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[[File:nick_nolte_feeds_himself.jpg|link=Hulk (Filmfilm)|frame|Nick Nolte takes it [[This Billboard Needs Some Salt|a bit too]] [[Literal Minded|literally]].]]
 
 
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** Sean Schemmel doing Goku's epic Super Saiyan 3 scream.
* Harry Ord, the resident CHAR of ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', wants you to know that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8uXxvl9K-s you'll feel the wrath of his revenge] across the [[Gratuitous English|UNIVAA]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKeU2NqWrE AAAASE!!!]
** Still, Harry is no match for Gym Ghingham and '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRcjGRDbxbY&t=0m52s GEKKOCHOU DE ARU!!]''' Heck, he chews up so much of the scenery in this clip of ''SD Gundam G Generations'' that he devours [[Evil Is Hammy|Super-Ham]] [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Master Asia]] along with it.
* The whole point of the ''[[Giant Robo]]'' Anime and its main [[Charm Point]] is providing every single character with one of these on a regular basis. There's not a single person in the final episode who can be accused of underacting, even the random [[Red Shirt|redshirts]].
* Gaara's [[Minor Injury Overreaction]] in ''[[Naruto]]'' in both Japanese and English:
{{quote| '''Gaara''': '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}Hl_PVxEgaPs&feature{{=}}related BLOOOOD!]''' '''''IT'S MY BLOOOOOD'''''!}}
** {{spoiler|Itachi's}} [[Motive Rant]] from episode 136 of ''Shippuden''. If you pay attention, you could hear his seiyuu literally GASPING for breath between lines!
*** Oh god {{spoiler|[[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|Crispin Freeman]]}} will have a field day with that scene.
** Jiraiya: "When you've reached the stature I have... THE LADIES... KNEEL AND WORSHIP... ''AT YOUR AWESOMENESS!!!''"
** Chapter 579: Complete with shaky text to indicate insanity:{{spoiler|EVEN HE COULDN'T BECOME A TRUE SAGE IN THE END JUST LIKE ME! My power in the sage mode...If you're Dr.Snakes, I hope you keep that in your mind... I'm no longer a snake... The perfect force of sage helped me shed my snake skin...AND I'M A DRAGON NOW!!}}
* Koutarou Taiga from ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]''.
** The rest of the cast dutifully attempts to keep up. They mostly succeed.
* Light in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' whenever he's Kira-ing, and Mikami ''all the time''.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs Potato chip, anyone?]
* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'s'' [[Ax Crazy|psycho]] [[Large Ham|hams]], Ladd Russo and Graham Spector. Of course, then there's Claire Stanfield, who's in a [[Crazy Awesome|category all his own]]. But he still manages to ham up his philosophy while fighting Graham and Ladd.
** [[Incoming Ham|THANK YOU! FUCK YOU! THE STAR IS HERE!]]
* [[Shakugan no Shana|Dantalion]] is quite fond of taking hamminess [[Up to Eleven]] [[For Science!]]!
* '''''[[Ensemble Darkhorse|TAKE THIS!]] [[Memetic Mutation|THE]] [[Mismatched Eyes|STORM]] [[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|OF]] [[Memetic Badass|MY]] [[Code Geass|LOYALTY!!!]]'''''
** Speaking of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch sometimes goes into this.
{{quote| '''"YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT THAT!? FIND {{spoiler|NUNNALLY}} NOW! THAT'S AN ORDER! ALL FORCES SEARCH FOR {{spoiler|NUNNALLY}}!!!!!"'''}}
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** Pretty much anytime [[The Emperor|Emperor Chuck]] makes a speech.
*** You might as well say any role played by [[Norio Wakamoto]] speaks like this. It's absolutely impossible to describe.
*** Seeing as [[Norio Wakamoto]] can be the biggest ham in ''[[WolfsWolf's Rain]]'' as an owl that gets some of the least lines in the entire series... Anything Wakamoto does is potentially going to be like this.
** [[Michael McConnohie]]'s Emperor Chuck is equally hammy as well, and does a mean [[Evil Laugh]] in Episode 22. '''''YES, YOU'RE WORTHY OF BEING CALLED MY CHILD NOW!'''''
* The ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' dub has Roy Mustang's [[Memetic Mutation|famous]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMmcIgwC58k miniskirt line in episode 13.]
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** From episode 30 of ''Brotherhood'': [[Loves the Sound of Screaming|"IIIII OTO DA!!"]]
** '''[[Running Gag|THIS SCENERY-CHEWING TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS!]]'''
* ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'': Any time Lord Il Palazzo annouces that "This world, is corrupt!". Or whenever Excel is extolling the virtues of ACROSS to the ignorant masses. Excel's dub VA got [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240493/trivia landed in the hospital for this one.]
* [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Domon Kasshu]].
* '''[[Catch Phrase|I'M IN DESPAIR!]]''' '''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei|SHOUTING OUT THINGS THAT BUG ME IN OVERDRAMATIC WAYS HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR!]]'''
* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', [[Evil Counterpart|Marshall D. Teach aka Blackbeard]] enjoys doing this, whether showing off his [[Dark Is Edgy|powers]] to Ace, announcing his plans at {{spoiler|[[The Alcatraz|Impel Down]]}}, or {{spoiler|Declaring war on the World after stealing [[Person of Mass Destruction|Whitebeard's]] powers}}. Of course, this being [[World of Ham|One Piece]] there are bound to be others.
** If that's how he does it in the manga, let's just wait until [[Akio Ohtsuka]] gets to deliver these same lines in the anime. Oh, booooooy.
** Luffy when he's really angry and/or [[Say My Name|yelling someone's name.]] Examples: "CROCODIIIIIIILE!", "EN-NER-RUUUUUUU!" and of course, '''"ROOOOOOOOO-BIIIIIIIIIN!"''' And just before {{spoiler|the timeskip}}, "UUUUUUUU-SOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPP!"
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{{quote| Chopper: SO-RA NO KI-''SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!''}}
** In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5C4WXzRYnI this scene], Luffy, Spandam, Sogeking, Franky and even [[The Stoic|Robin]] tried to out-chew each other. Sogeking takes bonus points for his boast [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|being about a custom-made sling]].
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Minori]] in ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora!]]'', especially near the end of the series. Although sometimes she's just overdramatic just for fun... diet warriors, indeed. The homeroom teacher also really chews the scenery during the Pro Wrestling event and has to be carried off.
{{quote| '''Minori:''' Nosebleeds are tears of the heart!}}
* In ''[[Niea UnderNieA 7 (Anime)|Niea Under 7]]'', [[Tomoko Kawakami]] is clearly having the time of her life voicing [[Anime Chinese Girl|Karna]], tearing through every scene in which she occurs with almost limitless abandon--but ''especially'' during the "alien awareness meetings".
{{quote| '''Karna:''' I've been an elite ever since I was born... and I'm so beautiful!}}
* [[Sayaka Ohara|Sayaka Ohara's]] role as Beatrice in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1QuqO4dRo My god, she really was having a blast at that role.]
** "Let's start chewing scenery together, USHIROMIYA BATTORAAAAAAAA!!"'
* Kaoru does this intentionally in ''[[Amagami SS]]''.
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds5D's|Lucciano]] should really calm down before he hurts himself.
* The English Dub of [[Hellsing|Ultimate Hellsing]] is full of this. The best example is probably the Major's Speech, which is simply glorious.
* This seems to be the entire point of Amelia's character in the ''[[Slayers]]'' series.
* The evil sultan in the classic ''[[Astro Boy (Mangamanga)|Astro Boy]]'' story "The Greatest Robot In The World" not only chews scenery figuratively, but in one scene he does it literally.
* [[No Indoor Voice|Lord Djibril]] in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', as he prepares to fire the [[Wave Motion Gun|Requiem]].
{{quote| "And now [[Eviler Than Thou|Gilbert]] [[Dark Messiah|Durandal]], I will play a [[Final Solution|Requiem]], for you and [[Fantastic Racism|all your kind]]!}}
** Speaking of ''Gundam'', we have [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Duo's]] infamous scream when his Gundam gets destroyed, which is so overblown that it reaches [[The Scream|into space]]. His English VA, Scott McNeil, said that the scream was a copy of the one he did when he saw his wife back over his motorcycle in the driveway.
* Roman Saotome from ''[[Sket Dance]]'' takes this to a whole nother level [[Art Shift|she warps the scenery]] via Otome Vision much to the shock of [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Himeko and Bossun]].
 
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== Film ==
* Pervasive during the silent film era. [[Justified Trope]] in that, because audiences couldn't hear them speak, actors relied on exaggerated facial expressions and gestures to convey emotion.
* Kirk's infamous "[[The Khan|KHAAAAAAAN!]]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54 scream] in ''[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''. In fact, [[William Shatner]] has one of these at least every five minutes, in ''everything'' he's ever done.
** The Khan thing is actually deliberate, since, if you remember what happens immediately thereafter (that it was all a ruse to make Khan underestimate them), it's made apparent that ''[[Justified Trope|Kirk]]'' [[Justified Trope|is the one who is acting]], ''not'' Shatner.
** It is also so noticeable in Wrath of Khan because it is, by a long shot, Shatner's most restrained performance with this being the one time he goes rather over the top.(seriously, watch a bunch of Shatner's other stuff, especially in recent years when he has become essentially a parody of himself, and then watch Wrath of Khan, the subtlety he shows is both brilliant and quite shocking giving Shatner's normal acting style).
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*** '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZKEhgieoc&feature=related IIIIIIII'MMMMMMM CAPTAIN KIRK!]'''
*** '''OHH! THE HUMANITY!!!'''
** In ''[[Star Trek VI: theThe Undiscovered Country (Film)|Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country]]'', Christopher Plummer as Klingon [[Big Bad|General Chang]] also does his best to out-ham Shatner. Especially in the climax, when he [[Shout -Out to/To Shakespeare|endlessly quotes William Shakespeare]] at the top of his lungs.
*** [[Julius Caesar (Theatretheatre)|"CRY HAVOC! AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR!"]]
{{quote| '''McCoy:''' I'd give real money if he'd just ''shut up.''}}
* William Atherton as Walter Peck in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' when he {{spoiler|demands the arrest of the Ghostbusters after forcibly shutting down the containment unit.}}
* Alternate Trope Namer via [[Memetic Mutation]]: The Monster Audrey 2 from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'', whose [[Catch Phrase|signature phrase]] is ''"Feed'' Me, Seymour!" played by [[Boisterous Bruiser|deep-voiced]] and [[Magnificent Bastard|enthusiastic]] Levi Stubbs.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (Filmfilm)|Mortal Kombat]]'' has a handful, such as when Sonya gets captured by [[Big Bad|Shang Tsung]]:
{{quote| "'''NOOOOO!!!!! PUT ME DOOOWWWN!!!'''"}}
* See also Christopher Plummer in ''[[Star Trek VI: theThe Undiscovered Country (Film)|The Undiscovered Country]]''.
* Morpheus' speech to Zion in ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]] Reloaded'', although he had good reason to shout as the cave had no PA system.
** [[Large Ham|Agent Smith]], especially in his final [[You Have No Chance to Survive]] speech in ''Matrix Revolutions''.
* Mel Gibson in [[Seen It a Million Times|many movies]], especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLrrBs8JBQo all the FREEEEEDOOOOOM!!s]
* [[Al Pacino]] in ''[[The DevilsDevil's Advocate]]''. Practically his whole performance, but especially the line "God... is an ''absentee landlord''!"
** Not to mention his final [[Big No]], which is so massive it basically causes the movie to implode on itself.
** Many, MANY Pacino movies qualify.
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** Parodied on ''[[Seinfeld]]'' with Elaine Benes. Among [[Memetic Mutation|other places]].
* Dennis Hopper's character in ''[[Blue Velvet]]'', Frank Booth, provides one of the scarier example of this trope.
* A review of [[Jeremy Irons]] in the horrid ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Filmfilm)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' film commented he was chewing so much scenery they had to rebuild the sets twice.
* [[Christopher Walken]] as Max Zorin in ''[[A View to A Kill (Film)|A View to Aa Kill]]''.
** [[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|Jaws.]] Literally.
** And Jonathan Pryce in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies (Film)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]''. Most [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] villains, actually.
** Points have to be given to Steve Berkoff as General Orlov in ''[[Octopussy (Film)|Octopussy]]'' through combining this with the speech patterns of [[William Shatner]] and a ludicrously [[Just a Stupid Accent|over-the-top Russian accent]] to turn a simple military briefing into a gloriously hammy [[Character Filibuster|rant against Western decadence and spinelessness]], not to mention [[Calling the Old Man Out|calling out his top colleague as a coward]] for not following his [[Xanatos Gambit|maniacal plan]].
*** This is actually fairly standard for Berkoff. His whole idea of theatre is that it has to be overstated, over the top acting.
* Grendel in 2007's ''[[Beowulf (Filmfilm)|Beowulf]]'', perpetually shrieking and moaning and having difficulty walking.
** "They SAY... you have a MONSTAH here? They SAY... your land is cursed! My name is [[Say My Name|Beowulf]]. I am here to kill your MONSTAH!"
* King Leonidas in ''[[300 (Film)|Three Hundred]]''. And yes, we ''[[Memetic Mutation|know]]'' what [[Punctuated for Emphasis|this is]], thank you.
** Blasphemy? Madness? Athens?
** '''NO!'''
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** "[[Gangs of New York|What'll it be]], boys? '''RIB OR CHOP? [[The Butcher|LOIN OR]] [[Large Ham|SHANK]]?"'''
** "I say-I say- GOD IS DEEEEEEEEEEAD!!!"
** [[The Last of the Mohicans (Film)|" You STAY ALIVE!]] [[I Will Find You|I WILL FIND YOU]]. No matter how long it takes, no matter how faaaar!"
* Agnes in ''[[Despicable Me]]''.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7W6BaNs_I&feature=related ITTT'SSS SOOOOO FLUFFFFYYY I'M GONNNAAAA DIEEE.]
* Darth Vader's [[Big No]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s&feature=related at the end] of ''[[Star Wars]] [[Revenge of the Sith|Episode III]]''.
** {{spoiler|Also added to the [[Blu Ray]] release of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', in the scene where Palpatine tries to electrocute Luke}}, to the chagrin of much of the fan base. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkPKZhXth7M One even parodied it in a YouTube video.]
** '''"[[Evil Overlord|POWWWWWWAAAAAHHHH!!!!]] [[Drunk Onon the Dark Side|UNNNNN-LIMITED..POWWWWWWAAAAAAHHHH!!!!]] "''' Playing bumper cars with the Galactic Senate boxes while [[Evil Laugh|cackling like a loon]] has to count, too.
** Luke during the entire [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] scene. "He told me enough! He told me you killed him! (...) No... that's not true! That's ''impossible!'' (...) [[Big No|NOOOOOOOOO! noooooo...]]"
** Many of Anakin's lines in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' are either this, garbage, or just plain normal, depending on your point of view. But a special mention goes to his confession on Tatooine:
*** I... I killed them. I ''killed'' them ''all''. They're dead. ''Every single one of them''. And not just the men, but the ''women'', and the ''children'', too. They're like animals, and I ''slaughtered'' them like animals! '''I ''hate'' them!'''
* [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|TONY STARK]] WAS ABLE TO ''BUILD THIS'' '''''IN A CAVE!''''' WITH A '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtntTvuv8Aw BOX OF SCRAPS!]'''''
* Pretty much any time Harvs and Batsy are within a hundred feet of each other in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' turns into this. (One expected them to break out the [[Big No]], but [[Big No|NOOOOOO]]...)
** Well, Harvey did, Batman was just a little late for it.
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** What do you believe in, huh? '''WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?'''
** WHHHHHHERE IZZZZZZHEE?!
** Speaking of Batman, how about Poison Ivy in ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman and Robin]]''?
** What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!!
* As ''Ebert's Bigger Movie Glossary'' notes, "no [[Nicolas Cage]] movie is complete without the scene in which Cage's character finally loses his temper and screams at the top of his lungs."
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** ''[[Moonstruck]]'':
{{quote| "'''I'VE LOST MY HAND!!! AND I'VE LOST MY BRIDE!!!'''"}}
** When he incarnates Castor Troy in ''[[Face Off|Face/Off]]'' : "Ha HA HA HA HA Ha!"
** In fact, pretty much every time he plays a dangerous lunatic.
** As Big Daddy in ''[[Kick-Ass (Filmfilm)|Kick-Ass]]'' he mimics the speech pattern of [[Adam West]].
** Perhaps the most over-the-top performance in his entire career comes in ''[[VampiresVampire's Kiss]]'', in which he portrays a vampire or a paranoid schizophrenic or possibly both.
{{quote| "YOU'RE FIRED!!!!"<br />
"I'M A VAMPIRE! I'M A VAMPIRE! I'M A VAMPIRE! I'M A VAMPIRE! I'M A VAMPIRE!" }}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXIoBnu2MU Nic Cage in general, frankly.]
* In ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'', any scene where [[The Woobie|River]] has a mental breakdown. ''Especially'' when she collapses in the streets of Miranda, screaming a frantic prayer in Chinese.
* Sharon Stone's performance in ''[[Casino]]'' isn't looked too fondly upon now because it frequently involved this. Roughly the entire last third of the movie seems to involve her screaming at either [[Robert De Niro]] or [[Joe Pesci]] about something.
* [[Jack Nicholson]] in ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]'' (most notably in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVW_6pK93n0#t=1m35s his speech about women towards the end]). But, hey, what did you expect? It's ''[[Jack Nicholson]]'' playing the freakin' ''Devil''.
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* Brian Cox in ''[[Troy]]'' certainly qualifies. Then again, Brian Cox in almost anything. That man is definitely [[Large Ham|not kosher]].
{{quote| <big>"I will '''smash''' their walls to the ground! HEAR ME, ZEUS!"</big>}}
* John Noble chews the scenery while munching on everything remotely edible in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Return of the King]]''. And he has [[I Take Offense to That Last One|atrocious table manners]].
* When Pink in ''[[Pink Floyd]] [[The Wall]]'' decides that he is a British fascist leader and sings "In the Flesh". Just watch as a rock star (Bob Geldof) playing a rock star (Roger Waters) during an insane fantasy of being a fascist dictator while in front of an audience of Pink's rock fans during a concert.
* Pretty much [[Jim Carrey]]'s comedic styling. Which is part of what makes the live-action ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Filmfilm)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' so much fun to watch. [[Large Ham|Green eggs and ham, indeed]].
* Certain bites of James "Jimi" Kinstle's performance as Norman Osborn (a.k.a. The Green Goblin) in the Spider-Man fan film ''The Green Goblin's Last Stand''. As may be expected from a classically-trained actor playing a homicidal maniac, this is genuinely frightening at times. That joke about Osborn being scarier without his mask on? It's true here.
* The last two scenes of the second flashback in ''[[The Bad and The Beautiful]]'' got this from Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner respectively.
* The saving grace of ''[[Daredevil (Filmfilm)|Daredevil]]'' was a delightfully over-the-top portrayal of [[Psycho for Hire|Bullseye]] by Colin Farrell. He barely speaks and rarely raises his voice, but his snarling, twitching, and whispered ramblings chew the scenery in a big way. He kills people with pencils, peanuts, and paper clips in scenes that [[Crosses the Line Twice|cross the line]] into [[Comedic Sociopathy]]. Just about every scene he's in is simultaneously hilarious and disturbing because of his overacting juxtaposed with the sadistic character.
{{quote| "He made me...miss. ''I never miss!''"}}
* [[Robin Williams]] is this trope made flesh.
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'''IT'Z NAHT!! A TWOMUR!'''<br />
'''Bring your toy back to the CAHHPEHT!!''' }}
* ''[[UHF (Film)|UHF]]'' "Stupid! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qileP4bAzek You're so stupid!]"
* Happens in ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night]] 2''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k GARBAGE DAY!] Now a staple of [[Memetic Mutation|memetic mutations]].
* Michael Stephenson in ''[[Troll 2]]''. Has to be seen [[Narm|to be believed]].
{{quote| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}HyophYBP_w4 They're eating her! And then they're gonna eat me!] [[Big OMG|OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!]]<br />
"And you can't piss on hospitality! '''I WON'T ALLOW IT!'''" }}
* '''[[Superman (Filmfilm)|COME TO ME, SON OF JOR-EL!]]''' '''[[Kneel Before Zod|KNEEL BEFORE]]''' '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg1yUMqJMcw ZOD!]'''
** [[Kevin Spacey]] as [[Lex Luthor]] in ''[[Superman Returns]]''.
{{quote| "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}tRVUOGUmxJI WRONG!]'''"<br />
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'''Lois Lane''': But millions of people will die! <br />
'''Lex Luthor:''' ''' BILLIONS!''' Once again, the press underestimates me. }}
* And ''[[Cabin Fever (Filmfilm)|Cabin Fever]]'' has an example of chewing the scenery in a literal sense, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq_2GOoFaXE PANCAKES!]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOILKHmZBwc NOOOO...WIIIIREEEE.....HAAAAAANGGGEEERRRRSSSSS!!!!]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_ui-EuQks Because I am NOT one of you FANS!]
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"What do you mean "everyone"?"<br />
"'''''[[Villainous Breakdown|EVERYONE!]]'''''" }}
* ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'':
{{quote| '''''[[Say My Name|SPOOOOOOCCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!]]'''''<br />
'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}iZVbVvZqBJM FIRE EVERYTHING!]'''<br />
'''I WANT SPOCK DEAD NOW!!!''' }}
* '''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|Street Fighter]]'': [[Raul Julia]] makes quite a exit from acting in his last role, and is the best thing in it:
{{quote| '''M. Bison:''' Something wrong, Colonel? You come here to fight a madman, and instead you found...a god!? You still refuse to ACCEPT...my '''[[A God Am I|godhood?!]]''' '''KEEP your own god! In fact, this might be a good time to PRAY to Him!''' '''''For I beheld [[Satan]] as he''''' '''FELL FROM HEAVEN!''' '''''LIKE LIGHTNING!!!'''''}}
* ''[[The Producers]]'':
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** '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azjHKA5c-TE FAT!]'''
** [[Gene Wilder]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ERAV57bqaU the original].
* [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Villainous Breakdown]] in the movie ''[[Downfall (Filmfilm)|Downfall]]''. Bruno Ganz's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bmkUlXp5sk&feature=related scenery-chewing] has become a [[Memetic Mutation]] thanks to the [[Gag Sub|Gag Subs]] applied into it. For example, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkDxF2kn1I Hitler gets banned from Xbox Live].
* Woody Harrelson's DELICIOUS turn as a mad conspiracy theorist in the new ''[[Two Thousand Twelve (Film)2012|Two Thousand Twelve]]'' movie practically screams this trope.
** Well, [[Large Ham|Woody Harrelson]], right there.
* Hans Conried as the villainous Dr. Terwilliker in ''[[The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (Film)|The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T]]''.
{{quote| <big>"Should you wish to escape: THE BARBED WIRE ON THE FENCE IS '''''[[Voice of the Legion|ELECT-RIFIED]]!!''''' [[Evil Laugh|Mwahahahaha]]!"</big><br />
<big>"I want him [[Disintegrator Ray|disintegrated]]: '''ATOM... BY ATOM!'''"</big> }}
* Captain Rhodes in ''[[Day of the Dead]]'':
{{quote|''''<big>I'M RUNNIN' THIS MONKEY FARM NOW, FRANKENSTEIN, AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU'RE DOING WITH MY TIME!!!</big>''''|'''''<big>CHOKE ON 'EM!!!</big>'''''}}
* Zadok, the drunken old sea dog in ''[[Cthulhu (Filmfilm)|Cthulhu]]'' (2007).
{{quote| "They came out of the sea AND KILLED LOTS OF PEOPLE!"}}
* ''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory (Filmfilm)|Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'' had [[Gene Wilder]] as Willy Wonka:
{{quote| '''<big>"It's all here, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}F9gRzmCf1EI BLACK AND WHITE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL!] YOU STOLE fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|washed and sterilized]], so you get...</big> <big>[[Memetic Mutation|NOTHING! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!]]"</big>'''}}
** In fact, any time Gene Wilder freaks out and/or loses his temper in a film, so much so that his face goes redish purple. Will & Grace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6WxmAAvpCc
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* '''''<big>[[Evil Alien Conquerors|IT WOULD TAKE A THOUSAND OF YOUR TINY MEALS TO SLAKE MY GIGANTIC APPETITE!!!]]</big>'''''
* Just about ANY [[Villain Song]] in a musical. Audrey however, gets special notice for one song. That song? "Feed Me." of course! "Mean Green Mother" might also count.
* While you were still learning to '''''<big>[[Battlefield Earth (Filmfilm)|SPELL YOUR NAME]]</big>''''', ''[[John Travolta (Creator)|TERL]]'', was being '''''TRAINED''''', to '''''<big>[[Ham and Cheese|CHEW THE SCENERY!!]]</big>''''' (Seriously though, [[How Did We Miss This One?]]?)
* The entire film of ''[[Doubt (Theatretheatre)|Doubt]]''. Case in point, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T67xFhhfIg the Confrontation scene] "'''YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!!'''" or "'''I HAVE MY CERTAINTY'''"
* Just about anything with Jack Palance in it. Hell, if [[Tim Burton]]'s impersonation of the man on [[Batman (Filmfilm)|Batman's commentary track]] is any indication, the man chewed as much scenery in real life as he did on celluloid!
* ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', near the beginning: SHOOT HA! SHOOOOT HAAAA!
* Satoris, the evil cult leader from the ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode, ''[[The Final Sacrifice]],'' is very fond of chewing scenery (and spitting it out again).
* Prince John, ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)]]'': I declare him, to be an '''OUT<big>LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!</big>'''
* [[Dr. Strangelove]]. Most of ... well, Strangelove himself's lines.
** ''Animals''... vill be ''brred''... and '''''SLAUGHTERED...''''' '''HAAAAAA!''' ''(wrestles with [[Evil Hand|own arm]])'' '''MEIN FUHERER! I CAN WALK!!!'''
** One of the actors (George C. Scott) was forced to [[Large Ham|ham it up]] to ''unbelievable'' levels, which he himself HATED. The director most frequently chose these takes, and the actor was outraged.
** [[Stanley Kubrick]] actually [[Enforced Method Acting|tricked Scott]] into doing this (as General Buck Turgidson). For each scene he told Scott to go completely over the top in the first few takes, before playing it straight in the later ones, [[Left It In|promising to not use the earlier, wilder ones]]. ([[I Lied|He lied]]).
* [[Brad Pitt]] plays a ''[[The Schizophrenia Conspiracy|total loon]]'' in ''[[Twelve12 Monkeys]]''.
* [[Bill Murray]] actually [[Shout-Out|shouts out]] '''''"Feed'' me, [[Little Shop of Horrors|Seymour!]]"''' at the end of the movie ''[[Scrooged]]'' to encourage the [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|theater audience]] to respond to his hilariously over-the-top [[Improv|ad-libbing]] throughout the film, most notably in the dinner sequence.
{{quote| '''Frank:''' ''(thinks he sees a ghost)'' AH-'''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa!'''<br />
'''Waiter:''' Oh ''no'' sir, that's the Baked Alaska, sir, that's a dessert. }}
* ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'' was all about this; between [[Raul Julia]] and [[Christopher Lloyd]] there wasn't a set unchewed.
** For that matter, anything Raul Julia has acted in. [[Memetic Mutation|OF COURSE!]] Chris Lloyd is no slouch, either.
* Nick Nolte. Full stop.
** Nick Nolte's character in ''Lorenzo'sOil'' crying and wailing hysterically over the numerous side effects of his son's illness.
** And he does it pretty frequently in ''[[Hulk (Filmfilm)|Hulk]]'' (2003), with the scene pictured above being his ultimate moment.
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'':
{{quote| "'''TEDDY FUCKIN' WILLIAMS HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK!!!!!''' Fenway's on it's feet for Teddy!!! '''FUCKIN' BALL GAME!!!!!'''"}}
* Tom Hardy in ''Bronson'': almost the whole scene with the librarian. (Quicker, quicker, QUICKER, QUICKAH!, <big>QUICKAH!</big>, <big>FUCK OFF! SIT DOWN!</big> Awesome, believable and completely justified.
** Also the lip sync of 'When I'm a RAHCK AND ROWLLLLLLL STAAAAH!'
* The 1996 ''[[William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet (Film)|William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet]]'', main offenders Harold Perrineau and [[Leonardo Di CaprioDiCaprio]]. [[Narm/Film|This makes Mercutio's death unintentionally hilarious.]]
* Robert Mitchum as the crazy industrialist in ''[[Deadman (Film)|Deadman]]''. He spends most of his time ''"talkin' to a goddamn bear"'' or hiding behind his desk, shotgun in hand.
{{quote| '''"SHUT UP!''' Mah boy is ''dead!'' Oh, I ain't askin' this time. I'm tellin'. And if somebody don't like it, '''''I'm prepared to do a little killin' of my own!''''' ''(later)'' I want this out over the wires. Post a $5000 reward from here to hell and back. Bring everybody in. I want that bastard's head. And make sure you include a [[The Alleged Steed|full description of my Pinto]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|I want that horse back]].}}
* Sure, the ''Masters of the Universe'' movie was pretty bad, but Frank Langella as Skeletor sure did chew himself some scenery, especially in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsHoqhbUIU this scene].
{{quote| '''Skeletor:''' Now. I, Skeletor, am [[Title Drop|Master of the Universe]]! YES! Yes... I feel it, the power... fills me. ''YES'', I feel the universe within me! I am... I am a part of the cosmos! The power flows... Flows through me! Of what consequence are you now? This planet, these people. They are '''NOTHING''' to me! The universe is '''POWER!''' Pure, unstoppable '''''POWER!''''' and '''I''' am that force! '''I''' am that power! '''KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MASTER!''' Fool! you are no longer my '''EQUAL!''' I am '''more than man''', '''MORE THAN''' '''''LIFE!''''' [[A God Am I|I... am... a...]] '''[[A God Am I|GOD!]]''' Now. You... will... '''''KNEEEEL!!!!!'''''}}
* ''[[Bram StokersStoker's Dracula (Film)|Bram Stokers Dracula]]'' has [[Keanu Reeves]] in [[Dull Surprise|his usual mode]]... but this is redeemed by [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Doctor van Helsing, particularly when he actually roars "Feed me!" for an [[Hilarious in Hindsight|unintentional]] [[Playing Withwith a Trope|invoked trope]].
* Willem Dafoe in ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'':
** "'''<big>THERE WAS A</big> <big>FIRE FIGHT!!!!!!!!!</big>'''"
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* And in another movie called Strike Commando after a little kid dies he screams the villians name like this
{{quote| "JAAAAAKKKAOODDDDAAAAA!"}}
* That Tom Riddle fellow in the ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' Films. In [[Punctuated for Emphasis|every]]. [[Emphasize Everything|Single]]. [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Scene]]. He consumes more scenery than unicorn blood. All of Voldemort's portrayers have their moments, but Ralph Fiennes especially. He even has videos dedicated to the anticipation of his most hammiest of moments on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYo7xv4wlw&feature=related Youtube].
** '''''TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!!!!!'''''
* ''[[Ever After (Filmfilm)|Ever After]]'': Everyone is occasionally (probably consciously, due to the quick changes between humor and seriousness) guilty of this, child!Danielle in particular.
** Honourable mention to Marguerite who throws a full-blown temper tantrum with stamping and screaming and yelling in front of the Queen of France.
** "I would rather die a thousand deaths than SEE MY MOTHER'S DRESS ON THAT [[Punctuated for Emphasis|SPOILED! SELFISH! COW!]]"
* The scenery literally fell apart when Tobey Maguire starts wrecking the kitchen in ''Brothers''. See it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3L5Fz7HDno here]. (1:07 onwards)
** '''''YOU KNOW WHAT I DID!!!!????'''''
* "[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|In place of a dark lord, you would have a QUEEN! NOT DARK BUT]] '''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN!]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|TREACHEROUS AS THE SEA! STRONGER THAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH!]]''''' [[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!]]"
* Sir [[Ben Kingsley]] as Don Logan in ''[[Sexy Beast (Film)|Sexy Beast]]'': "You're the problem! You're the fuckin' problem you fuckin' Doctor White honkin' jam-rag fucking spunk-bubble! I'm tellin' you, Aitch, you keep lookin' at me I'll put you in the fuckin' ground, promise you!"
* "[[Christopher Lloyd|I]] [[Suburban Commando|WAS]] [[Harmless Freezing|FROZEN]] [[Memetic Mutation|TODAY!]]
* "[[Transformers (Filmfilm)|I]] ... AM... [[Say My Name|MEGATRON!!!]]
* The audio commentary for ''[[Priest]]'' mentions that many of [[Karl Urban]]'s scenes seem to exist for the purpose of letting Urban chew scenery.
* [[Tom Hiddleston]] as Loki in ''[[Thor (Filmfilm)|Thor]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (Filmfilm)|The Avengers]]'' singlehandedly accounts for approximately 70% of the scenery-chewing in those movies.
** '''''"TELLLL MEEEE!!!"'''''
** [[Kneel Before Zod|"Kneel before me.]] I said... ''KNEEL!!!!"''
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== Live Action TV ==
* There is an [[Urban Legend]] that Vincent D'Onofrio had a clause in his contract for ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' that simply read: "''[[Little Shop of Horrors|Feed ]]''[[Little Shop of Horrors|me!]]", for when he goes into full [[Perp Sweat|Perp Sweating]] mode. Justified in that he's supposed to be a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] to a certain extent.
* Sharon Stone does some painful scenery-chewing in the episode of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' "Shattered". She'd been snacking on the scenery in earlier episodes, but "Shattered" is by far the worst, especially when she picks up {{spoiler|the corpse of}} a boy {{spoiler|who was killed during a kidnapping gone wrong}} and shouts "YOUR SON NEEDS YOOOOOOOOOUUUU" at his mentally unstable mother.
* Any scene in ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' where Edward James Olmos ends up having a emotional breakdown in his cabin and starts punching the wall, his ship or Colonel Tigh. Double points if he gets drunk and starts drooling or vomiting on himself. The producers have admitted they put a few too many of these in during the final episodes. The first was heartbreakingly effective for many, but by the end it was like, suck it up man!
** Smashing the wooden ship, that wasn't a prop. Ooops.
* [[James Marsters]] as the newly-souled vampire Spike during the final season of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''--especially during the first couple of episodes, with Spike being constantly tortured by his guilty conscience and acting totally bonkers. ''Especially'' during the scene where Spike, after a lengthy tragic monologue, [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|drapes himself over a church cross]] and his skin starts to sizzle.
* Pretty much every incarnation of the Master from ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Especially the [[John Simm]] version; he's ''so hungry'' and no amount of scenery will satisfy him. {{spoiler|Or food, in "The End of Time"}}.
** And a few of the Doctors as well, such as [[Tom Baker]] and Colin Baker. "Gurning" [[David Tennant]] must surely count too ("ALLONS-Y!").
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*** "Those words. "Run away." I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you Colonel Runaway. I want children laughing outside your door, 'cause they've found the house of Colonel Runaway. And when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me through the people '''I LOVE''' ...is in any way a good idea, I want you to tell them your name. Look, I'm angry, that's new. I'm not really sure what's going to happen now."
** [[Arthur Darvill]] gets his chance to snack on some scenery in "The Girl Who Waited."
* Nevel from ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' gets some very campy (both types) scenery chewing moments for a 14 year old.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OjdmFzyOIc Previously on] the [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000|Satellite of Love]]...
* While most people understandably get quite boisterous in a good mood, one [[Planet of Hats|hat]] of the Centauri in ''[[Babylon 5]]'', particularly Londo Mollari, is to really ham it up when they're happy, or drunk or (most commonly) both at the same time. They're otherwise quite normal, if a bit eccentric in an Eastern Bloc sort of way.
** Not to mention the half a dozen times Delenn gives a REALLY intense speech to some foe (or the leaders of her government). The first time it's pretty awesome, but the lack of variation each time she gives that speech makes it a little redundant.
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*** Though it's not like she hasn't done that before. Like the time she reprimanded a pilot that almost got himself fried by the planet B5 orbits. That time, she said that she ''was'' God.
* Several of the actors in ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]'' start to do this later in the series.
* Kelso of ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That 70s Show]]'' easily qualifies. Any time he appears on the scene (regardless of where it is or what else is happening), the focus tends to immediately go to him. It helps that he typically bursts onto the scene [[Seinfeld|Kramer-style]], right before saying something [[Cloudcuckoolander|COMPLETELY off the wall]].
** Speaking of which, Kramer.
* Lionel Tribbey ("LEO!") and Lord John Marbury ("GERALD!") on ''[[The West Wing]]''.
* You might want to sit down for this one: Lowly Ensign David Bailey manages to pull off an ''epic'' [[Heroic BSOD]] in the [[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|TOS]] episode "[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Corbomite_Maneuver_%28episode%29 The Corbomite Maneuver]". After staring death in the face for the majority of the episode (complete with Countdown [[Of Doom]]), he has a [[Narm|memorable]] [[Freak-Out]] scene:
{{quote| '''Bailey:''' What, are you all out of your minds?! End of watch? It's the end of everything! WHAT ARE YOU, ROBOTS?! Wound up, toy soldiers?! Don't you know when you're dying?! Watch and regulations and orders? What do they mean?!?}}
** Ok, so here's the "are you sitting down" part -- ''William [[Large Ham|freaking]] Shatner'' was on set at the same time. ''And he looked like the subtle one.''
* Counselor Troi had some moments in the ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' premiere when she sensed the pain of an imprisoned alien. It doesn't quite come off, as [[Wil Wheaton]] notes in his [http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/09/star-trek-the-next-generation-encounter-at-farpoint-part-ii/ recap]:
{{quote| ''Troi opens up her mind to find... pain. Lots and lots of pain. Boy, there sure is a lot of pain.'''}}
* ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'':
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{{quote| "[[Hypercompetent Sidekick|Sam]]! Prepare my horse! I ride... '' [[Wrong Genre Savvy|to DoSAC]]''!"}}
* Andy in ''[[Weeds]]'', after Nancy drops his banana bread in the season premiere of season 5: "My beautiful loaf. '''''YOU RUIN EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH!'''''"
* In ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'', sometimes Matthew Fox not only overacts, but also pulls the weirdest facial expressions possible, the so-called "[http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Jackface Jackfaces]" ([http://lostpedia.wikia.com/index.php?title=Jackface&oldid=646805#Gallery fine gallery of examples]).
** '''''WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!'''''
** [[Villainous Breakdown|'''YOUUUUU. KILLLLLED. MYYYY. DAUGHTERRRRR. YOUKILLEDMYDAUGHTER!!!!''']]
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*** Played up even further in the ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' / ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'' [[Crossover]] episodes. His facial expressions must be seen to believed--you can see his entire capillary system popping out of his neck.
{{quote| '''Genta''': '''Eh?''' ''[[Kamen Rider]]"?...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}wR4sDdoKmXs NANJA SURIE!?]}}
* John Hannah plays [[Magnificent Bastard]] Batiatus in ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]''. As just about the only recognizable actor in the series alongside Lucy Lawless, he hams it up to a ridiculous extent, particularly during his many [[Villainous Breakdown|Villainous Breakdowns]] or when he's boasting of his ludus' glory.
{{quote| '''Batiatus''': "Continue on this path, and we will have the WOOOORLD! ''BLAAAAARGH!''"}}
* '''''[[Kamen Rider Double|XTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!!!!!!!!!!]]'''''
* In ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' there’s an episode where Justin casts a spell to [[Large Ham|ham it up]] and burst on stage saying "[[Lampshade Hanging|Do you mind if I chew a little scenery?]]"
* Tracy Jordan in ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]''. And Tracy Morgan in real life. Seriously, just watch any of his interviews on ''[[The Daily Show]]''.
* When shooting a scene during the first season of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' where Benjamin Horne and his creepy brother interrupt the family dinner to devour Brie & butter sandwiches, the actor Richard Beymer who played Benjamin was repeatedly told by [[David Lynch]] to "really eat it." Each take they took Lynch would yell "cut" and tell him, "No, really ... ''eat'' it. Dig into it." After something like 20 takes or so with this sort of encouragement, Beymer finally realized just how ''insane'' his character was intended to be. The result is that Benjamin buries his whole face in the thing while moaning like a madman.
{{quote| "'''<big>I'M A MOOOONSTERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!</big>'''"}}
* Merle Dixon, in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', has this in spades.
** Shane appears to have taken over now that Merle's not around so much, but nearly everyone has their moment.
* [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Rita Repulsa]], especially after a defeat. "I'VE GOT SUCH A HEADAAACHE! GET ME AN ASPIRIN!"
** In one memorable occasion, Kimberly out-hammed her: because Lord Zedd had chosen her as her new queen and Goldar had kidnapped her and took away her morpher while attempting a brainwashing, she tried to buy time by imitating Rita... A little too well. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0iBWgNUBjY See it here].
* In the ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "The Doomsday Machine," William Windom as Commodore Decker chews so much scenery and so thoroughly that he makes William Shatner look downright subdued. That's right, he plays opposite the North American archetype of the [[Large Ham]] and out-hams him!
** His performance is so convincing and so disturbing that even '''''the ominous music AND the reaction shots of [[William Shatner]]''''' seem shallow and flimsy in comparison (And this is ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]] TOS'' where even the ''music'' was a [[Large Ham]]). The first time this troper saw it, she was convinced Windom had had a nervous breakdown on set and the director decided to just go with it!<ref>[[Paranoia Fuel|Still not entirely convinced otherwise.]]</ref>
* In the BBC adaptation of ''Jayne Eyre'' got rid of it's scenery by letting Ciaran Hinds eat it all up. Just jump to 3:00 and watch. Also it has a zoom in a bit in that crosses over into [[Narm]].
* [[Victorious|"DON'T BE A WEENIE!"]]
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* Eric on ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' did this more and more as he got crazier, such as yelling at a waitress for the check when trying to get out of a restaurant and a [[Big "What?"]] reaction after learning that Mr. Feeny is retiring. In season 7 when he became a full-on [[Cloudcuckoolander]] he did this almost every episode.
* John Crichton of ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' tends to do this whenever he goes undercover.
 
 
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* [[Michael Jackson]], cf. "Black or White"'s finale.
* Pretty much every one of VNV Nation's live performances, and we wouldn't have it any other way. If you're curious just search for some live performances on [[YouTube]] and watch him play the crowd.
* [[Journey (Musicband)|Journey]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxxOyGK1pMk video] for "Separate Ways". The song isn't too hammy. But Steve Perry does the most exaggerated expressions possible.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw4AV_BeE24&playnext=1&list=PLF7E08C3C0CE290E0 "Chain Reaction"]. Enough said.
* Much of [[Linkin Park]]. "CRAAWWWWWWWWWWLING!!! INNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! MYYYY!!! SKINNNNNNNNNNN!!!"
* The music video for "Stay" by Shakespears Sister.
* Two words: [[Metallica (Music)|James. HETFIELD!]]
** AH!
* Much metal has a tendency towards the hammy. For example, [[Judas Priest (Music)|Judas Priest]]: "[[Metal Scream|HE! IS! THE! PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLER!]] [[Punctuated for Emphasis|THIS! IS!]] '''''[[Punctuated for Emphasis|THE!]]''''' [[Punctuated for Emphasis|PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLER!]]"
* [[Dio]]'s vocal style popularized much of this in metal, with younger [[Power Metal]] bands taking it to its logical extreme (minus his sheer energy).
* [[Disturbed (Music)|David Draiman]]: the only "acting" he's ever done in a video was a [[Big No]]. His voice is the kind that can somehow make "WE BEGIN THE HUNT TONIGHT! FEEL THE POWER COURSE AS THE CREATURES TAKE FLIGHT!!" sound cool. He also loves to fill songs with [[Evil Laughter]]. If anyone else did this, it would be [[So Bad It's Good]]. With him, he really can convince you that he's an indestructible master of war.
* [[Christina Aguilera]] all those riffs, runs and malisma's. Your Mileage Will Vary if you like it or not!
* After the video for [[Ballad of X|The Ballad]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOgpdp3lP8M&feature=branded of Mona Lisa], [[Panic! Atat the Disco|Brendon Urie]] must've been picking scenery out of his teeth ''for weeks.''
* How has everyone forgotten [[Meat Loaf|Meat Loaf?]] NNNGHHYOOUBETTAHBELEEVEIT!!
 
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* There is a popular theatre blog called "Chewing the Scenery" which often slates over the top or silly acting in British theatre.
* The "Spartacus and the Gladiators" recitation in ''The Solid Gold Cadillac'' serves no purpose except to allow whoever is playing McKeever to overact ludicrously.
* Herakles enters the scene in the midst of dying a [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] in ''[[The Women of Trachis (Theatre)|The Women of Trachis]]''. In itself such a situation may call for some scenery chewing, but since the character is [[Large Ham|Herakles]] in this case it's a prerequisite.
* ''Starship'' is a [[World of Ham]], more or less, but the greatest of all these Hams are probably Taz, played by Lauren Lopez, Up, played by Joe Walker, and Tootsie Noodles, played by Dylan Saunders. Not that Pincer (Saunders) is much better. Walker just cheerfully chews up the scenery with their aid, trying to see who can eat more of it. For what scenes he's in there, of course, Krayonder (played by Joe Moses, who is Snape in [[A Very Potter Musical]]), eats what he can, as does Jim Povolo (Sweetheart and The Overqueen).
 
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* Any scene featuring Nightmare in ''[[Soul Calibur]]''.
{{quote| '''''"YES! YES! THIS IS IT!"'''''}}
* Possibly in an incredibly strange homage to ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', normally nonham Senel from ''[[Tales of Legendia (Video Game)|Tales of Legendia]]'' screams "STELLAAAAAAAAAAA" at one point in the game in a very over the top manner.
* Joneleth Irenicus, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'', has less screentime than most [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], but damn does he make up for it.
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'': "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT!"
** Between the two of them, in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySY5YMoBp7c Dante and Agnus manage to masticate the entire cathedral].
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** That scene was then [[MST|MSTed]] with hilarious results by ''[[Unskippable]]''. Which was beautifully parodied even more with the plane crash in the opening of ''[[Haze]]'', also by the ''[[Unskippable]]'' lads.
* Kane from ''[[Command and Conquer]]''. Every scene involving him has some of the most awesomely bombastic, larger-than-life acting one could ask for. Hell, in the intro to ''Kane's Wrath'', his pre-battle speech comes complete with ''explosions'', ''thunder'', and ''earthquakes''.
** ''[[Command and Conquer Red Alert 3]]'' goes for a [[World of Ham]] with [[Tim Curry]] as the Soviet Premier, [[George Takei]] is the Japanese Emperor and J.K. Simmons as the American President. The only denser concentration of ham is a purely theoretical double act with [[William Shatner]] and [[Brian Blessed]]. Adding [[Ric Flair]] in the mission pack is the icing on this ham-cake.
** The funny thing is, he's actually fairly quiet and charismatic in a completely different way (with one memorable lapse) throughout the original game. Not that anybody's complaining either way.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]''. The whole thing. Double points for any scene with Liquid Ocelot, who can blow things up by [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|pointing at them dramatically]]. He Points. Bang. ''*Helicopters falls out of sky*''; Pulls his other arm up as everyone is collapsing, and starts to make MACHINE GUN noises! " ''BANGBANGBANGBANG..."''
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"Uroboros will be released, resulting in ''complete, GLOBAL, '''SATURATION'''''". }}
* ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]]'': Zero's infamous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LISmPmdUhYA&feature=related WHATAMIFIGHTINGFOOOOOOOOOOORRRAAAAGH!!!!]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-JE2FKD-k Recently redubbed].
** In ''[[Video Game Remake|Maverick Hunter X]]'', X prepares for his climactic battle with Sigma by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg37WizMc0M vigorously devouring the scenery]. It's actually quite chilling. Possibly justified by the fact that the Vile battle (and Zero's fate) were shifted from the first Sigma stage to the third, meaning that X had just watched Zero die minutes before, not a whole fortress ago, and therefore the pain and fury are nice and fresh.
* Practically all of ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTizJemHO8 Most known for this one]. The dialogue was completely redone in the PSP port included in the Rondo of Blood remake, [[Narm Charm|for better or for worse]].
* Sergeant Reznov from ''[[Call of Duty]]: World at War'' must have gotten really hungry after the events of the level "Vendetta", because starting with ''"Their Land, Their Blood"'', he can't stop yelling at his men to keep killing Germans wherever they find them. Commissar Markhov, however, manages to outeat even him, as his [[No Indoor Voice|lack of volume control for his voice]], coupled with the fact that half his lines are spoken from ''a megaphone,'' ensure that he can be heard all the way over in Berlin.
** Reznov's scenery-chewing is easily justifiable, given that he's [[Hey, It's That Voice!|voiced by]] [[Gary Oldman]].
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* The eponymous Kain of the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series is [[Our Vampires Are Different|able to sustain himself on both blood AND scenery]]
* Saavedro in ''[[Myst]] III: Exile'' is prone to this - his despairing cries when you trap him are particularly gnawful.
* [[Tony Jay]] in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'': "I WILL TEACH YOU MUCH... ''OF PAIN''!"
* Dog gets so much of this in ''[[Half-Life]] 2'', without even speaking.
* ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' has [[The President]] and Vice President of the United States engaged in [[Ham to Ham Combat]] when battling each other in [[Humongous Mecha]].
* ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'''s Albedo rides the line between this and [[Large Ham]]. Margulis also gets a couple of these. They usually involve him screaming "'''[[Say My Name|UZUKIIIIIIIIII]]!'''"
* The dremora from the ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Video Game)|The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion]]''. Their [[Took a Level In Badass|level in badass]] in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (Video Game)|Skyrim]]'' is accompanied by a level in ham, too.
{{quote| "I honor my lord, by '''destroying you!'''"}}
* Even in the [[World of Ham]] that is the ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' series, Lu Bu's reaction when you kill his [[Love Interest]] Diao Chan stands out.
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* Just about ''every'' boss in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', but Yogg-Saron wins by being ''made of mouths to chew with.''
{{quote| '''BBBOOOONNNNNEEEEEESSSSSTTTTOOORRRMMMMMM!''}}
* ''[[The Legend ofLegendof Zelda CDiCDI Games|Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'':
{{quote| '''Ganon:''' You DARE bring light to mah LAIR?! '''[[I'll Kill You!|YOU MUST DIE!!!]]'''}}
** Ganon again in ''[[The Legend ofLegendof Zelda CDiCDI Games|Link: The Faces of Evil]]'':
{{quote| '''Ganon:''' [[We Can Rule Together|Join me, Link. And I will make your face the grrrreatest in Korridai!]] Or else you will DIE!}}
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' M. Bison, '''[[Memetic Mutation|OF COURSE!]]
{{quote| ->"''You still refuse to ACCEPT...'''[[A God Am I|my godhood?!]] KEEP your own god! In fact, this might be a good time to PRAY to Him!''' [levitates into the air] '''[[The Bible (Literature)|For I beheld]] [[Satan]] [[The Bible (Literature)|as he FELL]] [[Roll Your Rs|FRROM]] [[The Bible (Literature)|HEAVENN! LIKE LIGHTNIINNGG!!!]]'''''"}}
* ''[[Sin and Punishment 2]]''
{{quote| My blood... [[Hot-Blooded|IS ON FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!]]}}
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'': RADIOACTIVE [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|EXPLODING]] [[Everything's Deader Withwith Zombies|ZOMBIE]] [[Irony|COWS]]!!!!
* [[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Dr. Robotnik]] was having way too much fun at the beginning of the game. "''You know '''NOTHING''', fools!'' It's ''Chaos'', the '''GOD'' of '''DESTRUCTION'''!!! '''MUAHAHAHAHAHA'''!!!"
** In ''[[Sonic Generations]]'', {{spoiler|even his past self is thrown off by his scenery chewing tendencies.}}
* Also, the [[Anticlimax Boss]] of [[Sonic Heroes]], the Metal Overlord comes out with such gems as "This victory shall soon turn into DESPAAAAAIIIIRRR!!!", "IT'S! TOO! LAAATE!!" and, of course, "BUUURRNNN! TOOOOO DEEEAAATTHHH!!!", complete with voice echo! What's more, he is ACTUALLY eating the ship while he's on while doing so (implied). What's more, [[It Gets Worse]] after he takes off!
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== Web Original ==
* The performances in ''[[Kickassia (Web Video)|Kickassia]]'' as a whole play this to the hilt, for pure hilarity. Most impressive are the portrayals of [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] ([[Doug Walker]]) and [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]] ([[Noah Antwiler]]), which are ''absolutely'' over the top and down the other side.
** Though they've had plenty of practice in their reviews, such as "EXPLAIN, MOVIE! JUST ''EX-PLAAAAAINNN!!!''", the Critic's huge freak-outs over the likes of ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman and Robin]]''. Or Ma-Ti's "[[Battlefield Earth|A movie]] that make my ''nipples tingle'' with fear!"
** Noah Antwiler's brilliant impression of [[Large Ham|WARRIOR]] in the [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|The Spoony Experiment]]/[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]] [http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/05/21/atop-the-fourth-wall-warrior-1/ reviews] of the [[Warrior (Comic Book)|Warrior]] [http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/29/atop-the-fourth-wall-warrior-2-and-3/ comics] quite happily swallows down a whole lot of scenery, seemingly without it even touching the sides. He probably could have managed more, had there been any ''actual'' scenery to munch on... {{spoiler|Worryingly, the actual [[Ultimate Warrior]] appears to be so much worse than Spoony's impression.}}
** In the ''[[Battlefield Earth]]'' review, Spoony's version of Terl somehow manages to chew the scenery more than John Travolta's. And ''it is glorious''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2Z23SAFVA This.] [[Up to Eleven|Oh,]] [[Crazy Awesome|this.]]
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{{quote| "But, invader's blood flows through my veins, like giant RADIOACTIVE RUBBER PANTS! THE PANTS COMMAND ME! DO NOT IGNORE MY VEINS!"}}
* {{spoiler|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). Massive [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* [[Mark Hamill]]'s Fire Lord Ozai in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', particularly in the series finale War Room meeting. In fact, any of [[Mark Hamill]]'s villains could fit on this page, especially the Joker in ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]'' Joker and Hobgoblin in ''[[Spider -Man: theThe Animated Series]]''.
* Professor Dementor in ''[[Kim Possible]]'' was created with this trope in mind.
* Henry Gyrich of ''[[X-Men (Animationanimation)|X-Men]]'' fame 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]]'':
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MYSTERIO, MASTER OF THE ARCAAANAAA! }}
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Notably lampshaded]] in an episode of ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'', where Cyborg gets a virus that messes with his programming. As a result, he ''literally'' starts eating the scenery...[[Hilarity Ensues|you can guess what happens]].
** Whenever Slade gets pissed. For example: "But the only thing you care about are your '''WORTHLESS LITTLE''' '''''FRIENDS!!!!!!!!'''''"
** "[[Serious Business|YOU! RUINED! MY! DRESS!!!!!!!!!!]]"
* ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'': "We've [[Memetic Mutation|GOT]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoYWdHe4tQ4 to have]......'''MONAY'''!!!"
* He is the [[Catch Phrase|Terror that Stalks in the Night]]. He is the Caped Crusader who chomps chewy chunks from the scenery as he counters cheesy chumps. He is [[Beat|...]] ''[[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 [[Hypocritical Humor|ridiculous]].
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** If I fed Pudge tuna '''''It'd be an ABOMINATION!!!!'''''
** Nani's [[Break the Cutie|breakdown]] after {{spoiler|Lilo is abducted by Gantu}}: {{spoiler|"LILO! SHE'S A LITTLE GIRL, THIS BIG, BROWN EYES, AND WAS HANGING AROUND WITH THAT ''THING!!''" (referring to Stitch)}}
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'': Some of the characters Trey plays can leave a hole in the scenery.
** Cartman lives and breathes this:
{{quote| '''Cartman''': [[Punctuated for Emphasis|I... AM...]] '''[[Punctuated for Emphasis|GOD!!!]]'''}}
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** Unusually, Mr. Mackey in "Royal Pudding".
{{quote| '''Mr. Mackey''': ''(to [["No Respect" Guy|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 [[Precision F-Strike|shit]], '''YOU CALL THAT TRYIN'?!'''}}
* ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]''. Three words. '''FOR THE ROYALTY!!!'''
* "[[Samurai Jack (Animation)|Samurai, samurai.]] [[Punctuated for Emphasis|Why.]] [[Large Ham|Won't.]] [[Why Won't You Die?|You.]] '''''[[No Indoor Voice|DIIIIIEEEE?!]]'''''"
** "...and '''GREAT FLAAAMMING EYEBROWS!'''"
* ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'' Seriously, is there a single character who isn't Hammy to the extreme?
* Jeremy Shada as Finn in ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]."
{{quote| '''Finn:''' I'LL KILL YOU, LUMPY SPAAACE!!!}}
** Tom Kenny as The Ice King:
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** Sweet holy mother of Glob, Justin Roiland as the earl of Lemongrab:
{{quote| '''Lemongrab:''' This Castle Is... In... Unacceptabllle Conditiiiooon! UNACCEPTABLLLEEE!!!"}}
* Binky the Clown from ''[[Garfield and Friends (Animation)|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!!!!"
{{quote| '''Garfield''': "After being unable to find work, Binky eventually did what so many other clowns end up doing - he went into politics."}}
* Robotnik from ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' often overdoes his lines, like here.
{{quote| '''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?!}}
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]:'' Rarity. Oh so very much.
** Also Luna, in "Luna Eclipsed", who combines [[Large Ham]] with [[No Indoor Voice]], [[Gale Force Sound]] ''and'' [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] in one package. It probably helps that they're both voiced by Tabitha St. Germain.
** Kathleen Barr does it too. The relevant equation is Trixie + Stage = '''VOLUME'''.
** You wouldn't think [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]] would ever chew the scenery, right? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwp60eYuie0 Wrong]! Of course, she's suffered [[Sanity Slippage]] leading up to this.
* ''[[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Danny Phantom]]'' "Say my name! ''[[Say My Name|SAY MY NAAAAAAME!]]''"
{{quote| "[[Punctuated for Emphasis|I! AM!]] [[No Indoor Voice|NOT! A!]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|FROOT! LOOP!]]"<br />
"[[Butt Monkey|IIIIII AM THE BOX GHOST!!]] ''[[Catch Phrase|BEWARE!]]''" }}
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (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.
 
 
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** The politicians in the ancient Greek and Roman democracies may have been even more extreme. Unfortunately all we have are the texts of their speeches.
* Although the movie [[Mommie Dearest]] seems to have Joan Crawford thoroughly digesting the scenery, according to her daughter, Christine Crawford, the performance was understated.
* [[Adolf Hitler]] tended to do this every time he spoke in public. The movies (like the ''[[Downfall (Filmfilm)|Downfall]]'' example above) aren't really that far from the [[Truth in Television|truth]] this time. Most other dictators have a tendency to indulge in the same style.
** It was Hitler's ranting in the ''Downfall'' movie, coupled with the subtitles and the German, that inspired the Hitler parodies that are popular on the internet.
** Hitler was reputed to do this a bit more literally in less-public venues. William Shirer mentions at one point in ''Berlin Diary'' that in some circles, he was referred to as ''Der Teppich-Fresser'' (the carpet eater), because it was rumored that when he was agitated, he would throw himself to the floor and start chewing the edges of the rugs.
* Somehow, against all logic, '''[[Brian Blessed]]''' has managed to accomplish this in real life. Observe his performance as guest host of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', with lines such as '''''"PETROL! WE'RE RUNNING OUT!"''''' and, referring to [[Gordon Brown|the beleaguered Prime Minister Brown]], '''''"[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|GORDON'S ALIVE!]]"
* Transylvanian stage actor Gyorgy Kárp, who, among other roles, played [[Twelve12 Angry Men|Juror#3]], is often seen turning red and yelling so loud, it makes you wonder how come he didn't spit out his own lungs.
* [[Fidel Castro]]. He used to deliver speeches taking 3 or 4 hours, even in front of the UNO. They weren't quite amused...
** He was once asked an inane question at a party and spoke for FOUR HOURS without stopping. Dear god man...
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