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I've decided to start a cleanup thread for Narm, since it seems to attract a lot of misuse and complaining. Like I said in my ATT post, "some misuse is easy to catch (e.g. saying a joke is Narm when Narm by definition can't be a joke), a lot of examples fall into grey areas that seem like misuse but it's hard to tell. Like nitpicks that at first glance seem to be valid examples, but feel like stretches the more you think about them."

I think one of the main reasons for misuse is that most people aren't clear on what Narm actually is. To my understanding, it's when a scene is intended to be dramatic, but comes off as cheesy/funny unintentionally. But going by the page description, it's kind of vague what actually qualifies something as Narm. At the top, it says "Narm is a moment that is supposed to be serious, but due to either over-sappiness, poor execution, excessive Melodrama, or the sheer absurdity of the situation, the drama is lost to the point of surpassing "cheesy" and becoming unintentionally funny." But then later on in the same page, it gives a much more vague definition:

In CGI movies or video games unrealistic movements or facial expressions may result in Narm. Dated special effects during dramatic scenes can cause Narm for younger audience members who were raised on nothing less convincing than the Phantom Menace. Totally Radical dialog in cartoons or commercials pandering to children can also be a rich source of Narm. Even a good performance in a bad movie can evoke Narm if the actor's performance isn't enough to save the scene.
That last sentence I feel just confuses the whole thing. It makes it sound like absolutely anything can count as Narm, no matter if it works in context or not.

Most often, Narm is misused to mean "anything I personally don't think worked," whether or not it was intended as dramatic or comes off as funny. And when a work is high-profile enough, hoo boy, pretty much every scene is Narm to somebody. You can look at the Narm subpages for Doctor Who, Star Wars, and Game of Thrones and find tons of examples of people nitpicking the tiniest of details in a scene and blowing whatever it is out of proportion.

Another problem is that since it's such a subjective trope, it's not clear if there's supposed to be any sort of in-fandom consensus on the example in-question, or if every example is valid under the "it's called YMMV for a reason" excuse, even if the only person who thinks the example is Narm is the troper who adds it in.

I think it needs to be clearer whether nitpicks are valid examples of Narm, especially since nitpicking overlaps so often with barely-disguised complaining. The most frequent offenders for Narm entries I see are complaining, nitpicking, adding jokes, and ZeroContextExamples. I'm going to use Venom (2018) as an example, with my comments in bold:

  • The scene of Eddie freaking out on the medical table is presented as the teaser's Money-Making Shot. It... doesn't quite work as intended, which isn't helped by it being sped up, making it look like a parody.
    • The final trailer features a more complete version of the clip showing Venom's face "shutter" over Eddie. Whether or not this works or if it looks like a cheap special effect depends on who you ask.
    • What makes the freakout even more narmful is that Eddie's screams are different screams playing on top of each other. The actual film lacks this strange effect. This example seems fine to me, but falls into the "The trailer is Narmy but the finished product isn't" doublespeak.
  • The leaked trailer revealed some pretty terrible lines (“The guy you work for is an evil person.”). Tom Hardy's horrible New York...ish(?) accent isn't doing the delivery any favors either. And it really does not help that his voice cracks on the reading of "evil person". Thankfully, that line is not in the film proper. Do we keep examples that are purely in the trailers? Also an example of "thing falls flat" instead of "thing is funny."
    • Hardy's line reading of "You're not real, you are just in my head." sounds like he's suffering from Elmuh Fudd Syndwome. At worst, he sounds like Adam Sandler's signature Manchild babbling. However there's some speculation that, based on the context of the scene and Eddie's stumbling movements, he's actually drunk, or perhaps even overdosed on medication (considering he was seen taking a bunch of pills, thinking he's sick). That and it could be a case of Reality Ensues, as it's unlikely anyone would keep the mental clarity to speak normally as an alien parasite is slowly bonding with their body. Natter. Goes back and forth between snarky complaints and defending the moment. Also nitpicking.
    • Movie trailers cutting quotes out of context to form a new sentence is nothing new, but the editing on the line "you will only hurt bad people" is particularly poor, and it's very easy to hear that the line has been cut together out of separate pieces of dialogue. Not really a dramatic thing, so I don't think it counts as Narm. And it definitely isn't funny, it just falls flat.
    • How Jenny Slate's character pronounces "symbiote" note . Plus, her giving firm, equal stress to all three syllables like she's speaking some foreign language. Luckily, this was cut from the theatrical release. Nitpicking and not funny.
    • The shot of Eddie crashing straight through a half-fallen tree in the forest that he could just as easily have ducked under comes across as more comedic than cool, as if they just needed an additional gratuitous shot of something breaking. Especially if your mind goes to Victor from Wet Hot American Summer and his inexplicable refusal to jump over anything. It really does not help that the evil bad-guy vehicle chasing him looks like a slightly modified golf cart. The context for this one in the movie is that Venom is taking control of his body and forcing him to blindly flee through the woods to escape the Life Foundation. Context makes it not-Narm. Cut?
    • Although it may look better in the context of the full scene, Eddie flying 50 feet into the air on his motorcycle off a slightly steep hill seems to rather severely break the laws of physics. Clearly written before the movie came out. Cut?
  • The Jump Scare (on both sides of the fourth wall) where Venom suddenly shouts Eddie's name as he brushed his teeth would have been much more scary if not for the fact that the latter Screams Like a Little Girl. There's also the fact that he somehow throws himself backwards so hard that he crashes into the bathroom wall. Intended as comedic, so it isn't Narm.
  • Remember how creepy and awesome that shot from the second trailer of the symbiote forming around Eddie's face in order to eat a guy was? In the third trailer, the potential Nightmare Fuel of that moment is significantly undercut by Venom slobbering all over the man's face with its tongue in an amusingly over-the-top manner. One is reminded of the scene with Patrick licking the yellow popsicle, or perhaps "This is the taste of a liar".... This seems pretty in-character for Venom. I'm not sure with this one.
    • The guy who Carlton Drake subjects to Orifice Invasion in the third trailer would have been disturbing, if not for the victim's bland expression. Moment that falls flat; not funny. Cut.
    • The symbiote's Venom-face forming on the end of Eddie's arm to talk to him strongly resembles a deranged hand puppet rather than a vicious alien parasite. There's also the fact that they can communicate telepathically, making that sequence unnecessary. Seems fine.
    • Venom's violent threats to his enemies are this if they're not aggressively tasteless Black Comedy. His threat to mutilate a man until he's "like a turd on the wind" is particularly groan-inducing, especially coming after a genuinely frightening threat. How It Should Have Ended was even driven by this to make a video on just the trailer for the very first time, in which he mangles a bunch of other sayings. Pretty sure they are intended as comedy, so it's not Narm. Cut.
  • The animation of the yellow symbiote just looks like mozzarella cheese come to life. Nitpick. Also... inaccurate? It's more of a mucus yellow.
  • After Venom heals Eddie's broken legs, he flatly states "My legs! They were broken... and now they're not broken..."
  • "HOSPITAL!!!! (extremely long pause) Now!" Zero-Context Example.
  • Eddie and Anne quite casually discussing cannibalism as one of the symbiote's favorite activities. It's something that would probably sincerely shock and disgust the average person and likely require therapy, and yet it's bandied about like it's a pretty normal occurrence. These kinds of entries are tricky to me. They seem valid at first glance, but there's something off about them. I don't think this one counts if the work itself is treating the moment lightly.
  • Any menace from Cletus Kasady is completely undercut by Woody Harrelson's truly ridiculous wig. A common comparison is that it causes him to look like a live-action Sideshow Bob, or a make-up-less Pennywise. Uses complainy word-choice. Otherwise fine.
  • Kasady promising that there will be "carnage" after he gets out is so on-the-nose that it feels like it's straight out of a parody. First off, that's not an example of Anvilicious. Secondly, this verges on a nitpick to me. I'm not sure. It's not really funny, just lame.
  • The final trade of words between Venom and Riot before the final battle is nothing but total Ham-to-Ham Combat - that and the two symbiotes happen to be Perpetual Smilers, which just gives off the feeling that they don't really give that much of a damn about their goals.
    Riot: Venom...Get in the rocket!
    Venom: No! We won't let you destroy this world!
    Riot: Then die!
Nitpicking?
  • Towards the end of the film, it's revealed that Venom used to be something of a loser on his home planet, like Eddie. This is his entire reason for wanting to save the Earth. Moment played as a joke, so it isn't Narm.
  • Despite angrily forcing Eddie to spit out cooked meats because they're no longer living animals, the symbiote develops a taste for tater tots, and it practically demands that Eddie buy some during a conversation in the ending. The director admitted in an interview that the writers just thought it was funny and put it in the script. It unfortunately invites comparisons to a similar tots-focused scene in Napoleon Dynamite as a result. Entry admits it's a joke. So it isn't Narm.
  • Drake having bonded with Riot is treated as a huge shocking twist going into the final battle... except for the fact that the audience was already well aware of it and saw the whole process. It feels very much like a consequence of Executive Meddling to give Riot more screentime. Another tricky example. Seems to fall under "scene doesn't work" instead of "scene is funny."
  • Right after Eddie is separated from the symbiote, a rather obvious ADR overdub replaces the intended "fuck you" with the much less vicious "we're done". Not really funny, just falls flat.
  • Eddie's "DRAKE! STOP!" sounds less like he's in pain and more like a little kid telling his Big Brother Bully to stop giving him a wedgie. Nitpicking. Most people wouldn't even pay this sequence any mind.

Another issue with Narm is the distinction between moments that are unintentionally funny on their own, and moments that are only unintentionally funny after Memetic Mutation or similar feat. Does the latter truly count as Narm? Because you can make the case that everything that has ever been made can fall under that.

Edited by MisterApes-a-lot on Mar 31st 2019 at 7:06:31 AM

Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#876: Sep 2nd 2021 at 9:05:37 PM

Bringing up the following example from Spider-Man 3:

  • Narm: Missing the quick-time event to leap to a woman stuck in a burning building in the PC version results in a weirdly silly scene where Spider-Man hits the floor with a comical splat, the woman immediately (and flatly) saying: "I'm going to die.", and the top of the building exploding, all in the span of about three seconds.

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#877: Sep 2nd 2021 at 10:12:07 PM

I mean, that moment is kind of infamous for how unintentionally funny it is, so I think it counts?

"Let’s see who’s stronger: someone that has something to protect, or someone that has nothing to lose."
bowserbros No longer active. from Elsewhere Since: May, 2014
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#878: Sep 3rd 2021 at 11:23:29 AM

Having seen that clip myself, I agree that it is indeed silly and weird in a way that it obviously wasn't supposed to be. YMMV is inherently subjective, but I myself think that the point applies and is adequately spelled out. The aforementioned infamy of it among fans only increases its legitimacy.

Edited by bowserbros on Sep 3rd 2021 at 11:24:10 AM

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Edgar81539 Since: Mar, 2014
#879: Sep 3rd 2021 at 6:58:53 PM

I don't want to engage into edit wars with this user, so I will bring up the example here, from VS Shaggy, an unofficial Friday Night Funkin mod.

  • Narm: Shaggy's voice clips chopped together as his "singing voice" can be hard to take seriously as it sounds like he is shouting gibberish like "train", "dope", and "dreidel", while showing off his powers as the god of the universe. This all comes to a head when the final song, "GOD EATER", sets the stage with Shaggy floating around the sky as a Physical God and screwing with the interface to add nine notes, set to the tune of an epic rock song. And while this all sounds awesome on paper...what you actually get visually is a floating lanky stoner with immeasurable power shrieking nonsense to a short blue haired rapper singing back at him, both with silly high-pitched voices to boot. It has to be seen to be believed, one of the most beautifully and unintentionally hilarious things to exist.

I think everyone is familiar at this point with Memetic Badass Shaggy Rogers, and I think it's fairly obvious that the mod wants you to laugh at the absurdity of this and still offer a fairly hard challenge. This strikes me as something that intentionally played off the absurdity of Shaggy as a God using the meme as a basis (hell, even the user self-defeated his point on the previous entry by mentioning that it wasn't probably being played straight) and hence it doesn't fit as Narm, so I deleted the entry, only for said user to re-add it back without the self-defeating starting sentence.

So, is it Narm, or is it not?

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#880: Sep 3rd 2021 at 7:52:34 PM

I'm not familiar with the game, but looking over the trope page, there's no way this entire game isn't intended to be tongue-in-cheek.

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#881: Sep 4th 2021 at 7:05:50 AM

Yeah, there’s absolutely no way that’s being played seriously. Cut.

Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#882: Sep 4th 2021 at 5:43:51 PM

Bringing up the following example from Star Trek: Nemesis:

  • Narm: The pathetic attempt to convince us Shinzon is Picard's clone with a picture of Tom Hardy as a young Picard. Especially since the series had established several times that Picard had hair back thennote . Having Shinzon look so much like Dr. Evil also didn't help sell him as a serious villain, especially seeing how this film came out only about five months after the third Austin Powers movie.

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#883: Sep 5th 2021 at 12:30:30 AM

Just reads as a complaint/thing that falls flat and isn't funny. Cut.

fragglelover Since: Jun, 2012
#884: Sep 8th 2021 at 5:35:55 AM

This is on Space Jam: A New Legacy:

  • Narm: The plot point that Bugs regards the other Looney Tunes as his family falls flat when one points out that only some of them of there. Pepe Le Pew, Penelope Pussycat, Witch Hazel, Pete Puma et al. are nowhere to be seen. Marvin getting kicked around by the others also deflates the narrative.
    • Pepe Le Pew being considered too inappropriate for the movie, yet the Droogs and Pennywise get a free pass.
    • At first glance, it's awesome to see characters from various Warner Bros properties coming together. They quickly become distracting when they're either comprised of stock footage, actors in greenscreen or CG characters in an endless loop.
    • Bugs's Disney Death.

MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#885: Sep 8th 2021 at 9:26:31 AM

[up]Most of those are not examples. The last one could maybe be an example if it wasn't a ZCE.

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#886: Sep 8th 2021 at 2:32:59 PM

First three are absolutely not Narm in the slightest. The last one could count if it weren’t a ZCE, as was said above.

Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#887: Sep 8th 2021 at 5:12:21 PM

Bringing up the following example from What If…? S1E5 "What If… Zombies?!":

  • Narm: The concept of a Zombie Apocalypse breaking out in the MCU and infecting some of the world's most powerful heroes seems like a terrifying concept on paper, and indeed we're treated to some terrifying scenes with our zombified heroes. But seeing several of the surviving heroes making light of it in ridiculous ways, combined with their Angst? What Angst? attitude (particularly with Peter and Scott) makes it hard to sympathize with them at times. Though granted it's important to remember that this was pretty much the tone of the original Marvel Zombies comics. Heck, they mixed comedy and horror together so much they had a canonical (to them) Crossover with Evil Dead.

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#888: Sep 8th 2021 at 7:00:50 PM

That just seems like an expanded Angst? What Angst? entry. If the problem is the humor, then it isn't Narm. Cut.

Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#889: Sep 9th 2021 at 10:31:57 PM

Bringing up the following examples from The Fifteen Seventeen To Paris:

  • Narm: After Spencer’s teacher claims that single mothers tend to have children with behavioral problems, she retorts “My God is bigger than your statistics.” It’s already borderline Narm by itself, but Judy Greer’s delivery elevates it to this.
  • Narm Charm: It’s pretty obvious that Spencer, Alek and Anthony aren’t professional actors, but there is a certain charm in seeing them play themselves and reenact their heroic act.

Edited by Anddrix on Sep 9th 2021 at 6:32:21 PM

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#890: Sep 12th 2021 at 8:22:19 PM

More from Narm.Video Games. This time I got from G to the end of M, though skipping over particularly massive examples that gave me a headache just looking at them.

    Admits it's deliberate 
  • Gears of War
    • Gears is full of deliberate moments of narm. Such as this little slice of dialogue:
    Ben Carmine: I hear there's a shitload of grubs there, sir.
    Marcus Fenix: More like TEN shitloads!

     Different trope 
  • The voice actor who plays General Keating in the Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter series (especially the second game) suffers from this in spades. Here you are, playing as the captain of an ultra-elite military unit, going above and beyond to stop terrorists from launching nuclear devices on American soil (and in a game that tries to be as realistic as possible), and you've got the 20th century version of John Wayne yelling jingoistic (and stock) catchphrases at you like "NO MAN GETS LEFT BEHIND!!!", "I wanted those bombs disarmed ten minutes ago, Mitchell! Get it done!", "Failure is not an option!" and many others. His whole "make things go faster by yelling more" schtick is completely at odds with the tone of the game, and the character comes off as exceptionally whiny, laugh-out-loud and out-of-place. Especially when he's barking ridiculous demands when you're engaged in the middle of a firefight. Are we sure this isn't Vocal Dissonance or some other trope?

    Examples are not general 
  • Killing Floor's voice acting needs to be heard to be believed.
  • The English localization of Love Nikki - Dress Up Queen is littered with glaring spelling and grammar mistakes, which ruin many touching or dramatic moments.
  • The Matrix: Path of Neo is a rich mine of narm, from the bad voice acting to the horrifically glitchy physics.

    Character as narm 
  • Guild Wars has a few moments. Shiro Tagachi, in particular, has a lot of Narm moments due to speaking with a stereotypical "muhhahaha" type voice.
  • Metroid Prime has a boss fight with a rock monster. Sounds awesome... Until you notice that, when it roars, it has what appears to be two big, rocky ears. You are fighting a giant rock bunny. These are actually the upper part of its... "mouth," but still... Stuck here as Thardus is a boss character. Also, maybe I'm biased (see my avatar) but that doesn't make Thardus seem any bit narmy or silly to me.

    Relies on knowledge of other works 
  • Half-Life 1: G-Man's deadpan-from-hell delivery breaks down for anyone who has played Microsoft 3D Movie Maker, where the same actor voices McZee, an insane Barney the Dinosaur-esque host.
    • The G-Man's speech patterns are also eerily similar to Torgo's from Manos: The Hands of Fate. This makes it just a little bit harder to take the G-Man seriously. While the effect is intentional to imply that he's sort of inhuman, the stilted whispering can get just plain overblown at times even during dramatic monologues.

    Weblinks are not examples 

     Multiple issues 
  • God of War:
  • In The Godfather, there's a part with Fredo leaning out the window of an ambulance, firing a Tommy gun at pursuing mobsters like some kind of badass hero, whereas in the movie he is universally portrayed as incompetent, whiny and cowardly. Adaptational Badass, not Narm
    • Another good example is where you kill the guy your character has been wanting to kill from the intro, which is actually a rather nicely done moment where you get to murder them yourself. Except it happens to occur in the middle of a mission where you're likely to have a bunch of heat on you, and instead of the satisfying kill you're (probably) supposed to have, you kill him in a few seconds and run like hell. Not seeing the funny here. In fact it sounds like quite the opposite
  • Heavy Rain:
    • JASUUUUUN... ZCE
    • Several cases of Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping turn what ought to be dramatic or heartbreaking scenes into major doses of narm. And these are some serious offenses. ZCE (examples of it please) and Weblinks Are Not Examples]]
    • Or how about that scene with Scott Shelby and Gordi Kramer: "I'm the ARIGARMI Killer." ZCE
    • Paco, the sleazy nightclub owner, sounds a lot like Strong Bad. The fact that he's a complete lech makes it even funnier. Relies on knowledge of other work
  • I. M. Meen: "How I HAET those goody-goodys!" Massive Funny Moment. In fact, that whole musical sequence at the beginning could be considered Narm. Oh, and did we mention the animated cutscenes in this game are made by the same peeps from The Legend of Zelda CD-i Games? Example lacks enough context
    • And THEN came the remix!! Weblinks are not examples
  • In Iji the ending scene if Dan is dead, General Tor apologizes for his death by his underlings with "I'm sorry about your partner." to a delusional Iji who is in complete denial about it. The focus is supposed to be the tragedy and connection to Iji at her woobiest, but if you accidentally read it as Relative Error, you're going to miss all that while you crack up. Misreading, I'm pretty sure deosn't count as narm
    • It gets even funnier with the Scrambler on. Silliness Switch, I'm assuming, so obviously not meant to be taken seriously
    "Iji: Socks..."
  • In Katawa Shoujo, some people thought that Hanako's explanation of how she got orphaned, scarred, and traumatised lost a good part of its seriousness due to crayon drawings being used as "backgrounds". Examples Are Not Arguable
    • Emi has what looks like a "rape face" when she walks in on Hisao talking to her mother and angrily forces him out of the house. May be a valid example, but I'm not convinced. Brought here because the other examples from the work were misuse
    • Jigoro's Jerk Assery gets so cranked Up To Eleven that the player simply cannot take him seriously. A little more subtlety, please. ZCE. Describe his jerkassery, and what makes it narmful
  • The Last of Us Part II:
    • Abby and Owen's sex scene has been the subject of a lot of mockery for several reasons - how out of place and over-the-top it is, the banjo music in the background, Abby being a muscular Brawn Hilda, and the expressions both participants make in the act, all combine to make the scene Squick rather than the Idealized Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex it was clearly intended to be. Squicky does not equal funny
    • The sheer amount of shit Ellie and her gang go through makes them seem like the Cosmic Plaything. Different trope, not narm
    • The tendency of Mooks to call out the names of their allies when you kill them, obviously intended to underscore What Measure Is a Mook? but in practice comes off as a very shallow and emotionally manipulative way to demonize Ellie's actions. Falls flat (I think), not narm regadless
    • For many players, Lev being punched and knocked out by a Rattler captain got a lot of laughs when it was intended as a shocking moment. A massively-built biker guy (lovingly nicknamed "Fat Geralt" by the fanbase) sprinting from offscreen to deliver a haymaker to a barely pubescent child who looks 9st soaking wet is one thing, but the force of the blow sends Lev careening into a garage door behind him and hitting his head as he twirls to the floor. It quickly achieved meme status. For many=arguable example=cut. also the 9st soaking wet thing has me completely confused
  • One of the most dramatic moments in Luminous Arc is ruined by Alph's wail of "Luuuuuciaaaaaaaa!" ZCE
    • One of Heath's lines is worse. He yells out, "IRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" Now recall Mega Man X4 for an over-the-top line to be even more hysterical. ZCE, relies on knowledge of another work
    • And how about when Priel that resurrects Zehaal dies? It's hard to say if you should feel sorry for her or laugh hard, due to lines like "Like, no, Mr. Gooooooddd!! ZCE
  • Major Stryker has some real Narm moments, especially when the boss says something before the boss fight starts. One instance is this..."How dare you attack us!" That comes off as pretty silly, because the Kretons attack Earth For the Evulz, and this boss seriously did not expect retribution for that? Oh, here is a personal favourite..."You killed my boats, now try me!" This line is interesting, because the word "kill" is usually used for people, animals, and living things in general, and not nonliving things like boats. Were the boats alive or something? Falls flat by the sounds of it, and personal example=thistroper=cut

Edited by Acebrock on Sep 12th 2021 at 8:24:05 AM

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Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#891: Sep 19th 2021 at 12:53:31 PM

Found this on Fifty Shades of Grey:

  • Narm: Plenty of it, particularly in sex scenes. For example: ''"You. Are. So. Sweet,” he murmurs, each word a staccato.'

And these are on Narm.Literature:

  • Fifty Shades of Grey:
    • The inner goddess and the subconscious. Made even worse by the fact that they are never actually addressed in any way. We are supposed to accept that Ana expresses most of her emotions via characters who are basically an angel and a devil sitting on her shoulder.
    • Ana's very liberal use of "jeez", "holy crap/moses/cow", and "oh my". Kills every sex scene instantly.
    • '"You. Are. So. Sweet,” he murmurs, each word a staccato.''

katrinahood Since: Feb, 2013
#892: Sep 19th 2021 at 3:08:33 PM

[up]

  • Don't know.
  • Don't know.
  • Comment out since it's too general.
  • Keep, but add explanation that since not a lot of people know what a "staccato" is, it sounds like a funny word.

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#893: Sep 19th 2021 at 4:04:30 PM

[up][up]First entry is a ZCE and too general. Second bullet reads as just a non-funny flaw.

TantaMonty Since: Aug, 2017
#894: Sep 20th 2021 at 9:15:53 AM

These are from Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. May I cut them all? None of them seem to describe unintentionally funny scenes. They are just criticizing the film's art style, voice acting and an instance of Special Effects Failure (which I honestly don't think is valid either).

  • Aquaman's overly-buff design is impossible to take seriously, especially compared with the relatively small size of his head. Made even worse by the fact that his Flashpoint self is one of the major antagonists and is supposed to be intimidating.
  • Superman's design (also overly buff and with an odd, wrinkled face) is also pretty hard to take seriously.
  • The overly pronounced lips on some of the characters.
  • During the film's otherwise-gripping climax, the models for both Flash and Thawne inexplicably become rather-obvious CGI.
  • While C. Thomas Howell does an excellent job voicing Thawne throughout the film, his "Ah-ah-ah" at the film's climax sounds rather stilted in comparison to his Breaking Speech just moments before.

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#895: Sep 20th 2021 at 11:18:08 AM

I'd say you can cut them all.

fragglelover Since: Jun, 2012
#896: Sep 20th 2021 at 9:45:09 PM

This is on The Great Movie Ride under Narm:

  • As time went on, younger audiences grew less and less aware of the classic films used in the ride (with the exception of the universally known The Wizard of Oz or still-active pop culture franchises like Alien and Indiana Jones), leading to confusion as to why the audience was being asked to clap for certain characters by the tour guide.

Edgar81539 Since: Mar, 2014
#897: Sep 21st 2021 at 3:21:59 PM

That sounds more like something that belongs on Time Marches On or a similar trope rather than Narm. I say cut.

Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#898: Sep 22nd 2021 at 3:41:49 AM

Found these on Kelly Clarkson:

  • Narm:
    • "Mr. Know It All":
      Well ya think you know it all
      But ya don't know a thing at all
      Ain't it, ain't it something y'all
    • The lines "Think you've got the best of me? / Think you've had the last laugh?!" in "Stronger".
    • "I May Not Be Einstein, but I know 'Dumb + Dumb = You!'" from "Einstein." Although maybe, in this case, it was intentional?

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#899: Sep 22nd 2021 at 4:26:33 AM

[up]That last one was probably supposed to be funny. As for the others, for various reasons I'd argue it takes a lot more for lyrics to fall into narm than it would for other media, so I'd say whoever placed them was being too nitpicky. They can all go.

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#900: Sep 22nd 2021 at 4:30:07 AM

They are all ZCEs anyway.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”

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