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** '''''[+++WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!+++]'''''

** '''''[+++WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!+++]'''''

** WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!

** Honorable mention goes to RedAlert 3 ''just'' for having TimCurry as the Soviet Premier. Oh, and did we ''also'' mention that GeorgeTakei 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 WilliamShatner and [=~BRIAN BLESSED~=].

* Agnes in DespicableMe.

* AdolfHitler tended to do this every time he spoke in public. The movies (like the ''Downfall'' example above) aren't really that far from the [[TruthInTelevision truth]] this time. Most other dictators have a tendency to indulge in the same style.

* Most politicians have shades of this, especially more than a century ago. You can guess why, in a world without microphones, booming voices and exaggerated mannerisms might be an advantages when giving a speech.

It's well worth noting that this trope is one of the biggest causes of memes.

** "[[ThereWillBeBlood I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE! * slllluuurrrrrpppp!* ]] '''[[ThereWillBeBlood I DRINK IT UP!!]]'''"

** Speaking of Batman, how about Poison Ivy in ''Batman & Robin''?

** And as [[KickAss Big Daddy]] he mimicks the speech pattern of AdamWest.

* Michael Stephenson in Troll 2.
** They're eating her! And then they're gonna eat me! OH MY GOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyophYBP_w4&feature=related OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!]]

* Also in ''{{Troll 2}}''. The {{Narm}} has to be seen to be believed.
--->[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyophYBP_w4&feature=related They're eating her! And then they're gonna eat me!]] [[BigOMG OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!]]

--->'''''[++ CHOKE ON 'EM!!!++]'''''

-->'''[++ "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 [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking washed and sterilized]], so you get...++] [+++[[MemeticMutation NOTHING! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!]]"+++]'''

** Best bit is when he is sharpening his marksmanship skills by shooting fruit and he turns to an orange that he has beside him : "Ha Ha Ha! I just killed [++ YOUR BROTHER!++]'

* While you were still learning to '''''[++[[Film/BattlefieldEarth SPELL YOUR NAME]]++]''''', ''[[JohnTravolta TERL]]'', was being '''''TRAINED''''', to '''''[++[[HamAndCheese CHEW THE SCENERY!!]]++]''''' (Seriously though, HowDidWeMissThisOne?)

* Jurassic Park, near the beginning: SHOOT HA! SHOOOOT HAAAA!
* Satoris, the evil cult leader from the ''{{MST3K}}'' episode, ''TheFinalSacrifice,'' is very fond of chewing scenery (and spitting it out again.)

-->'''Frank:''' ''(thinks he sees a ghost)'' AH-'''[++ =HAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa!=]++]'''

* ''TheAddamsFamily'' was all about this; between Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd there wasn't a set unchewed.

* After HeathLedger's Joker, his drug overdose should have come as no surprise - he probably overdosed a few times on the scenery of ''TheDarkKnight''.

* Tom Hardy in ''Bronson'': almost the whole scene with the librarian. (Quicker, quicker, QUICKER, QUICKAH!, [++ [=QUICKAH!=]++], [++[=FUCK OFF! SIT DOWN!=]++] Awesome, believable and completely justified.

**** "''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E742 ''Burn]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E742 with me]]."

--->'''Ninth Doctor''': ''I watched it happen!'' '''[++I MADE IT HAPPEN!!!++]'''

*** [[spoiler:The Master in the same story is ''very'' hungry and extremely aching to chew on far more stuff than usual. Both figuratively and literally.]]

* Kelso of ''{{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]].

-->"[[HypercompetentSidekick Sam]]! Prepare my horse! I ride... '' [[WrongGenreSavvy to [=DoSAC=]]]''!"

* In ''{{Wizards Of Waverly Place}}'' there’s an episode where Justin casts a spell to [[LargeHam ham it up]] and burst on stage saying [[LampshadeHanging “Do you mind if I chew a little scenery?”]]

** Even the most [[WorldOfHam ridiculously hammy dialogue]] of the third game managed to remain believable. You'd think [[MagnificentBastard Arkham]]'s ''[[MeaningfulName very name]]'' [[IncrediblyLamePun would be quite a clue;]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvmHdEkwNf8 behold.]] [[hottip:* :[[StealthPun Not to mention that]] [[GeniusBonus "ark" is pronounced like the Greek-originated suffix "arch" which means "highest".]]]]
* The [[{{Halo}} Gravemind]] eats ''everything'' it can find. Including the scenery.

*** In this particular case, it's trochaic heptameter. (Which actually matters, given Bungie's self-acknowledged [[ArcNumber obsession with the number seven]].)

* Tony Jay in ''PlanescapeTorment'' anyone? "I WILL TEACH YOU MUCH... ''OF PAIN''!"

--> '''Ganon''': You DARE bring light to mah LAIR?! '''[[IllKillYou YOU MUST DIE!!!]]'''

-->'''Ganon''': [[WeCanRuleTogether Join me, Link. And I will make your face the grrrreatest in Korridai!]] Or else you will DIE!

--> '''Ren:''' "I... I was nice today. Nice to those insipid little monkeys, answering their ''stupid'' letters. My hands... DIRTY! THE DIRT WON'T COME OFF! President... Ha! What a joke. President...President of WHAT?! [Enviously looking over at Stimpy] ''His'' fan club?! How they love ''him''! Look at him, lying there asleep. [Creeps over to Stimpy's side]The idol of millions. He's a fool! A silly, lying little fool. They think he's a god, but he's as mortal as we. I know! How easily I could end the farce... with these hands! These DIRTY hands! '''AND WITH THESE HANDS I HOLD THE FATE OF MILLIONS!!!''' [Visually drawing a dotted line along Stimpy's neck] Just..one...quick...'''''TWIST!''''' And then it's over. Just... one... twist... '''''AAAAH! It's happening again! MY BRAIN! MY HOT... STINGING... BRAIN!!!!'''''"

** Hell, any of MarkHamill's villains could fit on this page ([[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Joker]], [[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Hobgoblin]], etc)

* The performances in ''{{Kickassia}}'' as a whole play this to the hilt, for pure hilarity. Most impressive are the portrayals of the NostalgiaCritic (Doug Walker) and [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] (Noah Antwiler), which are ''absolutely'' {{Narm}}y.

-->-- [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Critic]] on DropDeadFred's err... [[{{Understatement}} Over]][[LargeHam acting]].

* "[+++[[InglouriousBasterds TEDDY FUCKIN' WILLIAMS HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK!!!!!]]+++] Fenway's on it's feet for Teddy!!! [++FUCKIN' BALL GAME!!!!!++ ]"

[[TheIncredibleHulk quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nick_nolte_feeds_himself.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:After getting down to the basics, NickNolte [[LiteralMinded takes it]] [[UpToEleven to the extreme]].]]

* MarlonBrando's cry of '''[+ "[=STELLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa=]!"+ ]''' in ''AStreetcarNamedDesire''.

-->''''[+ I'M RUNNIN' THIS MONKEY FARM NOW, FRANKENSTEIN, AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU'RE DOING WITH MY TIME!!!+ ]''''
--->'''''[++ CHOKE ON 'EM!!!++ ]'''''

-->'''[++ "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 [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking washed and sterilized]], so you get...++ ] [+++ [[MemeticMutation NOTHING! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!]]"+++ ]'''

-->"''[++ YOU BLEW IT!!! I AM STILL ALIVE!!! HAHAHA!!!++ ]''"
** Best bit is when he is sharpening his marksmanship skills by shooting fruit and he turns to an orange that he has beside him : "Ha Ha Ha! I just killed [++ YOUR BROTHER!++ ]'
* '''''[+++ [[EvilAlienConquerors IT WOULD TAKE A THOUSAND OF YOUR TINY MEALS TO SLAKE MY GIGANTIC APPETITE!!!]]+++ ]'''''

* While you were still learning to '''''[++ [[Film/BattlefieldEarth SPELL YOUR NAME]]++ ]''''', ''[[JohnTravolta TERL]]'', was being '''''TRAINED''''', to '''''[++ [[HamAndCheese CHEW THE SCENERY!!]]++ ]''''' (Seriously though, HowDidWeMissThisOne?)

* Prince John, RobinHood2010: I declare him, to be an '''OUT[+ LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!+ ]'''

-->'''Frank:''' ''(thinks he sees a ghost)'' AH-'''[++ [=HAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa!=]++ ]'''

* "[+++ [[InglouriousBasterds 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!, [++ [=QUICKAH!=]++ ], [++ [=FUCK OFF! SIT DOWN!=]++ ] Awesome, believable and completely justified.

--->'''Ninth Doctor''': ''I watched it happen!'' '''[++ I MADE IT HAPPEN!!!++ ]'''

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[[caption-width-right:300:Nick Nolte takes it a bit too literally.]]

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* Goblins had a scene that the author actually [[CosmicRetcon changed]] because he thought it was too [[{{Narm}} narmtastic]]. A mook is getting painfully transformed into a pile of snakes and screams, "[[strike:Oh God, it hurts! It hurts like a ''sickness!'']]" "I feel sick... Oh God, it ''hurts!''

** "Let's start chewing scenery together, USHIROMIYA BATTORAAAAAAAA!!"

* AdolfHitler tended to do this every time he spoke in public. The movies (like the ''Downfall'' example above) aren't really that far from the [[TruthInTelevision truth]] this time.
** [[GodwinsLaw But don't you dare tell someone speaking in all caps on the internet that they're screaming like a Nazi.]]
** That's how politicians (especially fascist dictators) spoke at that time. Look at Mussolini, Franco and Stalin.

* When Pink in ''PinkFloyd TheWall'' 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. SoYeah.

* Much metal has a tendency towards the hammy. For example, JudasPriest: "[[ThisIsSPARTA HE! IS! THE! PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLER! THIS! IS!]] '''''[[ThisIsSPARTA THE!]]''''' [[ThisIsSPARTA PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINKILLLLLER!]]"

-->"[[HypercompetentSidekick Sam]]! [[WrongGenreSavvy Prepare my horse]]! I ride... ''to [=DoSAC=]''!"

-->"[[HypercompetentSidekick Sam]]! Prepare my horse! I ride... ''to [=DoSAC=]''!"

->''It's so hard to chew the scenery when he's wearing dentures.''

->''This scenery is WONDERFUL! Oh, hey there's even more background I can chew!''
-->--[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Critic]] on [[DropDeadFred Drop Dead Fred's]] err... [[{{Understatement}} Over]][[LargeHam acting]]

* [[{{ptitlegf1u3pozudh8}} This Is SPARTA!]]

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