History Narm / SilentHill

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of the titular town's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. We repeat: A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] ''Out of all things''. Not only does it come out of nowhere with little to no characterization, but the damn thing's design [[https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Alessa%27s_Dream sticks out like a sore thumb among the rest of the game's creatures,]] looking like something you'd fight in ''VideoGames/WorldOfWarcraft'' or ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'']]

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of the titular town's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. We repeat: A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] ''Out of all things''. Not only does it come out of nowhere with little to no characterization, but the final boss's design sticks out like a sore thumb among the rest of the game's creatures, looking like something you'd encounter in ''VideoGames/WorldOfWarcraft'' or ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'']]

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of the titular town's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. We repeat: A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] Out of all things, why did it have to be a BigRedDevil that looks like '''it just crawled out of''' '''''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''''''''''?!''''']]

* [[NightmareRetardant If you want to sleep soundly]]even after playing this game, note that you can have Travis run around in a freaking ''dog suit''.

* [[NightmareRetardant If you want to sleep soundly]]even after playing this game, note that you can have Travis run around in a freaking ''[[dog suit''.

* If you want to sleep soundly even after playing this game, note that you can have Travis run around in a freaking ''dog suit''.

* Travis can run around in a freaking ''dog suit''.

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of the titular town's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. We repeat: A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] Out of all things, '''why did it have to be a''' '''BigRedDevil''' '''that looks like it just crawled out of''' '''''World of Warcraft?!''''']]

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of the titular town's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] Out of all things, '''why did it have to be a''' '''BigRedDevil''' '''that looks like it just crawled out of''' '''''World of Warcraft?!''''']]

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of the titular town's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] Out of all things, '''why did it have to be a''' '''BigRedDevil''' '''that looks like it just crawled out of''' '''''World of Warcraft?!'''']]

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of Silent Hill's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]]''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] Out of all things, '''why did it have to be a''' '''BigRedDevil''' '''that looks like it just crawled out of''' '''''World of Warcraft?!'''']]

* In a game filled with grotesque, twisted monstrosities that reflect the psyche of Silent Hill's inhabitants, you'd expect the final boss to be at least equally or more horrifying than the rest. Now prepare yourself for your greatest foe yet, one that is bound to haunt your dreams to your very grave: [[spoiler: A BigRedDevil. A [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Red.]] [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Devil.]] Out of all things, '''why did it have to be a''' '''BigRedDevil''' '''that looks like it just crawled out of''' '''''World of Warcraft?!'''']]

* The final boss comes out of nowhere - showing up in a dream after Travis crashes a ritual and gets gassed. It's literally just a big red demon and clashes with the rest of the bosses, which are actually pretty frightening.

* On the open streets of the town after dark, you'll sometimes get ambushed by Mannequins that appear from over various gates and fences. What makes it narmy is that they don't leap over, but instead are passively hurled across, as though they were just booted out of a nightclub by bouncers.

* James' random yell just before [[spoiler:the two Pyramid Heads kill Maria is definitely narm]].
** He strains a bit on the line just before that, sounding a little nasily

** And then there's James' own thoughts on the matter. Special mention to how he practically spits out the word "Pizza":

** Several players noted that the mysterious caller's voice bears an amusing resemblance to {{Woody Allen}}'s. Although, this may push it back into NightmareFuel territory when you remember that Heather is underaged...

* 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 WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} would poke fun at.

** What killed it for me was the immortal line, "Are you okay?" Which was so out of place that I cracked up on my first playthrough. It's hard to take the scene seriously when Henry is asking a woman who is not only covered in blood, but has covered the room in her blood, if she's okay.

* The person who reviewed the game for the ''Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine'' regarded the Closer monsters as this, dismissing them as big sock monkeys in an otherwise positive review (four-and-a-half stars out of five).

* ''Homecoming'' has 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 the second part, there are some panels where the main character looks like he's been traced off of Creator/ChristopherEccleston of ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' fame. Then there's the confrontation with an evil doctor who looks ''just like'' Creator/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.

*** Probably they made it this way deliberately - Dahlia's absolutely nuts, so she WOULD foretell something that way.

--> '''Tina:''' Hey, these aren't human, are they?
--> '''Eric:''' No. I don't even wanna think about it.

* Kaufmann is 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."