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| 16 | [[caption-width-right:262:Any drama this scene may have had, ruined by my dialogue! My cursed, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} mutant, energy-blasting dialogue!]]]] |
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| 18 | Yes, even the seemingly foolproof combination of panels, speech balloons, {{thought caption}}s, illustrations, and ''violence'' is not immune to {{Narm}}. |
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| 21 | !!Series with their own pages: |
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| 24 | * Narm/ChickTracts |
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| 32 | * ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'': After a while, the ''constant'' repetition of how old twelve-year-old Dick Grayson is, age twelve, born twelve years ago, can get highly amusing. |
| 33 | %% ** "What are you, dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the goddamn Batman." |
| 34 | %%* ''ComicBook/BatmanFortunateSon''. The comic states that all forms of rock'n'roll are evil. This comic wasn't published in TheFifties, when [[TheNewRockAndRoll that was a common belief]], but in 1999. It brings us lines like these: |
| 35 | %% --> "Punk is nothing but death... and crime... and the rage of a beast." |
| 36 | %% --> "[[Music/TheBeatles Pigs---From a gun!]]" |
| 37 | %% ** The scene in which people are critiquing the musician in this comic. One guy says, "He still plays the strongest guitar I've ever heard." Another guy turns around with a narmful angry expression and yells, "Yeah? '''[[SuddenlyShouting SO WHAT?!]]'''" |
| 38 | %% ** The "Pigs from a gun" line was from "I am the Walrus", a song [[TheWalrusWasPaul made to confuse people and nothing more]]... and yet Batman says this line [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory as though there was some kind of deeper symbolic meaning to it]]. This makes Batman look incredibly stupid. |
| 39 | %% ** Bats also quips "twist and shout, Mr. Crowe!" while punching Crowe. |
| 40 | * Batman #66: |
| 41 | ** "So! They laugh at my '''boner''', will they?! ''I'll show them! I'll show them how many '''boners''' [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] can make!'' This emphasis on '''''boners''''' has given me an idea ''for a new adventure in crime!'' Gotham will rue the day they mentioned the word '''''boner!'''''" |
| 42 | ** 'Boner' meant 'screwup' back in the day. It was used over and over because it was ''sorta'' funny: EpicFail-based crime, and the Joker trying ''win with his mad EpicFail skills.'' This meant the word got used a ''zillion'' times, creating the most hilarious thing in the history of ever [[HaveAGayOldTime when the word changed meanings.]] |
| 43 | %% ** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16870_the-20-most-ridiculous-batman-comics-ever-released.html We can]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-insane-batman-comics-courtesy-tasty-hostess-cupcakes/ do more]]. |
| 44 | * ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'': "[[BeeBeeGun Bees. My God.]]", between the exaggeration of what the horror is supposed to be and of course, Batman's deadpan face (which implies an even flatter delivery, [[TheComicallySerious enhancing the hilarity]]). |
| 45 | %% * [[http://houseofgeekery.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/tiki-download_file-php.jpg The Absence]], a new Batman villain, was shot in the head but survived due to some weak science. As a result she has a [[WhoEvenNeedsABrain large, perfectly round hole all the way through her head]] which resembles the effects of a gunshot only on the Itchy and Scratchy Show. Every scene with her and her cartoonish, bizarre injury looks utterly ridiculous. These issues of ''Batman and Robin'' were written by Paul Cornell, whose writing usually maintains a bizarre balance between "serious" and "goofy" (see, for example, his runs on ''Action Comics'' and ''Knight and Squire''). The scenes with the Absence are at least more legitimately compelling than they would have been if written by pretty much anyone else, which given the inherent ridiculousness of the character, is saying something. |
| 46 | %% * Similar to the above, [[http://www.batmanytb.com/bios/villains/t/torque02.jpg Torque]] was a ''Nightwing'' villain who survived having his neck snapped due to weak science, and was left with his head cartoonishly stuck facing backwards. |
| 47 | %% * [[http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/guides/comic/tba/09.jpg This cover]]. Awww, just look at that thug's puppy eyes... |
| 48 | * Rather infamously, there was a period where the Joker inexplicably [[TearOffYourFace cut off his own face]] and disappeared. That's an odd plot point, but not necessarily narm. What pushed it into narm was the fact that [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily when he came back]], rather than properly reattaching the face or getting a new one, he proceeded to wear the removed face like a mask, strapping it to his head with a belt. This often looked about as ridiculous as you'd expect (at one point he even wore the face ''upside-down'' for no reason) and even when it was drawn in a properly scary manner, it was so absurd and over-the-top that many found it impossible to take seriously. Scott Snyder seemed to agree, as by the time Joker next appeared his face had been repaired. |
| 49 | * This ruined [[https://i.imgur.com/PQWnp2V.jpg the cover for Issue #21]] of the [[ComicBook/DCRebirth Rebirth]] run of ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. Red Hood's pointing his gun at [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]]'s face while Cobblepot smugly [[SecondFaceSmoke blows smoke into his]]. Most of the cover is very well drawn until you realize that Jason's hand looks like it's coming from his crotch. |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'': Jason's death is the thing everyone remembers about this story, but few remember just how bizarre it gets afterwards. In the last issue ''the Joker becomes the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations,'' and gives a speech that basically says that the Iranian government is just like him, [[{{Anvilicious}} because they both hate America]]. This was likely an attempt at being topical (the Iranian Hostage Crisis was still fresh in people's minds), but it makes very little sense and is impossible to take seriously. Adding to this, Superman saves the entire U.N. assembly from Joker's gas attack by ''sucking it all into his own lungs'', something you'd ordinarily expect to find in only the cheesiest of Silver Age stories. ''While'' he's holding the gas, he even [[TalkingIsAFreeAction talks to Batman]] with no issue. A brief return of super-Ventriloquism, anybody? |
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| 54 | * In an attempt to make an excuse for Characters/PowerGirl's fanservicey costume, Creator/GeoffJohns had her claim to Superman, in a melodramatic ramble, that it was the result of waiting for whether she should put his S-shield symbol there or something else. (Never minding that there was nothing stopping her from just filling it with ''cloth''.) |
| 55 | * [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oGvsPo8kEhc/R5pzCOjZaFI/AAAAAAAAA88/H6Un6KLGc0U/s1600-h/CTDWN13-2.jpg will kill you!]] He'll kill you '''[[ShapedLikeItself TO DEATH]]!!!''' |
| 56 | ** Superboy Prime was a [[TakeThat strawman of the DC fanbase]], with what was left of his subtlety lost when he was written by the ''Countdown'' writers, so all of his dialogue becomes hilarious once you imagine him speaking in a stereotypical fanboy voice (as Linkara did in his three-part review of ''Comicbook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''). |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}} #680'' by James Robinson had some pretty weird dialogue, but this line really takes the cake: |
| 58 | --> [After a mysterious satellite had cut off his powers] "Where is she? My lady, the sun. She makes me strong. She gives me her light and her life and I am forever grateful." |
| 59 | * ''Comicbook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd''. This is where Linkara got his catchphrase "I AM A MAN!" The BrokenAesop about guns just adds to the narm. Superman's massive Santa beard only adds to the hilarity. |
| 60 | * During Superman's funeral in ''Comicbook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' storyline, there's a panel of everyone gathered around his casket crying... except Batman, whose face... well, [[http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3810662/Only+batman#9c618f_3810218 just see]] one fan interpretation. The fact that he's the visual center of the panel, drawn taller than everyone near him and is the only person facing that way doesn't help at all since it's next to impossible not to notice him. |
| 61 | ** ''The Death of Superman'' has its good points, but some bits of dialogue make it obvious that the script was scribbled in a rush to replace a year's worth of thrown-out material. |
| 62 | ---> "Gee, no wonder dad left [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and wants a divorce]]." |
| 63 | * Superman #713 has our hero tell Superboy and Supergirl that the world doesn't need a Superman, so he's gonna quit being him and wants the other two to follow his lead. That wouldn't be so bad in and of itself. The moment is ruined, though, by the fact that, as he's saying this, he's ''taking off his costume in front of his cousins''. Pants and all! |
| 64 | * World's Finest Comics #201 has [[https://twitter.com/talkingsuperman/status/1245020075561795584?lang=fr Superman confront by a giant illusion of his father, Jor-El]], who disapproves of his son's actions and spanks him. The wording of Superman's reaction [[HaveAGayOldTime has aged in a way]] that [[AccidentalInnuendo gives this scene very different connotations nowadays]], making it hard to take it seriously: |
| 65 | --> '''Superman''': Punish me, daddy! I '''deserve''' it! |
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| 69 | !!Other: |
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| 71 | * You know you've reached impressive levels of Narm when the people ''making'' the comic refuse to include a panel because it keeps making them laugh. In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', [[spoiler:ComicBook/BoosterGold]] was going to die, but the authors were smart and realized that ''nobody'' who had experience with comics would [[DeathIsCheap believe he was dead]]. So, they figured out an obvious solution: ''Show the body.'' They also had to make sure it was clearly a corpse, otherwise, "he's just in a coma" would be tossed around right away. They had him bisected and falling to the ground in two bloody chunks. Unfortunately, seeing the two pieces drop to the ground was found amusing; the trade paperbacks came with commentary from the creators, along with a few preliminary sketches, and the authors revealed that the separate panels of one part of the body falling, followed by another panel showing the rest of the body falling, could not be taken seriously, and the supposedly [[DespairEventHorizon horrific and disturbing death of a major character]] was instead ridiculous. They took out the original panel and rewrote it to salvage the scene. |
| 72 | ** Much later in the series, a hand-to-hand sparring session uses a certain sound effect a few times. That sound effect? "Fap". Um... |
| 73 | * In the 1970s ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' had a now-obscure villain called [[AtrociousAlias Egghead]] ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his head was shaped like an egg]]) who sat plotting in his lair and exclaimed, "''It's not fair! All I ever wanted to do was rule the world! Is that so much to ask?''". He then reflects on how he's not getting any younger and doesn't have many years left to take over, making it less of a VillainousBreakdown and more of a Villainous Mid-Life Crisis. That one may have been intentional, but only Creator/RogerStern knows for sure... |
| 74 | * Creator/JimShooter's tenure as writer of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' was good on the whole, but his constant indulgence in PurpleProse resulted in several ventures into narm territory. His habit of introducing villains off-screen while the heroes stared out of the page and cried, "OH, GOD, NO! NOT YOU! ANYONE BUT YOU!" Fine when genuinely dangerous villains like [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]] were involved, but less effective when it was lesser threats (like the Grim Reaper) or silly, forgotten opponents (like Tyrak, who looked like an Atlantean member of the Music/VillagePeople). |
| 75 | * In Marvel's ''Point One'' prelude to ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] attempts to warn a planet about the dangers of the approaching [[ComicBook/XMen Phoenix Force]]. When he is ultimately too late to evacuate the planet before the Phoenix Force destroys the population, his response is probably one of the most inappropriately-placed and nonsensical uses of TotallyRadical lingo [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/4/42/Pheonix_Force_%28Earth-616%29_Point_One_Vol_1_1.png put into a comic]]. |
| 76 | -->'''Nova:''' ...All those people... I... '''EpicFail'''... |
| 77 | * The zombie!Doctor Light progressively tearing off the current Doctor Light's costume during their battle in ''Comicbook/BlackestNight''. She's supposed to be in danger of getting raped and then eaten. But some genius went to the trouble of putting FanService in the scene. |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' features an absurd overuse of the word "justice," until you might start wondering if everyone's somehow picked it up as a VerbalTic. |
| 79 | ** "I'm [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer]]. [[DarkerAndEdgier WELCOME TO PAIN.]]" |
| 80 | * In ''ComicBook/TheDarkness'' #4 Jackie pulls out a hitman's entire skeleton. It goes "POP!" |
| 81 | * [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] has a rather notorious (and memetic) tendency to [[http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab348/reigun/darkseid_couch.jpg chill on]][[https://readrant.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/couch-got-an-empty-spot-with-your-name-on-it-girl.jpg couches]] whenever he comes to Earth. Try imagining an ancient EldritchAbomination said to be the living embodiment of evil relaxing on your couch and try not to burst out laughing. |
| 82 | * In the original printing of ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' and its earlier collected editions, Mandrakk ended his monologue while confronting Superman in the final issue of the series proper with "Come closer, I need to eat you raw! SLLUUBBBRR." Considering later collection editions modified the monologue to have Mandrakk say "Where Mandrakk waits for you," which originally appeared in the panel right before it, it's clear even DC came around to finding the original ending bit silly. |
| 83 | * Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' is excellent... with one minor exception. In the ''Iron Heights'' one shot, The Flash dramatically unmasks serial killer Murmur, who until then was horror incarnate. What followed was a full page of Murmur's face, which revealed two things: [[spoiler:he had sewn his own mouth shut]], and he was more wall-eyed than Marty Feldman. For some readers, this combination reduced a "Damn!" reveal to a "Wha?" one. |
| 84 | ** Johns brought the Flash's traditional Rogues Gallery (Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Captain Boomerang, Weather Wizard etc.) back to the comic after their long absence during the Mark Waid run and was widely praised for their portrayal. Unfortunately, when it came to their most popular member, Captain Cold, Johns's tendency towards "Johnsian literalism" was in full swing, so instead of being [[PunchClockVillain a blue collar crook who used a freeze ray to knock over banks because it was his job]], Captain Cold is now a villain because his father was a '''cold''' man with a '''cold''' heart whose '''cold''' treatment made his son turn '''cold''' to the world, and now he wants to make the rest of the world as '''cold''' as he is inside. Reasonable enough, but it takes a turn when you learn that, when he was a boy, the only place Cold felt safe was his uncle's '''ice cream truck''' because he liked the '''cold'''. |
| 85 | * ''[[Comicbook/GreenArrow "My ward, Speedy... is a JUNKIE!]]"'' (The comic debuted in 1971 and probably seemed less silly at the time, though.) |
| 86 | * While Johns' run on ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' is excellent overall, the Red Lanterns are hard to take seriously, seeing as they vomit up blood as a weapon. Made even more hilarious by the fact this is a reference to the saying "blood boiling with rage". ''They're so angry that their blood is literally boiling and coming out of their mouths!'' |
| 87 | ** On a similar note: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324132450/http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/9232/ragekittydemotivatorow1.jpg Dex-Starr]] is awesome! |
| 88 | ** Ridiculously, one of the Green Lantern refers to the stolen children of Lanterns murdered by Kryb, as "Corphans." |
| 89 | ** Some of the impact of Alan Moore's "Tygers" is blunted by the over-the-top designs of the demons. |
| 90 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gl49_7927.jpg This]] panel remarks on how Hal is JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope (and in fact, it used to be the trope picture) and this close to becoming Parallax. But once you realize that his expression is very similar to the infamous trollface, the drama is immediately killed. Unless you think that Parallax actually ''was'' a huge troll, story-wise. |
| 91 | ** Then there's the Manhunters and their BadassCreed "No Man Escapes The Manhunters!", which goes from badass to Narm pretty quickly due to their tendency to incessantly repeat this creed at every possible opportunity, even as they get their asses kicked over and over again. This is particularly bad in the Millennium arc, in which they'd say the creed seemingly every page they were on. By the end of the arc even the heroes were sick of hearing it. |
| 92 | ** The White Lanterns draw their power from something called a "White Power Battery". Probably an example of something that looked okay written down but really should have been sounded out verbally. |
| 93 | * ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' |
| 94 | ** The way Superman reveals Batman's secret identity. Batman shut down the Watchtower, so Superman, using Cyborg, posts "Batman is Bruce Wayne" on his Twitter account. It makes sense, but it's too hilariously mundane and anti-climactic to take seriously. Did we mention Superman has ''his own Twitter account'' and everyone knows it's his? |
| 95 | ** The overuse of the "[[http://i.imgur.com/MywUtSI.jpg NAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH]]" sound effect. |
| 96 | ** Batman taking out his frustration on a punching bag after Dick's murder is completely ruined by [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8aiKCjXYAAHpPd.jpg the face he is drawn with]]. |
| 97 | * ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'' usually employs quite a lot of NarmCharm, but sometimes the charm just isn't there. Ironically the two moments that come to mind take place in what's regarded as one of the best arcs in the series. |
| 98 | ** How we first see Mister Quimper's powers. You see, Quimper is an AngelicAbomination MindVirus that infects bad memories and makes them so painful you surrender to his control to stop them. Real spooky crap, right? Here's how we first see his powers in action: Quimper looks at two random soldiers talking for some reason about Donald Duck's nephew's names, which would already be corny enough, but then Quimper takes control of one of them: |
| 99 | --> '''Soldier #1:''' Jesus Christ almighty, Henry. Everybody knows the names of Donald Duck's nephews!... '' * Face cuts to a blank stare * Domination. Submission. Obedience. Control. |
| 100 | --> '''Soldier #2, terryfied for some reason:''' What the fuck you doing... ''* Gets viscerally shot to death *'' |
| 101 | --> '''Soldier #1:''' [[NonSequitur Hell, I even know them in Danish.]] |
| 102 | ** In the next issue, when King Mob and Jolly Roger find an EldritchAbomination trapped in Dulce base, the usually smooth and cool KM [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of nowhere begins crying]] and says this: |
| 103 | --> '''King Mob: '''They shouldn't be doing that. Don't they know what they're doing? What are they doing to it? It's every suffering thing ever... It's what made the world the way it is... [[BeenThereShapedHistory It was in Jesus on the cross...]] Like when you loose something or someone you love and it feels like a huge hole's been torn to you. [[AndThatsTerrible I feel like my heart's breaking...]] Like when Jacqui walked out or when my cats died... [[note]]Made funnier by Roger being completley fine and ok, which makes Gideon look... how shall we say this? Like an emotional crybaby.[[/note]] |
| 104 | * A Free Comic Book Day featuring [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Iron Man]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] ends with the villain doling out this apparently unironic gem: |
| 105 | --> "We are incredibly rich! [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney We have more rights than you]]!" |
| 106 | * ComicBook/IronMan's roller skates, sometimes called jet skates, were constantly utilized during the seventies and eighties, and the writers had no problem with a grown man using roller skates as part of his arsenal, as exemplified by what he said while fighting Cap: "[[MundaneMadeAwesome I see even YOU'VE forgotten the roller skates that are part of my arsenal!]]" The line was reproduced word for word in a parody [[BizarroEpisode Assistant Editor's Month]] story of Iron Man, said by a kid cosplaying as Iron Man to [[ItMakesSenseInContext another kid impersonating him]] (though admittedly, that's closer to NarmCharm). By this point, the roller skates have become [[SoBadItsGood fondly-remembered]] by the fans, but much like ComicBook/GreenArrow's boxing glove, can't really be included in a modern serious story. Also narmy was the way he frequently narrated how much fun he was having with them. |
| 107 | * In ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', Captain Marvel's arrival at the Gulag battle is an OhCrap moment that's framed as a single-page SplashPanel. But the framing makes it look like Superman is looking at his crotch which has a noticeable bulge. And right next to the bulge is the narration box "Armageddon has arrived". |
| 108 | * Volume 2 of ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' includes an enormously disturbing scene in which [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Mr. Hyde]] [[spoiler: violently tortures, rapes, and kills the treacherous Griffin (The Invisible Man)]]. As gruesome as this scene is, when Nemo discovers [[spoiler: Griffin]]'s remains, his dialogue may well make it kind of narmy. |
| 109 | -->'''Nemo''': ''AAAAHN! HYDE! MAD ANIMAL, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? YOU ARE THE SHIT OF THE WORLD! I SHALL KILL YOU NOW!'' |
| 110 | ** Earlier, Quatermain and the team encounter a Martian Tripod for the first time, towering over them out of the darkness in the middle of a raging storm. How does Quatermain describe this incredible sight? |
| 111 | -->'''Quatermain''': It's... it's like a milking-stool... |
| 112 | *** In Quatermain's defence, [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds the original novel]] used this description for the Martian tripods as well. Not that this exactly helps matters, but still. |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': During the trilogy, it's revealed that Fire Lord Sozin has outlawed same-sex couples, leading Korra to exclaim, "[[AndThatsTerrible That guy's the]] ''[[AndThatsTerrible worst!]]''" However, this seems to brush aside the more atrocious things Sozin had done like leaving his best friend (Avatar Roku) to die during a volcano eruption, starting a hundred-year war that cost many lives, and committing genocide on the Air Nomads (except Aang) and almost all of the dragons. This also seems to make it sound like that the Fire Nation was always very tolerant and progressive until Sozin became Fire Lord, thus making him seem like he outlawed same-sex couples and committed his more terrible actions just ForTheEvulz. |
| 114 | * The early ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor'' comics were full of this, to the point where it borders on Adam West territory. Seeing Loki try to make his escape by summoning a cloud of pigeons is funny enough... but it becomes even more hysterical when, the next time he makes an appearance as a villain, he tries to escape by actually turning into a pigeon. Considering that Loki's current motif is the Magpie, it does make you wonder if he just really likes birds or something. |
| 115 | * From ''Mr. T and the T-Force'' #1 (yes, really): |
| 116 | --> "IT'S A CRACK BABY, ''FOOL!''" |
| 117 | * In the Tirek issue of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic'', he says twice in the span of as-many pages that Scorpan is entirely loyal and would never betray him. It was possibly intended as ironically funny, but comes off as forced and awkward. The ''third'' time it comes up, it's definitely forced. |
| 118 | * Every scene involving the PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy character in ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet A Nightmare on Elm Street: Paranoid]]'', especially his death scene, where he's strangled to death by bling given to him by ''Pimp'' Freddy. |
| 119 | * ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'' is loathed by many comic book fans, but as much as there is to get pissed about if you're a fan of Peter and MJ as a couple, there's one gloriously narmy line as well that you can laugh at. To really appreciate this, you have to remember that the person speaking these words is [[Characters/MarvelComicsDemons Mephisto]], the ruler of Hell. Among all of the villains in the Marvel Universe, he's among the most powerful. Whenever he shows up, people think OhCrap. What kind of horrible, unspeakable act is he trying to commit this time? What does he want? |
| 120 | -->'''Mephisto:''' [[SuperheroesStaySingle I want your MARRIAGE]]. |
| 121 | ** That's right, in this thrilling issue, Mephisto serves divorce papers! |
| 122 | ** Also, Peter's anguished cry of pain as he relinquishes the love between him and his wife? "NYAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!" |
| 123 | ** "Tune your ear to the frequency of despair, and cross-reference by the longitude and latitude of a heart in agony. Listen. Listen." |
| 124 | *** This sentence was runner-up in the "Found" category of the 2008 Literature/LyttleLyttonContest. It's ''prize-winningly bad''. |
| 125 | * An AuthorTract in ''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' about women StuffedIntoTheFridge in music was delivered by a goddess who used the word "indie" like an ethnic slur. It generally fell into MundaneMadeAwesome territory, and peaked with this phrase: |
| 126 | --> "You... ''emosogynist."'' |
| 127 | ** And then everything exploded. |
| 128 | * Yes, being repeatedly brainwashed and manipulated by military conspiracies kind of sucks, but ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} may be overreacting just a little bit in ''ComicBook/ThePulse [[http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox6/ #9]]'': |
| 129 | -->Get out! No more SHIELD! No more Fury! No more Hydra with the hands. No more. Stop raping me, all of you!! '''STOP RAPING ME!!!''' |
| 130 | * [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]] from ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' has always walked the line of looking ridiculous, since she's an alien princess with really, really long hair that's sometimes drawn in a very 80s style and wears a pretty {{Stripperiffic}} costume that walks the boundaries of both good taste and plausibility. ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' then proceeded to fall off that tightrope by featuring Starfire dressed in such an ''absurdly'' revealing outfit that made it hard to take seriously. |
| 131 | * Harry's reaction to being shot in the leg in the third issue of ''ComicBook/ResidentAlien''? "''nyaaagh''". |
| 132 | * Marvel’s ''ComicBook/RevolutionaryWar'' event revived many of the 1990s Creator/MarvelUk characters, including the ''Knights of Pendragon'' and their patron, the ancient and arcane Green Knight. Except this time the Knight shifted from his usual inhuman form into a giant version of popular British Olympian Mo Farah and squashed the antagonists - undead Arthurian knights - under his running shoes. |
| 133 | * ''Rise of Arsenal'' is supposed to be the tragic tale of a grieving man, Roy Harper (current Arsenal, former Speedy), who falls back into drugs and violence to cope. Yet all the ways chosen to depict this are melodramatic and ridiculous, such as a woman being beaten with an extension cord, constant hallucinations of a ghost child - including one where she appears in place of a dead cat! - and closing it off, Batman showing up and proceeding to kick the living crap out of Harper while saying, "I'm your friend. " |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'' is just a little ''too'' glib about [[http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=26899 killing]] a ForcedTransformation victim: |
| 135 | -->"Sorry, but you were a doomed creature of evil!" |
| 136 | * Creator/BryanLeeOMalley's graphic novel ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'' is not an over-the-top action comedy like his previous novel series ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', but a serious dramatic tale about love and relationships. This would be a little easier to swallow if its protagonist Katie didn't have a [[AnimeHair hairdo]] that looks it came straight out of a third-rate {{Shonen}} series. |
| 137 | * In the first story arc of ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'' a group of magical villains have captured a small town and are sacrificing people into a giant pit. This pit is referred to, even by the villains themselves, as a ''murder hole''. |
| 138 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' seems to assign artists regardless of whether or not their art style is compatible with the general tone of the story, so it's not uncommon to see a dark storyline with light-hearted artwork or vice versa. Probably the most outstanding example comes in an issue in which Sally confronts Sonic over whether showing up Robotnik is more important than their relationship — any drama the scene may have had is mitigated by Sally's mouth [[VolumetricMouth taking up literally half her face]]. |
| 139 | * One early ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story arc saw him getting captured and chained up by gangsters. When he breaks free, his narration doesn't attribute it to his super-strength, but to a far sillier sounding ability: |
| 140 | -->'''Spider-Man''': Fortunately, they didn't count on my power of ''[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway chest expansion]]''! |
| 141 | * In the Lizard part of the Spider-Man story ''The Gauntlet'', the Lizard uses some sort of telepathy to activate the lizard part of Spider-Man's brain, essentially causing Spider-Man to revert to his primal survival instincts. The story thus far has been pretty dark, with the previous chapter climaxing [[spoiler: in the Lizard eating his son]]. However, with the lizard part of Spider-Man's brain in control, we get the line "I is prey!" |
| 142 | * Anytime Spider-Man referred to himself in the third person as "The Spider" in the grimdark stories of the 1990s. |
| 143 | * The infamous 9/11 VerySpecialEpisode of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. While one understands the noble intentions writers had, the entire issue becomes utterly ridiculous the moment one recalls that events of 9/11's scale happen ''all the time'' in the Marvel Universe, plus it takes a ''lot'' of WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief to excuse the idea that not one of the Avengers, X-Men and who have you could have prevented the attack. But by far the most absurd scene is a universally hated one depicting ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]'' in tears over the attack, when he (and many of the other villains depicted as saddened by it) have routinely been shown to do as bad if not worse. |
| 144 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderManReign'' has the reveal that, in the BadFuture of the comic, Mary Jane died of cancer due to being exposed to Spider-Man's radioactive body on a regular basis. This would already be verging on silly for how [[DarkerAndEdgier over-the-top dark]] it is, but then his narration claims that "every fluid" of his body was radioactive, and that it was shared when she was "loving me"--leaving the unmistakeable implication that she was killed by his irradiated semen. This threw the scene far past darkness and went straight into outright comedy, and it's [[ItWasHisSled by far the most well-known scene]] in the whole comic because of it, with countless jokes being made about Peter Parker's radioactive spider-jizz. |
| 145 | * James Robinson also wrote some rather... ''[[HoYay questionable]]'' thought captions in a 1994 ''Tales of Suspense'' one-shot. ComicBook/IronMan is questioning why [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]] even hangs out with him, because Cap is basically perfect and Tony is deeply flawed. His musings begin, "I look at your handsome face... into your clear, azure eyes..." |
| 146 | * The DarkerAndEdgier ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}: Dogs of War'' features this line: |
| 147 | --> "This night, we mark our territory... with... '''''blood!''''' |
| 148 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron:'' |
| 149 | ** Nova Prime and Galvatron entering the normal universe through Megatron's body starts off as pure, unleaded NightmareFuel. But then on the first page of part 5 the way it's drawn (juxtaposed with CasualDangerDialogue) causes it to look really silly. It's less "undead abominations entering our plane of existence" and more "Jane, get me out of this crazy thing!". |
| 150 | ** There's also the revelation that Waspinator controls the Necrotitan with his "staff", i.e. the gun formed out of his energon stinger in beast mode. As one reviewer pointed out, this means Waspinator controls the Metrotitan with his butt. Even worse when Shockwave ditches his ArmCannon so he can replace it with the aforementioned butt-gun. |
| 151 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': When Gorlam Prime disintegrates at a molecular level, Jhiaxus declares his victory and makes an epic VillainExitStageLeft through the destruction and Monstructor climbs onto the ship and straddles it like a kiddie ride. The result is a combination of funny and adorable. |
| 152 | * The Ultimate Universe usually had pretty short, simple names, which usually helped make the work sound more serious and grounded, but in ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsHawkeye'' the South East Asian Republic has the Plan, which they will use to expand the Virus so they can erradicate murants and use the Serum to create a group of superhumans called the People. You've heard of overkill, but this is '''underkill''' in how bland and generic those names are. Specially considering the Plan is literally a plan, the Virus just a virus, the Serum just a serum and... you get the point. |
| 153 | * ''ComicBook/TheUltimates vol. 3'' gets special accolades for the ''worst'' BondOneLiner imaginable: |
| 154 | -->'''Ant-Man''': "If she's the mother... ''I'm the mother-fucker''!" |
| 155 | * Two moments from ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'': |
| 156 | ** Quoted from Nick Fury when [[spoiler:he's rescued from the pocket dimension]]: |
| 157 | ---> I was wondering when you bungholes were going to show up. |
| 158 | *** For context, Ultimate Universe Nick Fury is modeled after Creator/SamuelLJackson, who you'd probably never hear say something like that. |
| 159 | ** The random deaths, all gory, become sort of funny after a while. |
| 160 | ** In the Ultimate FF tie-in, Dormammu finds a wayward Johnny Storm in his dimension. His reply? "Well, well, look what this power-constipated city just pooped out." |
| 161 | * In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen #424'', one panel has a bunch of corpses. The Narmy part comes when you realize that two of them have been placed so it looks like one of them is giving the other a blowjob. In the same arc, the [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Humanity]], convinces [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]] that he's a priest; it plans to install him as Pope and then fake a Rapture ([[ArtisticLicenseReligion which is not part of Catholicism]]) by having people eat Communion wafers that contain a disintegrator. Then Kurt's holoprojector was to fail at a convenient time to convince the world that an openly mutant Pope is the Antichrist. [[GambitRoulette This will bring down the Catholic Church, and so people will be forced to join the Church of Humanity and hate mutants]]; clearly, there are only two religions, and atheism isn't an option, and the destruction of the Church and mutants will bring down Western civilization. All this because the main villain... was a nun who was raped by a priest. The plan failed because poor Kurt couldn't control his [[AllMenArePerverts sexual urges]], which is remarked upon [[FanDisservice several times]]. Oh, and there are [[AsTheGoodBookSays Bible quotes]][[note]]out of context, of course[[/note]] scattered throughout the book along with dialogue like "[[BuffySpeak healing thingie]]". |
| 162 | * During Ed Brubaker’s run on ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'', he exhibited an occasional but noticeable habit of having emotionally distraught characters use mild bad language as a substitute for far worse words. While [[GoshDangItToHeck this sort of thing]] is nothing new in mainstream comics, here it results in a moment in which Havok’s response to seeing his insane brother murder his father is to scream, “You bastard! You freaking bastard!” |
| 163 | * ComicBook/{{Venom}}, depending on the artist who's drawing him. He's supposed to be terrifying, but when he looks like [[http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/5/53/Venom_Dark_Origin_Vol_1_4_Textless.jpg THIS]], it CrossesTheLineTwice and he becomes ridiculous. |
| 164 | * ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'': The Governor, riding on a tank, wearing a weird outfit [[spoiler:and an eyepatch, and only one arm]], shouting "KILL THEM ALL!" is very jarring against the general tone of the series. |
| 165 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'', the final scene, a TakeThatAudience which calls out the reader for supporting a monstrous VillainProtagonist like Wesley, falls pretty flat for two reasons; first, Wesley breaks the fourth wall completely out-of-nowhere to deliver this filibuster and second, it assumes that the audience liked Wesley, despite the fact that the comic never had him do anything likable ever, not even in a BlackComedy sense. |
| 166 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' [[DiscussedTrope discusses one in-story]], in ''Under The Hood''. The original Nite Owl recalls a coworker experiencing a great personal tragedy while wearing a massive pair of fake breasts and listening to "Ride of the Valkyries". It induces the group to fits of laughter. They quickly realized their mistake and apologized to the man, but he ended up [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself later that day]]. Hollis later cites it as 'the saddest thing he can think of'. |
| 167 | ** Some of Rorschach's narration, especially in the first chapter are made pretty ridiculous thanks to his ''slightly'' unbalanced mind, like when, out-of-nowhere, he starts suspecting random people of being gay and/or child pornographers. |
| 168 | ** Speaking of Rorschach... |
| 169 | ---> '''''[[WrittenRoar RRAAA]][[MemeticMutation ARRL]]''''' |
| 170 | ---> '''''RONCH RONCH RONCH''''' |
| 171 | ** Rorschach ambushing Moloch by popping out of his fridge was so ridiculous it crossed from hilarious back over into CrazyIsCool. Especially {{narm}}y if you think about the time it must have taken for Rorschach to move all the stuff inside the fridge and hide them in Moloch's kitchen and how many things could have gone wrong in the plan. Or how long he must've been just sitting there inside the fridge. |
| 172 | * The Norwegian translation of ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' falls into this sometimes by first showcasing [[ArcVillain Dark Mother]] with her English name in this Italian comic, only to for translating it to 'Mørkemor' for the rest of the comics. What really makes this narmy is while it's correct by all means (mørke meaning dark- and mor meaning mother) is that mor is also sometimes for fun put at the end at young girl names (kinda like a rarer and [[{{Understatement}} weirder]] [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics chan]]). Like for example Lisemor, Saramor, etc. So she doesn't sound like a threat at all; doesn't help that so far that arc along with the 2 before it had sorta been a long BreatherEpisode. |
| 173 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': When Wonder Woman uses her lasso to undo the brainwashing Circe put Superman through the whole sequence takes an uncomfortable number of panels, an unnecessary number of which are dedicated to Superman ''crying into her chest'' apologizing while pretty much the entire superhero community stands and stares like this is a momentous awe inspiring occasion. |
| 174 | * This odd [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking]] moment from [[http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-enemy-my-narrator.html an early issue]] of Creator/ChrisClaremont's ''Comicbook/XMen'', back [[OldShame before he really found his voice]]: |
| 175 | -->[[{{Narrator}} Omniscient Narrator]]: You and the X-Men had saved the '''world''' from a '''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt nuclear holocaust]]''', but you '''[[HeroicSacrifice lost]] [[SacrificialLamb a man]]''' to do it... and '''try''' as you might, you can't '''balance''' those scales in your mind '''or''' in your heart... '''can''' you, Cyclops? |
| 176 | -->'''Cyclops''': No. |
| 177 | -->'''Narrator''': '''Can you?''' |
| 178 | -->'''Cyclops''': '''No!''' |
| 179 | -->'''Narrator''': '''[[RuleOfThree CAN YOU]]?''' |
| 180 | -->'''Cyclops''': '''[[BigNo NO]]!!''' |
| 181 | ** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-superheroes-who-completely-lost-their-shit/ "Killed by my eyes! My cursed, mutant, energy-blasting EYES!"]] |
| 182 | ** Speaking of Cyclops, while throwing the X symbol like a gang sign in A vs X was bad enough, doing it ''again'' while giving out a speech about the Children of the Atom at a camera at a police station seems extra douchey. |
| 183 | * During the 90s the X-Men cast went through a very bad case of {{Dark Age of Supernames}}. There were characters like Meanstreak, Junkpile, Ahab... But by far the character with the worst name of all was '''Holocaust'''. It's so darkly over the top you can't take it seriously. Toy Biz's action figure line renamed it to the more benign "Dark Nemesis" |
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