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* {{Corpsing}}: An actor breaks character because something causes them to laugh uncontrollably.
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* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: A character's voice in a foreign dub sounds completely different from the original voice, which can result in bad acting at times.
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* OneLineAnxiety: Someone with a tiny part gets stage fright.
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* BadBadActing: The actor fails to speak their lines with the proper inflection and tone.

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* BadBadActing: The actor fails to speak their lines with the proper inflection and tone.Exaggeratedly bad acting.
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* BadBadActing
* {{Corpsing}}
* DullSurprise
* HollywoodToneDeaf
* TheLivingDead
* MilkingTheGiantCow
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* OohMeAccentsSlipping
* PlayingATree
* PerformanceAnxiety -- if the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly.

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* BadBadActing
BadBadActing: The actor fails to speak their lines with the proper inflection and tone.
* {{Corpsing}}
{{Corpsing}}: An actor breaks character because something causes them to laugh uncontrollably.
* DullSurprise
DullSurprise: A character speaks with dialogue indicating they are surprised by something, but their emotions do not indicate that that is the case.
* HollywoodToneDeaf
HollywoodToneDeaf: Exaggeratedly bad singing.
* TheLivingDead
TheLivingDead: Corpses in movies are actually living people pretending to be dead.
* MilkingTheGiantCow
MilkingTheGiantCow: The actor relies too much on making wild gestures with their hands.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: An actor plays a character of a specific nationality, but doesn't even try speaking their lines with the proper accent.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping
OohMeAccentsSlipping: The actor accidentally slips into speaking with their natural accent when the character they play does not have the accent.
* PlayingATree
PlayingATree: An actor's role is basically a glorified background prop.
* PerformanceAnxiety -- if PerformanceAnxiety: If the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly.
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It's not enough to say someone is a bad actor. Bad acting comes in many forms. Here are a few. Often leads to {{Narm}}

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It's not enough to say someone is a bad actor. Bad acting comes in many forms. Here are a few. Often leads to {{Narm}} and/or SoBadItsGood.
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It's not enough to say someone is a bad actor. Bad acting comes in many forms. Here are a few.

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It's not enough to say someone is a bad actor. Bad acting comes in many forms. Here are a few. Often leads to {{Narm}}



* {{Narm}}

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* {{Narm}} MilkingTheGiantCow



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* PlayingATree
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* TheLivingDead
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* {{Corpsing}}
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* [[{{Ptitleyj6phryk}} Ooh Me Accent's Slipping]]

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* [[{{Ptitleyj6phryk}} Ooh Me Accent's Slipping]]OohMeAccentsSlipping
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Who says Chewing The Scenery is Bad Acting? It might be being done on purpose for comedic effect.


* ChewingTheScenery
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* LargeHam
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-->''"I'm acting!"''
--->-''TheNostalgiaCritic, [[RunningGag to many sorts of tropes below]]''
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* LevelBreaker
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* [[StylisticSuck Unless the character is supposed to be anxious]]
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* PerformanceAnxiety -- if the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly. [[/index]]
[[StylisticSuck Unless the character is supposed to be anxious]]

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* PerformanceAnxiety -- if the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly. [[/index]]\n
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[[StylisticSuck Unless the character is supposed to be anxious]]anxious]]
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* [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Ooh Me Accent's Slipping]]

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* [[OohMeAccentsSlipping [[{{Ptitleyj6phryk}} Ooh Me Accent's Slipping]]
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-->''"I'm acting!"''
--->-''TheNostalgiaCritic, [[RunningGag to many sorts of tropes below]]''

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* PerformanceAnxiety -- if the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly. [[StylisticSuck Unless the character is supposed to be anxious]]

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* PerformanceAnxiety -- if the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly. [[/index]]
[[StylisticSuck Unless the character is supposed to be anxious]]



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* ChewingTheScenery
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* PerformanceAnxiety -- if the actor gets too anxious, the acting quality drops horribly. [[StylisticSuck Unless the character is supposed to be anxious]]

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