History Main / EvilIsHammy

--->'''Lex''': I'm the only sane inmate of Asylum Earth. I'm not eager to hand tomorrow over to an interplanetary extremist with laser eyes. There's only room on this world for one leader, Superman. When I'm finished with you, every last gibbon out there will know you for the menace you are... and they'll realize that Lex Luthor is their savior.
** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] couldn't even stop talking when he was dying in ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'':

* Franchise/{{Batman}}:
** Many other ''Batman'' villains fall into this as well, especially in the [[Series/Batman1966 campy '60s series]] and some of the movies. (In ''Film/BatmanForever'', [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]], played by Creator/JimCarrey, even asks: "Was that over the top? I can never tell.")

* Characters/DoctorDoom: SilenceYouFool Nobody possesses more ham than '''DOOM!!''' Doom's ham-acting actually stems ''directly'' from the {{Pride}} that is at the root of his villainy: not only does he have to be the centre of attention at all times, but he's ''recording his words for posterity'' on top of that.
%%* The very cosmos itself is the scenery upon which eternal [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] chews, mortal. Literally.

%%* Baron Karza from ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'', just about all the time.

* As only Colin McFarlane can deliver, the main antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/TheKingsBeard'', Jasper, sounds every bit the theatrical, spoiled, emotionally volatile aristocratic man-child he is deep down — only going for a subdued growl when he's talking about what he's ''really'' after.

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** King Magnifico in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish2023}}''.

** King Magnifico in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish2013}}''.

* Bayley after she evolved her heel character from TheStoic to an over-the-top obnoxious troll.

-->'''IT'S ME, AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, AUSTIN!!!'''

* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' features a whole plethora of classically hammy villains,[[labelnote:Including...]][[Series/DoctorWho Davros, the Daleks,]] [=GLaDOS=], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Riddler, Joker,]] [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Lord Business,]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Master Chen,]] [[Franchise/{{Superman}} General Zod,]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik,]] and many more[[/labelnote]] and the OriginalGeneration villain, Lord Vortech, still manages to out-ham them all. But, then again, would you expect anything else from Creator/GaryOldman?

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

%% ** ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' had Creator/JimCummings as the voice of Robotnik, and while his character was vastly different from the one in ''Adventures'', he still made it a habit to chew the scenery all the same.

* From ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Brother Blood, Trigon, and a lot of the minor villains (notably Control Freak, Mumbo, Mad Mod, Killer Moth, and Dr. Light) are all rather hammy. {{Averted|Trope}} with the show's main BigBad, Slade, who almost never varies his voice from a very CreepyMonotone, and the Brain, season five's BigBad, who speaks through a voice synthesizer and really ''can't'' ham. While The Brain can't ham, Monsieur Mallah, his talking gorilla assistant, does a pretty good job of it.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. After her plan to take over Qurac is foiled, cameras catch [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Bee]] shaking her fist at the presidential palace, screaming that "Qurac will be mine!" However, she turns out to actually be [[VoluntaryShapeshifting M'gann]], disguising herself as Queen Bee so that people would know she was behind the scheme. Later when M'gann meets the real Queen Bee, she turns out to be a SoftSpokenSadist who calls her performance "a bit over-the-top."

*** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', the usually pleasant Miller is reduced to GutturalGrowler rage and stumbling around in seething fury, while the usually outrageous Ocelot, who is on your side the whole time in this one, has a calm, cattish delivery that comes off as slightly bored.

'''Megamind:''' ''(marches out of a giant floating representation of his head to [[Music/GunsNRoses "Welcome to the Jungle"]])'' '''''PRESENTATION!'''''

As for why, it's not known for sure. Maybe it's a reflection of their [[AGodAmI narcissism]] and total [[TheUnfettered lack of inhibitions.]] Maybe they've decided that since they've already [[KickTheDog punted a few puppies,]] called down the lightning, and donned the SpikesOfVillainy, they may as well have fun with it. And maybe the moral depravity of their act is balanced by how much ''fun'' they are to watch. Or this is used to indicate how {{Power|High}} and [[EvilFeelsGood Evil feel Good]]. Whatever the reason, bacon and scenery are important parts of every villain's daily balanced breakfast.

If a hero is also a LargeHam, or there is a WorldOfHam, it's not this {{trope}} unless the villain [[HamToHamCombat manages to still out-ham everyone]].

* Franchise/SpiderMan:

* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Hazama/Yuuki Terumi. Part of the reason he's so LaughablyEvil is that his voice actors are clearly having a ''hell'' of a time.

* Bowser in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' is voiced in a deep, menacing voice courtesy of Creator/JackBlack. Just from the opening scene where he steals the Power Star from the penguins' castle, you can tell he had as much fun voicing Bowser as the animators were [[MilkingTheGiantCow animating him]], and he ''really'' gets loud in some later scenes.

* Bowser in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' is voiced in a deep, menacing voice courtesy of Creator/JackBlack. Just from the opening scene where he steals the Power Star from the penguins' castle, you can tell he had as much fun voicing Bowser as the animators were [[MilkingTheGiantCow animating him]], as he ''really'' gets loud in some scenes.

--> ''Squid'': Ahhh. Talking about pain and suffering always makes me wanna party! Come on...Let's party! Now dance my puppet! DANCE!!

* Harvey from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' spends most of his time on-screen either bombastically shouting his lines or indulging in excessive amounts of EvilGloating. Especially notable since he's much calmer when [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretending]] to be a gentleman, and he's the [[ArcVillain personal villain]] of the ''much'' more reserved Osvald.

* VideoGame/{{Wario}} has always been hammy, but when he becomes [[spoiler:[[SuperPoweredEvilSide Wario Deluxe]]]] in ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'', he takes on a whole new level of hamminess. Even with the game's AllStarCast, Creator/CharlesMartinet ''still'' manages to steal the show.

** Mysterio seems to have walked out of the Silver Age, having an immensely hammy EvilSorceror persona, talking in a FakeBrit accent, and throwing around Gratuitous Latin. As with the Goblin, Mysterio interestingly isn't all that hammy in his civilian identity. In Mysterio's case, he's partly DoingItForTheArt, and for both, it's a combination of a supervillain perk and to hide how dangerous and cunning they actually are.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Dark Handsomey, the evil twin brother of the [[EggFolk egg person]] White Handsomey, speaks in an exaggerated voice. In the English dubs, he has a distinct Eastern European accent.

* The Dark Judges are easily the most melodramatic villains in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''. As they go around [[HangingJudge dispensing their own brand of justice]], they do basically nothing but spew {{Catch Phrase}}s. Maybe undeath just breathed new life into them...

-->"THIS IS THE END!! TREACHERY! INCOMPETENCE! COWARDICE!! THE END! THE END! I SHALL KILL MYSELF! [[{{Catchphrase}} MY DECISION IS IRREVOCABLE!]] BETRAYED! DOUBLE-CROSSED! DECEIVED! SURROUNDED! BY! LIARS! I can't... I CAN NO LONGER GO ON! I SHALL DIE. IN. BERLIN! THE WAR IS LOST! LOST! LOST! LOST! LOST! LOST! LOST, STUPID. INCOMPETENT. IDIOTS!!"

->'''Titan:''' This town isn't big enough for two supervillains!\\

'''Titan:''' Oh, yeah? What's the difference?\\

* Done intentionally in Creator/{{Dreamworks Animation}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''. The climactic confrontation with [[FromNobodyToNightmare Hal/Titan]] shows that the title character even believes that supervillainy isn't just about villainy, it's about [[IncomingHam "PRESENTATION!!"]]