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* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' Elena tries to convince Anna and Jeremy to stop seeing each other by arguing that she can't age or have children and so their relationship can't have a future ( {{spoiler|Anna's a ghost,}} so there are other arguments she could have made, but those are the ones she went with). She then immediately returns to work on getting her eternally 17 vampire boyfriend back. To make things worse, Elena explicitly doesn't want to become a vampire, while Jeremy has previously been open to it, making the immortality issue ''more'' of an issue for her.
* On a third-season episode of ''Friends,'' Carol expresses ''disapproval'' when she finds out that Ross cheated on Rachel (although Ross insisted that it wasn't cheating because they were "on a break" at the time). This, despite the fact that Carol actually slept with Susan ''while she was still married to Ross.'' Nobody, not even Ross, seemed to find it hypocritical that Carol was taking Ross to task for doing something that she had previously done to him.
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* In the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
* Overlapping with [[Straw Political]], in a skit from ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', ultra-conservative Sam the Eagle makes a statement where he criticises an animal rights group protesting environmental damage done by big industry - until, that is, he reads the list of animals they are trying to protect and sees that the bald eagle (as in, ''his'' species) is one of them.
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* The character cast of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' is utterly loaded with these, with the most blatant ones being Eustace Bagge (who calls Courage "a stupid dog that makes him look bad" while actually being a stupid person who makes Courage look bad) and Di Lung (who [[Running Gag|blatantly forgets to watch where he is going and then idiotically blames the fact that he has done so on other people]]).
* Mr. Garrison of ''[[South Park]]''. For ''starters'', he [[Boomerang Bigot|hates LGBT people but ''far''-too-clearly is one of them]].
* ''Barely'' subverted by Snowball in ''[[Rick and Morty]]''. After becoming super-intelligent, he plans to use his army of super-intelligent dogs to conquer humanity and punish them by making them ''their'' pets. However, before putting this plan in action, a [[Dream Sequence]] (implanted by Rick) makes him realize he'd be [[Not So Different]] than humans, and decides he'd rather leave Earth with his subjects and settle elsewhere. Unfortunately, this is sort of a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]], as Snowball kind of proved his views - that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]] - by refusing to sink to their level.
*''[[Helluva Boss]]''; to absolutely no surprise, Hell is full of hypocrites:
** In episode "Western Energy", [[Professional Killer|Striker]] gives Stolas (his intended victim) [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] about how he simply ''despises'' aristocracy of Hell ranting on how they have "taken everything from people like me". Stolas does not deny this, but he is quick to tell Striker that despite him hating the upper class so much, he is currently ''working'' for his ex-wife Stella, who is a [[Rich Bitch]] and [[Royal Brat]] who was born into wealth, as in, part of the same the nobility that Stolas is a part of. And he's right, Striker does seem to be [[Only In It For The Money]], proven when he is - reluctantly - willing to spare him when Stella offers more money for keeping him alive.
** Speaking of Stolas, he is mocked by his fellow Ars Goetia nobles and by Asmodeus for sleeping with Blitzo, as Blitzo is an Imp, a subclass of demons regarded as a lowly servant caste. Stella seems far less upset about the adultery aspect of her husband's affair than the fact Blitzo is an Imp. Yet, Asmodeus is doing the same thing with Fizzeroli - obviously, a clear double-standard as nobody (except maybe Lucifer himself) is ever going to call him out for doing so.
** There are a few tabloids that claim Asmodeus is "King of the Hypocrites" but then, Beelzebub does not even ''try'' to hide that she is dating a hellhound (the absolute ''lowest'' class of Hell, whom most demons regard as, at most, sapient pets) and nobody calls her out for it. Of course, she is the embodiment of Gluttony, meaning debauchery and excess are her areas of influence. She's also rich, beautiful, powerful, and like Asmodeus, a ruler of an entire circle of Hell (that's four Screw the Rules Tropes for one character) and given her appearance (she's ''already'' a Furry) she might ''be'' a hellhound herself (possibly their queen or goddess) so it's little wonder.
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