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BAMF Switch

An extension of the acronym BAMF, a BAMF Switch is a scene in an action or other genre of film, where a character, typically lead, becomes more of a BAMF than they were a moment before.

Most, but not all, BAMF Switches result in some kind of fight scene.

BAMF Switches are often characterized by:

1.) Changes in music. (Raised tempo, a more intense genre, or even no music at all.)
2.) Monologing, or, more commonly, a single phrase.
3.) Flashbacks
4.) Slow Motion
5.) Reloading a weapon
6.) A physical gesture, such as cracking the neck or knuckles, or awesomely punching someone.
7.) Shifting Gears (If in a vehicle)
8.) A Close up. Especially if the character has just done something very dramatic, such as falling in a pool of blood, or cutting some dude in half.
9.) A change in Weather. Often to high winds or rain. (Similar effects can be given by sprinklers, or large fans)
10.) A Physical Transformation. (Putting on armor or some kind of awesome suit, changing into some kind of creature, or transforming from a vehicle into a giant robot.)
The Matrix: Neo, just after the security guard says, 'Do you have any metallic objects with you?'

The Rundown: The Rock, while holding the two shotguns in the village raid scene.

300: Like, every five seconds.

Friend 1: Aww! Here comes the BAMF Switch!
Friend 2: Nice!
by jkar64 October 22, 2008
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*BAMF!*
Hey, look, Nightcrawler just popped in.
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Neville Longbottom is Chuck Norris's boggart. He is pretty bamf.
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Carlos is a BAMF.
That dude just ate a bowl of thumbtacks, he's a BAMF.
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a term defining something so awesome, so unimaginably great, that you must use gratuitous amounts of wording to describe it!
That San Jose queso was bamfadankalicious!
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My bamps takes me fishing when I visit him every summer.
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