History Main / SoBadItsGood

** They have a second channel called [[http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimationVideos21?feature=watch AnimationFilms21]] for their "edgier" material. They try to do GettingCrapPastTheRadar -style jokes, but there's no radar to dodge, the "adult" humor is incredibly obvious (A child saying "damn" and "effing" in the Halloween special, a character called "Spank the Monkey", excessive blood in the Halloween special). It's definitely not for adults either, as the writing in these shows are just as insipid as AnimationFilms1212's ones.

Something which is So Bad It's Good has a high probability of becoming a CultClassic. Many are heavy on {{Camp}}, therefore falling far onto the silly side of the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness, and are often considered GuiltyPleasures, although neither is necessary. See NarmCharm. This is also often seen in MemeticMutation, when people combine two or more horrible things (or pieces thereof) into something good. LeeroyJenkins, for example.

Compare StylisticSuck and SoUnfunnyItsFunny, which [[PlayedForLaughs play this trope for laughs]]. Contrast with DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible, which is when something actually "succeeds" in being ''too'' bad for this trope.

* During Music/TheMisfits' stint in WCW, there was a backstage segment where they try to hit on Daffney Unger, which leads to her attacking Jerry Only. After [[HypocriticalHumor they call her a freak]], she runs away screaming and laughing, almost like a WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon.

* The WebVideo/GameGrumps [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LfKbCR0MI let's play of]]'' VideoGame/MickeyMousecapade'' takes this and runs with it. Arin spends nearly the entire episode pretending to be an awful WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd ripoff and make dozens upon dozens of vulgar and/or uncreative jokes so horrible they're hilarious.

* The WebVideo/GameGrumps [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LfKbCR0MI let's play of]]'' VideoGame/MickyMousecapade'' takes this and runs with it. Arin spends nearly the entire episode pretending to be an awful WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd ripoff and make dozens upon dozens of vulgar and/or uncreative jokes so horrible they're hilarious.

The currently removed OmegaEdge29 let's play of Kaizo Mario 64. The quality of the video is very good. Sadly, it seems that he's playing on the video a hack that's too hard for him, leaving him screaming and shouting at the game, whilst needing many tries only to get 1 star. Compare this with the oversensitive soundbox (because it registers his typing all the time) and you have something hilarious to watch. But the best thing about all of this is that he made Kaizo Mario 64. It's also been retsupuraed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5NzzCrqdX4 here]]

The currently removed OmegaEdge29 let's play of Kaizo Mario 64. The quality of the video is very good. Sadly, it seems that he's playing on the video a hack that's too hard for him, leaving him screaming and shouting at the game, whilst needing many tries only to get 1 star. Compare this with the oversensitive soundbox (because it registers his typing all the time) and you have something hilarious to watch. But the best thing about all of this is that he made Kaizo Mario 64.

* Arguably, Wrestling/TheUndertaker. One of the best big men in the wrestling business, and a solid Wrestling/{{WWE}} worker for over twenty years doesn't change the fact that he's a Satan-worshipping, gravedigging zombie cult leader Death Incarnate who was a biker for a while back at the turn of the century. It's even more NarmCharm in modern times, when most wrestlers are less cartoonish, yet the Undertaker still is portrayed as a supernatural force.

** Likewise, the Reliant Robin, an ugly three-wheeled "car" which did a barrel roll if you so much as looked at a sharp turn is a cherished (if often parodied) part of British subculture, complete with enthusiast conventions and racing circuits.

** Episode 4 would up the ante even further by introducingWrestling/ CMPunk on commentary, reprising a role he once played in early RingOfHonor shows. Punk would play the role of DeadpanSnarker to perfection, even delivering a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]] when he pointed out that he wasn't wearing any pants (he had his ring gear on covered by a sports coat), and then pointed out that [[ADateWithRosiePalms he watched NXT every week without pants]]. When Punk closed the show by announcing that he would be returning the next week, the five people that still watched the show rejoiced.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimationFilms1212/videos AnimationFilms1212]], who doesn't know the difference between "making cartoons for children" and [[ViewersAreGoldfish "dumbing down everything"]]. Most people are divided on whether the [[AllCGICartoon "animation"]] is [[SoBadItsGood hilarious]] or [[NightmareFuel creepy]]. The voice acting's amateurish at the very best, and the "jokes" are extremely predictable. While every single animation deserves to be here, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kn7I1H4AM "The Bunny Rabbit Movie"]] deserves a special mention, but no mere description will do it justice. It has to be ''seen to be believed.''

* From the DreamTeam of [[{{U2}} Bono, The Edge]] and [[TheLionKing Julie Taymor]] comes the legendarily TroubledProduction of ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark''!

* The George W Bush Presidential Library has an interactive exhibit, where participants make some of the same decisions that Bush made during his presidency. Sounds great in theory. Unfortunately, these "decisions" basically amount to "if you choice anything other than what Bush decided to do, a text box pops up explaining why you're wrong and Bush was right" making no attempt to be unbiased.

* Wrestling/{{Wrestleicious}} which is exactly what it sounds - pink ring ropes, outlandish characters, camp factor UpToEleven, a commentator that sounds like Creator/StanLee and a HurricaneOfPuns during every match. Yet also features the top women wrestlers in the country as characters. It's safe to call it the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' of indie wrestling.

* WCW's San Francisco 49ers Match between Wrestling/JeffJarrett and Wrestling/BookerT is one of the most hilariously stupid matches of all time. It's a glorified pole match (something Wrestling/VinceRusso was fond of) with 4 wooden boxes at the end of each pole; 1 contains the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] belt and the other 3 contain "weapons:" a blow up doll, a framed picture of Wrestling/ScottHall, and a coal miner's glove. It began with an old lady trying to smack Jarrett with a shirt BookerT gave her and ended with Beetlejuice (not ''that'' Film/{{Beetlejuice}}, the Wack Packer from ''RadioTheHowardSternShow'') giving Jarrett 5 [[GroinAttack "high blows"]]. The title fell out of the box, and Booker T became the WCW Champion. When the belt fell out, David Penzer had to hand it to Booker. Thankfully, Russo wasn't sharp enough to change the finish and award the title to Penzer instead.

* The book The Death Of WCW points out that a lot of people only watched {{WCW}} in its final two years because of this trope.
* Wrestling/{{WWE}} wrestler The Boogeyman is an almost-bald ScaryBlackMan with his entire head painted red with black spots, who walks like he's having a seizure, smashes giant antique clocks over his head, speaks almost entirely in singsongy nursery rhymes, eats worms by the handful, and his catchphrase is, "I'm... THE BOOGEYMAN! And I'm comin'... TO GETCHA!" The whole thing is as hilariously awful as it sounds.
** His backstory actually {{lampshade| hanging}}s the ludicrousness involved -- an actor for a show that didn't materialize who snapped (falling too deep into method acting) and became the Boogeyman, but was [[ExecutiveMeddling sicced]] onto WWE's SmackDown! brand anyway to see what would happen and because he was still under contract. Seriously.
** Even more hilariously awful is the time in one skit with DGenerationX, he appeared from underneath the ring, and told TripleH and ShawnMichaels: "I'm...THE BOOGEYMAN! And I'm comin' to - (briefly sans Boogeyman gimmick) - see if I can join DX."

* Any all-woman promotion David [=McLane=] was involved in, whether it be GLOW, WOW, or POWW. Stupid, cheesy fun with stupid, cheesy gimmicks, stupid, cheesy action, and stupid, cheesy [[FanService cheesecake]].
* Wrestleicious which is exactly what it sounds - pink ring ropes, outlandish characters, camp factor UpToEleven, a commentator that sounds like StanLee and a HurricaneOfPuns during every match. Yet also features the top women wrestlers in the country as characters. It's safe to call it the ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' of indie wrestling.
* MickFoley deliberately went for this while wrestling as Dude Love in order to separate the gimmick from his other personae (the sadistic Cactus Jack and the psychotic Mankind). It wasn't the first time he had done this. During his "anti-extreme" gimmick in {{ECW}} (a promotion that prided itself on high-quality, high-risk wrestling), Mick (as Cactus Jack) reduced his entire moveset to one move: a headlock. Thus, his matches would consist of nothing but ten straight minutes of assorted headlocks, gaining ''[[CheapHeat incredible]]'' [[CheapHeat heat]] from the quality-hungry ECW fans.
* WCW's San Francisco 49ers Match between JeffJarrett and BookerT is one of the most hilariously stupid matches of all time. It's a glorified pole match (something VinceRusso was fond of) with 4 wooden boxes at the end of each pole; 1 contains the WCW Championship and the other 3 contain "weapons:" a blow up doll, a framed picture of Scott Hall, and a coal miner's glove. It began with an old lady trying to smack Jarrett with a shirt BookerT gave her and ended with Beetlejuice (not ''that'' Film/{{Beetlejuice}}, the Wack Packer from HowardStern) giving Jarrett 5 [[GroinAttack "high blows"]]. The title fell out of the box, and BookerT became the WCW Champion. When the belt fell out, David Penzer had to hand it to Booker. Thankfully, Russo wasn't sharp enough to change the finish and award the title to Penzer instead.
* The Coal Miner's Glove (a leather glove, covered in metal studs) was a supposed to be a ShoutOut to an even worse match from before the Monday Night Wars era. Back in the early 90s [[GoodIsDumb Sting]] was feuding with [[SmugSnake Jake Roberts]], who devised that they "Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal" a match where various gimmick matches were on a giant wheel, and whatever it landed on would be the match they would face off in. However, the wheel itself wasn't gimmicked, and it landed on the worst possible option -- a "Coal Miner's Glove" match. Whoever retrieved the glove from the pole first, would be allowed to "use" it on his opponent.
* Arguably, TheUndertaker. One of the best big men in the wrestling business, and a solid Wrestling/{{WWE}} worker for over twenty years doesn't change the fact that he's a Satan-worshipping, gravedigging zombie cult leader Death Incarnate who was a biker for a while back at the turn of the century. It's even more NarmCharm in modern times, when most wrestlers are less cartoonish, yet TheUndertaker still is portrayed as a supernatural force.
* NXT Season 3. The show is [[StylisticSuck so ridiculously bad on purpose]], that it seems like its target audience are those who read WrestleCrap every week. It's almost as if WWE took everything that was {{narm}}y about the WWE Divas, [[AccentuateTheNegative highlighted it]], and placed a few other comedy acts on the show to act as foils, such as {{heel}} MichaelCole, [[CrossDresser Goldust]], and [[TheScrappy Vickie]] [[LargeHam Guerrero]]. By Week 3, the show was so bad that you had MichaelCole banging a [[TheGongShow gong]] at ringside following the rookie challenges. The show's entire appeal is the ensuing NarmCharm, as well as Cole and Josh Mathews sarcastic remarks on everyone else involved.
** Episode 4 would up the ante even further by introducing CMPunk on commentary, reprising a role he once played in early RingOfHonor shows. Punk would play the role of DeadpanSnarker to perfection, even delivering a CrowningMomentOfFunny when he pointed out that he wasn't wearing any pants (he had his ring gear on covered by a sports coat), and then pointed out that [[ADateWithRosiePalms he watched NXT every week without pants]]. When Punk closed the show by announcing that he would be returning the next week, the five people that still watched the show rejoiced.

* During TheMisfits stint in WCW, there was a backstage segment where they try to hit on Daffney, which leads to her attacking Jerry Only. After [[HypocriticalHumor they call her a freak]], she runs away screaming and laughing, almost like a DaffyDuck cartoon.
* [[http://5dollarwrestling.com/ 5 Dollar Wrestling]] openly acknowledges itself as "Wrestling So Bad It’s Good!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSXQE8KXLc8 Let this promo show you what to expect.]]

* ''{{Kickassia}}'': A group of over-acting non-actors in a silly plot about internet reviewers from ThatGuyWithTheGlasses taking over a tiny {{micronation}} in Nevada. The ridiculous nature of the film is largely entirely deliberate. The same is true for the following film, ''SuburbanKnights''.

** Also, several of the reviewers specialize in movies that fit in this trope; ie. TheCinemaSnob, ObscurusLupa, DiamandaHagan, and, to some extent, [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]].

->''"It is so bad that a kind of grandeur creeps into it."''

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* An in-verse example from the VorkosiganSaga is the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction ImpSec]] building on Barrayar whose ugliness is such a RunningGag that children's cartoon characters are made out of it's gargoyles.
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