History Main / OverlyNarrowSuperlative

* ''WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd'': While livestreaming ''007: VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}'' on the Platform/GameBoyAdvance, Derek is amused when a review is found for the game calling it "The 3rd best GBA FPS."

* In the opening sequence for the 2013 [[UsefulNotes/MTVMovieAndTVAward MTV Movie Awards]], Creator/JamesFranco informs Creator/RebelWilson, "you'll be the greatest Australian female host in Creator/{{MTV}} history!"

* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the trope was invoked and played with by USAAF fighter pilot Wah Kau Kong in an interview with an Army public relations officer: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160124115400/http://www.asianweek.com/2009/08/25/chinese-american-hero-wah-kau-kong// "Well," he said, "you could announce that Kong is without question the handsomest Chinese fighter pilot in the ETO (European Theater of Operations)." When it was pointed out that he was the only Chinese pilot in the ETO, he replied, "Well, we could drop the (word) ETO and eliminate the Chinese. There's a story, the handsomest pilot."]]

* A regular feature of ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' was the "Top 10 Games" (or Top 5, or Top 20, etc.) lists for the current Creator/{{Nintendo}} consoles and handheld systems. For a brief time, there was even a Top 5 list for the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy games, despite there only being 14 games available for the system in North America. WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd lampshaded it in his ''Nintendo Power'' video.

* ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'''s ''[=GoatZ=]'' expansion touted itself as "The first survival game on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} not in Early Access", which was more of a TakeThat at the glut of Early Access survival games on Steam than it was [[OlderThanTheyThink a factually correct statement]].

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' is widely described as "the best ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' game on the UsefulNotes/{{P|layStationPortable}}SP" despite being the only PSP ''Kingdom Hearts'' title. [[SubvertedTrope It's widely considered to be a good game, though.]] It is more likely that the commenters either weren't aware of the game being the only one (thus far) released for the PSP, or [[AmbiguousSyntax they meant it was the best game of the franchise that happened to be released for the PSP]].

** Their own We're Right Awards assigns these to the various games at the ceremony. For instance, ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' was awarded the title of "Best raccoon game since ''Ringtales'' on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]]", and ''VideoGame/{{Tearaway}}'' is referred to as the "Best game you won't play because you don't have a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Vita]], because no one has a Vita".

** [[https://www.theonion.com/the-nine-must-have-ps5-launch-games-1845596993 An article]] about the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 launch lineup noted of ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'': "Looks like shit honestly but for a window of several weeks it will be one of the nine best games for the [=PS5=]." Seemingly taking it in good humor, an ad for the game [[QuoteMine quoted]] ''The Onion'' as having said "Looks like[...]honestly[...]one of the[...]best games for the [=PS5=]."

* As part of their annual collection of honest posters for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar-nominated movies]], UK movie site The Shiznit [[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/media/2012/October/truthposters/zero-dark-thirty-large.jpg described]] ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'' as being [[Creator/KathrynBigelow "from the Academy Award-winning writer and director who is a woman"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-aK-MWS2E One man]] sold personal finance software... for the UsefulNotes/AppleII. In 2013. In the auction page, he boasted:

* ''WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd'': While livestreaming ''007: VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}'' on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, Derek is amused when a review is found for the game calling it "The 3rd best GBA FPS."

* Creator/{{Tobuscus}} got invited to livestream a playthrough of the UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade game ''VideoGame/{{Bloodforge}}'' on its release date. He brought his mom along to the show and invited her to play for a few minutes. Shortly thereafter he called her "The best mom who ever played ''Bloodforge'' in the first hour of its release."

* WebVideo/{{Yuriofwind}} says in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VguXig9gtlE Gaming Mysteries]] on ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' that the aforementioned game is the best ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64. He follows that up by saying that while it may seem like an unfair thing to say, [[LampshadeHanging since it wins by default]], that's the best kind of victory.

* The Daytime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward, because of its qualification restrictions, often will only have a handful of shows to draw its nominations from. This especially counts for the Drama (i.e. SoapOpera) categories, because, since 2014, there are only four network soaps remaining (Creator/{{NBC}} moved ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' to Creator/{{Peacock}} in 2022, but it's still eligible).

--->'''Music/{{Beck}}:''' Bender, that was ''the'' best forty-minute washboard solo I've ever heard. The parts where I was awake ''blew my mind''.

* In the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "[[Recap/CastleS4E8HeartbreakHotel Heartbreak Hotel]]", from a disgruntled Esposito: "Worst impromptu bachelor party while on case ''ever''."

** In an episode of [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} the original series]], Yakko Warner describes an [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible overly Avant-Garde]] [[LeFilmArtistique black and white French film]] as "The worst French film I've ever seen! It's also the only French film I've ever seen."

* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' strip, Dagwood is bummed that he's not good at par golf. Blondie comforts him by saying that at least he's "the very best office manager in the history of J.C. Dithers & Co."

* [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams St. Louis Browns]] owner Bill Veeck said of Eddie Gaedel, who had a single plate appearance in 1951, "he was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one."

** There's a Netflix user review of ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' that calls it "by default, the ''Citizen Kane'' of naked space zombie vampire movies."

** Seen in the Dwarf Noble Origin of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. The PC in this origin is the second of three children of King Endrin, with an older brother and a younger brother. A female PC can have a conversation with younger brother Bhelen in which he calls her "my favorite sister" -- she is, of course, the only girl in the family.

* From ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas Special]]'':

** [[https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3391 The blog]] held a a Soldier vs. Demoman propaganda poster competition, and gave out a whole slew of runners-up awards for categories such as “Most Likely to Get Us a Cease and Desist Order From Creator/{{Bethesda}},” “Most Disturbing Use of [[UsefulNotes/MSPaint the Most Primitive Computer Art Program Available]],” “Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Melting,” and “Most Convincing Argument for Learning How to Contract by One Pixel in Photoshop.”

** Or [[AcceptableTargets the best-looking girl in Wales]].

* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', a dialogue option causes the playable character to describe Therese as the most powerful vampire in Santa Monica. While this sounds impressive at first, as far as the playable character knows, there are only four vampires ''in'' Santa Monica.

* ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2023/04/30 this comic]], when Phoebe wants to believe she is unique she asks Marigold how many humans ride unicorns to school. When Marigold answers 910, Phoebe keeps narrowing it down further tills she gets to human girls with freckles who play the piano and are named Phoebe Howell, of which she is the only one.

* A common StockJoke in British {{panto}} is to conclude with something like "You're the best Thursday-night audience we've had this week!"

* A slightly different version: Cirno of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' constantly proclaims that she's the strongest and smartest fairy in Gensokyo. She probably is, but considering normal fairies are idiot {{mooks}}, it's generally accepted this doesn't really mean much at all. She narrows it down even further if she [[MirrorMatch beats herself]] in ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'': "When it comes to me, I'm the strongest!"

** ''Westernanimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' is noted as being the [[Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce second]] best movie of 2022 featuring Michelle Yeoh and a rock with googly eyes.

* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':

* Technology writer [[http://www.ihnatko.com/ Andy Ihnatko]] has referred to himself as "America's 42nd most beloved industry-figure and "Possibly not the least-beloved technology pundit in the land!"

Another Overly Narrow Superlative is such a big deal that it rather cancels the over-narrowness, though. ENIAC was the first computer known to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness Turing Complete]] ''during its operational life''. (The Z3 ''was'' Turing Complete, but this was only demonstrated in 1998, using programming techniques not available in its time. The Mark I (appeared after the Z3 and before the ENIAC) was also Turing Complete, proven in 1998. The Zuse Z4 from 1945 was not Turing Complete right from the start -- the conditional jump instruction was added after 1945 (possibly in 1950). Coincidentally, the ENIAC also lacked a conditional jump instruction at first and was not Turing Complete, until it was "hacked" to allow for some sort of conditional execution.[[note]]Back in these days, few people cared about whether a computer was Turing Complete or not. Usually, the problems the computers had to solve did not require Turing Completeness.[[/note]]