History MundaneMadeAwesome / LiveActionTV

* In his episode of ''MTV Cribs'', Redman gives a tour of his surprisingly modest house in Staten Island and shows off (among other things) a UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, his [[PornStash porn collection]], a living room that doesn't have a coffee table (as well as various films, [=CDs=], and some more porn), his cousin Mr. Cream (known at the time as Sugar Bear) sleeping on the floor, a "dollar box" (a shoebox filled with an assortment of dollar bills), and a broken doorbell that needs to be hotwired. All of this and more is edited as if the subject was a mansion.

* ''Series/Taskmaster'' occasionally does this in the video tasks, using cinematic camera shots and dramatic music to underscore the awesomeness of contestants doing things like attempting to pop a roomful of balloons with a frying pan or trying to keep a candle from being blown out.

** The foot race between Jerry and Duncan Meyer at the climax of "The Race". A short dash between two high school nemeses is done entirely in slow motion, has the theme from ''Film/{{Superman}}'' playing throughout, and is treated as such SeriousBusiness in-universe that there's an entire crowd gathered and a lot of celebration once it's completed.

* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' at many, many points, including Brian taking Marsha's coat, and heroically [[PowerWalk power walking]] it into the bedroom with stirring, heroic music from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''.

** It's... Bicycle Repair Man!!

** The thing that ''really'' makes the show go over the top, at least in the English translation, is the way the announcers treat every competition as though it were the Super Bowl. The announcers are ''sportscasters'', determined to pump the drama up to eleven as they call the play-by-play. Taken UpToEleven in commercials for ''Iron Chef America'', which sometimes resemble -- deliberately -- promos for big-time ProfessionalWrestling events.

** The show couldn't have existed for so long without this trope. It lived and breathed it. Myth isn't true? Replicate it anyway and bring on the [[BlowingStuffUp high explosives]]! Myth was true but still not quite enough? [[UpToEleven make the explosion even bigger]]! The final 2 seasons served only to kick things up even further, adding epic new music and "science" graphics to illustrate what the boys were talking about.

** Sequel ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'' takes it UpToEleven with fire fighting. And by fire fighting I mean freezing a giant monster consisting of one or several thematic objects on fire and then firing from a [[HumongousMecha giant truck or plane or helicopter that roars like a dragon or screams like an eagle]] a car driven by the protagonist that is also '''on fire''' which crashes through the aforementioned frozen monster, thereby extinguishing the fire. Explosively.

** Anything Les did was like that. Parodied yet further in one episode when Nessman, going for pretentiousness turned UpToEleven, breaks in on Venus' set to introduce an obituary "breaking news" item with "Ask not for whom the bell tolls..." Venus, sitting behind him, whacks his gong, making Les jump. Even better, Nessman comes in with "And now, Les Nessman's ... ''Death Watch''," and he turns around and [[spoiler: gestures for Venus to hit the gong ''again''.]]

* ''The Tonight Show with Creator/JimmyFallon'' occasionally has a game segment called ''The Wheel of Musical Impression, where his guests are told to sing a song in the style of another singer. This normally would be a simple comedy skit, except that Jimmy specifically picks expert singers as guests for this particular game, often resulting in this trope. For example, witness a simple nursery song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_04ZrNroTo The Wheels on the Bus]], being turned into [[https://youtu.be/ss9ygQqqL2Q?t=133 an epic soul ballad]].

* On ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'', the ChaseScene between Eric and Steven. A high-speed scooter chase is bad enough, but what propels it squarely into this trope is the background music. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!]]

* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': In "The Reichenbach Fall", Moriarty is acquitted of breaking into the Tower of London, despite being seen on camera doing it, and is let go. It's obvious he's heading to 221B for a confrontation with Sherlock. So what does our hero do? Make tea, in the most awesome way possible.

** A simple on-campus game of paintball can be an AfterTheEnd ScavengedPunk episode, a {{Western}} and a StarWars pastiche. And yes, it is awesome.

** Then there are their games, Giant Jenga and Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-zqqaRY3M Giant Jenga]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpi9qAfRaE Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess]]

** Then there are their games, Giant Jenga and Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-zqqaRY3M]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpi9qAfRaE]]

* Then there are their games, Giant Jenga and Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-zqqaRY3M]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpi9qAfRaE]]

* Part of ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon''[='=]s DVD BonusMaterial is what is supposedly Tuxedo Mask's origin. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALhzfSyVGmc Here]] is Mamoru suiting up as his costumed alter-ego... depicted in the style of a TransformationSequence.

* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' did a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake movie trailer]] for a movie about infrastructure maintenance done int he style of a disaster move.