History Narm / UminekoWhenTheyCry

* The infamous "small bombs" defense in EP 4. While it's not technically impossible to make some sort of device that bursts the stomach open from inside, thus getting the argument accepted, it'd be quite an endlessly sophisticated device to damage the front of the stomach only. But the best part is Battler wrapping it up with "I refuse to explain!" It's treated with mockery, both in and out of universe.

* The infamous "small bombs" defense in EP4. While it's not technically impossible to make some sort of device that bursts the stomach open from inside, thus getting the argument accepted, it'd be quite an endlessly sophisticated device to damage the front of the stomach only. But the best part is Battler wrapping it up with "I refuse to explain!" It's treated with mockery, both in and out of universe.

* To one of Battler's arguments in EP 3, Beatrice reacts with [[ThisCannotBe shock]], while Renove claims he has learned the Multi-layered Worlds Reduction Technique from Virgilia. All he said is that he simply can't trust that the magic battle he was shown really happened, which isn't an unreasonable use of logic.

%% ** Speaking of Erika, many scenes with her are made unintentionally hilarious with the addition of voice acting. "DEMO DAMEEEEEE, WEHWEHWEHWEHWEHWEEEEH!"

* During some of the more "horrific" scenes of the anime, the expressions of the dead and/or horrified characters were just ridiculously exaggerated.
* Witch Hunt, your FanTranslation of the [[VisualNovel sound novels]] is superb, but did you ''have'' to refer to the theoretical construct within which UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat resides as a "cat box"? Schrodinger's cat box - completely eliminates odors, because you don't know whether you have to clean it until you open it! It's a testament to the power of Ryukishi's writing that such an incongruous phrase doesn't kill all drama every time it crops up.
* Rosa's reaction to Maria making Sakutaro 'talk' is hilarious... it looks like she's having a seizure.
** That she keeps ranting about the "stuffed animaaaaaaaaaall!" doesn't help; it's begging for a [[Film/MommieDearest "NO STUFFED ANIMAAAAAAAAAAALS EVEEEEEEEEEER!"]] joke.
** Rosa tearing Sakutaro apart is meant to be horrible and tragic, and it is...but in the manga, it's followed by Rosa declaring "SAKUTARO IS DEAD." with a deadpan looking expression ''while shoving Sakutaro's severed head right in Maria's face'', turning it into a moment that CrossesTheLineTwice.
* For all his otherwise excellent performance, every time Creator/DaisukeOno has to make a long scream in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version is almost guaranteed to be pure narm. [[http://youtu.be/BVXJvrQ0-J0?t=3m9s This scene from Episode 5's ???? is a perfect example.]]
* In Ep 6, after Battler allows Erika to use her seals [[spoiler:after being [[BatmanGambit "tricked"]] by her and witches]], she strikes a pose and declares [[LargeHam "......... I... Furudo Erika......... have duct tape...!!"]]
** Speaking of Erika, many scenes with her are made unintentionally hilarious with the addition of voice acting. "DEMO DAMEEEEEE, WEHWEHWEHWEHWEHWEEEEH!"

* The narm moments aren't exclusive to the anime. Many scenes where characters are killed off and where they find bodies are corny as hell in the {{visual novel}} as well. Also: Kinzo. Just...Kinzo.
---> "[[LargeHam BEATORIIICEEEEE!!!]]"

* In the fourth arc of the anime, [[spoiler:George and Jessica are each facing their respective tests to see if they're worthy to be the family head. They both challenge the demons/furniture/whatever that are administering their tests while they are being teleported around with some sort of black hole things. In the end, the two are teleported to a point where their attacks would hit each other, but Jessica ''punches through George''.]] As if that wasn't over the top, [[spoiler: George's kick ''rips off half of Jessica's face''.]]
* The amount of [[MaleGaze focus]] on the chests of the female cast in the first arc of the anime during serious scenes, such as death scenes.
* Even the manga can fall victim to this, with its depictions of Beatrice's facial expressions. All of the witches facial expressions, really.
** In EP 7 of the manga, [[spoiler:the expression on Ange's face as she's having her FreakOut screaming over the truth of what befell her family 12 years ago being confirmed in red, while bleeding and starting to break apart into scrap meat. You feel like when Bernkastel mockingly says "What a lovely expression, one that'll keep me laughing for about a hundred years!", you should not be inclined to ''agree with her.'']]
* The [[http://umineko.wikia.com/wiki/File:Battler.jpg VN's character designs]] are hard to take seriously, especially compared to [[http://umineko.wikia.com/wiki/File:Battler_mugshot.jpg the anime.]]

** In the first arc. Natsuhi is getting a cruel verbal smackdown from Eva, and then "Waaa-AAAAAAA-aa-AAAAAA-h".
** In The Fourth arc of the VN, as Rosa admits [[spoiler:she hates Maria: "I hate you, loathe you...!!! And until now, I've never really loved you even once!!! Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!"]] Way to ruin one of the most intense moments of the entire series...?

* One scene in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' was, in the original game, incredibly tense. After all sorts of murders have taken place and the remaining characters have found and locked themselves into what they think is a safe haven, [[spoiler:they receive another letter from "Beatrice" and, to protect the apparently innocent characters' safety, shove the four who were near the table where the letter appeared out the door]]. Great drama, right? Yeah, but the anime has a giant [[RunningGag mackerel can]] staring you in the face next to the letter for most of the scene.
* The demonic witch familiars who can kill without fail take the form of... girls and bunny-girls wearing [[{{Fanservice}} fanserving outfits]] and goat-head OneHitPointWonder butler soldiers. [[MoodWhiplash What the?]]
* During the anime, there was a note left by Beatrice to taunt the family. It could have been chilling, but the viewers were shown a downright hilarious (albeit annoying) picture of Beatrice laughing at them. All tension was ruined.
* The Tea Party in the second arc:
** Beatrice [[spoiler:force-feeds Rosa her siblings' body parts]] to drive her to accept that Beatrice is a witch and that magic exists. [[spoiler:This goes from Krauss' blood, to Eva's tongue, to a fish that was stuffed into the ''hollowed-out skin of Rudolf's face''. After that, she reveals the last dish: Rosa's daughter Maria's ''severed head'']]. The whole scene is horrifying. But then [[spoiler:Maria's head starts dancing around on the plate and talking...]]
** The Drama is killed off for good when Meta-Battler arrives and says he'd like to have Beatrice's "Cow-tits" in a sandwich; that, however, might have been [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome intentional]].
** There's also Beatrice's line, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIJRAcVf5tY IT'S]] [[GratuitousEnglish PARFEKKTO!]]"
* Then there's Maria's [[{{Flanderization}} ridiculously exaggerated]] CreepyChild traits. In the original sound novels, her devotion to Beatrice and [[spoiler:minimal reaction to her mother Rosa's death]] slowly build up to something scary. In the anime, the producers apparently decided that this would be too subtle. Far more {{slasher smile}}s are added than strictly necessary. They might have been scary if they were tuned down a bit; but when she grins like [[Manga/SoulEater Medusa]] over everything? Every time she reacts in a weird way, it quickly becomes both stupid and hilarious.
* In the original visual novel and the manga, Eva-Beatrice's ways of torturing Rosa and Maria are utterly horrifying. In the anime, they're comical. The ocean of jelly is replaced by a giant gelatin flan plopping onto them, and rather than getting crushed by gradually piling layers of cake, a giant cake just falls from the sky with "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVA-BEATRICE!" written on it. The bit with the spider is excised entirely. All of this makes Battler's subsequent ThisIsUnforgivable reaction laughable.
* At the end of the fourth arc, Battler confronts Beato with theories about how the murders could be committed. The first problem is his [[MemeticMutation infamously]] silly explanation for the "human pinatas" in [=EP2=]. But the anime adds an extra layer of accidental hilarity shortly afterward: [[spoiler:Battler's blue truth has been basically beating Beato around like a ragdoll, and when he gives explanations for all four arcs so far, a giant spike comes out of the ground and impales her.]] Unfortunately, the drama is killed because the bow on the neckline of her PimpedOutDress [[spoiler: is pinned neatly on the end of the spike.]]
* Also at the end of the fourth arc in the anime comes [[spoiler: Ange's death]], which could've been the [[TearJerker moving]] scene it was originally intended to be... [[spoiler: had the director not chosen to focus on blood running down her ''thighs''.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GD5ihiLF94 Others]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyn0DQ_VWhA noticed the implications]].

* Rosa's reaction to Maria making Sakutaro 'talk' is hilarious... it looks like she's having a seizure. That she keeps ranting about the "stuffed animaaaaaaaaaall!" doesn't help; it's begging for a [[Film/MommieDearest "NO STUFFED ANIMAAAAAAAAAAALS EVEEEEEEEEEER!"]] joke.

* Rosa's reaction to Maria making Sakutaro 'talk' is hilarious... it looks like she's having a seizure. That she keeps ranting about the "stuffed aaaaaanimal!" doesn't help; it's begging for a [[Film/MommieDearest "NO STUFFED AAAAAANIMALS EVEEEEEER!"]] joke.

* Rosa's reaction to Maria making Sakutaro 'talk' is hilarious... it looks like she's having a seizure. That she keeps ranting about the "stuffed aaaaaanimal!" doesn't help; it's begging for a [[Film/MommyDearest "NO STUFFED AAAAAANIMALS EVEEEEEER!"]] joke.

* Rosa's reaction to Maria making Sakutaro 'talk' is hilarious... it looks like she's having a seizure.

* The narm moments aren't exclusive to the anime. Many scenes where characters are killed off and where they find bodies are corny as hell in the {{visual novel}} as well.

* Even the manga can fall victim to this, with its depictions of Beatrice's facial expressions.