History Main / LArgeHam

* ''WebAnimation/TOME'': "NNNYYYYYYYYLLLLOOOOOOCCCCCKKKKKEEEE!!!!!]] [[Creator/LittleKuriboh DRAGON OF THE COLD STEEL!]] '''''[[CatchPhrase WHOOOSH!!!!!]]'''''"

* Ghost of ''Radio/TrueCapitalist'' Radio is a massive ham(bone) thanks to his HairTriggerTemper, infinite number of {{Berserk Button}}s and a large number of trolls calling in.

* From such web podcasts as ''Podcast/WithSpecialGuestLaurenLapkus'', James Adomian's oft-used Tom Leykis impression. James Adomian takes Tom Leykis' eccentric personality and dials it UpToEleven. What we have is a screaming, raving, self-aware misogynist who never lets anyone get a word in edgewise.

[[caption-width-right:200:[[Creator/WilliamShatner One ham]] [[VisualPun singing an ode to another]].]]

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--->'''Sir Donald''': Do you serve... ''a ham salad''?
--->'''Waiter''': We serve salad to anyone.

----> '''BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!'''
-----> '''HARRIERS FOR THE CUP!'''
** Literature/CiaphasCain gets his own Large Ham even, in ''Cain's LastStand'', when he gives a propaganda speech to the planet. Even Inquisitor Vail has no comment on it, because quite frankly it's so {{out of character|Moment}} that it speaks for itself.

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[[caption-width-right:315:" it's ovER NINE THOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUSAAAAANNNNND!!!!!!!!!!(or 8000 depending on the translation)]]

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[[caption-width-right:200:[[Creator/WilliamShatner One ham]] [[VisualPun singing an ode to another.]]]]

''Just so it's noted, just because a character/actor is hammy [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools does not mean they are bad or ridiculous - far from it!]]''

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* True to form, Rod Serling in ''Pinball/TheTwilightZone'' is a hammy narrator.
* The jousting announcer (voiced by Creator/GregFreres) in ''Pinball/MedievalMadness'' combines this with LargeHamAnnouncer.
** Heck, just about everyone in this game is either a LargeHam or a DeadpanSnarker.
* Zuse and Clu from ''Pinball/TronLegacy''.

* J. Jonah Jameson from ''Pinball/SpiderManStern'', played deliciously by J.K. Simmons.
* The [[LargeHamAnnouncer announcer]] from ''Pinball/WorldCupSoccer'', who will likely deliver quite a few "'''''GOAL!'''''"[=s=] over the course of an average game.

* As in the movie, both The Riddler (Creator/JimCarrey) and Two-Face (Creator/TommyLeeJones) in ''Pinball/BatmanForever''.

* ''[[Pinball/{{Avatar}} James Cameron's Avatar]]'' has custom voicework by Stephen Lang, who hams it as Colonel Quaritch.

* Every single wrestler in ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble,'' without exception.

* From such web podcasts as ''Podcast/WithSpecialGuestLaurenLapkus'', James Adomian's oft-used Tom Leykis impression. James Adomian takes Tom Leykis' eccentric personality and dials it UpToEleven. What we have is a screaming, raving, self-aware misogynist who never lets anyone get a word in edgewise.

* Video game music podcast ''Podcast/NitroGameInjection'' has Larry Oji. With him, EVERY episode is sponsored by ham.

* ''Podcast/RandomAssault'': Mitch, if he's given too much rope.
* Jessica of ''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'', in contrast to Janel's DeadpanSnarker, has an over-the-top, bombastic style.
-->"This year Canada was like: fuck you, our coins glow in the dark now."\\
"THEY GLOW IN THE DARK!"

* Most Volus on ''Roleplay/CerberusDailyNews'' are this by default. But the standout case would have to be the duo of Jorgal Dwick and Terrorbyte. [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/valiant/forum/board/thread/?t=1139 example]]

* The color commentary mechanic in ''TabletopGame/TheSplinter'' rewards this. Professional players can pause in the middle of an action and describe what they're doing, similar to how reality tv shows cut away in the middle of an event so that the participants can describe how they felt and what they saw and did. Depending on how awesome and over-the-top their description is, that player can get a bonus to their dice pool.
* Seemingly every person of higher rank in the Imperium of Man, Chaos, or other factions in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe comes with a large slice of ham.
** '''[[AxCrazy KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN! KILL! MAIM! BURN]]!'''
** Or Khorne's.
----> '''BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!'''
-----> '''HARRIERS FOR THE CUP!'''
** Literature/CiaphasCain gets his own Large Ham even, in ''Cain's LastStand'', when he gives a propaganda speech to the planet. Even Inquisitor Vail has no comment on it, because quite frankly it's so {{out of character|Moment}} that it speaks for itself.

* Anyone in ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'' with the (Overacted) Speechlessness Bonus XP condition will most likely be devouring the scenery at the drop of a hat. The pregen character Leonardo de Montreal from ''Glass-Maker's Dragon'' would be the standout here.
** Also those with the Fist-Pump/Salute XP condition, as displayed by pregen character Jasmine Apocynum.

* Gundham Tanaka from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' yells almost every line and is constantly boasting that he's a demon from hell, he also calls his four pet hamsters the 'Dark Devas of Destruction'. His whole demeanor is that of a super-villain, though he sometimes gets sheepish when Sonia compliments him.

* ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'': UsefulNotes/BernieSanders is portrayed this way, and is often flailing his arms while speaking.
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has in its main characters moron Caboose, CampGay moron Donut ("Oh my gosh! You were supposed to feed my pet cat! Whiskers!"), and angry Southern moron Sarge ("I LOVE BLOOD AND VIOLENCE! '''I HAVE A BONER FOR MURDER!'''), all giving excuses for the actors to go crazy. On the bad guys there's O'Malley, a CardCarryingVillain AI who loves to do an EvilLaugh ("Now be careful, mustn't give away our position with maniacal laughter!"; "Even though what I want is something frightening! WHAT I WANT is something PURE EVIL, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"); MeanBrit Wyoming; the Director of Project Freelancer who, while normally reserved, does have his moments ("I don't give a DAMN about you and your committee!"); Temple, a guy who got full of himself while seeking revenge; and Genkins, a TricksterGod who apparently forgot how to be subtle and low-key ("I could create an entire race of beings with butts for faces... and ''faces for butts''! Ah! '''Magnificent'''!"; "Come on, history! ''Let's fucking'' '''dance!'''"). And side characters include MadDoctor \ MadScientist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr0UD0p4jN8 Dr. Grey]] ("I can't tell you how nice it is to get out of the office and away from all the complaining! 'My leg hurts!' 'I need blood!' 'But I don't want to have a robot arm!'") and [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds wacky and unhelpful]] MissionControl VIC, "5-5-5, V-I-C-K!".
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has two standout GenkiGirl cases, title character Ruby Rose (voiced in a nasal voice that just helps the ham) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuLBRigqX5A Nora Valkyrie]]. Volume 6 introduces [[GrumpyOldMan grumpy old lady]] Caroline Cordovin, [[TheNapoleon who compensates her small size]] by being highly aggressive, haughty and condescending - and when the heroes steal an airship from her, Cordo [[DisproportionateRetribution tries to take them down with an]] HumongousMecha while angrily spouting hammy threats. And Volume 8 has Ambrosius, which is basically a [[SculptedPhysique buff]] [[Westernanimation/{{Aladdin}} Genie]] between his flamboyant speech and wild gesturing.

* ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'': '''"[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter I'M CATBUG]]!"''' His voice actor ''is'' 6 going on 7, after all.
* The BigBad of ''WebAnimation/DusksDawn''admits to enjoying himself while he casts disaster on Ponyville, and seems to be the most energetic actor. This isn't saying a whole lot, as everyone else is stiff or unintelligible sometimes.
* ''WebAnimation/TOME'': "NNNYYYYYYYYLLLLOOOOOOCCCCCKKKKKEEEE!!!!!]] [[Creator/LittleKuriboh DRAGON OF THE COLD STEEL!]] '''''[[CatchPhrase WHOOOSH!!!!!]]'''''"
* ''WebAnimation/AcedemySugoiSeiun'': Itachi is always over the top.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Alex is prone to bragging, and would qualify as EvilIsHammy if he was a straight-up villain instead of being AmbiguouslyEvil.
** Seth is not as hammy as his rival, but its there. He'll describe his actions in bellowing bravado rather often.
** Lisa is especially hammy when she is trolling someone, in which she will banter with extreme bravado.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Nik comes off as extremely whiny, but he's just putting on a show.
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': [[BigBad Ridiculously Epic]] and [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ridiculously Epic Fail]] are both great embodiments of the EvilIsHammy trope. [[CoolBoard The Epic Skatepark Owner]] is also a rather hammy character, though his hamminess is {{downplayed}} compared to the other two.

* Mille Chanteau of ''Literature/IlivaisX'' is the ''queen'' of ham. If she's in battle, it's all but guaranteed anything she says is an epic speech of some kind, and it's not limited to then either. Of course, there's also Seyne (that comes with being a [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Sanger Zonvolt]] {{Expy}} though), most of the [[ElementalPowers GEKICOM]] and [[CombiningMecha STRUQ]] members, hell, even BrokenBird [[ReiAyanamiExpy Iriana]] has her moments.
%%* [[http://baumanletters.ytmnd.com/ "THIS is TRUE LUNACY!"]]

-->"'''Malstrom'''- World-wide sex symbol to women. When a new article appears, his mailbox gets flooded by the ladies demanding passion from him. "A business article on video games? That is so hot!" they squeal. Each Malstrom article also gains him a million dollars from jet-sitting super secret investors. Malstrom is also prone to self-delusions. ("Hey," he says, "if you are going to have delusions, might as well go for the really satisfying ones!")"
* [[EldritchAbomination The Simurgh]] of ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. How can a silent angelic figure be a ham? By being a drama queen. The telepathic song she uses to MindRape people? She doesn't actually need that - she's just showing off and providing hints as to who she hit directly. Come the endgame[[spoiler: , she upgrades Leviathan by falling from the sky to stab him with a sword containing the upgrade - it's explicitly described as being like an Angel descending from on high to slay the Serpent. And let's not forget her decoy's desperate grasping for the sky as she fakes her death vs Zion in the same fight.]]

* Everyone of the ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' Team is guilty of this, but LetsPlay/{{GeorgeNotFound}} and LetsPlay/{{Sapnap}} are the kings of the trope, screaming in either joy, fear, or rage. It's especially shown whenever [[MemeticLoser George]] is being chased in fear, or [[HotBlooded Sapnap screaming at Dream whenever he attacks]].

-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[https://www.cracked.com/blog/4-celebrities-who-are-clearly-trolling-world/ "4 Celebrities Who Are Clearly Trolling the World"]]

'''Purple Head:''' '''''AND YOU WILL NEVER HEAR IT! IT’S A SECRET! AND BURIED IN A SECRET PLACE!'''''

A Large Ham may occasionally be an example of CrazyIsCool. Often a character trait of the BoisterousBruiser. [[EvilIsHammy Villainous Hams]] also enjoy getting DrunkOnTheDarkSide. A SmugSuper relishes showing off their power this way. RealityIsUnrealistic: a lot of real people are melodramatic or overly emotional. It is therefore NOT unrealistic at all for a character to be this way, despite how it may appear and what plenty of amateur critics will say. The major reason this is often criticized is actually because being melodramatic can be very annoying. [[GoodIsNotNice But what these critics forget is that a well-written character is not necessarily a likeable one.]] Writing a hammy character is NOT bad writing. It's only bad writing when the hamminess makes no sense.

A Large Ham may occasionally be CrazyAwesome. Often a character trait of the BoisterousBruiser. [[EvilIsHammy Villainous Hams]] also enjoy getting DrunkOnTheDarkSide. A SmugSuper relishes showing off their power this way. RealityIsUnrealistic: a lot of real people are melodramatic or overly emotional. It is therefore NOT unrealistic at all for a character to be this way, despite how it may appear and what plenty of amateur critics will say. The major reason this is often criticized is actually because being melodramatic can be very annoying. [[GoodIsNotNice But what these critics forget is that a well-written character is not necessarily a likeable one.]] Writing a hammy character is NOT bad writing. It's only bad writing when the hamminess makes no sense.

->"Creator/NicolasCage approaches every role the same way -- how ''wouldn't'' a real person tackle this situation? This is often executed on camera by a series of facial spasms to shame even Creator/JimCarrey or a Creator/TexAvery cartoon, as Cage contorts and tics his way through a series of either unrestrained emotion or unpleasant bowel turmoil."

* Everyone of the ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' Team is guilty of this, but LetsPlay/{{GeorgeNotFound}} and Sapnap are the kings of the trope, screaming in either joy, fear, or rage. It's especially shown whenever [[MemeticLoser George]] is being chased in fear, or [[HotBlooded Sapnap screaming at Dream whenever he attacks]].

->''"Creator/NicolasCage approaches every role the same way -- how ''wouldn't'' a real person tackle this situation? This is often executed on camera by a series of facial spasms to shame even Creator/JimCarrey or a Creator/TexAvery cartoon, as Cage contorts and tics his way through a series of either unrestrained emotion or unpleasant bowel turmoil."''

* Sir Donald Sinden, in the BBC Radio adaptation of ''Death On The Nile''. And the BBC Radio adaptation of ''The Hound Of The Baskervilles''. The TV series ''Never The Twain'' was one long Ham-Off between him and Windsor Davies.

* Everyone of the ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' Team is guilty of this, but LetsPlay/{{GeorgeNotFound}} and Sapnap are the kings of the trope, screaming in either joy, fear, or rage. It's especially shown whenever George is being chased in fear, or [[HotBlooded Sapnap screaming at Dream whenever he attacks]].

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has in its main characters moron Caboose, CampGay moron Donut, and angry Southern moron Sarge, all giving excuses for the actors to go crazy. On the bad guys there's O'Malley, a CardCarryingVillain AI who loves to do an EvilLaugh ("Now be careful, mustn't give away our position with maniacal laughter!"; "Even though what I want is something frightening! WHAT I WANT is something PURE EVIL, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"); MeanBrit Wyoming; the Director of Project Freelancer who, while normally reserved, does have his moments ("I don't give a DAMN about you and your committee!"); Temple, a guy who got full of himself while seeking revenge; and Genkins, a TricksterGod who apparently forgot how to be subtle and low-key ("I could create an entire race of beings with butts for faces... and ''faces for butts''! Ah! '''Magnificent'''!"). And side characters include MadDoctor \ MadScientist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr0UD0p4jN8 Dr. Grey]] and [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds wacky and unhelpful]] MissionControl VIC, "5-5-5, V-I-C-K!".

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has two standout GenkiGirl cases, title character Ruby Rose (played by one of the Achievement Hunters, Lindsay Jones, in a a nasal voice that just helps the ham) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuLBRigqX5A Nora Valkyrie]]. Volume 6 introduces [[GrumpyOldMan grumpy old lady]] Caroline Cordovin, [[TheNapoleon who compensates her small size]] by being highly aggressive, haughty and condescending - and when the heroes steal an airship from her, Cordo [[DisproportionateRetribution tries to take them down with an]] HumongousMecha while angrily spouting hammy threats.

Compare {{Melodrama}}, HamAndCheese, MilkingTheGiantCow, {{Camp}}, EvilIsHammy, IncomingHam, TheHamSquad, HamToHamCombat, DramaQueen, ComicalOverreacting.

* The color commentary mechanic in ''TabletopGame/{{The Splinter}}'' rewards this. Professional players can pause in the middle of an action and describe what they're doing, similar to how reality tv shows cut away in the middle of an event so that the participants can describe how they felt and what they saw and did. Depending on how awesome and over-the-top their description is, that player can get a bonus to their dice pool.
* Seemingly every person of higher rank in the Imperium of Man, Chaos, or other factions in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe comes with a large slice of ham.

* Hideo Kuki of ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' grabs the attention of every scene he is in, VisualNovel and {{anime}}.

->''"Creator/NicolasCage approaches every role the same way -- how ''wouldn't'' a real person tackle this situation? This is often executed on camera by a series of facial spasms to shame even Creator/JimCarrey or a Creator/TexAvery cartoon, as Cage contorts and tics his way through a serious of either unrestrained emotion or unpleasant bowel turmoil."''

While {{Narm}} is their primary flaw, the large hams are likely to have come from [[JustForPun Hillshire Narm]] (Go {{Keet}}!) But more often these actors are NarmCharm. A few moments of over-acting do not make a Large Ham. The actor must, to all intents and purposes, be deliberately playing the character that way.

If it is the setting itself that seems to demand that ham is served in profusion, dipped in abundant {{Hot Blood|ed}}, because it's just how the setting works, you may be in front of a WorldOfHam: those can provide for marvelous entertainment, if your [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief Willing Suspenders Of Disbelief]] are elastic enough.

* Brian Regan.
-->'''''MMMMMMAAANNNNNNSSLLLAUGHTER

[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
* [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] is played this way in many of his incarnations... It's so common that presenting him as low key or mellow is a subversion of his normal character. A good example of [[{{Pun}} deviled ham]] would be Creator/ViggoMortensen as Lucifer in ''Film/TheProphecy.'' Possibly an even better one is Creator/AlPacino in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', but then it ''is'' Al Pacino: "GOD is an ''ABSENTEE LANDLORD!!''"

* The ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'' version of UsefulNotes/BernieSanders is portrayed this way, and is often flailing his arms while speaking.