History Narm / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' is usually campy enough to avoid this trope, but it occurs in a few episodes where it takes itself too seriously. The sixth season episode "The Haunting of Amphipolous" in particular is made of narm.
** Also the series finale:
--->"Give me her heeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaad!"
** ''"I'm Livia!!!"''. [[TheScrappy Sure you are, dear]].

** In "Evolution pt2," [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg8hy3UumO8#t=8m26s the kidnapper says, "If you value the life of your friend, you will tell me what I want to KNOW!"]] The delivery was pretty funny, for some reason.

** In the episode "Foothold," [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XruGxqqikZ4#t=10m30s an alien impersonating minor-character Major Davis lets out an unfortunately hilarious roar.]]

* Invoked in ''Series/BlackMirror'': ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]''. The digital clones have hammily hilarious, over-the-top reactions as they act out the role of Daly's subordinates in his "adventures". They suck at acting because they're just digital clones of his co-workers in the office, and besides, they are being made to act under threat of force.
-->'''Digital!Walton''': ''"My GOD! We're gonna DIEEEE!!"''

* ''Series/BarnabyJones'' confronting the murderer of his son in the show's pilot - "Drop it, or I'll kill you where you stand!" Unfortunately Buddy Ebsen is no badass (seriously, he makes Mickey Mouse seem only slightly less intimidating than Jack Bauer).

** The scene has been widely discussed to this day. The website The Ringer did [[https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/8/10/16122384/one-tree-hill-dog-eats-dans-heart-oral-history an oral history]] of the scene, and John Oliver [[https://uproxx.com/tv/john-oliver-one-tree-hill-last-week-tonight/ discussed the scene]] on ''Series/LastWeekTonight.''

* ''Series/{{The OC}}'' famously has the melodramatic scene at the end of season two where Marissa shoots Trey and he slowly reacts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEzQcayEPM scored to "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap.]]
** It even led to an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmd1qMN5Yo0 SNL skit parodying the scene.]]

* ''Narm/TheFlash''

** The Season 6 episode with the classy title "Fuck The Pain Away" gives us [[CoitusEnsues out-of-nowhere]] ''caveman-fairy'' vampire sex.

* Series/{{Angel}}: "A Hole In The World"/"Shells" treats Fred like a DistressedDamsel for her death, and are both full of heavy handed sentiment.

* The 8th season ("Family Edition") of the ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' had one African-American family and their surname happened to be "Black". Cue other teams and the text in the show itself always calling them [[https://external-preview.redd.it/SPr1Yry0mWvVRDcfCJ6ZNUvaHnDUaeMeV2z1D2dgkz8.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=521638d22fcceb344ca64a8041e8a99838613173 "The Black family"]]. They were the first family eliminated so it at least didn't last long.

*** Sister Mary Eunice is walking narm, what with her constant blubbering.

*** Dr. Arden's real name is [[spoiler:Hans Gruper]]. It's kind of hard to establish tension when one of your characters' name sounds like a character from ''Film/DieHard''.

*** [[spoiler:After Zoe stabs Spalding, he proceeds to stick out his tongue in such a silly way that it looked like he was trying to blow a raspberry at her.]] Probably intentional, given the morbidly camp nature of the show.

*** The phrase "baby gravy" is always narmful, even if it is spoken by Angela Basset as Marie Laveau when she explains a fertility ritual to Cordelia.

* The whole "Black Widow of Las Vegas" episode of ''American Justice'', centered on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Rudin Margaret Rudin]], becomes this because of the stupid background music that sounded suspiciously [[SoundtrackDissonance like the original soundtrack of a bad porno flick]].
* ''Series/{{Angel}}''
** 3-15 "Loyalty": Wesley talks to [[http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Loa the Loa]], which apparently takes the form of [[spoiler:a giant anthropomorphic hamburger.]] Just... '''look at it.'''
** "A Hole In The World"/"Shells" treats Fred like a DistressedDamsel for her death, and are both full of heavy handed sentiment.

** War Without End, Part 1: Ivanova's distress call from the future. Narm-tastically over-the-top.

* Attempts to show TheSeventies' ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' to someone unaccustomed to science fiction result in uncontrollable laughter when any character says [[UnusualEuphemism "frak"]], especially during serious moments. It's hard to do this even with someone who ''is'' accustomed to science fiction; nor is it all that easy to get into watching it oneself, since, you know... it's {{Narm}}, and it simply ''is'' ridiculous.
** There's also the name for the pilots and soldiers of Galactica..."Warriors". Who cares if it's the future, they're not another more indicative word like "pilots" or "soldiers" or "marines", they're "warriors". It appears to be an attempt at giving a sort of fantasy feel to the series that just makes it sound silly.
* The ''new'' series of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' can have the same effect:

** From Season 4:
--->"They killed my cat!"
** Season 4 also gives us an argument where two characters attempt a big [[ClusterFBomb Cluster-Frak Bomb.]] It's supposed to be dramatic, and it comes to blows; but hearing two grown men yelling "Frak!" every other word is a bit much.

** In the New Caprica episodes when Cally is in a holding cell, she shouts (or rather, says more loudly than usual), "You stupid frakked up toaster". It was never convincing.

* Creator/TheBBC show ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}'' has a main character who's a werewolf. We see him change into a werewolf several times, with the occasional flash of his naked body mutating and writhing to the sounds of bloodcurdling screams and crunching bones. At the end of this fantastically gritty transformation... we get a guy in a bad werewolf suit.
* ''Series/BykerGrove'': "PJ! Noooooooooooooooo!"
--->"'e's BLIND, man! He cannae SEE!"

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Three words. Brian the Spider. Oh, you wanted a little more detail? The episode "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E5TheHarvestOfKairos The Harvest of Kairos]]" called for a terrible alien life-form that makes Kairos uninhabitable for most of the year. The [[NoBudget special-effects department]] delivered a giant orange snail with legs, which wobbled oh-so-slowly towards our heroes as the otherwise scarily competent Dayna forgot how to use her own legs. (For this and [[WriterOnBoard other reasons]], this episode is often seen as SoBadItsGood by fans.)

* ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}''. Lines such as 'I have an Etruscan spear and I'm not afraid to use it!' from supposedly serious archaeologists.
* On ''Series/{{Bones}},'' every time Creator/DavidBoreanaz shoots, he flinches. His character is supposed to be a trained sniper, but he flinches whenever he fires a handgun.
** This is also true of Creator/JenniferGarner in ''Series/{{Alias}}'', and several other members of the cast.
** Same goes for Creator/GabrielleAnwar on ''Series/BurnNotice.'' "[[InformedAttribute A trigger-happy ex-girlfriend?]]" Sure.
** "Its a suicide bombing, Bones: everyone dies a little." Not even David Boreanaz could pull that line off.
* The "Boys Beware" TV PSA from the 50's on the EVILS OF THE GAY! (Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijbovskICjk here]]). See [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Doug Walker's]] reaction [[http://www.criticswatch.com/reviews/that-guy-riffs-boys-beware here]].

** The show is usually really good at avoiding this, but one scene in the third season when Jesse is in the hospital [[spoiler: after being beaten up by Hank]] has a very narmy few minutes where Jesse describes what he will do to his attacker. It was very narmy anyway, but even more so considering the general subtlety of the series.

** A number of native Spanish speakers have noted how most of the Spanish spoken by characters that are supposed to be fluent is downright awful (in particular, Gus), and this ruins the immersion of a number of dramatic scenes because it's so obvious that the actors do not actually know Spanish.

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'':
** Season 3 finale had a very sad scene where [[spoiler: Piper dies in the emergency room]] which gets promptly ruined as soon as Leo arrives and starts weeping over the body. Creator/BrianKrause has never been a convincing crier but good lord.
** The episode "Ex Libris" has a subplot about a father trying to get justice for his daughter's murder. Only problem is the actor playing the father shows absolutely no emotion whatsoever throughout the entire episode and at the end [[spoiler: when the murderer confesses]] he says his lines like he couldn't care less.
** The actors playing the Kazi Demons from "Sense And Sense Ability" - overdoing it to the point of making most pantomime villains cringe.

* The BBC TV adaptations of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' are arguably SoBadItsGood but the actress playing the White Witch (Barbara Kellerman) takes the cake; she chews the scenery up, gobbles it down, spits it out and then swallows it again for good measure. What's worse is the same actress plays the Hag from ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'' and the Lady of the Green Kirtle in ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', and yes she does the same over-the-top pantomime performance throughout; she cannot sound legitimately angry, and when she tries she comes across as comical.
** The actor playing Peter in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' lacks any kind of presence considering he looks younger than all three actors playing his younger siblings. And that's not to mention him spouting lines like "by golly" and "by jove" in scenes meant to be serious.
** Every time [[LargeHam the White Witch]] [[NoIndoorVoice opens her mouth]], the results are likely to be hilarious. She even responds to Edmund's request for some more Turkish Delight with a BigNo. Her reaction to finding out Father Christmas is up and about from the impromptu Christmas party takes the cake, as she stands up in her sleigh, stretches her arms out, and goes “NYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!” like she’s turning into a [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]] before turning the party to stone.

** "ASLAN'S ON THE MOOOOOOOOOOVE!"
** [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Prince Rillian]] in ''The Silver Chair''. In the original, it was subtle. In the BBC, well...:
*** "WHAT???!??? How DARE you insult my lady's honor? For this, you [[DisproportionateRetribution DIE]]."
*** "WHAT???? Is our maiden a deep POLITICIAN???"

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}''. Every time he decides to get anywhere with Sarah, BAM--Bryce Larkin. It's supposed to be a dramatic moment, every time. They put Matthew Bomer's name in the opening credits, guaranteeing that either we get a flashback episode or he's gonna appear in the end. It's usually the latter. No surprise.
* When ''Series/ColdCase'' is good, it's a TearJerker. When it's not, it's this. One good example of Narm comes from the third season premiere, "Family," where the detectives look into the case of a high school senior who was killed at the same prom where a newborn baby -- his daughter -- was dumped in a trash can. When the mother and daughter finally reunite, what does the mom say?
--> "My God; you have Jimmy all over your face."
** Bukkake -- it brings the family together!
** Another episode had Lily say to a woman, " Don't tell me you're "making do"". She's referring to the woman's claim of being able to handle a tough situation, but just sounds ridiculous.

* In ''Series/{{CSI}}'' "Cats in the Cradle", whilst the two girls give their version of events, the line "Quick, girls! Take the cat and run!" ''must'' be intended to be dramatic. It isn't.
** The little girl having committed murder to steal a cat is narm in of itself.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', season three, episode one. Stella is alone, doing the slow firearm stalk after a SerialKiller. It's supposed to be a tense scene. Stella is MsFanservice, however, and her midriff becomes inadvertently exposed (or maybe advertently exposed). That is quite distracting.

* ''Film/CyberSeductionHisSecretLife'', in which a teenage boy looking at softcore pornography while drinking Red Bull is treated like his having a hardcore drug addiction.
** Made all the Narmier because the actress playing the mother, Kelly Lynch, has done full frontal nudity in other films.
** You could just read about it [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/cyber-seduction-his.php here]].
** The [[SoBadItsGood best part]] about the movie? It's trying to be a colossal, prudish guilt trip on guys who have an interest in girls; but it shows [[FanService damp, toned, boy flesh]] at every opportunity. It's like softcore porn for hardcore feminists.

* Thumbs up for ''Series/DarkAngel'':
--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o_A0QJuNzg "TINGA NO!" ]]
** Then there's the time Logan seems to get the "Virus," which stops him and Max from touching -- but OOPS! NO. It's just chicken pox.
** Then there's Brain's repeated pining over Max. She'd normally beat someone for pining over her, but she appears to think that the Max/Brain ship is possible. Let us note that Brain's a rather fat computer nerd. In Hollywood {{shipping}}, relationships like that just don't work if the fat computer nerd isn't the lead.
** Creator/JessicaAlba. Beautiful. Quite good at acting. But never ask her to cry. If she does, then it will push the narm ''up to eleven.''

* In spite of the serious nature of Creator/InvestigationDiscovery's DocuDrama series ''[[Creator/InvestigationDiscovery Deadly Women]]'', many of the recreations are so [[{{Melodrama}} melodramatic]] that it can be laughable, particularly during scenes where there are arguments. There's also the voice of the narrator, which is meant to sound seductive and ominous but comes across as overdone.

** "Are we gonna party? I think I need another bracelet."
** "I'm gay. I'm totally, totally gay."
** "I'm just a big, stupid loser."
** "You're a robot, Liberty. A walking, talking computer." Judging from that flat, wooden delivery, Mia must be one too.
** "YOU TOLD ME TO PLAY '''''BASKETBALL!!!!!!'''''"
** "My dad used to yell at me!"
** Clare's entire [[{{Melodrama}} "DID YOU EVER LOVE ME AT ALL!?"]] speech to Eli in ''Lovegame'', [[StockPhrases on]] [[ClicheStorm so]] [[ItsAllAboutMe many]] [[TookALevelInJerkass levels...]]
*** And before that, there was Eli's meltdown in ''Drop the World'': "YOU RIPPED MY HEART OUT!"

* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'':
** Anything to do with Dexter's fear that his son is a burgeoning serial killer. Reason being, ''he's one''! He just took his first steps. Oh no, a child was scratched and it's possible that he did it. Clearly that was due to his ''lust for '''pain''''' rather than him not having proper motor skills yet. If that kid's out for blood at his age he needs to team up with [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]].
** On episode 8.02, "Every Silver Lining", the first scene is an old video of Harry talking about how he took young Dexter to a crime scene (at his request) to shock him out of his "problem". Instead of that, he says Dexter was fascinated with it, and then he starts crying. It's supposed to be heartbreaking, but it's hilarious instead.

* For those who don't believe in doomsday paranoia, shows like ''Doomsday Preppers'' and ''Doomsday Bunkers'' are definitely SoBadItsGood GuiltyPleasures, due to the overwrought narration of the potential doomsday scenarios.

* Any time Greg Parker gets emotional on ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'', but particularly in season 4.
%%* The entirety of ''Series/BeyondScaredStraight''.

* ''Series/FullHouse'' has incredible amounts of Narm. If there is ever a moment in it that moves you, you must have a strong stomach. Danny Tanner would aggravate any normal child for his patronizing (and slightly creepy) one-minute speeches that seem to solve everything, but somehow the Tanner children fly into his arms every time.
** Special mention goes to a VerySpecialEpisode about child abuse, in which there is a boy in Stephanie's class who keeps showing up to school covered in bruises. When questioned, he says he "[[CutHimselfShaving fell down some stairs]]". He finally confesses the truth to Stephanie:
--> "I ran into a door. A door named Dad."
--> "I HAVE no dog!"
* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' is absolutely ''packed'' with InUniverse Narm, since it's about a ShowWithinAShow.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has a few scenes like this, although whether or not the writers are trying to be serious in any of these moments is debatable:
** Quinn's introduction in The Purple Piano project comes with her turning completely goth with pink hair, nose ring, and a Ryan Seacrest tattoo on her back. It is quite hilariously cringeworthy, just like a good majority of this show.
** One of the most cringe-making examples was during the ''Defying Gravity'' sing-off between Rachel and Kurt. When Kurt misses the high note towards the end of the song, he makes ''such'' a weird, helium-high, almost robotic ''Mal-function!!'' sound that all inherent tragedy/sympathy in the scene is lost. It's more "Woah, that was weird!" than "Aw, bless his heart." His shiny, disappointed-post-ejaculation-face compounds the effect. Then it makes sense as we find out he blew the note on purpose...then it gets rather narmy again when he explains that he did it so his dad wouldn't get harassing phone calls. Like, dude, your dad's an adult, he doesn't really need you protecting him.
** During Duets: When Artie is calling Brittany out on her using him for his voice and for not realizing how important losing his virginity was for him, he leaves her in the hallway and wheels away... at which point it can be seen his back wheels had ''flashing rainbow lights.'' It completely ruined the scene, since they most definitely weren't there before this scene. Also, the awkward moment when Brittany had to lift him out of his chair and carry him bridal-style to the bed so they could have sex.
** Kurt's coming out to Mercedes in the third episode was pretty narmtastic in that his closet was [[TransparentCloset rather see-through.]] Especially since people had been warning Mercedes earlier on in the episode to stop crushing on him because he was so obviously gay.
** Quinn's pregnant girl version of "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" is also ruined by the fact that it's painfully obvious that the pregnant dancers ''weren't actually pregnant.'' No girl who is ''that'' heavily pregnant can dance like that. In the same way, Bohemian Rhapsody became narm when they decided to cut from Vocal Adrenaline's performance to Quinn [[ScreamingBirth giving birth.]] This was so cheesy and quite frankly bizarre that it became hilarious.
** Could be that the writers knew that it was badly conceived but just didn't care; Artie's comment after the [[Series/MarriedWithChildren pregnoids]] come in but before they perform is almost a {{lampshade|Hanging}}.
-->'''Artie''': This is offensive.
** Kurt and Blaine's slow motion gay run.
*** Even the actors notice that this was a little too weird to be taken seriously. Creator/ChrisColfer himself said that the scene was 'too gay even for me'.
** What probably should've been a touching TearJerker of a goodbye in the "Somewhere Only We Know" number ends up becoming hilarious due to Blaine's overdone "crying" face, which looks more goofy than sad.
** Every single time Blaine cries or has a dramatic scene. Cases in point: When he talks to Kurt about being conflicted in his sexuality in season 2's "Blame It On The Alcohol", and the entire "Fighter" performance from season 3's "Big Brother".
** In Funeral when [[spoiler: Sue reveals her sister has died]] as an explanation for her recent behavior is supposed to be stunning, but her behavior had already been more and more screwed up as season 2 progressed so it made for a terrible, yet hilarious, excuse.
** Blaine's facial expressions in "Last Friday Night"...who am I kidding? His facial expressions whenever he sings are hilarious.
** Kurt's presidential debate speech is rather heartfelt and touching until he utters a line equating gym dodgeball to modern-day stoning.
** In season one, when Finn sincerely sang "Stand by You" to [[spoiler: the ultrasound of what he was led to believe was his and Quinn's baby]]. Then his mom comes in to see what he's doing, and [[MoodWhiplash the scene does a 180-degree turn]].
** There was also that scene in season one where Quinn sings "You Keep Me Hangin On", a tortured love song in a way that makes it seem it's about Rachel despite the fact that in only the previous scene Quinn was confronting Rachel about her feelings for Finn who was Quinn's boyfriend at the time. To most people this was narm, but to the [[LesYay Faberry shippers it was glorious]].

* Much like the above-mentioned ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'', the old ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' TV series was pretty narmful. Even more so than the books, due to overenthusiastic acting on the young actors' parts, and some ''really'' cheesy effects.

* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'':
**[[SkywardScream DARIUS!]] [[LargeHam DAAAAAAARIUS!]]
** Duncan’s flashback to his first love Debra Campbell, because of the much-maligned red wig the actress wore.
* ''{{Series/Hoarders}}'' is loaded with Narm, but one example stands out: "Darth Vader Mr. Potato Head! What is wrong with you people?"
* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'':
** "I was just thinking of the distances we travel... yet how far we still have to sail as men." Possibly the most mocked line in the series. Plus Horatio is hugging a rope while saying that.
** The slow-motion SayMyName "'''BUUUNTIIING!!!'''" that Horatio yells out while chasing the surly seaman of the week through the woods.

* ''Series/ICarly'' comes up with at least a few of these every season. It's usually part of the [[ShowWithinAShow webshow]]. Occasionally parodied and it becomes NarmCharm.

* ''Series/{{Jekyll}}'' with James Nesbitt gets increasingly Narmy as Hyde takes over.
--> ''"I LIIIVE in your '''SOOOOOOUUUUULLL!!!''' Like a CAAAAAGED BIRD!!! But SOMETIMES, the DOOOOOR is left OOOOOPEN!!"''
* ''Series/JudgeJohnDeed'': Judge Monty Everard's line "You'll come to regret crossing swords with me, sir!".

* Reality shows in general can often seem narmy with the way they play ridiculously dramatic music whenever there's some minor conflict, even though said music wouldn't be used in any movie or TV series except for in the most dramatic parts.
* ''Series/JohnFromCincinnati'' had a few. One example is when Butchie calls his ex-girlfriend on the cell phone and insults her, making her hang up in his face. A few minutes later, he calls her again only to repeat the ''same'' insult. He repeats the process a few times.

** The Australian Macbeth is the funniest. The witches hiss!

* ''Series/MadMen'': Whenever someone cries in "The Suitcase".
* The last part of the Belgian programme ''man bijt hond'' has amateur stage players try playing a scene from a feuilleton. This is always outrageously funny because the actors are hamming it up every scene and don't sound natural at all. It's SoBadItsGood at its very best. The jury is still out on whether the actors are deliberately trying to make their scenes sound lame, or if they're just genuinely bad. Considering the poor quality of the rest of the show, the latter is quite likely.

* In the Creator/{{NBC}} miniseries ''Meteor'', there is a scene where Dr. Chetwyn (portrayed by Creator/JasonAlexander) is angry and stressed out over the situation he's in, and snaps at the people around him. While this was meant to be a serious scene, Dr. Chetwyn yells and looks up into the air the ''exact'' same way [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] would have, which ruins the moment.

* There is no doubt Creator/{{Gackt}} was having ''a lot'' of fun playing the role of a [[https://youtu.be/rAILzDX8DEY?t=35 cannibalistic serial killer]] in the TV series ''Mr. Brain''.
--> "I will kill you all and feast upon your flesh! I will... be reborn! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]"

** It possibly becomes even funnier if you realize that this is the ''second'' episode of ''Monk'' in which the killer has dressed up as Santa. What ''is'' it with San Francisco's murderers and Santa?
* Mentally-ill Selwyn in ''Moses Jones'' explains that some thugs, who he refers to as demons, "Ironed him! With a... [long pause]... iron!" It's probably the accent.
* The paranormal documentary series ''The Most Terrifying Places in America'' has plenty of cheesy puns and horror-movie cliché lines in its relentlessly hammy narration. But one particularly standout narm line came from the fifth incarnation while introducing a haunted library: "Even the Dewey Decimal system can't help you now!"
* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'': Fairly prevalent. Going from examples [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svrMA9cWbFs solely from a single 30-second promo]]:
** "I've been a detective a long time... I'm pretty good at it" - is hilariously cheesy dialogue... especially since it's immediately followed by an even cheesier "GAME OVER!"
** Deserved or not, the sheer amount of CharacterShilling Laura gets is hilarious.
** A SmugSnake is saying "I'd like to speak to the man in charge!" Laura's response? "That would be... '''me'''" seems like it's from a parody ShowWithinAShow.

* ''Series/TheNakedBrothersBand'': Aren't those kids kinda young to be singing songs about messy break-ups? Live your lives, damn it!
* National Geographic's ''Fight Science'' -- the little monologues at the end of each segment involving the "winning" martial artist trying to sound tough while shadow-boxing, getting out of breath as they monologued.
* In the vampire story arc of ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'', we get this little exchange.
-->''(Donatello zaps the little vampire girl with a ray of ultraviolet light)''\\
'''Little vampire girl''' ''(unaffected and unimpressed)'': You idiot, it's the Holy Solar Orb we're afraid of, not cheap tanning salon light.\\
'''Donatello''' ''(astonished)'': But it's practically the same thing!
** Let's get this straight: those vampire kids know enough about human technology to know what tanning salons are, yet they still refer to the Sun by an archaic and mystical-sounding name?

* An episode of ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' had a couple driving off to get married. They had been planning this for several weeks, complete with numerous anvils about how happy and in love they were and the wonderful life they were going to have together... only for her to unbuckle her seat belt when she dropped the box containing their wedding rings. A few seconds later, the car to crash into the river.
* ''Series/OneTreeHill'' was already a Narm-filled show on its own (like most of what is on Creator/TheCW), but watching [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzPDEirVTZk A DOG EAT A MAN'S HEART TRANSPLANT]] is so high up on the Narm-o-meter that you just can't help but laugh at how bad it is. The music [[SoundtrackDissonance tells us it's supposed to be sad]], but it really looks like a scene out of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.
** See, ''this'' is what happens when a serious show decides to plagiarize ''Film/RatRace''.

* ''Series/{{Oz}}'' features some classic "playing a mentally-handicapped person" acting from Scott William Winters as Cyril O'Reily, which is sometimes played for laughs (with his childlike voice), but at other points, you're supposed to take it seriously. Any scene where he goes berserk and starts flailing around like a crazed loon tends to have a bit of Narm attached to it.

* In the Japanese [[YaoiGenre BL]] drama ''Pornographer'', one scene has main character Haruhiko going on with his everyday life after trying to end his relationship with his highly disfunctional lover Rio. He leaves Rio alone with one of his ex boyfriends, in that moment intoxicated and quite angry, and goes to buy groceries while repeating himself that everything's going to go smoothly until his sense of guilt gets the best of him, causing him to have a small panic attack in public. An effective and nicely melodramatic scene, at least until the camera pulls back and lingers for a couple seconds on [[https://i.imgur.com/hGQ9M0p.jpg the back of Haruhiko's shirt]].

* From ''Series/Rescue911'', the recreation has proven to be quite funny.
--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djbr2ihSp0M#t=2m23s "BAWB! GETCHER GUN DERE'S AN ALLIGADUH WIDDA KID IN ITS MOUF!"]]

* The fight scene between Marc Antony and a teenage Octavian on ''Series/{{Rome}}'' was quite hilarious, although it certainly wasn't intended as such.
* Mexican telenovela ''Series/LaRosaDeGuadalupe'' may be the best example of this trope. The series features a single-episode story dealing with contemporary teen issues (and a few episodes dealing with parental fears every now and then), ranging from drugs usage to "''My mother uses Facebook''". The point of it is being a "modern take" of old telenovelas similar to this one, as at the plots of the episodes are always resolved due to the characters' commitment to the ''Holy Virgin of Guadalupe''. Needless to say, in a typical telenovela-fashion, incredibly cheesy acting is to be expected, unrealistic portrayals of a lot of groups are shown, scriptwriting seems to be nonexistent, and the moral manipulation is just ''freaking'' evident. It has unfortunately achieved a quite strong following for the series ''per se'', but still for half the audience it's their favorite ''comedy'' show (there was an episode addressing cosplay and the anime subculture, with... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCOfA13Qi6w disastrous results]]). [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150225150258/http://www.anatoleserial.net/blog/archives/238 This blog entry sums it up nicely]].

* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' in the episode "Kali, Part II" Will attempted to contact a god-like abnormal. It went something like this:
---> I must find her! How can I find her?! ... Dance... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnHmoaRB8pg I can DANCE!!!]]

* ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''. There are numerous examples, but one of special note:
--> "He won't answer my phone calls and I CAN'T DRIVE!"
** Another one:
--> "He died a horrible death because I had incredible sex!"
** And another:
--> "I can't handle the stop and go, especially the stop."
** Every single episode contains some elements of narm.

* [[Series/SeventhHeaven "Thank you, Staff Sergeant Dwight J. Morgan."]]
** One could make a drinking game out of the narmy moments in ''Series/SeventhHeaven''.
* The flashback scenes in the ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' episode "Of Men and Angels", as the actress playing young Jocelyn looks almost nothing like her (wearing a very obviously fake looking red wig), and her line delivery leaves a lot to be desired.
* The infamous catchphrase from ITV's short-lived game show ''Shafted''. The narminess of Robert Kilroy-Silk's delivery led to it becoming a minor RunningGag on ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou''.
-->"Their fate will be in each other's hands, as they decide whether to share... ''or to shaft''."

* Given that ''Social Nightmare'' (in which teenager Susan's life starts to come apart when she's cyberbullied starting with inappropriate pictures being put online) was made by Creator/TheAsylum and premiered on Creator/{{Lifetime}}, it has Narm-a-plenty - but the official low point comes when her friend Emily (who's had her picture put up on a site for swinging singles by the villain) figures out who's behind it thanks to the most head-slapping case of ChekhovsGun in history. [[spoiler: Having established earlier in the movie that Susan's mother gets "proceed" and "precede" mixed up, Emily finds that her profile on the site includes a suggestion to contact her on how to "precede." [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Not. Making. This. Up]].]]

* The 2010 Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie ''Stonehenge Apocalypse'' is full of Narm-y goodness.
--> "Dammit, Joseph!"\\
"[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments IT WAS]] [[MemeticMutation A ROBOT HEAD!!!]]"

* ''Series/WakingTheDead''. Peter Boyd's shouting.

* In ''Series/VanPires'', [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot evil alien vampire cars]] suck fuel from the cars of Earth. The line "poor, innocent cars!" was uttered often, and when combined with SpecialEffectFailure it made for a pretty surreal and hilarious show.
* In the Spanish series ''Series/VeranoAzul'', while the very strong in-story reactions to [[spoiler: the CoolOldGuy TeamDad's DeathByNewberyMedal]] were NOT uncalled for, the sheer levels [[LargeHam of over-acting]] ''were''.

* A season five episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'', where an upset Josh Lyman stands out front of the Capitol and screams "you want a piece of me?!" at the building with great angst. Who screams at a building?

* One particularly tense scene near the end of the first season of ''Series/TheWire'' had emotionally-torn drug dealer D'Angelo repeatedly shouting "Where's Wallace?" at his boss. In some countries, this can get undermined because Wallace is the long form of Wally, and there are "Where's Wally?" books...

* Narm happens in many PerpSweating scenes in {{CrimeTimeSoap}}s that happen to state that NewMediaAreEvil, at least to anyone who has some understanding of this new media. Moreso after a few years have passed, and we get to hear Music/IceT refer to videogames as "[[UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 magical rape land]]" in reruns, after any fear is long gone.
* There's a LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek entitled ''My Stepson, My Lover''. It ended with the stepson/lover completely paralyzed in a wheelchair.
** Lifetime movies are MADE of this trope. Of course, for some, [[SoBadItsGood that is]] [[NarmCharm the appeal.]]
* Another Lifetime show deals with dramatic reenactments of supposedly true stories of medical emergencies as recounted by the actual medical professionals. Unfortunately, the reenactments are also performed by said medical staff, and while a skilled actor can easily pretend to be a doctor, the inverse is absolutely ''not'' universally true. The acting in these segments is so laughably atrocious that it can give the viewer an uncomfortable feeling throughout the whole show that a porno scene is about to kick off at any moment.

* Watching ''[[Film/HarryPotter Goblet of Fire]]'' on Creator/ABCFamily in December. Just try watching the depressing ending and seeing CGI Santa Claus on the bottom of the screen reminding you that it's 25 Days of Christmas.

* While not too specific, Indian soap operas are often poked fun of due to the excessive use of special effects, sound effects, and awkward camera angles. This is especially prominent in scenes that are supposed to be dramatic or serious. However, these scenes come off as a bunch of flickering lights, distortion of the image, zooming, swooshes, change of color, etc. Many people in comment sections have compared these effects to someone's first attempt at using Powerpoint or Windows Movie Maker. A prime example is from Kasamh Se an Indian tv show which has gained over 2 million views [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHcYegE6ns]]

--> '''Morgan''': The prostitutes we spoke to said you would hang around, watching them. Did you fantasise about having sex with them?
--> '''Nathan''': (angrily) NO, I fantasised about KILLING them!

** The whole Staged Car Crashes = SymbolicRape thing from "Paradise".

** "Shades Of Gray." Disturbing episode in which the team realizes [[spoiler:the one who killed a little boy was said boy's [[EnfantTerrible sociopathic few-years-older brother]], on top of that a ManipulativeBastard in the making]]. The only real problem with the revelation of the killer is the flashback to the murder. [[spoiler:The elder brother has been working on a model plane, and the little brother wants to play with it. He ends up dropping and shattering it, which is the trigger for the murder. Realizing that it's practically a reenactment of a [[MemeticMutation certain, particularly reviled episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' up to eleven and in which the younger sibling was sorry, complete with screaming "I told you not to touch it!", makes it either [[FunnyAneurysmMoment a lot worse]], or... well, [[{{Narm}} funny]]]].

** Every time [[LargeHam the White Witch]] [[NoIndoorVoice opens her mouth]], the results are likely to be hilarious. She even responds to Edmund's request for some more Turkish Delight with a BigNo.

** See, ''this'' is what happens when a serious show decides to plagiarize ''Film/RatRace''.

** "Soul Mates" featured a pair of sexual predators with a thing for teenaged girls discussing how they liked their hamburger meat "fresh" and "rare" in a flashback. It started off creepy and ended up hilarious, doubly so because the first phrase uttered after the flashback was "You think that's funny?". From the same episode, Morgan drags the one of the pair they have in custody into a couple verbal scuffles while trying to interrogate him. A couple of his remarks (case in point, Morgan presses him on the implications that the two are romantically attached to each other, the unsub says Morgan has no idea what he's talking about, and Morgan's deadpan response is "You're right - I have absolutely no idea what it's like to be in love with another man") can come off as either [[UnfortunateImplications low blows, under the circumstances,]] or just exchanges that wouldn't be out of place in a... less serious series.

** This made even worse due to the show [[UnfortunateImplications deciding to give them stereotypical voices based on where they're from in the country]], such as a murdered teenage girl from South Carolina was given a slow, drawl-laden Southern-accented voice although her mother doesn't sound like that and another one featuring a murdered Black woman giving her a [[SassyBlackWoman stereotypical Black woman's voice.]]

* A local TV station in Columbus, Ohio once aired a negative review of the film ''[[Film/NineteenFortyOne 1941]]'', given by a strait-laced newscaster. She tried to be indignant as she asked, "What is so funny about the inability to make a bowel movement?" but came off as unintentionally hilarious.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' is usually really good at avoiding this, but one scene in the third season when Jesse is in the hospital [[spoiler: after being beaten up by Hank]] has a very narmy few minutes where Jesse describes what he will do to his attacker. It was very narmy anyway, but even more so considering the general subtlety of the series.

** Another episode features the gang trying to drive a van through a driving range - and they are still pelted with golf balls by [[WhatAnIdiot people who are still swinging their clubs]] despite the obvious van. In RealLife, this can get you kicked out of the golf course.

* In the teen SoapOpera "Rebelde", there's an episode where Teo, the [[GiveGeeksAChance heroic nerd]], and Giovanni, the [[WhatAnIdiot complete moron]], are trapped in a burning cellar. They discover a [[AirVentPassageway passage]] leading out, but for some reason, Teo can't escape, so Giovanni goes through it and promises to look for help. Giovanni spends quite some time walking around the roofs and looking for a way to get back to ground level. The situation is very serious as Teo is in real danger, but somehow the producers missed the point that absolutely everything Giovanni has done throughout the series has been for [[RuleofFunny comedic purposes]] and it's not appropriate to suddenly put him on a dramatic situation. Result: Giovanni walking around the roofs for [[ArcFatigue a couple of episodes]] instantly becomes a SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, especially if you had missed the previous episode and you didn't know why on hell Giovanni was there.

** "Shades Of Gray." Disturbing episode in which the team realizes [[spoiler:the one who killed a little boy was said boy's [[EnfantTerrible sociopathic few-years-older brother]], on top of that a ManipulativeBastard in the making]]. The only real problem with the revelation of the killer is the flashback to the murder. [[spoiler:The elder brother has been working on a model plane, and the little brother wants to play with it. He ends up dropping and shattering it, which is the trigger for the murder. Realizing that it's practically a reenactment of a [[MemeticMutation certain, particularly reviled episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' UpToEleven and in which the younger sibling was sorry, complete with screaming "I told you not to touch it!", makes it either [[FunnyAneurysmMoment a lot worse]], or... well, [[{{Narm}} funny]]]].

** Creator/JessicaAlba. Beautiful. Quite good at acting. But never ask her to cry. If she does, then it will push the narm ''UpToEleven.''

* Much like the above-mentioned ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'', the old ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' TV series was pretty narmful. [[UpToEleven Even more so]] than the books, due to overenthusiastic acting on the young actors' parts, and some ''really'' cheesy effects.

** Want to amplify the Narm UpToEleven? Watch that video with the [[WordSaladHumor auto-generated closed captions turned on]]. You're welcome, Internet!

** Hector's DeathGlare just before [[spoiler: he blows himself and Gus up.]]