main mecha of the series is practically POWERED by love.)
* In ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', many examples result from [[Gratuitous English|Engrish]] for English-speaking viewers.
** Most notably, during Itsuki's rooftop talk with Kyon, after Haruhi has [[Sleep Cute|fallen asleep]] beside Mikuru, he suggests to Kyon that he should, "embrace Suzumiya-san from behind, and whisper 'I love you' in her ear." What the English audience hears is assorted Japanese, and then, "AI LAAV YU." What keeps it from falling into [[Narm]] is the heart-warming playfulness of the scene.
** The [[Image Song|Image Songs]] use a hefty pile of [[Gratuitous English|Grautitous English]] in their lyrics. ''Lost My Music'' has an entire chorus in English, while ''God Knows...'' appends English words to the ends of certain verses.
** [[Cristina Valenzuela|Christy Vee's]] translation of "Hare Hare Yukai" has her first line shouting (in the most high-pitched voice she can muster) "ALL RIGHT SOS BRIGADE, ASSEMBLE!" It's ''incredibly'' cheesy, but also incredibly hilarious and totally in-character for [[Genki Girl|Haruhi]].
* When the ending of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'''s second arc was adapted to anime, quite a lot of people were collapsing in laughing fits over the "takomaria". However, there was a significant creepy factor to seeing her head rolling around like that, and in a series of over-the-top messed-up scenes like the banquet of the witch and Rosa's feast afterwards, to a certain extent, it actually fit pretty well.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMM_BPTYglM OH DESIAH!] In spite of the Narmy Engrish -- or perhaps ''because'' of it--the song still manages to be [[Crowning Music of Awesome|totally epic]].
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'' Satoko's breakdown in episode 10 involves her somehow throwing a guy twice her size all the way across the room, with the chair he's sitting on. The voice actor's delivery, combined with the music, is what makes the scene work.
** [[Madness Mantra|"Gomenasai...gomenasai...gomenasai...gomenasai...."]]
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Father's expression are often over the top, but he's still the main source of [[Nightmare Fuel]] of all the series... {{spoiler|especially when he looked pregnant of Hohenheim after having just absorbed him... but his [[One-Winged Angel]] form was '''''absolutely terrifying'''''}}.
* Episode 167 of ''[[Naruto (Anime)|Naruto]]'' Shippuden. Full stop. It goes into full-on Looney Toons action at various points, including the "hammer person into ground without killing them" and "Road Runner legs" effects. Yet, it can also be absolutely awesome.
** Sasuke's [[Evil Laugh]] in Shippuden episode 214 and manga chapter 483 is [[Narm Charm]]. It's hilarious mainly because it's ''[[The Comically Serious|Sasuke]]'' but it also shows how [[Ax Crazy|far gone he is]].
* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Two words]]: '''''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'''''. Genuinely interesting characters with great characterization, [[Insane Troll Logic|illogical]] plot points, [[So Bad It's Good]] animation, [[So Cool Its Awesome]] cinematography, music that ranges from forgettable to awesome, [[Rule of Cool]] villains, [[You Fail Biology Forever|impossible]] [[You Fail Physics Forever|unrealistic]] [[You Fail Logic Forever|stuff]], epic voice acting, ridiculous/awesome facial contortions, [[Rule of Cool]] weapons for Weiss... [[Weiss Kreuz]] is awesome.
** And to this day, people still wonder whether [[Takehito Koyasu]] [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made Onon Drugs?|was on drugs]] when he thought of this one.
* The Intelligent Devices of the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' series have always spoken in rather questionably-translated English ("It can be done. As for my master.") Then [[The Movie]] came along and gave them proper English lines. Many English-speaking fans are not pleased with this, as they found the Devices' broken speech endearing.
 
* ''[[Hellsing]]'''s [[World of Ham|hamminess]] and over-the-top violence should be ridiculous, but many fans love the series because of it.
* Belldandy from [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]] continues to call Keiichi "Mister Keiichi" even tough they have lived together for a pretty long time. And she is just an overly melodramatic [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sugarqueen]] in general. But you just can't hold it against her when it comes with that weapons-grade smile.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', Kotetsu/Wild Tiger used to wear a [[Superheroes Wear Tights|spandex costume]] that [[Fan Nickname|fans have affectionately named the crapsuit]]. General opinion was that it was either [[Adorkable|endearingly dorky]] or just plain dumb... until Kotetsu {{spoiler|[[Break Out the Museum Piece|Breaks Out The Museum Piece]] as part of a plan to prove to the public he's the real Wild Tiger and strikes a [[Triple Take]] [[Asskicking Pose]] at the end of episode 21}}, at which point the fandom decided it was the sexiest, most badass superhero costume ever.
** Many aspects of the show count as Narm Charm—the [[Ho Yay|relationship]] between the two leads, the frequent use of [[Japanese Stock Phrases]], the [[Camp|campy]] costumes and the theme of [[Band of Brothers|friendship]] being noticable examples. ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' 's particular flavor of Narm Charm is actually rather simililar to that of ''[[Code Geass]]''--both shows contain seemingly ridiculous amounts of drama and [[Camp]], but manage to achieve some really touching moments regardless.
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* ''[[Demon King Daimao]]'' has Kena Soga, who, depending on the dub version, either has a certain charm to how her voiced is portrayed.
** [[Aki Toyosaki]] has a more wacky and cartoony route for her, while Melissa Davis makes her overly-dramatic and goofy.
* The fight between {{spoiler|Masako and Yuri}} in Episode 15 of [[Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)|Mawaru Penguindrum]] is so ridiculously over-the-top (it involves {{spoiler|Yuri swinging ping-pong paddles to swat Masako's slingshot balls}}, for crying out loud!) [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|that it warps back to ridiculously awesome]].
** Also the buttloads of [[Engrish]] in episode 16. [[Memetic Mutation|HERY MR. PRESIDEEEEEEEENTTTTT!]]
** When {{spoiler|Masako pulls her [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]}} in episode 22, we see {{spoiler|Esmeralda next to her opening a paper fan.}} It would've made the whole scene [[Narm|hilarious in normal circumstances]]... but come on, {{spoiler|Esmeralda [[Undying Loyalty|is THAT loyal to her partner and to #1]], and [[Together in Death|she's ready to die with Masako]]}}! How can that '''not''' be [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|really touching]]?
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*** On that note, go see "Science Show" from [[Kosuke Toriumi|Szayel's album.]]
** 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 Onon the Fourth Wall|voicing EXACTLY what was going on in the readers's heads.]].
 
 
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'''"RIP AND TEAR!"''' }}
* [http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3218/snowflamedesnewguardian.jpg Snowflame], a [[Super Villain]] from the [[The DCU]] who was powered by cocaine! [http://www.cracked.com/funny-5066-snowflame/ No, really.]
* When ''[[Green Lantern (Comic Book)|Green Lantern]]'' tried to give a sympathetic [[Backstory]] to Dex-Starr, by all rights it should have fallen flat on its face. Dex-Starr's inherent comedy (he's a homicidal ''kitty-cat'') should not mesh well with a tragic origin. It's not even a terribly good origin, it's standard "came from abusive family" stuff. But is something just terribly heart-wrenching about it that manages to make it work. [[Tear Jerker|"I good kitty."]]
* Many "relevant" and "edgy" [[Bronze Age]] stories like the ''[[Green Lantern (Comic Book)|Green Lantern]] / [[Green Arrow]]'' team-ups featuring the evils of drugs, poverty, racism, etc, are hilariously over-the-top, [[Anvilicious]], and two-dimensional, but the fact that the stuff was [[Fair for Its Day|ground-breaking at the time]], plus the writers' complete sincerity about the sentiments expressed in the stories, save them from most of the contempt usually afforded to such preachy PSAs.
* With just one overwrought line and goofily gaping expression, [http://echorrorcomicsarchive.com/wp-content/qdir/main/2008_10/crypt23.jpg the issue 23 cover] of [[EC Comics]]' ''Tales from the Crypt'' manages to tell the most awesomely concise horror story ever...
{{quote| ''LOCKED! I'm locked in this MAUSOLEUM with... with this THING!''}}
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* This trope is the reason ''[[Half Life: Full Life Consequences (Fanfic)|Half Life Full Life Consequences]]'' is utter hilarity from start to finish despite (or perhaps because) it is possibly the stupidest thing in existence. Five words: "BECAUSE YOU ARE HEADCRAB ZOMBIE."
** {{spoiler|JOHN FREEMAN: SAVER OF HUMENS}}. ;tear
** {{spoiler|Gordon Freeman's}} death. Especially true in dramatic readings. How can such a goofy scene, containing the word comFART, be taken seriously? This is how.
* ''[[Doom: Repercussions of Evil]]'', for mostly the same reasons. "[[And Then John Was a Zombie|No, John. You are the demons]]."
* ''[[My Immortal]]'': "goffs", terrible characters, a bad grip on [[Goth]] culture (or any culture), constantly arguing with the readers, waging war against spelling and grammar. It's a masterpiece of [[Bile Fascination]].
{{quote| "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU MOTHERFUKERS!" It was....................Dumbledore!"}}
* In [[Fan Vid]] culture, "[http://fanlore.org/wiki/Lord_King_Bad Lord King Bad]" vids are deliberately created with this kind of aesthetic.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5160534/1/Kamina_die Kamina die]'' (supposed) [[Troll Fic]], {{spoiler|"simon am proud"}}.
* There's something oddly [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] about the last two chapters and final author's note of ''[[Starkits Prophecy (Fanfic)|StarKits Prophcy]]'', despite the usual [[Rouge Angles of Satin]], [[Canon Defilement]], and [[World of Ham|abundance of hamminess]].
** Likewise, the line "ACCEPT JESUS [[Precision F-Strike|MOTHERFUCKERS]]!" still manages to be [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].
* ''[[Tea of Sagittarius (Fanfic)|Tea of Sagittarius]]''. Especially the Sidestories, full blown [[Contemplate Our Navels]] and psychological issues compiled with usual [[Hilarity Ensues|Haruhi-style balls to the walls plot]]. You think one [[Deadpan Snarker]] is enough, this story have two, [[Alternate Universe|who technically is same person]], [[Gender Bender|technically different gender]], and [[Screw Yourself|technically a couple]]. [[Mind Screw|Confused]]?
{{quote| Anonymous: "My Blowjob can't be this Psychological"}}
 
 
== Film - Animated ==
* The game of peek-a-boo famously played during the Grendel fight in the film of ''[[Beowulf (Filmfilm)|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 (Webcomic)|He thought it would make him invisible]].
** Logically? He knew Grendel was so strong any armor he wore would be useless at actually protecting him, and would slow him down. Speed was his greatest ally. As for why he didn't at least wear breeches? Okay, ''that's'' gotta be ego.
** He wanted no advantage against the creature, he was as pure a warrior as he could be.
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'''Lightning:''' {{spoiler|[[Big Never|NEVER!]]}} }}
** 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]]''!"
 
 
== Film - Live-Action ==
* [[Batman (Franchise)|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.
*** And the Joker's socks when he's sitting in his cell. Helps that both they and Heathy are [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]].
*** Batman's rusty voice. Some people went along with it because he was obviously trying to disguise his real voice, but it became unintentionally funny when he started using it in front of [[Morgan Freeman]]'s character, who already knew who he was.
**** [[Fridge Brilliance|There have been comics that have played with the idea that Bruce Wayne is the mask and Batman is the real person. Perhaps Bruce felt it was best that Lucius would see his true self in order to cooperate]]
** ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]'': "The heat's gettin' to me... I'll murder you momentarily after a nice cup... of... water" The Penguin dies right then and there, but what really makes it work is the guard of penguins doing the burial and [[Danny Elfman]]'s score.
** Naturally the film of the Adam West series ''[[Batman: theThe Movie]]'' continues the campy glory it was known for.
*** "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
** A lot of the enjoyment found in ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman and Robin]]'' is from this and Freeze's puns.
* Every line delivered by Schuler Hensley as [[Frankenstein]]'s monster in the 2004 movie. ''[[Van Helsing]]'' is full of win.
* Richard Roxburgh's ''[[Dracula]]'' is the same, to a slightly lesser degree.
* [[Brian Blessed|BRIAN BLESSED]] has fans who consider his [[Large Ham]] acting to be the best part.
** That was the whole point of his portrayal of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaDibW_BTvg Richard IV] in ''The [[Black AdderBlackadder]]''.
* The... same applies [[Dramatic Pause|to... FANS... of...]] [[William Shatner]].
** Him screaming "[[Big Word Shout|KHAAAAAAN]]!" seems like [[Narm]], unless you remember what [[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|Khan]] said to prompt that. And the fact that {{spoiler|He was Narming it up on purpose to trick Khan}}.
* ''[[The Evil Dead]]'' had a few [[Narm]] moments that were nonetheless forgivable because it was a student film and otherwise well-made. ''Evil Dead 2'' and ''Army of Darkness'' [[Crosses the Line Twice|actively cultivated]] [[Narm]].
* A lot of moments from the first three ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'' films may qualify <ref> (surprise surprise, they were directed by Mr. Evil Dead himself, [[Sam Raimi]])</ref>, such as the Green Goblin bombing the Parker residence and demanding Aunt May finish her prayer ("deliver us...deliver us...from evil!"), or when Peter embraces a normal life to the tune of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head."
** "We'll meet again, Spider-Man!!" Corny? Oh yes. But somehow incredibly appropriate for a Spider-Man movie.
* ''[[Enchanted]]'' is essentially a combination of this, [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]], and [[Camp]], with two heaping tablespoonfuls of [[Affectionate Parody]] for spice.
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* In general, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] ''should'' be extremely narmful all the time because of his incredibly thick Austrian accent, but people have got so used to hearing it it barely matters anymore. To quote Jack Slater in ''[[Last Action Hero]]'', "Vot accent?"
* Parts of the 1973 film version of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' are rather corny today, yes, but the corny lines in no way detract from the rest of the movie.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Lord of the Rings]]'': "[[No Man of Woman Born|I am no man!]] AAAAAAAAAA!!!"
** In that exact same scene: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAO4t8672hc&NR=1 The Witch-King's ridiculously large mace]. Everyone from the prop designers to the actor who had to swing it all thought it was the largest, heaviest, most ridiculous part of the scene, and yet Peter Jackson made. it. WORK. The look of horror on her face when Eowyn sees it is proof enough of that.
** {{spoiler|Denethor's}} death scene (where he [[Go Mad From the Revelation|goes nuts]], lights himself on fire, and ''jumps off a cliff'') in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King]]''. [[Your Mileage May Vary]], as others just found it [[Narm]] at best, but mostly completely illogical and impossible. Then again, the last part is movie-only, as in the book he calmly burns himself in the Steward's tomb. (<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings|LotR]] V, ch.7: "Then Denethor leaped upon the table, and standing there wreathed in fire and smoke he took up the staff of his stewardship that lay at his feet and broke it on his knee. Casting the pieces into the blaze he bowed and laid himself on the table, clasping the ''palantír'' with both hands upon his breast." [...] Gandalf in grief and horror turned his face away and closed the door. For a while he stood in thought, silent upon the threshold, while those outside heard the greedy roaring of the fire within. And then Denethor gave a great cry, and afterwards spoke no more, nor was ever again seen by mortal men.</ref>)
** "I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound!"
* [[Star Wars]], oh so much.
** [[The Reveal]] at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back (Film)|The Empire Strikes Back]]'' was so shocking ([[It Was His Sled|at the time]]), people were willing to forgive the [[Big No]] from Luke.
** With cheesy lines like "I ''AM'' the senate!", "No, no, no..", and the memorable [[Drunk Onon the Dark Side|"POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]], Palpatine's [[Large Ham|hamming it up]] in ''[[Revenge of the Sith (Film)|Revenge of the Sith]]'' should be ridiculous. But by all that's Sithly, Ian McDiarmid makes it the most fun (and [[Nightmare Fuel|creepy]]) thing to watch in the entire movie.
** "I'm Luke Skywalker, [[A New Hope|and I'm here to rescue you!]]"
** "[[The Empire Strikes Back|I'll never join you!]]" He's so ragged-voiced and shocked and exceedingly [[The Woobie]] at that moment, it's up in the air whether this makes you laugh or [[Hurt Comfort Fic|want to comfort him]].
** People who actually like the Prequels can feel this way about them (especially if you are from the younger generation and grew up on them.)The Original Trilogy gets this too, for the same reason ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' does: the special effects can be so bad, but the story so good.
** In particular, the confrontation between Anakin and Obi-wan at the end of [[Episode III]] has produced some of the most classic and unintentionally hilarious internet memes of all time. [[Large Ham|YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWAAAAAAAAH]] and [[Captain Obvious|"Don't try it, Anakin, I have the high ground!]] spring to mind. That said, it is still arguably one of the saddest, most powerful scenes in the entire saga. The utterly heartbroken look on [[Ewan McGregor]]'s face really sells it.
* [[Ian McKellen]]'s delivery in ''[[X-Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men]]'' is full of this.
* ''[[Godzilla]]''. [[Godzilla (Filmfilm)|The 1998 American version]], even more so.
** Speaking of which, any movie by [[Roland Emmerich]] such as ''[[Independence Day (Film)|Independence Day]]'', ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' and recently ''[[Twenty Twelve|2012]]'' will apply. He [[Did Not Do the Research|get most of the facts wrong]], but you can't help enjoying [[Visual Effects of Awesome|the awesomeness of their visual effects]].
* Nero in ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'' tends to be ridiculously [[Large Ham|over the top]] (see: his introduction as "Hi, I'm Nero" and "[[Shout-Out|SPOOOOOOOOOOOCK]]"). It just makes the movie more fun. "FIRE EVERYTHING!"
* ''[[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Galaxy Quest]]'': "By Grabthar's hammer... by the suns of Warvan... you shall be ''avenged''." Though in that case the original line was ''trying'' to be silly in an [[Affectionate Parody]] sort of way for ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]''. The context the line is delivered in is genuinely [[Badass]] and makes up for it. It helped that it was [[Alan Rickman]] saying the line.
* ''[[G.I. Joe: theThe Rise of Cobra (Film)|G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]''. Over two hours of [[Troperiffic|every action movie cliche]] turned [[Up to Eleven]] and [[Christopher Eccleston]] and Jonathan Pryce, clearly enjoying themselves. Joseph Gordon-Levitt ''embodies'' [[Ham and Cheese]] in that movie, apparently deciding to play Cobra Commander as "[[Transformers Generation 1|Starscream]], by way of [[Knights of the Old Republic (Videovideo Gamegame)|Darth Malak]], with a touch of [[Dr. Strangelove]]." Pretty much the entire cast gets in on this, Ray Park manages to do it without ever saying a single word, ''that's'' impressive.
* Logic doesn't get in the way of the narm-charmtastic climactic scene of the 1966 Italian film ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WY9vR0DsNY&NR=1 Dio, Come Ti Amo!]'' The heroine Gigliola, played by [[Eurovision Song Contest]] winner Gigliola Cinquetti, taps into the p.a. system of an airport in order to sing a love song to Luis, her boyfriend who is [[Race For Your Love|departing on a plane that is on the runway about to take off]]. Her song is broadcast not only through the airport, but, in a quirk of Italian electrical engineering, also into the headsets of the ground crew and the pilots of Luis' flight. Sure, in reality the pilot, the ground crew and the airport's p.a. would probably not all share the same system, but that's besides the point. Adding to the inexplicit absurdity of the scene is the fact that her love song is also audible to the passengers on the departing plane, one of whom is Luis who disembarks from the plane to return to Gigliola. Yet for all of the gaps in plausibility, your heart can't help but be moved when Gigliola and Luis kiss on the tarmac.
* ''[[Three Hundred|300]]''. Especially, Gerard Butler's delivery of the iconic ''[[This Is Sparta]]'' line.
* ''[[Scarface (Film)|Scarface]]'': '''"SAY HELLO TO MY LEETLE FRIEND!"'''
* The entirety of ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' simultaneously manages to be incredibly cheesy and incredibly moving and beautiful '''at the same time'''.
* [[Dario Argento]]'s films run on this trope and [[Gorn]] Charm.
* ''[[Titanic]]'' may have the typical movie cliches on the book, but it is so silly, yet so romantic!
** Speaking of [[James Cameron]], While certain scenes from ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'' may be narmy whenever Neytiri gets pissed off or cries {{spoiler|(like when Jake revealed his secret to her, causing her to lose her trust in him)}}, they are actually quite [[Tear Jerker|sad]].
* ''[[Gran Torino]]'': The phrase "Get off my lawn!" may sound like a typical senior citizen phrase, but [[Clint Eastwood|Eastwood]] being [[Badass|Eastwood]], boy did he make it work.
* ''[[Big Fish]]'': "You become what you always were... [[Tear Jerker|a very]] [[Title Drop|big fish."]]
* Most of the werewolf scenes in the 2010 remake of ''[[The WolfmanWolf Man]]'', starting with their decision not to change the werewolf appearance from the black and white original.
* A lot of ''[[The Road Warrior]]'' is Narm but especially this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iRmOc10SMw&feature=related scene] with Wez, the Lord Humungeous' [[The Dragon|dragon]] has [[Narm Charm]]. After the Feral kid's razor boomerang kills his lover, Wez goes nuts "NO! WE GO IN! WE KILL! Humoungous puts him in a sleeper hold to subdue and says "Be still my dog of war! I understand your pain! But we do it my way! We do it MY WAY!" Wez:"Losers! Losers wait!" before becoming unconscious. It should be just funny but it's somehow funny AND awesome. Even when the audio was used years later in ''[[South Park]]'' episode, "Eat, Queef and Pray" when a woman demonstrates a "Road Warrior Queef" "
* The ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]'' films have quite a bit of this in small doses throughout, but they pull it off with deliberate bravado in the second film when Abe and Hellboy get drunk and sing the incredibly cheesy song, "Can't Smile Without You." Who hasn't gotten drunk with a friend and sung bad music to try and get through the blues?
* George Bailey's friends and family spontaniously bursting out into Christmas carols at the end of ''[[ItsIt's a Wonderful Life]]'' ''should'' be [[Narm|Narmy]] ... but really isn't. At all.
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy]]''. All three of them. Largely due to John Hannah.
* In ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', [[Special Effects Failure|the robot is less than convincing]].
* The ''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|Street Fighter]]'' movie, due in large part to Raul Julia's performance as General M. Bison.
** "[[Memetic Mutation|OF]] [[That Guy With theThe Glasses|COURSE!]]"
** Among his gems: "Every Bison Dollar will be worth five British pounds. For that is the exchange rate the Bank of England will set once I've kidnapped their Queen."
** For you the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|but for me... it was Tuesday]].
* In ''[[Night Atat the Museum]] 2'', Octavius tends to come across as almost constantly narmy, taking himself way too seriously and [[This Is Sparta|dramatically shouting/growling every other line]]. And he becomes all the more brilliant for it.
* Fully half the movies scored by [[Ennio Morricone]] have a moment where first you think: "What the hell is this music," and immediately afterward, "Holy shit [[Crowning Music of Awesome|this is awesome]]!"
* ''[[Peter Pan (Filmfilm)|Peter Pan]]'': "[[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|I do believe in fairies!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnul4k5hUM I do! I do!]"
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' is entirely about the great enjoyment one can have at the late night double feature picture show, a classic way to see the best in B-Movies.
* The B-movie ''[[Zombie Blood Bath]]'' is so cheap and cheesy, with an almost nonexistent plot, by every definition it should be terrible. But the fact that it was produced by hundreds of town locals who volunteered to do it for fun makes it incredibly heartwarming to watch as zombies crack up while running.
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* Some of the actions in the fight scenes of ''[[Ip Man]]'' can easily be mistaken for [[Slapstick]]. However, the choreography was so good that such scenes fit right into the fights.
* The films of Nick Zedd.
* General Zod in ''[[Superman (Filmfilm)|Superman The Movie]]'' and ''[[Superman II]]'' is ''made'' of this. He's a titanic ham with lots of dialogue that could have been very painful, but he tends to come of as genuinely deranged and dangerous rather than goofy. It also helps that he can bounce back and forth between [[Large Ham]] and dangerously understated almost at will, as his introductory scene shows.
* ''[[Titanic (Film)|Titanic]]''. Even ''with'' lines like "You must do me this honor, Rose. You must promise me to survive" - toward the end of the second half of the film audiences will be dreading Jack's inevitable demise.
* According to the people who cast the film, the role of Buttercup in ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'' was given to the only actress they found who could deliver the line "You mock my pain".
* The live-action 2007 ''[[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Transformers]]'' film. "I SMELL YOU, BOY!"
** That line had such Narm Potential...but being as [[Hugo Weaving]] is awesome...and is Megatron...he made the delivery of that line [[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying.]]
* [[Al Pacino]]'s first scene with [[Johnny Depp]] in ''[[Donnie Brasco (Film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' was noted on the [[Directors Commmentary]] as one that could have been pathetic, but worked due to Pacino's skill. Lefty's line, "In all the five boroughs, I'm known. I'm known all over the fuckin' world. Anybody asks ''anybody'' about Lefty from Mulberry Street..."
* The only actor in ''history'' who could deliver the line "If it had to happen to one of us, why did it have to be you?" in ''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' was [[Cary Grant]]. Combine this with the explosive chemistry between Grant and co-star [[Deborah Kerr]], and what could have gone down as one of the sappiest, glurgiest movies ever produced is instead one of Hollywood's most epic love stories.
* The [[Sy Fy]] [[B-Movie]] ''[[Meteor Apocalypse]]'' has just what you'd expect of a B Movie -- low budget, bad script. But for film shot in only 12 days, the ''acting'' (even through the badly-written dialogue) is actually pretty good.
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* ''[[Troy]]:'' Achilles' captive Briseis wakes him up with a [[Sword Over Head|sharp knife]] to the throat. After imploring her to "[[Kill Me Now or Forever Stay Your Hand|do it]]" ''("[[The Fatalist|we all die some time]]")'' he grabs her and [[Coitus Ensues|has his way with her]], prompting her to drop the knife slowly out of her hand. ...[[Better Than It Sounds|Yeah]]. As one reviewer said: ''"[[Even the Guys Want Him|Only Brad Pitt]] could do this (old-style Hollywood) scene and not have the audience burst into laughter."''
* Young Neil in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' was cast because he could deliver "He punched the highlights out of her hair!" with the perfect mix of rage, disbelief and conviction. He went on to ad-lib several hilarious moments throughout the film.
* ''[[The Neverending Story (Filmfilm)|The Neverending Story]]'': When Artax starts sinking into the [[Death Byby 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 (Filmfilm)|Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance]]'' is entirely composed of this trope. [[Nicolas Cage]] can [[Large Ham|take the credit for much of that]].
 
 
== Literature ==
* All of team Jacob and team Edward should be able to agree that despite what makes the whole ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' Saga so good is its cheesyness.
* ''[[X Wing Series]]'': Certainly the newbie Tatooine pilot Gavin Darklighter's response to seeing Coruscant for the first time was [[Narm/Star Wars|narmy]], but it helps illustrate just how young the kid is.
{{quote| "It's just a city, the whole thing, one big, huge, really big city. It's ''[[Single Biome Planet|all]]'' city."}}
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* Frank Peretti, a Christian horror writer, is very adept at the use of Narm Charm. Apparently, he realizes that his plots are extremely outlandish, and in order to avoid Narm he cranks up the absurdity of it his situations [[Up to Eleven]] and lets you know it's okay to laugh through witty prose, thereby leading to situations -- such as a town erupting into terrifying/hilarious chaos around a false Messiah -- that are bizarre, hilarious, and somehow, really, really terrifying. [[Adaptation Decay|Unfortunately, this does not translate well into]] [[Narm/Film|the film versions of his work]].
* ''[[Little Women]]'' plots a course through [[Mary Sue|Mary Sues]], [[Purple Prose|wildly extravagant and sentimental prose]], [[An Aesop|Aesops]] (some of them [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|rather questionable]]) in [[Once an Episode|nearly every chapter]]... and comes out as a gripping romantic drama with a deserved place in the highest pantheon of American literature.
* Discussed with an internal example in ''[[Star Trek Klingon Empire]]''. The old animated show "[[Battlestar Galactica Classic|Battlecruiser Vengeance]]" is this for many Klingons (and it's a nice wink to actual fans of [[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Original Series]] ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' too). One particular episode presents the Klingon hero repelling a Federation boarding party. The episode was produced during the height of tensions between the empire and the Federation, and the party consists of ridiculous, inaccurate computer-generated images of Federation member races. Specifically, the Andorian is more green than blue and has overlong antennae, the Vulcan's ears are too pointed, the Tellarite looks more like an actual boar, the Betazoid has fully blacked-out eyes instead of simple dark irises, the Human has eyes too large and a mouth too small, the Trill has spots covering her entire body, and the Denobulan has misplaced ridges. In the minds of many "modern" fans, the inaccuracy just adds to the joy of it.
* Let's face it: Both the ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' books and [[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|films]] can be quite [[Narm|narmilicious]]... but the thing is, the quality of it is just so good, it can easily be forgiven. One particular example is the ending of [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|the fifth]] when Harry gives his [[Reason You Suck Speech]] to Voldemort; which basically boils down to "I have [[The Power of Friendship]]. You don't. I pity you (though I still want you to die)". This, coupled with the shots of Voldemort's kind of goofy poses in the visions Harry sees during the film, ''could'' be extremely [[Narm|Narmy]]... but it's not. The reason being that when you've spent all this time reading the books and/or watching the films, you'really do understand what Harry is saying no matter how corny it might be. This is doubly true for the movie, which also shows clips from all the previous ones before it, most of those clips being of other [[Narm Charm]] moments from the series. This trope can definitely also apply to the ending of the 7th book; After [[Earn Your Happy Ending|all the crap]] that [[Power Trio|The Trio]] has been through, you can't help but feel happy that everything turned out okay (for the most part) in the end... unless you're a fanatic [[Shipping|Shipper]] and the ending defied your [[OTP]]; in that case, the ending of the series was your worst nightmare come true.
** * [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|"I'll join you when hell freezes over!"]] is one of the cheesiest cliches out there. But considering that this is {{spoiler|[[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Neville Longbottom]]}} saying it to {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Voldemort]]}}'s face, and suddenly [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|you don't feel like laughing anymore.]]
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. This conversation was used in the climax of the story. At first it seems to be a trivial discussion about counting fingers, but it's actually about a man being [[Mind Rape|tortured]] into changing his perspective in order to ''[[Two Plus Torture Equals Five|see things that aren't there]]''. Some might say it's worse than [[Room 101]] itself.
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** [[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.
* [[Discworld (Literature)/Thud|"THAT! IS! NOT! MY! COW!"]]
* [[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.
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* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is more or less one long deliberate attempt at creating this.
* As is ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''.
* ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'' is the same, so very much. Brittany seems to be the queen of this. Giving a friend, whose father suffered a heart attack, a report on heart attacks to show sympathy, nosing a meatball around (in heartbreak) like in ''[[Lady and Thethe Tramp]]'', being a high school student who still believes in Santa Claus. Only Heather Morris can make this work out.
** Finn singing "I'll Stand By You" to a sonogram. For anyone else this would be the narmiest moment in television; but because it's Finn, big, stupid and oh-so-sweet Finn, it's a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]
** Blaine's {{spoiler|confession of love}} to {{spoiler|Kurt}} could count, as the dialogue is like something from a chick flick, but the way he says it is so heartfelt that you can't help but [[Squee]] as he says it. Even the people who don't like Blaine admit that they're glad something was ''finally'' going right for {{spoiler|Kurt}}.
* Many, many scenes in ''[[Stargate SG -1]]'' containing [[Large Ham|Goa']][[Physical God|uld]], especially with [[Deadpan Snarker|O'Niell's]] constant [[Lampshade Hanging]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is the inverse of [[Special Effect Failure]], as noted on that very page. The cheesy effects are so loved, that the new seasons deliberately keep the effects from being too polished to retain that feel. The new series seems to thrive on [[Narm Charm]] in all it's forms.
** Not to mention the Daleks' famous "EXTERMINATE!" line is clearly [[Chewing the Scenery]], except they usually come across as unstoppable, merciless [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|genocidal maniacs]] (so much that a Cambridge University academic wrote [http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ex-tra-po-late-moral-philosophy-and-the-daleks/ a paper] ''about'' the Daleks' Narm Charm.). So that line gives more chills than snickers.
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** The pointless chase scene which takes up pretty much the entirety of episode two of "Planet of the Spiders", where Jon Pertwee and John Dearth pretty much drive or fly every combustion-engine-powered vehicle known to man with the exception of locomotives and jet fighters, and which ends with the villain vanishing anyway at the end of it, is still awesome in its own right. Of course it helps that Barry Letts wrote the sequence as a going-away gift for Pertwee, who had a deep interest in motor vehicles of all kinds and relished scenes where he could get behind the wheel.
** The production staff can be forgiven the hideous monsters from "The Three Doctors", and Omega's scenery-chewing, as the interplay between Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell and Nicholas Courtney make up superbly for it.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': [[Silver Age]] comic super-weirdness and ''[[Doctor Who]]''-style fondness of [[Special Effect Failure]] all in one package. [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] put it best: "It's ''[[Power Rangers]]'': it's ''supposed'' to be cheesy!"
** [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Jason]] is the master of [[Narm Charm]]. For one example, [[No Indoor Voice|screaming]] [[Captain Obvious|"OH MAN, HE FROZE THE ZORDS. WE'RE HISTORY!"]] in Lord Zedd's debut is utterly ridiculous, but it still hammers home how dire the situation is.
** Bulk and Skull calling the people of Angel Grove to help in the final battle of ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''. Corny, yet awesome.
** When Saban ran out of footage of Bandora from ''[[Zyuranger]]'' to use for Rita Repulsa, they made their own. Despite Rita now being played by an American actress, she was still given a [[Hong Kong Dub]] because it had become an iconic part of the character. This also holds true in the higher-budget [[The Movie|movie]].
** For that matter, nearly all [[Tokusatsu]] (with a couple of exceptions such as ''[[Garo]]'') is unbelievably silly and weird, with all sorts of unrealistic tropes that are used completely shamelessly, and episodes that follow a strict formula. The [[People in Rubber Suits]] especially are a relic from another time, and frequently expose their flaws: the Fangire from ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' come to mind as something that should be ''ridiculous'', and would be treated as such in any non-Japanese property, but somehow stuntmen in sophisticated Halloween costumes and voice actors make for compelling, amusing, cool, scary, dangerous, ''real'' characters. Stuff like that is why people like tokusatsu in the first place.
* ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''. The plots are ridiculous and the solutions are generally roundhouse kicks combined with moralizing speeches, but it's still great fun to watch.
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' more or less in its entirety with some stand-outs: the "mom always said not to play ball in the house" episode, the Johnny Bravo episode, the "Time to Change" episode, the Hawaii special with Don Ho and Bobby having a nightmare about robbing his own family in the [[Wild West]].
* On ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'', the ridiculous costumes that most supernatural beings (and frequently the sisters themselves) end up in were considered a part of the show's charm to many fans, and occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].
{{quote| '''Phoebe''': ({{spoiler|having just been turned into a genie with flowing blonde hair}}) Why do ''I'' always end up in the blonde wig?!}}
* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' embodies this. A stuntman crouching under a pizza has never been a more sympathetic character. And when there is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvRBDQqSmY appropriate contrast], even a wildly overacted scene becomes downright touching. Then, of course, there's the ridiculously [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|over-the-top and bombastic]] music. Only this show could take [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCamCYip2t4 this piece] and make it the most iconic fight music in television history.
** This is the reason that even the legendarily bad episodes (like, say, "[[Star Trek (Franchise)/Recap/S3 E1 Spocks Brain|Spock's Brain]]") are [[So Bad It's Good]] instead of completely unredeemable. TOS episodes that were heavy on the [[Narm]] were ''always'' entertaining. Compare ''actual'' bad episodes that are dull and full of [[Padding]], like "The Alternative Factor". People will go for "Brain and brain, what is brain?!" every time.
* Then there's ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' which occasionally also runs on pure cheesiness. It's the series outright honesty and belief in itself, and its writers' (and actors') refusal to shy away from uncomfortable subjects, which means it gets away with a lot of it (when you have characters living in a future when humans are, supposedly, a much more reasonable, understanding bunch, and got there ''the hard way'' via a couple of near apolcaypses and one helluva lot of personal growth, then an audience can't help but appreciate their passion and dedication to their ideals. Even if they ''are'' pointing about dramatically and occaisonally doing flying leaps).
** In particular there's the episode "[[Wham! Episode|Chains of Command]]". Picard's dragged out, thick-tongued [[This Is Sparta|"THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS!"]] just wouldn't have worked in any other time or place, but given that it came at the end of one of the most [[Nightmare Fuel|horrifying demonstrations of torture and cruelty]] to ever be aired on daytime television... let's just say if anyone can pull it off, then [[Patrick Stewart]] can.
** It has been remarked, as well, that [[Patrick Stewart]]'s strength as an actor is his ability to deliver bad dialogue with utter conviction. Case in point is ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'': ''"THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!"'' Controversial. Some fans see it as [[Narm|horrible]], [[Narm Charm|some as so bad it's good]], while others see it as simply good, and a few even consider it a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Picard, who didn't have the strength to so much as stand but still made the effort to make a last shout of defiance.
* ''[[CSI: Miami]]'': It may sound hilarious...but I...[[Glasses Pull|[puts on shades] ]] [[Rule of Cool|make it cool]]. '''''[[The Who|YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]]'''''
* There's a scene in the fourth season of ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' where {{spoiler|Cordelia, posessed by Jasmine}}, is sending telepathic messages to Angelus, using an incredibly cheesy "evil overlord" voice. Somehow, the way the scene plays out makes the voice only add to the creepiness.
** Then there's the memorable scene from season 3's "Loyalty" where Wesley seeks out information from the Loa, an ancient, godlike spirit of knowledge with glowing red eyes and a booming voice. The Loa berates Wesley, confirms his worst fears, and delivers an incredibly ominous warning of doom to come. Oh, and the form that the Loa takes happens to be ''a giant, talking, hamburger-shaped drive-in speaker''. Somehow, the conversation with the giant, shouting hamburger is hilarious while still being the dramatic peak of the arc.
* Most speeches in ''[[Babylon Five5]]'' the series are full of [[Narm]]. On the other hand, Mira Furlan and Andreas Katsulas were such great actors, any speech delivered by Delenn or G'Kar still managed to be utterly compelling.
** Bruce Boxleitner, on the other hand, got away with being a [[Large Ham]] by virtue of the fact that John Sheridan was ''also'' a [[Large Ham]].
* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' is probably the [[Trope Maker]]. The [[Camp]] is kicked [[Up to Eleven]], and the special guest stars (the villains) are the [[Ham and Cheese|hammiest hams that ever hammed]], yet [[Adam West]] delivers every line with [[Straight Man|a completely straight face]].
** Probably why it is the truest adaptation of the Gold and Silver ages of comic books into ANY medium.
* Somewhere there is a video where the creators of ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' admit to giving the character Ben Linus narmy lines because they feel that Michael Emerson can make them sound awesome.
** Also, from the season 6 premiere: The line: "I'm very disappointed... in all of you!" shouted by none other than {{spoiler|Faux-Locke/The Monster}} after he beats the crap out of {{spoiler|Richard}} while everyone watches. It's just so bizarre and creepy that the sheer silliness of the line can be ignored.
* The ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "5 to 9" [[Day in The Limelight|focuses on Cuddy's]] position as Dean of Medicine. She suffers a stressful day of fighting with medical insurers, a sociopathic medical technician, and (of course) House's antics (not to mention, getting called a "bitch" by every character possible). When the medical insurers cave and agree to her "outrageous" medical costs, she has a [[Big Yes|Big Yeah]] complete with the camera pulling back to show everyone in the lobby react. The rest of the episode features a montage of an abundance of good things happening to Cuddy -- it comes off like a commercial for Prozac. But the events of the episode were so stressful on Cuddy, you don't mind how corny things get at the end after she [[Earn Your Happy Ending|fought hard for her victories]].
* ''[[Little House Onon the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]'' features a great deal of people caught in unbridled moments of passion. On one hand, an actress expressing such outright rage at injustice that they cry while yelling for the camera can be cheesy; on the other hand, that does take a good deal of talent, and perhaps just a spark of genuine conviction.
** Quite a few other CBC shows have had Narm Charm, comedies included.
* ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' employed this with several scenes that make fun of shmaltz and over-the-top acting. See if you can listen to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3xmlWOQiBw "Clown In The Sky" (6:10)] without getting a tear in your eye.
* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' is a deeply silly show pretending to be a deeply serious show. Somehow, this is still awesome.
* ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' could go back and forth between this trope and straight-up [[Narm]], all within the same episode. And it's entertaining as hell.
* The characters on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' are prone to dream sequences which easily fall under this category, as the actors seem to be in competition over who can [[Large Ham|ham]] it up the most. Current trophy holder is probably Ed Westwick after his performance in Chuck's season three nightmare.
* ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' generally plays it's hammy moments 'straight'. Occasionally, they do a parody and fall from the usual webshow [[Narm]] into [[Narm Charm]]. An example is Carly's delivery of a [[Big No]] from ''iBeat the Heat'' and, and the teen movie parody Kelly Cooper: Terrible Movie is so over-the-top it's hilarious.
* In ''[[Smallville]]'', when Clark tells Lois, {{spoiler|"I'm the blur!" and she tackles him in a fit of passion}}. Also, at least a good 30% of ''everything entertaining in Smallville''.
* ''[[Lazy TownLazyTown]]'' is ridiculously cheesy and suffers from a major case of [[Widget Series|cross-cultural weirdness]], but fans can't help but love every minute of it.
{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}3AzpByR3MvI YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE! YOU ARE A PIRATE!]}}
* ''[[Fringe]]''. [[Hollywood Science|Science, even the most far-out, fringiest science that ever fringed DOES NOT work that way]]. But it's ''soooo'' much [[Rule of Cool|fun]]. [[Nightmare Fuel|Nasty]], [[Squick|Squicktacular]] fun.
* ''[[The Thick of It]]'': On paper, "COME OUT OF THE CUPBOARD HUGH..." looks ridicuolus. In Malcolm's low Glaswegian growl it sounds genuinely terrifying.
** The best example would be from episode 7 of series 3, the [[Wham! Episode]] in which Malcolm is sacked. Before leaving [[Whitehall|10 Downing Street]] for what his enemies are sure will be the last time, he vows to them "YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN! YOU WILL ''FUCKING'' SEE ME AGAIN!" before striding out with his [[Badass Longcoat|long black coat]] flowing behind him. This should be cliched and [[Narm|Narmy]]- and in a political satire, [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]- but Malcolm, [[Magnificent Bastard|being Malcolm]], renders it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].
* This trope occurs at the conclusion of Season Two of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' during the death scene of {{spoiler|Marian}}. On the one hand, the build-up involves a confusing and contrived sequence of events, and the death scene itself is drawn out to an utterly ridiculous extent in which {{spoiler|Marian}} has a sword in her stomach and yet is able to carry on a completely coherent conversation for several minutes; on the other hand, {{spoiler|''Maid freaking Marian''}} is dying and the [[Emotional Torque]] is [[Over Nine Thousand]] and [[Like You Would Really Do It|no one can believe it's really happening]] and it's the most horrible, devastating thing that's ever happened on any [[Robin Hood]] retelling ''ever''.
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Robin:'''}} "We have forever, my love."<br />
{{spoiler|'''Marian:'''}} "I hope we have forever in heaven, because we didn't get enough time on earth." }}
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* 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 [[BLAM Episode|the only scene in the entire special that makes the least bit of sense]].
* The hilarious, homoerotic, and oddly charming Long Underwear Boxing scene in [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (TV)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson]].
 
 
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* [[Bollywood]] musicals.
* Anything by [[Manowar]]. ANYTHING.
* [[Megadeth (Music)|Megadeth]]. Dave Mustaine's lyrics can be really cheesy and silly ("Peace Sells" and "So Far, So Good", for example, or his [[Break Up Song|Breakup Songs]]), and let's not forget his nasal, [[Donald Duck]] vocals, but their music is so face-meltingly awesome and [[Epic Riff]]-laden (not to mention epic solos!) it makes one think if they're using it to compensate for the words and vocals...
** People who criticise Mustaine's vocals tend to be the ones who say Megadeth's recent albums are the best of their career. There's a simple reason for this. His vocals on these albums are quite annoying, he probably provided his best vocals on Countdown To Extinction, Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings. Many Megadeth fans like his vocals as they aren't over the top or too aggressive, unlike many other metal singers.
** 2001's "Promises", a beautiful ballad, is made quite narmy by Mustaine's angsty vocals.
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* The storyline behind [[My Chemical Romance|My Chemical Romance's]] Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys as well as the music videos based on it seem to be intentionally going for this. And succeeding. Oh yes.
* King Diamond's "Welcome Home" when the lyrics are considered. It being King Diamond, he's either snarling or screaming his balls off, and then there's lines like "We're going to repaint the front door soon".
* Japanese remixer [[Hyadain]]'s remix of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkIEVrFVeG4 Bubble Man's Theme] from ''[[Mega Man 2 (Video Game)|Mega Man 2]]'' is made of this. Despite the grating use of [[Gratuitous English]] and the fact that it's pretty much about about [[Foe Yay|Bubble Man's love for Mega Man]], the song works anyway, because it's very well arranged, has nice vocal work and, well...it's not on the [[Tear Jerker]] page for nothing.
** '''All''' of his Robot Master remixes are about confessing love -- More or less subtly -- towards Mega Man.
** Heat Man's recent theme tops Bubble Man's in this. In it, Heat Man (very passionately) describes what it's like to spend a night making love with him. It has even more [[Gratuitous English]] as well.
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** "Death Point", which is made of Engrish (not to mention, Hizumi repeating over and over, "death point, death point, death point!"), yet still so catchy...
* Simple Plan's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZc-2LL8zU Welcome To My Life] is ''adorable''. Aww, poor little pouty [[Emo Teen]]...(giggle)
* [[Nightwish (Music)|Nightwish]] is made of this. They combine the most epic of rocking with questionable English, cheesy themes, [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]], and [[Word Salad Lyrics]]. Doesn't matter one bit.
* [[Radiohead]]: Thom Yorke's singing style is one of both the easiest ''and'' toughest things to make fun of ''at the same time''. Especially after listening to "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9UkgkzUkUA Idioteque]".
** The live performances of "Idioteque" take it up to eleven -- Yorke gets so involved in the music that half the time he's screaming the lyrics rather than singing them, but the song itself is just [[Crowning Music of Awesome|inherently]] [[Rule of Cool|cool enough]] that it doesn't really matter.
* [[Dream Theater (Music)|Dream Theater]]'s "The Count of Tuscany" has some of the most ridiculous lyrics that the band has ever written, yet it's one of the most popular songs from ''Black Clouds and Silver Linings'', probably ''because'' of the cheesiness. (Or because the rest of the lyrics on that album are even worse. Or because the music on that song is just that good.)
* [[Meat Loaf]] practically defines this trope. Over the top enough that he probably ended up on the moon? Yes. ''Totally awesome'''? Also yes. Combine it with ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46u0W_HVURc and the result might just implode the world from awesome].
* German band Welle: Erdball thrives on this, but they seem to invoke it intentionally. I mean, a recurring figure in their songs is called [[Big Ham|''Commander Laserbeam'']]. The strange accent doesn't help much.
* [[William Shatner]]'s duet with Joe Jackson on a cover of Pulp's "Common People". It's [[So Bad It's Good]] taken [[Up to Eleven]]. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbt3wRsZYw here].
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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 (Musicband)|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, [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|BLAMmy]] charm to it.
** 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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* Sarah Brightman. Dear god, she could sing the telephone book and make it sound profound. For example, we have "Fleurs de Mal" (Flowers of Evil), "A Question of Honor" and "How Can Heaven Love Me?" And the lyrics are even goofier than the titles...
* Michael Crawford was the original lead in the musical ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''; Brightman was the original Christine, and he may be her male counterpart in terms of [[Narm Charm]] between that and his subsequent albums. His [[Large Ham]] delivery is effectively what every comic spoofing the delivery of stage musical actors post-1986 is making fun of, and he's often used it in the service of overblown ballads -- he's done whole albums devoted to [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], Disney, ''and'' [[Christmas Songs]] -- but he does it with an amazing tenderness and sincerity that cuts through the clutter.
* Everything by [[Journey (Musicband)|Journey]].
** ''JUST A SMALL TOWN GIIIIIRRL, LIVIN' IN A LONELY WOOOOOORLD... SHE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOIN' ANYYYYWHEEEEERRRREEEE...''
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGmkM4v9AaY In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]," by Iron Butterfly, is completely ridiculous. Yet awesome. Yet ridiculous.
** Oddly enough, the rest of its parent album, also titled ''In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'', could also qualify. What else would you expect from an album that has a song called "Flowers And Beads"?
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doTBT46wMvA Du Hast]" by [[Rammstein (Music)|Rammstein]] is so filled to the brim with [[Narm|ludicrous levels]] of [[Rated "M" for Manly|Teutonic Badassery]] that it's impossible to [[Testosterone Poisoning|take it seriously]]. It's '''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|wonderful]]'''.
* The two actual songs on famous stuntman Evel Knievel's record ''Evel Speaks To The Kids'' (the rest of the record consists of one press conference and one question and answer session with children). "Why?" is a poem written and recited by Knievel himself over music: The rhymes are often cliched or painful ("Success is a term that has broad use, for you and I to have none in life there's no excuse"), but the sincerity in his voice and schmaltzy backing music somehow do still make it oddly affecting. Meanwhile there's the country song "The Ballad Of Evel Knievel" by John Culliton Mahoney (which is on the record despite having nothing to do with Knievel beyond it being ''about'' him): the arrangement is just as melodramatic, the vocals waver all over the place, and the lyrics are oddly preoccupied with the idea that Knievel could die while attempting his stunts, but it's still kind of a tearjerker.
* The song "[[Last Kiss]]" is so earnest with [[Teenage Death Songs|its subject matter]] it pretty much gets by on this trope.
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* Ultravox's "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is listed under [[Narm]], but it and the rest of the band's output while Midge Ure was their leader (which could also be considered narm-y) still have fans with people who are in love with that overarching, melodramatic European synthpop element to this band's music. It does also put that era of the band's existence at odds with the John Foxx era, which was more detached and punk-oriented, but one can still hear elements of the older Ultravox in 1980's ''Vienna'' and it's not uncommon for one to be a fan of both the Foxx and Ure eras of Ultravox.
* [[Kanye West]] spent the better part of a year alienating fans and non-fans alike with his [[Jerkass]] behaviour. We all agreed that Kanye's first step should be to apologize for the [[Moral Event Horizon|Taylor Swift incident]] and then get back to rapping. He's gone back to rapping, but [http://nahright.com/news/2010/06/02/kanye-west-power-mixed-mastered/ we were fools to think he would apologize]. And when he can spout lines like "Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it/I guess every superhero need his theme music" and "I don't need yo pussy, bitch, I'm on my own dick" with that much sincerity, well... [[Crowning Music of Awesome|more power to him]].
* [[Lady Gaga (Music)|Lady Gaga]]. It's what she does and will continue to do. Marry The Night makes this certain.
* [[Kate Bush]].
* The [[Queen]] song "Somebody to Love." It's a good song, despite -- or perhaps because of -- the fact that the other three guys sound like the background singers from the older Disney cartoons.
* From a certain point of view, [[Death (Musicband)|Death]]'s logo, particularly in its original, more elaborate version, looks a lot like something that would be on a homemade Halloween party invitation. Load up enough "evil" iconography into five letters and it starts becoming oddly adorable.
* Rock Sugar. One of their most famous songs is a cover of [[Journey (Musicband)|"Don't Stop Believing"]], which qualifies under its own merits, mashed up with [[Metallica (Music)|"Enter Sandman"]]. And it is ''awesome''.
* [[Electric Light Orchestra|Jeff Lynne]] has said this much of his music: "Some of these songs are so over the top it's amazing."
* Grim Reaper.
* Oh Warlock, you're so cheesy, but you put your hearts into it and that's why we love you.
* "Down With The Sickness" by [[Disturbed (Music)|Disturbed]]. That child-abuse segment is so [[Up to Eleven|over-the-top]], [[Crosses the Line Twice|crosses the line in so many ways]], [[Careful Withwith That Axe|is so unabashedly screamy and raging]] and yet while it's going you may as well forget all that because in the context of the song, does it ever ''work''.
* [[Van Canto]]. Their recreations of classic metal songs with nothing but a drummer and lots of vocal effects are both awe-inspiring and a bit silly.
** Singing the song titles as lyrics definitely tops the silliness: "bataree, baa -- taree, bataree baa -- taree..."
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* The bulk of [[Linkin Park]]'s first two albums. Their lyrics showed as much [[Wangst|maturity and depth]] as a twelve-year old's [[Live Journal]], but damned if Chester's [[Metal Scream|screams]] didn't have you singing along.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE "Ice Ice Baby"] is known for having some slightly goofy lyrics and an especially goofy music video, but it managed to become a big hit.
* "Bring Me To Life" by [[Evanescence]], the sound of overblown histrionic angst from the band that inspired [[My Immortal (Fanfic)|the worst fanfic ever]]. But it's done with such bombastic, agonised gusto you have to love it. Go for broke, emo girl!
* Pretty much the entirety of Arthur Brown's peak period (1967 to 1973), with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8&feature=related "Fire"], where he dances around clad in face paint and donning a flaming helmet, his most triumphant example.
* "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll would probably not be even half as memorable if it weren't for Carroll's over-the-top performance and such lyrical gems as "But Tony couldn't fly! Tony died!"
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* The more dramatic works of [[Tim Minchin]] tend to do this on purpose - the metaphors and lyrics he uses tend to be so bad that they swing around into brilliant. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frNpdG4F9mw You Grew On Me], in particular, would be a hilariously bad love song comparing the narrator's love with a tumor, if he didn't sing it with absolute conviction.
* MacArthur Park is infamous for some truly Narmy lyrics, but Richard Harris sings it so well and so beautifully accompanied that it more than crosses the line into this trope.
* "Killer" by [[Van Derder Graaf Generator]]. You'd think a song where Peter Hammill expresses sympathy towards a shark while singing in an over the top manner would garner nothing but ridicule. And yet, it happens to be one of the band's most beloved tunes.
* How To Touch A Girl by [[Jo JoJojo]] is delightful cheesy in it's honest literalness.
* Believe Again by [[Delta Goodrem]] falls into this to the fans who love the song.
* Here's what the song ''The Christmas Shoes'' is about: The narrator is standing in a checkoutline with some last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve, but is not feeling the holiday spirit. The customer in front of him is a little boy dressed in wornout clothes whose only item is a pair of women's shoes. The boy tells the cashier that he wishes to buy the shoes for his ill mother so that she may look her best if she meets Jesus later that night, as she is dying of cancer. The cashier informs the boy that he does not have enough money to buy the shoes, which prompts the boy to ask the narrator for help saying that although his family is poor, his mother always did her best to make Christmas special for her family. The narrator pays for the shoes, and as the boy thanks him and walks away, the narrator realizes that the little boy helped him understand the true meaning of Christmas. The reason the attempt at sadness in ''The Christmas Shoes'' is so contrived is that everybody seem to be actively trying to make sure things are as sad as possible. It's a ridiculously sentimental song that lends itself to a thousand Imelda Marcos jokes, and the narrator realizing the true meaning of Christmas doesn't help the kids much, does it? Mom will still be dead. The song was featured in the book ''I Hate Myself And I Want To Die'', which is about songs that try to be moving but are just stupid, and to top things off, the shoes don't matter a bit in the long run. All it's really about is that there were these kids, and their Christmas present this year was a dead mom. For once, a couple of consumers buying things didn't help. And wouldn't it be better if the kid was with his mom, instead of going to buy some shoes she'll never wear? Keep all this in mind when you listen to ''The Christmas Shoes'', and you're ''still'' going to cry like a baby during the chorus. You ''will''.
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== Other ==
* [[Roger Ebert]], [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021213/REVIEWS/212130305/1023 in his review] of ''[[Star Trek Nemesis (Film)|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."}}
* Every single [[Cluster F-Bomb|"F*cking Short Version"]] video found on [[YouTube]].
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** Even [[The Undertaker]], regarded for over twenty years as one of the [[WWE]]'s top stars, is no stranger to unintentional hilarity; especially during the time he was managed by [[Paul Bearer]]'s shrill voice and goofy facial expressions.
* 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 [[Sit ComSitcom]] 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]]).
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* The [[Silent Protagonist|only line]] spoken by the player character in ''[[System Shock]] 2'' is a response to SHODAN's [[We Can Rule Together]]. It's "Naaah."
* [[War CraftWarcraft]] has a truly atrociously written story, with cardboard-cutout characters with perverse amounts of power accorded to each (whenever the plot demands), extraordinarily poor attempts at generating drama and some pitiful attempt at moral relativism within the whole Horde/Alliance conflict. Not to mention some really, ''really'' hammy voice acting. It still manages to have its moments of entertainment.
* In ''[[Persona 3]]'', Aigis has apparently finally tuned in to human emotions and confesses her love for the hero. This kind of touchy-feely dialogue is endemic to anime and JRPGs and it ''always'' turns out sounding gut-wrenchingly corny in English. Not this time. Could be considered a Crowning Moment of Dubbing, but it's really no surprise considering the excellent quality of the rest of the dub.
** ''Persona 3'' managed to make the line "Let's put a smile on everyone's face." sound cool.
* [[Sonic Adventure 2 (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure 2]]'s {{spoiler|Last Story's ending}} is considered very memorable, with mostly good dialogue, but Tails' ''"[[Memetic Mutation|we all did it together]]"'' line is considered notoriously cheesy even apart from the [[Accidental Innuendo]].
* [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Demon Lord Ghirahim's]] would be ridiculous, what with his [[Fashion Victim Villain|gaudy]] outfit and oddly casual lines...except he's also so damn ''crazy'' that it makes him come off as [[Creepy Awesome]].
* The super [[Super-Deformed]] look in ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' got noticed even when the game was raking in accolades. Yet it was an understandable consequence of Square getting to know the system. And even the game's detractors rarely use that as a negative against the game.
** {{spoiler|Aerith's death}}. [[Blind Idiot Translation|The dialogue is nonsense]], but between that ''music'' and the scene of {{spoiler|Cloud gently letting her body fall into the pond}}, it still manages to make people sob into their controllers.
** Similarly, when ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' was [[Updated Rerelease|rebuilt]] for the [[Nintendo DS]], several things got changed: the score was updated to match the style of the current ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' soundtracks, cutscenes, as well as CG graphics for the overworld map and voice acting for the cutscenes were introduced. The opening cinematic, as well as some of the cutscenes {{spoiler|Paladin Cecil fighting his former Dark Night self}} looked like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwyoVV85EYLo this.] But a majority of the cutscenes look like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mptSyHTRWY this,] with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNrcaWLnUcc plenty] of the [[Narm]]. Yet, it still manages to keep the philosophy of [[Anyone Can Die]], all the best [[Tear Jerker]]-ing and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming moments]] are still kept in, the battle system is true to its core, and it makes for great nostalgia fuel.
* The ridiculous [[Speaking Simlish|simlish]] mumble in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' was so well loved that by the time Rareware had the money and technology to do full-on voice acting in the up-and-coming sequel, the fans wouldn't hear of it. The corny mumbling was part of what endeared the ''Banjo'' series to them. Rare noted the fans' remarks, and opted to [[Grandfather Clause|keep the mumble]].
** Similarly, ''[[Okami]]'' has a gibberish language for all of the characters, but for many this fits the game's painterly style of graphics. Oh, and also because all human characters don't have mouths, and instead their heads stretch and squash to indicate that they're speaking.
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*** DIE MONSTER, YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!!
** From ''[[Order of Ecclesia]]'': "DIE SHANOA! HOW DARE YOU...EVEN FORGETTING...{{spoiler|[[Treacherous Advisor|WHO RAISED YOU]]...YOU...''STUPID DISCIPLE!!''}}
* ''[[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|Star Fox 64]]'' is considered far superior to all the ''Star Fox'' games in the series that came after. There are several reasons, but chief among them is the awesomely corny voice acting.
{{quote| "Are you gonna listen to that ''monkey''?"<br />
"DO A BARREL ROLL!!!"<br />
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*** The [[Video Game Remake|3DS version]] even had the original voice actors ''re-record their lines.'' And it's still wonderfully cheesy.
* One of the songs featured in the ''[[Jet Set Radio]] Future'' soundtrack yells at you to: " [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-NgbB4ukU&feature=PlayList&p=1A3D3C15D240BBF3=50 Understand the CONCEPT of LOVE!]" What saves it is the extreme [[Large Ham|enthusiasm]] the MC shows while yelling it.
** Rugal's arranged '95 theme in ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'' had it first. Nothing says "Get ready for the fight of your life!" like THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!
** "Extra sugar, extra salt, extra oil and the MSG. OH JUST SHUT UP AND EAT! YOU KNOW MY LOVE TASTES SWEET!"
** Drunken, Japanese-accented woman: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfEZEKVdN8 "Yesss I'm KOOKING for my SSSON, and-u his wiffe. eets hiss sturthifth burthday..."]
* ''[[Persona (Videovideo Gamegame)|Persona]]'': "''Mark danced crazy!''"
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'' is a game that ran on narm. It was didactic, pretentious, and overflowing with irritating characters who [[What an Idiot!|had the common sense of a carton of bricks]]. But the ending, where {{spoiler|Fredric dies, and his soul rises from his body, slowly sitting down to play the ending theme ''Heaven's Mirror'', while his final visitor rises to sing}} somehow loops around and becomes [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]].
* The comm officer of the ''Colossus'' during the "Their Finest Hour" mission of ''[[Free Space|FreeSpace 2]]'' delivers some horrific Narms, but somehow the shock and horror of the pride of the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance being destroyed right before your eyes outweighs terrible voice acting.
* ''[[Duke Nukem]]'': ''Nobody steals our chicks... and lives!''
* Every ''[[Silent Hill]]'' game contains what can perhaps be best described as lacklustre voice-acting coupled with some truly silly lines, the first game being by far the worst offender ("Huh? Radio?") although the second is certainly not bereft either ("You're not friends with that red, pyramid thing, are you?"). The charm comes from a combination of the characters being steadily and constantly [[Mind Rape|Mind Raped]] (and/or completely fucking nuts to begin with) and thus one can hardly expect them to be particularly articulate, the slight reprieve it provides from all the [[Nightmare Fuel]], and that it makes the important scenes, most of which are completely devoid of [[Narm]], all the more effective by comparison (see [[Tear Jerker|anything involving James and Mary]] in the second game).
* A rather silly plot, low production values, spotty acting, and it being [[Full Motion Video]] made a lot of the story in ''[[Crusader: (VideoNo Game)Remorse|Crusader]]'' endearing at best... but occasional moments, such as Ely chewing you out if you fail the mission where {{spoiler|Andrews}} dies, have real emotional resonance.
* If videogame music can have [[Narm Charm]], then the music for ''[[Daytona USA]]'' definitely qualifies. The [[Engrish]] makes it so hard to take seriously, but it sounds so adorable nonetheless. Come on everybody: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QiAlrSeZAM&feature=related DAAAAYYTOOONNNNNNAAAAAAAA (let's go away)!]
** "Brue brue skiiiiies!"
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** When one of the bad guys exclaims, while morphing into his [[One-Winged Angel]] form, that he just got an "Extreme Makeover" you know Capcom's in on the joke that is Resident Evil, and they're loving every minute of it.
* The first ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' game. As abysmal as the voice acting was, the plot still manages to be both interesting and enjoyable.
** Especially during {{spoiler|Kalas' betrayal}}, where he gets [[Drunk Onon the Dark Side]] and promptly starts [[Chewing the Scenery]]. His lines ("MY WIIIIIINGS!") are ''ridiculous'', but it still manages to be a shocking twist.
* [[John Cleese (Creator)|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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]]'', Mephiles is given some pretty bad dialogue, but [[Dan Green]] manages to make it work.
** Most ''Sonic'' dialogue falls under this. This narm is awesome narm. (Especially ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|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)
** ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', what with lines like:
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*** The strange, over-the-top expression in Shadow's various "I Am" Speeches, particularly "THIS is WHO I AM" underscores his mental instability. So does his whining, five-year-old like protests to Rouge about his identity in ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]] 2'' and his lame puns in ''[[Sonic Heroes (Video Game)|Sonic Heroes]]''.
** Espio's stereotypical ninja lines in ''[[Sonic Heroes (Video Game)|Sonic Heroes]]'' come off as [[Narm Charm]]. His voice actor at the time made them sound cool. These lines include:
{{quote| "DASHAAAAA!"<br />
"Behold, ninja power!"<br />
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* Many considered the [[Blind Idiot Translation]] of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' to be this, which is why the PSP version's [[Purple Prose]] was so controversial. Of course, some consider the often over-the-top prose to have Narm Charm itself.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'': "Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!"
** The phrase "It's super effective!" not only made it into the original Pokémon games, but is still the standard [[For Massive Damage]] line over a decade later, enough so that the Pokemon Trainer's final smash in ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' references it with no gameplay need to do so. For similar reasons, variations on the "I like shorts!" kid appear in many of the games.
* ''[[Professor Layton and Thethe Diabolical Box]]'' -- especially the climax and [[The Reveal]]. There are at least two extremely lackluster voice actors; there's a fair amount of [[Melodrama]]; and if you're smart enough to have played through the game to this point, then you're smart enough to spot the [[Plot Hole|plot holes]]. [[Tear Jerker|And you'll still bawl your eyes out]].
* ''[[Okami]]'': You'd think that God herself getting [[Mouse World|shrunk]] to the point where brooms are deadly and [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] is usable for platforming would be sillier than it is, yet it works. Even when you have to jump down the Emperor's throat while he snores and fight a boss [[Womb Level|in his stomach]].
** The final boss fight. Your powers are stripped, the final boss is about to eat you, and then...all the people you've helped along the course of the game start praying for your victory, restoring your powers through [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|the sheer power of their faith]]. The [[Cel Shading|graphics are cartoony]], the scene is full of cheesy lines, all of it is a hopelessly clichéd concept...and it's also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and a guaranteed [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[Starcraft]]: Seriously, the dialogue is a Force 12 [[Cliché Storm]]. And yet, it still ''works.''
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2 (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]''. {{spoiler|Xion's}} death scene includes this line from Roxas as {{spoiler|Xion}} fades away.
{{quote| '''Roxas''': ''No! {{spoiler|Xion}}! Who will I {{spoiler|eat ice-cream with?}}''}}
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts (Videovideo Gamegame)|Kingdom Hearts]]'': ''"[[Title Drop|KINGDOM HEARTS]] IS LIGHT!"''
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'': After Lloyd gave her so many speeches about what you are not changing ''who'' you are, you're still you never mind {{spoiler|how much of your humanity you lose}}, Colette reciprocates and reminds him he's still the same Lloyd, never mind {{spoiler|who his father is}}. You've had about a hundred of those speeches by then but it's still touching, especially given the situation and Lloyd's current [[Heroic BSOD]].
** [[Lampshaded]] a few seconds later, rather nastily.
{{quote| {{spoiler|''Mithos''}}'', voice dripping with chilling sarcasm: Wow. That was an amazingly corny speech''.}}
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* ''[[Command and Conquer]]''. ''Especially'' the ''[[Command and Conquer Red Alert|Red Alert]]'' series. If it wasn't completely [[Large Ham|hammy]], [[Camp|Campy]], and [[Refuge in Audacity|over the top]] it wouldn't be nearly as fun.
** The ''[[Command and Conquer Tiberium|Tiberium]]'' series, [[Darker and Edgier|not so much...]] Though it's interesting to see that a few of ''Tiberium'''s [[Cutscene|cutscenes]] fall into straight [[Narm]] so hard that one might wonder if ''Red Alert'' had the right idea.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]''. "You [[Spoony Bard]]!" It's a silly and mistranslated line, but so well loved that it's preserved in all remakes and sequels.
* Most fans of ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'' cite the generally upbeat characters, silly dialogue, "save the crystals" Light Warriors plot and the game's tendency to [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|lean on the Fourth Wall]] as the reason they love it... in other words, the very reasons many fans of "Classic Final Fantasy" (before Square [[Unpleasable Fanbase|ruined everything, of course]] seem to ignore it. Which is not to say the game is devoid of seriousness, because in certain scenes there may well be [[Tear Jerker|something in your eye]]...
** Special mention goes to the GBA port, whose English translation [[Woolseyism|Punched up the dialogue]] with some great cornball lines, while keeping the original intent intact. And you've gotta love Gilgamesh saying "It's morphing time!" and "Now we fight like men, and women, and women who dress like men!"
** In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', the scene between Tidus and Jecht, specifically after Jecht thinks Tidus is down for the count. Cue [[Autobots Rock Out|''Otherworld'']] [[Theme Music Power-Up|theme]] and [[Heroic Second Wind|Tidus getting back up to fight]], followed by '''''[[Narm Charm|"There's no tommorrow]]''''' '''''for me''''', '''''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|unless I beat you today!"]]'''''.
* ''[[The Seventh Guest]]'' -- with the narrator's ghoulish puns and [[Tales Fromfrom the Crypt|Cryptkeeper-style]] delivery, the lame lines spoken [[Large Ham|hammily]] by obvious non-actors, the honky-tonk closing sound track... [[So Bad It's Good]], and though it chased away any potential for horror, it managed to leave the mystery intact.
* ''[[Bayonetta]]'' is a rare case of just being so hyper-sexualized to the exact point where it becomes delicious [[Narm]], but before it becomes just porn.
* The English voice acting in the ''[[STALKER]]'' series fits the bill.
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* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' runs on this trope. Have you any... "[[Big Word Shout|OBJECTION]]!"?
** How about the fact that everyone on the stand reacts to the revelation of problems in testimony like they were physical attacks? Or the fact that no one seems to take these things as out of place (most of the time)? The simple fact that Apollo gets away with {{spoiler|calling out the scar on the back of Kristoph's hand ''turning into a demon face'' in court as part of his proof}} and it's accepted by all involved might be Narm in concept, but leads in to such well done scenes that you won't care.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vNwgosYoW0 The final battle] of ''[[Wild Arms 2 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 2]]''. A [[World of Cardboard Speech]] from the hero is expected, and an [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] fueled by hope and [[The Power of Friendship]] is acceptable. But when each [[Combined Energy Attack]] is preceded by ''all of humanity'' reciting sappy philosophical concepts that are rendered awkward due to a rushed translation, things start approaching critical [[Narm]]. And yet the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|amazing music]] puts you in just the right mood to accept the cheesy nonsense as genuinely inspirational.
* ''[[Symphony of the Night]]'': "What is a man?! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! ''Have at you!''"
* ''[[Earth Defense Force 2017 (Video Game)|Earth Defense Force 2017]]''. Cheap graphics, silly voice-acting, and a buttload of B-Movie monsters to shoot!
* ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' No matter how heart-wrenching the scene where Tidus finds out {{spoiler|what being a summoner entails}}, his voice actor fake-cried as well as Daniel Radcliffe does in [[Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Prisoner of]] [[Film of the Book|Azkaban]] in that scene.
** The romance between Yuna and Tidus was narmy, with some spotty voice acting in places, but at the same time it had a kind of innocent storybook charm, like two shy schoolchildren awkwardly starting a relationship.
* ''[[Street Fighter (Videovideo Gamegame)|Street Fighter I]]'' has [[So Bad It's Good|hilariously bad]] voice acting. [[Talking to Himself|All by one dude]].
* ''[[Sin and Punishment 2]]'': Ariana's "My blood...is on '''FIIIIIII-YAAARRRRRRRR!!'''" There are some players who normally play with the audio in Japanese, but will switch to English on a Stage 4 run [[Just Here for Godzilla|just to hear this line]]. Also, dolphins. And cow-launching on Stage 6.
** The original ''[[Sin and Punishment]]'' is a shining example as well, with the voice acting being very lazy and underwhelming. Especially narmy with the crude N64 graphics. But it works, giving the game a cheesy atmosphere that complements the awesome gameplay.
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* ''[[Sega Rally Championship]]: "GAME OVER '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09s-c2JVI40 YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]'''
* Despite how bad the voice acting was in ''[[Baten Kaitos]] 1'', the flashbacks of how Kalas's brother Fee dies still manages to be quite heart-breaking.
* ''[[S 4S4 League]]'': SUPERSONIC! [[DJMAX|SUPERSONIC!]] [[Ear Worm|SUPERSONIC!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-2YiVsmPME SUPERSONIC!]
** YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
** The entirety of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8NE6rkZ8A Xlasher], sung in what sounds like an ''attempt'' at English. That it's composed by [[Ridge Racer|Shinji]] [[Tetris TGM|Hosoe]], a reputable composer, makes it all the more hilarious.
** '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVDX7jCrLi4&t=1m37s YOU FAILED!] [[Game Over|GAME. OVER.]]'''
* The newer ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games, especially ''Legend'', contain several instances of narm charm by dint of dealing with the story of how Lara deals with the death of her mother. [[This Is Sparta|'''"WHERE" bang "IS" bang "MY" bang "MOTHER ?!?!" bang''']]
* The [[So Bad It's Good|almost unimaginably incompetent]] ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' enjoyed a lot of critical success from game reviewers, who praised the game's intelligence (especially in the [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|way the relationship between the player and the protagonist is handled]]), the legitimately interesting plot and characters, and its moments of genuine [[Nightmare Fuel]]... surrounded by badly-mixed, terribly-written, horribly-acted dialogue; dreadful music, ugly graphics, poor gameplay and [[Going Through the Motions|hilariously bad animation]] that looks like it was thrown together in five minutes in [[GarrysGarry's Mod]]. Naturally, [[Bile Fascination|those qualities of the game have a huge fanbase too]].
* "Purge's evil plan to dance the galaxy mad has come to an end! Now happy days are indeed here again! I'm Ulala, brodcasting along with all my friends! [[Space Channel 5|SPAAAAAAAACE CHANNEL 5!]]"
* From ''[[Do Don Pachi]] DaiFukkatsu Black Label'''s [[Ketsui]] crossover arrange mode: [[Homage|Just a couple more shots]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NCVnX7EjSk&t=2m17s desu]! (Mind you, the announcer normally speaks in Japanese.)
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** [[True Final Boss|Hibachi]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3wWdB-yM3M pre-battle speech] in the original ''DoDonPachi''. You may be laughing at it now, but try laughing when his first form starts opening a can of [[Danmaku]] whoop-ass on you 10 seconds later.
{{quote| "HOW DARE YOU PENETRATE MY TEARITORY? YOU HAVE ROBBED EVERYTHING I POSSESSED. YOU KNOE,[[This Is Unforgivable!|WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME IS JUST UNFORGIVABLE]]. I'LL PUNISH YOU MYSELF AND SEE TO IT THAT YOU'LL DIE A MISERABLE DEATH BY MY AWESOME WEAPON. [[Prepare to Die|DIE,MAGGOTTS.]]"}}
* The ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' series can be seen as silly for many things, including the [[Blind Idiot Translation|awkward translations]], some [[Monster of the Week|Robot Master]] designs, and [[Big Bad|Dr. Wily]]'s [[Fascinating Eyebrow|eyebrow-wiggling]] and [[Hijacked Byby Ganon|plot-monopolizing]]. Yet, for many, the wackiness is all part of its charm.
* ''[[Beatmania IIDX]]'': "IIDX [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bybkLlNbaaw GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLD!!]"
* Travis Touchdown's intro in ''[[No More Heroes]]'', which ends with him storming Rank 10's gate and screaming "Fuckhead!".
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== Web Original ==
* From [[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]]:
** Invoked with [[That Dude in Thethe Suede]]' [[Let's Play]]/Review Show series ''Suede Played'', were he plays his favourite silly games.
** ''[[Kickassia]]'' ([[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]]'s second year anniversary video)) THRIVES off this. Almost everyone overacts, scenes are over the top and goofy, and yet it's ''awesome''. Part 4 has some good plot developments, and an honestly creepy scene where the Critic explains what the dynamite is for. And it's because you're not supposed to take anything seriously that you're able to enjoy what happens in it.
*** [[Completely Missing the Point|Unfortunately a lot of people took it a lot more seriously than it was meant to be]].
** Also appears in [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]'s "Commercials Special" with a few over-dramatic lines like "I'm a wreck!" and "You were right, director of ''My Pet Monster''.". But somehow it still managed to be a [[Tear Jerker]] overall and you just wanted to tell him that it was going to be okay. [[He's Back|And]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|it]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|was]].
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] is able to use [[Narm]] in order to make [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|even the most ridiculous sentences sound badass]]. "[[Running Gag|I AM A MAN!]]" is the most prominent example, but it's worth mentioning that he did it even with the words {{spoiler|"I'll kill you to death!"}} in his ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' review.
*** The whole Lord Vyce arc is made of this. A bunch of geeks running around shooting at each other with toy weapons, complete with hammy overacting and dime-store special effects shouldn't be ''nearly'' as [[Crazy Awesome|awesome]] as it is.
** [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|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.
 
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** That entire two-parter runs on Narm Charm. It revels in Silver Age silliness, and is incredibly entertaining, all while it slowly turns into a genuinely creepy mystery with a [[Tear Jerker]] ending.
* ''[[Ace Lightning]]'' was just one big constant dose of [[Narm Charm]] for its fans. Mostly from the CGI characters (who were really ''supposed'' to be narmy, since they came from a videogame and were deliberately based on stereotypes) and from the... occasionally dry acting of over enthusiastic humans.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': "[[This Is Sparta|Prepare...T]][[Prepare to Die|o... DIE!]]" is one of the most [[Narm|Narmish]] things to say. Somehow {{spoiler|Ozai}} [[Nightmare Fuel|makes it work]].
** The fact that while he said it to the person while ''{{spoiler|engulfing him in fire}}'' probably helps.
*** Being voiced by [[Mark Hamill]] doesn't hurt much either.
** Also the following line from Zuko in "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)/Bitter Work/Recap|Bitter Work]]":
{{quote| "It keeps blowing up in my face... ''just like everything always does''!}}
** And, when he starts yelling at the sky in "Bitter Work" about how it's always thrown hardship at him, but lightning won't strike him now. He's so conflicted, he can get away with that.
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** The first special, ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', features poorly mixed sound, choppy animation, and sloppy editing, but that's part of what makes it a beloved Christmas classic. In fact, director Bill Melendez was embarrassed to see it repeated every year and wanted to "fix" it years later, but Charles Schulz vetoed the idea.
* The [[Stop Motion]] [[Christmas Special|Christmas specials]] produced by Rankin/Bass are full of these. At one point in ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'', a character is looking at her reflection in a fountain... which is a cardboard cutout of the character placed under the fake water.
* ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]!'' has narm charm almost every episode, intentionally. It even gets away with playing [[The Chosen One]] completely straight, ''[[Star Wars]]'' style.
* ''[[Captain Planet and Thethe Planeteers]]'' lives and breathes this trope. Missing the mark on its beloved [[Green Aesop|Green Aesops]] with every line, it instead creates a level of awesome simply because it's hysterical to consider a supervillain with nothing better to do with his time but dump a tub full of oil into the ocean [[For the Evulz|because he hates the environment]]. Also, any episode that attempted to deal with an issue [[Clueless Aesop|difficult to explain to children]], let alone to adults.
** "AIDS stinks!"
*** And the green mullet. Good God, the mullet.
* ''[[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'': In the middle of [[Extreme Doormat|Wilt's]] Cluster [[Big No]] in "Where There's A Wilt There's A Way," he throws in a teeny, tiny little '''"NUH-UH!!"''' for no apparent reason. This never fails to make me giggle, nor does it distract from the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesomeness]] of the scene.
* [[Large Ham|AQUAMAN]] from ''[[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' is the embodiment of this trope.
* ''[[Street Fighter (Animationanimation)|Street Fighter]]'' has DELICIOUS narm charm! YESSSSSSSSH! YESSSSSSSSSH!
** The "Final Fight: Double Impact" X-Box Live Arcade port includes episodes of the show where the Final Fight characters appear. This trope is the only possible reason why.
* Fievel and Tanya's rendition of "Somewhere Out There" in ''[[An American Tail]]'' has this, because they cast untrained children to voice the song. But despite how their voices crack at points, it adds a kind of genuine feel to the song that is missing in Linda Ronstadt's version (which turns it into a romantic ballad).
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Return of Harmony, Part 2", after Twilight Sparkle has [[Despair Event Horizon|lost both her friends and all hope]] and is walking home sadly, it's hard to decide whether to cry... or laugh, at [[Reality Is Out to Lunch|the ridiculous things Discord has done to Ponyville]]. Pies fall ''into'' the sky, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|a pony walks along the top and side of the screen]], there are dancing bison in tutus, and [[Alien Geometries|the whole world is plain old messed up]].
* While some of the voices in ''[[My Little Pony]]'' may sound really goofy but they typically work well for the characters.
* The scene where Kid Flash screams {{spoiler|Artemis's name when she supposedly dies,}} and then later has a yelling fit complete with slamming his fist on the bioship console in the ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]'' episode "Failsafe" may qualify as Narmy, but the drama of the previous event plus the fact that Kid Flash has NEVER reacted like this to ANYTHING, makes it touching, and even a Tear Jerker.
* In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Animation)|2003 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], The Shredder's catch phrase of sorts is "None of you will leave here alive". In the two parter "Rogue in the House" he actually utters the phrase "None of you will leave ''this boat'' alive". For an otherwise serious take on Shredder, this line seems corny, even cartoonish, but it somehow manages to work.
* The ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' version of Lion-O resently pulled ''this'' off, perfectly.
{{quote| '''Lion-O''': [[Punctuated Pounding|THESE BEARS ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY!!!]]}}
 
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