It's been
pointed out that Narm Charm might have problems due to having a bit of an unclear use
Categories:
- Works inspite of the cheesiness
- Works because of the cheesiness
- Its cheesy but it's sure as hell entertaining
- Most likely intentionally silly
- Others (ZCE, pothole etc.)
So I think I'll start a Wick Check for it:
0/70
- YMMV.Air Gear/ Narm Charm: Everything that Inuyama says in the anime is so over the top and hammy that you'll find it difficult to take him seriously. However, this just makes him more entertaining. works because it's cheesy
- YMMV.Archies Weird Mysteries/ Narm Charm: Some of the voice acting can get a little Narmy, but considering all of the homages and references to B-movies, it actually fits quite well. works because of the cheesiness
- YMMV.Crystal Lake/ Narm Charm: The cover of "Rollin’" should have been this. Between Ryo’s pronunciation, the sporadic editing on the video, the guitarists playing the same note for the whole song, and the fact they’re covering Limp Bizkit makes for narm material. But they put so much energy into the song you can’t help but bob your head and throw down in the mosh pit. unsure
- YMMV.Doctor Who S 3 E 8 The Gunfighters/ Narm/Narm Charm: Between the fake American accents and the historical inaccuracies... ZCE
- YMMV.Cast Away/ Narm Charm: One of the most famous examples: Wilson's 'death'. It's both completely stupid and completely heartbreaking. unsure
- YMMV.Fantasia Otome Game Series/ Narm Charm: The first game features the majority of grammatical errors, which can make it dip into So Bad, It's Good territory at times. works because of the cheesiness
- Theatre.A Midsummer Nights Dream/ Bad "Bad Acting": The actors playing Bottom and the rest of the tradesmen are absolutely required to give their best worst performances during Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom ought to chew the scenery like there is no tomorrow, but it's up to the rest of the Players to determine just how they'll mangle the play. pothole
- Recap.The 7 DS 2 E 6 A Giggleberries/ Narm Charm: See Mass "Oh, Crap!". ZCE
- Literature.Inheritance Cycle /Aerith and Bob: Yazuac, Carvahall, Du Weldenvarden and... ''Sharktooth?! pothole
- Involves a bit of Narm Charm, but the way that Tim shouts that "the transport is falling down!" is so ridiculous it's funny, especially in the original Chinese audio. pothole
- Memes.My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic General Memes/ Pony hell. explanation pothole
- Narm.The Legend Of Zelda/ There was actually quite a bit of this in Twilight Princess. The example that comes to mind is the scene (which straddles the line between Narm and Nightmare Fuel) where one of the spirits is warning Link that the fused shadows could corrupt him; it brings to mind cardboard props in a god-awful 3rd-grade school play. Not to mention the moment during said scene where a Link who appears to be suffering from cataracts lets loose The Scream. pothole
- YMMV.American Horror Story Freak Show/ Narm Charm: Dandy's bizarre behavior and Finn Wittrock's over-the-top performance are almost always darkly hilarious, but that doesn't make him any less horrifying, or any less of a joy to watch. Its cheesy but it's sure as hell entertaining
- YMMV.Cardcaptor Sakura/ Kero's voice in Spain by Jaime Roca is a huge breaking point even among people who unambiguously approve the entire dub. Some think that turning his Kansai Regional Accent into a pseudo-Mexican accent was an error and ruins the character, others like it because it gives flavour to Kero and was the most logic decision to keep the original language cues (the alternative, as said in the Kansai-ben article, would have been giving him an Andalusian accent, but that wouldn't have been popular with Spanish pundits either) and others just think of it as Narm Charm. pothole
- YMMV.Dead In Tombstone/ Narm Charm: It's a somewhat paint-by-numbers revenge western that has about every trope that a typical western film indulges in. But it has Danny Trejo and Mickey Rourke in it, and that makes it enjoyable for what it is. unsure
