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** BoJack at {{spoiler|his mother's funeral acknowledges that Beatrice Horseman had a hard life. She had him when she was too young to know better, and didn't have the resources that his generation did to talk about independence, mental health, divorce, or self-actualization}}. As he discusses while {{spoiler|popping pills}}, that his mother suffered does not excuse {{spoiler|the way that she treated him as a kid, or how she poisoned Hollyhock with diet pills to "help" her lose weight}}.
** Part of the reason that Diane has intense self-loathing and righteousness about how the world should be is that her family treated her as [[The Unfavorite]], with her brothers keeping a video of a cruel prank they pulled on her at prom. It means, however, that she can make selfish decisions with these quests. BoJack called her out for leaking chapters of ''One Trick Pony'' and never considering how it would make him feel when she's being harassed for trying to expose a celebrity named Hank Hippopopalous for abusing his secretaries and wants BoJack to support her. Mr. Peanutbutter, who is no saint, tells Diane that it may make her feel like she's doing the right thing by flying to Cordovia to cover the war there, but she could die and it's not worth risking her life for a moral crusade. {{spoiler|Diane finds out that he's right when a child's death traumatizes her so much that she flies home early.}} Her GirlCroosh boss Stefani bluntly says that Diane's desire for perfection makes everyone miserable, including Diane. {{spoiler|Guy, her new boyfriend, says that he knows that Diane hates lavish gifts after Mr. Peanutbutter refused to stop his [[Grand Romantic Gesture]] habit, but he is offering her a ''coat'' as a gift, and she needs it in Chicago rather than borrowing his all the time}}.
** When {{spoiler|Biscuits Braxby}} goes off-script during her second interview with
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'': This is essentially Demona's deal, something that both Goliath and the Weird Sisters note. She reveals that she was part of the plan to betray the castle in the pilot, believing that the invaders would treat the gargoyles better. When the invaders smashed most of them instead, making her think they killed Goliath, she went [[Never My Fault]] and went off to find another clan. She scarred a boy while stealing food, who would become one of her nemeses the Hunter. Her betrayal of Macbeth led to them both becoming immortal, and she refuses to acknowledge that Macbeth wouldn't be hunting her down to finally die if she hadn't sold him out. In the modern day, she blames Elisa Maza for coming between her and Goliath, not the fact that she revealed to Goliath that she betrayed their brethren and sold them out to David Xanatos after they revived. The Weird Sisters point out that she betrayed everyone who trusted her, including the gargoyle who nearly went on a rampage all those years ago fearing she was shattered. Puck of all people has to point out that since she imprisoned him, he could give her what her heart desires: Goliath, and the love they once shared. Demona shoots herself in the foot by asking Puck to get rid of Eliza instead, and Puck twists her request since she forgot he was a trickster.
* ''[[Infinity Train]]'' has heroes and villains which discuss this trope. Facing it allows their numbers to go down.
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