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8[[caption-width-right:350:[[Franchise/StarWars Darth Sidious]] demonstrates this trope's '''[[Memes/RevengeOfTheSith POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAAAAAHHHH!]]''']]
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10->'''Tighten:''' This town isn't big enough for two supervillains!\
11'''Megamind:''' Oh, you're a villain, alright. Just not a ''super'' one!\
12'''Tighten:''' Oh, yeah? What's the difference?\
13'''Megamind:''' ''[marches out of a giant floating representation of his head to [[Music/GunsNRoses "Welcome to the Jungle"]]]'' '''''PRESENTATION!'''''
14-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''
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17In many conflicts between good and evil, who is going to be doing the lion's share of ChewingTheScenery? The villain(s), more likely than not. It's one way they are ObviouslyEvil and DrunkOnTheDarkSide. ''[[EvilLaugh Muwahahahahaaaa]]''!
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19As for why, it's not known for sure. Maybe it's a reflection of their [[AGodAmI narcissism]] and total [[TheUnfettered lack of inhibitions.]] Maybe they've decided that since they've already [[KickTheDog punted a few puppies,]] called down the lightning, and donned the SpikesOfVillainy, they may as well have fun with it. And maybe the moral depravity of their act is balanced by how much ''fun'' they are to watch. Or this is used to indicate how {{Power|High}} and EvilFeelsGood. Whatever the reason, bacon and scenery are important parts of every villain's daily balanced breakfast.
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21That isn't to say the heroes never get to have such moments, but the villains will get the clear majority of them. Of course, when they both do, [[HamToHamCombat the awesomeness factor increases tenfold]]. A GenreSavvy VillainProtagonist will act hammy just because it's expected.
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23Also, when the villains are [[EvilAllAlong pretending to be good guys]] in some stories, they don't really act hammy, but [[TheReveal when they show who they really are]], they let loose, almost as if being a LargeHam is their true nature.
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25Often overlaps with HamAndCheese. Contrast SoftSpokenSadist (the villain is the calmest one in the room).
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27If a hero is also a LargeHam, or there is a WorldOfHam, it's not this {{trope}} unless the villain [[HamToHamCombat manages to still out-ham everyone]]. HammyVillainSeriousHero occurs when the villain's hamminess is contrasted against a deadpan hero.
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29DastardlyWhiplash is a specific character type that embodies this trope -- you know, the one with the twirling moustache and cape.
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31'''Note:''' Please explain what makes the character hammy when adding them. Just mentioning their actors or voice actors, or quoting them, or linking to a plethora of potholes instead of providing context is a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample and FanMyopia if you expect everyone to know the characters from very little context.
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33[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant If you were looking for]] villains that are an entirely different type of hammy, see SinisterSwine.
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37%%If you have time, please take time to put examples in alphabetical order. This page Administrivia/HowToAlphabetizeThings should help you with that.
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39!!Example Subpages:
40[[index]]
41* EvilIsHammy/LiveActionFilms
42* EvilIsHammy/LiveActionTV
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47[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
48%%* Many villains from [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] {{Super Robot|Genre}} series. Examples worthy of mention are:
49%%** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Dr. Hell and Baron Ashura.
50%%** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': Great General of Darkness.
51%%** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer:'' Lord/Lady Gandal.
52%%** ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'': Queen Himika.
53%%** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Prince Garuda.
54%%** ''Anime/VoltesV'': Prince Heinel.
55%%** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Richter.
56%%** ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': Both [[BigBad Marder]] and [[TheDragon Hy Shaltat]] are prone to spout big, dramatic speeches and declarations.
57%%--->'''Marder:''' What is the point of eternal peace? Life and death clash against each other. Lusts and ideals intertwine, and joys and sorrows color this world. Therefore, paradise... can only be unbearable grief. It can only be unbound joy. The paradise of all living things is, indeed, in chaos.
58%%* Just about every named {{mook|s}} in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', with the main villains slightly less so.
59* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', the only truly hammy characters are [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Rau]] [[OmnicidalManiac Le]] [[BigBad Creuset]] and [[DiabolicalMastermind Lord]] [[TheSociopath Djibril]]. (Rau spends most of the anime calm and collected, only becoming hammy towards the end when he drops all pretense of being reasonable.) Neither is particularly over the top by anime standards, but they both [[ChewingTheScenery chew far more scenery]] than the rest of the cast put together.
60** Other hammy Gundam villains are ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''[='s=] Ali Al-Saachez, ''Anime/TurnAGundam''[='s=] Gym Ghingnham, and ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''[='s=] Master Asia, who is the biggest ham in [[WorldOfHam a world full of them]].
61* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
62** Piccolo Jr. is at first an AxCrazy CardCarryingVillain as a bad guy, prone to [[EvilLaugh maniacal laughter]] and long-winded monologues. After his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes TheStoic. He was [[EnfantTerrible freshly hatched]] as the reincarnation of the even [[AxCrazy Ax Crazier]] Piccolo Daimaou during his villain arc. One {{timeskip}} later and we have an older, more mature Piccolo Jr. forced into an EnemyMine with Goku, leading to Piccolo's face turn. So his progression from hammy to stoic is probably [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as just Piccolo growing up.
63** In the anime series proper, Cell was more or less a straight villain. In the video games, however, he steps it up on the ham, with each new release making him even hammier. ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'', especially, has him at his hammiest, as his lines as your mentor prove.
64--->"''Splendid!'' Now, ''this'' was a real fight! I'd '''''totally''''' hug you right now if that was something I did!"
65** Zamasu from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', [[spoiler:all three versions of him,]] puts the above to shame. He's prone to long speeches about [[TheFightingNarcissist how awesome he is]] and how much the heroes suck. While for the most part he's at least [[ColdHam quiet]] about his melodrama, as Fused Zamasu he takes this trope and ''runs away with it''. He just gets hammier and hammier as his fight goes on, much to [[spoiler: Vegito]]'s exasperation.
66%%** The Ginyu Force are also wonderfully hammy.
67%%* Basically every villain in ''Manga/SailorMoon''. Queen Beryl, Wiseman, Dr. Tomoe, Mistress 9, Queen Nehelenia, Galaxia, the four generals, the Black Moon Clan (especially Esmeraude), Black Lady, any monster-of-the-day, take your pick.
68%%* Ferid of ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd''.
69%%** Crowley has his moments as well.
70%%* In general, every villain voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto except for Vicious from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
71* Inverted ''and'' played straight in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. The heroes are the [[LargeHam largest hams]], but the Anti-Spiral King STILL manages to out-ham them in the final battle. Lordgenome in his DiscOneFinalBoss AntiVillain part is no slouch in hamming up either.
72* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':
73** The evil Pope has some of the hammiest {{evil laugh}}s ''ever'' in anime. [[spoiler:For more contrast, his true personality is Gemini Saga, a quite more stoic TragicHero.]]
74** Scorpio Milo in the Italian dub is probably the hammiest, most scenery-chewing villain of the entire cast, which is also this trope because he speaks in a much less emphatic way after his defeat and HeelFaceTurn. Other villains with a similar speech pattern (done by the same voice actor) include Mime and Siren Sorrento who, coincidentally, are both a MusicalAssassin.
75* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': Inverted with Lutecia Alpine, who was an EmotionlessGirl during her stint as an antagonist but grew into a LargeHam post HeelFaceTurn (though it did take a few years for it to kick in).
76%%** [[BigBad Jail Scaglietti]]. ESPECIALLY when he actually gets to be in front of a camera.
77* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'': The VillainProtagonist Lelouch ticks most if not all the hamminess qualification boxes; he has an evil laugh, is fond of making last-minute grand entrances, and having a larger-than-life persona especially when he's in his Zero disguise.
78%%** The 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, Charles, could count as this. Then again, in the Japanese version, he's voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, so it's to be expected.
79%%--> ''[[SignatureLine "ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!!"]]''
80* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' has the BigBad of Season 2 called Debonair. She has an extremely loud [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] that severely chews any scene she's in.
81* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': [[TragicMonster Evangeline]] Athanasia Katherine [=McDowell=] is a [[NobleDemon completely evil]] vampire mage who [[{{Tsundere}} sneers at the very idea of friendship]], and whose [[ServileSnarker devoted servant]] Chachamaru will crush you like an insect if you so much as look at Eva-sama the wrong way.
82%%** You have to give it to Dynamis of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', it takes a damn good villain to keep up the trolling even after [[spoiler:being cut in half]].
83* This is mostly averted in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' since the closest thing to a BigBad, [[spoiler: Kyuubey]], was more TheStoic... but then [[spoiler: Walpurgisnacht]] comes in and single-handedly engulfs the scenery in thick, high-pitched, crazy ham.
84%%** As soon as [[spoiler: Homura has a FaceHeelTurn]] in ''The Rebellion Story'', she blows both of them out of the water.
85* In ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', [[spoiler:Mytho]] acts like a very hammy villain after [[spoiler: he has been poisoned by the Raven's blood]].
86--> ''"Why won't you love me?!"''
87* General rule in ''Manga/OnePiece'': the hammier the villain, the more likely they are to be [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by the Straw Hats. More difficult opponents aren't as hammy. Crocodile isn't hammy at all (EvilLaugh aside) and is one of Luffy's hardest fights. Subverted with Oars... since, well, he ''is'' [[FreakyFridayFlip Luffy's shadow]].
88* The Espada from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' are a mixed bag since some (Barragan, Grimmjow, Yammy, Nnoitra, Szayel, [[spoiler: DrunkWithPower!Aizen]]) are very hammy and others (Ulquiorra, Halibel, Stark) are much calmer. But once the Vandereich appear, they start to put on the pork with total and unapologetic '''gusto''', with people like [[MaskedLuchador Mask de Masculine]] and non-Stoic![[BodyHorror AsNodt]] as their top hams.
89* Piedmon, in the dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''. Etemon, too. [[spoiler: Especially as Metal Etemon]]. Malomyotismon is no slouch either.
90** The Digimon Kaiser of ''Anime/{{Digimon Adventure 02}}'' likewise loves indulging in {{Evil Laugh}}s and over-the-top EvilGloating speeches and {{Motive Rant}}s, as you'd expect from someone who's literally a kid trying to play supervillain.
91* As awkward as it is to call them "hammy", there's no denying that the [[spoiler:skinless chickens]] from the second episode of ''Literature/HumanityHasDeclined'' fit this trope. Sadly, the only character present for their EvilGloating InUniverse is [[ItMakesSenseInContext too busy adjusting the subtitles]] to notice.
92* Freed Sellzen in ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' fits this trope. An AxCrazy exorcist who gets off on killing devils and does so for the hell of it. He'll also overact whenever he makes his onscreen appearances as well.
93* [[Creator/RomiPark Ragyo]] [[Creator/LauraPost Kiryuin]] in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' is not always hammy, but whenever she's in the middle of one of her evil speeches or gloating, her ham factor shoots through the roof.
94* [[NationsAsPeople Prussia]] in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is one of the series' few "[[WordOfGod mostly villainous]]" characters, and (rather [[WorldOfHam impressively]]) beats out most of the cast in sheer hamminess.
95-->'''Prussia''': [[IncomingHam SUCK IT, LOSERS!]] I am the [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex AWESOME PRUSSIA]]!
96** {{Averted|Trope}} later on, as Prussia was increasingly sympathetic as the series/webcomic went on, restoring the title of "most villainous" to the resident SoftSpokenSadist [[StepfordSmiler Russia]]. And then ''Russia'' himself became increasingly LighterAndSofter, more sympathetic and ''less'' "menacing".
97* Light from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is such a ham in his inner monologue and some behaviors such as his evil laugh. He uses eating chips in his room to allay suspicions from him and makes something as mundane as that very dramatic.
98%%** Ryuk isn't exactly the most quiet villain, either. "THE SYMPTOMS ARE STARTING!"
99* In ''Manga/Cyborg009'', [[Creator/UnshoIshizuka Von Bogoot]] was mostly a SoftspokenSadist. But his boss, Scarl, was a magnificent ham. [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Guess who voiced him]]?
100* ''Franchise/KagerouProject'': The BigBad of the series, [[spoiler:the Wide-Open Eyes Snake]]. This trope comes into effect particularly in the anime's twelfth episode when he [[spoiler:possesses Konoha]]. [[OneSceneWonder The scene lasts all of five minutes]], but it's almost made completely WorthIt by how gloriously hammy he makes those five minutes.
101%%* Villains of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' are never subtle, with DIO leading the army of hammy villains.
102%%--> [[MemeticMutation MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! WRYYYYYY!!!]]
103* Shuu Tsukiyama from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' has on several occasions tried to eat Kaneki and his friends. However, he practically has an orgasm when smelling Kaneki's blood on a piece of cloth, and his gratuitous use of French, Italian, and English phrases makes the character deliciously cheesy.
104%%* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', [[AxCrazy Ibelda]] clearly thinks the scenery tastes delicious.
105%%* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': The deeper Sartorius falls under the [[LightIsNotGood Light of Destruction]]'s influence, the hammier he gets.
106* ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' brings us Vector of the Barian Emperors, who is hard-pressed to be found not at any point screaming, trolling people, or both, all the while making strange faces, particularly in his true form. As a result, he is one of the most popular characters in Zexal, even among Yu-Gi-Oh! fans who don't particularly like Zexal as a series.
107* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
108** [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket]]. Yeah, [[HarmlessVillain they definitely wouldn't win any most dangerous villain awards]] - but what they lack in threat, they more than make up in presentation. On a few occasions, they actually use it to their advantage by [[WeNeedADistraction distracting their enemies with their hammy attitude while whoever they're working with at this point carries out their plan.]]
109** Mewtwo, during his stint as a villain in the English dub of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', which is not that surprising, considering 4Kids was the one who did the dub.
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113* In ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'', cocoa-stealing alien Adu Du is loud and hot-blooded, and he also always speaks in LargeHam quotes about himself being a ''great'' supervillain in the universe.
114* In the Lookus English dub of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', the main villain Big M. has a noticeably loud, exaggerated voice. It does get a bit less hammy in the dub's later episodes, though.
115* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Darton, the evil twin brother of the [[EggFolk egg person]] Jollie, speaks in an exaggerated voice. In the English dubs, he has a distinct Eastern European accent.
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119* [[BigBad Pathetic]] from ''AudioPlay/KingdomPaf'' is basically the incarnation of this trope. She acts hammy even when washing her hands, preparing her lunch, or playing video games.
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123* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
124** Many of Spidey's villains. Two examples would be [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]]. ComicBook/{{Venom}} too, AntiHero or not.
125** In ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'', Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus are permanently trying to outdo each other in this department. Neither of them manages to impress their archenemies, though:
126--->'''Doctor Octopus:''' Curse you, wall-crawler! Am I never to be free? Will you hound me forever? Will there never be an end?\
127'''Spider-Man:''' Huh?
128* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
129** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] ''loves'' hearing himself talk:
130--->'''Lex:''' I'm the only sane inmate of Asylum Earth. I'm not eager to hand tomorrow over to an interplanetary extremist with laser eyes. There's only room on this world for one leader, Superman. When I'm finished with you, every last gibbon out there will know you for the menace you are... and they'll realize that Lex Luthor is their savior.
131** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] can't even stop talking when he's dying in ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'':
132--->'''Brainiac:''' I... am coming for you... Kryptonian... my victory... is inevitable...
133** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', one-time supervillain Protector likes being overly dramatic. His verbosity doesn't impress Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} or Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}, though:
134--->'''Protector:''' I warned you, Superman! I told you to leave the polluting industries alone! But no — you wouldn't listen! You've set yourself up as judge, jury, and executioner — and to that, the Protector says NO!
135** Alien overlord [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]] is pretty hammy. In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'':
136--->'''Mongul:''' We had a deal, Kryptonian, and you will honor it — or I will crush your three hapless friends with a single gesture!
137%%* Many ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' villains are verbose:
138%%** Nightflame in ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'':
139%%--->'''Nightflame:''' Nay! Your chrome-plated chariot does not frighten me! Now you shall know of the power of Nightflame! And of my flame-sword!
140%%** Blackstarr in ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Volume 2]]'':
141%%--->'''Blackstarr:''' Fool! You think all there is to reality is what is seen? Yes – I appear young – and I may be younger still... or even be you, if I so desire!
142* Many ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villains fall into this, especially in the [[Series/Batman1966 campy '60s series]] and some of the movies. (In ''Film/BatmanForever'', [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]], played by Creator/JimCarrey, even asks: "Was that over the top? I can never tell.")
143%%** [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] in every possible incarnation.
144* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': SilenceYouFool Nobody possesses more ham than '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom DOOM]]!''' Doctor Doom's ham-acting actually stems ''directly'' from the {{Pride}} that is at the root of his villainy: not only does he have to be the centre of attention at all times, but he's ''recording his words for posterity'' on top of that.
145%%** The very cosmos itself is the scenery upon which eternal [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] chews, mortal. Literally.
146%%* The League of Evil Exes from ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', especially the ones who are particularly evil. The film just makes it more obvious in most cases.
147%% * The first Robotnik from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' showed a bit of this; Eggman does as well, especially once [[SanitySlippage his sanity starts slipping]].
148%%* Baron Karza from ''ComicBook/MicronautsMarvelComics'', just about all the time.
149%%* Pretty much every single goddamn villain written by Creator/GrantMorrison. This is especially apparent when he writes lines for Darkseid, such as in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
150* The Dark Judges are easily the most melodramatic villains in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''. As they go around [[HangingJudge dispensing their own brand of justice]], they do basically nothing but spew catchphrases. Maybe undeath just breathed new life into them...
151* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor:'' Most versions of [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]], when they're evil and when they get going (yes, ''versions''. There's a lot of Loki going around.) Thank goodness no more than one hammy Loki has ever been on page at a time, or there might be a hamgularity.
152-->'''(A) Loki:''' ''(after a particular bout of ham)'' ... and I am ''dreadfully'' prone to histrionics. Do excuse me.
153* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyNightmareKnights'', Luna plays this up for all it's worth while pretending to still be Nightmare Moon.
154-->'''Princess Luna:''' I am Nightmare Moon! I defeated my sister, the sun, and plunged Equestria into darkness! I visit nightmares upon innocent foals. I haunt every shadow you fear in the night. I see what you fear, and I will use it to destroy you!\
155'''Casino Guard:''' Jeez, lady, leave some drama for the rest of us.
156* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
157** "ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga": Every single Servant of Darkness, as well as [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid their Master]], is prone to pontificate.
158-->'''Servant of Darkness''': It grows darker throughout the universe, mortal... And there shall be no dawn. Serve the Great Darkness as I do, and you shall thrive... Oppose it, and you shall suffer an eternity of pain.\
159'''Wildfire:''' The old hi-low, Superboy!\
160'''Superboy:''' You got it, pal.\
161'''Servant of Darkness:''' You have nothing, fool. The Darkness shall swallow it all! Give me the Wand I seek, and perhaps you may postpone your Doom.
162* "ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining": When the Legionnaires engage Emerald Empress, one of their worst and oldest enemies, Brainiac 5 mocks her verbosity:
163-->'''Emerald Empress:''' ''"Curse your force shield, Brainiac Five!"''\
164'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"Isn't that a bit melodramatic, Your Highness?"''
165* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'':
166** (Earth-Two) Elektro claims to have captured Wonder Woman and dramatically sweeps back a curtain on a stage before his fellow gangsters and waits until they've all tried shooting at her and having their bullets repelled to declare that she's actually a robot which they can use to destroy the real thing.
167** (Earth-One) Professor Menace claims to have captured Wonder Woman and dramatically sweeps back a curtain on a stage before his fellow gangsters and waits until they've all tried shooting at her and having their bullets repelled to declare that she's actually a robot which they can use to destroy the real thing. He somehow manages to be even more dramatic than his Golden Age predecessor, possibly because he controls his robots with his mind rather than having to sit at a console like Elektro.
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171* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, although it's relatively subdued, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah Ghidorah]]'s [[MultipleHeadCase heads]]' voices are not above making a rather cinematic BadassBoast, and they often speak in [[NoIndoorVoice a non-indoorsy volume]] to those who can understand [[AnimalTalk what Ghidorah is saying]].
172* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
173** Voldemort is a ColdHam, by and large, preferring the SoftSpokenSadist approach, but sometimes veers into this.
174** 'The Beast' a.k.a. the Blob a.k.a. [[spoiler: Dudley Dursley]] at one point paraphrases Superboy-Prime's infamous "I'M GONNA KILL YOU TO DEATH!" line.
175** This is a signature trait of the Dark Phoenix - which, admittedly, has quite a lot to do with the fact that [[spoiler: Harry]] had a taste for dramatics to begin with, especially when in a bad mood. Though it has to be said, the previous Dark Phoenix, [[spoiler: Surtur]], is just as bad by all accounts.
176** Nimue starts as a frighteningly understated opponent. However, after becoming DrunkOnTheDarkSide and suffering major SanitySlippage thanks to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity a surge of power that should have blasted her apart (but instead 'merely' eroded her remaining sanity)]], she becomes a textbook example, spending the last two chapters of her arc throwing a [[TantrumThrowing cosmic-scale tantrum]] because the heroes refuse to just give up and ''die''.
177* Daemon from the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' comes off as this.
178* As if their film versions weren't hammy enough, Creator/TeamStarKid's versions of Snape, Voldemort, Bellatrix, Lucius, and Umbridge in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' exaggerate this trope.
179* Though several villains from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' are hammy already, ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' like to take it to comical extremes:
180** Marik is so hammy that he can hardly express himself like a regular person. Then [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Melvin]] takes over: he is hammy even when trying to open a door.
181** While usually more posed and calm than Marik, Bakura has his moments too.
182** Dartz combines it with a ridiculous accent that makes him almost impossible for his minions to understand.
183** Movie villains Anubis ("NOW YOU WILL DIE, AND THEN YOU WILL BE DEAD BECAUSE I WILL HAVE KILLED YOU! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA") and Paradox ("PWOTAGONISTS !") take it to such extremes it becomes ridiculous even for the main characters.
184* The Iconians in any ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' fic involving [=Worffan101=]. Supreme High Lord Inevitably-Fated-for-Greatness is noteworthy for the sheer laughable arrogance of his introductory speech in ''Fanfic/BeatTheDrumsOfWar'', but all Iconians fit this trope. [=Worffan101=] has repeatedly stated his dislike of STO's portrayal of the Iconians and reacted by taking the hammy {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s of the game to their logical extreme.
185* [[AntiVillain Doctor]] [[VillainProtagonist Dire]] of ''Fanfic/DireWorm'' plays this trope, lampshades it, exploits it, and generally enjoys herself immensely. For example, facing [[EldritchAbomination Levi]]a[[NighInvulnerability than]]:
186--> "YOU FACE DIRE NOW, AND MAY GOD HELP YOU FOR THE DEVIL SHALL NOT! HE FEARS HER!"
187** Again, facing several soon-to-be-defeated opponents:
188--> "[[ChessMotif CHECKMATE]] IN TWO."
189* Whether or not she's "evil" really depends on fan interpretation, but in ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'' [[TheDreaded Yuuka Kazami]] has a blast when she's fighting Megas. Of note is this bit while she's charging up the Double Spark:
190--> "Marisa's spunk in stealing my attack is to be admired..." (voice steadily increases in volume) "...but when you absolutely ''must'' reduce everything in your path to a mist of atoms, '''accept...''' '''''no...''''' '''''SUBSTITUTES!"'''''
191* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'':
192** Present Mic, being the LargeHam he is, milks this trope for all it's worth when he controls the zero-pointer robot [[spoiler: (which is a replica of Starro the Conqueror)]] during the U.A. Entrance Exam:
193--->I'm back, bitches! Bet you thought [[spoiler: Starro]] was done for good. Idiots. Can't keep a good [[spoiler: extraterrestrial telepathic starfish]] down! [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHAHA!]]
194** Tenya decides to channel [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] in his mannerisms when he's placed on the Villain team during the Heroes vs. Villain's exercise. He hams it up as much as possible, interspersing his dialogue with {{Evil Laugh}}s and EvilGloating and shouting [[ThisCannotBe "Inconceivable!"]] when things go wrong. Also lampshaded and deconstructed by All Might, who points out that Tenya had been ''too'' in-character, leading to BondVillainStupidity.
195* In ''Fanfic/DevilsDiary'': Magneto's overdramatic speeches are lampshaded by Quicksilver, who notes he talks like a movie villain.
196-->"I overheard Pietro once saying that I talked like a villain from an old movie."
197* Vegeta in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. While he can be restrained when snarking at others, for the most part, he lets massive ego show in everything he says, and it only goes up if he gets angry.
198* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In the sequel ''Diplomat at Large'', per canon, the Storm King is this. Loud, boisterous, wise-cracking, and pretty wild.
199* ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons'': Kobra needs to pontificate before, during, and after a battle, failing to notice Batman doesn't care about his ravings. So, in chapter 22:
200-->'''Kobra:''' "I congratulate you on your sterling effort. Truly, your wife would be pleased. However, I have a final trump your side cannot counter: a force-field which I have activated. It encases this entire floor, above it, below it, and on all sides. Your allies cannot penetrate it. Nor can you. But there is a way in."\
201'''Batman:''' "What is it?"\
202'''Kobra:''' "We have always known it would come down to this. The final battle, the Ragnarok. If I am your Midgard Serpent, and you are my Thor, then we must fight. However, no one has yet prophecied which of us will be slain, and which be slayer."
203* ''Fanfic/ThePrinceOfPonyville'': Chrysalis chews no small amount of scenery. Subverted by Bank Ledger, who is described as monotone and utterly bland.
204* ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'': Mars is a very pompous and verbose WarGod who loves histrionics.
205-->'''Characters/PowerGirl''': "Aren't you tied to Earth? If you destroy it, how will you survive?"\
206'''[[Franchise/WonderWoman Mars]]:''' "Mars is not tied to Earth. Mars is tied to war. And what better war than that of vast empires within the second Heaven? Where billions may die, billions more be enslaved, and the bloodflow which results nourishes my power with every drop. No. Earth is unnecessary. A canker in my being. When it is destroyed, only my pain will vanish. But it will not be destroyed yet."
207* In ''Fanfic/EvilBelle'', Sweetie tries every cliche from the black cloak to speak in a guttural voice.
208* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': Darkseid is fond of polysyllabic verbiage and has no concept of indoor voice. Nemesis, the [[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter Kryptonian]]/[[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Zeroxian]] hybrid whom Darkseid has raised, takes after his father and is prone to histrionics and speaking in all caps.
209-->'''Darkseid:''' "I have had three prior sons, boy. Two of my body, one of my charge. But you, my fourth son...you have had advantages your forebears never knew. I left their upbringing to others. I was busy. You, I have tended to with all my attention. With all my knowledge. Do you know why, boy?"\
210'''Nemesis:''' "Because I am the greatest of the four. Because I am the one who will break our enemies like pottery shards. Because I will avenge you, my father. Avenge you, and...my mother."\
211'''Darkseid:''' "Just so. Do you... remember who undid my plans, a thousand years ago, boy? And who, not so long ago... undid your mother?"\
212'''Nemesis:''' (whispering) "The Supergirl."\
213'''Darkseid:''' "Just so. It will be some years before you are of age, boy. It will be some years before we can reveal ourselves. The United Planets, the Guardians of the Universe, they must be kept... unknowing. Timing is all-important, boy. Any general can tell you that. Timing is everything."\
214'''Nemesis:''' "Do you really believe she will come back?"\
215'''Darkseid:''' "She will, boy. They will summon her."\
216'''Nemesis:''' "That is good, father. Very, very good."\
217'''Darkseid:''' "Do you know what you shall do, boy? Do you know what you shall do, in that time and on that day?"\
218'''Nemesis:''' "I will avenge my mother's death. I will avenge your honor. I will make her pay for blocking the True Path. I WILL DESTROY THE SUPERGIRL."\
219'''Darkseid:''' "And so you shall, my boy. And so, one day, you shall."
220* ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'': In his final fight with Iron Man and Centurion, Gregor really chews the scenery.
221* ''Fanfic/{{Ancienverse}}'': Guzma resorts to chewing the scenery with his dialogue whenever he's in a scene.
222* Parodied in ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters''. The villain known as Acrobat is not good at making overdramatic speeches and he lacks the power to back his threats, so nobody takes him seriously.
223-->'''The Acrobat:''' "I'll kill you. I'm man enough, madman enough, to kill you all! Disc or no disc, I've got the power of ten men when the moon is out, and I ought to have enough strength here to do you all in!"[...] I'll destroy you all! One by one, I'll tear your heads off and make lamps out of them! I'll use your bodies for baseball equipment! I'll–"\
224'''Midnight Maid:''' "You've been reading too many comic books."
225* In ''Fanfic/MyDreamIsYours'', Jamie Jam is a bigger ham than she is in canon. She introduces herself with smoke bombs, an EvilLaugh, and by using numerous self-appointed titles that are all AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
226--> YES, Odd Squad! It is I! The purloining princess of preserves, the criminal queen of condiments, the malevolent mistress of marmalade, the sinister siren of breakfast spreads, JAMIE JAM!
227* In ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', All For One can get like this when hyping up their PowerParasite Quirk as the SuperpowerLottery to his successor, Luz Noceda, something she wishes he'd stop doing.
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230[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
231* The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon villains are prone to being incredibly hammy. More often than not, they also perform a bombastic VillainSong.
232** The Evil Queen from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', especially after magically disguising herself as an elderly woman.
233** Maleficent from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', a name that just screams "ham". Even [[Film/{{Maleficent}} the live-action version]] with some AdaptationalHeroism doesn't forget to give Creator/AngelinaJolie the {{Card Carrying Villain}}ess moments necessary to unleash the ham.
234** The Queen of Hearts from ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' has quite a HairTriggerTemper. '''Off with their heads!'''
235** Captain Hook from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', a DastardlyWhiplash-esque pirate captain.
236** Cruella de Vil in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', who also got a [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 live-action version]], with Creator/GlennClose clearly enjoying herself.
237** Kaa from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''.
238** Prince John from ''WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood|1973}}''.
239** Ratigan from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', voiced by no one else but Creator/VincentPrice.
240** Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
241** Gaston from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Forte (voiced by Creator/TimCurry) in [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas the sequel]] as well.
242*** No one hams like Gaston, no one jams like Gaston, no one kicks it at poetry slams like Gaston! ("I'm especially good at [[MilkingTheGiantCow ges-TIC-u-LATING!]]") Man, what a ham, that [[MemeticMutation Gaston]]!
243** Jafar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', especially when going all out against Aladdin and his allies.
244** Scar from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' played by Creator/JeremyIrons, although not without soft-spoken moments. Zira in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride the sequel]], too.
245** Hades, the car salesman from Hell, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''. Unlike most characters originated in a movie with a CelebrityVoiceActor, Hades has had the same voice actor [[RecycledTheSeries in]] [[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse every]] [[Franchise/KingdomHearts incarnation]], because Creator/JamesWoods just enjoys doing it ''that much''.
246** Clayton from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', voiced by the one and only '''Creator/BrianBlessed!'''
247** Yzma from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. Music/EarthaKitt really hams it up.
248** The ''EEVIL GEN-EE-OUS'' Jumba from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' is a CardCarryingVillain MadScientist alien with a faux Russian accent. He's not as evil as he claims, though.
249** Doctor Facilier from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. '''[[VillainSong ARE YOU READY?!]]'''
250** Gothel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.
251** Tamatoa in ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' is a hammy GiantEnemyCrab with [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed similar mannerisms to]] Music/DavidBowie.
252** King Magnifico in ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023''.
253* Done intentionally in Creator/{{Dreamworks Animation}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''. The climactic confrontation with [[FromNobodyToNightmare Hal/Tighten]] shows that the title character even believes that supervillainy isn't just about villainy, it's about [[IncomingHam "PRESENTATION!!"]]
254* Marvin [=McNasty=] in ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw''. He shouts just about EVERY line and chomps on every scene he's in.
255%%* The Chief Blue Meanie in Music/TheBeatles movie ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' -- "O-BLUE-terate them!".
256* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH2TimmyToTheRescue'' there's [[spoiler: Martin's]] dramatically hammy performance in the later portion of the film performed by Eric Idle, who seems to have loads of fun delivering every last line. He doesn't just chew the scenery as [[spoiler: Martin,]] he gobbles it up whole, shats it back out, and then gobbles it up again, rinse and repeat twice more. ("You'll be happy. Oh, so happy, if '''you''' '''''just''''' ''''' SAY YYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!'''''")
257* As only Colin [=McFarlane=] can deliver, the main antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/TheKingsBeard'', Jasper, sounds every bit the theatrical, spoiled, emotionally volatile aristocratic man-child he is deep down — only going for a subdued growl when he's talking about what he's ''really'' after.
258* Nigel the cockatoo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' is a CardCarryingVillain with a penchant for dramatic poses.
259** Incidentally Nigel's voice actor is Jemaine Clement who also voiced Tamatoa (see above), he clearly has a talent for Ham
260* Despite ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' being a WorldOfHam, Queen "I Hate Pirates!" Victoria manages to out-ham the heroes.[[note]]She doesn't meet the guy voiced by Creator/BrianBlessed[[/note]]
261* While most of the villains from spin-off series ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' are as high on ham as their main series counterparts, particular attention should be paid to [[spoiler:Gloriosa Daisy]]. Given that she's pretty hammy by default it's no surprise that her line deliveries after being corrupted rival Palpatine in their oddness and hilarity, nicely illustrating that she's more crazy than evil.
262* Bowser in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' is the central villain like in [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the games]], being interested in marrying Princess Peach against her will, and is voiced in a deep, menacing voice courtesy of Creator/JackBlack. Just from the opening scene where he steals the Power Star from the penguins' castle, you can tell he had as much fun voicing Bowser as the animators were [[MilkingTheGiantCow animating him]], and he ''really'' gets loud in some later scenes.
263-->'''Bowser:''' I've finally found it! And now ''NO ONE CAN STOP ME!!!''
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266[[folder:Literature]]
267* Visser Three in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''. While thought-speak can be directed at one, several, or even everyone in range, the Visser is '''CONSTANTLY BROADCASTING HIS PRESENCE''' to all, including his enemies. In fact, in the whole series (when in an Andalite body), he speaks to one person at a time a grand total of ONCE.
268* Opal Koboi from ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' practically ''invented'' Evil Is Hammy. Especially in the eighth book. She even lampshades it.
269-->''"He is mine. The ultimate power is mine. [[ItMakesSenseInContext I have the lemur.]]"''
270* Venandakatra the Vile in the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries''. He is a devotee of every vice known to man, and some that haven't been discovered to this day. He loves hurting people, except when they fight back. He wages war by pitching an array of tents that are more ostentatious and less tasteful than the palaces of more ModestRoyalty and then makes guarding his comfort a primary objective of his campaigns. He has the most expensive feasts constantly dumped into his mouth and treats slave girls much like food, to be consumed and the husks discarded; and sex to him is no fun unless combined with torture. The book also makes a point of mentioning that he is called The Vile and not The Cruel because the latter might imply respect. In general, the chief pleasure a reader takes in his character is that it is almost impossible to imagine someone so extravagantly and flamboyantly evil - even if we know [[TruthInTelevision such people exist]] in RealLife. In addition, his RoyalBrat status means that a good chunk of his dialogue consists of loud, semi-coherent rage.
271* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Many of Harry Dresden's enemies are this to some degree. DrunkOnTheDarkSide is quite common throughout the series and coupled with the AntiquatedLinguistics of many supernatural creatures, this is a great recipe for some serious ham. The standout example is probably Lord Raith, who is explicitly compared to a movie villain in his extremely over-the-top and melodramatic dialogue, but many other characters also fit the bill.
272* ''Literature/TheElenium'': Invoked in ''The Tamuli'' when the normally restrained Sir Bevier goes undercover at the villain's camp as a mercenary. He attempts to appear "dangerously competent", but his stage training takes over and, as a result, he ends up looking like a homicidal maniac and leaves the entire camp terrified of him.
273* Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. Ian [=McNeice=] definitely shows it in his portrayal of the baron in [[Series/FrankHerbertsDune the miniseries]].
274* The main villain in ''Literature/FancyApartments'' is [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Vrotheus the Vile]], who hams up any line he can. It's hard to tell if that's his nature, or if he just likes being dramatic. Oddly enough, he still seems a serious threat despite it.
275* The villains of ''Literature/TheFirstDwarfKing'' seem to think they're in a stage opera. Then again, [[WorldOfHam so does everyone else]], but Pathruushkè and Trang Barok take it [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] -- especially when [[HamToHamCombat they argue]].
276* ''Literature/OldKingdom'': Kerrigor in ''Sabriel''. "Blood for the breaking!" Apparently, he was a flamboyant guy who loved having every eye on him even while alive; after becoming undead, getting DrunkOnTheDarkSide, and becoming quite possibly the most powerful active being on the planet, this natural tendency got exaggerated.
277* Used differently with each of the three most powerful [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Forsaken]] in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.
278** [[TheDragon Ishamael]] is a rather impressive [[LargeHam ham]] in his persona as Ba'alzamon, giving some rather spectacular CardCarryingVillain rants owing to being DrunkOnTheDarkSide. [[spoiler:Subverted when he comes back later in the series as Moridin, and is ''much'' calmer and more restrained, coming across as almost resigned at times, and is much scarier for it.]]
279** [[TheStarscream Lanfear]] is usually AffablyEvil, especially around [[TheChosenOne Rand]]. Just ''don't'' mash her BerserkButton, because we're not kidding about the "berserk" part. Lanfear is one of the most deadly [[FunctionalMagic channelers]] of all time, and in a screaming temper, she's more than capable of blasting just about anyone in her way to ash.
280** [[FourStarBadass Demandred]] appears at first to be a complete aversion; the guy is stoic to the point of hardly ever showing genuine emotion except for the occasional glimpse of the seething core of ''epic rage'' at the heart of his personality. [[spoiler:Then in the final book he finally lets all that hate out, in the process becoming the LargeHam he was ''born'' to be.]]
281* Averted by Lily Weatherwax in ''Literature/WitchesAbroad''; she's actually somewhat menacingly toned down. What makes this instance notable, though, is the way her sister, Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax, reacts; the very fact that Lily isn't ChewingTheScenery enrages her as much as all the damage she's done to innocent lives over the years. Lily went off to be the bad sister, [[TheDutifulSon leaving Esme to be the good one]], but Lily spent the whole time deluding herself that she was the good one, so even though there was no doubt which sister she was, ''she never took the opportunity to enjoy it.'' To Granny, this is almost as bad as denying Esme the choice in the first place.
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284[[folder:Multiple Media]]
285* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
286** [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Walter R. Riccio]] in the ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' graphic novel sequel ''The Birth of Kong'' very much as his SanitySlippage progresses; spreading his arms and screaming like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGPaqmR9U00&t=55s the guy in the hood here]].
287** [[Characters/MonsterVerseApexCybernetics Walter Simmons]], the CorruptCorporateExecutive responsible for creating Mechagodzilla and the human BigBadWannabe of ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''. Dear God, once the mask of a pleasant and well-meaning businessman comes off, does he love hearing the sound of his own voice.%%
288
289* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
290** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
291*** Although Creator/WilliamShatner usually negates this trope since he's the hero, when Captain Kirk was split into good and evil selves in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin The Enemy Within]]", the evil side was ''much'' hammier.
292---->"I'm Captain Kirk! ''I'm Captain Kirk!'' '''IIIIII'M CAPTAIN KIRK!'''"
293*** He does it again when we briefly see the evil MirrorUniverse Kirk in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]".
294*** Same goes for every character in the mirror universe episodes of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. Most of the actors were at near-Shatner levels of hamminess even during the normal episodes, but their evil counterparts take things [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]].
295** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
296*** InvokedTrope in the episode "Duet". [[spoiler:Aamin Marritza, a Cardassian filing clerk who worked in a forced labor camp run by the brutal Gul Darhe'el impersonates the latter, both to make Cardassia admit to the crimes committed against the Bajorans and to soothe his guilty conscience over not being able to stop it. While impersonating Darhe'el he acts pretty hammily, but when the ruse is dropped, he acts far more subdued. This is used to great effect when Kira confronts him with the truth and Maritza gives another hammy rant only to [[TearJerker break down in tears once the memories and the guilt start flooding in.]]]]
297*** And speaking of Cardassians, Gul Dukat puts on some of the most ham-tastic grandstanding ever, to the point where everyone else comments on [[YouTalkTooMuch how much he loves the sound of his own voice.]]
298*** Also, an early episode where Dr. Bashir came down with a bad case of GrandTheftMe thanks to a dying evil space criminal gave Alexander Siddig the chance to let his ColdHam flag fly.
299*** And let's not even get started on the holodeck Bond villain played by Captain Sisko, which allowed Avery Brooks to chew up every bit of scenery around him (and obviously had the time of his life doing it.)
300*** As in the Original Series, their MirrorUniverse characters are much hammier, with added HomoeroticSubtext.
301** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
302*** EmperorScientist Dr Chaotica in that Film/FlashGordonSerial holodeck homage, ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton''. The entire program is a WorldOfHam with even Captain Janeway joining in, so naturally the villain has to out-ham everyone or get left behind.
303---->"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! You shall PAY for your [=inCOMPetence!=] SEIZE HIM!"
304*** Inverted in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E21LivingWitness Living Witness]]", where a 'historical recreation' of Voyager shows the crew as squabbling genocidal thugs with a side of ham. Yet the evilest characters in the simulation, Janeway and the Doctor, speak in a calm undertone that contrasts with their normal hammy personas.
305** ''Series/StarTrekPicard''. In "Stardust City Rag", Jean-Luc Picard has to pose as an [[OrganTheft organ trader]] selling [[TrojanPrisoner Seven of Nine]] for her Borg parts, so he [[NotSoAboveItAll gleefully hams it up]] as an eyepatch-wearing FrenchJerk villain with an overdone MauriceChevalierAccent.
306--->'''Picard:''' I thought I looked ''(in exaggerated French accent)'' appropriately sini''sterrrr''.\
307'''Raffi:''' No comment.
308** Amongst the franchise's movies, Creator/FMurrayAbraham's Ru'afo in ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'', Creator/ChristopherLloyd's Kruge in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', and (of course) Creator/RicardoMontalban's [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan "Wrath Of"]] Khan were magnificently over-the-top, with Khan in particular even giving Creator/WilliamShatner - in his [[BigWordShout most over-the-top mode]] - [[HamToHamCombat a run for his money]].
309--->'''Khan''': I've done ''worse'' than kill you. I've ''hurt'' you. And I wish to ''go on hurting you''. I shall leave you as you left ''me'', as you left ''her''...marooned for ''all eternity'' in the centre of a dead planet...Buried alive...''Buried aliiiiiiive''...[[note]]And this was him being ''subtle''![[/note]]
310** In the AlternateTimeline of J.J. Abrams' ''Star Trek'' movies:
311*** From the [[Film/StarTrek2009 film]], we have Nero, who gave some choice quotes.
312---->'''"SPOOOOOOOCCCCKKKKKKK!"'''
313---->'''"I WANT SPOCK DEAD ''NOW''!'''
314---->'''"FIRE EVERYTHING!"'''
315*** ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Let's face it, Harrison is DEVOURING the scenery.
316*** In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', Krall at first only has a deep and dramatic voice given Creator/IdrisElba is covered in make-up. [[spoiler:Though once he becomes more human by the end of the movie, he's free to ham up with no problems.]]
317** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' continues the grand tradition of having the main cast chew the scenery with gleeful abandon as their Mirror Universe counterparts. Especially Mirror Burnham, once she's revealed to be ''completely'' bonkers.
318* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
319** Palpatine in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', once it's known he is a Sith Lord. When he had his good-guy facade on, he acted normally. When his evil side showed up, he started acting hammier. When he finally dropped the act altogether, he went to town (as ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', [[AnachronicOrder done many years before]], shows).
320** In ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'', Palpatine actually says "[[IAmTheNoun I AM the Dark Side!]]"
321** This is actually something of an occupational hazard for Sith since they draw their power from raw passion and self-restraint is, consequently, not exactly on the agenda. Notice that Palpatine is always at his hammiest when using or about to use TheDarkSide. His apprentices Count Dooku and Darth Vader also frequently talk in a menacing to the point of exaggeration manner (with Vader having the bonus of gesturing given his face is obscured by a mask).
322** Even before his FaceHeelTurn, Anakin Skywalker hams it up in some of his darker moments, such as his infamous "I killed them all" rant.
323** General Grievous serves as a proto-Darth Vader and is even hammier than him, never dialing down on the dramatic speech (punctuated by [[IncurableCoughOfDeath coughs]]).
324** General Hux in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''....mainly during that NewEraSpeech of his before Starkiller blasts away The Hosnian System.
325*** Kylo Ren and Supreme Leader Snoke, the other villains from the same film, and ''Film/TheLastJedi'' get their moments too. Kylo spends most of the climax of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' beating his abdominal wound until he draws blood and either growling or yelling his lines. Snoke doesn't get to really cut loose until ''Film/TheLastJedi'' but it's quite memorable when he does. His [[spoiler: final]] monologue to [[spoiler: Rey]] combines this with SuddenlyShouting.
326*** And don't forget that one stormtrooper that sought out, and battled, Finn.
327---->'''FN-2199:''' '''''TRAITOR!!!'''''
328** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' continues the above-mentioned tradition with Star Wars villains and this trope with its BigBad Moff Gideon. He's no Sith or any practitioner of the dark side, but he is every bit as theatric as one.
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332[[folder:Music]]
333* Shakespears Sister's "Stay" is a ConceptVideo where Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey portray {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of life and death and fight over a comatose man. Fahey's performance as death is definitely the more over-the-top of the two, mainly due to her dramatic gestures and facial expressions.
334* Music/TheMegas: Air Man is an OmnicidalManiac, Heat Man seems to think he's the Devil, and Bomb Man is a RoboticPsychopath who loves StuffBlowingUp way too much. Then there's Dr Wily, the BigBad. They're, for the most part, the most overtly villainous characters, and they get the most over-the-top moments in their songs.
335-->'''Beneath the Steel/Bomb Man:''' ''CUE EXPLOSION!''\
336'''The Annihilation of Monsteropolis/Air Man:''' There will be a fire in the sky, and [[DeathFromAbove YOUR DOOM WILL RAIN DOWN!]]\
337'''Man on Fire/Heat Man:''' You are the '''hero!''' I am the '''fire!''' This is the '''meltdown!''' Of your '''desire!''' Your fight for justice '''turns to ashes''', '''''MEGA MAN!'''''\
338'''Look What You've Done/Dr Wily:''' ''This is the eeeeend!'' You've started the fall! Can't see the destiny, that we once saw, on the edge of dawn! ''(What have you done?!)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Have. You. Done?]]
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340
341[[folder:Pinball]]
342* Loki in ''VideoGame/TheAvengersZenStudios''.
343* Yagov in ''Pinball/F14Tomcat'' boasts in his characteristically humorous ways.
344-->'''"You can't win!"'''
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346
347[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
348* Super villain wrestlers Dr. Cube in Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel and later, Wrestling/UltraMantisBlack in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, chew massive amounts of scenery while describing how they will tear down our society/those stupid heroes/the ''[[{{Face}} tecnicos]]''.
349* Wrestling/TheNewDay is ''all over'' this trope.
350* When Wrestling/BruceTharpe was managing the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] talent in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, he would act like a heel so over-the-top that it was almost cartoonish. Bombastic, loud, and condescending, the New Japan fans loved when he would get knocked on his butt by the New Japan Army.
351* Wrestling/{{Bayley}} after she evolved her heel character from TheStoic to an over-the-top obnoxious troll.
352* Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, when in his BadBoss Mr. [=McMahon=] persona, is pretty much made of enough ham to feed an entire army.
353-->'''IT'S MEEEE, AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALOOOOONG, AUSTIN!!!'''
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356[[folder:Roleplay]]
357* Simon from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' keeps himself low-key most of the time. His split personality, the Dark Dragon, is not only much more evil than him but also revels in the chance to act like a maniac and ham it up whenever possible.
358-->"Oh, man, tha's just askin' for an over-dramatic speech o' malice, dread, an' bigging meself up."
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361[[folder:Theatre]]
362* Any {{Pantomime}} villain worth his salt.
363* The Wolf from ''The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf'' '''requires''' a LargeHam, to contrast with his lethargic attorney.
364* Cora in ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle'' is a first-class scene-stealer who even succeeds at interrupting one scene change so she can get ready.
365* ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'':
366** Hel and Loki are so bombastic, they keep providing Jasper with a chance to run away from them just by taking too long to announce their arrival.
367** Little Lu acts hammy while singing about the crimes of the slaves in his factory, and the punishments he inflicts on them.
368* In ''Theatre/TwiceCharmed'', Franco [=DiFortunato=] definitely is hammy, as are Lady Tremaine and the stepsisters.
369* In ''Theatre/PokemonLive'', all the villains are hammy, especially Jessie and James.
370* In ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'', Farquaad really cranks up his hammy tendencies, with a generous dose of [[{{Camp}} campy flair]] added for good measure.
371* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', especially when the actor portraying him goes into CarefulWithThatAxe territory.
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374[[folder:Theme Parks]]
375* At Ride/UniversalStudios:
376** Miseria in ''Theatre/TheEighthVoyageOfSindbad'' makes it very clear that she's the evil villain, from the way she acts to the way she dresses.
377** In ''Theatre/PoseidonsFury'', Lord Darkenon is about as hammy as a villain could possibly get, always doing an evil laugh and just reveling in how sinister he is.
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380[[folder:Video Games]]
381* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2024'': [[spoiler:Edward Carnby breaks out the ham when he joins the Horned Goat's cult in [[EarnYourBadEnding his bad ending]]:]]
382-> [[spoiler:'''Carnby:''' No, Emily. I get it now! [The Horned Goat] needed me to break the pact. She needed ''me'' to bring her Grace! I did ''[[SuddenlyShouting everything for her!]] I just realized I belong here!'' '''''I'm one of her YOOOOUNG!''''']]
383* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'': If Cesare wants to live, he lives. If he wants to take, he takes. If he wants you to die, you die. And if he wants to ham, he ''''' HAAAAAAAAAMS!'''''
384* Geldoblame, of ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'', is far and away the hammiest character in the game and (unintentionally) probably the best-voiced character, just because it's so amusing.
385* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', FinalBoss [[spoiler:Father Balder]] has a gleefully {{camp}}y WorldOfHam to live up to... and manages to outdo the rest of the cast. His [[FashionVictimVillain fashion sense]] does a good chunk of the work alone, but his tendency to both [[ChewingTheScenery chew]] and [[KungShui hurl]] the scenery, along with his [[spoiler:brutal execution of the gigantic demons Bayonetta conjures to kill him]] carry him over the top.
386* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'':
387** Hazama/Yuuki Terumi. Part of the reason he's so LaughablyEvil is that his voice actors are clearly having a ''hell'' of a time.
388** In Platinum's Gag Reel, when Litchi becomes the EvilOverlord 'Boob Queen', she becomes so overly hammy in nearly everything. In canon, however, Litchi is well-reserved and not that hammy (unless you count her suggestive moans of pains to be 'ham'), and [[spoiler:even if she's ForcedIntoEvil and in the NOL group, she didn't even become hammy, still retaining her calm. Tsubaki, on the other hand, becomes even more vehement and probably 'hammy' in trying to force the NOL order after her EvilCostumeSwitch]].
389* Handsome Jack, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', is not a subtle man. As the story of ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' goes on, he goes from having a relatively standard acting range to [[SanitySlippage utter scenery-chewing excess]] as [[StartOfDarkness his dark side becomes steadily more dominant]].
390-->'''Jack:''' [[FauxAffablyEvil Forgive me. Where's your husband now?]]\
391'''Helena Pierce:''' He's dead.\
392'''Jack:''' That is a heartbreaker, but...[Gunshot] [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor YOU GOT SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH HIM NOW AT LEAST!]]
393* [[BrainInAJar Dr. Nero Neurosis]] of ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' tends to shout whenever he gets irritated or scared.
394--> '''Neurosis:''' "Average?" ''I! AM NOT!'' '''''[[BerserkButton AVERAGE!]]'''''
395* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
396** [[spoiler: Barlowe]] in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' normally speaks with a very neutral and verbose tone. However, once his true colours are revealed, he goes nuts with wild abandon, laughing manically the whole time.
397** And Dracula. In pretty much every game with voice acting. In most games' Japanese dubs, he's voiced by the above-mentioned Creator/NorioWakamoto.
398** Death from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' simply never shuts up in his 5 minutes hammy speech [[spoiler: even though he has been quite normal when he stayed as Zobek, your ally.]]
399* Kane in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' becomes ever increasingly hammy as time goes on.
400** The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' gives us a parade of Russian nutjobs, culminating (so far) with Creator/TimCurry's Cherdenko. (Because it's ''Tim Curry''.)
401** Creator/GeorgeTakei's Yoshiro, Emperor of the Rising Sun, is also fairly hammy.
402* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'', since it takes place in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', [[EvilVersusEvil everyone is evil]], and hence [[WorldOfHam everyone is hammy]], even if they are a MagnificentBastard.
403** Special mention must go to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-gSJW3sHXE Chaos Space Marines]], however. Especially Crull, the Chaos Lord from the ''Winter Assault'' extension. [[http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20end%20chaos&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDAQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDliMrKCpeww&ei=xhw8T-GkOKie0QW26p1t&usg=AFQjCNGAqKSvdoEDkYtWRWesde-bwvSsIA&cad=rja Oh dear Emperor, Lord Crull...]]
404--->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DliMrKCpeww BLOOOOOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! LET THE UNIVERSE, DDRRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWNNNN IN IT!]]
405** In ''Retribution'', [[spoiler: Kyras]] makes them all look sane and stable.
406---> [[spoiler:'''Kyras''':]] BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! LET! THE GALAXY... '''BUUUUURRRRRRNNNNN!!!'''
407** The Dark Eldar in ''Soulstorm'' embrace this whole-heartedly.
408--->''"RAISE OUR STANDARD! LET IT STRIKE FFEEEAARR!"''
409--->''"FOR KOMORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"''
410* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
411** Arius from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2''. "OH! NO! I was going to be KING of this world!"
412** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': Arkham and [[spoiler:his alter-ego, Jester]], is a rich source of Ham. With the latter, it's intentional, as he tried to act like a fool in order to effectively [[spoiler:play Lady and the the sons of Sparda against each other]]. And it could also be a way of unleashing his inner goofball beneath that serious facade.
413* Every [[BigBadDuumvirate single Prime Evil]] in ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' is this. Diablo, Baal, and Mephisto really love to [[ChewingTheScenery Chew The Scenery]] to dust. Just listen to them speak, and even [[EvilSorcerer Zoltun Kulle]] is also an offender.
414* Flemeth in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is very hammy when she isn't pretending to simply be a batty old lady and gets much more so in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. Being voiced by [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Captain Janeway]] really helps.
415** [[spoiler:Loghain]] becomes much hammier after his FaceHeelTurn.
416** Though averted for the most part in the first game, since the Darkspawn can't, you know, ''talk''. Until Awakening, when they ''can'' talk and get their full opportunity to be hammy.
417*** Special mention goes to the ham-tastic Mother.
418** Knight-Commander Meredith in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is one of the best examples in the entire series.
419*** Not to mention [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist teammate Anders]]; while he's only hammy in combat (actually, he's usually soft-spoken otherwise), his combat taunts (and [[ScreamingWarrior screaming]]) are a bountiful platter of ham.
420* In ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', the player will fight multiple demigods who are varying levels of tyrannical, insane, and/or stubbornly dogmatic. However, the two most depraved and evil among them -- Godrick the Grafted and Mohg, Lord of Blood -- are by far the hammiest.
421-->'''Godrick''' (second phase transition): Ancestors, one and all... BEAR WITNESS!
422-->'''Mohg''' (intro cutscene): Welcome, honored guest, to the birthplace of our DYNASTY!
423* Throughout ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, this is a trait of the Dremora, an intelligent race of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] who are most commonly found in the service of [[DestroyerDeity Mehrunes Dagon]] as his [[TheLegionsOfHell Legions of Hell]]. They are essentially a race (the ''MasterRace'' if they are to be believed) of LargeHam {{Blood Knight}}s with [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] [[NoIndoorVoice "outdoor" voices]]. Some prime snippets of their dialogue:
424-->''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'': "After I kill you, [[BlackComedyRape I will rape your corpse]]. Don't worry. I'll be gentle."
425-->''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'': "Bow to me!" "Break and fall!" "Break! Bleed!" "Burst, bloodsack!" (And those are just the ones starting with "B"!)
426-->''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'': "I HONOR my LORD by DESTROYING YOU!" *slays enemy* "''[[BadassBoast THERE CAN BE NO OTHER END!]]"''
427* ''Franchise/FarCry'':
428** Vaas Montenegro the {{Ruthless Modern Pirate|s}} of ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is an AxCrazy MoodSwinger who's prone to switching between SophisticatedAsHell profanity-laden philosophical monologues and straight-up screaming explosive murderous death threats. His boss, [[AmoralAfrikaner Hoyt Volker]], is equally prone to SuddenlyShouting in his [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy, thick-accented voice]]. By far, [[DepravedHomosexual Bambi]] "[[PsychoForHire Buck]]" Hughes is the least shouty of the three villains, but he's such a FauxAffablyEvil AwesomeAussie, that he comes across as [[ColdHam over-the-top anyway]].
429** [[TheCaligula Pagan Min]] of ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' is pretty theatrical and [[CampStraight showy]] (his EstablishingCharacterMoment consists of him stabbing a man to death in a paisley pink suit, after all). The same goes for two of his underlings, [[DragonLady Yuma Lau]] and [[AntiVillain Dr. Najjar Noore]].
430** Batari the {{High Priest}}ess of ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' is pretty deep voiced and bombastic, being a proponent of HumanSacrifice and suffering from a case of AGodAmI.
431* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
432** Jegran in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers'', after he drops pretending to be good.
433** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the entire [[VillainTeamUp Chaos faction]] exemplifies this trope with all of the hammiest villains of the series. The only exceptions are [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]] ([[spoiler: [[TheMole but he isn't really part of the Chaos faction]]...]]), [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia]], who are fairly restrained. Odd because Ultimecia was quite hammy in her respective game. ("KURSE YOU SEEDS!")
434*** Even among the all-you-can-eat ham buffet that Dissidia provides, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] manages to stand out for the sheer amount of it he provides with every line. Between an abundance of evil laughing, obsessive boasting about his beloved Void, and voice actors clearly having the time of their lives in the recording booth, there's almost never a dull moment to be had when he appears. It says something that the sheer volume of ham he provides was enough to make him [[BreakoutCharacter skyrocket in popularity after decades of being rather forgotten]].
435** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is usually subdued on the ham front when it comes to villainy, but then ''Shadowbringers'' introduces [[FatBastard Vauthry]], the leader of Eulmore who decides who gets let into the city, as well as somehow able to keep the [[AngelicAbomination Sin Eaters]] from attacking, throwing a very whiny hissy fit when he realizes that Alphinaud had outright insulted him to his face. He proceeds to have a hammy VillainousBreakdown when it's revealed that he's [[spoiler:the final Lightwarden]], even to the point that during Mt. Gulg, he shouts orders at the Sin Eaters to kill the Warrior of Light and their party.
436* Nergal from the 2003 game ''VideoGame/{{Fire Emblem|TheBlazingBlade}}'' wasn't THAT hammy until we got to see [[spoiler: his disfiguring scar]] by the end of the game. ''Then'', he unleashed his inner ham and let it run wild.
437* Lord Whitehill in ''VideoGame/GameOfThronesTelltale''.
438--> '''WHAT?! GONE?! That was MY JUSTICE to deliver, BOY, and YOU denied me of it!!'''
439* Sir Richard Hawksmoor in ''VideoGame/GhostHunter''. Sir Michael Gambon practically introduces himself with "I ''want'' '''FLESH'''." An incredible contrast with his role of Dumbledore in the [[Film/HarryPotter movies]].
440* [[BigBad The Galactic Emperor]] from ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' is this trope, pure and simple. Let's look at his nice little pre-final battle speech...
441--> '''Galactic Emperor:''' ''[[EvilLaugh MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]] PUNY HUMANS, JUDGMENT TIME HAS ARRIVED! I'LL FINISH YOU ALL HERE! FIRST THIS PLANET, THEN THE WHOLE GALAXY! YOU AND YOUR SILLY GOTCHA BORGS WILL BE EXTERMINATED!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!''
442* In ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', Creator/HarlanEllison himself put so much feeling into voicing AM that one review said that the name of the evil artificial intelligence ought to be renamed HAM.
443* [[spoiler: Poquelin]] from ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'', especially before your final fight with him.
444-->"Over?, ''OVER?!!!'' On the contrary, ''my time has just begun!!!''"
445* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'': [[spoiler:When Nur-Ab-Sal fully possesses Sophia, she really [[ChewingTheScenery chews the scenery]] there]].
446--> [[spoiler:The woman who was is now '''''THE KING THAT SHALL EVER BE!''''']]
447* Gouji Rokkaku from ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio Future'' doesn't spend too much time center-stage, but he damn well makes the most of the time he has. It helps that he's voiced by ''Creator/CharlesMartinet'', [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros of all people.]]
448--> '''Rokkaku:''' The name of this tower of ultimate beauty is...eh, blah-diddly blah blah, ''the name is'' '''[[SuddenlyShouting IRRELEVANT!]]'''
449* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': [[spoiler:After dispatching the comparatively serious Medusa, Hades steals the show, absolutely ravishing in his evilness like if Creator/TimCurry was an evil god]].
450* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
451** Pick a BigBad. Any one of 'em. They're this trope. It's a Final Fantasy / Disney crossover, so this was basically inevitable.
452** Ansem, Seeker of Darkness/[[spoiler:Xehanort's Heartless]] gets an extra special mention here. Billy Zane (his original voice actor) managed to out-ham the likes of [[Creator/SusanneBlakeslee Maleficent]] and [[Creator/JamesWoods Hades]].
453-->"Kingdom Hearts! Fill me...with the power of darkness! SUPREME DARKNESS!"
454** Xemnas, by contrast, is a textbook ColdHam. It's in his character to be as hammy as possible. Having no emotions, he makes up for it with [[MilkingTheGiantCow exaggerated hand gestures]] and stretches out a lot of his lines to seem more emotional. His [[Creator/NorioWakamoto voice actor in the Japanese version]] certainly helps.
455** Ends up being inverted in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', where one of the villains remains calm and demure until he ''does'' turn full-on evil. [[spoiler:He's Xehanort from the past before he was corrupted by Darkness. Given that Master Xehanort is one of the characters with the highest potentials for Ham, apparently Evil ''Makes'' You Hammy.]]
456* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' has [[spoiler:[[BigBad Ishmelga-Rean]], a simulation of what happens to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Rean Schwarzer]] if he decided to do his HeroicSacrifice at the normal ending of the game. The resulting character ends up looking like a corrupted mix of both Ishmelga and Rean who believes in wiping out everyone to restore peace in the world.]] And boy does the man deliver so much ham especially when he engages in HamToHamCombat with Rean, Crow, and [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Rufus]] when they engage in the [[UnexpectedGameplayChange only mech fight of the game]].]]
457* Lord Ghirahim in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', aka Mr. Furious! OUTRAGED! SICK WITH ANGER!! Zant from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is similarly hammy, especially during his VillainousBreakdown. And Master Kohga from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' uses lots of dramatic posing and self-hyping. [[BigBad Ganon]] is also somewhat hammy ([[PigMan literally, in certain situations]]), but he's rather restrained compared to the other two.
458* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' features a whole plethora of classically hammy villains,[[labelnote:Including...]][[Series/DoctorWho Davros, the Daleks,]] [=GLaDOS=], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Riddler, Joker,]] [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Lord Business,]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Master Chen,]] [[Franchise/{{Superman}} General Zod,]] [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman,]] and many more[[/labelnote]] and the OriginalGeneration villain, Lord Vortech, still manages to out-ham them all. But, then again, would you expect anything else from Creator/GaryOldman?
459--> '''Lord Vortech:''' Welcome to the end of chaos...''AND THE BEGINNING!'' ''OF!'' '''''PERFECTION!'''''*
460* [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] from ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' and its first remake.
461--> "My coming out party can begin! Send in the clowns!"
462** ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' manages to up him with [[GodOfEvil Zophar]].
463* The Reapers in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are ''very'' hammy. Especially Harbinger, who is '''''[[VillainOverride ASSUMING]] [[MemeticMutation DIRECT CONTROL!]]'''''
464* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
465** Exaggerated with multiple characters, who are only hammy when they are evil.
466*** Most obvious with Gray Fox, whose HeelFaceRevolvingDoor comes with the appropriate personality. As a hostage of Outer Heaven, he's cool and a little condescending. As the lieutenant of Zanzibar Land, he's a disaster of evil laughter and SayMyName, stomping around in a mech. As the antagonistic ninja, he's monologuing about his soul and doing OrgasmicCombat; after he remembers his true self, he's casually teasing Snake.
467*** Huey Emmerich is subdued and gently-spoken in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', but in his antagonistic role in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', acts and moves like a stereotypical {{tokusatsu}} mad scientist, drenched in sweat and with his voice actor channelling [[Series/DoctorWho Davros in "Genesis of the Daleks"]]. Lampshaded when Snake and Kaz watch his arm-flinging delivery, make mutual eye contact, and then both comment that these kinds of dramatics are a dead giveaway about his true intentions.
468*** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', the usually pleasant Miller is reduced to a raspy rage and stumbling around in seething fury, while the usually outrageous Ocelot, who is on your side the whole time in this one, has a calm, cattish delivery that comes off as slightly bored.
469** Liquid Snake manages to do this every chance he gets in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
470** ''Videogame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'''s [[WarForFunAndProfit Sundowner]] would like you to know that he's '''''FUCKIN' INVINCIBLE!'''''
471*** Sundowner pales in comparison to his boss, [[spoiler: Senator Armstrong, whose '''''"NANOMACHINES, SON!"''''' is legendary.]]
472* [[EvilChancellor Vice President]] '''[[SayMyName RIICHAAARD!!]]''' Hawk in ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' [[IncomingHam opened his every appearance]] with an EvilLaugh and gleefully delivered lines such as...
473-->'''RICHARD:''' "This wild dog of war is on the move, Michael! It'll bite you if you don't move it! It's time for my afternoon tea. There's nothing like sipping some delicious Darjeeling tea...and watching you getting your clock cleaned!"
474* Harvey from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' spends most of his time on-screen either bombastically shouting his lines or indulging in excessive amounts of EvilGloating. Especially notable since he's much calmer when [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretending]] to be a gentleman, and he's the [[ArcVillain personal villain]] of the ''much'' more reserved Osvald. Also helps that in the Japanese dub, he's voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, channeling how he did [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]].
475* In ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'', one of the ScriptedEvent applicants walks up to your booth, and when you ask them for their paperwork, they scream "DEATH TO ARSTOTZKA!" before dropping a bomb on your counter and leaving.
476* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', during the boss fight with TheMole after their betrayal, they really go all out.
477-->'''[[spoiler:Goro Akechi]]:''' KILL THEM! '''''PERSONA!!!'''''
478* ''VideoGame/PitPeople'' is a WorldOfHam, but [[BigBad the Narrator]] out-hams everyone else with a fair margin. In a bit of a deconstruction they also imply that they're not used to overacting and find that "being evil is ''exhausting,"'' lamenting that they really shouldn't have skipped breakfast earlier that day.
479* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', once [[spoiler: you escape the fire pit]], [=GLaDOS=] starts along this path. She really goes to town once you [[spoiler: incinerate her morality core]].
480** In ''VideoGame/Portal2'', [[spoiler: Wheatley]] gains several levels in ham when you [[spoiler:yank [=GLaDOS=] out and plug him in]]. Apparently, a certain amount of hamminess is literally hardwired into the system.
481* The ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series isn't exactly a WorldOfHam, often going with one hammed line per game, but it is ALWAYS said by a villain.
482--> '''Don Paolo:''' ''Heeere I come.... '''READY OR NOT!'''''
483--> '''Anton:''' '''''LAAAYTOOOON!!'''''
484--> '''[[spoiler:Clive:]]''' ''This isn't happening... It can't end this way... '''IT WON'T END THIS WAAAY!!'''''
485* MadScientist Dr. Nefarious of the ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' series. He simply delights in being as over-the-top ham as possible, despite wanting to exterminate all organic life from the universe. It really says something that, in a WorldOfHam like ''Ratchet and Clank'', he manages to continuously out-ham everyone.
486* Wesker in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' series.
487** Chief Irons in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''
488** Alfred and Alexia Ashford in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''.
489** Ramon Salazar in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. Isn't that right, MEEESTEEER Kennedy?!
490* In ''VideoGame/ReturnOfTheObraDinn'', [[spoiler:we have Second Mate Edward Nichols, the morally bankrupt official who sounds a bit hammy when it comes to stealing treasure and kidnapping the Formosan Royals and killing anyone who attempts to thwart his plans. Especially when he's about to get shot in a KarmicDeath (and his voice actor Chris Sharpes' delivery of these lines certainly helps)]]:
491-->[[spoiler:"Wait! Don't shoot! I have treasure! I YIIIIEEEELLLLLD!"]]
492* The villain of VideoGame/SecretFiles 2: Puritas Cordis is certainly a standout. Especially when he goes all out monologuing about his evil plan to lead humankind to a new golden age or his last words yelling how no one can escape their destiny.
493* The ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' versions of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi, and UsefulNotes/IshidaMitsunari. The first is absolutely, baby-eatingly, skull-cup-usingly ObviouslyEvil, and even has ominous background music and DramaticThunder to back him up. And he's voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto. Hideyoshi is the type to surround three armies at war and demand ALL of their surrenders at once in a loud voice and with an even louder fist. He then goes ahead and obliges some hotblooded heroes. He also parts the seas. Mitsunari really likes shouting about what he is going to do to his enemies, specifically those who side with Ieyasu. Mitsunari does not say "Ieyasu!" He says, "IEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASU!!!!!!!!"
494* Any time you get to confront and fight [[spoiler:YHVH -- i.e. God --]] in a ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' game, you can expect him to bust out bombastic speeches about TheEvilsOfFreeWill about eternal punishment and hammy one-liners and battle cries during battle.
495--> (in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'') "Not even a thousand deaths would be fitting punishment for thy sins! I shall smite thee, and in hell I shall torture thee over and over!" \
496(in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse, now with voice acting!)'' "HOW could you diminish me to such a state?! IMPUDENT HUMANS, [[ThisIsUnforgivable I CANNOT FORGIVE YOU]]! I asked ONLY that you take the life I granted you and obediently followed my word! The WEIGHT of your BLASPHEMY is TOO GREAT for death! [[FateWorseThanDeath ETERNAL SUFFERING]] IS THE ''ONLY'' SUITABLE PUNISHMENT! ''ROOAAAAARRRRR!!''"
497* The BigBad of the ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' series, Kaos, is voiced by [[Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz the same person]] who voiced ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' and is appropriately hammy.
498--> "Fear my giant floating head! FEAR IT!"
499 * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
500 ** '''[[Creator/DanGreen DAN GREEN]]''' as [[ObviouslyEvil Mephiles the Dark]] is one of the ''very'' few good points of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' for precisely this reason.
501 ** Eggman has always showed spades of this, but in more recent games (especially in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' and ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''), he's been invoking this full-on, and he doesn't look like he's going back. Best demonstrated in the finale of ''Generations'' where [[spoiler:even his past self is unnerved by his maniacal laughter]].
502 ** Out of all members of the [[VideoGame/SonicLostWorld Deadly Six]], [[BloodKnight Zazz]] definitely stands out as the most hammiest.
503 ---> '''Zazz:''' ''YOU'RE GOIN' HOME IN A BOX!''
504* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', the Zerg Overmind's first line is: "Awaken, my child, and embrace the glory that is your birthright." Every one of its subsequent lines is equally epic and pompous.
505** "Know that I am the Overmind, the eternal will of the Swarm, and that you have been created to serve me..."
506** Duran's appearance in ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' is an interesting case: in disguise as [[spoiler: Emil Narud]], he has a perfectly normal speaking tone. Once he drops the disguise and shows his true colors, though, out comes apocalyptic levels of ham.
507---> '''[[spoiler: Narud]]''': ''It is only beginning. [[PhysicalGod Amon]] whispered of this from the stars. He told you of his return... he told you of ruin... extinction... [[ApocalypseHow the end of all things]].''
508** Maar's [[OneSceneWonder brief appearance]] in ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' is also filled to bursting with ham. [[spoiler: Now, consider that all three of the above had [[GreaterScopeVillain the same creator]], and wonder what ''his'' voice must be like...]]
509** Amon himself. He fancies himself a god, and he pretty much is, and he talks the part.
510* The cruelest and evilest of all ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' villains, Luca Blight, is also the hammiest, with lots of exclamation marks, a distinctive EvilLaugh of "'''HOO HOO HOO HA HA HA HA HA!!!'''", and, of course, his famous last words "It took hundreds to kill me, but I KILLED BY THOUSANDS! LOOK AT ME!!! I AM SUBLIME!!! I AM THE TRUE FACE OF EVIL!!!!! *[[LaughingMad maniacally laughs]] to death*"
511* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
512** Bowser gets hammier with every game.
513** Fawful in the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series is a hammy lunatic who speaks in the most over-the-top way possible. Him being the villain in Bowser's Inside Story and being against the aforementioned Bowser is one of the reasons it's seen as so funny.
514** In ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', most of the hammier characters are the villains. Let's see, there's O'Chunks, Count Bleck, Dimentio, Mr. L, and to a lesser extent, Mimi and Francis. And there's also Bowser as always, so it's probably safe to say that this trope is in full effect in this game.
515* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': Cower, fools! ''[[IncomingHam MERASMUS IS HERE!]]''
516* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has a ''lot'' of evil bosses who ham it up, but the best example has to be Councilor Vay Hek, a Grineer diplomat who serves as the BigBad of the Earth maps and TheHeavy in general when it comes to anything Grineer-related. He is a violent sociopath in every sense of the word and is also well-known for running around gnawing chunks of scenery with NoIndoorVoice and far more {{Dramatic Pause}}s than are really necessary, especially while players are on the Plains of Eidolon.
517-->"WHY ARE THESE FOOLS... STILL BREATHING ''MY'' AIR?"\
518"I WILL PERSONALLY. ''THROW.'' YOUR BELOVED LOTUS...'''INTO THE SUN!'''"
519* Thorgar from ''VideoGame/WarhammerMarkOfChaos''. Seriously, he's probably the most hammy video game character ever. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_agqtrDnE Just listen to the guy]]. Of course, the other [[HornyVikings warriors of Chaos]] are (almost) as hammy as him, and the [[YouDirtyRat Skaven]] are pretty fond of unleashing the hog as well:
520-->'''BUUUUURRRNNN THEM ALLLLLLL!!!'''
521* Blizzard loves this trope when it comes to antagonists and raid bosses. It's rare to find one that ''isn't'' a giant ham.
522** One of the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]], [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Yogg-Saron]], greatly delights in shouting pretty much everything in a booming voice, in direct contrast to the CreepyMonotone of fellow Old God C'thun.
523---> '''''MADNESS WILL CONSUME YOU!''''''
524--->'''[[OneWingedAngel Cower before my true form!]]''' '''''[[KneelBeforeZod BOW DOWN BEFORE THE GOD OF DEATH!]]'''''
525---> '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLlgxOo55IQ HOOWAHAHAHAHAHA GAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'''''
526** [[{{Dracolich}} Sindragosa]], the second-to-last boss of Icecrown Citadel, chews the scenery with gusto.
527---> '''You are FOOLS to have come to this place! The icy winds of Northrend will CONSUME YOUR SOULS!'''''
528---> '''Suffer, mortals, as your pathetic magic BETRAAAAYYYYYSSSSSS YYYYOOOOOUUUU!'''''
529* VideoGame/{{Wario}} has always been hammy, but when he becomes [[spoiler:[[SuperPoweredEvilSide Wario Deluxe]]]] in ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'', he takes on a whole new level of hamminess. Even with the game's AllStarCast, Creator/CharlesMartinet ''still'' manages to steal the show.
530-->'''Wario [[spoiler:Deluxe]]:''' HEHEHAHAHA! Oh, the money! The POWER! I ''feel it'' inside! Gurgling! Building! It's, uh...it's, uh...EXPLOSIVE! AHAHAHA! OHOHOHAHAHAHEEEEE!
531* The fourth wall-breaking megalomaniacal AI antagonist of ''VideoGame/WillYouSnail'', Squid, is prone to dramatics and EvilLaughter. He shouts a good portion of his lines.
532--> '''Squid''': Ahhh. Talking about pain and suffering always makes me wanna party! Come on...Let's party! Now dance my puppet! DANCE!!
533* The Dark Savant in ''[[VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} Wizardry 8]]''.
534* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' gives us [[LargeHam Albedo Piazzolla]], [[ChewingTheScenery an incurable muncher]], complete with rampant {{evil laugh}}s at any given opportunity.
535* The ''VideoGame/XMen'' arcade game introduces us to MAGNETO, MASTER OF MAGNET! Who wants those X-CHICKEN to know that THEY ARE NOTHING and would like to welcome them TO DIE!!
536[[/folder]]
537
538[[folder:Visual Novels]]
539* The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', [[spoiler: Junko Enoshima]], makes up for their [[OneSceneWonder lack of screentime]] by tearing the scenery to ''bits'' in the final trial, switching between various exaggerated personas that range from 'cutesy' to '[[Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure DIO]] impression'.
540* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', after a relatively understated introduction (at least as far as the anime goes), Beatrice becomes the queen of this {{trope}}. [[spoiler:Subverted. She's not the evil one. Bern is. And she's actually an EmotionlessGirl.]] Although, after TheReveal, she does get a lot more very expressive faces.
541[[/folder]]
542
543[[folder:Web Animation]]
544* The AI O'Malley from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. Just one example, after he's been asked to examine one of the Blue Team:
545-->'''O'Malley:''' We want something from you, but we're not going to tell you what it is, until we need it! [[EvilLaugh Huhuhuhuahahahaha]]!\
546'''Church:''' No way! I'm not agreeing to something without knowing what it is!\
547'''O'Malley:''' Huhuhuhuhuhuh Oh yes you will. You will or your little friend Tucker will '''die''', die a most '''horrible''' death. And you know his blood will be on your hands. Years from now, you'll drive yourself mad wondering if there was anything you could have done to save him, so you ''will'' agree to what I want. You will agree even though what I want is something ''mysterious'', what I want is something ''frightening'', what I want is something '''PUUUUUUUUUURE EEEEEEEEEEVIL''', '''''AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!'''''\
548''[beat]''\
549'''O'Malley:''' I've also been told a $20 co-pay is pretty much standard.
550* Resident Villain Tobe on ''Animation/{{Pucca}}''. Taken to insanely OTT levels in the Spanish dub.
551* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
552** Tyrian is a [[LaughingMad constantly cackling]], AxCrazy lunatic of a man [[BloodKnight who positively exults in battle and general violence.]] He's also surprisingly eloquent and has a penchant for the theatrical.
553--->'''Ruby:''' What do you want?\
554'''Tyrian:''' ''[melodramatic gasp]'' The rose has thorns! Why, my little flower, I'm here to whisk you away!
555** The more serious villains of the series become this in the LighterAndSofter SpinOff, ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''. Cinder loves to exult in her evil plans, while Roman desperately tries to get some actual time in the spotlight after [[spoiler: his canon death]]. Emerald, Mercury, and Neo are mostly just along for the ride.
556* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Boo. [[HarmlessVillain If you can even call him 'evil', that is!]] Still, he puts a lot of emphasis into his words.
557* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Ethan! Ohhhhhh boy, does he play it up!
558-->'''Ethan:''' It's me, your far-superior adversary, Ethan!
559** His sister Curien is the same way.
560-->'''Curien''': Oh my! Did your house suddenly turn into a river?! Now how on earth did THAT happen?!
561* The Death Alpha in WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie slips into this during half the lines he is speaking, making an otherwise generic villain all the more entertaining. His {{Dragon}} Cobalt also is hammy to the point where a good chunk of his scenes are PlayedForLaughs due to his own vibrant personality and his comically violent outbursts in a work where most of the violence is played seriously. The Death Alpha’s daughters also are this (mostly Mia though). Part of the reason Wolf Song is so entertaining is due to this trope whenever the villains are on screen
562* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': Subverted with Giovanni "GREATEST VILLAIN IN THE WORLD" Potage, who is attracted to a career in villainy more by the LargeHam potential than [[NiceGuy any actual malice on his part]]. When he describes his philosophy of villainy in ''Literature/EpithetErasedPrisonOfPlastic'', the parts of being the villain he actually seems to be interested in are the cool outfits, the dramatic speeches, the chance at a VillainSong, and the like; actually ''doing bad things'' is skipped over, and [[HarmlessVillain he explicitly thinks a villain's job is to be defeated at the end, because that way everyone has fun]].
563-->'''Giovanni, [[RealMenWearPink explaining why he knits]]:''' I wield the powers of creation...AND destruction! [flips the knitting needles between normal position and holding them like a knife while making FunnyBruceLeeNoises]
564[[/folder]]
565
566[[folder:Webcomics]]
567* The vast majority of the villains in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Though [[BigBad Xykon]] and [[MagnificentBastard Tarquin]] are the most prominent.
568* In ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'', Lewie the Lich chews more than his fair share of the scenery. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0592-the-art-of-villaininess/ "The Art of Villaininess"]].
569* Royce Lashiec, from ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}''. To say he has a flair for the dramatic would be a grave understatement.
570* {{Dracula}} from ''Webcomic/DeepDiveDaredevils'', complete with EvilLaugh.
571* Dr. E. M. Balmer from ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' is a ShadyRealEstateAgent [[ItMakesSenseInContext but for corpses,]] and probably the most loud-mouthed, egotistical, and flamboyant embalming machine you'll ever see.
572-->'''Dr. Balmer:''' There is a '''bad thing''' polluting this environment, madam. A bad thing so contrary to the matter-law that you would be familiar with, it could very well '''thrive''' under conventional decontamination procedures, unless of course we can correctly identify a sample and adapt our formulation. One miscalculation, one ''pseudo protein'' away from perfection, and this entire vessel could undergo a [[TechnoBabble Category D Extrapaisley Reconfiguration Event]]! The ''chaos!'' The ''exquisite madness!'' I'm simply swooning with UNIMAGINABLE terror! Mmmm....yesss....
573* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Caliborn, the epitome of evil who speaks exclusively in ham large enough to overshadow his constant use of capital letters and who speaks so much about conquering everything that you'd wonder if he could just talk them all to death.
574* ''Webcomic/TheFreeWillies'': Perhaps due to the luxury he has of being able to manipulate his realm however he likes, Mysterious Monocle Man definitely likes to act and dress over-the-top (one of his favorite things is glitter), especially in his initial interactions with the protagonists.
575* Invoked in ''Webcomic/PeterParkerForeignExchangeStudent'' when Tenya and Peter [[https://alexdrawsagain.tumblr.com/post/181368170783/peter-parker-foreign-exchange-student-in-this practice their maniacal laughter]] during the Heroes vs. Villains exercise.
576* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' has this in Baleyg, who actively tries to satisfy the hamminess requirements. Lampshaded by King upon realizing the braziers ignite and go out when Baleyg appears and disappears.
577--> '''King:''' Is he really so theatrical to set something like that up ahead of time?
578[[/folder]]
579
580[[folder:Web Originals]]
581* Dark Chaos in ''Literature/ChaosStorm'' displays this on a regular basis. Being StupidEvil, his [[LargeHam hammy lines]] aren't taken too seriously.
582-->'''Dark Chaos:''' Dark Chaos? [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide My power has become far greater than you can imagine.]] [[LargeHam I am]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Mayhem]] [[LargeHam now!]]\
583'''[[DeadpanSnarker Chris]]:''' A nut by any other name is just as lame.
584* ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'':
585** Sebastian Steer, who was TheStoic when he was TheDragon to Lord Nefarious starts ranting and raving and cackling once he becomes an EvilOverlord himself.
586** Doctor Curious's AxCrazy [[PsychoExGirlfriend Evil Ex]] is noted as being even more theatrical than the Doctor himself to the point that he actually ''sings'' most of his dialogue (in prose).
587** The Director's manner in ''[[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2021/09/13/the-city-of-peace/ The City of Peace]]'' is described as theatrical and overdramatic. He's not overplaying the villain, however, but overplaying the TragicHero to try and make Atoma feel guilty about her part in his FreudianExcuse. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse She is unimpressed.]]
588[[/folder]]
589
590[[folder:Web Videos]]
591* When it's revealed that Master Mudmud and Villaine are evil at the end of episode 2 of ''WebVideo/AdventuresInJediSchool'', Mudmud hams it up as his sister tried giving him intel.
592* Dr. Insano from ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' and ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', and also his AlternateUniverse counterparts, including Linksano.
593* Nella from ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' was already the hammiest woman at WebSite/ChannelAwesome, but turned it up a few notches when she became Dark Nella.
594* Music/DoctorSteel loves ChewingTheScenery.
595* ''WebVideo/AgamemnonTiberiusVacuum'', the Inarguable Eternal Leader of the glorious and superior Planet 3. "THE VACUUM CONSORTIUM: SUBMIT WILLINGLY!"
596* ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'':
597** Doctor Horrible gets some rather hammy moments.
598** His AntiHero counterpart [[Creator/NathanFillion Captain Hammer]], on the other hand, is a full-on LargeHam throughout the show.
599* Every villain in ''WebVideo/StupidMarioBrothers'' is this, especially The Darkness.
600* Many members of the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}, such as Ross from LetsPlay/HatFilms, LetsPlay/SimonLane, LetsPlay/{{Turpster}} and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley, become considerably hammier when playing ''VideoGame/GarrysMod Murder''.
601* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc4yXge1T-Y This episode]] of ''WebVideo/CollegeHumor's Game Changer'' has the real killer, [[spoiler:Grant]], outright say that he wanted to have the role because he could really [[HamAndCheese ham it up.]]
602[[/folder]]
603
604[[folder:Western Animation]]
605%%* Most Disney TV animated villains.
606%%** Magica [=DeSpell=] in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. She gets so carried away.
607%%** Fat Cat and Prof. Norton Nimnul in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
608%%** Don Karnage in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''
609%%** WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck's EvilTwin, Negaduck.
610%%** With ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' being a reboot that heavily implements other Disney Afternoon shows, the three previously mentioned Magica [=DeSpell=], Don Karnage, and Negaduck are in this show, and they're all as hammy as ever. You can also add this version of Flintheart Glomgold to the mix.
611%%** Zurg, the [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Evil Emperor]] from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''
612%%** Pretty much every ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' villain except for Shego (the DeadpanSnarker and OnlySaneWoman).
613%%** Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy from ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', literally and figuratively.
614%%** Dr. Doofenshmirtz of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
615%%** Pavel of ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising''.
616%%** Lord Hater of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. Wherever he goes, he wants ''everyone'' to know they're dealing with "the universe's awesomest evildoer".
617%%** ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has Gideon Gleeful, whose hamminess seems to be part of his whole showy "travelling faith healer"/cult-of-personality shtick, and Bill Cipher, who's hammy just for the hell of it (and because [[BewareTheSillyOnes it makes the audience occasionally forget just how evil and ruthless he is]]).
618* [[Characters/SamuraiJackAku Aku]], the [[BigBad shape-shifting master of darkness]] from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', is prone to EvilGloating, {{Evil Laugh}}ter, and other dramatics.
619%%* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
620%%** Plankton.
621%%** The Flying Dutchman.
622%%--->''[[TalkLikeAPirate What a night be this.]] Crew! Howl with me, that we might set the seven seas, ''ablaze'' with fear! AWOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!''
623* Most of the Megatrons of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' tend towards dramatic speeches, bombastic tones, and a flair for impressive presentation.
624** There's a lot of Ham with all the Decepticons (and Predacons and Vehicons); Megatron just happens to be around the most.
625*** In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', a MirrorMoralityMachine turned the laid-back Maximal Rhinox into a Predacon who chewed the scenery with as much gusto as any of them. Being made evil ''made'' him hammy to go with it.
626** Starscream clearly wants to take Megatron's place as both leader of the Decepticons and biggest ham in the Transformers franchise, although his approach to it is noticeably shriller than Megatron's. Or anyone's. Ever.
627* [[SmugSnake Admiral Zhao]] and [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderFireLordOzai Fire Lord Ozai]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the former pontificating endlessly about his own greatness when he plans to [[ItMakesSenseInContext kill the moon]] while the latter gets severely DrunkOnTheDarkSide when Sozin's Comet arrives (to the point where most of his lines in the final battle are him bellowing one taunt after another). [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Azula]] too, especially once her VillainousBreakdown kicks in during the finale. The Ember Island Players' version of Ozai is even worse.
628%% * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
629%% ** ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' had Robotnik voiced by the late Long John Baldry.
630%% --> '''Dr. Robotnik''': Sonic fell for it! Tails is ours! I'll have to give myself a '''''PRRROMOTION!'''''
631%% ** ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' had Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}} as the voice of Robotnik, and while his character was vastly different from the one in ''Adventures'', he still made it a habit to chew the scenery all the same.
632%% ** ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', which came out long after the other two, has Creator/MikePollock reprise his role from the video games, and if you read his entry in the Video Games category above, you should have an idea of what to expect.
633%% --> '''Dr. Eggman''': I'll be back, with a NEW robot! With an accurate name! And he'll feed me ham! ''Eeeevil ham...''
634* As ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'''s [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying]] BigBad Maximus I.Q. boasts, being hammy is a ''prerequisite'' for Supreme {{Evil Overlord}}s like himself to be great villains. And considering how much scenery he chews in the average episode, it's safe to say he takes this belief very seriously.
635* [[Characters/TheSimpsonsCharlesMontgomeryBurns Mr. Burns]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. "Moments from now, I will wreak a terrible vengeance on this town! NO ONE WILL BE SPARED! '''NO ONE!''' To say nothing of Sideshow Bob.
636* From ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', Brother Blood, Trigon, and a lot of the minor villains (notably Control Freak, Mumbo, Mad Mod, Killer Moth, and Dr. Light) are all rather hammy. {{Averted|Trope}} with the show's main BigBad, Slade, who almost never varies his voice from a very CreepyMonotone, and the Brain, season five's BigBad, who speaks through a voice synthesizer and really ''can't'' ham. While The Brain can't ham, Monsieur Mallah, his talking gorilla assistant, does a pretty good job of it.
637* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' covers the whole spectrum:
638** [[MagnificentBastard Xanatos]] and his wife [[DarkActionGirl Fox]] are always very calm and poised, and their BattleButler Owen is absolutely (and deliberately) wooden. Xanatos does indulge from time to time when it amuses him, however.
639** [[BigBad Demona]] can range from dangerously understated to completely hammy depending on her mood, as can [[EvilTwin Thailog]]. [[MadScientist Sevarius]] loves to ham it up when he's got an audience but is calmer and more businesslike otherwise; seeing as how he's voiced by Creator/TimCurry, hamminess is to be expected.
640%%** On the far end of the spectrum, you've got [[EvilSorcerer the Archmage]], [[JerkassGods Oberon]], and most of [[PsychoForHire the Pack]], who are absolutely and continually hammy.
641%%* When he gets on a roll, The Monarch from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is the pinnacle of this trope. Really, the same could be said for literally ANY villain on the show and a good number of the heroic side characters (looking at you Jonas Venture Sr. and Jr.).
642%%* El Supremo from obscure British animated film ''WesternAnimation/FreddieAsFRO7'' takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]]. Being voiced by Creator/BrianBlessed doesn't hurt either. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWnhe0M5_Rc Check it out starting at 6:15]].
643* [[Characters/InvaderZimZim Zim]] from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' boasts a lot and most of the time has NoIndoorVoice, and constantly [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom shouts the word "Doom" almost all the time.]] Even in defeat, he never loses an opportunity to chew the scenery.
644%%* [[Creator/MauriceLaMarche Father]] from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. What scenery he does not [[KillItWithFire burn]], he [[ChewingTheScenery chews with abandon]].
645* Most ''Franchise/CareBears'' villains:
646** ''WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s'': Not many come hammier than No Heart, who [[NoIndoorVoice shouts almost every one of his lines]], has a mean EvilLaugh, and constantly refers to himself as the embodiment of hate and evil.
647** ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'': Grizzle, the bears' main antagonist during that incarnation of the franchise, is as hammy as they come. He's an angry, cub-sized bear lacking a badge, who walks around in a giant mecha suit and is constantly yelling at his non-sentient robot assistants.
648* A number of villains in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.
649** Especially in the appearances after his first, Doctor Octopus becomes a cunning CardCarryingVillain down to having an EvilGenius coffee mug, and accordingly becomes immensely hammy ("TREACHERY!!!" anyone?).
650** Electro has a HairTriggerTemper on account of his PowerIncontinence and can instantly be prompted into a violent rampage by anyone [[BerserkButton calling him Max]] ([[ThatManIsDead his name before transformation]]). On some level, he's kind of amusing, but it's also pretty disturbing given his clear SanitySlippage.
651** Green Goblin is a highly amusing [[FauxAffablyEvil superficial]] hammy who retains his original version's wacky personality, manipulative planning, and amazing acrobatism. He is shown to crack sadistic jokes.
652** Mysterio seems to have walked out of the Silver Age, having an immensely hammy EvilSorceror persona, talking in a FakeBrit accent, and throwing around Gratuitous Latin. As with the Goblin, Mysterio interestingly isn't all that hammy in his civilian identity. In Mysterio's case, it's a combination of a supervillain perk and to hide how dangerous and cunning they actually are.
653%%* On ''Franchise/GIJoe'', we have [[BigBad Cobra Commander]], who has NoIndoorVoice. Then there's [[TheDragon Destro]], TheBaroness, [[CreepyTwins Tomax and Xamot]]... Why don't we save time and say that being a LargeHam is pretty much a requirement in order to move up in the ranks of COBRA?
654%%* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
655%%** Nightmare Moon, Discord, and Queen Chrysalis.
656%%** While more [[{{Jerkass}} jerkish]] than evil, the Great and Powerful Trixie is also a ''very'' LargeHam.
657%%** Celestia's evil version, Daybreaker, manages to outham them all while cackling maniacally during her one appearance.
658%%** Hammy Pony Villains go back to the original G1 pilot with Tirek. "''Behold'' the Rainbow of '''DARKNESS'''!! '''''Bring forth TheNightThatNeverEnds!!!'''''"
659%%*** His G4 incarnation isn't as hammy at first, until he drains enough magic to get his strength back, and gets even hammier as he takes more magic.
660%%* [[TheDreaded Mumm-ra]] the [[TransformationNameAnnouncement EEEEVEEEERRR]][[ByThePowerOfGraySkull -LIIIIVVVIIIING]]! of ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011''
661%%* Mojo Jojo of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' is very hammy. He is a hammy villain on the show. He is a LargeHam. He is an example of a villainous ham. There aren't many villains on the show more hammy than him.
662%% Editor Note: I understand the original troper wroteMojo Joj's entry in the way the character speaks, but this entry is bad. It's not telling the reader why the character is hammy.
663%%* Lots of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' villains are hammy: [[HarmlessVillain Box Ghost]], [[EvilChef Lunch Lady]], [[GreenThumb Undergrowth]], and even [[BigBad Vlad Plasmius]] all have their moments. But the prize for the largest ham goes to Technus, self-proclaimed "Master of Long-Winded Introductions."
664* It's almost a requirement to be a ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' Villain. Indeed, it would be easier to isolate which ones are not hammy.
665* Similar to the above, it's a required (or heavily preferred) prerequisite to get on ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', from Warmaster Gorath to Magnanimous, but the REGIS Mark V takes the cake.
666--> '''REGIS: You will all beg for mercy, in vain. The debris of your planet shall litter this solar system. I shall suck upon your very atoms.'''
667* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}''. After her plan to take over Qurac is foiled, cameras catch [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Bee]] shaking her fist at the presidential palace, screaming that "Qurac will be mine!" However, she turns out to actually be [[VoluntaryShapeshifting M'gann]], disguising herself as Queen Bee so that people would know she was behind the scheme. Later when M'gann meets the real Queen Bee, she turns out to be a SoftSpokenSadist who calls her performance "a bit over-the-top."
668** Played straight with Gordon Godfrey. He's a news anchor voiced by Creator/TimCurry, [[spoiler:who is secretly an agent of Darkseid]]. So far he hasn't been seen off his news show, so that persona could very well be an act.
669%%* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has Ricardio The Heart Guy. He's voiced by Creator/GeorgeTakei, so it's to be expected. Also, [[AnIcePerson Ice King]] and [[NoIndoorVoice Lemongrab]]. However, neither of them is as evil as Ricardio.
670* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE25TheClockKing "The Clock King"]]: the eponymous villain, who is TheStoic and a SoftspokenSadist, but just when he grasps the NearVillainVictory, he commits BondVillainStupidity, [[EvilGloating all while gloating]] and [[EvilLaugh laughing]].
671* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tabaluga}}'''s BigBad, Arktos the EvilOverlord [[{{Snowlems}} snowman]], also is greatly vain, loves the sound of his own voice, and is prone to hamming it up all the time.
672%%* Swayzak from Creator/{{Toonami}}'s voice actor probably had some fun voicing him.
673* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Characters/StevenUniversePeridot Peridot]] is introduced as a calm and cold villain, but quickly becomes one of the hammiest characters on the show after she [[spoiler:gets stranded on Earth]]. She shouts her lines, [[EvilLaugh laughs maniacally]] and sometimes even makes faces at the heroes. Surprisingly, she becomes even hammier after [[spoiler: her HeelFaceTurn]].
674* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Olaf the emperor penguin is incredibly hammy and does hammy things like shouting most of his lines and doing {{Evil Laugh}}s. The trope is averted with the other villains, Stumpy, Mr. Cat, and Pretty.
675** Mr. Cat did in fact exhibit these tendencies in the second episode of the show, likely due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
676* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugHawkMoth Hawk Moth]], as well as any super villain [[SuperEmpowering he creates]]. Every time he transforms someone, the guy gives a hammy speech about the villain he'll make and closes every episode swearing revenge against Ladybug and Chat Noir, usually with some good puns thrown in for good measure. Ironically [[spoiler: his civilian identity, Gabriel Agreste, is TheStoic]]. His minions aren't much better, as most of their dialogue is cracking puns about whatever their gimmick is. A few of them ''sing'' about it.
677* Apocalypse from ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' takes it [[ExaggeratedTrope up to eleven]] ''million.'' Every word out of his mouth is an AGodAmI rant for the ages, to the point that the film version at "full Skeletor" seems ''tame'' by comparison! Voiced by John Colicos, aka Kor, the first Klingon in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries.'' You can't get hammier than the guy who ''created'' Klingon-type ham! A ''few'' of his more memorable lines include: "I am the rocks of the eternal shore! Crash against ME and be BROKEN!" "How many peoples have dreamed of my end? You are no closer than the Babylonians with their swords and fire sticks!" "Spare me your petty judgments! They spring from a brain too meager to comprehend my reality! NOW TASTE THE '''POWER''' OF '''APOCALYPSE!'''" Throw in an epic EvilLaugh like no other with many of those lines.
678* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' has [[PunnyName Pythor]] [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] [[SnakePeople Chumsworth]], who's usually shouting about how he's going to release the [[EldritchAbomination Great Devourer]], has an honestly amazing [[EvilLaugh evil laugh]], and calls Lloyd [[TermsOfEndangerment "Old Chum"]] or [[TermsOfEndangerment "My Dear Boy"]] whenever the two meet, usually when Pythor is threatening him.
679* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E09CrisisPoint Crisis Point]]", when casting herself as a villainous warlord in a holomovie, Mariner liberally hams up her lines, filling her dialogue with bombastic proclamations, dramatic threats and evil laughter.
680* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'': Invoked in the episode "Double-O Twistervision", in which the four protagonists and their families get involved in producing their own movie. Twister's brother Lars, known for being a troublemaker, plays the role of the BigBad, and is easily the most over-the-top of the cast.
681--> '''Lars:''' ''TWO DORKS ENTER, ONE DORK LEAVES!''
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