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->''"Part of Resident Evil's charm is that it still takes itself seriously, despite having the most atrociously written story and dialogue of any product of human endeavor, since Hulk Hogan took one too many clotheslines to the head and decided he could act."''\\
--Ben [[ZeroPunctuation 'Yahtzee']] Croshaw, on ''ResidentEvil: Umbrella Chronicles''

You're watching a show, and there's a {{Narm}} moment. Someone said a line [[FeedMe too emphatically]], or [[SpecialEffectsFailure the alien is obviously a guy in a rubber suit]].

So why aren't you laughing?

Perhaps the rest of the work is so good, you're too wrapped up in it to notice. Or what's cheesy is more the [[SoBadItsGood fun kind of cheesy]], so you're grinning, not laughing. Or maybe RuleOfCool is working its magic.

This is NarmCharm, something that by all reason should kill the drama, but doesn't. Of course this is [[SubjectiveTropes subjective]]. Some people will still find them to be true narm anyway. But to some, it's just part of the fun.

This can separate SoBadItsGood from SoBadItsHorrible. It can keep a LargeHam from falling into FeedMe.

Compare MostlyNarmless.

A close cousin to {{Camp}}.

If a remake does away with the Narm Charm, it can result in ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked.
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!!Examples

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]
* Lots of the dramatic scenes in ''OnePiece'' are [[BeyondTheImpossible 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, yet here it makes the story more raw and emotional.
** Arguably, the drama works not in spite of how over-the-top it is, but ''because'' of it. The story is already wild and imaginative, defying common sense and rules applied in more conventional manga, so a more toned-down approach could easily end up being disastrous because it would seem [[MoodWhiplash terribly out of place.]]
** Plus, remember how in ''{{Eragon}}'' everyone cries "a single tear"? Yeah, just ''try'' that with ''OnePiece'' and see if it works.
*** Ultimate proof that any attempts to make One Piece 'realistic' in that sense would ''never, never'' work. For this series, the wilder, the better.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Many anime fans groan from usual PowerOfFriendship speeches. However, here they were pulled off with [[strike:charm]] awesome.
* NarmCharm is why this troper likes ShatteredAngels , expys, cliches, a LargeHam and more.
* ''GGundam''. It wouldn't be half the awesome it is if it wasn't corny.
** [[ThePowerOfLove Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken]] is easily the cheesiest attack in the history of anime. It's also among the 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 seperate shows as any other Gundam series.
* "[[TheBigO I'm one of the tomatoes!]]" Both pulled off surprisingly well, if you'd seen the rest of the series, but ''TheBigO'' was all about Narm Charm in the first place. It's a show where {{Batman}} 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.
* ''CodeGeass'': "You fellas know full well what this {{badass}} mother can do!"
** [[spoiler:"Did I...did good?"]] Good luck laughing at the final sugaryness through your [[TearJerker tears]], [[ThisIsTVTropesBitch bitches]].
** Any time [[strike:NorioWakamoto]] 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!]]
**Try just about all of Code Geass. Lelouch as Zero is the biggest ham ever and that actually helped it to reel in legions of followers.
***In episode 19 of ''R2'', his {{villainous breakdown}} can be a little...[[FeedMe overdone]], but that scene where he dumped the cellphone to the ground and his rant at [[spoiler:Rolo]] after that, now that's real acting.
** This troper cracks up every time she thinks of Mao's infamous "[[ChainsawGood I'll make you compact]]" line. It's also become slightly [[MemeticMutation memetic]] among his fans.
* Everyone makes fun of the infamous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs potato-chip scene]] in ''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 ''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 (e.g. A Chinese knife-wielding assassin is continually called "Chinglish"... who speaks in broken, heavily-accented English).
* ''SpeedRacer''.
* 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."
* ''[[MemeticMutation It's over nine THOUSAAAAAAAND!]]'' Anyone who ever claims to have hated ''DragonBallZ'' ironically is probably a liar. More likely, they 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 something genuinely awesome in the end.
** I don't know where you're getting at this, but if you're referring to a specific i.e. OverNineThousand and the [[{{Kiai}} power-up scenes]] can be {{Narm}}... in a good way.
** I don't know about you, but when you're ''10 years old'' and watching ''DragonBallZ'' on a weekday morning before school, one tends not to care to much about things like that.
* 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"]].
** 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 ''{{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 ''YuGiOh'' series, Yugi summoning Exodia is narm charm enough. Then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VjYw896qW4&feature=fvw watch the uncut video]], especially past 3:00.
** The dub dialogue is on fire, helped by Dan Green'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!"[[hottip:*:Yeah, there wasn't a whole lot of search back then. Shut up.]]
--> '''Yami:''' "Exodia, '''OBLITERATE!'''"
**In the second sequel series ''YuGiOh 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 I still watch the dub 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 occured in Japan. And literally only 2 people STAY dead.[[spoiler:Rex and Rudger/Roman Go(o)dwin, the XanatosGambler and {{Dragon}}, essentially.]] So to protect the children, the plot got so warped that they got a new "Shadow Realm" in "The Underworld." Still, not as bad as GX's "Sent to the stars". It's not gonna scar 6-year-olds to know the bad guys die, is it?
* ''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 [[SheIsAManInJapan 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.]]
* Why wasn't ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure'' put on this list earlier? 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.
-->'''WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!'''
* [[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.
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[[folder: Comic Books ]]
* Blanket statement: ''All'' SilverAge comics.
* ''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.
* 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. LoveItOrHateIt!
** "Now I'm radioactive! ''That'' can't be good!"
** "You're '''huge'''! That means you have '''huge guts!'''"
*** '''"RIP AND TEAR!"'''
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[[folder: Fanfiction ]]
* This trope is the reason ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' is utter hilarity from start to finish despite (or perhaps because) it is possibly the stupidest thing in existence. Five words: "BECAUSE YOU ARE HEADCRAB ZOMBIE".
** [[spoiler:JOHN FREEMAN: SAVER OF HUMENS.]] ;tear
* "[[DoomRepercussionsOfEvil No, John. You are the demons.]]"
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[[folder: Film ]]
* TheReveal at the end of ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' was so shocking, people were willing to forgive the BigNo from Luke.
** It was ''quite'' a BigNo, his following lines are overwrought, and his face is contorted when he's saying them - but when this troper watches that movie instead of arriving at that scene via Youtube, she aches for him. The movies have gotten her to be very attached to Luke, and she knows that when she's in extreme emotional distress her face contorts and she's pretty inarticulate too. No, for this troper the Narm in that scene is a few moments after, when Luke has let himself fall down and for a moment you see Vader. She always projects what she imagines he'd be thinking at that point, and it's awkward.
*** And the poor kid just got his hand cut off, on top of everything.
*** Luke is just generally walking {{Narm}}, but this troper finds that to be so integral to the theme that it manages to work. It's mostly because the setting is so much more dark and gritty than he is, which means that throwing him into the middle of it showcases an interesting conflict between the ideals he struggles not to compromise and the reality that he needs to deal with.
*** The briefing scene before the Battle of Yavin in ''A New Hope'' has Luke tell Wedge Antilles "it's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home; they're not much bigger than two meters." Which ''could'' be seen as the dumbass new kid trying to tell the veteran pilot how to do his job, but this troper prefers to see it as Luke saying "if a bush pilot from the sticks like me can do it, I'm sure an Alliance ace like yourself will have no problems."
** This Troper has seen people who liked Anakin's "''I hate sand''" speech, and his other romantic dialog from Attack of the Clones because it seemed like a realistic awkward kid trying to talk to a girl. Although most of us consider it to be Narmy.
*** That's because 'realistic awkward kid trying to talk to a girl' is narmy.
*** This troper just hates sand.
** With cheesy lines like "I ''AM'' the senate!", "No, no, no..", and the memorable "POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!!!", Palpatine's [[LargeHam hamming it up]] in ''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.
* Every line delivered by Schuler Hensley as Frankenstein's monster in the 2004 movie ''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 Large Ham 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 [[WilliamShatner to... FANS... of... William Shatner]].
*** Him screaming "KHAAAAAAN!" seems like narm, unless you remember what Kahn said to prompt that.
* The game of PeekABoo famously played during the Grendel fight in the film of ''{{Film/Beowulf}}''. It makes the whole scene slightly ridiculous, but that's kinda the point: Beowulf's ego makes him do silly things (unless anyone out there can think of a ''logical'' reason for fighting an insane, man-eating giant whilst in the buff).
** [[OrderOfTheStick He thought it would make him invisible]].
* ''[[EvilDead The Evil Dead]]'' had a few Narm moments that were nonetheless forgivable because it was a student film and otherwise well-made. ''Evil Dead 2'' and ''Army of Darkness'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice actively cultivated]] Narm.
* ''{{Enchanted}}'' is essentially a combination of this, WillingSuspensionofDisbelief, and {{Camp}}.
** With two heaping tablespoonfuls of AffectionateParody for spice.
* Certain scenes in ''TheDarkKnight'', less by not killing the drama and more for injecting a little realism -- not to mention [[TheWoobie pity]]. Not everyone can bellow their beloved's name and sound bereaved and heroic, you know.
** Not to mention the reveal of [[spoiler:Two Face's half-singed suit]], which this Troper found ridiculous and counterproductive to the realistic feel of the movie at first, but was too wrapped up in the tension of the scene to really care.
** And the Joker's socks when he's sitting in his cell. Helps that both they and Heathy are MadeOfWin.
**Batman's rusty voice, for some.
* In ''For a Few Dollars More'', the wonderful [[strike:pissing]] 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!"
* [[ThereWillBeBlood "I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE!"]]
* In general, ArnoldSchwarzenegger ''should'' be extremely narmful all the time because of his incredibly thick Austrian accent, but I've got so used to hearing it it barely matters anymore. To quote Jack Slater in ''LastActionHero'', "What 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 (at least in this troper's opinion).
* {{Godzilla}}. The 1998 American version, even more so.
**Speaking of which, any movie by RolandEmmerich such as ''IndependenceDay'', ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'' and recently ''[[TwentyTwelve 2012]]'' will apply. He [[DidNotDoTheResearch get most of the facts wrong]], but you can't help enjoying the awesomeness of their visual effects.
* ''StarTrekGenerations''
--> '''Data''': (singing) Life forms, you tiny little life forms! You precious little life forms! Where are you?
** Data tends to get away with a LOT of things in this movie that the other characters wouldn't, via a combination of circumstances, dubious character development, and the fact that he's one of canon's most popular characters.
* Nero in ''Film/StarTrek'' tends to be ridiculously [[LargeHam over the top]] (see: his introduction as "Hi, I'm Nero" and "SPOOOOOOOOOOOCK"). It just makes the movie more fun.
* This troper thinks Denethor's death scene (where he [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes nuts]], lights himself on fire, and ''jumps off a cliff'') is one of the [[SoBadItsGood best parts]] of the ''{{Lord Of The Rings}}'' movies.
**Your milelage may vary, as others just found it 'Narm' at best, but mostly completely illogical and impossible. Then again, the last part is movie-only, as in the book he calmly burns himself in the Steward's tomb.([[hottip:quote:--->[[TheLordoftheRings 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.]])
** The annoying part is that he had to run on fire a distance that couldn't be less than ''half a mile!'' Sure he was very spry for an old man, but seriously?
* "[[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 ''StarTrek''. The context the line is delivered in is genuinely {{badass}} and makes up for it.
** It helped that it was AlanRickman saying the line.
* ''[=~GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra~=]''. Over two hours of [[{{Troperiffic}} every action movie cliche]] turned UpToEleven and {{Christopher Eccleston}} and Jonathan Pryce, clearly enjoying themselves.
** ''Just'' those two? Joseph Gordon-Levitt ''embodies'' HamAndCheese in that movie, apparently deciding to play Cobra Commander as "[[TransformersGeneration1 Starscream]], by way of [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Darth Malak]], with a touch of {{Dr Strangelove}}".
** 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 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.
* The airport shooting scene in TwelveMonkeys was pretty narmy by all counts: a woman with outstretched arms yelling a BigNo, sentimental violin music in the background, etc. -- you name it. But [[spoiler: by the last time the scene is played]], ThisTroper couldn't help but crying.
*''[[ThreeHundred 300]]''. Especially, Gerard Butler's delivery of the iconic ''ThisIsSparta'' line.
*'''[[{{Scarface}} SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!]]'''
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[[folder: Literature ]]
* ThisTroper, being the few who liked ''AngelsAndDemons'' (without pissing his pants and whining over the poor science), loved the speech by the carmelengo condemning the terrorists, even though he's seen better dramatic speeches.
* Any speech given in ''SwordOfTruth''. Pick one.
* Certainly the newbie Tatooine pilot [[XWingSeries 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 TheCountOfMonteCristo.
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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]
* ''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.
** Not to mention the Daleks' famous "EXTERMINATE!" line is clear FeedMe, except they usually come across as unstoppable, merciless [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything genocidal maniacs]]. So that line gives more chills than snickers.
*** And the episode "Doomsday" managed to suck the narm even from that, when the Doctor mentions how the Daleks are constantly living in a cold metal box. "That explains your voice. No wonder you ''[[AndIMustScream scream]]''."
**** For this troper and probably many other citizens of WWII Allied countries, the Narm is further sucked from it in "Journey's End" when Martha goes to Germany and the Daleks are screaming "Exterminieren!". [[NightmareFuelUnleaded *shudder*]]
***** Even worse when you realise that the little text line telling you where Martha is done by identifying itself as a distance from a concentration camp.
*** Also in ''Journey's End'' the Daleks get in on the RunningGag when they exterminate [[spoiler: Harriet Jones]]. It should be {{Narm}}, but somehow it just works.
-->"'''[[spoiler: YES, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE]]!!!'''"
**Classic Series ''Who'' also had ''Ghost Light'' with a policeman reduced to primordial soup then served for dinner. Turning an IncrediblyLamePun into NightmareFuel.
-->''"The cream of Scotland Yard"''
* During Carl's "Ye Olde West" dream sequence in one episode of ''FamilyMatters'', Carl (as the sheriff) fatally shoots Steve (the outlaw). The latter then proceeds to climb the stairs in slow motion and go crashing through the balcony to the floor, moaning loudly all the while. It's the height of narmtastic melodrama and so is his final death scene, but somehow it managed to be heartwrenching enough that this troper couldn't bring herself to laugh.
* ''PowerRangers'': Silver Age comic super-weirdness and ''Doctor Who''-style fondness of SpecialEffectFailure all in one package.
** For that matter, nearly all {{Tokusatsu}} (with a couple of exceptions such as ''{{GARO}}'') 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 Imagin from ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' come to mind as something that should be ''ridiculous'', and would be treated as such in any non-Japanese property, but somehow stuntment 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.
* ''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 ''{{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]].
* For at least one troper, ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' embodies this.
** Second. A stuntman crouching under a pizza has never been a more sympathetic character.
*** You made me laugh. I used to refer to the Horta as "the walking pizza" when I was eight. Oh, and that episode ''[[NightmareFuel terrified]]'' me.
*** Best. Episode. Ever.
* Can you watch ''{{Torchwood}}''? Then you're probably experiencing this.
* [[CSIMiami It may sound hilarious]]...but I...[[GlassesPull *puts on shades*]] [[RuleOfCool make it cool]]. '''''[[TheWho YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]]'''''
* There's a scene in the fourth season of ''{{Angel}}'' where 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.
* This troper is a huge BabylonFive fan but must admit, most speeches in 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.
* {{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 AdamWest delivers every line with a completley straight-face.
** Probably why it is the truest adaptation of a comic book into ANY medium.
*While [[HellsKitchen Gordon]] [[KitchenNightmares Ramsay]] blowing his top may be sometimes hilarious, there are times where you actually felt sorry for the ones being scolded to, and you feel like he is bringing ''you'' down as well.
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[[folder: Music ]]
* For this troper, the singer Patrick Wolf's sheer "it's my music and I'll Narm if I want to" bravado only enhances his very real musical talents. Her interest was sparked by hearing the song "Tristan", and instantly deciding that it was the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard and that she had to own it immediately. "I am ''fucked'', and I am ''fucking'' too! My name is Tristan, and I am alive. Ha... ha... AAAARGH!" The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4tBqvfPko video]], in which, wearing a very strange outfit, he crawls and dances across a wild terrain, before getting set upon and attacked by a gang of thugs [[TooKinkyToTorture and appears to enjoy it]] makes it even better.
* Perhaps the only reason people listen to The Automatic is for their hilarious hyperactive shrieking keyboardist Pennie. Without him, [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2fq8hS0eE this song]] would just be another substandard "Golddigga" cover, but thanks to Pennie, it becomes grade-A {{Narm}}.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMUNl5_HSUs "Ride Forever,"]] a song by Paul Gross of ''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.
* For some fans, {{Opera}}.
* Japanese remixer(s?) Hyadain's remix of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkIEVrFVeG4 Bubble Man's Theme]] from MegaMan 2 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.
** You forgot that ALL of his Robot Master remixes are about confessing love- More or less subtly towards MegaMan.
** 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 aswell.
* 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.
* This troper suspects that this trope is precisely the reason why he likes the end of the bridge in Disturbed's "Down With the Sickness" so much.
-->"Here it comes, get ready to DIE!!!"
* To this Troper, Simple Plan's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZc-2LL8zU Welcome To My Life]] is ''adorable''. Aww, poor little pouty EmoTeen... *giggle*
* {{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]]''.
* 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.
* The LinkinPark song 'Crawling' contains a part ('''CRAAAAAAWLING IIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIN!''') that turns the whole song into pure {{Narm}} for [[AMereServantOfGod this troper]]. So why does he think that the song's remix ('Krwlng'), despite containing the exact same scream at a lower decibel level, is one of the best songs he's ever heard?
** ...actually, upon further reflection, all of [[LinkinPark Linkin Park's]] songs aforementioned troper likes.
* 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 ''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.
* Grim Reaper.
* [[TheBlackParade Welcome To The Black Parade]], despite being incredibly over the top, this troper finds it [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome.]]
* WilliamShatner's duet with Joe Jackson for the song Common People. It's SoBadItsGood taken UpToEleven. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbt3wRsZYw here]].
* 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.
* "In the Year 2525 (Exodium and Terminus) by Zager & Evans. Overbearing vocals trot out every sci-fi cliche in the book, and then bring God himself into the picture once they've run out of said cliches. And yet this Troper loves it, although that may be just because I love sci-fi cliches.
* 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 and the music video is ridiculous in a SoBadItsGood way.
*[[{{Rent}} MOO WITH ME!]]
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* RogerEbert, [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021213/REVIEWS/212130305/1023 in his review]] of ''[[StarTrekNemesis Star Trek: Nemesis]]'', gave a half-hearted insult to the material through a compliment to Patrick Stewart (or vice-versa): 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."
** Well, he ''is'' a Shakespearean actor. If you can make Shakespeare sound awesome, you can do it to ''anything''.
***Including a ''soup recipe'', as seen when he guested on ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn''.
*Every single [[ClusterFBomb "F*cking Short Version"]] video found on YouTube.
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[[folder: Professional Wrestling ]]
* In pro wrestling, many a character will go from Narm to NarmCharm if all the right things are in place. For example, this troper remembers the only thing he liked about RingOfHonor's Hammerstein Ballroom debut ("A New Level") being the debut of Rhett Titus' "Addicted To Love" gimmick... because he was ''so completely'' into it that despite the complete ludicrousness of the gimmick (hearkening back to both "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Val Venis), he did it with such complete belief... this troper was dragged along for the ride.
** More recently: Zack Ryder following his arrival in ECW and his subsequent gimmick change. ''[[MemeticMutation Oh, radio, tell me everything you know...]]''
* The '80s and '90s (between the time of Hulkamania and the Attitude Era) was home to some of the most ridiculous gimmicks in pro wrestling history. [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html Many]] are best forgotten. But some, due to the wrestler's commitment to the gimmick, are now regarded as Legends.
** [[GIJoe Sgt. Slaughter]], Repo Man, Doink the Clown, [[MeaningfulName Irwin R. Schyster]], and (to a lesser extent) The Goon are all prime examples.
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* [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Da Orks]] of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' have their existence based around this trope. In the [[DarkerAndEdgier grimdarkness]] of the far future, where everyone is fighting for survival or conquest or ForTheEvulz, the Orks fight [[BoisterousBruiser for the hell of it]] and treat the whole thing as one big laugh, their interstellar campaigns of genocide compared to a ''pub crawl''. Their relentless obsession with MoreDakka, ability to perform amazing physical and technological feats [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve solely because they believe they can]] and ridiculous FunetikAksent combine to create a faction that can never be taken seriously, and are infinitely more enjoyable because of it. The Orcs of ''{{Warhammer}}'' on which they are based invoke this trope as well, but not to the level of the Orks.
** [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Orkhammer "AN OPEN MIND IZ LIKE A FORTREZ – CUZ WE SMASHED IT!"]]
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* The super SuperDeformed look in ''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.
** [[ItWasHisSled Aerith's death]]. 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.
* 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 ''MetalGearSolid'' 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 ''MetalGearSolid'' 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 ''MetalGear'', and you'll get some idea.
* ''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 B-Movie look for the game and cutscenes...
* On that note, ''DevilMayCry'', which seems to run on {{Camp}}y Narm nearly as much as it does the RuleOfCool.
* This troper would have had no interest whatsoever in ''Clive Barker's Jericho'' if the trailer hadn't sounded like an action figure commercial.
* ''{{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''.
* This troper fully believes that ''[[StarFox Star Fox 64]]'' is 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.
** [[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?!").
--->'''Slippy''': I HAD NO IDEA THAT SO MUCH OF THE ANDROSS ARMY REMAINED INTACT!\\
Heck, just about everything Slippy says.
* One of the songs featured in the ''{{Jet Set Radio}} Future'' soundtrack yells at you to: " [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-NgbB4ukU&feature=PlayList&p=1A3D3C15D240BBF3&index=50 Understand the CONCEPT of LOVE!]]" What saves it is the extreme [[LargeHam enthusiasm]] the MC shows while yelling it.
** [[TheKingOfFighters Rugal's]] arranged '95 theme had it first. Nothing says "Get ready for the fight of your life!" like THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!
** This troper thought what saved it was more how groovy and catchy the song is in general. But hey, YourMileageMayVary.
** "Extra sugar, extra salt, extra oil and the MSG. OH JUST SHUT UP AND EAT! YOU KNOW MY LOVE TASTES SWEET!"
* ''[[{{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 one of the most heartbreaking game endings this troper has ever seen]].
* 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.
* ''[[DukeNukem Nobody steals our chicks... and lives!]]''
* Every ''SilentHill'' game contains what can perhaps be best described as lacklustre 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 HighOctaneNightmareFuel, 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 [=FMV=] made a lot of the story in ''{{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 ''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=4QiAlrSeZAM&feature=related DAAAAYYTOOONNNNNNAAAAAAAA (it's going)!]]
* 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 WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome 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.
* ''[[TheChroniclesOfRiddick I think you're gonna need backup.]]''
* Even {{Super Robot Wars}} has this. The opening to {{Super Robot Wars Alpha}} shows the robots looking so 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 I found rather stupid becomes rather charming (especially the part 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, BraveRaideen, and all the other classics.
* As noted in the page quote, this is one of the reasons why fans love ''ResidentEvil''. You'd expect a zombie game to have a basic plot that says "Zombies! Shoot them!" but Resident Evil 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 [[strike:Jill]] {{narm}} sandwich.
* As is noted by the fandom, a prime appeal of ''{{Team Fortress 2}}'' is that it couldn't be serious if it was in HPLovecraft. The characters look like 50s art, the [[LargeHam dialogue]] is absurd, the violence is stupidly [[LudicrousGibs over-the-top]], the characters are all from [[CloudCuckoolander Cloudcuckooland]] ([[MultinationalTeam along with about eight other countries]]) and the whole of the canon is "[[BetterThanItSounds Nine mercenaries working for holding corporations who control the world fight repeatedly]]." And it works, in part because it isn't too easy to rage at...
** The overall silliness was a deliberate design decision, as Valve figured that players wouldn't [[FridgeLogic nitpick]] as much about the game's setting (Why are the two enemy bases located right next to eachother? Why do the two factions hire the same people, only in different clothes?) if they excused the game as being generally exaggerrated and cartoonish - plus, they knew from the get-go that the fanbase would be doing silly things in general with the game (such as comedic {{machinimia}}), so the atmosphere encourages that as well.
* [[MemeticMutation The Lusty Argonian Maid]] play from ''[[ElderScrolls The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]'', 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 SonicTheHedgehog 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 SonicAdventureSeries narm.)
*** For example, ThisTroper thinks that the strange, over-the-top expression in Shadow's various IAm 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 SonicAdventure 2 and his lame puns in SonicHeroes.
* PhoenixWright. 'Nuff said.
* Strangely, this Troper finds Shredder saying "Turtle Soup, my favorite!", Not funny, but the definition of ''awesome''.
* Many people claim the voice-acting in {{Baten Kaitos}}: Eternal Wings and the Lost Sea is [[{{So Bad Its Horrible}} bad]] and makes [[{{Narm}} narmy moments]], but [[{{Your Mileage May Vary}} I disagree]]. The voices to me were very [[{{So Bad Its Good}} good]], and the saddest scene in the game, when [[spoiler: Kalas flashbacks to when his brother died]], I was very much moved to tears.
* 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!"]]
* ProfessorLayton and the Diabolical Box - 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 holes. [[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]].
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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 ''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.
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*''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.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': "[[ThisIsSparta Prepare...To... DIE!]]" is one of the most {{Narm}}ish things to say. Somehow [[spoiler:Ozai]] makes it work.
** The fact that while he said it to the person while ''[[spoiler:engulfing him in fire]]'' probably helps.
*** Being voiced by MarkHamill doesn't hurt much either.
** Ditto Katara's CallingTheOldManOut scene in the first episode of Season 3. Her "Why did you leave me, Daddy?" {{Angst}} comes across as genuinely heartfelt.
*** Made more heart-felt by the fact that she doesn't ACTUALLY call him out. Her father is a smart enough man to realize she's not JUST annoyed her friend insists he has to leave his loved ones to protect them, as well as strengthen his character, as he proves he's a good enough father to admit his faults and INVITE the {{Angst}}.
*** As does Zuko and Azula's {{Wangst}} towards their father and mother respectively.
** And Azula's line while getting her ImportantHaircut. "Alright, hair, prepare to meet you doom!"
*** This troper was under the impression that Azula was trying to improve her bad mood and general feelings of helplessness by sardonically mocking herself. Of course, it doesn't work too well, given what happens next...
** In "Nightmare and Daydreams," there's Aang's hallucination about confessing to Katara. It simply would not have been as funny if it wasn't so darn cheesy. "Baby, you're my forever girl!"
* 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. You can't forget the mullet.
* In the middle of [[FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends 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 never fails to make me giggle, nor does it distract from the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomeness]] of the scene.
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