History Narm / TheKingOfFighters

** Whenever you beat Rugal in ''[='95=]'' with an edited team, he goes out with an indignant tirade. This tirade is made more comical with his scream of "I'll be back... YOU JERKS!", making him sound less like an evil BloodKnight and more like a whiny schoolkid who's just had his lollipop stolen by bullies. This is compounded with the subsequent spelling error: "Rugal '''B'''efeated"

** 4 Years of the tourdement being ruined by completemonsters and Yashiro [[itwashissled still expects you to be surprised]] that the tournament is [[HyjackedbyGannon Hyjacked by Orochi.]]

** Then we come to ''2000''. "You can't resist me! I'll beat you all like a drum!" as said by Clone Zero. It doesn't help that any dramatic or scary shot of him is ruined by his utterly humourously silly Pringles moustache, hence the name "[[FanNickname Commander Pringles]]."

** It's even worse when you play as Team Japan (Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon). [[spoiler:Having Kyo refer to his BrainwashedAndCrazy father as "Papa-san" ''in the English translation'' smacks of BabyTalk (which would've been a little more believable if Kyo was a KidHero, but he's at least ''in his late teens'' and has very rough speech patterns) and '''horribly''' ruins what should've been a very emotional IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight.]] A simple [[spoiler:"Dad"]] or [[spoiler:"Father"]] (or even [[spoiler:"Old Man"]], considering the kind of character Kyo is) would've been more than enough, Kyo; what likely sounds decent in the original Japanese is pure Narm in English.

** It should be telling that one of the marketed features of ''[=MI2=]'' was the option to ''switch to the original Japanese voices''.

** The tension when Rugal regards the Fatal Fury team in ''[='94=]'' is screwed by him referring to their enemies as "Geese and Klauser." RougeAnglesOfSatin applies here, but yeah.

** Speaking of ''2000'', during the Art of Fighting team's ending, Takuma saves King from the [[KillSat Zero Cannon]]. He then reveals that he wants King to carry Ryo's baby... while the revelation is shocking enough, the players were more bowled over by Ryo and Robert's faces of surprise, [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/neogeo/b/kof2kart-24.png which ended up rendering them as something akin to a horrid Botox disaster.]]
*** It's ''supposed'' to be a stock comedic reaction, but it's not hard to argue where some might see it as overblown.

** In the same vein of the Art of Fighting Team ending in ''2000'', there is the Women Fighters Team ending here, which is a call back to the team's ''99'' ending. If Ryo and Robert's reactions to Takuma wanting King to bear his grandson were over-the-top, [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/neogeo/c/kof2k1fem-38.png just look at her and Mai]] reacting to Hinako slapping Xiangfei's restaurant bill on them. Nona absolutely ''destroyed'' them in that picture.

* ''The King of Fighters XIV'':
** In XIV, the leader of the "Villain Team", Xanadu is one HELL of a FashionVictimVillain. It's impossible to take him seriously with his FacialMarkings, his literally blue beard...

** Lucky Glauber of the American Sports Team has possibly one of the most hilarious [[DeathCryEcho death cry echoes]] that you'll ever hear in a fighting game and that it pretty much negates the impact of his own defeat from within a fight.

* Then we come to ''2000''. "You can't resist me! I'll beat you all like a drum!" as said by Clone Zero. It doesn't help that any dramatic or scary shot of him is ruined by his utterly humourously silly Pringles moustache, hence the name "[[FanNickname Commander Pringles]]."

* Finally, we cut to ''2001''. Igniz is [[SNKBoss a hard mofo]] (perhaps the Creator/NorioWakamoto voice helps) but if you're looking for some Narm to heal your wounds after constant use of continues on him, then be prepared to giggle as he asks in pain: "Is this the end of lovable Igniz?" Ironic considering the only emotion we had for him was seething hatred... or adoration. So maybe he IS right. He IS lovable.

* In KOF 2002, K' vs Kula intro is hilarious because of how K's voice which is usually deep (not baritone, but pretty manly) [[LarynxDissonance cracks up]].

** It should be telling that one of the marketed features of ''[=MI2=]'' was the option to ''switch to the original Japanese voices''.
* In XIV, the leader of the "Villain Team" Xanadu is one HELL of a FashionVictimVillain. It's impossible to take him seriously with his FacePaint, his literally blue beard...

* The tension when Rugal regards the Fatal Fury team in ''[='94=]'' is screwed by him referring to their enemies as "Geese and Klauser." RougeAnglesOfSatin applies here, but yeah.

* Whenever you beat Rugal in ''[='95=]'' with an edited team, he goes out with an indignant tirade. This tirade is made more comical with his scream of "I'll be back... YOU JERKS!", making him sound less like an evil BloodKnight and more like a whiny schoolkid who's just had his lollipop stolen by bullies. This is compounded with the subsequent spelling error: "Rugal '''B'''efeated"

*** For many, it's not ''that'' narmy (especially since it's only said once before the [[ThePowerOfRock "guitar"]] in [[AwesomeMusic/{{SNK}} "Guitar, Omega, and Rugal"]] kicks in). Also, seeing as ''KOF '95'' predates ''JSR'', they stole the idea from ''him''.

* Then there's ''[='96=]''. Beat [[SNKBoss Goenitz]] with anyone else and he dies proclaiming "I am being called away to heaven..." Beat him with the ''Fatal Fury'' gang, and when Terry accuses him of running away, Goenitz actually shouts "No, I'm not, I'm dying you idiot!" Thus he goes from calm religious zealot to a guy who acted like he can't believe Terry just said that.

* The same takes place in ''99'', if you defeat Krizalid with the Psycho Soldiers team (you have to win with Kensou to trigger this scene). When the team is escaping, Athena's reply to the NESTS announcer proclaiming the superiority of the group is... "Well, knock me down and call me Pocahontas!" [[FlatWhat Wha...?]]
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Beat]] {{Orochi}} in ''[='97=]'', and watch as the dramatic tension crumbles as he announces "Continue this way of living and you'll destroy yourselves?"... in the same form of question as the infamous [[Narm/HouseOfTheDead "Suffer like G did?"]]
* Then we have ''[='99=]''. Once Krizalid goes down, NESTS decide to kill him by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dropping a rock on him]]. The dramatic tension would have been a real surprise hit... had they not had an image of Krizalid looking less shocked at his death and more smiling like a junkie who'd just hit up a shot. The face is just HILARIOUS when he pulls it off. [[http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w100/MightyKombat/kof99hero-15.gif Here, check it out and tell me that doesn't look goofy.]]

** We cannot forget this one! One of Clone Zero's attacks apparently aims to make him appear BadAss by having him blow the opponent away by the mere undulation of his cloak. Except that he first turns around, and instead looks as if he's... [[{{Fartillery}} farting]]. Cue immature lulz from the players.

*** Not even dialogue really but the arranged version of Rugal's ''[='95=]'' theme has some suitably {{badass}} church bell chimes... and then the badassery is wiped out by some guy shouting "UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!"...

** It should be telling that one of the marketed features of ''[=MI2=]'' was the option to ''switch to the original Japanese voices''.

** We cannot forget this one! One of Clone Zero's attacks apparently aims to making him appear BadAss by having him blow the opponent away by the mere undulation of his cloak. Except that he first turns around, and instead looks as if he's... [[{{Fartillery}} farting]]. Cue immature lulz from the players.

** Speaking of ''2000'', during the Art of Fighting team's ending, Takuma saves King from the [[KillSat Zero Cannon]]. He then reveals that he wants King to carry Ryo's baby... while the revelation is shocking enough, the players were more bowled over by Ryo and Robert's faces of surprise, [[http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w100/MightyKombat/kof2kart-24.gif which ended up rendering them as something akin to a horrid Botox disaster.]]

** The Yagami Team's ending has Iori going TotallyRadical and telling Ramon that "a [[{{Noob}} nub]] like you [him]" can't win against him. He then calls Ramon a [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noodnik "noodnik."]] Wow, Iori. You might walk the walk (and fight like a wild beast), but you most certainly ''can't'' talk the talk.

* Then there's ''[='96=]''. Beat [[SNKBoss Goenitz]] with anyone else and he dies proclaiming "I am being called away to heaven..." Beat him with the ''Fatal Fury'' gang, and when Joe accuses him of running away, Goenitz actually shouts "No, I'm not, I'm dying you idiot!" Thus he goes from calm religious zealot to a guy who acted like he can't believe Joe just said that.

* The same takes place in ''99'', if you defeat Krizalid with the Psycho Soldiers team. When the team is escaping, Athena's reply to the NESTS announcer proclaiming the superiority of the group is... "Well, knock me down and call me Pocahontas!" [[FlatWhat Wha...?]]

** It's even worse when you play as Team Japan (Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon). [[spoiler:Having Kyo refer to his BrainwashedAndCrazy father as "Papa-san" ''in the English translation'' smacks of BabyTalk (which would've been a little more believable if Kyo was a KidHero, but he's at least ''in his late teens'' and has very rough speech patterns) and '''horribly''' ruins what should've been a very emotional IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight.]] A simple [[spoiler: "Dad"]] or [[spoiler: "Father"]] would've been more than enough, Kyo; what likely sounds decent in the original Japanese is pure Narm in English.

Thanks to Creator/{{SNK}}'s trademark "[[BlindIdiotTranslation Dodgy English]]", ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has had a veritable effton of Narmy moments. For example:

** Most winquotes are hilarious stuff, but Joe Higashi's "ALL OF YOU ARE JUST BIG!" (said to the US Sports Team) is probably the cheesiest.

* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Beat]] {{Orochi}} in ''[='97=]'', and watch as the dramatic tension crumbles as he announces "Continue this way of living and you'll destroy yourselves?"... in the same form of question as the infamous [[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead "Suffer like G did?"]]

* Finally, we cut to ''2001''. Igniz is [[SNKBoss a hard mofo]] (perhaps the NorioWakamoto voice helps) but if you're looking for some Narm to heal your wounds after constant use of continues on him, then be prepared to giggle as he asks in pain: "Is this the end of lovable Igniz?" Ironic considering the only emotion we had for him was seething hatred... or adoration. So maybe he IS right. He IS lovable.

* Whenever you beat Rugal in ''[='95=]'' with an edited team, he goes out with an indignant tirade. This tirade is made more comical with his scream of "I'll be back... YOU JERKS!", making him sound less like an evil BloodKnight and more like a whiny schoolkid who's just had his lollipop stolen by bullies.
** The above is compounded with the subsequent spelling error: "Rugal '''B'''efeated"

*** I guess even Rugal won't deny ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic awesome]].

** It's even worse when you play as Team Japan aka Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon. [[spoiler:Having Kyo refer to his BrainwashedAndCrazy father as "Papa-san" ''in the English translation'' smacks of BabyTalk (which would've been a little more believable if Kyo was a KidHero, but he's at least ''in his late teens'' and has very rough speech patterns) and '''horribly''' ruins what should've been a very emotional IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight.]] A simple [[spoiler: "Dad"]] or [[spoiler: "Father"]] would've been more than enough, Kyo; what likely sounds decent in the original Japanese is pure Narm in English.

* The same takes place in ''99'', if you defet Krizaklid with the Psycho Soldiers team. When the team is escaping, Athena's reply to the NESTS announcer proclaiming the superiority of the group is... "Well, knock me down and call me Pocahontas!" [[FlatWhat Wha...?]]

** It's even worse when you play as Team Japan aka Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon. [[spoiler:Having Kyo refer to his BrainwashedAndCrazy father as "Papa-san" ''in the English translation'' smacks of BabyTalk (which would've been a little more believable if Kyo was a KidHero, but he's at least ''in his late teens'' and has very rough speech patterns) and '''horribly''' ruins what should've been a very emotional IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight. A simple "Dad" or "Father" would've been more than enough, Kyo; what likely sounds decent in the original Japanese is pure Narm in English.]]

* Win a bout with Kyo (against the Ikari Warriors) in ''[='94=]'', and he will calmly inform you that "'''MY FISTS ARE BURNING.'''"
** Then there's ''[='96=]''. Beat [[SNKBoss Goenitz]] with anyone else and he dies proclaiming "I am being called away to heaven..." Beat him with the ''Fatal Fury'' gang, and when Joe accuses him of running away, Goenitz actually shouts "No, I'm not, I'm dying you idiot!" Thus he goes from calm religious zealot to a guy who acted like he can't believe Joe just said that.

** That doesn't look goofy. It looks like the last moments of a man driven hysterically insane by the realization of what's about to happen to him.
*** If it was supposed to remark how Krizalid had crossed the DespairEventHorizon, it surely did a rather ''crappy'' job for some. (Which is why this is a YMMV trope.)

* Nearly everyone in the hilariously screwed up English dub of the ''[[AlternateContinuity Maximum Impact]]'' spinoffs, especially Rock Howard, whose pre-fight line in Story Mode has him saying "I CAN'T CONTAIN MY BLOOD RAGE!" in a seemingly pained voice, only to then say "Look out!" in a surprisingly more calm voice.

** The Yagami Team's ending has Iori going TotallyRadical and telling Ramon that "a [[{{Noob} nub]] like you [him]" can't win against him. He then calls Ramon a [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noodnik "noodnik."]] Wow, Iori. You might walk the walk (and fight like a wild beast), but you most certainly ''can't'' talk the talk.

* Then we have ''[='99=]''. Once Krizalid goes down, NESTS decide to kill him by [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dropping a rock on him]]. The dramatic tension would have been a real surprise hit...had they not had an image of Krizalid looking less shocked at his death and more smiling like a junkie who'd just hit up a shot. The face is just HILARIOUS when he pulls it off. [[http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w100/MightyKombat/kof99hero-15.gif Here, check it out and tell me that doesn't look goofy.]]

** The Yagami Team's ending has Iori going TotallyRadical and telling Ramon that "a [[{{Noob} nub]] like you [him]" can't win against him. He then calls Ramon a [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noodnik "noodnik."]] Wow, Iori. You might walk the walk, but you certainly can't talk the talk.
* Ryo and [[strike:Takuma]] Mr. Karate's endings in ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsChaosSVCChaos SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos]]'' probably aren't meant to be taken seriously, given the tone of the usual Kyokugen storylines and how Takuma is using the name "Mr. Karate" again. But when you factor in how every line out of Yuri's mouth contains the words "oodley doodley cool"...
* Nearly everyone in the hilariously screwed up English dub of the ''[[AlternateContinuity Maximum Impact]]'' spinoffs, especially Rock Howard, whose pre fight line in one player mode has him saying "I CAN'T CONTAIN MY BLOOD RAGE!" in a seemingly pained voice, only to then say "Look out!" in a surprisingly more calm voice.

Thanks to {{SNK}}'s trademark "[[BlindIdiotTranslation Dodgy English]]", ''TheKingOfFighters'' has had a veritable effton of Narmy moments. For example:
* The tension when Rugal regards the Fatal Fury team in ''[='94=]'' is screwed by him referring to their enemies as "Geese and Klauser". RougeAnglesOfSatin applies here, but yeah.

* Whenever you beat Rugal in ''[='95=]'' with an edited team, he goes out with an indignant tirade. This tirade is made more comical with his scream of "I'll be back... YOU JERKS!", making him sound less like an evil BloodKnight and more like a whiny schoolkid who's just had his lollipop stolen by bullies

*** Not even dialogue realted but the arranged version of Rugal's ''[='95=]'' theme has some suitably BadAss church bell chimes... and then the BadAss is wiped out by some guy shouting "UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!"...
*** I guess even Rugal won't deny JetSetRadio is [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]].
** It's even worse when you play as Team Japan aka Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon. [[spoiler: Having Kyo refer to his BrainwashedAndCrazy father as "Papa-san" ''in the English translation'' smacks of BabyTalk (which would've been a little more believable if Kyo was a KidHero, but he's at least ''in his late teens'' and has very rough speech patterns) and '''horribly''' ruins what should've been a very emotional IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight. A simple "Dad" or "Father" would've been more than enough, Kyo; what likely sounds decent in the original Japanese is pure Narm in English.]]

** Then there's ''[='96=]''. Beat [[SNKBoss Goenitz]] with anyone else and he dies proclaiming "I am being called away to heaven...". Beat him with the Fatal Fury gang, and when Joe accuses him of running away, Goenitz actually shouts "No, I'm not, I'm dying you idiot!". Thus he goes from calm religious zealot to a guy who acted like he can't believe Joe just said that.

* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Beat]] {{Orochi}} in ''[='97=]'', and watch as the dramatic tension crumbles as he announces "Continue this way of living and you'll destroy yourselves?"... in the same form of question as the above "Suffer like G did?"

*** If it was supposed to remark how Krizalid had crossed the DespairEventHorizon, it surely did a rather ''crappy'' job for some.
* Then we come to ''2000''. "You can't resist me! I'll beat you all like a drum!" as said by Clone Zero. It doesn't help that any dramatic or scary shot of him is ruined by his utterly humourously silly Pringles moustache, hence the name "[[FanNickname Commander Pringles]]".
** Speaking of ''2000'', during the Art of Fighting team's ending, Takuma saves King from the [[KillSat Zero Cannon]]. He then reveals that he wants King to carry Ryo's baby... while the revelation is shocking enough, the players were more bowled over by Ryo and Robert's faces of surprise, [[http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w100/MightyKombat/kof2kart-24.gif which ended up rendering them as something akin to a horrid Botox disaster]].
** We cannot forget this one! One of Clone Zero's attacks apparently aims to making him appear BadAss by having him blow the opponent away by the mere ondulation of his cloak. Except that he first turns around, and instead looks as if he's... [[{{Fartillery}} farting]]. Cue immature lulz from the players.
* Finally, we cut to ''2001''. Igniz is a hard mofo (Perhaps the NorioWakamoto voice helps) but if you're looking for some Narm to heal your wounds after constant use of continues on him, then be prepared to giggle as he asks in pain: "Is this the end of lovable Igniz?". Ironic considering the only emotion we had for him was seething hatred...or adoration. So maybe he IS right. He IS lovable.
** The Yagami Team's ending has Iori going TotallyRadical and telling Ramon that "a nub like you [him]" ([[{{Noob}} "nub"]]?) can't win against him. He then calls Ramon a "noodnik". The ''hell'' is a [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=noodnik NOODNIK]]?
* Ryo and [[strike:Takuma]] Mr. Karate's endings in ''[[CapcomVsWhatever SNK vs. Capcom: Chaos]]'' probably aren't meant to be taken seriously, given the tone of the usual Kyokugen storylines and how Takuma is using the name "Mr. Karate" again. But when you factor in how every line out of Yuri's mouth contains the words "oodley doodley cool"...
* Nearly everyone in the hilariously screwed up English dub of the ''Maximum Impact'' spinoffs, especially Rock Howard, whose pre fight line in one player mode has him saying "I CAN'T CONTAIN MY BLOOD RAGE!" in a seemingly pained voice, only to then say "Look out!" in a surprisingly more calm voice.

** Against the Psycho Soldiers team, Goenitz delivers a calm yet powerful HumansAreBastards speech, ending with the words "You can savings & loan on that", which Athena corrects. Chin gets a CallBack after the fight, but it was still the wrong speech and wrong character for such a lame joke.