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  • Ren from The Ren & Stimpy Show in almost every episode. "What do you MEAN you don't agree with me?! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH??!!!!"
    • "Do you have to keep tapping like that?! You bloated sack of protoplasm!"
    • From the episode Stimpy's Fan Club':
      Ren: "I... I was nice today. Nice to all those insipid little monkeys... Answering their stupid letters. My hands... DIRTY! THE DIRT WON'T COME OFF! AAAAAAAHHHH! [Lying in bed] President... What a joke. President... President of WHAT?! [Enviously looking over at Stimpy] His fan club?! How they love him! Look at him, lying there asleep. [Creeps over to Stimpy's side] The idol of millions. He's a fool! A blind, silly little fool. How easily I could end the farce... With these hands! These DIRTY hands! AND WITH THESE HANDS I HOLD THE FATE OF MILLIONS!!! They think he's a god... But he's as mortal as we. I know! [Visually drawing a dotted line along Stimpy's neck] Just... One... Quick...TWIST! And it's over... Just one... Just... [a single hair on Ren's head twitches] AAAAH! IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!!! MY BRAIN!!! MY HOT... STINGING... BRAAAAAIIIINNN!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"
    • For the LAST TIME! I! WANT YOU! TO BE! QUIET!!!!!
    • "It is not I who am crazy. It is I who am mad!"
    • "Oh no! I know what you want! YOU COVETETH MY ICE CREAM BAR!"
    • "I've had this ice cream bar since I was a CHILD!! PEOPLE! ALWAYS TRYING TO TAKE IT FROM ME! WHY WON'T THEY LEAVE ME, AAAALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEEEEEE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
    • "YOU FILTHY SWINE! I WILL KILL YOU!!!!"
    • Stimpy sometimes slips into this on a few occasions, with the most notable scenery-chewing moment being his crying at the beginning of the Adult Party Cartoon episode "Ren Seeks Help".
    • We only hear singer Stinky Whizzleteats on a record in "Stimpy's Invention" but he also qualifies: "I told ya I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME?!"
  • Sweet holy mother of Glob, Justin Roiland's gorgeous performance as Lemongrab in Adventure Time. He didn't chew the scenery- he completely DEVOURED IT! And he came back a year later later to reprise the role, HUNGRY FOR MORE SCENERY TO RAVENOUSLY FEAST UPON!
    Lemongrab: This castle Is... In... UNACCEPTABLE CONDITION! UNACCEPTABUUUL!!!
    Lemongrab: NO ONE... NO ONE UNDERSTANDS! I AM ALONE! AND YOU MADE ME LIKE THIS! YOU MADE MEEE! YOOOU MAAADE MEEE!!! YOU'RE... MY... GLOB! YOU'RE MY GLOB!!!
    • In the words of Tom Herpich (one of the two writers of Lemongrab's episodes) on Justin's performance as Lemongrab: "He crushed it perfectly."
    • There are some scenery-chewing moments with Jeremy Shada as Finn:
    Finn: I'LL KILL YOU, LUMPY SPAAACE!!!
    Ice King: I have powers, TOO, you BUTTS!
  • Invader Zim: HE IS ZIM!!!
    FOOLISH EARTH PIGS!!
    LIES! THIS FILTHY EARTH BOY LIES!
    No! You lie! YOU LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!
    • Any character voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz will chew the scenery given half a chance.
    "But, invader's blood marches through my veins, like giant RADIOACTIVE RUBBER PANTS! THE PANTS COMMAND ME! DO NOT IGNORE MY VEINS!"
  • The vampire Joker is like this constantly in The Batman vs. Dracula, constantly screaming and moaning and even once said the titular line, right before eating a cockroach.
  • Mark Hamill's Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender, particularly in the series finale War Room meeting. In fact, any of Hamill's villains could fit on this page, especially the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and the Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
  • Professor Dementor in Kim Possible was created with this trope in mind.
  • X-Men: The Animated Series:
    • Henry Gyrich was always a little unhinged, but his appearance in the last episode shot him straight into scenery-chewing territory. Acoustic feedback from his microphone fails to slow him down. By the end of the scene, for the character's swan song, Barry Flatman shifts gears from merely chewing the scenery to practically devouring it.
    • Storm was wondering if you could MEET HER AT THE MONORAIL!
  • Metalocalypse:
    "I LOVE BEING MOTIVATED! I LOVE BEING MOTIVATED!!!"
    "WE'RE HERE TO MAKE EVERYTHING METAL! BLACKER THAN THE BLACKEST BLACK TIMES INFINITY!"
    "CA-CA-CA-YEAAAAAH! IT'S ME DOCTOR ROCKZO THE ROCK 'N ROLL CLOOOOWWWWWWN! YOU KNOW WHAT I DO BA-BA-BA-BABY?! I DO COCAAAAAAINE! CA-CA-CA-YEAH! COCAINE!"
  • Calculon of Futurama and his UNHOLY ACTING TALENT:
    ROOOOOOOBOOOOOOOT HOOOOOOUUUUUSEEE!
  • Decepticons in Transformers: Animated are prone to scenery-chewing:
    • Lugnut. Especially with anything in regard to his GLORIOUS leader.
    "STASIS LOCK ITSELF COULD NOT DETER ME FROM YOUR GRAND AND GLORIOUS PLAN! OH WISE AND NOBLE MEGATRON!"
  • The Boondocks: FUCK YOUR COURT, NYUKKA!
    "Bitch ass, punk ass, faggot ass, pussy ass, BITCH ASS NIGGA!"
    "NIGGA! You better have insurance! Ass-whooping insurance! And you're about to pay a DEDUCTIBLE!"
    "Who in the hell parked in my spot! That's like calling 1-800-COLLECT-AN-ASS-WHOOPIN', but NO, that ain't no toll-free call!"
    • Gin Rummy is a frequent culprit as well. Being voiced by Samuel L. Jackson probably makes it more severe
    "I'd be dead on his ass like Spenser For fuckin' Hire. I'll hunt him down and feed him his own testicles. And I'll do it in a jiffy. And I don't care if his mama there, his grandmama, innocent bystanders, little kids, baby-sitters, bill collectors. Whatever! I'll leave his whole block filled with hot brass if I have to. And you know why? BECAUSE I JUST DON'T GIVE A FUCK!
  • My ability of chewing the scenery must be the work of...FAIRY GOD PARENTS!
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man:
  • Teen Titans (2003):
  • Tom and Jerry: The Movie: "We've GOT to have......MONAY!!!"
  • He is the Terror that Flaps in the Night. He is the Caped Crusader who chomps chewy chunks from the scenery as he counters cheesy chumps. He is ... Darkwing Duck! Every single character on the show has moments of this. One especially cheesy episode lampshades this trope by showcasing a giant space slug which chews up the set in the background. Darkwing (of course) thinks it's ridiculous.
  • South Park: Some of the characters Trey plays can leave a hole in the scenery.
    • Cartman lives and breathes this:
    • Randy. Constantly. In later episodes.
    • Unusually, Mr. Mackey in "Royal Pudding".
    Mr. Mackey: (to Kyle, taking over Ike's role as Tooth Decay) You call rolling your fat ass out on the stage and lazily blurting out your lines like a turtle takin' a shit, YOU CALL THAT TRYIN'?!
  • Beast Wars. Three words. FOR THE ROYALTY!!!
  • Aku from Samurai Jack: "Samurai, samurai. Why. Won't. You. DIIIIIEEEE?!"
    • "...and GREAT FLAAAMMING EYEBROWS!"
  • The Venture Bros.: Seriously, is there a single character who isn't hammy to the extreme in this show?
  • Benson from Regular Show, big time, but only when provoked.
  • Binky the Clown from Garfield and Friends spends the whole time screaming, to the point where there were shorts called "SCREAMING WITH BINKY". The cartoon played this for laughs quite often; at one point he was temporarily given a job as a newscaster, where he kept his signature mannerisms.
    • "HEY!!! I WANT MY PANTS BACK!!!!"
      Garfield: "After being unable to find work, Binky eventually did what so many other clowns end up doing - he went into politics."
  • Sonic the Hedgehog:
    • Robotnik from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog often overdoes his lines, like here.
      Robotnik: Why is my precious rocket ship drifting off into deep space?! Why am I reaching you at the coordinates of the abandoned space station?! WHY?! WHY?! WHHYYY?!
    • In the Sonic Boom episode "The Meteor", Sonic and Eggman end up swapping bodies. The real kicker? They keep their original voices. When Sonic speaks with Eggman's ham and inflections, he pulls out all the stops.
  • Hank Hill from King of the Hill:
    • LOSER! YOU'RE A LOSER! ARE YOU FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF?! WELL YOU SHOULD BE, 'CAUSE YOU ARE DIRT! YOU MAKE ME SICK YOU BIG BABY! BABY WANT A BOTTLE? A BIG DIRT BOTTLE?!
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
  • Danny Phantom "Say my name! SAY MY NAAAAAAME!"
  • In Thunder Cats 2011, Will Friedle is clearly getting very into it whenever his Lion-O recites the famous, "Thunder! Thunder! Thundercats! HO!" Battle Cry. In fact, it sounds like he's trying to roar the line more often than not.
  • The Simpsons:
    • Sideshow Mel is all over this trope. Every. Single. Line.
    • In the episode "Behind the Laughter" during the period where the family split up to pursue solo careers Homer mentions having a short lived stage career where he literally chewed the scenery (as in he ate part of the set).
  • Zoe from Littlest Pet Shop not only chews the scenery, she sets it on fire.
    "GAIL'S TRAPPED INSIDE THE LARGEST EVER PET SHOP!!!!!"
  • Dill from Stickin' Around...actually, scratch that, because saying that he's chewing the scenery would be the understatement of the CENTURY.
    "HOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY MACKEREL!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  • Steven Universe:
    • Peridot has two sides to her personality: the cold and overly rational Deadpan Snarker side, and the hammy side.
      "Freedom is MINEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
      "DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIED DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!"
      "Pff, who cares about how SHE feels? WHO CARES ABOUT ANY OF YOU?!!!! YOU'RE ALL JUST ROCKS, RUDDY MUDDY CLODS BENEATH MY GRAVITY CONNECTORS!!!!! GHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!!!"
    • Pearl also has some moments of this.
      "WE'LL NEVER ESCAPE!!! THIS IS OUR NEW HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!"
      "I'M NOT OVERREACTING!!!!!!! GHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...!!!!!!!!!"
      "Of ALLLLLLLL INDIGNITIES!!!!!!!! Do what you want- I'll NEVER talk!!!"
    • Ronaldo's full character consists of pure ham. He's a bad case of No Indoor Voice.
      "Jane!! MY OHIME-SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
      "YOU CAN'T MAKE UP DRAMA THIS GOOD!!!!!"
      "WE'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE TRUE POWER OF THE SUPREMOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
  • Both Tim Curry and Tress MacNeille in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost as Ben and Sara Ravencroft:
    Ben: You should SERVE ME!!!!!
    Sara: I SERVE NO ONE!!!!!!!!!
    Ben: But I have THE BOOK!!!!! And I will return you back INTO THE BOOK!!!!
    • God, almost anything that comes out of Sara's mouth:
      Sara: FOOLS!!!!!! I SHALL DESTROY THEE!!!!!!!
      Sara: I WON'T GO BACK ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sea Hawk in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has probably significantly lowered Etheria's oceans by eating all the islands with his overacting. Ironically enough, he's in a more or less confirmed relationship with Mermista, the show's biggest Deadpan Snarker.
    Sea Hawk: ADVENTURE!
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The fish from the episode "Chocolate with Nuts" who goes, well, nuts over SpongeBob and Patrick selling chocolates. "CHOOOOCLAAAAAAAATTTE!!!!!!!!"

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