History Quotes / Narm

->''"Oh, and that reminds me. That's another thing I don't like about this show, the villains. Well, they usually have memorable designs and personality and even plans... Actually, their plans. Let's talk about them. So, there's this episode, "Beauty is Only Skin-Deep". A fashion designer made a make-up spray to make everyone's face stuck at one emotion, because that made them ugly, apparently, and she hated beauty. Another villain wanted to make everything 1980s because... Yeah, because! Then, there was one who wanted to use Girl Scout cookies to make everyone overweight for no reason. In another episode, someone was kidnapping blonde women and sucking out their energy to make their hair grow so they could harvest it. These are even bizarre even for parody villain plans. But the tone and the style of the show, i-it doesn't really look or feel like it ''wants'' to be a parody. It kind of feels like it's trying to take itself seriously on some level. ''Totally Spies!'' takes on a more realistic art style than most of its contemporaries, and it's not bouncy and over the top. But the pieces just don't fit together, so instead, it becomes trying to tell a serious story about a villain wanting to turn everyone in the world into dogs because he doesn't like people. And yes, that was another episode."''

->''"Oh, and that reminds me. That's another thing I don't like about this show, the villains. Well, they usually have memorable designs and personality and even plans... Actually, their plans. Let's talk about them. So, there's this episode, "Beauty is Only Skin-Deep". A fashion designer made a make-up spray to make everyone's face stuck at one emotion, because that made them ugly, apparently, and she hated beauty. Another villain wanted to make everything 1980s because... Yeah, because! Then, there was one who wanted to use Girl Scout cookies to make everyone overweight for no reason. In another episode, someone was kidnapping blonde women and sucking out their energy to make their hair grow so they could harvest it. These are even bizarre even for parody villain plans. But the tone and the style of the show, it doesn't really look or feel like it wants to be a parody. It kind of feels like it's trying to take itself seriously on some level. ''Totally Spies!'' takes on a more realistic art style than most of its contemporaries, and it's not bouncy and over the top. But the pieces just don't fit together, so instead, it becomes trying to tell a serious story about a villain wanting to turn everyone in the world into dogs because he doesn't like people. And yes, that was another episode."''

->''"Oh, and that reminds me. That's another thing I don't like about this show, the villains. Well, they usually have memorable designs and personality and even plans... Actually, their plans. Let's talk about them. So, there's this episode, "Beauty is Only Skin-Deep". A fashion designer made a make-up spray to make everyone's face stuck at one emotion, because that made them ugly, apparently, and she hated beauty. Except, emotions aren't ugly. Like, if somebody looks mysterious, which is an emotion that she used in the episode, that's not ugly. Another villain watned to make everything 1980s because... Yeah, because! Then, there was one who wanted to use Girl Scout cookies to make everyone overweight for no reason. In another episode, someone was kidnapping blonde women and sucking out their energy to make their hair grow so they could harvest it. These are even bizarre even for parody villain plans. But the tone and the style of the show, it doesn't really look or feel like it wants to be a parody. It kind of feels like it's trying to take itself seriously on some level. ''Totally Spies!'' takes on a more realistic art style than most of its contemporaries, and it's not bouncy and over the top. But the pieces just don't fit together, so instead, it becomes trying to tell a serious story about a villain wanting to turn everyone in the world into dogs because he doesn't like people. And yes, that was another episode."''

->''"My arm is numb. Numb arm. Numb arm, [[TropeNamer narm, NARM, NARM--]]"'' *thud*

-->-- '''Dante''', ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''

->''"Punk" is nothing but death...and crime...and the '''''rage''''' of a '''''beast.'''''''

-->-- ''Stick Wars'' on '''Anakin Skywalker''', ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/AttackOfTheClones''

-->-- '''Richard Harris''', "[=MacArthur=] Park"

->''"It's incidents like when Wesley Snipes gets whacked twice with a TV set and barely suffers a bruise that make up the real humor."''

->'''[[WebOriginal/JonTron JonTron:]]''' Oh, hey. This is getting kinda scary...

->'''[[WebOriginal/JonTron JonTron:]]''' ...Aaaand they blew it!
-->-- '''WebOriginal/JonTron''' reviewing ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''

->''"The first hour is as boring as ever, [[ItMakesSenseInContext even though they're doing the running and explaining with the less bad haircut]]. The little bit after that, snore-inducingly bad, but the last forty minutes are laugh-out-loud funny, and I guarantee you if Gerry Anderson had come up with that plot for'' Series/{{Thunderbirds}} ''or'' Series/{{Stingray}}'', he would have torn the place up. The skydiving implications of it are so staggering. In a way, I want to tell you what happens at the end because the end is so funny.''"

->''"Now, is [[RevengeOfTheSith General Grievous]] supposed to be funny? 'Cause they said he was a villain, right? Not a comedian?"''

-->-- '''Ryan O'Neal''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KyBdPeKHg Tough Guys Don't Dance]]

->"{{Spider-man}} gave Mary Jane cancer by tragically shooting her up repeatedly with his horrible radioactive Spider-Semen. ''His horrible radioactive Spider-Semen''. That’s not tragic. That shit is fucking ''hilarious''."

->''"[[HarmfulToMinors A baby just watched his mother die right before his eyes]]. Why is this so hilarious to me? Oh wait, no, I know why. It's because she died by [[UndignifiedDeath getting bonked on the head by an empty shell casing]]!"

-->--'''WebVideo/BennetTheSage''' in his ''Anime Abandon'' review of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91''.

-->-- '''TheDistressedWatcher''', on Darth Vader's BigNo from ''Franchise/StarWars : Film/RevengeOfTheSith''

-->-- ''Stick Wars'' on '''Anakind Skywalker''', ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/AttackOfTheClones''

-->-- '''Anakind Skywalker''', ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''

->''"I hate sand. It's so... sandy. But you, Padmé. You're not sandy. And that is why I love you."''

->''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cWu-0g2P8 I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with]] '''[[SkywardScream LIIIIIIIIIGHT]]'''!"''

->''"Join me, Link, and I will make [[{{Mondegreen}} your face]] the grrrrrreatest in Koridai! Or else you will '''DIE.'''\\

-->-- '''Superboy-Prime''', ComicBook/CountdownToInfiniteCrisis

->''"Misjudging whether to go big or small is, dramatically, a huge problem. The entire tightrope of dramatic effectiveness hinges on getting the balance right. The line between pathos and bathos is razor thin, and tumbling off of it can be the difference between brilliant and a disaster that will be mocked for the ages."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for-tea-71-skins/ Dr. Phil Sandifer]]''' on ''{{Series/Skins}}''

->''"My 12-year-old son, Rob, was going through a pile of ballots, and he asked me how "[=MacArthur=] Park" goes, so I sang it, giving it my best shot, and Rob laughed so hard that when I got to the part about [[FauxSymbolism leaving the cake out in the rain]], [[WordSaladLyrics and it took so long to bake it]], and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} I'll never have that recipe again]], Rob was on the floor. He didn't BELIEVE those lyrics were real. He was SURE his wacky old humor-columnist dad [[PoesLaw was making them up.]]"''
-->--'''Creator/DaveBarry''' on the worst song ever recorded

->'''Chris:''' Remember that really good episode of WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited about ComicBook/BoosterGold? This is basically the opposite of that...The [[InUniverseMarketing Booster Gold infomercial]] that they ran part of in the preview last week was seriously the high point of the show.\\
'''David''': I loved all of the commercial scenes, but that’s not because the show tried really hard to get the vibe of a Booster Gold informercial and reached an aspired-to level of cheesiness, it’s because the show is naturally at the level of [[WorldOfBuxom craft]] and [[{{Anvilicious}} subtlety]] of a Booster Gold infomercial.\\
'''Chris''': Zing!
-->--''Smallvillains'' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-18-booster/ on]] {{Series/Smallville}} (Booster)

->''"Arnold rips his throat out, turns to the camera and bellows, HERE'S SUB ZERO. NOW! PLAIN ZERO!!! I honestly can't conceive of a world where there's a more badass thing to say after killing someone named Sub Zero. We are so blessed to have Film/RunningMan in our lives."''
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.break.com/article/the-12-best-arnold-kills-out-of-all-509-2554063 The 12 Best Arnold Kills (Out of 509)]]

->''"It's the dead seriousness of this line that really makes this scene immortal. This actor sells it like he's [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] gifted with this godlike artifact of immeasurable power, something to be feared and respected. He gives it the same battle-hardened, post-orgiastic tone as the classic 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning' line from ''Film/ApocalypseNow.''"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/the-wizard/ on]] ''Film/TheWizard''

->''"I personally love when [the film] tries to build up how badass Creator/StevenSeagal is by saying something to the effect of '''You could drop him in the middle of Antartica with only his skivvies and he would show up at your pool the next day with a tan and a fistful of pesos.''' That is just brilliant. This movie is simply hilarious and is funnier than most comedies out there today. You aren’t a movie fan until you are a Seagal connoisseur."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/on-deadly-ground-1993-steven-seagal/ on]] Film/OnDeadlyGround

->''"Netflix also labels this as a comedy, but any laughter is purely unintentional."''
-->--'''{{Website/Wrestlecrap}}''' [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/induction-the-reunion/ on]] The Reunion (2011)

->''"Of all people, Nguyen best sums up why Film/{{Birdemic}} [[SoBadItsGood works]] in the bonus features: When an audience member sarcastically asks why his film is so awesome, he responds with one word: '''Sincerity'''"''
-->--'''Andrew Kasch''', Dread Central's Birdemic: Shock and Terror DVD/Blu-Ray [[http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/birdemic-shock-and-terror-dvdblu-ray review]]

->''"When faced with unspeakable horror, Cage seemingly thought to himself, 'What would [[Series/{{Friends}} Chandler Bing]] say?'"''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' on ''Film/TheWickerMan2006''

->''"There aren't many video games that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5FTJxfV3pc I've actually been embarrassed]] to have people watching me play."''
-->--'''Pat R.''', [[http://www.socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff10 I'm Ready For My Closeup, Mr. Sakaguchi.]]

->''"...\\\
My.\\\
[[BigOMG Gooooooooooooooooooood.]]"''
-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKmSxJkOWA Hikaru Sulu]]''', Series/StarTrekVoyager (Flashback)

->''"[-........................................my boat.-]"''
-->--'''The Mariner''', {{Film/Waterworld}}

->''"'''PUNCH''' THE KEYS, FOR GOD'S SAKE!"''
-->--'''William Forrester''', Film/FindingForrester

->''"There's probably a reason ''Jessie's Song'' has gotten boiled down to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c a single line of dialogue]], as it's merely a taster for ''[[Series/SavedByTheBell SBTB]]''[='=]s real excursion into drug hysteria that's yet to come, and wanders on both sides of the line between sanity and white-knuckled pearl-clutching. But when it does cross over, it's a real [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese]] of a walk, with one leg halfway up behind its ears and the other right up its own hole."''
-->--'''Stuart Millard''', ''So Excited, So Scared''

->''"I had a stage in my life when I tried to get my friends to watch ''Doctor Who'' with me. The sad truth of the matter is that I was never going to get them to fall in love with it the way I do and so the exercise was fairly redundant...The closest I got to convincing somebody that this show really was brilliant was my friend Luke who watched the first two episodes of Ghost Light with some enthusiasm. However it all fell to pieces in part three when Light was revealed and he stepped from the lift [[FashionVictimVillain as camp as Christmas]]. Luke fell about laughing and never recovered from his mirth. To this day he still opens every text conversation, email and Facebook message with ''[=‘=]'''[[PunyEarthlings look at these microbes…]]'''[=’=]'' Now the only person who has to put up with my Who obsession is Simon but he was stupid enough to marry me."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ghost-light-written-by-marc-platt-and.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight}} "Ghost Light"]]

->''"Moviemakers talk about 'bad laughs.' That's when the audience laughs when it's not supposed to. This is conceivably the first movie which is in its entirety a bad laugh."''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', ''UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg'' (1975)

->''"The absurdity of the situation put its pathos to the rout."''
-->-- '''Creator/CharlesDickens''', Our Mutual Friend

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