History Main / HammyHerald

* In ''Disney/{{TheLittleMermaid}}'', there is a a seahorse herald who announces the presence of King Triton, their king, as he enters the underwater concert venue as an honored guest. Then he proceeds to announce Sebastian, the king's chancellor, with a considerable degree more hamminess than the announcement of the king had gotten. Although the fact that Sebastian is the conductor of the concert that everyone is attending means that he is part of the spotlight.

* In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the wrestling announcer decides that Peter's stage name isn't cool enough and announces him dramatically as "[[TheAdjectivalSuperhero the amazing SPIDER-MAN]]"! Naturally, he's played by BruceCampbell.

* Team Rocket in "Anime/Pokemon" introduce themselves, practically owning this trope.

-->-- ''[[WWERaw Monday Night Raw]]''

* ''Film/MadMax'': "Greetings from the Humongous! The [[MalevolentMaskedMen Lord]] [[DepravedBisexual Humongous!]] The [[NietzscheWannabe Warrior]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom of]] the [[ScavengerWorld Wasteland!]] The Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rollah!"

* [[Characters/{{WWECommentators}} Theodore Long]] was this for Rodney Mack, Wrestling/MarkHenry, Jazz and Mark Jindrack. The two names in the middle were pretty hammy themselves but in general, the purpose of an announcer in wrestling is to provide ham to one who lacks it.

'''Elan:''' Yes, og vanquisher of unpleasantness?\\

* Let's face it, plenty of ring announcers qualify. Michael Buffer and Lilian Garcia, especially.
* The incredibly hammy Alberto Del Rio gets an even hammier introduction courtesy of his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez.
* Theodore Long was this for Rodney Mack, Mark Henry, Jazz and Mark Jindrack. The two names in the middle were pretty hammy themselves but in general, the purpose of an announcer in wrestling is to provide ham to one who lacks it.
* Armando, Alehandro, Estrada! The unsung hero([[{{rudo}} or not]]) who helped Umaga get over. WWE thought it worked too well and dropped him.

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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. An announcer at a nightclub introduces the next act.
-->'''Kenny Lust:''' You know, once in a while it is my pleasure, and my privilege, to welcome here at the Refreshment Room, some of the truly great international artists of our time. And tonight we have one such artist. Ladies and gentlemen, someone whom I've always personally admired, perhaps more deeply, more strongly, more abjectly than ever before. A man, well more than a man, a god, a great god, whose personality is so totally and utterly wonderful my feeble words of welcome sound wretchedly and pathetically inadequate. Someone whose boots I would gladly lick clean until holes wore through my tongue, a man who is so totally and utterly wonderful, that I would rather be sealed in a pit of my own filth, than dare tread on the same stage with him. Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparably superior human being, Harry Fink!\\
'''Club worker:''' He can't come!\\
'''Kenny Lust:''' Never mind. He's not all he's cracked up to be.
* Happens several times in ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', usually in the form of [[BattleButler Jii]] or [[TheLancer Ryuunosuke]] giving a long-winded and boastful description of their Lord [[TheHero Takeru]], only for Takeru to cut them off. Happens again when [[EleventhHourRanger Kaoru]] receives the same treatment from her retainer, Tanba.
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* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', this applies to Norm, herald to the Grand High Triangle Lover.

* ''Film/MadMax'': "Greetings from the [[CompleteMonster Humongous!]] The [[MalevolentMaskedMen Lord]] [[DepravedBisexual Humongous!]] The [[NietzscheWannabe Warrior]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom of]] the [[ScavengerWorld Wasteland!]] The Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rollah!"

->Everybody listen to me! My name is Armando, Alejandro, Essssstrrrrrada! And this is my, Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga!
-->--''Monday Night Raw''

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* Kenichi's father, of ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' uses this with his shotgun, Sebastian. He presses a button, and the gun starts sliding slowly out of a hidden panel in the wall, while he yells:
-->ARISE, '''SEBASTIAN!'''
** Also, Nijima. He's the one who coined the term "History's Strongest Disciple," a claim Kenichi adopted for when he needs a [[BadassBoast good boast]].

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-->'''Kenny Lust:''' You know, once in a while it is my pleasure, and my privilege, to welcome here at the Refreshment Room, some of the truly great international artists of our time. And tonight we have one such artist. Ladies and gentlemen, someone whom I've always personally admired, perhaps more deeply, more strongly, more abjectly than ever before. A man, well more than a man, a god, a great god, whose personality is so totally and utterly wonderful my feeble words of welcome sound wretchedly and pathetically inadequate. Someone whose boots I would gladly lick clean until holes wore through my tongue, a man who is so totally and utterly wonderful, that I would rather be sealed in a pit of my own filth, than dare tread on the same stage with him. Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparably superior human being, Harry Fink!
-->'''Club worker:''' He can't come!
-->'''Kenny Lust:''' Never mind. He's not all he's cracked up to be.

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* William's friend Geoffrey in ''AKnightsTale''. He whips the crowd into a frenzy for the pseudo-knight to do his thing. ''Chaucer'', that's it - Creator/GeoffreyChaucer.

* Davy Jones' introduction of the Kraken in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest''.
* ''MadMax'': "Greetings from the [[CompleteMonster Humongous!]] The [[MalevolentMaskedMen Lord]] [[DepravedBisexual Humongous!]] The [[NietzscheWannabe Warrior]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom of]] the [[ScavengerWorld Wasteland!]] The Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rollah!"

--> And who best to battle this ''singular'' opponent? Perhaps one who has some experience in these matters? Oh yes indeed, programs! Your liberator! Your luminary! Your leader and beacon! The one who vanquished the tyranny of the user those many cycles before...Cllloooooooooooo!
* The ''Prince Ali'' number in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' is basically a multi-minute act of hammy heralding.
-->''Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa''

* The bit in ''HarryPotter and the Chamber of Secrets'' where everybody starts to think that Harry is the descendant of Salazar Slytherin, so Fred and George start marching in front of Harry and crying out, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin! Seriously evil wizard coming through!" and stuff like that, in order to mock the notion.

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* On ''SesameStreet'', this applies to Norm, herald to the Grand High Triangle Lover.

* One of Ray Stevens's novelty song openings: "And now, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, it is indeed a great pleasure to introduce to you - held over three weeks and getting rave reviews - [[PunctuatedForEmphasis BRIDGET....THE MIDGET...]] the Queen of the Blues! Woooooo!"

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** Let's face it, plenty of ring announcers qualify. Michael Buffer and Lilian Garcia, especially.

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* In "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Lf7yNhdtk Yankee Doodle Daffy]]", DaffyDuck plays the agent for a kid duck singer. Daffy plays it up as if the kid were the greatest thing since sliced bread, although he turns out to be not so hot.
-->He's colossal, stupendous! One might even go so far as to say he's mediocre.
** The kid even holds up a [[LampshadeHanging picture of a ham]] while Daffy is praising him.

* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. An announcer at a nightclub introduces the next act.

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* The ''Prince Ali'' number in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' is basically a multi-minute act of hammy heralding.

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* Kenichi's father, of ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' uses this with his shotgun, Sebastian. He presses a button, and the gun starts sliding slowly out of a hidden panel in the wall, while he yells:

* One of Ray Stevens's novelty song openings: "And now, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, it is indeed a great pleasure to introduce to you - held over three weeks and getting rave reviews - [[ThisIsSparta BRIDGET....THE MIDGET...]] the Queen of the Blues! Woooooo!"

* The Genie's introduction of [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Prince Ali]], complete with song!

* William's friend Geoffrey in ''AKnightsTale''. He whips the crowd into a frenzy for the pseudo-knight to do his thing. ''Chaucer'', that's it - GeoffreyChaucer.

* In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the wrestling announcer decides that Peter's stage name isn't cool enough and announces him dramatically as "the incredible SPIDER-MAN"! Naturally, he's played by BruceCampbell.

* In ''TronLegacy'', Jarvis's speech introducing Clu to the light cycle arena.

* ''MadMax'': "Greetings from the [[CompleteMonster Humongous!]] The [[MalevolentMaskedMen Lord]] [[DepravedBisexual Humongous!]] The [[NietzscheWannabe Warrior]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom of]] the [[ScavengerWorld Wasteland!]] The [[BeyondTheImpossible Ayatollah]] of Rock-and-Rollah!"

--> And who best to battle this ''singular'' opponent? Perhaps one who has some experience in these matters? Oh yes indeed, programs! Your liberator! Your luminary! Your leader and beacon! The one who vanquished the tyranny of the user those many cycles before! Cllloooooooooooo!

--> And who best to battle this ''singular'' opponent? Perhaps one who has some experience in these matters? Oh yes indeed, programs! Your liberator! Your luminary! Your leader in legion! The one who vanquished the tyranny of the user those many cycles before! Cllloooooooooooo!

->Everybody listen to me. My name is Armando, Alejandro, Essssstrrrrrada! And this is my, Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga!

Compare InadvertentEntranceCue and AnythingsAwesomeWithAnnouncers. Contrast IncomingHam, where a Large Ham enters and announces ''himself''.

* Armando, Alehandro, Estrada! The unsung hero([[{{rudo}} or not]]) who made Umaga a household name overnight.

* [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Davy Jones']] introduction of the Kraken in Dead Man's Chest.
* [[MadMax "Greetings]] from the [[CompleteMonster Humongous!]] The [[MalevolentMaskedMen Lord]] [[DepravedBisexual Humongous!]] The [[NietzscheWannabe Warrior]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom of]] the [[ScavengerWorld Wasteland!]] The [[BeyondTheImpossible Ayatollah]] of Rock-and-Rollah!"