World of Ham: Difference between revisions

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There are [[Dark World]]s, [[Crapsack World]]s, [[Crap Saccharine World|Crapsaccharine Worlds]], [[World of Badass|Badass Worlds]], [[Dystopia]]s, [[World of Chaos|Worlds of Chaos]], [[World of Snark|Worlds of Snark]], [[World of Woobie|Worlds Of Woobie]], [[World Gone Mad|Worlds Gone Mad]], complex [[Layered World]]s, and even brutal [[Death World]]s.

 

 

* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew No Hope Left]]''. ''Every'' character is a large ham. Even characters who are only mentioned for a sentence scream at the top of their lungs or burst into dramatic tears.

* ''[[Deserving]]''. Exhibit A is ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Milking the Giant Cow]] and casting fireworks with his wand in order to ''comment on someone's birthday party''. Then we have glorious dialogue such as "[[Mundane Made Awesome|LUBE!]] Always lube. Don't make me repeat it." ([http://wtffanfiction.tumblr.com/post/12632386622/lube-always-lube-dont-make-me-repeat-it ... came the menacing voice].)

 

 

** Corp. Rubbadub (''Long Patrol'') only talks in beatbox, but that probably still counts.

* As an [[Affectionate Parody]] and satire of both opera in general and [[The Phantom of the Opera]] specifically, [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]] novel ''Maskerade'' qualifies. Discworld is a fairly hammy place to be in any case, but basically every trope from opera is taken and [[Up to Eleven|hammed up]] [[Beyond the Impossible|massively]]. This includes, among other things, a character who can sing in harmony with herself, a grandiose, emotional aria whose actual lyrical content is along the lines of "This damn door sticks! It sticks no matter what I do!" and the villain's death scene, which was played in true operatic style, right down to the {{spoiler|sword being between his arm and his chest, rather than actually cutting him. He dies anyway, from the sheer density of ham involved in opera.}} Literally—he's so caught up he doesn't realize it's fake until it's too late.

 

 

* [[ESPN]]. Even the straight people there have their hammy moments.

* Pick a [[Soap Opera]]. Any [[Soap Opera]]. But ''especially'' South American ''telenovelas''.

 

 

 

 

** As with the ''[[Power Rangers]]'' example above, this was originally a matter of practicality. If you're in the middle of a ring surrounded by thousands of fans, taking part in a largely non-verbal performance, you ''need'' to overact so that the guys in the cheap seats can see what's going on.

*** A wrestler also needs to be rather loud when screaming in pain, or when doing anything else in general. Granted, in the larger arenas, the cheap seats won't hear it, but it's the effort that counts.

 

 

== Religion and Mythology ==

** Parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Damien" where [[The Antichrist|the eponymous character]] and in some cases Jesus himself talk in hammy style. Damien only gets mocked for it.

 

 

* ''[[Teenagers From Outer Space]]'' demands this of its players:

{{quote|"You've just been grabbed by the foot by an unknown thing on an alien planet. If you aren't screaming like a cat dipped in Nair, you aren't grasping the seriousness of the situation."}}

 

 

* [[Starship]]. Even the background is hammy when it needs to be.

* "[[Little Shop of Horrors|Little Shop, Little Shop of Horrors]]! [[Lyrical Dissonance|Bop shu bop, you'll NEVER stop the terror]]!"

 

 

** Perhaps the best way to describe just how hammy it is is this: It's Dragon Ball Z X God of War. Yeah.

* We can add yet another [[BioWare]] IP to the list. A wide variety of characters in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' and ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' (particularly your cohorts in ''Storm of Zehir'') merrily ham it up. And a sizable majority of the [[Player Character]] voices (even the ladies) seem to be channeling '''[[Brian Blessed]]'''. And like [[BioWare]]'s subsequent ''[[Dragon Age]]'' series, when they're not hams, they're [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan snarkers]], and sometimes they're both.

 

 

* Being a world ruled by [[For Science!|Mad Science (badly!)]], ''[[Girl Genius]]'' is definitely a World of Ham.

* Thanks to the always-over-the-top actions of its residents, the world of ''[[Paranatural]]'' sure seems like this.

 

== Web Original ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUSnoXaCMZI Golduck Productions]. Every single character in this [[So Bad It's Good]] flick. "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUSnoXaCMZI GOLD][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwtilmZ7f7M DUCK] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvf55sbVc8 PRODUCTIONS] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6piL1nNT7Sk PRESENTS] ..." Get my point, the first link leads to the "Some Sucky Action Movie" and the rest simply link to the sequels and spinoffs.

** WE'RE ALLLLLLL GOOOOOOOOOOOOOONA DIEEEEEEEEEEE!" [[No Indoor Voice]] Indeed.

* In ''[[The Fantastic Favio Bros]]'', every character is a [[Large Ham]], from the overly [[Chivalrous Pervert]] hero Favio and his [[Cloudcuckoolander]] brother Tony to the [[Obviously Evil]] villains who think that [[Everybody Must Get Stoned]].

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|The]] [[City of Adventure|world]] [[Weirdness Magnet|of]] ''[[The Questport Chronicles]]''.

 

== Western Animation ==

** This just proves that anything can become [[Mundane Made Awesome|overly dramatic]] if you set it to [[Crowning Music of Awesome|properly bombastic music.]]

* Apparently, in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|near future]] according to ''[[Invader Zim]]'', people don't have as much trouble with constant screaming as people nowadays.

* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' is run ''entirely'' on [[Refuge in Cool]], taking the 1960s Batman's hamminess and cranking it up a few notches. [[Transforming Mecha|THE BATMOBILE IS A MECHA]]!!

** Not just any mecha. It appears to be some kind of [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Ganman]]/[[Spell My Name with an "S"|Gunmen]].

* The clan of Scotsmen from ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' fit this trope perfectly. "''SHEEP STOMACH STUFFED WITH MEAT AND BARLEY!!!''"

* ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' is a world of yelling, exaggerated gestures and wild facial expressions. And yet, even in this world of ham, King Julien and Skipper stand out.

 

 

 

 

** Now imagine [[Iron Maiden]] [[Rock Band|live]] in Argentina: "[''(relatively) somber''] Fear of the Dark [''ham''] ARGENTINA!! [[Evil Laugh|Muhahahaha]]! [''somber again''] I have a constant fear that something's always near."

* The real world is probably the result of combining a World of Ham with a [[World of Snark]].

 

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