Old Shame/Web Original


 * Although Doug Walker may be slightly embarrassed by one of his first works, starring himself as a cowboy, he had the guts to upload it to That Guy With The Glasses.com for all to laugh at. You have to give him credit for that.
 * Let's not forget the poorly received sketch "Melvin: Brother of the Joker". Hell, Doug ended up killing the character off during a donation drive.
 * The Let's Play he did of Bart's Nightmare fell under this rather quickly, primarily because a) it was too angrishy and b) he was on holiday and wanted to give the fans something other than commentaries. In the following episode, the Critic ended up going to prison (one symbolically placed right next to a location from the movie he hates more than any other) for making the video and publically apologized to the masses who wanted his blood.
 * Nella: "Rule Number One! We don't talk about Rape Rap!"
 * Many Agents in the Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society, an organization that hunts down Mary Sues, will sometimes use Sues that they once wrote.
 * After getting banned from the SCP Foundation, senior member Fishmonger asked the site to remove all of the articles, stories, and materials he had ever written for the site. Barring the obvious reasoning, some site members theorized that Fishmonger was afraid potential employers would stumble across the site.
 * The first two Chaos Fighters installments are set for rewrite because of this trope, namely being lower quality compared to the rest of the series.
 * Rocco Botte, while he doesn't completely disown or hate Mega 64 Version 1, has shown to be embarrassed and apologetic for a lot of the episodes' shortcomings. This is painfully apparent in the Special Edition Commentary.
 * Oancitizen of Brows Held High wound up taking down his review of The Girlfriend Experience about a month after it went up on That Guy With The Glasses, citing that he didn't care for some of the implications that he made about adult film stars and decided he didn't want it to represent him as a critic. He uploaded a commentary of the review instead, explaining the reasoning behind this.
 * Parodied by The Onion in "YouTuber Cringing While Watching Amateurish Early, Current Work", featuring Jacksepticeye.