History Main / EmphasizeEVERYTHING

* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series tends to do this, particularly during battles.

* MatthewReilly has a tendency to italicise too many verbs during the action sequences that take up the bulk of his novels.
* LordPeterWimsey's assistant Miss Climpson likes to emphasize everything with italics in her letters.[[note]]Actually single, double, and triple underlining, which in print translates to italics, small caps, and all caps respectively. Also lots of exclamation points.[[/note]] Since they usually only take up a few pages, it's more of a character quirk than an annoyance.

* In over ten years of ''GeneCatlow'', there are maybe two sentences that don't end in either an exclamation point, a question mark, or an ellipsis. This can make the frequent [[WallOfText exposition]] frustrating to read, especially on an ArchiveBinge.

* And speaking of nuts, Website/TimeCube and most of its parodies.

* British TV chefs such as Jamie Oliver and GordonRamsay are especially prone to this on their TV cooking shows. both will over-use superlatives continually to describe nice-looking, but perfectly ordinary, dishes that words like "incredible" and "superb" eventually lack significance.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine, working as an editor, goes overboard on the exclamation points. This overlaps with WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma.

* What about certain presenters - Jeremy Clarkson, for instance, '''really''' ''likes'' '''to put''' ''emphasis'' on '''''almost''''' ''every'' word. Oddly enough, Andrew Marr shares this habit.

* This can be said about Music/ChristinaAguilera, whose habit of reminding the listener that she has a big, loud singing voice often drowns out the meaning of the song she's trying to sing.

* Older English editions of Literature/TheBible emphazised certain words in every sentence, probably because the editors intended the text to be ''read out loud''.

* LordPeterWimsey's assistant Miss Climpson likes to emphasize everything with italics in her letters. Since they usually only take up a few pages, it's more of a character quirk than an annoyance.

'''[[HypocriticalHumor Remember this:]]''' ''when '''everything''' is emphasized'' '''''nothing''''' ''is''!

* The dialogue in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' is filled with '''bolded words'''. Sometimes it's there to [[ViewersAreMorons make sure that readers don't miss the puns]], but most of the time it's downright random.

* Pretty much everything listed under WorldOfHam probably overlaps with this trope to at least some extent. Particularly ''[[Film/ThreeHundred 300]]''.

[[folder:Anime!!!]]
* DanGreen said in an interview (perhaps jokingly) that all of his lines in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' were written in ALL CAPS with bold for '''EVEN MORE EMPHASIS'''!
** Dan Green has actually advised to avoid this, since "if everything is at level 10, nothing stands out."

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* It was a convention in some comic strips to use exclamation points at the end of ''every sentence''. This tradition reportedly began because with the older, fairly coarse four color printing process, it was easy for a tiny dot like a period to be lost, but some of an exclamation point would survive! (Letters would also sometimes be joined by stray ink: writers were advised not to use the verb "flick" or name a character "Clint", lest the l and i run together and produce a [[PrecisionFStrike serious]] [[CountryMatters violation]] of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode!) Serials such as ''MaryWorth'', ''Apartment 3G'', ''ComicStrip/RexMorganMD'' and ''ComicStrip/MarkTrail'' are known for this, as well as ''Archie'' comics and many others.
* '''Mainstream comic books''' tend to do this with '''bold text'''. It's actually very '''strange''' and no one seems to know why it '''happens.''' Possibly, it's intended to highlight the key (i.e., plot relevant) words in the character's '''speech,''' and has nothing to do with how the characters are '''talking.''' That way the '''readers,''' if they want to get to the guys in colored tights '''beating''' on each other, can skim more '''easily.''' That doesn't make it any less '''weird''' for someone who isn't '''used''' to reading comics. [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] loves to point out this, as reading speech balloons aloud (sometimes, [[LargeHam as dramatically as possible]]) is obligatory for his reviews.
** Often (though not always) the emphasized words are those that one would expect to be stressed slightly more in natural-sounding speech: "His '''power''' ... I've never seen anything '''like''' it!" Using '''bold''' text does come across as a bit overly dramatic and ''italic'' would probably be better, but a lot of letterers produce "normal" text that's already slanted significantly from the vertical, so that italic doesn't stand out as much.
* A lot of words you wouldn't expect to be italicized ''are anyway'' in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''.
** Averted with Rorschach who speaks with no italics or bold. His voice ''is'' described by other characters though as being a creepy, gravel-y monotone

* In Magazine/{{MAD}}, words are bolded apparently at random. Might be a parody of comic books as a genre.
* Attention '''true believers'''! Emphasis is a '''signature''' element in the writing of '''StanLee!'''

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** This seems to be a habit of Creator/PeterJackson's. Was the strobe effect really necessary in ''Film/KingKong2005''?

[[folder:Live Action TV!!!]]
* In an episode of ''{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine, working as an editor, goes overboard on the exclamation points. This overlaps with WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma.

[[folder:Magazines!!!]]
* The magazine ''boot'' (predecesor to Maximum PC) had an IRATE letter to the EDITOR saying that it was the first and last issue he reads because ''boot'' BOLDFACES every third WORD. The reply: You CAN'T win them ALL, Clark.
* The Plain Truth, the house magazine of a particularly strange fringe-Christian denomination, was OVERLY FOND of this! Church fuhrer Herbert W. Armstrong was ''SO CONCERNED'' that his readership understood the ONE TRUE WAY OF GOD that not a sentence went by without '''EMPHASIS''' being placed on the KEY POINTS of the '''GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!''' Brethren, do NOT let yourselves be '''DECEIVED''' by FALSE PROPHECY!
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[[folder:Webcomics!!!]]
* Aaron William's works (''{{Nodwick}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Ps238}}''), for otherwise exceptional series, can often feature uncomfortable amounts of this.
* Many sparks in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' talk like this.
* The dialogue in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' is filled with '''bolded words'''. Sometimes it's there to [[ViewersAreMorons make sure that readers don't miss the puns]], but most of the time it's downright random.
* In over ten years of ''GeneCatlow'', there are maybe two sentences that don't end in either an exclamation point, a question mark, or an ellipsis. This can make the frequent [[WallOfText exposition]] frustrating to read, especially on an ArchiveBinge.
* The Birthday Cake's storybook is guilty of this in Webcomic/AwfulHospital. It was a very excitable, high-strung, and easily irritable pastry.
* Karkat from ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' CONSTANTLY TYPES IN ALL CAPS NO MATTER WHAT HE'S SAYING. This is likely deliberate on his part, representing how PISSED OFF AT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING HE IS, PRETTY MUCH CONSTANTLY.
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[[folder:Video Games!!!]]
* The ''BreathOfFire'' series is particularly guilty of this, combining it with RainbowSpeak.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series tends to do this, particularly during battles.
* Your Happy Buddy from ''VideoGame/PresentableLiberty'' often sends you letters written in {{CAPSLOCK}}, accompanied by more exclamation marks than the page can fit.
--> MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SOLD MY HOUSE AND MY FOOD and one of my lungs but DON'T WORRY
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* It was a convention in some comic strips to use exclamation points at the end of ''every sentence''. This tradition reportedly began because with the older, fairly coarse four color printing process, it was easy for a tiny dot like a period to be lost, but some of an exclamation point would survive! (Letters would also sometimes be joined by stray ink: writers were advised not to use the verb "flick" or name a character "Clint", lest the l and i run together and produce a [[PrecisionFStrike serious]] [[CountryMatters violation]] of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode!) Serials such as ''MaryWorth'', ''Apartment 3G'', ''ComicStrip/RexMorganMD'' and ''MarkTrail'' are known for this, as well as ''Archie'' comics and many others.

* Many ideological tracts, especially those published by the more extreme fringes. See Creator/JackChick for links to some of the ''tamer'' examples.

* Creator/JackChick tends to have a problem with this, which just adds to how incredibly {{anvilicious}} his tracts are.

* It was a convention in some comic strips to use exclamation points at the end of ''every sentence''. This tradition reportedly began because with the older, fairly coarse four color printing process, it was easy for a tiny dot like a period to be lost, but some of an exclamation point would survive! (Letters would also sometimes be joined by stray ink: writers were advised not to use the verb "flick" or name a character "Clint", lest the l and i run together and produce a [[PrecisionFStrike serious]] [[CountryMatters violation]] of TheComicsCode!) Serials such as ''MaryWorth'', ''Apartment 3G'', ''ComicStrip/RexMorganMD'' and ''MarkTrail'' are known for this, as well as ''Archie'' comics and many others.

* It was a convention in some comic strips to use exclamation points at the end of ''every sentence''. This tradition reportedly began because with the older, fairly coarse four color printing process, it was easy for a tiny dot like a period to be lost, but some of an exclamation point would survive! (Letters would also sometimes be joined by stray ink: writers were advised not to use the verb "flick" or name a character "Clint", lest the l and i run together and produce a [[PrecisionFStrike serious]] [[CountryMatters violation]] of the ComicsCode inadvertently!) Serials such as ''MaryWorth'', ''Apartment 3G'', ''ComicStrip/RexMorganMD'' and ''MarkTrail'' are known for this, as well as ''Archie'' comics and many others.

* It was a convention in some comic strips to use exclamation points at the end of ''every sentence''. This tradition reportedly began because with the older, fairly coarse four color printing process, it was easy for a tiny dot like a period to be lost, but some of an exclamation point would survive! (Letters would also sometimes be joined by stray ink: writers were advised not to use the verb "flick" or name a character "Clint", lest the l and i run together and [[CountryMatters violate the Comics Code inadvertently]]!) Serials such as ''MaryWorth'', ''Apartment 3G'', ''ComicStrip/RexMorganMD'' and ''MarkTrail'' are known for this, as well as ''Archie'' comics and many others.

* The original dead tree edition of ''ElfQuest'' #5 suffered a lot from overuse of bold text and double exclamation points!! Fan complaints led to it being toned down in all subsequent editions.

* There are a ''lot'' of ''italics'' in the novelization of ''StarWars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''. From the same author, ''[[NewJediOrder Traitor]]'' and ''{{Shatterpoint}}'' are equally italics-heavy, although only in some sections. Since one book's protagonist is undergoing a drug-and-torture fueled religious experience, and the other is in a WholePlotReference to Literature/HeartOfDarkness, it is perhaps understandable.

** TropesAreNotBad example: ''{{Forward}}'' is notorious for depicting resident CloudCuckoolander River's thoughts with "Riverthink", consisting of randomly-placed italics, bold, underlining, and sudden switches to centered or right-aligned text.

Overemphasis comes in many forms. The writer may be typing as though they were talking to you, and attempting to convey their excitement by ''yelling!'' They might be using text-only formatting tricks like setting boxes aside, underlining and using different colors. Perhaps they insist use intense words like "[[MundaneMadeAwesome incredible]]" and "[[FelonyMisdemeanor despicable]]" when there's not much reason to. In any case, the effect is the same: you're left without a way to gauge how amazing or important things "really" are.

* Karkat from ''{{Homestuck}}'' CONSTANTLY TYPES IN ALL CAPS NO MATTER WHAT HE'S SAYING. This is likely deliberate on his part, representing how PISSED OFF AT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING HE IS, PRETTY MUCH CONSTANTLY.

* Creator/FrankMiller, once he sank into his [[SelfParody self-parody]] phase, fell into this.

** This seems to be a habit of Creator/PeterJackson's. Was the strobe effect really necessary in Film/KingKong?

* The dialogue in ''DominicDeegan'' is filled with '''bolded words'''. Sometimes it's there to [[ViewersAreMorons make sure that readers don't miss the puns]], but most of the time it's downright random.