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--> [[Anime/DeathNote I'll take a trope page...]] [[MemeticMutation and EDIT IT!!]]

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-->-- ''Boomerang promo for'' '''My Knight & Me'''

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->''"Even the stuff that isn’t epic IS.....STILL.....TOTALLY.....EPIIIIIIIIIIC!!!!!"''

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!Examples

Compare FencePainting when this technique is used by a character in-universe to draw peoples' attention to otherwise boring actions. See also MundaneUtility (for ''awesome'' tools that are used to do mundane things), InvisibilityFlicker (which reminds you that stealth and awesome don't mix, except when ninjas are involved), HairFlip (a common way of making a small head movement dramatic), and MundaneObjectAmazement (more focused on characters being amazed by mundane objects). Contrast with UnusuallyUninterestingSight.

When you think about it, the vast majority of things we do in our everyday life are incredibly {{boring|but practical}}. Sports games? A bunch of people throw a ball around. Lunch? You put food in your mouth and chew it. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Sex?]] A couple of people rub thier genitals together. Talk about dull.

When you think about it, the vast majority of things we do in our everyday life are incredibly {{boring|but practical}}. Sports games? A bunch of people throw a ball around. Lunch? You put food in your mouth and chew it. Talk about dull.

--> [[Anime/DeathNote I'll take a trope page... and ''EDIT IT!!!!'']]

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In the world of fiction, however, this kind of mundanity simply will not do (unless you're such a good writer that you can pull it off). This is ''especially'' noticeable when plot-relevant events of ''huge import'' are going on! Looks like we need some editing work from Doctor Fabulous if this is gonna get anywhere. To an otherwise mundane scene, we will thus add

When you think about it, the vast majority of things we do in our everyday life are incredibly boring. Sports games? A bunch of people throw a ball around. Lunch? You put food in your mouth and chew it. Talk about dull.

{{Large Ham}}s are the living embodiments of this trope. This trope is highly likely to contain {{Melodrama}}. When this gets overdone, you often end up with {{Narm}}.

{{Large Ham}}s are the living embodiments of this trope. This trope is highly likely to contain {{Melodrama}}. When this gets overdone, you often end up with {{Narm}} and ItGetsBetter.

->''"[[MemeticMutation I'll take a potato chip...]]'' '''''[[MemeticMutation AND EAT IT!]]'''"''
-->--'''Light Yagami''', in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs this clip]] from Episode 8 of ''Manga/DeathNote''.

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See also MundaneUtility (for ''awesome'' tools that are used to do mundane things), InvisibilityFlicker (which reminds you that stealth and awesome don't mix, except when ninjas are involved), HairFlip (a common way of making a small head movement dramatic), and MundaneObjectAmazement (more focused on characters being amazed by mundane objects). Contrast with UnusuallyUninterestingSight.

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I'll log into this website... AND EDIT THIS PAGE!!

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In the world of fiction, however, this kind of mundanity simply will not do (unless you're such a good writer that you can pull it off). This is ''especially'' noticable when plot-relevant events of ''huge import'' are going on! Looks like we need some editing work from Doctor Fabulous if this is gonna get anywhere. To an otherwise mundane scene, we will thus add

See also MundaneUtility (for ''awesome'' tools that are used to do mundane things), InvisibilityFlicker (which reminds you that stealth and awesome don't mix, except when ninjas are involved), HairFlip (a common way of making a small head movement dramatic), and MundaneObjectAmazement (More focused on characters being amazed by mundane objects). Contrast with UnusuallyUninterestingSight.

* [[ChewingTheScenery Exaggerated expressions]] [[MilkingTheGiantCow and gestures]]

* [[RepeatCut Rapidly changing camera angles]]