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6[[caption-width-right:300:Creator/NickNolte takes it [[ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt a bit]] too [[VisualPun literally]].]]
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8->'''Tom:''' Chocolate? Did you say '''chocolate'''?!\
9'''Patrick:''' Yes, sir! With or without nuts.\
10'''Tom:''' Chocolate?! ''CHOCOLATE?!'' '''''CHOOOOCOOOOOOLAAAAAATE!''''' '''''CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE!'''''
11-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsChocolateWithNutsMermaidManAndBarnacleBoyV Chocolate with Nuts]]"
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13'''ACTING''' with '''EMPHASIS'''. Nearly any emotion will do here, so long as it's '''EXTREME!'''
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15A common term for a scene where an actor's acting so damn hard that they're picking bits of scenery out of their teeth for days. Sometimes scenes can actually require this, but more often the actor and/or director just has the character go over the top. This can include BerserkButton, FreakOut, and other exaggerated emotions.
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17While this can often be a bad thing and [[LevelBreaker ruin]] [[{{Narm}} a scene]], just as often it can add to the fun, whether a work is SoBadItsGood or genuinely good. In a PoliceProcedural, this will often be due to a PerpSweating or an ExasperatedPerp.
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19A SisterTrope to {{Melodrama}}. Compare {{Narm}} and NarmCharm. Contrast DullSurprise (emotionless moments when emotion is called for), DramaticDeadpan (when the dramatic punch is from how low key it's presented). Not to be confused with ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt (actually munching on the scenery) or TrashTheSet.
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21It's well worth noting that this trope is also [[FountainOfMemes one of the biggest causes of memes]].
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23!!A SuperTrope to:
24[[index]]
25* AtomicFBomb
26* BigDamnHeroes: Some heroes can be hammy while rescuing someone from danger.
27* BigEntrance
28* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Chewing the scenery [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext without sense]], it came the [[AssPull hell out of no where]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse it disappears in the end]].
29* BigNever
30* BigNo
31* BigOMG
32* BigShutUp
33* BigWhat
34* BigWhy
35* BigWordShout
36* BigYes
37* BoisterousBruiser: Kicking ass, and chewing scenery.
38* {{Camp}}
39* ColdHam
40* ComicalOverreacting
41* DeskSweepOfRage
42* DramaQueen
43* EvilIsHammy
44* EvilLaugh: '''MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!'''
45* FlippingTheTable: Dramatically flipping a table to overexpress anger
46* GainaxEnding: a generally over-the-top ending that makes [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext little to no sense]].
47* {{Gasp}}
48* GoblinFace: Making up your face to an absurd degree while overacting.
49* HamAndCheese: In an otherwise cheesy or campy situation.
50* HammyHerald
51* HamToHamCombat: Who can out-overact the other?
52* IncomingHam: Did someone order a '''''LargeHam?!'''''
53* LargeHam: Actor does this throughout (a performance, or a career).
54* LargeHamAnnouncer
55* LargeHamRadio
56* LargeHamTitle: Even the mere mention of their name brings out the ham.
57* LaughingMad
58* MicrophoneSwinging
59* MilkingTheGiantCow: Theatrical stage gestures.
60* MundaneMadeAwesome
61* NoIndoorVoice
62* PunctuatedForEmphasis
63* SayMyName: ''"KHAAAN!" / "MY NAME IS X!!!!"''
64* SlowNo
65* SkywardScream: Often combined with one of the above.
66* SuddenlyShouting
67* SweepingTheTable
68* TheHamSquad
69* VillainousBreakdown: "No! ThisCannotBe"
70* WildTake: [[ExaggeratedTrope Over-the-top]] and [[ZanyCartoon cartoony]] facial reactions. "AAUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!"
71* WorldOfHam: The 'verse itself requires it.
72* YouExclamation
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75!!Example subpages:
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77[[index]]
78* ChewingTheScenery/AnimeAndManga
79* [[ChewingTheScenery/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
80* ChewingTheScenery/LiveActionTV
81* ChewingTheScenery/VideoGames
82* ChewingTheScenery/WesternAnimation
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85!!Other examples:
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87[[foldercontrol]]
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89[[folder:Comic Books]]
90* Back in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, chewing the scenery was pretty much the default; characters and narration alike were always hamming it up and often indulging in PurpleProse. See anything by Creator/JackKirby or Creator/StanLee, both of whom practically exemplified this trope in American comics (hell, Stan Lee qualifies for this ''in real life'' while he’s at it). [[{{Retraux}} Homages]] to the era often [[AffectionateParody parody this]].
91-->”[[ComicBook/NewGods There came a time when the Old Gods died]]! The brave died with the cunning! The noble perished, locked in battle with the unleashed evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust! The final moment came with the fatal release of the indescribable power — which tore the home of the Old Gods asunder — split it in great halves — and filled the universe with the blinding death-flash of its destruction! In the end there were two giant molten bodies, spinning slow and barren — clean of all that had gone before — adrift in the fading sounds of cosmic thunder... Silence closed upon what had happened — a long, deep silence — wrapped in massive darkness... it was this way for an age... THEN—THERE WAS NEW LIGHT!"
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94[[folder:Fan Works]]
95* In ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'', the normally deadpan Noah is oblivious to the fact that he's hamming up the delivery when he gives a [[RousingSpeech flowery blank verse speech]] based on the “[[Theatre/HenryV St. Crispin’s Day]]” speech during the dodgeball match. TheStoryteller also notes that “a swell of dramatic music” accompanied Noah's speech in the finished episode.
96* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'' the Emperor's new, {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le form allows him to chew the scenery more often than not, even when he's under enemy fire, especially as he has NoIndoorVoice now. Dante also has his moment during the canyon battle, when he theatrically pretends to blow Orks with his pistol (they explode because of mines on the ground).
97* Basically everyone in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' does this at some point, but Snape really takes the cake and throws it away in favor of some delicious scenery.
98-->'''Snape:''' [[IncomingHam WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE?!]]
99* ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'' gives us everyone in The City of OC, but special mention goes to '''JEFFIROTH''', who says all his lines with all-caps NoIndoorVoice flavor (sometimes bolded for no particular reason), punctuated with some SmugSnake, all while a 100-piece orchestra conducted by Creator/NobuoUematsu plays in the background as he gives a long speech about how the three Nobody heroes are blights upon the world that need to be destroyed.
100* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BoysAndGirls'':
101** Lori actually ''picks Lincoln up'' and shouts when she thinks he's cheating on Ronnie Anne.
102** She then lies on the floor and begs Lincoln to take her on his "date with Hugh", then rants about Hugh poetically.
103* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Wedding Reception," Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino tear up the dance floor in a spectacularly over-the-top dance performance. Malcolm, the actor who plays Dr. Calico on the ''Bolt'' TV show and himself a LargeHam, reacts by claiming Bolt is practically the only guest who can easily out-ham him.
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106[[folder:Films — Animation]]
107* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''!
108** Bonus points to Lilo for doing it on an actual [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNj1XTnXc_M stage]]
109** If I fed Pudge tuna '''''It'd be an ABOMINATION!!!!'''''
110** Nani's [[BreakTheCutie breakdown]] after [[spoiler:Lilo is abducted by Gantu]]: [[spoiler: "LILO! SHE'S A LITTLE GIRL, THIS BIG, BROWN EYES, AND WAS HANGING AROUND WITH THAT ''THING!!''" (referring to Stitch)]]
111* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'':
112** When Hades gets mad, he will literally get fired up, as in blowing flames in all directions.
113** And then there're the Titans...
114--->'''Hades:''' Brothers! Titans! Look at you, in your squalid prison! Who put you down there?\
115'''Titans:''' ''ZEUS!''\
116'''Hades:''' And now that I set you free, what's the first thing you're going to do?\
117'''Titans:''' '''DESTROY HIM!!!!'''\
118'''Hades:''' Good answer.
119* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'':
120** Grendel, perpetually shrieking and moaning and having difficulty walking.
121** "They SAY... you have a MONSTAH here? They SAY... your land is cursed! My name is [[SayMyName Beowulf]]. I am here to kill your MONSTAH!"
122* Maleficent in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'':
123** "''''' No! IT CANNOT BE!!!!!!'''''"
124** "''' Now you shall deal with ME O Prince... AND ALL THE POWERS OF ''HELL!!!!!!!!! AHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!'''''"
125* Cruella [=DeVille=] in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'':
126** "Poison them, drown them, bash them on the head. Got any chloroform? I don't care how you kill the little beasts, just DO IT!!!!! '''AND DO IT NOW!!!!!'''"
127* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' has Aladdin going all cool to the onlookers as Prince Ali. He's got to look his best and he delivers, though he doesn't say anything big.
128** Once [[BigBad Jafar]] gets his hands on the magic lamp, he goes all out big and loud, especially when he wishes to be "THE MOST POWERFUL SORCERER IN THE WORLD". And then, there's him becoming a genie, courtesy of his third and final wish...
129-->'''Genie!Jafar:''' Yeeessss...! YEEEESSSSS!!! THE POWER...!!!!! (EvilLaugh) ''THE ABSOLUTE POWEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!!'' '''[[AGodAmI THE UNIVERSE IS MINE TO COMMAAAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!]] ''[[EvilIsHammy TO CONTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]'''''
130* Agnes in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7W6BaNs_I ITTT'SSS SOOOOO FLUFFFFYYY I'M GONNNAAAA DIEEE.]]
131* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', while Abby can and does speak at a normal volume, she can still be ''very'' loud whenever she gets particularly excited or angry (which, given her HotBlooded personality, is often).
132* Bowser in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''. Full stop.
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135[[folder:Music]]
136* The music video for Al B. Sure!'s ''Nite and day'' has to be seen to be believed. The man is animated, to say the least.
137* [[Music/ShirleyBassey Burly Chassis]] is the musical equivalent; after recording "Goldfinger", she probably needed AGlassOfChianti to wash down all the soundproofing in the recording booth.
138* Music/TomJones.
139* To keep faithful to what the above two had done for Film/JamesBond, the usually [[PerishingAltRockVoice low-energy]] Music/BillieEilish [[https://youtu.be/BboMpayJomw?t=198 makes sure to go all-in during the bridge of]] "Film/NoTimeToDie".
140* In the music video for Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Sweet Emotion", a hammy Steven Tyler grabs a scarf from the microphone stand and begins to actually chew on it.
141* Ghostface Killah
142* Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s "The Pusher" is big moment for lead singer John Kay. "I SAID GODDAMN! [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer GODDAMN THE PUSHERMAN]]!"
143* Merry Clayton's guest vocal in Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' classic "Gimme Shelter", which was actually rumored to have caused her miscarriage.
144* Miyuki Nakajima usually has at least one in each of her ''Yakai'' concerts. The second half of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3H0ublqzT4 this number]] is an excellent example, as is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZKY3zMBDc this one]].
145* Music/MichaelJackson, cf. "Black or White"'s finale.
146* Every one of VNV Nation's live performances, and we wouldn't have it any other way. If you're curious just search for some live performances on Website/YouTube and watch him play the crowd.
147* Music/{{Journey|Band}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxxOyGK1pMk video]] for "Separate Ways". The song isn't too hammy. But Steve Perry does the most exaggerated expressions possible.
148** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw4AV_BeE24&playnext=1&list=PLF7E08C3C0CE290E0 "Chain Reaction"]]. Enough said.
149* Much of Music/LinkinPark. "CRAAWWWWWWWWWWLING!!! INNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! MYYYY!!! SKINNNNNNNNNNN!!!"
150* The music videos for Music/{{Of Monsters And Men}}'s second album Beneath the Skin consisted simply of one person per song singing along into the camera and disgorging emotion and humanity, each a different flavour.
151* Much metal has a tendency towards the hammy. For example, Music/JudasPriest: "[[MetalScream HE! IS! THE! PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLER!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS! IS!]] '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THE!]]''''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLER!]]"
152* Music/{{Dio}}'s vocal style popularized much of this in metal, with younger PowerMetal bands taking it to its logical extreme (minus his sheer energy).
153* [[Music/{{Disturbed}} David Draiman]]: the only "acting" he's ever done in a video was a BigNo. His voice is the kind that can somehow make "WE BEGIN THE HUNT TONIGHT! FEEL THE POWER COURSE AS THE CREATURES TAKE FLIGHT!!" sound cool. He also loves to fill songs with EvilLaughter. If anyone else did this, it would be SoBadItsGood. With him, he really can convince you that he's an indestructible master of war.
154* Music/ChristinaAguilera - all those riffs, runs and melismas. Your Mileage Will Vary if you like it or not!
155* After the video for [[BalladOfX The Ballad]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOgpdp3lP8M of Mona Lisa]], [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Brendon Urie]] must've been picking scenery out of his teeth ''for weeks.''
156* How has everyone forgotten Music/MeatLoaf? NNNGHHYOOUBETTAHBELEEVEIT!!
157* The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. "I am the god of HELLFIRE!"
158* Jim Morrison slipped into this trope when he was parodying a fire-and-brimstone preacher at the beginning of the title song on Music/TheDoors' ''The Soft Parade''. "YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!"
159* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', being a musical with NoFourthWall, comments about how this is common in {{Award Bait Song}}s:
160-->A sentimental song / That casts a magic spell / They all will hum along / We'll overact like hell / For this is the song that goes like this
161* Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}'s vocalist, Floor Jansen, can and will come up with grandiose belting and screams from time to time, especially during [[https://youtu.be/4V_eoR6r1Tw?t=8m7s live performances]].
162-->My... my fall... will be... [[SuddenlyShouting FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU]]!!!
163* As if a live jazz album by Creator/JeffGoldblum would be anything but this.
164* Music/MariahCarey. She sings every song like she thinks she's going to win a Grammy just for stepping into the recording booth. The layered dubs of herself and the need to hit the extremely high notes just volumize this.
165* Grammy-conscious warbles? Liberal use of melismas? Music video of her performing in front of a humongous billboard of herself? That's Deniece Williams in a nutshell.
166* Pretty much any music video by Music/WeirdAlYankovic features at least a little scenery chewing. "Eat It" and "Fat" are literal examples.
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169[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
170* Extremely common during the territorial era, especially the southern United States, which pretty much ran on emotional celebrations and HamToHamCombat. The most famous frequent offenders in the 80s were Wrestling/DustyRhodes and Wrestling/RicFlair among wrestlers, Wrestling/JimCornette and Wrestling/JimmyHart among managers, the latter even being known as "The Mouth Of The South", sometimes taking on [[ThirdPersonPerson said moniker himself in third person]] with a megaphone to boot.
171* Dave Prazak is usually the StraightMan and stoic when it comes to commentary, but there have been moments where he completely cuts loose, mostly in IWA Mid-South and Full Impact Pro were he was a ''[[EvilIsHammy heel commentator]]''.
172-->''"No, [[Wrestling/CMPunk he]] said You Are A WHOOOORE! [[MemeticMutation And he speaks the truth!]]"''
173* Wrestling/RingOfHonor
174** The most frequent offender was Homicide, until his stoic {{foil}} Wrestling/BryanDanielson won the World Title Belt and proceeded to demand he be announced as "[[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism The Best Wrestler In The World]]".
175** Wrestling/PrinceNana tends to do this while threatening to sick his Embassy on someone, often while back pedaling away or hiding behind something for [[DirtyCoward added effect]].
176** Wrestling/JimmyJacobs increasingly on the topic of Lacey (who is no slouch herself when the time's right), culminating with his ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt [[CharacterFilibuster filibuster]] at ''Good Times, Great Memories''.
177** Whenever Wrestling/LarrySweeney, Wrestling/ChrisHero and Tank Toland were together and given the floor they threatened to devour everything in sight, [[ButtMonkey usually starting with]] Bobby Dempsey.
178** The Briscoes were supposed to be putting over the champions but Dem Boys will take the time to chew you out, even if they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbcuZ_IGync don't mention you by name]], reDRagon and Michael Elgin!
179** Ever since he joined the [[Wrestling/TruthMartini House Of Truth]], Wrestling/JayLethal seesawed between calm relaxation and [[SuddenlyShouting shouting lunatic]].
180** At ''Supercard Of Honor X'' Wrestling/ColtCabana returned to let out everything he felt about the promotion for the past half decade all at once. On night two, Adam Page followed suit, pulling up a chair for [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a long pent up rant]] against BJ Whitmer.
181** And The House Of Truth didn't forget about the women. In fact, Wrestling/TaelerHendrix's rant on the HonorIsFairPlay mindset that permeates through the promotion might have drawn as much attention to the rebranded Women Of Honor division as any match.
182* Many of the above mentioned examples have worked for [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], but it was Wrestling/MattHardy who gained a reputation for doing so particularly in the promotion, where he finally "[[SanitySlippage broke]]". Seventeen minutes of insanity dubbed "The Final Deletion" got TNA some much needed attention for their Pop program.
183* [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]] literalized this and crossed it with TrashTheSet, since he would [[CrazyConsumption regularly eat turnbuckles]].
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186[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
187* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', being a game designed to let players be over the top in all they do, allows your character to live this trope. There's even a mention of player characters getting a dying monologue, no matter how they die.
188** Dragon Blooded, almost literally, chew the scenery when they use a lot of 'mana', because their anima banners start doing damage to everything within a few yards. Accordingly, they tend to furnish their homes with sculpture and heavy stone furniture, so they don't have to buy a new couch every time someone gets pissed off.
189** In the source book for the Infernal Exalted, the Storytelling chapter has a section on how to use them as {{Card Carrying Villain}}s (their original intent) entitled "[[LampshadeHanging This Scenery Looks Delicious]]." In fact, at one point in the book it's explained how the player of a 'Green Sun Prince' can even receive mechanical benefits from [[{{Monologuing}} dramatic monologuing]] under the right circumstances.
190* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'''s Orks. Especially their leaders. And, to a varying extent, everyone else on the battlefield. (See ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' for the {{canon}} voice acting.)
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193[[folder:Theatre]]
194* There is a popular theatre blog called "Chewing the Scenery" which often slates over the top or silly acting in British theatre.
195* The "Spartacus and the Gladiators" recitation in ''The Solid Gold Cadillac'' serves no purpose except to allow whoever is playing [=McKeever=] to overact ludicrously.
196* Herakles enters the scene in the midst of dying a CruelAndUnusualDeath in ''Theatre/TheWomenOfTrachis''. In itself such a situation may call for some scenery chewing, but since the character is [[LargeHam Herakles]] in this case it's a prerequisite.
197* ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou'': Pop/Buddy flat-out ''feasts'' on the scenery during any scene he's in, especially in the US version. Ditto for Khashoggi and the Killer Queen.
198--> "It's called a VI-DAY-OH TAH-PE!"
199* ''Starship'' is a WorldOfHam, more or less, but the greatest of all these Hams are probably Taz, played by Lauren Lopez, Up, played by Joe Walker, and Tootsie Noodles, played by Dylan Saunders. Not that Pincer (Saunders) is much better. Walker just cheerfully chews up the scenery with their aid, trying to see who can eat more of it. For what scenes he's in there, of course, Krayonder (played by Joe Moses, who is Snape in Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical), eats what he can, as does Jim Povolo (Sweetheart and The Overqueen).
200* In ''Theatre/PeterAndTheStarcatcher'', a play based on the book of the same name as a prequel, there is a line that [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on this trope as pirates Black Stache (pre-hook Hook and a very LargeHam to boot) and Smee flee the crocodile:
201-->'''Smee:''' He's chewing up the scenery!
202-->'''Black Stache:''' NOT IN MY SCENE HE'S NOT!
203* "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals" like other Starship Production is filled with chewing of the scenery, but it really takes the term to new heights, with every ounce of the performance oozing this trait.
204* ''Theatre/MaratSade'': The work is largely a [[ShowWithinAShow play-within-a-play]] where [[PrisonerPerformance the principal cast are all inmates in an insane asylum]]. Naturally, several of the inmates are unstable, unhinged, and overly worked up in their performances.
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207[[folder:Visual Novels]]
208* While [[CompressedAdaptation the anime]] of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' didn't give the actors the occasion to chew much scenery, the [=PS3=] remake of the sound novel does. Let the torture begin… '''Ushiromiya BWATORAAAA!!!'''
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211[[folder:Web Animation]]
212* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'''s Sarge can get like this at times
213--> '''Sarge:''' '''I LOVE BLOOD AND VIOLENCE! I GOTTA BONER FOR MURDER!'''
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216[[folder:Webcomics]]
217* Sparks in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' are usually rather normal whenever they're not in TheMadnessPlace -- but when they ''are'', this trope applies to damn near everything they do. Which counts as a {{deconstruction}}, since {{Mad Scientist}}s chew the scenery due to being, well, ''mad'' -- oscillating between psychotic breaks from reality and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation psychotic breakthroughs into reality]].
218** ...which is why they also ''easily'' slip into loud [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081112 mood]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090311 swings]]. Or ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100430 jump into]]'' loud mood swings. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120912 Childish flares of rage]] are all the rage among the Sparks, too.
219** That does explain [[LargeHam Othar Tryggvassen]], '''GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!''' quite well.
220** The chapter where Agatha meets Gilgamesh Wulfenbach enter "The Madness Place" was named "Gil Chews the Scenery". After some rumours, this episode later was explicitly [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090302 referenced]] as "chewing the furniture".
221* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' had a scene that the author actually [[{{Retcon}} changed]] because she thought it was too {{narm}}tastic. A mook is getting painfully transformed into a pile of snakes and screams, "I feel sick... Oh God, it ''hurts!''
222* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' Galatea lives and breathes this trope. "'Crazy? Me? You dare?! All the world is mad and only I am sane!" "We are a new race, more intelligent than man and obliged to supplant him! We... are the ubermensch!!!... Or is that ubermenschen... or uberfrauen... or..." "SO ENDS THE AGE OF MAN!" "Heed me, Butane! This is Captain Galatea Martin of the starship ''Lathe of Empires!...'' I promise you wise and just leadership... ''if'' you surrender... NOW!''
223* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital:'' Doctor [[PunnyName E.M. Balmer]], the mortician, is probably the number one [[LargeHam hammiest]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative embalming machine]] that ever ham-balmed.
224-->Can your feeble head-stuffings even ''fathom'' the delectable horror of an entire perception zone simply '''rotting away''' to nothing? '''Devoured from within''' by insatiable vermin!? Oh, the very thought of it tickles my wires with such '''decadent''' revulsion! How excitingly abominable!
225* At one point in ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'', Rowan does a slow, deliberate fall while saying, "This is the end! All is dark!".
226* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', during the "Pizza" storyline in which the characters are AnimatedActors, Kitty doesn't so much speak her lines as shout them, and while her character shows an initial reluctance to eat pizza, her appetite for scenery more than makes up for it.
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229[[folder:Web Original]]
230* The performances in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' as a whole play this to the hilt, for pure hilarity.
231** Most impressive are the portrayals of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic (Creator/DougWalker) and [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] (Creator/NoahAntwiler), which are ''absolutely'' over the top and down the other side. Though they've had plenty of practice in their reviews, such as [[WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot "EXPLAIN, MOVIE! JUST ''EX-PLAAAAAINNN!!!''",]] the Critic's huge freak-outs over the likes of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. Or Ma-Ti's "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth A movie]] that make my ''nipples tingle'' with fear!"
232** Creator/NoahAntwiler's brilliant impression of [[LargeHam WARRIOR]] in the WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment[=/=]WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/05/21/atop-the-fourth-wall-warrior-1/ reviews]] of the Comicbook/{{Warrior}} [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/29/atop-the-fourth-wall-warrior-2-and-3/ comics]] quite happily swallows down a whole lot of scenery, seemingly without it even touching the sides. He probably could have managed more, had there been any ''actual'' scenery to munch on... [[spoiler:Worryingly, the actual Wrestling/UltimateWarrior appears to be so much worse than Spoony's impression.]]
233** In the ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' review, Spoony's version of Terl somehow manages to chew the scenery more than John Travolta's. And ''it is glorious''.
234* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2Z23SAFVA This.]]
235* ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'' has 100% chewy monologue. SPREAD THAT SAUUUUZZE!
236* ''Super Sonic Short'' by Website/DeviantART's [=Link3Kokiri=] has Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog and friends screaming at the top of their lungs while changing into their super forms. It's not so much the original animation that qualifies for this trope, but the {{German|sLoveDavidHasselhoff}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAq8WfQEAq4 dub.]] They literally overload the speakers.
237* Hiram [=McDaniel=]'s many heads from ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''.
238* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeYhEG5YLII Many, many]] [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] of ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''.
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242* Most politicians have shades of this, especially more than a century ago. You can guess why, in a world without microphones, booming voices and exaggerated mannerisms might be advantages when giving a speech.
243** The politicians in the ancient Greek and Roman democracies may have been even more extreme. Unfortunately, for the most part, all we have are the texts of their speeches. There are some descriptions of speeches, however. In particular, we know that Late Republican Rome (around the 1st and 2nd centuries BCE), the most popular speechmaking style, especially in the courts, was the "Asiatic," which called for long speeches with florid language and hand gestures, overemphasized speech, and ManlyTears; when Creator/{{Cicero}} appeared with his SimpleCountryLawyer act, which used a clear style of oratory that got straight to the point, the audience was impressed with the freshness of it. (In Rome, watching trials was a major form of entertainment, and there was no shortage of them--you think modern Americans are litigious? They have nothing on the Romans.)
244* Although the movie ''Film/MommieDearest'' seems to have Creator/JoanCrawford thoroughly digesting the scenery, according to her daughter, Christina Crawford, [[RealityIsUnrealistic the performance was understated]].
245* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler tended to do this every time he spoke in public. The movies (like the ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' example above) aren't really that far from the [[TruthInTelevision truth]] this time. Most other dictators have a tendency to indulge in the same style.
246** It was Hitler's ranting in the ''Downfall'' movie, coupled with the subtitles and the German, that inspired the Hitler parodies that are popular on the internet.
247** Hitler was reputed to do this a bit more literally in less-public venues. William Shirer mentions at one point in ''Berlin Diary'' that in some circles, he was referred to as ''Der Teppich-Fresser'' (the carpet eater), because it was rumored that when he was agitated, he would throw himself to the floor and start chewing the edges of the rugs.
248* Somehow, against all logic, '''Creator/BrianBlessed''' has managed to accomplish this in real life. Observe his performance as guest host of ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', with lines such as '''''"PETROL! WE'RE RUNNING OUT!"''''' and, referring to [[UsefulNotes/GordonBrown the beleaguered Prime Minister Brown]], '''''"[[Film/FlashGordon1980 GORDON'S ALIVE!]]"'''''
249* Two Australian [=YouTubers=] went to the UK, and set out to make a video with a simple premise; find as many somewhat inebriated clubbers as possible, and ask them a simple question: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DZO0MB2Tt4 Tell us something your mum doesn't know.]]" This culminated in them finding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVIBf3cnTf0 a man more drunken than most]], whose first reaction was to literally try to eat their microphone!
250-->'''Man''': "COME ON ENGLAND! '''COME ON ENGLAND!''' '''''WOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUGH!!'''''"
251* Transylvanian stage actor Gyorgy Kárp, who, among other roles, played [[Film/TwelveAngryMen Juror#3]], is often seen turning red and yelling so loud, it makes you wonder how come he didn't spit out his own lungs.
252* UsefulNotes/FidelCastro. He used to deliver speeches taking 3 or 4 hours, even in front of the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations. They weren't quite amused... He was once asked an inane question at a party and spoke for FOUR HOURS without stopping. Dear god man...
253* UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev's infamous "We will '''BURY''' you!" speech, as well as a separate incident at the UN where he took off his shoe and started banging it against the table. Though, contrary to public belief, he wasn't [[BeamMeUpScotty saying he would bury the US]]. The speech Khrushchev was giving was not threatening to destroy the US, but that [[HilariousInHindsight communism would outlast capitalism, so the USSR would see the old ways die]]. As in "you will dig your own grave and we'll be the ones to attend your funeral", not ''cause it''.
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