History Narm / Gotham

* The writers apparently thought no one would connect "Pamela Isely" to Poison Ivy. The solution? Rename arguably Batman's most powerful female nemesis to "Ivy Pepper."

* Selina Kyle's constant crouched down slinking around, as well as a scene where she bats a trinket like a cat playing with a toy. She might be a Catwoman in the making but that doesn't mean she needs to constantly walk on all fours. In the first season finale, she also nuzzles up with Fish like an actual cat. It’s feels less like Selina Kyle and more like [[Film/Catwoman2004 Patience Phillips]].

* Every interlude to Penguin's time in Arkham between "Mr. Freeze" and "This Ball Of Mud And Meanness". If the 50s caricatures of mentally ill patients didn't put you off beforehand, it's all turned UpToEleven at this point. The "ice cream test", in which supposedly serious antagonist Dr. Strange gives Penguin some ice cream at lunch to enrage another patient with comical speed, is the worst offender by far.

* In the season finale, [[spoiler:each villain takes over part of Gotham. It's dramatic and suspenseful, until it gets to Barbara, who essentially rants about why all men suck, and then puts a sign up saying "No boys allowed". It's also hilariously out-of-touch with reality, given that women in the show (Fish Mooney, Poison Ivy, Silver St. Cloud, Tabitha, Barbara herself...) are portrayed to be just as capable of evil as their male counterparts. Doubles as NarmCharm given that being whacked-out-of-her-mind crazy is Barbara's whole shtick.]]

* The ease with which Oswald Cobblepot murders his way through the series, picking off random people and limping casually away.

* Penguin and Butch showing up to [[spoiler: save Jim, Alfred, and Bruce from Azrael. ''With an RPG.'']] The loud rock music playing in the background doesn't help. On the other hand, though, it was pretty cool, and it could be argued that the comedy was at least semi-intentional.

** Reporter: "Now that the Balloonman is gone, who will defend the people of Gotham?"
*** Bruce is watching this on the news, so you would be forgiven for mentally filling in: [[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne "Yes Father, I shall become a balloon."]]

* In the same episode, the titular Dr. Crane menacingly approaches his next victim, holding... a piglet? OK, the man's phobia was about pigs, but it still comes off as incredibly silly.
** Plus, Dr. Crane's goon tortures said victim with a pig mask on while surrounded by more pigs. That makes the second pig mask in the series. That said, this part is over pretty quickly so it only counts for some.

* The sheer fact that, in order to win Gordon back, Barbara is taking fashion tips and dating advice from a pair of pre-teen girls ''' ''who are squatting in her apartment.'' ''' The mind boggles.
** And then in the next episode, she decides that she should return the favor and teach them how to use their appearance to get what they want. Yes; Barbara - who acted on tips from two pre-pubescent girls who broke into her house - now regards herself as a femme fatale. Selina herself points out how ridiculous the whole premise is.

* Theo Galavan's "heroic" speech towards Jerome's hostages, even looking to the TV camera. All the more amusing that he's in on the scheme and likely prepared the speech.
** ''Everything'' Theo Galavan ever says while pretending to be good. He's so blatantly [[BadBadActing acting]] that it's hilarious. Naturally, everyone in Gotham finds him completely trustworthy.

* Selina Kyle's constant crouched down slinking around, as well as a scene where she bats a trinket like a cat playing with a toy. She might be a Catwoman in the making but that doesn't mean she needs to constantly walk on all fours. In the first season finale, she also nuzzles up with Fish like an actual cat. It’s not a good sign when your audience is being reminded of a certain [[Film/Catwoman2004 Patience Phillips]].

* Penguin's screaming fit at the end of Strike Force. He's supposed to be a villain in a helpless rage... he sounds like a kid throwing a tantrum.

* Penguin and Butch showing up to [[spoiler: save Jim, Alfred, and Bruce from Azrael. ''With an RPG.'']] The loud rock music playing in the background doesn't help. On the other hand, though, it was pretty cool.

* In "Things That Go Boom" Jim tells Penguin he'll bring down "the full force of the GCPD" on him he doesn't cooperate in taking out Sofia, but given how the GCPD is constantly shown to be incompetent and corrupt to the point where this is something recognized in-universe and something Penguin himself has used against them multiple times, it comes off as pretty laughable that Jim thinks it's a credible threat.

* After three and a half seasons of buildup, it turns out Bruce becomes Batman because...he tripped balls for a while after Ivy infected him and happened to see a bat figure during it.
* Beginning with "One of My Three Soups," Scarecrow has started using fear puns. So he's dressed like a Nolanverse villain, but he's acting like a 1960's TV show villain.

* In "Trespassers," "The Witch" is being held prisoner by a bunch of nervous men with British accents, who sound, look, and act like a misplaced Torches and Pitchforks Mob from a Universal Monsters movie. Just... bwah?

* [[spoiler:Isabella]]'s death through train meets car is rather comical, with her screaming profusely until signing off with a hilariously deadpan "Oh dear.", followed by a crashing sound effect over the skyline of Gotham so cheesy it might as well be a Loony Tunes cartoon.
* [[spoiler: Captain Barnes standing in a straitjacket in a big empty room yelling "GUILTYYY" over and over was silly enough before turning around and bending over to yell it into the camera]]

** It should be noted that subsequent episodes set in Arkham show the female inmates, and none of them are seen wearing the above. Either the creators saw the reaction to Barbara's dress and made changes...or they just made that dress for Barbara alone.

* In "The Anvil or the Hammer", Barbara's reaction when serial killer Jason Lennon reveals he's a serial killer. She gets the most over-acted look of shock on her face and faints, collapsing out of the the shot while Lennon just calmly stands there. Not only is it rather comically filmed and executed, it just seems like a very strange reaction after she already knew he was a killer in general. For the rest of the episode, she's supposed to have experience a HeroicBSOD, but due to lousy acting she comes off more as a vacant, brain-dead bimbo.

* The [[SpecialEffectFailure CG]] floating newspaper at the start of "What the Little Bird Told Him," almost feeling like the show has become ''Film/ForrestGump''.

* Morena Baccarin goes a bit over the top in her AgentMulder scenes from "The Blind Fortune Teller," acting more like someone whose religion has been insulted. Just how fragile is Thompkins' ego?

* In the same episode, the titular Dr. Crane menacingly approaches his next victim, holding...a piglet? OK, the man's phobia was about pigs, but it still comes off as incredibly silly.

** Or Nygma drinking from a coffee cup with a question mark on it. Really, this show's near constant and [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/09/29 blatant referencing]] to who is going to be what is massively narm.