->''"Part of Franchise/ResidentEvil's charm is that it still takes itself seriously, despite having the most atrociously written story and dialogue..."''
-->-- '''Ben "Yatzee" Croshaw''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'', on ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles''

During a dramatic moment, there is {{Narm}}: a line is said [[ChewingTheScenery too emphatically]], or [[SpecialEffectsFailure the alien is obviously a guy in a rubber suit]].

So why isn't the entire audience laughing?

Perhaps the rest of the work is so good, and they are too wrapped up in it to be bothered. Or what's cheesy is more the [[SoBadItsGood fun kind of cheesy]], so they are happy, but not laughing. Or maybe RuleOfCool is working its magic. Or maybe it was supposed to seem somewhat cheesy. Or perhaps the Narm feels natural in the scenario presented (see image).

This is NarmCharm, something that by all reason should kill the drama, but doesn't. Of course this is subjective. Some people will still find the scene to be true narm. Others will find no narm at all. But to some, it's NarmCharm and all part of the fun.

If a remake does away with this, it can result in ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked.

Compare {{Camp}}, HamAndCheese, SoBadItsGood (when something is liked because of the {{Narm}}).

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!!Examples:

''Do not state you disagree with an example, or that other people would. No example here is meant to be absolute''.

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* Many English dubs from the 80s and 90s possess this for old-school fans, with just a few notable examples including ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', and -- in an interesting case of straddling the line between this and (in some people's opinions) SuperlativeDubbing -- ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Lots of the dramatic scenes in ''Manga/OnePiece'' are incredibly over the top even for {{manga}}. Because the rest of the story is just as exaggerated and fantastic, and the characters and situations themselves are uniquely compelling, there's still a rather moving effect. All the snot, tears, and loud broken groaning are usually indicative of Narm (even the girls had them), yet here it makes the story more raw and emotional.
* The first ''VampireHunterD'' movie. Hell yes.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Many anime fans groan from usual PowerOfFriendship speeches. However, here they were pulled off with awesome.
** [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH]]
* ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''. It wouldn't be half the awesome it is if it wasn't corny.
** [[ThePowerOfLove Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken]] is easily one of the cheesiest attacks in the history of anime. It's also among the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjmCQXdVibA most awesome]].
*** This attack is such narmy goodness that it, along with the series in general, is parodied/referenced just as much, if not more, in as many separate shows as any other Gundam series.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSHfJuGzUdM "I WILL BECOME SUPER ASIA, AND BE CHAMPION OF ALL!"]]
** "Except this time...I'M A WONDERBUG!!"
* "[[Anime/TheBigO I'm one of the tomatoes!]]" Both pulled off surprisingly well, if you'd seen the rest of the series, but ''Anime/TheBigO'' was all about Narm Charm in the first place. It's a show where a {{Batman}} {{Expy}} drives a giant robot and waxes philosophical before calling out InTheNameOfTheMoon and beating the snot out of baddies.
* The {{Narm}} from ''{{Trigun}}'''s Vash and Knives is entirely appropriate for their childlike, naive personalities. Vash is an idealist who honestly believes that all the evil and suffering of the world can be conquered by love and peace, takes harm on himself to spare others, and wants nothing more than for people to stop hurting each other. Meanwhile, Knives can casually kill anybody that he pleases -- including his brother ''whom he actually does love'' -- but collapses in incredible fear and confusion when he himself is hurt. This arguably makes Knives' psychopathy that much more terrifying, hating pain but happily inflicting it on everybody he considers "beneath" him, as though they were mere insects undeveloped enough to experience pain themselves.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': "You fellas know full well what this {{badass}} mother can do!"
** Any time Emperor Charles gives a speech, it is bound to masticate scenery left, right and center, especially whenever said BigBad uses the [[{{Engrish}} corny]] but Badass CatchPhrase of his Empire: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5brR14OGWUU ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!]], Pronounced like [[ThoseWackyNazis heil]].
** Try just about all of ''Code Geass''. Lelouch as Zero is the [[LargeHam biggest ham ever]] and that actually helped it to reel in legions of followers.
** Mao's infamous "[[ChainsawGood I'll make you compact]]" line has become slightly [[MemeticMutation memetic]] among his fans. It's totally ridiculous... but it actually gives a good view of how insane he really is.
** Most of the openings are grade-A NarmCharm. They're extremely HotBlooded, with GratuitousEnglish and dramatic, optimistic lyrics ("I'll take away your flowing tears right now," anyone?) that [[SoundtrackDissonance don't always fit with the mood of the show]], but they're [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome songs]] regardless. Possibly averted by the opening for the last 2 episodes of Season 1, "Hitomi no Tsubasa", which has a slightly more serious tone.
* Everyone makes fun of the infamous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs potato-chip scene]] in ''Manga/DeathNote'', or the somewhat "overexpressive" anime in itself. Still, it is a very popular and critically acclaimed show with a ton of fans.
** This is especially evident in the final episode, in which the over-the-top fashion in which [[spoiler:Light and Mikami break down]] runs a weird line between comical and horrifying.
* The opening theme song of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is incredibly [[GratuitousEnglish Engrish-ridden]], barely even making sense... yet still sounds incredibly badass, and sets the tone for the show brilliantly.
** The English dub takes the premise of the anime (stuff every single Hollywood action movie trope you can think of into one anime) and runs with it, [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing transforming it into something that can stand alongside the cheesiest of those movies with pride]]. ScaryBlackMan now sounds authentic, everyone is dropping {{Cluster F Bomb}}s and Revy is, well, ''even more'' Revy. We also get a Taiwanese knife-wielding assassin named Shenhua who speaks in broken, heavily-accented English.
* ''StarDriver'', similar to ''GurrenLagann'' before it, is filled to the brim with this.
* The official English translation of the ''MahouSenseiNegima'' manga has some rough spots, but it's also responsible for several great lines from Negi, such as asking if he can have a cookie after [[MarshmallowHell getting wedged between Shizuna's boobs]], and yelling "Damn my charisma!" upon getting mobbed by a group of high school girls who think he's the cutest thing ever.
** Not to mention Evangeline's: "They who have the most guns, kick butt." and "Are you on CRACK?" [[note]]Her reaction when Negi asks her if he can be her disciple.[[/note]]
** Chisame's response to [[spoiler: Jack Rakan's death]] in MahouSenseiNegima would lean dangerously close to an unintentional parody if not for the fact that given [[SugarAndIce who's]] [[MetaGuy talking]], and [[BoisterousBruiser who she's]] [[CrazyAwesome talking about]], it fits the scene perfectly.
* ''PrincessMononoke'': [[spoiler:"Forest Spirit, we give you back your head!"]]
* In the first ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' movie we hear the two Dewgong crying in their ridiculously comical voices. But the fact that they're crying over [[spoiler: Ash being killed]] stops it from being funny. It also helps that the next shot is of the Vulpix crying which is a genuinely sad sound.
* ''[[MemeticMutation It's over nine THOUSAAAAAAAND!]]'' ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' is a good example. Viewers stuck through all the grunting, [[{{Filler}} multi-episode power up scenes]], and ridiculous voice acting both because it was [[RefugeInAudacity part of the appeal]], as well as knowing they'd get to witness [[SoCoolItsAwesome something genuinely awesome]] in the end.
** The way [[SeanSchemmel Goku]] strains when trying to power-up or endure a lot of damage inflicted upon him.
** ''Any'' of Frieza's "Am I male or female?" quotes.
-->''"Having these balls gives me something that resembles joy, I think. I want to caress them"''
** In his first form, Japanese Cell frequently makes a strange "Bwaaaah" sound. It's a silly sound, but NorioWakamoto makes it sound [[NightmareFuel chilling]].
*** And that bizarre sound he makes when walking. It makes it seem like he has shock absorbers in his legs or something, but considering he's an engineered life form it fits.
* The second episode of ''DarkerThanBlack'' has a line where Mao comments that the protagonist's [[BadassLongcoat coat]] is "bulletproof, but only when he wears it." This is simultaneously inexplicable and really badass. This line was altered in the dub to be a statement that the coat is [[PragmaticAdaptation "not just a fashion statement"]].
** It might make sense if Hei used [[ShockAndAwe his Contractor power]] to magnetize the coat somehow to deflect bullets. [[YouFailPhysicsForever Not very scientific]], but it's a setting with superpowers, and weirder things exist. But since he never uses his power in this way and the statement isn't really explained, the {{Woolseyism}} is probably for the best.
** And then there's the ever so [[MemeticMutation memetic]] NOW I'VE LOST IT/I KNOW I CAN KILL mantra just before the OP kicks in. Ridiculous? Maybe, but you're probably too busy gleefully chanting along to care.
** In the beginning of the second season, as Suou narrates about how the world has changed since the Gate appeared, a very futuristic flying car briefly appears on screen. Kind of narmy because of how much of a cliche flying cars are as a symbol of the future, but it kind of works because weird MagiTech and BlackBox technology is a big part of the setting. And the fact that flying cars are just [[RuleOfCool cool]].
** The scene in season 2 where Ilya talks to/scares those tourists might qualify. It's really hard to tell if that moment was meant to be somewhat humorous or not. If it was meant as a serious moment, they failed, but it works well as BlackComedy.
* In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', during [[spoiler: the original Lockon Stratos]]'s death scene, the little robot Haro crying [[spoiler:"Lockon! Lockon!"]] was a tad bit narmy. At the same time, though, it was rather effective. I mean, come on, even the ''robot'' was sad!
* In the first episode of the second ''Anime/YuGiOh'' series, Yugi summoning Exodia is narm charm enough. Then watch the uncut video, especially past 3:00.
** The dub dialogue is on fire, helped by DanGreen's delicacy...
---> '''Kaiba''': "Draw your last pathetic card so I can end this game!"
---> '''Yami''': "My deck ''has'' no pathetic cards, Kaiba. But it ''does'' contain... the unstoppable Exodia!"
---> '''Kaiba''': "[[OhCrap Exodia? Impossible!]] No-one's been able to summon him!" [[note]]Yeah, there wasn't a whole lot of search back then. Shut up.[[/note]]
---> '''Yami''': "Exodia, '''OBLITERATE!'''"
** Really, just the whole first series in general is this, not just the dub. Sure, people getting so dramatic about card games is hilarious, but you're often too busy [[TearJerker crying]] or [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming cheering]] to care.
** Just, ''Anime/YuGiOh'', in general. Even before the card game was introduced, the whole thing was so spectacularly, unashamedly over-the-top that it was difficult not to love.
** The dub of the sequel series ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' generally consists of general old Narm. One exception is when a character steals Yugi's deck and begins imitating his voice. We get an voice actor who is usually a LargeHam imitate Dan Green. And it's awesome.
** In the second sequel series ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'', the English dub always has to remove stuff. Naturally, they edit out weapons, text, add horrible puns to what should be relatively serious dialogue, but the main reason the dub is decent is simply because the Narm is so goddamn concentrated that it must be intentional. In one scene where the main character Yusei is in a motorcycle accident, when his friends go to help him he visibly has shrapnel sticking out of his chest. But not in the dub, no.They edited it out, and added the cheesy "Augh, my gut!" line instead. They turned what was supposed to be internal bleeding into "Thanks, Pepto Bismol!"
*** Also, because of the [[NeverSayDie habit of ignoring most FATAL things]] a lot of issues were changed. Even though, by the time of a certain episode beginning to explain the plot, the season finale has occurred in Japan. And literally only 2 people STAY dead. [[spoiler:Rex and Rudger/Roman Go(o)dwin]]. So to protect the children, the plot got so warped that they got a new "Shadow Realm" in "The Underworld."
* ''Manga/SailorMoon'' has a good example of this. One episode had [[spoiler:Nephrite]]'s death, and the line that comes next has {{Narm}} written all over it: "I'm so sorry, [[spoiler: Naru...]] I guess I won't be taking you out for a chocolate parfait." ItMakesSenseInContext, but still sounds silly when taken by itself. No one cared because [[TearJerker they were sniffling...]]
** There is plenty of Narm Charm in the dub: [[spoiler:After apparently escaping Zoicite and [[ShesAManInJapan her]] mooks Molly mentions the local Cafe makes exquisite Cholote Parfaits and asks if Nephrite if they could go have one sometime,which he agrees to. Then she asks him if he has "Holidays in that Evil Society of His." The sheer silliness of the second question,already silly in Japanese, gets funnier with Molly's goofy Brooklyn Accent, Nephrite and even Molly herself have a bit of a laugh about it. Instead of ruining the scene, it somehow manages to keep the drama and pathos of the Japanese version wonderfully]].
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. From the '''FAAABULOUS''' character designs, to the outrageous ''abilities'' (fighting with a bladed hat, putting zippers everywhere, turning rocks into mud, stopping time), to the characters themselves...then there are the manly tears, such as [[spoiler: when Polnareff cried when Abdul took a bullet for him, to when Joeseph saw his daughter's stand turning on her, et cetera]]. Yet, somehow, Jojo manages to work.
-->'''The next thing you're going to say is ____'''.
-->'''Muda da, [=MudaMudaMudaMudaMudaMudaMudaMuda=]!''' vs '''[=OraOraOraOraOraOraOraOraOra=]!'''
-->'''Za Warudo!'''
-->'''Road roller/Tank lorry da!'''
-->'''WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!'''
* [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]]'s use of broken English while telling [[spoiler:his [[BrokenPedestal former idol]], Ray Curtis]] that his circumstances do not justify turning to drugs and murder would otherwise be funny, but it, combined with the music and his facial expressions, effectively conveys how he feels, and [[spoiler:Ray Curtis]]'s response in perfect English makes it clear that the grammar mistakes are Conan's, rather than the writer's.
* ''{{Zoids}}''. The first series (Chaotic Century) in particular. The entire script is so laughably bad it's amazing that everyone keeps a straight face. (Van and Raven's exchange in episode 33 is a personal favorite example) But that's the reason it works. The whole universe speaks in narm and once you get used to it you realize that it's the language of the universe and it's a much more entertaining universe as a result.
* ''EurekaSeven'', episode 48. [[spoiler:Anemone]] is on a suicide mission after having learned that [[spoiler: Dominic has abandoned the military]] to stop the BigBad's plan. Lines like "I want to live! I wish I didn't have feelings like this!" are tearfully screamed at full blast, with all the pretentious angst of a bad Goth band. [[note]]Note: This makes sense, given how this character '''is''' a severely emotionally crippled and confused teenager.[[/note]] The viewers are just as likely to be [[TearJerker crying themselves]] at this point. [[labelnote:*]]If not, they're probably saving up the tears for the [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming happy reunion of Dominic and Anemone]] a few minutes later.
** The entire PREMISE is built on this. The series is built on giant surfboarding robots, tons and tons of blatant counter-culture references (including one of the most disastrous incidents in recent history being called the Summer of Love), and an incredibly sappy romance at the forefront (hell, the main mecha of the series is practically POWERED by love.)
-->''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I!]] [[GratuitousEnglish Can!]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpd2ndLgXaU Fly!]]''
* In ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', many examples result from [[GratuitousEnglish Engrish]] for English-speaking viewers.
** Most notably, during Itsuki's rooftop talk with Kyon, after Haruhi has [[SleepCute fallen asleep]] beside Mikuru, he suggests to Kyon that he should, "embrace Suzumiya-san from behind, and whisper 'I love you' in her ear." What the English audience hears is assorted Japanese, and then, "AI LAAV YU." What keeps it from falling into {{Narm}} is the heart-warming playfulness of the scene.
** The [[ImageSong Image Songs]] use a hefty pile of [[GratuitousEnglish Grautitous English]] in their lyrics. ''Lost My Music'' has an entire chorus in English, while ''God Knows...'' appends English words to the ends of certain verses.
** [[CristinaValenzuela Christy Vee's]] translation of "Hare Hare Yukai" has her first line shouting (in the most high-pitched voice she can muster) "ALL RIGHT SOS BRIGADE, ASSEMBLE!" It's ''incredibly'' cheesy, but also incredibly hilarious and totally in-character for [[GenkiGirl Haruhi]].
* When the ending of ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'''s second arc was adapted to anime, quite a lot of people were collapsing in laughing fits over the "takomaria". However, there was a significant creepy factor to seeing her head rolling around like that, and in a series of over-the-top messed-up scenes like the banquet of the witch and Rosa's feast afterwards, to a certain extent, it actually fit pretty well.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMM_BPTYglM OH DESIAH!]] In spite of the Narmy Engrish -- or perhaps ''because'' of it--the song still manages to be [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome totally epic]].
* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' Satoko's breakdown in episode 10 involves her somehow throwing a guy twice her size all the way across the room, with the chair he's sitting on. The voice actor's delivery, combined with the music, is what makes the scene work.
** [[MadnessMantra "Gomenasai...gomenasai...gomenasai...gomenasai...."]]
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Father's expression are often over the top, but he's still the main source of NightmareFuel of all the series... [[spoiler: especially when he looked pregnant of Hohenheim after having just absorbed him... but his OneWingedAngel form was '''''absolutely terrifying''''']].
* Episode 167 of ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' Shippuden. Full stop. It goes into full-on Looney Toons action at various points, including the "hammer person into ground without killing them" and "Road Runner legs" effects. Yet, it can also be absolutely awesome.
** Sasuke's EvilLaugh in Shippuden episode 214 and manga chapter 483 is NarmCharm. It's hilarious mainly because it's ''[[TheComicallySerious Sasuke]]'' but it also shows how [[AxCrazy far gone he is]].
* [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words]]: '''''WeissKreuz'''''. Genuinely interesting characters with great characterization, [[InsaneTrollLogic illogical]] plot points, SoBadItsGood animation, SoCoolItsAwesome cinematography, music that ranges from forgettable to awesome, RuleOfCool villains, [[YouFailBiologyForever impossible]] [[YouFailPhysicsForever unrealistic]] [[YouFailLogicForever stuff]], epic voice acting, ridiculous/awesome facial contortions, RuleOfCool weapons for Weiss... WeissKreuz is awesome.
** And to this day, people still wonder whether TakehitoKoyasu [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs was on drugs]] when he thought of this one.
* The Intelligent Devices of the ''LyricalNanoha'' series have always spoken in rather questionably-translated English ("It can be done. As for my master.") Then TheMovie came along and gave them proper English lines. Many English-speaking fans are not pleased with this, as they found the Devices' broken speech endearing.
* ''{{Hellsing}}'''s [[WorldOfHam hamminess]] and over-the-top violence should be ridiculous, but many fans love the series because of it.
* Belldandy from Manga/AhMyGoddess continues to call Keiichi "Mister Keiichi" even tough they have lived together for a pretty long time. And she is just an overly melodramatic [[TastesLikeDiabetes sugarqueen]] in general. But you just can't hold it against her when it comes with that weapons-grade smile.
* In ''TigerAndBunny'', Kotetsu/Wild Tiger used to wear a [[SuperheroesWearTights spandex costume]] that [[FanNickname fans have affectionately named the crapsuit]]. General opinion was that it was either [[{{Adorkable}} endearingly dorky]] or just plain dumb... until Kotetsu [[spoiler:[[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece Breaks Out The Museum Piece]] as part of a plan to prove to the public he's the real Wild Tiger and strikes a TripleTake AsskickingPose at the end of episode 21]], at which point the fandom decided it was the sexiest, most badass superhero costume ever.
** Many aspects of the show count as Narm Charm—the [[HoYay relationship]] between the two leads, the frequent use of JapaneseStockPhrases, the [[{{Camp}} campy]] costumes and the theme of [[BandOfBrothers friendship]] being noticable examples. ''TigerAndBunny'' 's particular flavor of Narm Charm is actually rather simililar to that of ''Anime/CodeGeass''--both shows contain seemingly ridiculous amounts of drama and {{camp}}, but manage to achieve some really touching moments regardless.
* The {{Engrish}} opening and ending themes to the ''{{Berserk}}'' anime manage to be both hilarious on account of their mangled pronunciation and borderline-nonsensical lyrics (and a completely straight-faced use of the line "[[InnocentInnuendo I can get it off!]]") and awesome on account of being damn good songs regardless.
* The ''Manga Bible'', as noted in WorldOfHam article, the characters are so dramatic, the [[AnachronismStew anachronism]] so blatant (calling someone "punk" in 1500 BC, think about it), but it still manages to keep the OriginalFlavor from the source while maintaining it as entertaining reading (for everyone, averting the ConfirmationBias trope).
* ''DemonKingDaimao'' has Kena Soga, who, depending on the dub version, either has a certain charm to how her voiced is portrayed.
** AkiToyosaki has a more wacky and cartoony route for her, while Melissa Davis makes her overly-dramatic and goofy.
* ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'':
** The fight between [[spoiler: Masako and Yuri]] in Episode 15 is so ridiculously over-the-top (it involves [[spoiler: Yuri swinging ping-pong paddles to swat Masako's slingshot balls]], for crying out loud!) that it warps back to ridiculously awesome.
** Also the buttloads of {{Engrish}} in episode 16. [[MemeticMutation HERY MR. PRESIDEEEEEEEENTTTTT!]]
** When [[spoiler: Masako pulls her FacingTheBulletsOneLiner]] in episode 22, we see [[spoiler: Esmeralda next to her opening a paper fan.]] It would've made the whole scene [[{{Narm}} hilarious in normal circumstances]]... but come on, [[spoiler: Esmeralda [[UndyingLoyalty is THAT loyal to her partner and to #1]], and [[TogetherInDeath she's ready to die with Masako]]]]! How can that '''not''' be [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming really touching]]?
** The whole scene where Ringo remembers her parents eventually deciding to split up is reenacted via stuffed animals. It's ridiculous, but considering she was a young child at the time it actually works and conveys how traumatic it was for her. And by the same token, most of Ringo's {{Imagine Spot}}s are so over the top ridiculous that you can't help but laugh, but they also managed to convey just how screwed up the girl is.
* The Manga/{{Bleach}} Concept Cover albums. The engrish is absolutely INSANE, with one of the best examples being Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, by '' BEAT CRUSADERS '' sung by ''' '' [[FumihikoTachiki KENPACHI ZARAKI]] '' '''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av9jyBLuSlE This is either the funniest or most absurd thing]].
** On that note, go see "Science Show" from [[KosukeToriumi Szayel's album.]]
** For an unexplained reason, Ulquiorra's release has him in a ''dress'' and waist-length hair. [[spoiler: It stops being cute about 15 seconds later when the Arrancar nearly cuts Ichigo's head off with a pointed pole made of energy.]]
** When Ichigo sees [[spoiler: one of Aizen's... "special" transformations]], he reacts via saying [[PrecisionFStrike "What... the fuck... is THAT...?!]] It should be hilariously out of place, but the context in itself was so odd that it worked -- Ichigo was pretty much [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall voicing EXACTLY what was going on in the readers's heads.]].
* The English ''SherlockHound'' theme song is ridiculously narmy yet it works. It's also an {{Earworm}}.
* The English dub of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is kinda dorky, and often sounds like a high school drama club performance (Nanami especially), but somehow it seems to work in the show's favor, adding to the general strangeness of the show.
* A bonus episode of DotHackSign taking place after the [[DotHackR1Games R1 games]] has Balmung proclaim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv-Fk6wMuL0 "This shindig looks like the bomb-diggity,"]] one of the most hilariously awful lines in the series. It even gets a double-take from Kite and Orca.
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[[folder: Comic Books ]]
* Golden-Age and Silver-Age ''{{Batman}}''. One issue of the original ''Detective Comics'' focused around the tale of Batman Jones, a child named in honor of the Dark Knight who rescued his parents, who in turn became a giant otaku and tried desperately to join Batman and Robin in their adventures. (The only reason he stopped is because he found another hobby- stamp collecting) Even the iconic {{Joker}} was presented as nothing more than a clown with campy crime schemes. The Bronze Age and especially TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks moved away from this, but the Adam West-era ''Series/{{Batman}}'' and ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' certainly have their followings.
* ''{{Superman}}'s Pal, JimmyOlsen'': considered the most SilverAge-y thing to have ever come of out of the SilverAge, and crammed with every single stereotype of the era turned UpToEleven. It is by far the biggest supplier of nostalgic or [[AffectionateParody affectionate]] {{Shout Out}}s in modern-age comics.
* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'': The TitleDrop ("WE ARE {{THE WALKING DEAD}}!") that comes after a speech about how the survivors (or at least Rick, giving the speech, displacing some guilt) are NotSoDifferent from the zombies. Extremely {{anvilicious}}, but nonetheless dramatic and effective.
* ''[[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Dark Empire]]'': "Aren't I the master of all the Jedi? Your father was my apprentice." "Formless, I exist as pure energy. I ''am'' the dark side." Palpatine is just a huge ham.
* Simon Furman's ''{{Transformers}}'' comics are well known for this. Many fans enjoy his rather [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanism distinctive dialogue]].
* ''Comicbook/{{Doom}}'', for those who consider it SoBadItsGood. Trying to fill [[ExcusePlot a plotless vacuum]] still doesn't explain the unhinged comic's story or dialogue, which became a FountainOfMemes:
--> "Now I'm radioactive! ''That'' can't be good!" \\
"You're '''huge'''! That means you have '''huge guts!'''" \\
'''"RIP AND TEAR!"'''
* [[http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3218/snowflamedesnewguardian.jpg Snowflame]], a {{supervillain}} from the The DCU's NewGuardians who was powered by cocaine! [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-5066-snowflame/ No, really.]]
* When ''Comicbook/GreenLantern'' tried to give a sympathetic {{backstory}} to Dex-Starr, by all rights it should have fallen flat on its face. Dex-Starr's inherent comedy (he's a homicidal ''kitty-cat'') should not mesh well with a tragic origin. It's not even a terribly good origin, it's standard "came from abusive family" stuff. But is something just terribly heart-wrenching about it that manages to make it work. [[TearJerker "I good kitty."]]
** The origin story is basically Batman in cat form, except without the "heir to the vast Wayne fortune" part: Dexter was raised from a kitten by a woman who was later murdered when some thieves broke into her house. He leads an increasingly desperate life as a stray until he's eventually placed in a bag, tormented, and thrown into a river. It just so happens that this was ''exactly'' the time when the ring forces were actively recruiting during the Darkest Night arc, and since the force behind the Red Lanterns is rage... And yeah, it's as Narm-tastic as it sounds, but it '''really''' works. Dex-Starr ''good'' kitty.
* Many "relevant" and "edgy" BronzeAge stories like the ''Comicbook/GreenLantern / GreenArrow'' team-ups featuring the evils of drugs, poverty, racism, etc, are hilariously over-the-top, {{Anvilicious}}, and two-dimensional, but the fact that the stuff was [[FairForItsDay ground-breaking at the time]], plus the writers' complete sincerity about the sentiments expressed in the stories, save them from most of the contempt usually afforded to such preachy [=PSAs.=]
* With just one overwrought line and goofily gaping expression, [[http://echorrorcomicsarchive.com/wp-content/qdir/main/2008_10/crypt23.jpg the issue 23 cover]] of ECComics' ''Tales from the Crypt'' manages to tell the most awesomely concise horror story ever...
-->''LOCKED! I'm locked in this MAUSOLEUM with... with this THING!''
* In ''Comicbook/DoctorStrange: The Oath'', a critically-injured and unconscious Strange has been carried through the doors of a hospital by his manservant Wong. Though they have obviously come in through a pouring rain, his Cloak of Levitation is at full billow. In fact, it has hooked around the crash bar and is holding the door open.

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* This trope is the reason ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' is utter hilarity from start to finish despite (or perhaps because of) it being possibly the stupidest thing in existence. Five words: "BECAUSE YOU ARE HEADCRAB ZOMBIE."
** [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Combines leave my son alone'']] [[ClicheStorm should not work]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and yet it does]].
** [[spoiler:JOHN FREEMAN: SAVER OF HUMENS.]] :'( tear
** [[spoiler:Gordon Freeman]]'s death. Especially true in dramatic readings. How can such a goofy scene, containing the word comFART, be taken seriously? This is how.
** "[[spoiler:Mom]] you were beautiful soul and Combines will pay." Keep in mind that [[spoiler:she]] talks back AFTER [[spoiler:her]] head was shot off.
** "I HAVE TO KILL FAST AND BULLETS TOO SLOW" actually manages to sound badass, despite being one of the stupidest one liners ever.
* ''DoomRepercussionsOfEvil'', for mostly the same reasons. "[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie No, John. You are the demons]]."
* ''MyImmortal'': "goffs", terrible characters, a bad grip on {{goth}} culture (or any culture), constantly arguing with the readers, waging war against spelling and grammar. It's a masterpiece of BileFascination.
--> "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU MOTHERFUKERS!" It was....................Dumbledore!"
* In FanVid culture, "[[http://fanlore.org/wiki/Lord_King_Bad Lord King Bad]]" vids are deliberately created with this kind of aesthetic.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5160534/1/Kamina_die Kamina die]]'' (supposed) TrollFic, [[spoiler: "simon am proud"]].
* There's something oddly [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] about the last two chapters and final author's note of ''[[Fanfic/StarkitsProphecy StarKits Prophcy]]'', despite the usual RougeAnglesOfSatin, CanonDefilement, and [[WorldOfHam abundance of hamminess]].
** Likewise, the line "ACCEPT JESUS [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERFUCKERS]]!" still manages to be [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]].
* ''FanFic/TeaOfSagittarius''. Especially the Sidestories, full blown ContemplateOurNavels and psychological issues compiled with usual [[HilarityEnsues Haruhi-style balls to the walls plot]]. You think one DeadpanSnarker is enough, this story have two, [[AlternateUniverse who technically is same person]], [[GenderBender technically different gender]], and [[ScrewYourself technically a couple]]. [[MindScrew Confused]]?
--> Anonymous: "My Blowjob can't be this Psychological"
%% ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta'': "STILL THE BEST 1973".
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* The game of peek-a-boo famously played during the Grendel fight in the film of ''Film/{{Beowulf}}'' (unless anyone out there can think of a ''logical'' reason for fighting an insane, man-eating giant whilst in the buff).
** He wanted no advantage against the creature, he was as pure a warrior as he could be.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': "YOU ARE A TOY!" It [[MakesSenseInContext Makes Perfect Sense In Context]]
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'''s ending. [[spoiler:Watching a college student play with a toy cowboy has never been so heartwarming]].
* Eric Idle's over-the-top VillainSong in ''TheSecretOfNIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue''. It's the most idiotic thing one can do right after the supposedly dramatic twist that the villain is the hero's brother, but the song is ''so'' entertaining.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} 2'' has [[spoiler:Lightning's responses to Mater trying to get away from him in England, thinking that Mater is still sore about their fight when in reality [[WhyAmITicking it has nothing to do with that.]] PowerOfFriendship and how over the top the film is as a whole makes it work.]]
-->'''Mater:''' [[spoiler:Stay away from me, or you could get hurt real bad!]]
-->'''Lightning:''' [[spoiler:I know I made you feel that way, but none of that matters, because [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WE'RE! BEST! FRIENDS!]]]]
** Lightning goes as far as to [[spoiler:''attach himself to Mater's tow cable to keep up with him.'']] The following lines are exchanged ''twice'':
-->'''Mater:''' [[spoiler:Let go!]]
-->'''Lightning:''' [[spoiler:[[BigNever NEVER!]]]]
** It might also be justified by [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance Mater being Lightning's first truly close friend, leaving the racecar unsure how to handle when they get into a fight.]]]]
* In Disney's take on ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', Maleficent awesomely delivers the line "and now shall you deal with ME, oh prince, AND ALL THE POWERS OF ''{{HELL}}''!"
* Fievel and Tanya's rendition of "Somewhere Out There" in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' has this, because they cast untrained children to voice the song. But despite how their voices crack at points, it adds a kind of genuine feel to the song that is missing in Linda Ronstadt's version (which turns it into a romantic ballad).
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* Franchise/{{Batman}} films have a fair amount:
** Certain scenes in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', less by not killing the drama and more for injecting a little realism -- not to mention [[TheWoobie pity]]. Not everyone can [[SayMyName bellow their beloved's name]] and sound bereaved and heroic, you know.
*** And the Joker's socks when he's sitting in his cell. Helps that both they and Heathy are MadeOfWin.
*** Batman's rusty voice. Some people went along with it because he was obviously trying to disguise his real voice, but it became unintentionally funny when he started using it in front of Lucius Fox, who already knew who he was.
**** [[FridgeBrilliance There have been comics that have played with the idea that Bruce Wayne is the mask and Batman is the real person. Perhaps Bruce felt it was best that Lucius would see his true self in order to cooperate]]
** ''Film/BatmanReturns'': "The heat's gettin' to me... I'll murder you momentarily after a nice cup... of... water" The Penguin dies right then and there, but what really makes it work is the guard of penguins doing the burial and DannyElfman's score.
** Naturally the film of the Adam West series ''BatmanTheMovie'' continues the campy glory it was known for.
--> ''Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.''
*** The above scene is so well-known that [[spoiler:the climax of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' almost seems like a [[SeriousBusiness deadly-serious]] version of it.]]
** Speaking of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', there's Bane's voice to some people. His voice is full of VocalDissonance and is quite silly, but at the same time it can still roll into a horrifyingly unexpected variation that utilizes {{Narm}} to it's advantage: the Narm of it all makes you have to tell yourself that Bane is a NeutralEvil KnightTemplar with a [[FauxAffablyEvil false politeness]] that can really catch you off guard if you don't look past the Narm.
** A lot of the enjoyment found in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is from this and Freeze's puns.
** Most of what's likable about ''Film/BatmanForever'' is also due to this. The studio was aiming for something that ''looked'' dark, but was a bit more akin to the campy 60s version than the DarkerAndEdgier (well, as dark and edgy as a film starring ''Michael Keaton'' can be) Tim Burton films. Casting [[LargeHam Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey]] as the main villains didn't hurt.
* Every line delivered by Schuler Hensley as {{Frankenstein}}'s monster in the 2004 movie. ''Film/VanHelsing'' is full of win.
* Richard Roxburgh's ''{{Dracula}}'' is the same, to a slightly lesser degree.
* [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]] has fans who consider his LargeHam acting to be the best part.
** That was the whole point of his portrayal of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaDibW_BTvg Richard IV]] in ''The BlackAdder''.
* The... same applies [[DramaticPause to... FANS... of...]] WilliamShatner.
** Him screaming "[[BigWordShout KHAAAAAAN]]!" seems like {{narm}}, unless you remember what [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan]] said to prompt that. And the fact that [[spoiler: He was Narming it up on purpose to trick Khan]].
** Used to absolutely '''AWESOME''' effect in Lemon Jelly's song [[http://youtu.be/F2s03sH1VgQ '64 aka Go]]. Nobody monologues better than Shatner.
* ''The Franchise/EvilDead'' had a few {{Narm}} moments that were nonetheless forgivable because it was a student film and otherwise well-made. ''Franchise/EvilDead 2'' and ''[[Franchise/EvilDead Army of Darkness]]'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice actively cultivated]] {{Narm}}.
* A lot of moments from the first three ''Film/{{Spider-Man}}'' films may qualify [[hottip: *: (surprise surprise, they were directed by Mr. Evil Dead himself, Creator/SamRaimi)]], such as the Green Goblin bombing the Parker residence and demanding Aunt May finish her prayer ("deliver us...deliver us...from evil!"), or when Peter embraces a normal life to the tune of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head."
** "We'll meet again, Spider-Man!!" Corny? Oh yes. But somehow incredibly appropriate for a Spider-Man movie.
* ''{{Enchanted}}'' is essentially a combination of this, WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief, and {{Camp}}, with two heaping tablespoonfuls of AffectionateParody for spice.
* ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'':
** In the wonderful shooting contest scene, Monco walks around Mortimer, glaring at him; Mortimer walks around Monco, glaring at ''him''; Monco steps on Mortimer's shoe, getting it muddy; Mortimer does the same to him, et cetera -- until [[spoiler:Mortimer proves himself to be the better shot by perforating Monco's hat]], but up until then it's hilarious. Two little boys hang a [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] on it: "Just like the games we know!"
** Another one from Mortimer, when he spots a wanted poster of his nemesis. And looks at it very hard.
* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'''s [[MemeticMutation very popular]] line "I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE!"
* In general, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger ''should'' be extremely narmful all the time because of his incredibly thick Austrian accent, but people have got so used to hearing it it barely matters anymore. To quote Jack Slater in ''Film/LastActionHero'', "Vot accent?"
* Parts of the 1973 film version of ''JesusChristSuperstar'' are rather corny today, yes, but the corny lines in no way detract from the rest of the movie.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': "[[NoManOfWomanBorn I am no man!]] AAAAAAAAAA!!!"
** In that exact same scene: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAO4t8672hc&NR=1 The Witch-King's ridiculously large mace]]. Everyone from the prop designers to the actor who had to swing it all thought it was the largest, heaviest, most ridiculous part of the scene.
** [[spoiler:Denethor]]'s death scene (where he [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes nuts]], lights himself on fire, and ''jumps off a cliff'') in ''[[Film/LordOfTheRings Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King]]''. Then again, the last part is movie-only, as in the book he [[FaceDeathWithDignity calmly]] [[DrivenToSuicide burns himself]] in the Steward's tomb. ([[hottip:quote with spoiler: [=LotR=] V, ch.7: "Then Denethor leaped upon the table, and standing there wreathed in fire and smoke he took up the staff of his stewardship that lay at his feet and broke it on his knee. Casting the pieces into the blaze he bowed and laid himself on the table, clasping the ''palantír'' with both hands upon his breast." [...] Gandalf in grief and horror turned his face away and closed the door. For a while he stood in thought, silent upon the threshold, while those outside heard the greedy roaring of the fire within. And then Denethor gave a great cry, and afterwards spoke no more, nor was ever again seen by mortal men.]])
** "I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound!"
* StarWars, oh so much.
** TheReveal at the end of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' was so shocking ([[ItWasHisSled at the time]]), people were willing to forgive the BigNo from Luke.
** With cheesy lines like "I ''AM'' the senate!", "No, no, no..", and the memorable [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!"]], Palpatine's [[LargeHam hamming it up]] in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' should be ridiculous. But by all that's Sithly, Ian [=McDiarmid=] makes it the most fun (and [[NightmareFuel creepy]]) thing to watch in the entire movie.
** "I'm Luke Skywalker, [[ANewHope and I'm here to rescue you!]]"
** "[[TheEmpireStrikesBack I'll never join you!]]" He's so ragged-voiced and shocked and exceedingly TheWoobie at that moment, it's up in the air whether this makes you laugh or [[HurtComfortFic want to comfort him]].
** People who actually like the Prequels can feel this way about them (especially if you are from the younger generation and grew up on them). The Original Trilogy gets this too, for the same reason ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' does: the special effects can be so bad, but the story so good.
*** Those who saw the Original Trilogy when it first came out were amazed at how ''good'' the special effects were. There's a ''reason'' Industrial Light and Magic were the go-to guys for exceptional special effects for literally ''decades'', and that simulation sequence during the rebel pilot briefing, while laughable by today's CGI standards, was done on a computer graphics system that was at the time pretty much cutting-edge State of the Art. The original ''trailer,'' on the other hand, was narm in its purest form.
** In particular, the confrontation between Anakin and Obiwan at the end of Episode III has produced some of the most classic and unintentionally hilarious internet memes of all time. [[LargeHam YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWAAAAAAAAH]] and [[CaptainObvious "Don't try it, Anakin, I have the high ground!]] spring to mind. That said, it is still arguably one of the saddest, most powerful scenes in the entire saga. The utterly heartbroken look on EwanMcGregor's face really sells it.
* IanMcKellen's delivery in ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' is full of this.
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. [[Film/{{Godzilla}} The 1998 American version]], even more so.
** Speaking of which, any movie by RolandEmmerich such as ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'' and recently ''[[TwentyTwelve 2012]]'' will apply. He gets most of the facts wrong, but you can't help enjoying [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome the awesomeness of their visual effects]].
* Nero in ''Film/StarTrek'' tends to be ridiculously [[LargeHam over the top]] (see: his introduction as "Hi, I'm Nero" and "[[ShoutOut SPOOOOOOOOOOOCK]]"). It just makes the movie more fun. "FIRE EVERYTHING!"
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': "By Grabthar's hammer... by the suns of Warvan... you shall be ''avenged''." Though in that case the original line was ''trying'' to be silly in an AffectionateParody sort of way for ''Franchise/StarTrek''. The context the line is delivered in is genuinely {{badass}} and makes up for it. It helped that it was Creator/AlanRickman saying the line.
** It also didn't hurt that a visibly long-suffering Rickman had earlier delivered the variant "By Grabthar's hammer ... *sigh* ... what a savings" while doing a publicity appearance at the opening of some Big Box Mart.
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Over two hours of [[{{Troperiffic}} every action movie cliche]] turned UpToEleven and Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Jonathan Pryce, clearly enjoying themselves. Joseph Gordon-Levitt ''embodies'' HamAndCheese in that movie, apparently deciding to play Cobra Commander as "[[TransformersGeneration1 Starscream]], by way of [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Darth Malak]], with a touch of DrStrangelove." Pretty much the entire cast gets in on this, Ray Park manages to do it without ever saying a single word, ''that's'' impressive.
* Logic doesn't get in the way of the narm-charmtastic climactic scene of the 1966 Italian film ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WY9vR0DsNY&NR=1 Dio, Come Ti Amo!]]'' The heroine Gigliola, played by EurovisionSongContest winner Gigliola Cinquetti, taps into the p.a. system of an airport in order to sing a love song to Luis, her boyfriend who is [[RaceForYourLove departing on a plane that is on the runway about to take off]]. Her song is broadcast not only through the airport, but, in a quirk of Italian electrical engineering, also into the headsets of the ground crew and the pilots of Luis' flight. Sure, in reality the pilot, the ground crew and the airport's p.a. would probably not all share the same system, but that's besides the point. Adding to the inexplicit absurdity of the scene is the fact that her love song is also audible to the passengers on the departing plane, one of whom is Luis who disembarks from the plane to return to Gigliola. Yet for all of the gaps in plausibility, your heart can't help but be moved when Gigliola and Luis kiss on the tarmac.
* ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]''. Especially, Gerard Butler's delivery of the iconic ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This! Is! Sparta!]]'' line.
* ''Film/{{Scarface}}'': '''"SAY HELLO TO MY LEETLE FRIEND!"'''
* The entirety of ''ConanTheBarbarian'' simultaneously manages to be incredibly cheesy and incredibly moving and beautiful '''at the same time'''.
* DarioArgento's films run on this trope and {{Gorn}} Charm.
* ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' may have the typical movie cliches on the book, but it is so silly, yet so romantic!
** Even ''with'' lines like "You must do me this honor, Rose. You must promise me to survive" - toward the end of the second half of the film audiences will be dreading Jack's inevitable demise.
** Speaking of JamesCameron, While certain scenes from ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' may be narmy whenever Neytiri gets pissed off or cries [[spoiler:(like when Jake revealed his secret to her, causing her to lose her trust in him)]], they are actually quite [[TearJerker sad]].
* ''GranTorino'': The phrase "Get off my lawn!" may sound like a typical senior citizen phrase, but [[ClintEastwood Eastwood]] being [[{{Badass}} Eastwood]], boy did he make it work.
* ''Film/BigFish'': "You become what you always were... [[TearJerker a very]] [[TitleDrop big fish."]]
* Most of the werewolf scenes in the remake of ''Film/TheWolfman2010'', starting with their decision not to change the werewolf appearance from the black and white original.
* A lot of ''TheRoadWarrior'' is Narm but especially this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iRmOc10SMw&feature=related scene]] with Wez, the Lord Humungeous' [[TheDragon dragon]] has NarmCharm. After the Feral kid's razor boomerang kills his lover, Wez goes nuts "NO! WE GO IN! WE KILL! Humoungous puts him in a sleeper hold to subdue and says "Be still my dog of war! I understand your pain! But we do it my way! We do it MY WAY!" Wez:"Losers! Losers wait!" before becoming unconscious. It should be just funny but it's somehow funny AND awesome. Even when the audio was used years later in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "Eat, Queef and Pray" when a woman demonstrates a "Road Warrior Queef" "
* The ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' films have quite a bit of this in small doses throughout, but they pull it off with deliberate bravado in the second film when Abe and Hellboy get drunk and sing the incredibly cheesy song, "Can't Smile Without You." Who hasn't gotten drunk with a friend and sung bad music to try and get through the blues?
* George Bailey's friends and family spontaniously bursting out into Christmas carols at the end of ''ItsAWonderfulLife'' ''should'' be [[{{Narm}} Narmy]] ... but really isn't. At all.
** It might be more accurate to say that since Narm is pretty much what the entire movie is made of, this scene doesn't ''stand out'' as particularly Narmy in comparison until the kid pops off with the line about bells and angels, which is ''pure distilled essence of Narm''.
* ''TheMummyTrilogy''. All three of them. Largely due to John Hannah.
* In the original ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', [[SpecialEffectsFailure the robot is less than convincing]].
* The ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie, due in large part to Raul Julia's performance as General M. Bison. "[[MemeticMutation OF]] [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses COURSE!]]"
** Among his gems: "Every Bison Dollar will be worth five British pounds. For that is the exchange rate the Bank of England will set once I've kidnapped their Queen."
** "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday But for me, it was Tuesday]]."
* In ''NightAtTheMuseum 2'', Octavius tends to come across as almost constantly narmy, taking himself way too seriously and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis dramatically shouting/growling every other line]]. And he becomes all the more brilliant for it.
* Fully half the movies scored by EnnioMorricone have a moment where first you think: "What the hell is this music," and immediately afterward, "Holy shit [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome this is awesome]]!"
* ''Film/PeterPan'': "[[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve I do believe in fairies!]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnul4k5hUM I do! I do!]]"
* ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is entirely about the great enjoyment one can have at the late night double feature picture show, a classic way to see the best in B-Movies.
* The B-movie ''ZombieBloodbath'' is so cheap and cheesy, with an almost nonexistent plot, by every definition it should be terrible. But the fact that it was produced by hundreds of town locals who volunteered to do it for fun makes it incredibly heartwarming to watch as zombies crack up while running.
** What keeps ''ZombieBloodbath'' from being so bad is the fact that it was basically a community project in which practically the whole town volunteered to take part completely for free, because they all liked the director's silly movies so much. We ended up with zombies stumbling around with their little zombie children, people trying not to crack up while they're being eaten, and people doing kung fu roundhouse kicks to zombie nuns.
* ''{{It}}'': "Oh yes, Georgie! They float! And when you're down here with me... YOU'LL FLOAT TOOOOO!!!!!"
* ''TheKingsSpeech'' had this moment where Bertie is encouraged to talk about his childhood, and he tries to...but because of his stammer, he has to make himself sing parts of it. Hearing him suddenly sing something instead of speaking would almost be funny [[spoiler:if he wasn't talking about how he was abused by a nanny, who would deprive him of food and hit him so he'd cry in front of his parents, and that his parents didn't notice what was going on for years]].
* The film ''CastAway'' features a scene with the main character crying over [[spoiler:his lost volleyball]]. By all means, it should ''not'' be heartbreaking, but somehow... ''it is''.
* Some of the actions in the fight scenes of ''IpMan'' can easily be mistaken for {{slapstick}}. However, the choreography was so good that such scenes fit right into the fights.
* The films of Nick Zedd.
* General Zod in ''[[Film/{{Superman}} Superman The Movie]]'' and ''SupermanII'' is ''made'' of this. He's a titanic ham with lots of dialogue that could have been very painful, but he tends to come of as genuinely deranged and dangerous rather than goofy. It also helps that he can bounce back and forth between LargeHam and dangerously understated almost at will, as his introductory scene shows.
* According to the people who cast the film, the role of Buttercup in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' was given to the only actress they found who could deliver the line "You mock my pain".
* The live-action 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film. "I SMELL YOU, BOY!"
* AlPacino's first scene with JohnnyDepp in ''Film/DonnieBrasco'' was noted on the DirectorsCommmentary as one that could have been pathetic, but worked due to Pacino's skill. Lefty's line, "In all the five boroughs, I'm known. I'm known all over the fuckin' world. Anybody asks ''anybody'' about Lefty from Mulberry Street..."
* The only actor in ''history'' who could deliver the line "If it had to happen to one of us, why did it have to be you?" in ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' was Creator/CaryGrant. Combine this with the explosive chemistry between Grant and co-star Creator/DeborahKerr, and what could have gone down as one of the sappiest, glurgiest movies ever produced is instead one of Hollywood's most epic love stories.
* The Creator/{{Syfy}} BMovie ''Meteor Apocalypse'' has just what you'd expect of a B Movie -- low budget, bad script. But for film shot in only 12 days, the ''acting'' (even through the badly-written dialogue) is actually pretty good.
* The final scene of ''DeadPoetsSociety'' is almost universally considered to be a very powerful and moving ending to the film. But think of how it would sound written down on a script and what one would think it would end up like...
* ''{{Troy}}:'' Achilles' captive Briseis wakes him up with a [[SwordOverHead sharp knife]] to the throat. After imploring her to "[[KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand do it]]" ''("[[TheFatalist we all die some time]]")'' he grabs her and [[CoitusEnsues has his way with her]], prompting her to drop the knife slowly out of her hand. ...Yeah. As one reviewer said: ''"[[EvenTheGuysWantHim Only Brad Pitt]] could do this (old-style Hollywood) scene and not have the audience burst into laughter."''
* Young Neil in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' was cast because he could deliver "He punched the highlights out of her hair!" with the perfect mix of rage, disbelief and conviction. He went on to ad-lib several hilarious moments throughout the film.
* ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'': When Artax starts sinking into the [[DeathByDespair Swamps of Sadness]], Atreyu's reaction is shameless and over the top... but damn if that isn't the key to making that scene ''work'' without viewers wondering what the hell the horse has to be depressed over.
** It's a little less Narmy when you realize the actor got caught in the elevator that was lowering the horse and [[EnforcedMethodActing nearly drowned]]. When they brought him back up he was already unconscious, had to be rushed to a hospital, and took two days to recover.
* ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'' is entirely composed of this trope. NicolasCage can [[LargeHam take the credit for much of that]].
* Let's face it: Both the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books and [[Film/HarryPotter films]] can be quite [[{{Narm}} narmilicious]]... but the thing is, the quality of it is just so good, it can easily be forgiven. One particular example is the ending of [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth]] film when Harry gives his ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Voldemort; which basically boils down to "I have ThePowerOfFriendship. You don't. I pity you (though I still want you to die)". This, coupled with the shots of Voldemort's kind of goofy poses in the visions Harry sees during the film, ''could'' be extremely [[{{Narm}} Narmy]]... but it's not. The reason being that when you've spent all this time reading the books and/or watching the films, you really do understand what Harry is saying no matter how corny it might be. This is doubly true for the movie, which also shows clips from all the previous ones before it, most of those clips being of other NarmCharm moments from the series.
* ''Film/{{Starcrash}}'' '''is''' Narm Charm. The endearingly bad acting (thanks in no small part to Joe Spinell as the villain [[EvilIsHammy Zarth Arn]]), the obvious fake ships, the ridiculous clothes, and the never-ending sound effects make it tons of fun to watch from start to finish.
* ''EightLeggedFreaks'' lives off this with corny characters and even cornier monsters (Seriously, the spiders make grunts and squeaks and even throw in a 'wee' at times) but it's all extremely good fun.
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', as pictured. The backgrounds are obviously painted backdrops, everyone's in rather silly costumes, but for some reason none of that matters because the acting has such pathos and a lot of people grew up watching it. It's to the point where no film studio has the guts to do a remake (though other Oz movies have been made), for fear of a ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked reaction.
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* Despite their differences, Team Jacob and Team Edward should be able to agree that what makes the whole ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' Saga so good is its cheesyness.
* ''XWingSeries'': Certainly the newbie Tatooine pilot Gavin Darklighter's response to seeing Coruscant for the first time was [[Narm/StarWars narmy]], but it helps illustrate just how young the kid is.
--> "It's just a city, the whole thing, one big, huge, really big city. It's ''[[SingleBiomePlanet all]]'' city."
* To many, it's what makes the charm of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''.
* Frank Peretti, a Christian horror writer, is very adept at the use of Narm Charm. Apparently, he realizes that his plots are extremely outlandish, and in order to avoid Narm he cranks up the absurdity of it his situations UpToEleven and lets you know it's okay to laugh through witty prose, thereby leading to situations -- such as a town erupting into terrifying/hilarious chaos around a false Messiah -- that are bizarre, hilarious, and somehow, really, really terrifying. [[AdaptationDecay Unfortunately, this does not translate well into]] [[Narm/{{Film}} the film versions of his work]].
* ''LittleWomen'' plots a course through {{Mary Sue}}s, [[PurpleProse wildly extravagant and sentimental prose]], [[AnAesop Aesops]] (some of them [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop rather questionable]]) in [[OnceAnEpisode nearly every chapter]]... and comes out as a gripping romantic drama with a deserved place in the highest pantheon of American literature.
* Discussed with an internal example in ''StarTrekKlingonEmpire''. The old animated show "[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Battlecruiser Vengeance]]" is this for many Klingons (and it's a nice wink to actual fans of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] ''Franchise/StarTrek'' too). One particular episode presents the Klingon hero repelling a Federation boarding party. The episode was produced during the height of tensions between the empire and the Federation, and the party consists of ridiculous, inaccurate computer-generated images of Federation member races. Specifically, the Andorian is more green than blue and has overlong antennae, the Vulcan's ears are too pointed, the Tellarite looks more like an actual boar, the Betazoid has fully blacked-out eyes instead of simple dark irises, the Human has eyes too large and a mouth too small, the Trill has spots covering her entire body, and the Denobulan has misplaced ridges. In the minds of many "modern" fans, the inaccuracy just adds to the joy of it.
* ''HarryPotter'': This trope can definitely apply to the ending of the 7th book; after [[EarnYourHappyEnding all the crap]] that [[PowerTrio The Trio]] has been through, you can't help but feel happy that everything turned out okay (for the most part) in the end... unless you're a fanatic [[{{Shipping}} Shipper]] and the ending defied your {{OTP}}; in that case, the ending of the series was your worst nightmare come true.
** [[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows "I'll join you when hell freezes over!"]] is one of the cheesiest cliches out there. But considering that this is [[spoiler: [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Neville Longbottom]]]] saying it to [[spoiler: [[BigBad Voldemort]]'s]] face, and suddenly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome you don't feel like laughing anymore.]]
** And the ever-famous, ever-badass, "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" courtesy of Molly Weasley.
** Harry has a speech in the first book where he asks Ron and Hermione if Voldemort will leave their families alone if Gryffindor wins the House Cup, which is mostly irrelevant to the rest of what he was saying and somewhat sticks out from the rest of the serious speech.
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. This conversation was used in the climax of the story. At first it seems to be a trivial discussion about counting fingers, but it's actually about a man being [[MindRape tortured]] into changing his perspective in order to ''[[TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive see things that aren't there]]''. Some might say it's worse than {{Room 101}} itself.
** Room 101 is just a means to an end. Specifically, YOUR end...
--> '''O'Brien:''' "How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?'"
--> '''Winston:''' "Four! five! Four! Anything you like."
** {{Room 101}} itself works as an example. We've seen how lesser works have made the "your worst nightmare come to life" less scary than it should. Indeed, at first glance, the idea that, after months of the most devious psychological and physical torture known to man, the thing that breaks Winston is "give up your love, or get your face eaten by rats", still kinda sounds like something out of a ''{{Saw}}'' movie. But when you read it... it works, dammit.
* ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext somehow]] manages to make the line [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "THAT! IS! NOT! MY! COW!"]] bad-ass.
* [[Narm/StarWars Pellaeon]], in the NewJediOrder, delivering a ShutUpHannibal that ends "You may win the occasional battle against us, Vorrik, but the Empire will ''always'' strike back."
* From ''LordOfTheFlies'', the line [[spoiler:"Roger sharpened a stick at both ends"]] should, by all rights, be laughable (what, is he going to [[spoiler:trip and fall on it]] or something?) In context, however, it's the sign of the boys' complete degeneration into unbridled savagery.
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* ''UglyBetty'' is more or less one long deliberate attempt at creating this.
* As is ''PushingDaisies''.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is the same, so very much. Brittany seems to be the queen of this. Giving a friend, whose father suffered a heart attack, a report on heart attacks to show sympathy, nosing a meatball around (in heartbreak) like in ''LadyAndTheTramp'', being a high school student who still believes in Santa Claus. Only Heather Morris can make this work out.
** Finn singing "I'll Stand By You" to a sonogram. For anyone else this would be the narmiest moment in television; but because it's Finn, big, stupid and oh-so-sweet Finn, it's a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
** Blaine's [[spoiler:confession of love]] to [[spoiler: Kurt]] could count, as the dialogue is like something from a chick flick, but the way he says it is so heartfelt that you can't help but {{Squee}} as he says it. Even the people who don't like Blaine admit that they're glad something was ''finally'' going right for [[spoiler: Kurt]].
* Many, many scenes in ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'' containing [[LargeHam Goa']][[PhysicalGod uld]], especially with [[DeadpanSnarker O'Neill's]] constant LampshadeHanging.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is the inverse of SpecialEffectFailure, as noted on that very page. The cheesy effects are so loved, that the new seasons deliberately keep the effects from being too polished to retain that feel. The new series seems to thrive on NarmCharm in all it's forms.
** Not to mention the Daleks' famous "EXTERMINATE!" line is clearly ChewingTheScenery, except they usually come across as unstoppable, merciless [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything genocidal maniacs]] (so much that a Cambridge University academic wrote [[http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ex-tra-po-late-moral-philosophy-and-the-daleks/ a paper]] ''about'' the Daleks' Narm Charm.). So that line gives more chills than snickers.
** The Daleks' "Exterminate" is a bit Narm Charm in itself, especially in its more modern incarnations. Case in point: The Daleks transmit a single word message of their famous catchphrase across the whole earth during ''The Stolen Earth'' and pretty much every one of the Doctor's earthbound former companions just about needs to change their pants upon hearing it and realising who it is. Including Sarah Jane Smith and a man ''who can't die''.
*** To be fair, Jack's not scared for himself, he's scared for Ianto and Gwen.
** And, from "The Stolen Earth", "DALEKS DO NOT ACCEPT APOLOGIES!"
** In "The End of Time", we have [[spoiler: The Master Race]]. Fun to watch? Yes. Hilarious? Oh hell yes! Terrifying and dramatic? Errr...
*** The parts where he was eating or [[spoiler: flying]] were especially good.
** Then there's [[spoiler: TimothyDalton, showing the scenery no mercy as Rassilon. "'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! WILL! NOT DIE!!!]]'''"]]
** MattSmith's tenure has kicked off in fine form. [[FacelessEye Giant eyeball aliens]] in [[CoolStarship snowflake spaceships!]] So cheesy, they're awesome. [[{{Crunchtastic}} cheesesome?]]
** The horrible fates of The Family of Blood. Trapped in the edge of every mirror for eternity? That's so stupid it's cool.
** In his first serial, "Terror of the Autons", [[LargeHam The Master]] causes someone to be smothered to death by a chair. '''Smothered to death''' by a '''chair'''. And it is awesome.
** And then, he makes guys in ridiculous bobblehead costumes handing out daffodils terrifying.
** The pointless chase scene which takes up pretty much the entirety of episode two of "Planet of the Spiders", where Jon Pertwee and John Dearth pretty much drive or fly every combustion-engine-powered vehicle known to man with the exception of locomotives and jet fighters, and which ends with the villain vanishing anyway at the end of it, is still awesome in its own right. Of course it helps that Barry Letts wrote the sequence as a going-away gift for Pertwee, who had a deep interest in motor vehicles of all kinds and relished scenes where he could get behind the wheel.
** The production staff can be forgiven the hideous monsters from "The Three Doctors", and Omega's scenery-chewing, as the interplay between Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell and Nicholas Courtney make up superbly for it.
* ''PowerRangers'': SilverAge comic super-weirdness and ''Series/DoctorWho''-style fondness of SpecialEffectFailure all in one package. [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] put it best: "It's ''PowerRangers'': it's ''supposed'' to be cheesy!"
** [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Jason]] is the master of NarmCharm. For one example, [[NoIndoorVoice screaming]] [[CaptainObvious "OH MAN, HE FROZE THE ZORDS. WE'RE HISTORY!"]] in Lord Zedd's debut is utterly ridiculous, but it still hammers home how dire the situation is.
** [[ThoseTwoGuys Bulk and Skull]] calling the people of Angel Grove to help in the final battle of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. Corny, yet awesome.
** When Saban ran out of footage of Bandora from ''{{Zyuranger}}'' to use for Rita Repulsa, they made their own. Despite Rita now being played by an American actress, she was still given a HongKongDub because it had become an iconic part of the character. This also holds true in the higher-budget [[TheMovie movie]].
** For that matter, nearly all {{Tokusatsu}} (with a couple of exceptions such as ''{{GARO}}'' and ShinKamenRider) is unbelievably silly and weird, with all sorts of unrealistic tropes that are used completely shamelessly, and episodes that follow a strict formula. The PeopleInRubberSuits especially are a relic from another time, and frequently expose their flaws: the Fangire from ''KamenRiderKiva'' come to mind as something that should be ''ridiculous'', and would be treated as such in any non-Japanese property, but somehow stuntmen in sophisticated Halloween costumes and voice actors make for compelling, amusing, cool, scary, dangerous, ''real'' characters. Stuff like that is why people like tokusatsu in the first place.
* ''WalkerTexasRanger''. The plots are ridiculous and the solutions are generally roundhouse kicks combined with moralizing speeches, but it's still great fun to watch.
* ''TheBradyBunch'' more or less in its entirety with some stand-outs: the "mom always said not to play ball in the house" episode, the Johnny Bravo episode, the "Time to Change" episode, the Hawaii special with Don Ho and Bobby having a nightmare about robbing his own family in the WildWest.
* On ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', the ridiculous costumes that most supernatural beings (and frequently the sisters themselves) end up in were considered a part of the show's charm to many fans, and occasionally [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
---> '''Phoebe''': ([[spoiler:having just been turned into a genie with flowing blonde hair]]) Why do ''I'' always end up in the blonde wig?!
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' embodies this. A stuntman crouching under a pizza has never been a more sympathetic character. And when there is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvRBDQqSmY appropriate contrast]], even a wildly overacted scene becomes downright touching. Then, of course, there's the ridiculously [[MundaneMadeAwesome over-the-top and bombastic]] music. Only this show could take [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCamCYip2t4 this piece]] and make it the most iconic fight music in television history. Ultimately, this is the reason that even the legendarily bad episodes (like, say, "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain Spock's Brain]]") are SoBadItsGood instead of completely unredeemable. TOS episodes that were heavy on the {{Narm}} were ''always'' entertaining. Compare ''actual'' bad episodes that are dull and full of {{padding}}, like "The Alternative Factor". People will go for "Brain and brain, what is brain?!" every time.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' occasionally runs on pure cheesiness. It's the series outright honesty and belief in itself, and its writers' (and actors') refusal to shy away from uncomfortable subjects, which means it gets away with a lot of it (when you have characters living in a future when humans are, supposedly, a much more reasonable, understanding bunch, and got there ''the hard way'' via a couple of near apolcaypses and one helluva lot of personal growth, then an audience can't help but appreciate their passion and dedication to their ideals. Even if they ''are'' pointing about dramatically and occaisonally doing flying leaps).
** In particular there's the episode "[[WhamEpisode Chains of Command]]". Picard's dragged out, thick-tongued [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS!"]] just wouldn't have worked in any other time or place, but given that it came at the end of one of the most [[NightmareFuel horrifying demonstrations of torture and cruelty]] to ever be aired on daytime television... let's just say if anyone can pull it off, then PatrickStewart can. It has been remarked that Patrick Stewart's strength as an actor is his ability to deliver bad dialogue with utter conviction.
** On the cheerier side we have "Captain's Holiday", a bizarre Indiana Jones-type adventure with a Ferengi in a Hawaian shirt, two time-travellers and lots of flirting. Dear gods, the flirting. A ridiculous plot with enough cheese to make a pizza the size of a planet, saved and made golden by the fact that Captain Picard (and probably Patrick Stewart) is clearly having the time of his life.
* ''CSIMiami'': It may sound hilarious... but I... [[GlassesPull [puts on shades] ]] [[RuleOfCool make it cool]]. '''''[[TheWho YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]]'''''
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** In the fourth season, there's a scene where [[spoiler: Cordelia, posessed by Jasmine]], is sending telepathic messages to Angelus, using an incredibly cheesy "evil overlord" voice. Somehow, the way the scene plays out makes the voice only add to the creepiness.
** Then there's the memorable scene from season 3's "Loyalty" where Wesley seeks out information from the Loa, an ancient, godlike spirit of knowledge with glowing red eyes and a booming voice. The Loa berates Wesley, confirms his worst fears, and delivers an incredibly ominous warning of doom to come. Oh, and the form that the Loa takes happens to be ''a giant, talking, hamburger-shaped drive-in speaker''. Somehow, the conversation with the giant, shouting hamburger is hilarious while still being the dramatic peak of the arc.
* Most speeches in ''Series/BabylonFive'' the series are full of {{Narm}}. On the other hand, Mira Furlan and Andreas Katsulas were such great actors, any speech delivered by Delenn or G'Kar still managed to be utterly compelling. Bruce Boxleitner, on the other hand, got away with being a LargeHam by virtue of the fact that John Sheridan was ''also'' a LargeHam.
* ''Series/{{Batman}}'' is probably the TropeMaker. The {{Camp}} is kicked UpToEleven, and the special guest stars (the villains) are the [[HamAndCheese hammiest hams that ever hammed]], yet Creator/AdamWest delivers every line with [[StraightMan a completely straight face]].
* Somewhere there is a video where the creators of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' admit to giving the character Ben Linus narmy lines because they feel that Michael Emerson can make them sound awesome. Also, from the season 6 premiere: The line: "I'm very disappointed... in all of you!" shouted by none other than [[spoiler:Faux-Locke/The Monster]] after he beats the crap out of [[spoiler:Richard]] while everyone watches. It's just so bizarre and creepy that the sheer silliness of the line can be ignored.
* The ''Series/{{House}}'' episode "5 to 9" [[DayInTheLimelight focuses on Cuddy's]] position as Dean of Medicine. She suffers a stressful day of fighting with medical insurers, a sociopathic medical technician, and (of course) House's antics (not to mention, getting called a "bitch" by every character possible). When the medical insurers cave and agree to her "outrageous" medical costs, she has a [[BigYes Big Yeah]] complete with the camera pulling back to show everyone in the lobby react. The rest of the episode features a montage of an abundance of good things happening to Cuddy -- it comes off like a commercial for Prozac. But the events of the episode were so stressful on Cuddy, you don't mind how corny things get at the end after she [[EarnYourHappyEnding fought hard for her victories]].
* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' features a great deal of people caught in unbridled moments of passion. On one hand, an actress expressing such outright rage at injustice that they cry while yelling for the camera can be cheesy; on the other hand, that does take a good deal of talent, and perhaps just a spark of genuine conviction.
* ''MST3K'' employed this with several scenes that make fun of shmaltz and over-the-top acting. See if you can listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3xmlWOQiBw "Clown In The Sky" (6:10)]] without getting a tear in your eye.
* ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' is a deeply silly show pretending to be a deeply serious show. Somehow, this is still awesome.
* ''Series/TheATeam'' could go back and forth between this trope and straight-up {{Narm}}, all within the same episode. And it's entertaining as hell.
* The characters on ''GossipGirl'' are prone to dream sequences which easily fall under this category, as the actors seem to be in competition over who can [[LargeHam ham]] it up the most. Current trophy holder is probably Ed Westwick after his performance in Chuck's season three nightmare.
* ''Series/ICarly'' generally plays it's hammy moments 'straight'. Occasionally, they do a parody and fall from the usual webshow {{Narm}} into NarmCharm. An example is Carly's delivery of a BigNo from ''iBeat the Heat'' and, and the teen movie parody Kelly Cooper: Terrible Movie is so over-the-top it's hilarious.
* ''{{Smallville}}'': at least a good 30% of ''everything entertaining''.
** ''[[ChristmasEpisode Lexmas]]'', period.
** Some of Chloe's more passionate declarations of love towards Clark may be slightly Narmy but still makes everyone go "Awww!"
** When Clark tells Lois, [[spoiler:"I'm the blur!" and she tackles him in a fit of passion]].
* ''LazyTown'' is ridiculously cheesy and suffers from a major case of [[WidgetSeries cross-cultural weirdness]], but fans can't help but love every minute of it.
--> [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE! YOU ARE A PIRATE!]]
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}''. [[HollywoodScience Science, even the most far-out, fringiest science that ever fringed DOES NOT work that way]]. But it's ''soooo'' much [[RuleOfCool fun]]. [[NightmareFuel Nasty]], {{Squick}}tacular fun.
* ''TheThickOfIt'':
** On paper, "COME OUT OF THE CUPBOARD HUGH..." looks ridicuolus. In Malcolm's low Glaswegian growl it sounds genuinely terrifying.
** Episode 7 of series 3, the WhamEpisode in which Malcolm is sacked. Before leaving [[{{Whitehall}} 10 Downing Street]] for what his enemies are sure will be the last time, he vows to them "YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN! YOU WILL ''FUCKING'' SEE ME AGAIN!" before striding out with his [[BadassLongcoat long black coat]] flowing behind him. This should be cliched and [[{{Narm}} Narmy]]- and in a political satire, WrongGenreSavvy- but Malcolm, [[MagnificentBastard being Malcolm]], renders it [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]].
* ''Series/RobinHood''
** In the second season, during the death scene of [[spoiler:Marian]]. On the one hand, the build-up involves a confusing and contrived sequence of events, and the death scene itself is drawn out to an utterly ridiculous extent in which [[spoiler:Marian]] has a sword in her stomach and yet is able to carry on a completely coherent conversation for several minutes; on the other hand, [[spoiler:''Maid freaking Marian'']] is dying and the EmotionalTorque is OverNineThousand and [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt no one can believe it's really happening]] and it's the most horrible, devastating thing that's ever happened on any RobinHood retelling ''ever''.
--> [[spoiler:'''Robin:''']] "We have forever, my love."\\
[[spoiler:'''Marian:''']] "I hope we have forever in heaven, because we didn't get enough time on earth."
** Topped only by their [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]] scene at the very end of the series, which echoes their parting words:
--> '''Robin:''' My wife...\\
'''Marian''': Now and forever, my love.
* The creators of ''TheWeirdAlShow'' note in the commentaries that Brian Haley as The Hooded Avenger had the unenviable task of delivering the majority of the show's {{Anvilicious}} morals. But his Adam West style utter conviction to the part makes it work.
* BeaArthur, in ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', is able to take her usual DeadpanSnarker persona and apply it to good effect during her song-and-dance sequence in the Cantina on Tatooine, though she's helped in that it's just about [[BizarroEpisode the only scene in the entire special that makes the least bit of sense]].
* The hilarious, homoerotic, and oddly charming Long Underwear Boxing scene in Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson.
* Watch LeonardNimoy's ''Series/InSearchOf''. The narration on the wild theories of all kinds of mysteries, complete with LeonardNimoy rocking a 70's 'stache, makes this show ridiculously wonderful to watch.
* ''Series/AlloAllo'' is just so hammy and cheesy you can't fall in love with it. It really tells you something that the show was popular throughout Europe despite the fact that it made fun of pretty much all of them, but it did it in such a way it was impossible to take offense at it.
* While "Faith of the Heart", the theme song for ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', is often berated for being a pop song in a franchise whose themes have usually been orchestrated- not to mention the very schmaltzy and somewhat overwrought lyrics-, the song ''is'' an excellent articulation of the themes and messages that lie at the heart of the entire Franchise/StarTrek franchise.
* When people talk of [[ChristmasSpecial Christmas variety specials]], there's only one more likely to be brought up than ''TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' -- in fact, it's '''inevitably''' brought up. That special is ''Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas'' (1977), solely because of the segment in which the "White Christmas" crooner and DavidBowie trade contrived banter and sing the duet "Peace on Earth"/"Little Drummer Boy". There were a lot of crazy team-ups in the VarietyShow genre as a whole in its prime, but none were quite this crazy...or became so sincerely beloved. Even in TheNewTens, it's a popular radio request when the season rolls around.
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* Perhaps the only reason people listen to The Automatic is for their hilarious hyperactive shrieking keyboardist Alex Pennie. Without him, [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2fq8hS0eE this song]] would just be another substandard "Gold Digger" cover, but thanks to Pennie, it becomes grade-A {{Narm}}.
** In fact, when Alex Pennie left the band before the band started recording their second album, the band almost immediately became another generic alternative band and was quickly forgotten. Aside from their first single without him, "Steve [=McQueen=]", the band has yet to have another song reach the Top 40 in the UK
* RhapsodyOfFire for sure.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMUNl5_HSUs "Ride Forever,"]] a song by Paul Gross of ''Series/DueSouth'' and ''SlingsAndArrows'' fame. The lyrics are undeniably cheesy, but the song manages to be genuinely stirring at the same time.
* {{Bollywood}} musicals.
* Anything by {{Manowar}}. ANYTHING.
* Music/{{Megadeth}}. Dave Mustaine's lyrics can be really cheesy and silly ("Peace Sells" and "So Far, So Good", for example, or his {{Breakup Song}}s), and let's not forget his nasal, DonaldDuck vocals, but their music is so face-meltingly awesome and EpicRiff-laden (not to mention epic solos!) it makes one think if they're using it to compensate for the words and vocals...
** People who criticise Mustaine's vocals tend to be the ones who say Megadeth's recent albums are the best of their career. There's a simple reason for this. His vocals on these albums are quite annoying, he probably provided his best vocals on Countdown To Extinction, Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings. Many Megadeth fans like his vocals as they aren't over the top or too aggressive, unlike many other metal singers.
** 2001's "Promises", a beautiful ballad, is made quite narmy by Mustaine's angsty vocals.
* For some fans, {{Opera}}.
** And "Neapolitan songs" (''canzone napoletana''), most of them composed pop tunes which have become indigenous, similar to the songs of Irving Berlin or George M. Cohan. Italian singers can deliver "O Sole Mio" (My Sunshine), "Funiculì, Funiculà" and "Santa Lucia" with passionate sincerity.
* The storyline behind MyChemicalRomance's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys as well as the music videos based on it seem to be intentionally going for this. And succeeding. Oh yes.
* Music/KingDiamond's "Welcome Home" when the lyrics are considered. It being King Diamond, he's either snarling or screaming his balls off, and then there's lines like "We're going to repaint the front door soon".
* Japanese remixer {{Hyadain}}'s remix of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkIEVrFVeG4 Bubble Man's Theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' is made of this. Despite the grating use of GratuitousEnglish and the fact that it's pretty much about about [[FoeYay Bubble Man's love for Mega Man]], the song works anyway, because it's very well arranged, has nice vocal work and, well...it's not on the TearJerker page for nothing.
** '''All''' of his Robot Master remixes are about confessing love -- More or less subtly -- towards Mega Man.
** Heat Man's recent theme tops Bubble Man's in this. In it, Heat Man (very passionately) describes what it's like to spend a night making love with him. It has even more GratuitousEnglish as well.
* "Infection" by JRock band D'espairsRay. This song should have been horrible: The imagery was cliched, the grammar was bad, some of the lyrics made no sense and the rest were drenched in Engrish -- but somehow, it still worked and could be considered a tearjerker.
** "Death Point", which is made of Engrish (not to mention, Hizumi repeating over and over, "death point, death point, death point!"), yet still so catchy...
* Simple Plan's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZc-2LL8zU Welcome To My Life]] is ''adorable''. Aww, poor little pouty EmoTeen...(giggle)
* Music/{{Nightwish}} is made of this. They combine the most epic of rocking with questionable English, cheesy themes, TruckDriversGearChange, and WordSaladLyrics. Doesn't matter one bit.
* {{Radiohead}}: Thom Yorke's singing style is one of both the easiest ''and'' toughest things to make fun of ''at the same time''. Especially after listening to "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9UkgkzUkUA Idioteque]]".
** The live performances of "Idioteque" take it up to eleven -- Yorke gets so involved in the music that half the time he's screaming the lyrics rather than singing them, but the song itself is just [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome inherently]] [[RuleOfCool cool enough]] that it doesn't really matter.
* Music/DreamTheater's "The Count of Tuscany" has some of the most ridiculous lyrics that the band has ever written, yet it's one of the most popular songs from ''Black Clouds and Silver Linings'', probably ''because'' of the cheesiness. (Or because the rest of the lyrics on that album are even worse. Or because the music on that song is just that good.)
* MeatLoaf practically defines this trope. Over the top enough that he probably ended up on the moon? Yes. ''Totally awesome'''? Also yes. Combine it with ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46u0W_HVURc and the result might just implode the world from awesome]].
* German band Welle: Erdball thrives on this, but they seem to invoke it intentionally. I mean, a recurring figure in their songs is called [[BigHam ''Commander Laserbeam'']]. The strange accent doesn't help much.
* WilliamShatner's duet with Joe Jackson on a cover of Pulp's "Common People". It's SoBadItsGood taken UpToEleven. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbt3wRsZYw here]].
** Possibly the best thing about it is the way it seems that Shatner's distracted "singing" style can't handle the more emotive parts of the song, so Joe Jackson has to cover for him.
* The metal band {{Bal-Sagoth}} take many tropes UpToEleven, including GrimUpNorth, ProudWarriorRaceGuy, CosmicHorror and PurpleProse. It is incredibly over the top, which is part of what makes it great.
** Ditto for {{Immortal}}, who in addition to the above, also have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VBdAY8eA9w music videos]] where they look like {{KISS}} [[{{LARP}} LARPing]]
* Heavy Metal fans can simultaneously celebrate {{Dio}}'s "Holy Diver" as a great old-school Metal standard, while realizing that the lyrics make no sense and the music video is ridiculous in a SoBadItsGood way.
* DragonForce, [[MemeticMutation the hardest metal known to man]], better known as [[FanNickname Dragonfarce]].
** "Heart of a Dragon" somehow manages to sound rather triumphant despite sharing a melody with the children's song "Three Little Speckled Frogs".
* Heino. Anything by Heino, especially if it refers to "letzten Abendrot," cowboys, or involves clapping.
* The Music/{{Muse}} single "Uprising" is, by itself, a really catchy {{Queen}}-style revolutionary anthem. That is, until you notice that the music video, the CD and the vinyl single artwork all seperately portray ''teddy bears'' rising up from a field in revolt. It might've been [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic meant to symbolize]] the seemingly harmless and ubiquitous masses suddenly proving that they're not so harmless, but the image should still be pure {{narm}}. Except that listening to the song and hearing the lyrics as a call for downtrodden teddy bears to rise up in righteous rebellion against their human oppressors just adds a whole new, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment BLAMmy]] charm to it.
** From the same album, "Guiding Light". It's basically a full-on '80s PowerBallad, complete with seemingly endless drum reverb (which fits nicely with the jet engine segue at the beginning); a Queen-inspired guitar solo is the icing on the cake. For a band that's often accused of taking itself too seriously these days, it's a refreshingly clear-cut "just enjoy this" moment on the album.
** And while we're at it, "Knights of Cydonia" needs a mention, doubly so when you consider the music video. It combines an overt political TakeThat with overly sincere "fight for your right" chants, Wild West imagery, kung fu, unicorns, laser beams, and a heavy dose of EpicRocking; and the end result is somehow legitimately chilling.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaN7RwckVIQ "The Final Countdown" by Europe]]. Hugely stupid hair metal anthem that's firmly in GuiltyPleasure territory, but ''awesome''.
* Sarah Brightman. Dear god, she could sing the telephone book and make it sound profound. For example, we have "Fleurs de Mal" (Flowers of Evil), "A Question of Honor" and "How Can Heaven Love Me?" And the lyrics are even goofier than the titles...
* Michael Crawford was the original lead in the musical ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''; Brightman was the original Christine, and he may be her male counterpart in terms of NarmCharm between that and his subsequent albums. His LargeHam delivery is effectively what every comic spoofing the delivery of stage musical actors post-1986 is making fun of, and he's often used it in the service of overblown ballads -- he's done whole albums devoted to AndrewLloydWebber, Disney, ''and'' ChristmasSongs -- but he does it with an amazing tenderness and sincerity that cuts through the clutter.
* Everything by Music/{{Journey}}.
** ''JUST A SMALL TOWN GIIIIIRRL, LIVIN' IN A LONELY WOOOOOORLD... SHE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOIN' ANYYYYWHEEEEERRRREEEE...''
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGmkM4v9AaY In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]," by Iron Butterfly, is completely ridiculous. Yet awesome. Yet ridiculous.
** Oddly enough, the rest of its parent album, also titled ''In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'', could also qualify. What else would you expect from an album that has a song called "Flowers And Beads"?
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doTBT46wMvA Du Hast]]" by Music/{{Rammstein}} is so filled to the brim with [[{{Narm}} ludicrous levels]] of [[RatedMForManly Teutonic Badassery]] that it's impossible to [[TestosteronePoisoning take it seriously]]. It's '''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome wonderful]]'''.
* The two actual songs on famous stuntman Evel Knievel's record ''Evel Speaks To The Kids'' (the rest of the record consists of one press conference and one question and answer session with children). "Why?" is a poem written and recited by Knievel himself over music: The rhymes are often cliched or painful ("Success is a term that has broad use, for you and I to have none in life there's no excuse"), but the sincerity in his voice and schmaltzy backing music somehow do still make it oddly affecting. Meanwhile there's the country song "The Ballad Of Evel Knievel" by John Culliton Mahoney (which is on the record despite having nothing to do with Knievel beyond it being ''about'' him): the arrangement is just as melodramatic, the vocals waver all over the place, and the lyrics are oddly preoccupied with the idea that Knievel could die while attempting his stunts, but it's still kind of a tearjerker.
* The song "LastKiss" is so earnest with [[TeenageDeathSongs its subject matter]] it pretty much gets by on this trope.
** "Tell Laura I Love Her" is another example, because there's no other way a [[TeenageDeathSongs Teenage Death Song]] could possibly be a straight-up hit with that inexplicably cheery bass line: "[Bum bum bum bum] Tell Laura I love her [bum bum bum bum] tell Laura I need her [bum bum bum bum]".
* Peter Cetera's "jaw singing", specially in the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAj-Y6uUA_k "Glory of Love"]]. It makes what would've been just yet another of these SillyLoveSongs if performed by anybody else but him, into condensed narm charm.
* [[HollywoodToneDeaf YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...!]] [[BizMarkie YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!]] [[TearJerker But you say he's just a friend...]] but you say he's just a friend -- oh, baby, YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
* {{Jewel}} has a lot of this, especially in her debut album.
* VitaminStringQuartet runs on this. They specialize in string quartet covers of popular songs, ranging from the predictable "[[{{Evanescence}} My Immortal]]" to "[[{{Dragonforce}} Through the Fire and Flames]]" and "[[ThreeDaysGrace Animal I Have Become]]" ([[FlatWhat What?]]). This should be totally cheesy. And yet, due in part to amazing arrangements and great musicianship...it's not.
** The band Big Daddy is another example. Their shtick is that they were on a USO tour when their plane crashed on a [[DesertedIsland desert island]], and when they were finally rescued in the late 70s they tried to cover currently-popular songs but only knew the late 50s/early 60s styles. Imagine Superfreak as a slow love ballad, or Help Me Make It Through The Night to the tune of Yackity Sax (or, for that matter, Welcome to the Jungle with the background singers going "a-weem-a-wop-a-weem-a-way"). That's Big Daddy. Their cover of Dancin' in the Dark (to "Moody River") is arguably ''superior'' to Springsteen's original.
* "Mana" by Equilibrium ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHJGk25MVI Part 1]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqdwDxnH5bE Part 2]]). Most of their music is pretty straight folk metal, but ''this'' is a sixteen minute instrumental rock epic, complete with choirs, flute solos and a retro video game sound-effect breakdown. It sounds like something from a mid-90s JRPG, and revels so gleefully in it's own ridiculous grandeur that you can't help but love it. Found in two parts here and here.
* Two-Ton Paperweight is awesome precisely ''because'' it takes a subject like a crappy car and makes it worthy of suicide, murder, and obscene amounts of violence, all to a rockin' tune. It helps that anyone who's ever had a shitty car can totally relate. "My. Car. Is a '''''[[MyCarHatesMe PIECE OF SHIT!]]'''''"
* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SdzwoIcwo Centipede]]'' by Rebbie Jackson (the relatively well-adjusted [[OlderThanTheyLook gracefully-aged]] [[CoolBigSis eldest sister]] of MichaelJackson). It was her [[OneHitWonder only real hit]] and is certainly memorable, but [[{{Narm}} those lyrics]]... Fortunately, it was TheEighties, and Rebbie's voice [[MostlyNarmless could deliver just about anything]]. The funniest part is that Michael wrote and produced the song.
--> "When the [[UnusualEuphemism centipede]] is hot, you're bound to feel the fire."
* Ultravox's "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is listed under {{Narm}}, but it and the rest of the band's output while Midge Ure was their leader (which could also be considered narm-y) still have fans with people who are in love with that overarching, melodramatic European synthpop element to this band's music. It does also put that era of the band's existence at odds with the John Foxx era, which was more detached and punk-oriented, but one can still hear elements of the older Ultravox in 1980's ''Vienna'' and it's not uncommon for one to be a fan of both the Foxx and Ure eras of Ultravox.
* KanyeWest spent the better part of a year alienating fans and non-fans alike with his {{Jerkass}} behaviour. We all agreed that Kanye's first step should be to apologize for the [[MoralEventHorizon Taylor Swift incident]] and then get back to rapping. He's gone back to rapping, but [[http://nahright.com/news/2010/06/02/kanye-west-power-mixed-mastered/ we were fools to think he would apologize]]. And when he can spout lines like "Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it/I guess every superhero need his theme music" and "I don't need yo pussy, bitch, I'm on my own dick" with that much sincerity, well... [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome more power to him]].
* Music/LadyGaga. It's what she does and will continue to do. Marry The Night makes this certain.
* KateBush.
* The {{Queen}} song "Somebody to Love." It's a good song, despite -- or perhaps because of -- the fact that the other three guys sound like the background singers from the older Disney cartoons.
* From a certain point of view, Music/{{Death}}'s logo, particularly in its original, more elaborate version, looks a lot like something that would be on a homemade Halloween party invitation. Load up enough "evil" iconography into five letters and it starts becoming oddly adorable.
* Rock Sugar. One of their most famous songs is a cover of [[Music/{{Journey}} "Don't Stop Believing"]], which qualifies under its own merits, mashed up with [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman"]]. And it is ''awesome''.
* [[ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]] has said this much of his music: "Some of these songs are so over the top it's amazing."
* Grim Reaper.
* Oh Warlock, you're so cheesy, but you put your hearts into it and that's why we love you.
* "Down With The Sickness" by Music/{{Disturbed}}. That child-abuse segment is so [[UpToEleven over-the-top]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice crosses the line in so many ways]], [[CarefulWithThatAxe is so unabashedly screamy and raging]] and yet while it's going you may as well forget all that because in the context of the song, does it ever ''work''.
* VanCanto. Their recreations of classic metal songs with nothing but a drummer and lots of vocal effects are both awe-inspiring and a bit silly.
** Singing the song titles as lyrics definitely tops the silliness: "bataree, baa -- taree, bataree baa -- taree..."
* By nature, a very large number of [[AwardBaitSong award bait songs]] epitomise narm charm -- sparkly synth, TastesLikeDiabetes lyrics, over-the-top vocal histrionics -- and yet, everyone comes back for more. And it's not like this only happened in the 80s and 90s. Case in point is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVTOAQ0iA90 "Love Lives"]], a solo effort by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, for the LiveActionAdaptation of ''SpaceBattleshipYamato'' (2010).
--> I looked at you, you looked at me, \\
I knew it then, but you couldn't see it, \\
And now you've come around. \\
I walk away, you stay behind, \\
But I've got the memories to remind me, \\
Of how you used to... \\
Hold me so tight, be by my side, \\
And make it alright...
* "Celtic Rock" by Donovan. On paper, it borders on self-parody, as the guy tries to do hard rock in the style of a stereotypical Celtic tune. Nonetheless, you can't stop bobbing your head whenever it plays. Summed up best in another tune of his, "Roots Of Oak":
--> Let me not hear facts, figures and logic, \\
Fain would I hear lore, legend and magic!
* "Let's Get Rocked" by DefLeppard. Using "rock" [[GoshDangItToHeck as a radio-friendly substitute]] for "fuck" makes the song hilarious fun, resulting in lines like "LET'S GET THE ROCK OUT OF HERE!" Same goes for the gratuitous strings when the singer discovers that his girlfriend only likes classical music.
* ArmyOfLovers (a Swedish dance group) made a brief career out of this. They were deliberately so over the top, baroque, hypersexual, kitsch and camp that it was something amazing to behold. Which was exactly what they wanted.
* The bulk of LinkinPark's first two albums. Their lyrics showed as much [[{{Wangst}} maturity and depth]] as a twelve-year old's LiveJournal, but damned if Chester's [[MetalScream screams]] didn't have you singing along.
** The band have said that the record company pushed them into angsty music to capitalise on the popularity of nu-metal, and that they were always more about the programming side of things. This is evident from their later albums where they regained artistic control, albeit not always as exciting.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE "Ice Ice Baby"]] is known for having some slightly goofy lyrics and an especially goofy music video, but it managed to become a big hit.
* "Bring Me To Life" by {{Evanescence}}, the sound of overblown histrionic angst from the band that inspired [[Fanfic/MyImmortal the worst fanfic ever]]. But it's done with such bombastic, agonised gusto you have to love it. Go for broke, emo girl!
* Pretty much the entirety of Arthur Brown's peak period (1967 to 1973), with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8&feature=related "Fire"]], where he dances around clad in face paint and donning a flaming helmet, his most triumphant example.
* "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll would probably not be even half as memorable if it weren't for Carroll's over-the-top performance and such lyrical gems as "But Tony couldn't fly! Tony died!"
* Love's album ''Forever Changes''. Between the easy listening-style arrangements (heavy on the strings and Tijuana Brass-like horns) from a band that had been one of LA's hard rock pioneers, Arthur Lee's twee vocal stylings and his out-there lyrics (like opening a song with the line "Oh, the snot has caked against my pants"), the album simply should not work at all, and a lot of people have been underwhelmed by it. But it managed to capture the darker side of The Summer of Love and The California Dream better than any other album of its era, while its odd sound gave it a timeless feel that managed to appeal to future generations.
* The more dramatic works of TimMinchin tend to do this on purpose - the metaphors and lyrics he uses tend to be so bad that they swing around into brilliant. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frNpdG4F9mw You Grew On Me]], in particular, would be a hilariously bad love song comparing the narrator's love with a tumor, if he didn't sing it with absolute conviction.
* [=MacArthur=] Park is infamous for some truly Narmy lyrics, but Richard Harris sings it so well and so beautifully accompanied that it more than crosses the line into this trope.
* "Killer" by VanDerGraafGenerator. You'd think a song where Peter Hammill expresses sympathy towards a shark while singing in an over the top manner would garner nothing but ridicule. And yet, it happens to be one of the band's most beloved tunes.
* How To Touch A Girl by {{Jojo}} is delightful cheesy in it's honest literalness.
* Believe Again by DeltaGoodrem falls into this to the fans who love the song.
* Here's what the song ''The Christmas Shoes'' is about: The narrator is standing in a checkoutline with some last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve, but is not feeling the holiday spirit. The customer in front of him is a little boy dressed in wornout clothes whose only item is a pair of women's shoes. The boy tells the cashier that he wishes to buy the shoes for his ill mother so that she may look her best if she meets Jesus later that night, as she is dying of cancer. The cashier informs the boy that he does not have enough money to buy the shoes, which prompts the boy to ask the narrator for help saying that although his family is poor, his mother always did her best to make Christmas special for her family. The narrator pays for the shoes, and as the boy thanks him and walks away, the narrator realizes that the little boy helped him understand the true meaning of Christmas. The reason the attempt at sadness in ''The Christmas Shoes'' is so contrived is that everybody seem to be actively trying to make sure things are as sad as possible. It's a ridiculously sentimental song that lends itself to a thousand Imelda Marcos jokes, and the narrator realizing the true meaning of Christmas doesn't help the kids much, does it? Mom will still be dead. The song was featured in the book ''I Hate Myself And I Want To Die'', which is about songs that try to be moving but are just stupid, and to top things off, the shoes don't matter a bit in the long run. All it's really about is that there were these kids, and their Christmas present this year was a dead mom. For once, a couple of consumers buying things didn't help. And wouldn't it be better if the kid was with his mom, instead of going to buy some shoes she'll never wear? Keep all this in mind when you listen to ''The Christmas Shoes'', and you're ''still'' going to cry like a baby during the chorus. You ''will''.
* The "Ooka Chaka Ooka Ooka Ooka Chaka" from Blue Swede's ''Hooked on a Feeling''. It sounds so strange, but so right. Apparently it's Swedish onomatopoeia for the sound an ape makes.
* "Warmness on the Soul" by Music/AvengedSevenfold. It's a [[SillyLoveSongs silly love song]] and M. Shadows sounds like he's in downright pain while he's singing, and yet whether it's because it's cute or because it's one of the only happy songs the band has, you can't help but like it at least a little.
* The song "Burning" by Mia Martina is sooooo ridiculously silly and cheesy... And yet strangely it ''works''. The cheesy sax and the generic lyrics (fill me up, fill me up, fill me up, your love is like a drug) are so ridiculous but you can't help but smile.
** The [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench French]] version, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uG8LeAOmzg even moreso]].
* Many of Live's songs, but "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNWQt80PHCk Waitress]]" takes the cake as an impassioned, ''howled'' plea to...be compassionate and leave a tip for a rude, but acceptable waitress.
* Music/IronMaiden can be considered this in a nutshell (Music/BruceDickinson could sing the back label of a toilet bowl cleaner bottle and it would sound profound), as several of their songs are either cheesy or goofy but the emotion of the songs still work (and the songs are still so friggin' badass, it hurts) however, "Coming Home" from their 2010 album ''The Final Frontier'' is this in spades. The song is incredibly corny and the lyrics are cheesy, but painful and passionate playing from the band members and Bruce's powerful vocals, man. They make the lyrics bring a tear to your eye.
** "The Alchemist" which follows right after. The lyrics sound like they were ripped straight from a history book, but the song is still extremely badass.
** Their concert stages in spades. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_England_World_Tour Only Iron Maiden can get away with a stage that is meant to resemble an ice cave...]]
* Music/GuySebastian can have moments of these. For example, "Get Along" can easily be interpreted as a ham-fisted attempt to spread the [[AnAesop aesop]] that we should forget our religious ties and just "get along". But Sebastian can ''sing'', and his sincerity is hard to ignore. The production certainly helps in giving the narm its charm, too.
* Geri Halliwell's music video for "Lift Me Up". The plot is that she is nearly robbed by a group of aliens and instead she ends up having fun with them. The premise is ridiculous and full of potential {{Narm}} but yet the scenes with Geri and the aliens bonding are so friggin adorable. And you're bound to feel either a little sad or the {{WAFF}} at the end when the aliens say goodbye to her.
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* ZackRyder following his arrival in ECW and his subsequent gimmick change. ''[[MemeticMutation Oh, radio, tell me everything you know...]]''
** And let's be honest, a lot of smarks loved him for it, because up until then he had no personality and was a sub-par wrestler. Since the change, he's had some really good matches and even retired Tommy Dreamer. In fact, thanks to an [[WebVideo/ZTrueLongIslandStory internet series,]] he eventually became a major EnsembleDarkhorse.
* Much like Zack Ryder, there's Robbie E in TNA, though admittedly this is on a much smaller scale and '''much''' more dependent on YMMV. When he stared off as a blatant ripoff off ''JerseyShore'' (and possibly attempting to [[FollowTheLeader follow the lead]] Zack Ryder started,) he was immediately despised by... pretty much everybody. However, Robbie E's surprising devotion to the whole gimmick (his physics-defying hair for example) is very commendable.
* ''{{Wrestling/Wrestlicious}}'' has a fan-base that are fully aware it has a [[PungeonMaster horrible commentator]], ridiculously corny skits and silly characters...but are willing to overlook all of that for the quality of the wrestling.
* LayCool - two exaggerated AlphaBitch ValleyGirl parodies whose catchphrase is "Famous and Flawless". Storylines included making fun of another [[HollywoodPudgy woman's weight]], insinuating one was really a man and claiming another had bad hygiene problems. Yet Layla and Michelle somehow made it work.
* '''Wrestling/TheBoogeyman.''' The idea of a guy running around thinking he's some kind of boogeyman, wearing [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]]-inspired makeup and having live worms sticking out of his mouth, is thoroughly ridiculous, yet Marty Wright, and his partially-toothed SlasherSmile, was so ''into'' the gimmick that it was vastly entertaining to watch.
* Wrestling/TheUndertaker is the pinnacle of this trope in ProfessionalWrestling. Some sort of undead zombie, getting strength from an urn and wielding mystical powers? Mark Calloway played all that totally straight, and became a main eventer within a year of his debut and stayed that way for over [[LongRunner two decades and counting.]]
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* The [[SilentProtagonist only line]] spoken by the player character in ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'' is a response to SHODAN's WeCanRuleTogether. It's "Naaah."
* In ''{{Persona 3}}'', Aigis has apparently finally tuned in to human emotions and confesses her love for the hero. This kind of touchy-feely dialogue is endemic to anime and [=JRPGs=] and it ''always'' turns out sounding gut-wrenchingly corny in English. Not this time. Could be considered a Crowning Moment of Dubbing, but it's really no surprise considering the excellent quality of the rest of the dub.
** ''Persona 3'' managed to make the line "Let's put a smile on everyone's face." sound cool.
* VideoGame/SonicAdventure2's [[spoiler:Last Story's ending]] is considered very memorable, with mostly good dialogue, but Tails' ''"[[MemeticMutation we all did it together]]"'' line is considered notoriously cheesy even apart from the AccidentalInnuendo. Also of note: "Let's get back to the planet that's as [[TotallyRadical cool and blue]] as I am!".
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': [[AdjectiveNounFred Demon Lord]] [[BigBad Ghirahim]] ''would'' be ridiculous, what with his [[FashionVictimVillain gaudy]] outfit, [[SissyVillain campy demeanor]], and oddly casual lines...except he's also so damn ''crazy'' that it makes him come off as CreepyAwesome.
* The super SuperDeformed look in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' got noticed even when the game was raking in accolades. Yet it was an understandable consequence of Square getting to know the system. And even the game's detractors rarely use that as a negative against the game.
** [[spoiler:Aerith's death]]. [[BlindIdiotTranslation The dialogue is nonsense]], but between that ''music'' and the scene of [[spoiler:Cloud gently letting her body fall into the pond]], it still manages to make people sob into their controllers.
** Similarly, when ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' was [[UpdatedRerelease rebuilt]] for the NintendoDS, several things got changed: the score was updated to match the style of the current ''FinalFantasy'' soundtracks, cutscenes, as well as CG graphics for the overworld map and voice acting for the cutscenes were introduced. The opening cinematic, as well as some of the cutscenes [[spoiler: Paladin Cecil fighting his former Dark Night self]] looked like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwyoVV85EYLo this.]] But a majority of the cutscenes look like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mptSyHTRWY this,]] with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNrcaWLnUcc plenty]] of the {{Narm}}. Yet, it still manages to keep the philosophy of AnyoneCanDie, all the best {{Tearjerker}}-ing and [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming heartwarming moments]] are still kept in, the battle system is true to its core, and it makes for great nostalgia fuel.
* The ridiculous [[SpeakingSimlish simlish]] mumble in ''{{Banjo-Kazooie}}'' was so well loved that by the time Rareware had the money and technology to do full-on voice acting in the up-and-coming sequel, the fans wouldn't hear of it. The corny mumbling was part of what endeared the ''Banjo'' series to them. Rare noted the fans' remarks, and opted to [[GrandfatherClause keep the mumble]].
** Similarly, ''{{Okami}}'' has a gibberish language for all of the characters, but for many this fits the game's painterly style of graphics. Oh, and also because all human characters don't have mouths, and instead their heads stretch and squash to indicate that they're speaking.
* People in ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fandom who complain about the guy covered in bees, the [[NoFourthWall fourth wall breaking]], the possessed arm, Big Boss being defeated by an aerosol can and a lighter or the "poison Zanzibar hamsters" (or even the endless melodramatic dialogue) are usually quietly resented (read: pitied) by the other people in the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fandom, who love the games because they're really quite silly. Check out [[Narm/VideoGame Video Game Narm]], and notice the sheer proportion of the page dedicated to ''Franchise/MetalGear'', and you'll get some idea.
** When the [[HideoKojima creator]] is notoriously irreverent of his creation, the best response is to be a totally irreverent fan. It all becomes quite charming with that mindset.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'': "We've managed to avoid drowning!" Well, consider that navigating underwater sections while escorting someone with a smaller OxygenMeter and LifeMeter is rather awkward...
* ''HouseOfTheDead'' is well known for its bad voice acting. ("Suffer like G Did?"). The latest game in the series, ''HouseOfTheDead OVERKILL'', took the {{Narm}} football, ran it back for a touchdown, and ended up with a perfectly corny narrator, a BondOneLiner dropping agent, and a ClusterFBomb dropping detective. Not to mention the deliberate [[{{Grindhouse}} grindhouse B-Movie look for the game and cutscenes...]]
* On that note, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', which seems to run on {{Camp}}y Narm nearly as much as it does the RuleOfCool.
** Which is why the game fills our souls with liiiiight.
* ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}: Symphony of the Night'' is a classic for many reasons, one of which is the hilariously over-the-top voice acting. This is so well-loved that some fans actually complained about Konami redoing the dialogue scenes when the game was ported to the PSP as part of ''Dracula X Chronicles''.
** Castlevania is often like this. Many of the bosses call their attacks in ridiculously overdramatic ways, and it is so epic.
*** DIE MONSTER, YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!!
** From ''OrderOfEcclesia'': "DIE SHANOA! HOW DARE YOU...EVEN FORGETTING...[[spoiler:[[TreacherousAdvisor WHO RAISED YOU]]...YOU...''STUPID DISCIPLE!!'']]
* ''[[VideoGame/StarFox Star Fox 64]]'' is considered far superior to all the ''Star Fox'' games in the series that came after. There are several reasons, but chief among them is the awesomely corny voice acting.
--> "Are you gonna listen to that ''monkey''?"
--> "DO A BARREL ROLL!!!"
--> "Can't let you do that, Star Fox."
--> (FamousLastWords) "You're not so tou-- What the heck?" *static*
** [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Star%20Fox%2064/ This]] LetsPlay contains, among other things, every single ridiculous line in the game, from Falco continuously calling Fox "Einstein" to Slippy's impassioned scream of "FOOOOOOX!" to Fox propositioning Falco to Andross being the brainiest brain to brain the brainlat. Interestingly, the one with the highest {{Narm}} ratio is General Pepper ("There's an enemy base there?!" "So you're going to attack the enemy base? [[GeneralFailure Great idea, Fox!]]").
--->'''Slippy''': I HAD NO IDEA THAT SO MUCH OF THE ANDROSS ARMY REMAINED INTACT!\\

** Heck, just about everything Slippy says.
*** The [[VideoGameRemake 3DS version]] even had the original voice actors ''re-record their lines.'' And it's still wonderfully cheesy.
* One of the songs featured in the ''JetSetRadio Future'' soundtrack yells at you to: " [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-NgbB4ukU&feature=PlayList&p=1A3D3C15D240BBF3=50 Understand the CONCEPT of LOVE!]]" What saves it is the extreme [[LargeHam enthusiasm]] the MC shows while yelling it.
** Rugal's arranged '95 theme in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' had it first. Nothing says "Get ready for the fight of your life!" like THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!
** "Extra sugar, extra salt, extra oil and the MSG. OH JUST SHUT UP AND EAT! YOU KNOW MY LOVE TASTES SWEET!"
** Drunken, Japanese-accented woman: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfEZEKVdN8 "Yesss I'm KOOKING for my SSSON, and-u his wiffe. eets hiss sturthifth burthday..."]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'': "''Mark danced crazy!''"
* ''EternalSonata'' is a game that ran on narm. It was didactic, pretentious, and overflowing with irritating characters who [[WhatAnIdiot had the common sense of a carton of bricks]]. But the ending, where [[spoiler:Fredric dies, and his soul rises from his body, slowly sitting down to play the ending theme ''Heaven's Mirror'', while his final visitor rises to sing]] somehow loops around and becomes [[TearJerker heartbreaking]].
* The comm officer of the ''Colossus'' during the "Their Finest Hour" mission of ''[[FreeSpace FreeSpace 2]]'' delivers some horrific Narms, but somehow the shock and horror of the pride of the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance being destroyed right before your eyes outweighs terrible voice acting.
* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'': ''Nobody steals our chicks... and lives!''
* Every ''SilentHill'' game contains what can perhaps be best described as lackluster voice-acting coupled with some truly silly lines, the first game being by far the worst offender ("Huh? Radio?") although the second is certainly not bereft either ("You're not friends with that red, pyramid thing, are you?"). The charm comes from a combination of the characters being steadily and constantly {{Mind Rape}}d (and/or completely fucking nuts to begin with) and thus one can hardly expect them to be particularly articulate, the slight reprieve it provides from all the NightmareFuel, and that it makes the important scenes, most of which are completely devoid of {{Narm}}, all the more effective by comparison (see [[TearJerker anything involving James and Mary]] in the second game).
* A rather silly plot, low production values, spotty acting, and it being FullMotionVideo made a lot of the story in ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'' endearing at best... but occasional moments, such as Ely chewing you out if you fail the mission where [[spoiler:Andrews]] dies, have real emotional resonance.
* If videogame music can have NarmCharm, then the music for ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'' definitely qualifies. The {{Engrish}} makes it so hard to take seriously, but it sounds so adorable nonetheless. Come on everybody: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlwxrdpuGtI DAAAAYYTOOONNNNNNAAAAAAAA (let's go away)!]]
** "Brue brue skiiiiies!"
* The ''DynastyWarriors'' series would be a LOT less fun to play if they ever got rid of the [[LargeHam outrageously hammy]] voice acting, the [[TheyJustDidntCare atrocious pronunciation]] of Chinese names, the anachronistic dialogue and the across-the-board commitment to MundaneMadeAwesome moments.
** '''COW COW'''.
** From around about ''WarriorsOrochi'' onwards they've started getting that one right. Shame.
** Also: '''COW PEE'''.
** Cao Ren's line in ''[=DW6=]'', "Our allies have arrived!", sounds less like a beseiged general trapped in a flooded castle, than a guy noting the arrival of his dinner party guests.
** Zhao Yun's cry for help in ''[=DW6=]'' "Someone! I am in ''NEED'' of ''ASSISTANCE!"'' leaves it unclear whether the player should save him from enemy troops or bring him his Xanax, but remains highly amusing either way.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'': "I think you're gonna need backup."
* Even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' has this. The opening to ''SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' shows the robots looking so [[SuperDeformed chibified]] that at first it's impossible to take seriously, which isn't helped by the music (voiced in what sounds like slightly lisped English). Once the music picks up, it immediately swings right around to being kickass, and everything some found rather stupid becomes rather charming (especially the parts where a Chibi EVA-01 goes completely berserk, and the AVF's from Macross avoiding Massive {{Macross Missile Massacre}}s.
** Most of the ''music'' in ''SRW'' falls under this. There's the sheer HotBlooded bravado of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqh3JYSfY1w Neppu! Shippu! PSYBUSTER (Masaaki Andoh)]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TU9-QVoGs Everywhere You Go (Ryuusei Date/R-1)]], and the fantastic Engrish of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNAMpccro8 Ace Attacker]], and a hundred other examples, but nothing quite outdoes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TLW9-UmYik Kotetsu no Cockpit]], the theme of the Grungust Type-2, a completely unabashed homage to every cheesy SuperRobot cartoon of the '70s, describing in loving detail the Nishiki and each of its attacks, in the grand tradition of MazingerZ, CombattlerV, [[{{Raideen}} Brave Raideen]], and all the other classics.
* As noted by [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] on the quotes page, this is one of the reasons why fans love ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. You'd expect a zombie game to have a basic plot that says "Zombies! Shoot them!" but ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has a winding detailed story that makes little logical sense. Combine this with characters ripped from B movies, awkward dialog and even more awkward voice acting. Then put it all in between two slices of self-unawareness and you've got a delicious Jill, er, {{narm}} sandwich.
-->"Complete. Global. Saturation." \\
"CHRRIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!"
** When one of the bad guys exclaims, while morphing into his OneWingedAngel form, that he just got an "Extreme Makeover" you know Capcom's in on the joke that is Resident Evil, and they're loving every minute of it.
** When Liz dies in Resident Evil 6, her father lets out a wailing sob that manages to be both narmy as hell AND [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] at the same time. Despite how silly and over the top it is, you feel so bad for him that all you want to do is ''hug the poor guy''.
* The first ''BatenKaitos'' game. As abysmal as the voice acting was, the plot still manages to be both interesting and enjoyable.
** Especially during [[spoiler: Kalas' betrayal]], where he gets DrunkOnTheDarkSide and promptly starts ChewingTheScenery. His lines ("MY WIIIIIINGS!") are ''ridiculous'', but it still manages to be a shocking twist.
* Creator/JohnCleese as "Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard" ([[MagnificentBastard but not really]]) kind of stole the show in ''JadeEmpire'', at least during the chapter in the capital, because he is such a magnificently overdone interpretation of the Chinese view of Western Imperialists.
* [[MemeticMutation The Lusty Argonian Maid]] play from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', written ({{In-Universe}}) by the perverted politician [[EnsembleDarkhorse Crassius Curio]], was so amusingly out-of-place and corny that one can't go far in an ''Elder Scrolls'' discussion without someone referencing it.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]]'', Mephiles is given some pretty bad dialogue, but DanGreen manages to make it work.
** Most ''Sonic'' dialogue falls under this. This narm is awesome narm. (Especially ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' narm.)
** ''Sonic Adventure'' does this in Sonic's final boss battle. (GET A LOAD OF THIS-GET A LOA-GET A LOAD OF THIS, etc)
** ''ShadowTheHedgehog'', what with lines like:
--> Where's that, DAMN fourth Chaos Emerald?!
--> Find the computer room!
--> The more the Merrier! The more the Merrier! The more-- (and it goes on).

** The strange, over-the-top expression in Shadow's various "I Am" Speeches, particularly "THIS is WHO I AM" underscores his mental instability. So does his whining, five-year-old like protests to Rouge about his identity in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and his lame puns in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
** Espio's stereotypical ninja lines in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' come off as NarmCharm. His voice actor at the time made them sound cool. These lines include:
--> "DASHAAAAA!"
--> "Behold, ninja power!"
--> "Evil must die! Beware my ninja power!"
--> "Spirits unite!"
* Many considered the BlindIdiotTranslation of ''FinalFantasyTactics'' to be this, which is why the PSP version's PurpleProse was so controversial. Of course, some consider the often over-the-top prose to have Narm Charm itself.
* ''{{Pokemon}}'': "Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!"
** The phrase "It's super effective!" not only made it into the original Pokémon games, but is still the standard ForMassiveDamage line over a decade later, enough so that the Pokemon Trainer's final smash in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' references it with no gameplay need to do so. For similar reasons, variations on the "I like shorts!" kid appear in many of the games.
* ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'' -- especially the climax and TheReveal. There are at least two extremely lackluster voice actors; there's a fair amount of {{melodrama}}; and if you're smart enough to have played through the game to this point, then you're smart enough to spot the {{plot hole}}s. [[TearJerker And you'll still bawl your eyes out]].
* ''{{Okami}}'': You'd think that God herself getting [[MouseWorld shrunk]] to the point where brooms are deadly and TheThingThatGoesDoink is usable for platforming would be sillier than it is, yet it works. Even when you have to jump down the Emperor's throat while he snores and fight a boss [[WombLevel in his stomach]].
** The final boss fight. Your powers are stripped, the final boss is about to eat you, and then...all the people you've helped along the course of the game start praying for your victory, restoring your powers through [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly the sheer power of their faith]]. The [[CelShading graphics are cartoony]], the scene is full of cheesy lines, all of it is a hopelessly clichéd concept...and it's also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome and a guaranteed TearJerker.
* {{Starcraft}}: Seriously, the dialogue is a Force 12 ClicheStorm. And yet, it still ''works.''
* ''KingdomHearts'':
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''. [[spoiler:Xion]]'s death scene includes this line from Roxas as [[spoiler:Xion]] fades away.
--> '''Roxas''': ''No! [[spoiler:Xion]]! Who else will I [[spoiler:have ice cream with?]]''
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'': ''"[[TitleDrop KINGDOM HEARTS]] IS LIGHT!"''
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': After Lloyd gave her so many speeches about what you are not changing ''who'' you are, you're still you never mind [[spoiler:how much of your humanity you lose]], Colette reciprocates and reminds him he's still the same Lloyd, never mind [[spoiler:who his father is]]. You've had about a hundred of those speeches by then but it's still touching, especially given the situation and Lloyd's current HeroicBSOD.
** {{Lampshaded}} a few seconds later, rather nastily.
--> [[spoiler:''Mithos'']]'', voice dripping with chilling sarcasm: Wow. That was an amazingly corny speech''.
** Kratos's [[{{Wangst}} wangsty]] quote after [[spoiler: releasing Origin's seal: "It looks like I've failed to die once more."]] He's looking at the camera and his head is at a pretty UncannyValley angle. But it's forgiven because the [[DuelBoss rest of]] [[HeroicSacrifice the scene]] [[{{Forgiveness}} is AWESOME.]]
*** Also it's pretty funny that Lloyd's response to this is "You stupid jerk!"
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': Some of [[spoiler: Asch's]] quotes right before the final confrontation with him are just beautiful, beautiful {{Narm}}. And yet, a line like "Shut up! This isn't about logic!" is surrounded by totally heartfelt declarations of identity and independence wrapped in TearJerker, so the scene overall is painfully sad...up until the extremely [[MemeticMutation infamous]] BigWordShout: "[[spoiler: RRRREPLICAAAAAA]]!!" But then? Cue [[AwesomeMusic Meaning of Birth]] and DuelBoss awesomeness.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': BANG BA BA BAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!
** Being a WorldOfHam, ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is naturally full of this. Special mention goes to [[BigBad Terumi]]. He goes on ''constant'' [[HannibalLecture Hannibal Lectures]] and nearly every word out of his mouth is ''incredibly'' overacted. This does not make him any less effective as a villain.
* Kinda the whole idea of ...''FreedomForce''.
* The boss yells in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' tend to be extremely {{narm}}y... but they're just so ''epically'' narmy.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''. ''Especially'' the ''[[CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red Alert]]'' series. If it wasn't completely [[LargeHam hammy]], {{Camp}}y, and [[RefugeInAudacity over the top]] it wouldn't be nearly as fun.
** The ''[[CommandAndConquerTiberium Tiberium]]'' series, [[DarkerAndEdgier not so much...]] Though it's interesting to see that a few of ''Tiberium'''s {{cutscene}}s fall into straight {{Narm}} so hard that one might wonder if ''Red Alert'' had the right idea.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. "You SpoonyBard!" It's a silly and mistranslated line, but so well loved that it's preserved in all remakes and sequels.
** Fans of archaic slang have pointed out that calling Edward "spoony" is technically correct, since he was indeed sentimental and hopelessly in love. That it happens to also be [[InherentlyFunnyWords a really, really funny thing to call someone]] is just lagniappe.
* Most fans of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' cite the generally upbeat characters, silly dialogue, "save the crystals" Light Warriors plot and the game's tendency to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lean on the Fourth Wall]] as the reason they love it... in other words, the very reasons many fans of "Classic Final Fantasy" (before Square [[UnpleasableFanbase ruined everything, of course]]) seem to ignore it. Which is not to say the game is devoid of seriousness, because in certain scenes there may well be [[TearJerker something in your eye]]...
** Special mention goes to the GBA port, whose English translation [[{{Woolseyism}} Punched up the dialogue]] with some great cornball lines, while keeping the original intent intact. And you've gotta love Gilgamesh saying "It's morphing time!" and "Now we fight like men, and women, and women who dress like men!"
** In ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the scene between Tidus and Jecht, specifically after Jecht thinks Tidus is down for the count. Cue [[AutobotsRockOut ''Otherworld'']] [[ThemeMusicPowerUp theme]] and [[HeroicSecondWind Tidus getting back up to fight]], followed by '''''[[NarmCharm "There's no tommorrow]]''''' '''''for me''''', '''''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome unless I beat you today!"]]'''''.
* ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'' -- with the narrator's ghoulish puns and [[TalesFromTheCrypt Cryptkeeper-style]] delivery, the lame lines spoken [[LargeHam hammily]] by obvious non-actors, the honky-tonk closing sound track... SoBadItsGood, and though it chased away any potential for horror, it managed to leave the mystery intact.
* ''{{Bayonetta}}'' is a rare case of just being so hyper-sexualized to the exact point where it becomes delicious {{Narm}}, but before it becomes just porn.
* The English voice acting in the ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' series fits the bill.
** Especially in the sequel, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehnfK-iES-s Call of Pripyat]]''.
* "Okay...Let's ''PARRRTY!''" ''MetalWolfChaos'' turns the insanely HotBlooded PatrioticFervour UpToEleven, delivers epic SayMyName moments ("RIIIICHAAAARD!!"), [[HamAndCheese ludicrous dialogue]] and a plot of stomping around AMERICA saving it by [[MonumentalDamage blowing famous]] [[WeaponizedLandmark parts of it]] to bits. If it didn't go so over the top, or showed the slightest self-awareness about how ridiculous it was, it wouldn't be so much fun.
* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' runs on this trope. Have you any... "[[BigWordShout OBJECTION]]!"?
** How about the fact that everyone on the stand reacts to the revelation of problems in testimony like they were physical attacks? Or the fact that no one seems to take these things as out of place (most of the time)? The simple fact that Apollo gets away with [[spoiler: calling out the scar on the back of Kristoph's hand ''turning into a demon face'' in court as part of his proof]] and it's accepted by all involved might be Narm in concept, but leads in to such well done scenes that you won't care.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vNwgosYoW0 The final battle]] of ''VideoGame/WildArms2''. A WorldOfCardboardSpeech from the hero is expected, and an EleventhHourSuperpower fueled by hope and ThePowerOfFriendship is acceptable. But when each CombinedEnergyAttack is preceded by ''all of humanity'' reciting sappy philosophical concepts that are rendered awkward due to a rushed translation, things start approaching critical {{Narm}}. And yet the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome amazing music]] puts you in just the right mood to accept the cheesy nonsense as genuinely inspirational.
* ''SymphonyOfTheNight'': "What is a man?! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! ''Have at you!''"
* ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce2017''. Cheap graphics, silly voice-acting, and a buttload of B-Movie monsters to shoot!
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' No matter how heart-wrenching the scene where Tidus finds out [[spoiler: what being a summoner entails]], his voice actor fake-cried as well as Daniel Radcliffe does in [[HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of]] [[FilmOfTheBook Azkaban]] in that scene.
** The romance between Yuna and Tidus was narmy, with some spotty voice acting in places, but at the same time it had a kind of innocent storybook charm, like two shy schoolchildren awkwardly starting a relationship.
* ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighter Street Fighter I]]'' has [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] voice acting. [[TalkingToHimself All by one dude]].
* ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor'': Ariana's "My blood...is on '''FIIIIIII-YAAARRRRRRRR!!'''" There are some players who normally play with the audio in Japanese, but will switch to English on a Stage 4 run [[JustHereForGodzilla just to hear this line]]. Also, dolphins. And cow-launching on Stage 6.
** The original ''SinAndPunishment'' is a shining example as well, with the voice acting being very lazy and underwhelming. Especially narmy with the crude N64 graphics. But it works, giving the game a cheesy atmosphere that complements the awesome gameplay.
*** "GET BONUS!"
*** Saki: "So ''you're'' the leader of these ''killers''!
*** Airen: "Well, ''commander'', now I'll avenge my friends!"
*** Everything that the tiny cat-thing, Leda, says. "Thinking of reee-vveng-ge?"
** The plot of the original is also hilarious, in that it [[MindScrew doesn't make any damn sense.]] But who really gives a damn when you're suddenly turning into a giant kaiju with little to no explanation, or fighting the final boss, who [[spoiler: transforms into a 1:1 copy of the Earth?]]
* ''ArmedPoliceBatrider'' has a boss theme called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn10l3b--ds "Let Ass Kick Together!"]].
** '''"WELCOME TO VIOLENT CITY."'''
* ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'': "A HUGE BATTLESHIP [[color:red:MY HOME DADDY]] IS [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g512RnXeF5U#t=2m56s APPROACHING FAST]]"
* ''VideoGame/SegaRally Championship: "GAME OVER '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09s-c2JVI40 YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]]'''
* Despite how bad the voice acting was in ''BatenKaitos 1'', the flashbacks of how Kalas's brother Fee dies still manages to be quite heart-breaking.
* ''S4League'': SUPERSONIC! [[{{DJMAX}} SUPERSONIC!]] [[EarWorm SUPERSONIC!]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-2YiVsmPME SUPERSONIC!]]
** YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
** The entirety of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8NE6rkZ8A Xlasher]], sung in what sounds like an ''attempt'' at English. That it's composed by [[RidgeRacer Shinji]] [[TetrisTGM Hosoe]], a reputable composer, makes it all the more hilarious.
** '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVDX7jCrLi4&t=1m37s YOU FAILED!]] [[GameOver GAME. OVER.]]'''
* The newer ''TombRaider'' games, especially ''Legend'', contain several instances of narm charm by dint of dealing with the story of how Lara deals with the death of her mother. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis '''"WHERE" bang "IS" bang "MY" bang "MOTHER ?!?!" bang''']]
* The [[SoBadItsGood almost unimaginably incompetent]] ''DeadlyPremonition'' enjoyed a lot of critical success from game reviewers, who praised the game's intelligence (especially in the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall way the relationship between the player and the protagonist is handled]]), the legitimately interesting plot and characters, and its moments of genuine NightmareFuel... surrounded by badly-mixed, terribly-written, horribly-acted dialogue; dreadful music, ugly graphics, poor gameplay and [[GoingThroughTheMotions hilariously bad animation]] that looks like it was thrown together in five minutes in GarrysMod. Naturally, [[BileFascination those qualities of the game have a huge fanbase too]].
* "Purge's evil plan to dance the galaxy mad has come to an end! Now happy days are indeed here again! I'm Ulala, brodcasting along with all my friends! [[SpaceChannel5 SPAAAAAAAACE CHANNEL 5!]]"
* From ''DoDonPachi [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'''s VideoGame/{{Ketsui}} crossover arrange mode: [[{{Homage}} Just a couple more shots]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NCVnX7EjSk&t=2m17s desu]]! (Mind you, the announcer normally speaks in Japanese.)
** The iOS/Android arrange mode's TrueFinalBoss music: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QptOhSCz98 Battle for the Last]], along with the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdH5tdxcPf4 vocal version]] sung by {{Hyadain}}. The energetic music is rather [[SoundtrackDissonance out of place]] for the series, let alone a TrueFinalBoss hellbent on ultimate BulletHell destruction, yet it's awesome in a ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Necrofantasia]]''-like way.
** [[TrueFinalBoss Hibachi]]'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3wWdB-yM3M pre-battle speech]] in the original ''[=DoDonPachi=]''. You may be laughing at it now, but try laughing when his first form starts opening a can of {{danmaku}} whoop-ass on you 10 seconds later.
---> "HOW DARE YOU PENETRATE MY TEARITORY? YOU HAVE ROBBED EVERYTHING I POSSESSED. YOU KNOE,[[ThisIsUnforgivable WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME IS JUST UNFORGIVABLE]]. I'LL PUNISH YOU MYSELF AND SEE TO IT THAT YOU'LL DIE A MISERABLE DEATH BY MY AWESOME WEAPON. [[PrepareToDie DIE,MAGGOTTS.]]"
* The ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series can be seen as silly for many things, including the [[BlindIdiotTranslation awkward translations]], some [[MonsterOftheWeek Robot Master]] designs, and [[BigBad Dr. Wily's]] [[FascinatingEyebrow eyebrow-wiggling]] and [[HijackedByGanon plot-monopolizing]]. Yet, for many, the wackiness is all part of its charm.
** MegaManX 4's memetic "What Am I Fighting For ARRRRRGHH" is this. [[EnsembleDarkhorse Zero]] had to MercyKill [[ILetGwenStacyDie Iris]], and screams this as he [[HeroicBSOD loses it]]. People remember this line because of how poorly delivered the entire death scene is. It strengthened Zero as a character, because people will NOT forget it.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHN6vOzDs84&t=2m15s And then it got redubbed with actual competent voice actors]] (with Zero being voiced by his then-current VA,) which stripped most of the {{Narm}} out of the scene and made it absolutely heartbreaking.
** What's the thing people remember most about Mega Man 8? That's right, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_FSVWR6ZE Doctor Fudd Light.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX'': "IIDX [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bybkLlNbaaw GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLD!!]]"
* Travis Touchdown's intro in ''NoMoreHeroes'', which ends with him storming Rank 10's gate and screaming "Fuckhead!".
* ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'': "Approach your target and attack! Your mission starts now. Are you ready?" Moreso if you're playing ''Ketsui Death Label'', in which you get to hear it far more often.
* The voice acting in ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'' is absolutely hilarious. Its verges on sounding like BadBadActing at times, and it is ''spectacular''.
* ''GhostTrick'' constantly plays the line between silly and dramatic, but at the end, [[spoiler: Missile-Prime says that he protected Lynne over a ten year period because "That's what doggies do!"]] It easily could be {{Narm}}, but it ends up as a HeartwarmingMoment.
* While it is the original SurvivalHorror and revolutionary for its time, the original ''Franchise/AloneInTheDark'' trilogy is filled to the brim with {{Narm}} like a flask of sweet liquor. The polygonal graphics are extremely cartoonish, contrasting with the darker environments of more modern survival horror games and making the appearance of the OffModel characters more frightening than the monsters. The soundtrack, while great listening, isn't what you'd expect from a survival horror nowadays. While [[Videogame/AloneInTheDark1992 the first game]] focused on puzzle-solving and evading monsters inspired by the CthulhuMythos, the other games went in more action-oriented and absurd directions: [[Videogame/AloneInTheDark2 the second]] game included the hero [[ItMakesSenseInContext gunning down zombies with a Thompson while dressed in a Santa Claus costume]] while [[Videogame/AloneInTheDark3 the third]] had Carnby mowing down [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cowboy zombies]] [[GatlingGood with a Gatling gun]]. The cherry on the cheesecake is easily the SoBadItsGood voice acting: almost every text is read by an over-the-top narrator, often with overblown drama and ridiculous accents.
* ''TroubleWitches [[UpdatedRerelease NEO!]]'' got a [[Horrible/VoiceActing pretty terrible English dub]] when it was released overseas on XBLA (worse still, it came out in ''2011''); AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle, [[UnexplainedAccent Unexplained Accents]], and DullSurprise everywhere. However, one character's voice acting has managed to be this: Sakurako. It's unclear whether or not this is the case, but she seems to have retained her Japanese voice actress for the dub. Whoever was voicing her [[HamAndCheese clearly gave it her all despite her obvious difficulties with the English language,]] and it's actually sort of endearing.
* ''EliteBeatAgents'' is ''positively powered'' by this. You're part of the EBA, a MenInBlack organisation who go around [[WeHelpTheHelpless helping the helpless]] through the power of dance. Songs include ''Sk8er Boi'', ''Y.M.C.A.'' and ''Material Girl''. Missions range from helping a magician save the casino he works at from robbers, to helping a ludicrously rich Texan get his fortune back, to helping a baseball player recover his confidence so he can ''save a theme park from a gigantic golem'' (complete with a ridiculous catchphrase - "YOU BET, KID!"). You'd think the one serious mission, in which you help a little girl deal with the death of her father, would avoid this, and it does... except she comes back in the final mission to help you save the world from invading aliens through the PowerOfRock. And yet, [[strike:despite]] ''because of'' this, you'll be cheering along the entire time.
-->Agents are... GO!!!
* Every last person in [[VideoGame/{{Fable}} Albion]] have either British or Irish accents and they're very stereotypically exaggerated.
* While it's universally agreed that the sex scenes in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' are incredibly cheesy--thanks in no small part to the hilariously awful underwear everyone's wearing--the romances themselves are pure [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] (and [[TearJerker heartrending]], with the right choices).
** The sex scenes are made even more awkward by a certain bug that results in the player character ''still wearing full plate armor''. There's also the fact that Morrigan, who clearly wears no undergarments under that outfit of hers, apparently ''puts on'' underwear to have sex.
* DawnOfWar: Soulstorm is near-universally accepted as this, given the WorldOfHam nature of the setting. How can you ''not'' laugh at lines like "Our enemies hide in metal BAWKSES, the cowards, the ''fools!''"
* ''VideoGame/JudgementSilversword'': "WARNING - HERE COMES THE [[BossBattle JUDGE]]!"
** Uh oh, is he gonna [[RowanAndMartinsLaughIn SOCK IT TO ME?]]
** Lose your last life, only to respawn again due to a OneUp on the screen? '''NICE [[{{Engrish}} RECOVER!]]'''
* ''{{Catherine}}'': "[[YourHeadAsplode Head goes BOOM!]]", spoken by the FinalBoss.
* Underrated masterpiece VideoGames/ColdFear gives us what are obviously American voice actors doing Russian accents and speaking lines which would be narmy enough already. Since the game is so downright creepy and epic at the same time, it's dedicated fanbase loves every second of it.
** Since it's essentially a complete ripoff of VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, having NarmCharm is ''mandatory''.
* From the ending to ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'': "Shooting game never die." Despite the {{Engrish}}, it's a BadassBoast for ''the entire ShootEmUp genre.''
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* In ''QuestionableContent'', the big {{reveal}} -- that [[spoiler:Faye's dad committed suicide in front of her]] -- is so dramatic that even the big, cartoony sound effect [[spoiler:"BLAM!"]] doesn't ruin the scene.
* The bits of comedy that ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' contains post-CerebusSyndrome often slip into this. For example, in [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1241 this]] recent strip, Ed is taunting and tormenting Ping with text messages while planning to kill her; meanwhile he strikes up a pleasant conversation with our favorite {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Largo and (among other things), complements him on his NiceHat.
* ''[[http://www.nuzlocke.com/?p=4 Nuzlocke Comics]]'' are designed to be way too over-the-top and silly to be taken seriously, but due to the nature of the challenge it's hard not to feel something for the guy whenever a Pokémon faints.
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* From Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses:
** Invoked with ThatDudeInTheSuede' LetsPlay/Review Show series ''Suede Played'', were he plays his favourite silly games.
** ''{{Kickassia}}'' (Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses's second year anniversary video)) THRIVES off this. Almost everyone overacts, scenes are over the top and goofy, and yet it's ''awesome''. Part 4 has some good plot developments, and an honestly creepy scene where the Critic explains what the dynamite is for. And it's because you're not supposed to take anything seriously that you're able to enjoy what happens in it.
*** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Unfortunately a lot of people took it a lot more seriously than it was meant to be]].
** Also appears in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's "Commercials Special" with a few over-dramatic lines like "I'm a wreck!" and "You were right, director of ''My Pet Monster''.". But somehow it still managed to be a TearJerker overall and you just wanted to tell him that it was going to be okay. [[HesBack And]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome it]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming was]].
** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] is able to use {{Narm}} in order to make [[MundaneMadeAwesome even the most ridiculous sentences sound badass]]. "[[RunningGag I AM A MAN!]]" is the most prominent example, but it's worth mentioning that he did it even with the words [[spoiler: "I'll kill you to death!"]] in his ''CountdownToFinalCrisis'' review.
*** The whole Lord Vyce arc is made of this. A bunch of geeks running around shooting at each other with toy weapons, complete with hammy overacting and dime-store special effects shouldn't be ''nearly'' as [[CrazyAwesome awesome]] as it is.
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's "Dark Nella Saga" was this all the way. Nella left no scenery unchewed, Lindsay's acting is... not the best ever and that's still awesome, both because she knows this and Nella herself can actually act legitimately scary while still being funny.
* ''ThereWillBeBrawl'' brings us the famous "Well, excuse me, Princess", said by [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] himself. However, the way he delivers it, dead serious and even menacing during a falling out with Zelda, definitely make it fit this trope.
* The meme [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/israel-loves-iran-iran-loves-israel Israel loves Iran, Iran loves Israel]], because this campaign was practically asking for sarcastic and cynic replies, but then Israeli and Iranian citizens decide to it really serious and call for peace between the two countries.
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* Who could ever expect a {{battlecry}} of "Let Justice prevail!" to sound anything ''but'' {{Narm}}y? However, when the Justice Guild of America chants their battlcry as they leap to the rescue of the JusticeLeague, knowing victory [[DreamApocalypse will cost them their lives]] but [[HeroicSacrifice choosing to fight anyway]], it just ''works''. Narm or not, that scene has ''charm'', and when they all fade away after the battle I just... I just... excuse me, [[SandInMyEyes I have something in my eye...]]
** A less prominent example from the same scene is the other catchphrase "In Seaboard City, crime doesn't pay" spoken by one of the Guild members. Like the aforementioned battlecry, it sounds perfectly corny in its own right, yet the context of the scene combined with the VA's delivered makes it almost [[{{Tearjerker}} Tearjerking]]. You can hear the resignation in his voice as he says it, knowing he's dooming himself by fighting the villain.
** That entire two-parter runs on Narm Charm. It revels in Silver Age silliness, and is incredibly entertaining, all while it slowly turns into a genuinely creepy mystery with a TearJerker ending.
* ''AceLightning'' was just one big constant dose of NarmCharm for its fans. Mostly from the CGI characters (who were really ''supposed'' to be narmy, since they came from a videogame and were deliberately based on stereotypes) and from the... occasionally dry acting of over enthusiastic humans.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Prepare...T]][[PrepareToDie o... DIE!]]" is one of the most {{Narm}}ish things to say. Somehow [[spoiler:Ozai]] [[NightmareFuel makes it work]]. It helps he shares a voice actor with The Joker, and looks like he has every chance of carrying out his threat.
** Also the following line from Zuko in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderBitterWork Bitter Work]]":
--> "It keeps blowing up in my face... ''just like everything always does''!
** And, when he starts yelling at the sky in "Bitter Work" about how it's always thrown hardship at him, but lightning won't strike him now. He's so conflicted, he can get away with that.
** Zuko has a couple of those. The main Avatar page lists "You're so beautiful when you hate the world" as {{Narm}}, but it and the next two lines ("I don't hate you." "I don't hate you, too.") are very sweet.
** Zuko's entire character is this. He's an overdramatic EmoTeen, but he's got [[AbusiveParents very]] [[MissingMom good]] [[BrokenBird reasons]] for being an overdramatic EmoTeen.
* The kids in the ''{{Peanuts}}'' TV specials were voiced by kids who were too young to understand -- or sometimes even read -- their lines, but their delivery somehow seems to fit the precocious nature of the characters.
** The first special, ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', features poorly mixed sound, choppy animation, and sloppy editing, but that's part of what makes it a beloved Christmas classic. In fact, director Bill Melendez was embarrassed to see it repeated every year and wanted to "fix" it years later, but Charles Schulz vetoed the idea.
* The StopMotion {{Christmas special}}s produced by Rankin/Bass are full of these. At one point in ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'', a character is looking at her reflection in a fountain... which is a cardboard cutout of the character placed under the fake water.
* ''SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo!'' has narm charm almost every episode, intentionally. It even gets away with playing TheChosenOne completely straight, ''StarWars'' style.
* ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' lives and breathes this trope. Missing the mark on its beloved {{Green Aesop}}s with every line, it instead creates a level of awesome simply because it's hysterical to consider a supervillain with nothing better to do with his time but dump a tub full of oil into the ocean [[ForTheEvulz because he hates the environment]]. Also, any episode that attempted to deal with an issue [[CluelessAesop difficult to explain to children]], let alone to adults.
** "AIDS stinks!"
*** And the green mullet. Good God, the mullet.
* ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In the middle of [[ExtremeDoormat Wilt's]] Cluster BigNo in "Where There's A Wilt There's A Way," he throws in a teeny, tiny little '''"NUH-UH!!"''' for no apparent reason. This doesn't distract from the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomeness]] of the scene.
* [[LargeHam AQUAMAN]] from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' is the embodiment of this trope.
** Six words...[[HeroicSacrifice "We Are All The Doom Patrol"]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' has DELICIOUS narm charm! YESSSSSSSSH! YESSSSSSSSSH!
** The "Final Fight: Double Impact" X-Box Live Arcade port includes episodes of the show where the Final Fight characters appear. This trope is the only possible reason why.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Return of Harmony, Part 2", after Twilight Sparkle has [[DespairEventHorizon lost both her friends and all hope]] and is walking home sadly, it's hard to decide whether to cry... or laugh, at [[RealityIsOutToLunch the ridiculous things Discord has done to Ponyville]]. Pies fall ''into'' the sky, [[BreakingTheFourthWall a pony walks along the top and side of the screen]], there are dancing bison in tutus, and [[AlienGeometries the whole world is plain old messed up]].
* While some of the voices in ''MyLittlePony'' may sound really goofy but they typically work well for the characters.
* The scene where Kid Flash screams [[spoiler: Artemis's name when she supposedly dies,]] and then later has a yelling fit complete with slamming his fist on the bioship console in the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' episode "Failsafe" may qualify as Narmy, but the drama of the previous event plus the fact that Kid Flash has NEVER reacted like this to ANYTHING, makes it touching, and even a Tear Jerker.
* In the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], The Shredder's catch phrase of sorts is "None of you will leave here alive". In the two parter "Rogue in the House" he actually utters the phrase "None of you will leave ''this boat'' alive". For an otherwise serious take on Shredder, this line seems corny, even cartoonish, but it somehow manages to work.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'' version of Lion-O resently pulled ''this'' off, perfectly.
--> '''Lion-O''': [[PunctuatedPounding THESE BEARS ARE NOT YOUR PROPERTY!!!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' was able to pull this off with [[spoiler:''the death of a balloon''.]] Imagine this if you will: A balloon with an UncannyValley face painted on it and attached to a robotic body just rescued an "[[AffablyEvil evil]]" scientist, a panda bear, and a teal platypus in a fedora from an army of flying robots with lasers, after previously [[HeelFaceTurn appearing to be on the bad side but changing his mind]]. As the evil scientist is happily gushing about all the good times they can have now and things they need to catch up on ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Him and the balloon used to be best friends]]), one of the robots, not quite destroyed, [[spoiler: sits up and just manages to shoot the balloon before collapsing]]. The robotic body falls to the ground as the scientist lets out a series of [[LittleNo Little Nos]], begging him not to leave him a second time. And as he holds the [[spoiler: balloon's limp, rubbery remains in his hands and cuddles them up to his face]], he finishes the scene with the following words: "I can feel my heart...popping." Goofy? Yes. Bizarre? Completely. Possibly the most heartbreaking thing the show has ever done? ''Absolutely''.
* ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is famous for having rather ridiculous, RuleOfCool-heavy plots that manage to be compelling and sometimes even ''emotional''.
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* RogerEbert, [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021213/REVIEWS/212130305/1023 in his review]] of ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', gave a [[StealthInsult veiled insult]] to the material through a {{backhanded compliment}} to PatrickStewart (or vice-versa) when he noted that Stewart has a talent for making completely ridiculous dialogue riveting.
-->'''Ebert''': "It is always said of Stewart that his strength as an actor is his ability to deliver bad dialogue with utter conviction. I say it is time to stop encouraging him."
* Every single [[ClusterFBomb "F*cking Short Version"]] video found on Website/YouTube.
* DisneyThemeParks.
* Website/BlackPhoenixAlchemyLab descriptions. One of their more popular perfumes is described as ''"The scent of sexual obsession, slavery to sensual pleasure, and the undercurrent of innocence defiled utterly. Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla."'' Completely overdone, but it damn well ''sells''.
* The final launch of the SpaceShuttle has a moment of this. "On the shoulders of the Space Shuttle, America will continue the dream." That is an incredibly cheesy line by ANY standard, {{NASA}}, so why is it working so well?
** Also the final launch of ''Discovery.'' "The shuttle now rolling over on its back for the eight and a half minute ride into orbit. ''Discovery'' now making one last reach for the stars."
* In-universe: in an advertisement for the American version of ''Series/TheVoice'', the four hosts are driving together in a truck. They argue over the music and keep changing it; it reaches Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Creator/AdamLevine says "talk about corny." Cut to an exterior shot, then back in the truck, where (of course) they're all singing along.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* This does happen in real life, though it's sometimes not to dwell on it depending on the situation. A situation will occur where a person will think to themselves that in any other situation this would be funny.
* As parents know, a toddler with a sore throat can have the cutest little whispery-raspy voice - but the poor kid isn't feeling well, either.
* School plays- particularly Nativity plays- are full of this. Small children in badly made costumes, and making it obvious from the way that they recite their lines that they have ''no idea what they're saying''. Aww.
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