History Narm / SilentHill

*** Kaufmann is a CompleteMonster in other games, but a complete ham in this game. We'll just mention his bizarre sex rant. "'''THE TIGER IN SPACE!'''" which he then ends with "You know, people who get enough don't need analysis. And you clearly are not getting enough."
** Made even worse knowing the ending. [[spoiler:He's not talking to Harry, he's talking to Cheryl. Basically he was telling a girl in her late teens to early 20s that she should have more sex to solve her psychological problems. Uh......what?]]

* "Shut your [[GoshDangItToHeck stinking]] mouth, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH]]!" Konami has no moral qualms about [[spoiler:showing one woman throw up a demon fetus and then have another woman swallow it]], but they draw the line at a PrecisionFStrike? Such harsh language was uncommon for video games at the time, but come ''on''... way to spoil the moment.

* A climactic scene from ''3'' comes to mind, when Heather, who isn't quite as derpy as her father was, still derps a little when someone is murdered before her very eyes and ''then'' she ''asks the murderer'', "What did you ''do?!'' Why, [[spoiler:Claudia was just helping Vincent scratch an itch]], of course. [[SarcasmMode Why ever would you suspect anything else]]?

** Made even worse knowing the ending. [[spoiler:He's not talking to Harry, he's talking to Cheryl. Basically he was telling a girl in her late teens to early 20s that she should have more sex to solve her psychological problems. Uh......[[FlatWhat what?]]]]

** In the second part, there are some panels where the main character looks like he's been traced off of ChristopherEccleston of ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' fame. Then there's the confrontation with an evil doctor who looks ''just like'' ChristianBale, and, in the next panel featuring him, it's the exact same image, only flipped. It certainly takes the reader out of the experience a bit.

* The comics aren't immune to narm. ''The Hunger'', a bonus "motion comic" in ''The Silent Hill Experience'', is a nigh-apocalyptic epic, but has some [[OffModel weird art in places]]. The very first panel shows the main character "walking" through a foggy Silent Hill by literally ''sliding'' across the screen. It looks like one of those {{Newgrounds}} games that {{Retsupurae}} would poke fun at.

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* Even the most horrifying of cutscenes in ''3'' can be made into Narm by suiting Heather up in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH95w1WdyJg Princess Heart costume]].
** Don't forget ''Origins'', where Travis can run around in a freaking ''dog suit''.
* "Shut your [[GoshDangItToHeck stinking]] mouth, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH]]!" Konami has no moral qualms about [[spoiler:showing one woman throw up a demon fetus and then have another woman swallow it]], but they draw the line at a PrecisionFStrike? Such harsh language was uncommon for video games at the time, but come ''on''... way to spoil the moment.
* The cutscene in ''Shattered Memories'' where Harry meets up with Michelle in the bar. After Michelle says a few things about how her relationship wasn't what she thought it was, it then cuts to a shot of Harry, whose staring-off-into-space expression indicates that he wasn't paying attention.
*** There's also calling for Cheryl in the first area. "Cheryl? Cheryl? Sweetie? CHERYYYYL!"
*** Kaufmann is a CompleteMonster in other games, but a complete ham in this game. We'll just mention his bizarre sex rant. "'''THE TIGER IN SPACE!'''" which he then ends with "You know, people who get enough don't need analysis. And you clearly are not getting enough."
** Made even worse knowing the ending. [[spoiler:He's not talking to Harry, he's talking to Cheryl. Basically he was telling a girl in her late teens to early 20s that she should have more sex to solve her psychological problems. Uh......[[FlatWhat what?]]]]

* "Eddie, have you gone nuts??"
*** "Eddie, you can't kill someone just for the way they looked at you!" This delivered like a kindergarten teacher to a child, swapping "kill" for, maybe "push".
** "I'm kind of lost." (incredibly long pause) "...Lost?"

* Every single one of Claudia's lines, not helped at all by the glorious FakeBrit accent. The maker of a LetsPlay of the game was so amused by it that every subsequent instance of the word "God" was instead spelled as "Gawd", ''even in direct transcripts from the game''.
** What's worse is that Claudia's accent doesn't even make sense, [[FridgeLogic when you think about it]]. Her father, Leonard, does not have a British accent, and Silent Hill is in America. You could argue that Claudia lived in England for some time, but do you really see someone as nuts as she living anywhere else but her rust and blood ridden "paradise?"
*** What's weird is how Claudia [[spoiler:and Alessa]] have British accents when neither of their parents seem to. Double weirdness/{{Retcon}} points in [[spoiler: Alessa's case since she '''didn't even have''' a British accent in the first game or in ''Origins'']].
*** "It was foretold by gyromancy!" Just sounds like some random divinity mumbo-jumbo, right? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromancy This is Gyromancy.]] You are now picturing Dahlia spinning around in circles and falling over again and again and again.
**** Probably they made it this way deliberately - Dahlia's absolutely nuts, so she WOULD foretell something that way.
* The fourth game has Henry's epic-level DullSurprise reaction to everything from people being brutally murdered in front of him to [[spoiler:discovering the corpse of the murderer in his apartment]].

** A climactic scene from ''3'' comes to mind, when Heather, who isn't quite as derpy as her father was, still derps pretty hard when someone is murdered before her very eyes and ''then'' she ''asks the murderer'', "What did you ''do?!'' Why, [[spoiler:Claudia was just helping Vincent scratch an itch]], of course. [[SarcasmMode Why ever would you suspect anything else]]?

* While the games' soundtracks are excellent for the most part, it is kind of amusing when MaryElizabethMcGlynn informs us (in "I Want Love") that "[her] Swiss cheese heart knooooows! Only kindness can fill its hoooooles!" (Swiss cheese, really?)
* In ''2'', James' random yell just before [[spoiler:the two Pyramid Heads kill Maria is definitely narm]].
* ''Downpour'' has its fair share of narm. Every time Murphy screams, he sounds ridiculous. And then there's the childish "Get away from me!" he'll do on occasion. But the most notable mention goes to when he has the flashback of Charlie's death in the prison. [[SkywardScream "CHARLIIIIEEEEE!!!"]] Then we get treated to an awkward closeup of a little girl screaming. The models definitely don't do it justice.

** In the second part, there are some panels where the main character looks like he's been traced off of ChristopherEccleston of ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' fame. Then there's the confrontation with an evil doctor who looks ''just like'' ChristianBale, and, in the next panel featuring him, it's the exact same image, only flipped. It certainly takes the reader out of the experience a bit.

*** How about the mysterious caller's ''voice''? No jury would convict you for barking out "Holy shit, it's Woody Allen!" he starts singing "Happy Birthday to You."

*** How about the mysterious caller's ''voice''? This editor and his brother both barked out "It's Woody Allen!" nearly in unison as he started singing "Happy Birthday to You."

** YourMileageMayVary on that one...a lot.

** "Shut your [[GoshDangItToHeck stinking]] mouth, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH]]!" Konami has no moral qualms about [[spoiler:showing one woman throw up a demon fetus and then have another woman swallow it]], but they draw the line at a PrecisionFStrike? Such harsh language was uncommon for video games at the time, but come ''on''... way to spoil the moment.
** There's also the cutscene in ''Shattered Memories'' where Harry meets up with Michelle in the bar. After Michelle says a few things about how her relationship wasn't what she thought it was, it then cuts to a shot of Harry, whose staring-off-into-space expression indicates that he wasn't paying attention.

** "Eddie, have you gone nuts??"

** "MY DAUGHTER WILL BE THE MOTHER OF GOD!" Actually, every single one of Dahlia's lines.
*** And every single one of Claudia's lines, not helped at all by the glorious FakeBrit accent. The maker of a LetsPlay of the game was so amused by it that every subsequent instance of the word "God" was instead spelled as "Gawd", ''even in direct transcripts from the game''.
*** What's worse is that Claudia's accent doesn't even make sense, [[FridgeLogic when you think about it]]. Her father, Leonard, does not have a British accent, and Silent Hill is in America. You could argue that Claudia lived in England for some time, but do you really see someone as nuts as she living anywhere else but her rust and blood ridden "paradise?"

** The fourth game has Henry's epic-level DullSurprise reaction to everything from people being brutally murdered in front of him to [[spoiler:discovering the corpse of the murderer in his apartment]].
** The second game has Pyramid Head's raping of the town's monsters, which, while [[NightmareFuel terrifying]], is so insanely out of place that one can't help but laugh, especially the second time when the monster being raped is ''moaning in pleasure'' (apparently even abominations wrapped in their own skin [[MemeticMolester like it]]).
** In ''3'', Heather answers a payphone in a locker and some never-identified man wishes her a happy 31st/24th birthday and an extremely bizarre one-sided conversation ensues. All Heather can say after he hangs up? "...But you're wrong. It's not my birthday." Interesting thing to focus on.

*** A climactic scene from ''3'' comes to mind, when Heather, who isn't quite as derpy as her father was, still derps pretty hard when someone is murdered before her very eyes and ''then'' she ''asks the murderer'', "What did you ''do?!'' Why, [[spoiler:Claudia was just helping Vincent scratch an itch]], of course. [[SarcasmMode Why ever would you suspect anything else]]?
** Cynthia's death scene in ''4'' features the very spine-chilling and sad piece "Room Of Angel", actually a theme of the game's main antagonist - both the music and lyrics make it a TearJerker in that context, but as for Cynthia's death, the ''music'' may provide effective tone, but if you notice the lyrics in that situation? "Here's a lullaby to close your eyes/It was always you that I despised/I don't feel enough for you to cry." [[SarcasmMode Why, thank you.]]
** ''Homecoming'' had few moments of full-on narm, but "You gotta be shittin' me!" is not something you should say when encountering a new monster type if you want to keep the eerie atmosphere intact. It doesn't help that this line is, word for word, something Travis Touchdown also said in {{No More Heroes}} [[spoiler:while being ambushed on the toilet]].
*** Alex Shepherd is in a mostly abandoned town that is riddled with chasms blocking all exits to the town, and the only means of departure is by boat. However, in spite of encountering killer monsters, in addition to the previously mentioned problems with the town, he can inspect an old beat-up vehicle and wonder "Why hasn't this been towed? It's clearly broken down." Seriously Alex, is that what's on your mind at that moment?

** While I don't think it's very narmy, one can not ignore the scene where the otherwise very reserved Alex pulls a [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] and asks Mayor Bartlett, "Where... ''is''... my... '''BROTHER'''?!"

* Even the most horrifying of cutscenes in ''SilentHill3'' (hmm, where did I put that fetus?) can be made into Narm by suiting Heather up in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH95w1WdyJg Princess Heart costume]].
** Don't forget ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'', where Travis can run around in a freaking ''dog suit''.

** There's also the cutscene in Shattered Memories where Harry meets up with Michelle in the bar. After Michelle says a few things about how her relationship wasn't what she thought it was, it then cuts to a shot of Harry, whose staring-off-into-space expression indicates that he wasn't paying attention.

*** Kaufmann is a CompleteMonster in other games, but a complete ham in this game. We'll just mention his bizarre sex rant. "'''THE TIGER IN SPACE!'''" which he then ends with "You know, people who get enough don't need analysis. And you clearly aren't getting enough... Let's see this through."
** Made even worse knowing the ending. [[spoiler: He's not talking to Harry, he's talking to Cheryl. Basically he was telling a girl in her mid-teens to early 20s that she should have more sex to solve her psychological problems. Uh......[[FlatWhat what?]]]]
* So much of the dialogue and the voice acting in the ''SilentHill''. However, many fans find a certain [[NarmCharm charm in the narm]]. "Huh, radio. What's going on with that radio?"
** "From now on, if anyone makes fun of me, I'LL KILL THEM. Just like that..." "Eddie, have you gone nuts?"
*** "Eddie, you can't kill someone just for the way they looked at you." This delivered like a kindergarten teacher to a child, swapping "kill" for, maybe "push".

*** What's weird is how Claudia [[spoiler: and Alessa]] have British accents when neither of their parents seem to. Double weirdness/{{Retcon}} points in [[spoiler: Alessa's case since she '''didn't even have''' a British accent in the first game or in ''0rigins'']].

** The fourth game has Henry's epic-level DullSurprise reaction to everything from people being brutally murdered in front of him to [[spoiler:discovering the corpse of the murderer in his apartment.]]

** In ''SilentHill3'', Heather answers a payphone in a locker and some never-identified man wishes her a happy 31st/24th birthday and an extremely bizarre one-sided conversation ensues. All Heather can say after he hangs up? "...But it's not my birthday." Interesting thing to focus on.
*** [[SpongebobSquarepants "It's not…my…BIRTHDAAAAY!"]]

*** A climactic scene from ''SilentHill3'' comes to mind, when Heather, who isn't quite as derpy as her father was, still derps pretty hard when someone is murdered before her very eyes and ''then'' she ''asks the murderer'', "What did you ''do?!'' D:" Why, [[spoiler:Claudia was just helping Vincent scratch an itch]], of course. [[SarcasmMode Why ever would you suspect anything else]]?
** Cynthia's death scene in ''SilentHill4'' features the very spine-chilling and sad piece "Room Of Angel", actually a theme of the game's main antagonist - both the music and lyrics make it a TearJerker in that context, but as for Cynthia's death, the ''music'' may provide effective tone, but if you notice the lyrics in that situation? "Here's a lullaby to close your eyes/It was always you that I despised/I don't feel enough for you to cry." [[SarcasmMode Why, thank you.]]
** {{Silent Hill Homecoming}} had few moments of full-on narm, but "You gotta be shittin' me!" is not something you should say when encountering a new monster type if you want to keep the eerie atmosphere intact. It doesn't help that this line is, word for word, something Travis Touchdown also said in {{No More Heroes}} [[spoiler:while being ambushed on the toilet]].

* In ''Silent Hill 2'', James' random yell just before [[spoiler:the two Pyramid Heads kill Maria is definitely narm]].

** The second game has Pyramid Head's raping of the town's monsters, which, while [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel terrifying]], is so insanely out of place that one can't help but laugh, especially the second time when the monster being raped is ''moaning in pleasure'' (apparently even abominations wrapped in their own skin [[MemeticMolester like it]]).

** In the second part, there are some panels where the main character looks like he's been traced off of ChristopherEccleston of ''DoctorWho'' and ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' fame. Then there's the confrontation with an evil doctor who looks ''just like'' ChristianBale, and, in the next panel featuring him, it's the exact same image, only flipped. It certainly takes the reader out of the experience a bit.

*** What's weird is how Claudia [[spoiler: and Alessa]] had British accents when neither of their parents seem to. Double weirdness/{{Retcon}} points in [[spoiler: Alessa's case since she '''didn't even have''' a British accent in the first game]].

* In ''Silent Hill 2'', James' random yell just before [[spoiler:the two Pyramid Heads kill Maria is definitely narm]].

** Don't forget ''SilentHillOrigins'', where Travis can run around in a freaking ''dog suit''.

*** TheyJustDidntCare. That whole game was an empty echo of the first. The villain in that game had a British accent, inexplicably, so Claudia followed suit. It seems that many members of the Silent Hill cult have a British accent, which may mean that their society is so "pure" that they never shook their ancestors' original accents. It should be noted that Alessa had a British accent, too.
*** That makes it sound like the entire cult is completely in-bred. Which may actually explain a thing or two...
*** [[FridgeHorror OH GOD THAT MAKES SENSE]]

* While the games' soundtracks are excellent for the most part, it is kind of amusing when MaryElizabethMcGlynn informs us (in "I Want Love") that "[her] Swiss cheese heart knooooows! Only kindness can fill its hoooooles!" (Swiss cheese, really?)

*** Kaufmann is a CompleteMonster in other games, but a complete ham in this game. We'll just mention his bizarre sex rant. "'''THE TIGER IN SPACE!'''" which he then ends with "You know, people who get enough don't need analysis. And you clearly aren't getting enough..... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Let's see this through]]."

*** And every single one of Claudia's lines, not helped at all by the glorious FakeBrit accent. The maker of a [=~Let's Play~=] of the game was so amused by it that every subsequent instance of the word "God" was instead spelled as "Gawd", ''even in direct transcripts from the game''.

*** [=~They Just Didn't Care~=]. That whole game was an empty echo of the first. The villain in that game had a British accent, inexplicably, so Claudia followed suit. It seems that many members of the Silent Hill cult have a British accent, which may mean that their society is so "pure" that they never shook their ancestors' original accents. It should be noted that Alessa had a British accent, too.