Line #9 PlayingWith/LargeHam


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character with a grandiose and larger-than-life personality, prone to ChewingTheScenery.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob has a tendency to shout and/or emphasize every other word for no reason, and is prone to reacting to everyday things in an overblown way.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob shouts everything he says in varying volumes and is a AnthropomorphicPersonification of MundaneMadeAwesome.
5	** WorldOfHam.
6	** NoIndoorVoice
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Bob is a bit jumpy and raises his voice often, but nothing out of the ordinary.
9	** Bob is a ColdHam.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Bob is half-deaf and does not realize how loud he is, and also a dramatic person in general.
12	** Bob is an AttentionWhore, and figures the best way to steal the spotlight is by hamming it up.
13	* '''Inverted''': TheStoic.
14	* '''Subverted''': Bob is introduced through a DynamicEntry, yelling at the protagonist. But once he has joined Bob's team, he is calm and collected.
15	* '''Double Subverted''': ...Except when a dream of his goes awry. Then he hams it up again.
16	* '''Parodied''':
17	** WithCatlikeTread, among others.
18	** Bob is represented by a [[VisualPun giant dead pig]].
19	* '''Zig-Zagged''': He has continuous [[MoodWhiplash mood swings]], and changes between neutral, dramatic, and subtle.
20	* '''Averted''': No cast member is louder than the others in their everyday life.
21	* '''Enforced''':
22	** The director or writer demands that the actors play their characters in an over-the-top fashion.
23	** {{Camp}}
24	* '''Lampshaded''':
25	-->'''Alice:''' Geez, I wish Bob would shut up. His constant yelling's giving me a headache.\
26	'''Claire:''' Too bad our complaining hasn't stopped him before.
27	** '''Alice:''' "Aren't you being a bit dramatic?"
28	** "DID SOOOOOMEBODY ORDER A ''[[TrrrillingRrrs LARRRRRRGE]] HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM''?!" "I-- Um, no, I don't think so."
29	* '''Invoked''': Bob sets up scenarios for himself that would prompt him to overact.
30	* '''Exploited''': Bob was given a role in the school play that he did not want at all, so he acts like this to get kicked off the production.
31	* '''Defied''':
32	** Bob decides to take anger management classes.
33	** Bob learns how to control the volume of his voice.
34	* '''Discussed''': "So Bob's showing up at that party tomorrow?" "Yeah, why?" "[''Sigh''] Better bring my earplugs."
35	* '''Conversed''': "I don't know if the actor playing Bob is one of the worst... or one of the ''[[SoBadItsGood best]]''."
36	* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob annoys Alice every day with his dramatic shouts.
37	* '''Played for Drama''': Bob alienates Alice from him with his dramatic behavior.
38	* '''Implied''': Bob is a PosthumousCharacter. The people who knew him list his tendency for being loud in battle as a defining trait, but this is not elaborated upon.
39	* '''Deconstructed''': Nobody is able to take Bob seriously due to this trait.
40	* '''Reconstructed''': Good thing he enjoys being seen as a clown. In fact, people laughing at him just gives him more incentive to continue.
41	* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': The director wanted to create a SoBadItsGood show, so he specifically asked all actors involved to ham it up.
42	----
43	'''Return''' to the [[LargeHam LAAARGE HAAAAAAM page]], puny ''mortal''!!!

Context PlayingWith / LargeHam