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'''Louis''': I am shocked, ''shocked'', to find that gambling going on in here!

'''Emile''': Your winnings, sir.

Often evident (and occasionally [[Truth in Television]]) when one character prematurely accuses another character of engaging in [[Double Entendre]] or sexual innuendo, thereby indicating that their own thought processes are following the same "perverted" channels. It drives the point home if the accusing party speaks ''before'' the accused makes the connection or if they wouldn't have made it in the first place.

 

 

Sometimes used as a [[Hypocrisy Nod]], or a [[Department of Redundancy Department|Hypocrisy Nod]] is used for laughs by mixing it with this.

Some tropes, like [[Sorry, Ociffer...]], [[Some of My Best Friends Are X]], and [[Complaining About Things You Haven't Paid For]], inherently lend themselves to '''Hypocritical Humor'''.

 

 

Please do not attempt to add examples of people doing this unintentionally (nearly all [[Real Life]] examples would fall under that). This trope refers to ''deliberate'' uses of hypocrisy for humor's sake, at least by the writer. The same goes for [[Wick]]s and [[Pothole|Pot Holes]], so if you catch any, feel free to destroy them without pity.

 

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* Mr. Whipple in the Charmin commercials. He spends half a minute warning women not to squeeze the Charmin. Then later on, he is seen squeezing said Charmin himself.

* Kotex ads feature a woman talking sarcastically about how other tampon commercials are helpful, while proving them to be just the opposite.

{{quote|'''Woman''': And they use that blue liquid stuff so I'm like, 'Oh, that's what it's supposed to look like.' }}

 

* From ''[[Code Geass]]'':

'''Suzaku''': Wha- [[Emo]]?

* [[Mad Scientist|Mayuri Kurotsuchi]] [[Jerkass|deliberately]] [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this in [http://www.mangareader.net/94-757-11/bleach/chapter-303.html chapter 303] (pages 11 to 14) of ''[[Bleach]]'' by calling Ishida a ''heathen'' after revealing that he had been violating his privacy for quite some time.

* Much of the humor in ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' comes from Souichi loudly proclaiming that he would love nothing more than to see all homosexuals drop dead and definitely isn't one of those homos himself...to Morinaga, his gay [[Sempai-Kohai|kohai]] who's openly smitten with him. The real hypocrisy in all this? Souichi has let Morinaga ''have sex with him'' multiple times, despite [[Armor-Piercing Slap|ample evidence]] that he could easily leave Morinaga a bloody heap on the ground before getting that far with him. The very fact that Souichi, a violent homophobe, hasn't killed, run away from, or even tried to straighten out Morinaga speaks volumes by itself, and that's ''before'' you consider his open declaration that he can [[If It's You It's Okay|tolerate sex only with Morinaga]]...

** There's a scene where Light's sister, Sayu, catches him reading a dirty magazine (it's a long story...) and Sayu says, "Hey, isn't that a dirty book?" Then, she [[Ho Yay|picks it up and begins reading it, while smiling.]]

** Any scene like this:

{{quote|'''[[Magnificent Bastard|Light]]''': ''(shaking fist)'' Damn, damn you [[Secret Identity|Kira!]] You bastard!}}

{{quote|'''L''': I hate it when people's cellphones go off when I'm talking. I find it very distracting... ''(ring)'' Excuse me, I have to get this.}}

** In chapter 347, Konohamaru performs a variation of the Sexy Jutsu with two naked girls holding each other suggestively. Sakura punches Konohamaru for being a pervert and after Naruto tries to explain that it would serve as a distraction, she says "You're the only idiots who'd fall for a jutsu like that!". Konohamaru then decides to try the same jutsu again, but this time with shadow clones of [[Bishonen|Sai and Sasuke]]. [[Yaoi Fangirl|Guess Sakura's reaction.]] Unfortunately, this was made instantly uncomfortable when the [[Unfortunate Implications|later part of this scene]] [[Double Standard|wasn't in the anime.]]

** There is another incident soon after Sai joins Team 7. When he insults Naruto, Naruto picks up a fight with him. Sakura lectures Naruto about importance of teamwork and asks him to ignore Sai's comments. A moment later, Sai insults Sakura. Guess what follows.

** Genzo complaining the fact that Nami is in a two piece on her wanted poster, despite the fact he has an enlarged one covering the wall in his house.

** [[Implacable Man|Admiral]] [[Nigh Invulnerability|Kizaru]] [[Light the Way|calling]] the supernovas "Scary Monsters".

* While watching a news report on a rogue Anaconda, ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'''s Nagi Sanzenin remarks, "I don't know why people keep such large and dangerous animals as pets"... while petting her large and dangerous pet tiger.

* In ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'', George starts lecturing Chibodee about the irresponsibility of keeping a bottle of whisky in the cockpit of his Gundam, all the while George is holding a champagne bottle.

** In ''High School Boys and Assertiveness'', the Literature Girl commented it's shameless for a girl to flirt a guy in the open. Takahiro reminded that by the time everybody knew she chased down Hidenori (who studies in another school) to the next town, in ''High School Boys and Run''.

 

* In the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]]:

** [[Carl Barks]]'s comic story "Only a Poor Old Man" had Uncle Scrooge lecturing [[Donald Duck]] on how he'd be more secure if he had wealth. While making sure a mouse didn't eat his dollar bills.

* In an early issue of ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'', [[The Flash|Impulse]], who acts without forethought ''or'' afterthought ''100% of the time'', said "Boy, don't you hate it when people go off and do whatever they feel like?" after [[Superboy]] headed out to confront a villain alone.

* In an early issue of ''[[Justice League International]]'', in a discussion of [[Green Lantern|Guy Gardner]]:

'''[[Batman]]''': It would only get in my way.

'''Blue Beetle''': ...Yeah... besides, who'd ever buy a Super-Hero called the "Green Batman"? I mean, that's as bad as--

'''Batman''': The '''''Blue Beetle'''''?

* Early on in ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' Rorschach, shown as the biggest wingnut of the lot, laments the sad mental condition of his former retired superhero colleagues.

* One ''Les Pretend'' strip in ''[[The Beano]]'' had Les's dad discussing the daft things Les pretended to be with his friends, and them all laughing about it. It was at the end of this strip that we first learnt Les's dad and his friends are all [[Elvis Impersonator]]s.

* Occurs fairly frequently in ''[[Dork Tower]]'', either when the characters are complaining about a behavior they also embody, or when they're [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] about John Kovalic's writing or art.

** There's also [http://www.dorktower.com/2005/05/24/comics-archive-685/ mockery] of ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels:

- I know you are, but what am I?

- Uh... what?

* In one panel of ''[[Gotham City Sirens]]'', Batman makes a teeth-baringly horrific face while telling Riddler "You're not helping people by scaring them."

* In [http://pics.livejournal.com/uadlika/pic/00075z0y an issue] of ''[[Birds of Prey]]'', [[Kid Hero|Misfit]] tells [[New Gods|Big Barda]] she can't stand watching [[Black Canary]]'s adopted daughter. She goes on a rant about how little girls are annoying. Barda agrees with that statement.

* In ''[[The Smurfs]]'' comic book story (and [[Animated Adaptation]]) "King Smurf", the title character admonishes his captain of the guard Hefty Smurf for failing to have a sense of humor when dealing with Jokey playing one of his usual "surprise" jokes on him. Then after King Smurf pardons Jokey, he becomes the victim of Jokey's prank and immediately has the prankster sent to prison.

 

** Also, Taniguchi mentions how he finds [[Lucky Star|Konata's]] voice creepy to Haruhi. Haruhi and Konata are both voiced by [[Aya Hirano]].

* The dreaded ''[[My Immortal]]'' has [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Ebony/Enoby/Evony]] claiming not only to be a [[Yaoi Fangirl]], but to oppose homophobia. However, when she suspects Draco has cheated on her with Harry/Vampire, she promptly accuses him of having AIDS (or, as she spells it, "AIDs"). Also, she tries to insult uncomplimentary reviewers by calling them "[[Department of Redundancy Department|gay fags]]".

* [[Zero Shock|"Can.]] [[The Stoic|You.]] [[Tsundere|Just. Stop. It.]] [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|With. The. One. Word. Sentences?"]]

* In ''[[Winter War]]'', Ise Nanao describes Aizen as "Something of a control obsessive. The sort of person who has to have everything exactly as planned, precisely as organised, every detail under their control... why are you looking at me like that?"

{{quote|'''Light:''' She's a model you know, and as a celebrity [[Stepford Smiler|she had her persona to maintain. She always played cheerful and bubbly but she was, well, out of her freakin' mind...]] She was delusional! I could even tell her how much I despised her but she'd pretend not to hear. She had very selective hearing and she thought that [[It's All About Me|the world revolved around her.]] I swear she must have imagined herself to be the heroine of some stupid bodice-ripper romance novel! She was selfish. She didn't care a thing about justice! Only her own happiness! Misa-Misa always got what she wanted and never took no for an answer.}}

* [[Mr. Vice Guy|Ensei]] once commented on [[Mr. Vice Guy|Adelle's]] [[Greed]], right before going to the buffet to steal the next day's dinner in ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]].''

"So you mean, just like we always break into other peoples' labs and steal their inventions? Or is this different in some way I'm not seeing?" asked Shego curiously.

"It is different! It's different because... because this time it's happened to me," said Drakken. }}

 

* Takes a dark turn in ''[[Crash (film)|Crash]]'': [[Ludacris]]' character Anthony is insulted by the sight of a white woman clinging to her husband's arm as she passes him and his friend and proceeds to go on a brief rant about how, being surrounded by over-caffeinated white people and trigger-happy cope who will think the worst of them even though they don't appear the slightest bit intimidating, he and Peter should have more reason to be afraid than anyone else. Why aren't they? Peter replies that it could be because they have guns. Anthony agrees, and the two proceed to carjack the couple.

* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', where Wallace and Scott is waiting outside Knives school:

[...]

'''Knives:''' ''(upon learning that Wallace is gay)'' Do you want to know who in my class is gay?

'''Ron''': Copy off you!

'''Hermione''': No you won't! Besides, according to Professor McGonagall, we're to be given special quills bewitched with an anti-cheating spell.

** A straighter example from ''Azkaban'' which actually made it into the film:

{{quote|'''Trelawney''': In this room, you shall explore the noble art of Divination. In this room, you shall discover if you possess the Sight. ''[bumps into desk]''}}

{{quote|'''Groucho''': You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."}}

* Sally's to-do list, in ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'''s [[The Film of the Book|Film Of The Book]]:

2. Practice colouring;

3. Research graduate schools.

** The Russian [[Animated Adaptation]] comes with this:

{{quote|Cat: And here we have a talking fish...

* In the Tony Hancock film ''[[The Rebel]]'', Hancock has escaped from his office job to try and make it as an artist in Paris. He complains that everyone in his office dressed identically in pinstripe suits......to a group of identically dressed goth types who react with horror to the idea of a place where everyone dresses the same.

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. Jack's crew steals the ''Pearl'' in the final battle. The event is witnessed by two pirates, Rigetti and Pintel.

'''Pintel''': They're stealing our ship!

* ''[[Out Cold]]'':

{{quote|'''Luke''': Guys! A little sensitivity here. God! Can't you see this is a dejected man? Well, Rick get your dejected head out of your ass.}}

{{quote|'''Lt. Drebin''': Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute until he's behind bars. (Turning, to his partner Ed) Now, let's grab a bite to eat. }}

* And in the second ''[[The Naked Gun]]'' movie. Drebin and his boss Ed Hocken are making police inquiries in a sex shop:

'''Woman behind the counter''': Why should I tell you, copper?

'''Drebin''': Because I'm the last line of defense between sleaze like this and the decent people of this town.

* ''[[The Room]]'': "I cannot tell you, it's confidential. Anyway, [[Left Fielder|how's your sex life?]]" As with everything else in this movie, it's very unclear if it was meant to be funny.

* ''[[Sister Act]]'', when the three main nuns are having a midnight snack of ice cream in the kitchen with Mary Clarence.

* In ''[[Bill and Ted (film)|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure!]]'', when Bill and Ted get drafted into Billy the Kid's poker game, Bill gently admonishes Ted to "have a poker face, like me". Not ten seconds later he looks at his cards and exclaims "Woah, three Aces, dude!"

* In ''[[Mystery Team]]'', Jason, Duncan, and Charlie are attempting to prove to Kelly that they're adult and professional enough to solve her parents' murder:

'''Kelly:''' What the hell is that smell?

* In ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'', this is the basis for a [[Running Gag]]: whenever one of the other guests's crimes or indiscretions is revealed, Mrs. Peacock is not at all shy at loudly expressing her moral disapproval. Meanwhile, she spends her days working as a bagman for her husband, a politician who takes bribes in exchange for awarding defense contracts. This is especially pronounced with [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|Colonel Mustard was a war profiteer and Miss Scarlet bribed a police officer to keep her brothel open}}.

* ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]''. Fergie's and Dredd's discussion while on the transport to the Aspen Penal Colony.

'''Judge Dredd:''' I was convicted of a crime. Wrongly.

'''Herman:''' ''(laughs)'' That's kinda weird! What are the odds? Two wrongly convicted guys sitting right next to each other?

''(Dredd pauses)''

'''Herman:''' You can't, can you? Great. Mr. I-am-the-law can't. So maybe this is some kind of typo. Maybe it's a glitch. Or maybe it's ''poetic justice''.

* In ''[[Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood]]'', [[Angry Black Man]] Preach lambasts Ashtray and Loc Dog for using "nigger" [[N-Word Privileges|in their vernacular]], arguing that it demeans their entire race. Immediately after this he asks them to remind him that he still needs to pick up his laundry from "that chink motherfucker up the street".

* Whilst inside the theater in the first ''[[Scary Movie]]'' film, Brenda warns the rest of the audience not to talk during the movie, while merrily doing so herself. Her behaviour is so obnoxious that they resort to murdering her so they can enjoy the remainder of the presentation.

* In ''[[The Truman Show]]'', at the end of an interview, the interviewer thanks Christof for his time, noting how he values his privacy, which is, in fact the one thing (besides honesty) he has denied Truman his whole life.

* In ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'' Violet comments "Spitting's a dirty habit!" with her finger up her nose. Immediately lampshaded by Willy: "I know a worse one."

 

* In ''The Wide Window'', the third installment in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', Captain Sham says, "There ain't nothin' better than good grammer!" Guess what's so hypocritical about that.

** [[Comically Missing the Point|You misspelled "grammar"?]]

* ''[[Dave Barry]] Slept Here'':

{{quote|In fact, the book you are now reading was written on a personal computer, which is why it is devoid of the "typos" that were so common in the days of old-fashioned wersp oidop gfegkog pl;gpp$R$%!%.}}

*** In the same book, a conversation between Colon and Nobby about Klatchians relies heavily on this. For example, Colon says "They don't know how to do an honest day's work!" and Nobby points out that Mr. Goriff, the owner of the Klatchian take-away, nearly never closes it. (Colon himself is rather lazy and dim, and would rather "guard" <ref>That's 'guard' as in 'make sure it doesn't escape' rather than 'protect from harm'.</ref> a ''bridge'' than do anything difficult or dangerous.)

'''Nobby''': Never heard you talk like this before, Fred.

* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', Patrick Bateman and some other guys are appalled that the only thing their dates can seem to talk about is clothes (furs, specifically), when they talk about much more important things... like business suits.

* There is a poem in Russian called ''The Chatterer'', about a girl complaining that someone made it up that she was one, and the truth is, she has no time at all to chatter... over forty lines follow of her explaining why.

* In ''[[Catch-22]]'', Chief White Halfoat decries racism thus:

{{quote|''It's a terrible thing to treat a decent Native American like a <string of racial epithets>.''}}

* The eponymous thousand-year-old Djinni Bartimaeus from the [[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]] is absolutely prone to this, and he generally sums up his own traits here in his thoughts about his fellow Djinni:

{{quote|"To be fair, a few of them were all right. Nimshik had a spent a good while in Canaan and had interesting points to make about the local tribal politics; Menes, a youngish djinni, listened attentively to my words of wisdom; even Chosroes grilled a mean imp. But the rest were sorry wastes of essence. Beyzer being boastful, Tivoc sarcastic, and Xoxen full of false modesty, which in my humble opinion are three immediately tiresome traits."}}

* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' does this from time to time, most frequently if Nynaeve is the perspective character, or is being remarked about by another character. Particularly, she tends to complain of people being unreasonably violent, and then propose to hit them until they stop it.

* ''[[Don Quixote]]:'' When Don Quixote reads some pages of the Second Part of ''Don Quixote of La Mancha'' (an unauthorized [[Fan Fiction]]), he claims there are obvious errors from the author, the most important is that he errs on the name of Sancho’s wife… Cervantes, the original author, [[Series Continuity Error|give her five different names in his two parts of the novels.]]

 

* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'': Bordering between this and [[N-Word Privileges]]:

{{quote|'''Gabe''': ''(to a hipster that bumped into him)'' Faggot!

'''Claire''': Hey, shut up! My brother is a faggot. }}

** In a lesser example from a later season, Hawkeye and B.J. start riffing on famous Shakespearean phrases ("Friends, Romans and Countrymen, lend me your ears, I promise to return them.") Winchester counters with a straight reading of the ''[[Hamlet]]'' line, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Hawkeye replies, "Man, if there's one thing I hate it's someone who butchers Shakespeare."

** Another instance:

{{quote|'''Klinger:''' It was all just a misunderstanding; I would never try to bribe an officer! ''(pause)'' Ten bucks to forget the whole thing.}}

{{quote|'''Michael''': Some people are just impossible to have a conversation with.

'''Lucille''': If that's a veiled attempt to insult me, I didn't hear it, and I won't respond to it. }}

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Many of the episodes use this a lot. Each character even has at least one of these.

** While Gibby walks out of the studio:

'''Freddie''': (turns to stare at Carly)

** When the gang is cleaning up the mess of the police stakeout:

{{quote|'''Sam''': Some people just have no manners. (throws an empty soda can on the floor for Freddie to pick up)}}

** After Spencer's high-powered sculpture destroyed their longest webcast World Record attempt:

'''Carly, Sam, Freddie''': (ALL stare at Spencer)

** When discussing about the Dingo Channel:

'''Carly''': You forgot to wear pants.

* Extremely common in ''[[Scrubs]]'' episodes. E.g: Elliot makes a crack about Dr Cox's god complex. Dr Cox claims he has no idea what she's talking about, only to demand a random extra kiss his ring.

* Done subtly and hilariously in one episode of ''[[Spin City]]''. Having invited a gangsta rapper to the mayor's office over the matter of his lyrics, Carter says, "And remember, no gangsta stereotypes!" The rapper arrives and reaches into his coat for a business card... and Carter screams "GUN!" and dives behind a desk. Later on, when the rapper reaches into his pocket for something else, Carter does it ''again''.

* One of the most popular types of joke on the sitcom ''[[Cheers]]''. Examples:

'''Carla''': "Norm your wife Vera's on the phone!"

** In another episode the guys see recurring [[French Jerk]] Henri walk into the bar:

'''Cliff''': Yeah, what a slimebag.

'''Barfly 2''': The man's got the morals of a snake.

'''Norm''': Can't believe he'd show his face in here.

'''Henri''': (smiles and waves) Hello fellows!

* The ''Cheers'' [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Frasier]]'' also uses this a lot.

'''Julia''': Frasier seems to.

** In the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode where the ''[[Cheers]]'' regulars show up, the lazy bar-fly Norm hits it off with Marty. When time comes for them to part company, Marty invites Norm to catch up if ever Norm's in Seattle:

{{quote|'''Marty''': It's only six hours flying time from Boston to Seattle.

** ''Frasier'' runs on this trope, in both it's one-liner and more subtle forms. The very premise of the show is a form of this trope — a brilliant psychiatrist who is always giving people advice on how to fix their problems, but [[The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes|can't figure out his own neuroses or relationships to save his life]].

* On ''[[Corner Gas]]'', in which the following exchange occurs:

'''Brent''': Keep in mind that Dad does have a tendency to overstate these things.

** And:

{{quote|'''Karen''': She seems quick to judge. I noticed that right away about her.}}

'''Kids''': ... }}

** Robin's therapist tells her he's moving to Alaska. Turns out he had to stop seeing her because he was attracted to her.

'''Therapist:''' I'm not asking you out!

* ''[[Angel]]'': ''City Of''.

'''Homeless Woman''': (interrupting) Hey, spare change?

* In an episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', [[Stephen Colbert]] briefly shared a story about how he once found one of his teenage staff members out back smoking with his friends while wearing an anti-smoking T-shirt. When questioned, he replied that he "thought it was funny."

** In another episode, Stephen, distraught over the loss of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, looks up the [[Five Stages of Grief]]. "Stage One... Denial. I've ''never'' had that."

* Possibly unintentional example: In an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', Kirk is told "Your old titles mean nothing here, Captain."

* From ''[[Slings and Arrows]]'':

'''Maria''': I know what pot is. So, you assume I'm a pothead, as well as a lesbian? Because all stage managers are pot-smoking lesbians, right?

'''Anna''': No!

* The number of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketches using Hypocritical Humor would probably fill a page all on its own.

{{quote|Dear Sir, I object strongly to the letters on your programme. They are clearly not written by the general public and are merely included for a cheap laugh. Yours sincerely etc., William Knickers. }}

** "I! WOULD PUT A TAX! ON ALL PEOPLE! WHO'D STAND! IN WATER! [[Lampshade Hanging|WHOA!"]]

** This little gem from the Argument Clinic sketch.

'''Man:''' Yes, but that's not just saying "No it isn't."

'''Mr. Barnard:''' Yes it is!

*** This one's a bit of a subversion though, as the man ''doesn't'' just say "No it isn't," - the moment the laughter dies down he gives an actual argument.

*** He only does this ''after'' he notices what he just said.

* On the 1970s-90s country music/comedy series ''[[Hee Haw]]'', the recurring ''Gossip Girls'' sketch started with the actresses claiming that they never spread gossip in the following lyrics: "Now, we're not ones to go 'round spreadin' rumors, Why, really we're just not the gossipy kind, No, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip, So you'd better be sure and listen close the first time!"

* This bit from ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. Rather than watch the show, [[Statler and Waldorf]] opt to watch television through a set installed in the box, and upon flipping through the channels, find...

'''Waldorf''': Looks like two ancient old guys sitting in a theatre box watching television!

** On a ''Tales from the Vet'' section of ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' Dr. Van Neuter warns the guests not to overdo it on the eggnog at the Christmas party. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsBIjhBBPx8 doesn't follow his own advice...]

* The basic concept of Michelle in ''Grownups''; a nutritionist who constantly eats junk food.

{{quote|'''Karen''': Ok, ok, it's over. Now, listen to me. (gets out a pill) The first thing you have to do is admit that you have a problem. (swirls the pill in her martini) Because if you can't even recognize the signs... (drops the wet pill into her mouth) Then you are really in sorry shape. (washes down the pill)Oh, mmm! (to the martini glass) Why are you so good to me?}}

** Also, when discussing Karen dumping [[30 Rock|Jack Donaghy]]:

'''Jack''': That is so true, Karen. You do have a kind heart.

** And then when discussing the incompetent Middle Eastern woman Grace has hired:

{{quote|'''Grace''': You know what? You're never going to understand. I mean, the fact is, I'm tolerant. And you are...well, maybe a little bit racist.

* On ''[[Top Gear]]'', after their homebuilt electric car has received a scathing review from ''Autocar'' magazine, the three presenters complain that the critics were too hard on their vehicle and that it will hurt their sales... and what do people who review cars for a living know, anyway?

* In ''[[Castle]]'', Martha can often be relied upon to provide humour of this nature; such as, the night before one of Rick's book launches:

'''Castle''': What are these?

** In a later episode, both Castle and Beckett have gone out on separate dates and ended up at the same restaurant; their preoccupation with the [[Body of the Week]] and tendency to slip away from their supposed dates to confer about the case with each other turned off their dates. At the end of the episode, as Castle and Beckett go out to grab a bite to eat, they swap notes on their dates earlier that evening, remarking that they seemed 'boring' and 'a little self-absorbed':

{{quote|'''Castle''': Some people just don't know how to behave on a date.

{{quote|'''[["Weird Al" Yankovic|Al]]''': How awful! How heartless! How could anyone sink so low as to do a PARODY of another human being??}}

* ''[[Community]]'': After Senor Chang has ordered the class to 'turn on' Britta, resulting in her being pelted with paper.

'''Senor Chang''': ''[Childishly]'' "That's right, we ''are'' mature! ''Too'' mature to sit in a class with a cheating lying poop-face!"

** Also when they're all panicking about Britta's psych test showing one of them is a potential murderer (turns out it's all of them except Abed):

{{quote|'''Annie:''' Stay back psychos! Or I'll slit your throats and bathe in your blood!}}

{{quote|''[["I Want" Song|We're gonna have more fun and be less weird / Than the first two years combiiiiiiined!]]''}}

* On ''[[Amen]]'', after Reverend Gregory has fainted, effectively ending his and Thelma's wedding. Thelma is freaking out, shaking him and demanding that he wake up.

(Minister grabs the Deacon)

'''Minister:''' "Ernest, pull yourself together man! Money isn't everything!"

'''Deacon:''' "I'm glad to hear you say that, because if there's no wedding, you don't get paid!"

* In his debut episode of ''[[The Flash (TV 1990)|The Flash]]'', the Trickster is about to chainsaw a woman in half in front of an "audience" of mannequins.

'''Trickster''': Watch your language--this is a family show!

''(The Flash runs in and pushes her out of the way at superspeed)''

* On ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzXiNhGHTic Wilson's reaction to Jill telling him that Tim is getting an honorary Ph.D.] (Wilson had worked his butt off to earn his Ph.D. the normal way, and Jill was in the process of doing the same.)

'''Jill:''' ''(sigh)'' You're right.

''[[Beat]]''

* On ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]'', Claire chastises Jodie for believing that she's been cursed for tearing up a chain letter, saying that there is no justification for superstition. She immediately proceeds to knock a container of salt and throws it over her shoulder.

* On an episode of ''[[Hello Cheeky]]'', Denis addresses the camera.

* ''Gimme A Break!'' : When Nell's sister, Loretta, got married, it was announced that their mother would move to California to live with Nell, something that Nell desperately DID NOT WANT. In one scene, Nell tried to talk Chief Kanisky out of letting her mother live with them, by asking him, ''"Do you know what it would be like to have some pushy, loud-mouthed, know-it-all black lady move into your house and take over?!"'' After a pause, the Chief replied, ''"Yeah."''

* The first episode of season 2 of ''[[Sherlock]]'' gives us this:

'''Mycroft''': Oh shut up Mrs. Hudson.

'''Sherlock''' and '''John''': (in unison) MYCROFT!!

'''Mycroft''': Apologies.

'''Mrs. Hudson''': Thank you.

* ''[[CSI]]'': A crime scene clean-up guy who's working on Nick and Warrick's scene has just got through pontificating about respect for the dead when they find an unexpected second body shoved in a video game cabinet. The first words out of his mouth? "Holy mackerel, bitch in a box!"

* ''[[Psych]]'' gets about as hypocritical as is possible in the Season 4 pilot, when Shawn is discussing his powers with a [[It Makes Sense in Context|Canadian police officer]]:

'''Rob''': Yes.

'''Shawn''': It's like that.

'''Shawn''': Right. If I was a fake psychic, it would be eerily similar.

'''Gus''': Exactly the same.

 

* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u1sX5IQ088 The Dumb Song]'' by Psychostick

* Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, "Thou Shalt Always Kill":

* [[Korn]]'s "Y'All Want A Single" is a [[Take That]] against the music industry. The music video is filled with protesting captions ("One Corporation Owns The 5 Major Video Channels In The U.S./ Is That OK?"; "Hit Songs On TOP 40 Are Often REPEATED Over 100 Times A Week", )... two of which resemble the song itself("90% Of All Songs Get To "The Hook" Within 20 Seconds./ 98% Of All # 1 Singles Are Less Than 3 Minutes and 30 Seconds Long."- the song is 3:17, and hits the hook at 0:17...), and the following one makes an... appropriate comment ("Does This Seem Like A Formula To You?"). Whether it's serious or humorous, it's up to you.

** They wrote the song after [[Executive Meddling|the record company asked them for a marketable single late in the production of the album]], so yes, there's some humor there.

* In [[Evolving Music|original version]] of [[Hello! Project|Morning Musume's]] Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari Takahashi Ai denies the claim that she still has her strong Fukui accent. She does so in Fukui-ben.

* In one verse of Ben Folds Five's "Uncle Walter", the title character gives "a 50 minute lecture" about the dangers of smoking marijuana with "tobacco juice rolling off his chin".

* In ALL CAPS BAND's song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svFd7GxkVvo "Slushie in the Face"], Luke sings that "cool kids don't sing."

* Mclusky's "Fuck This Band":

* Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZEKp9Mp9Io "Peace and Quiet"]: a hymn to the joys of calm and silence, and decrying the noise of the modern world. Which gets steadily louder, and ''louder'', and '''''LOUDER'''''...

* [[Bob Dylan]] winkingly sings "you're sick of all this repetition" in the middle of the very repetitiously-structured [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/queen-jane-approximately "Queen Jane Approximately"]

* [[Gogol Bordello]]'s "Illumination" features the line "Of course there is no us and them / but them they do not think the same..."

* ''Jesus He Knows Me'' by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] is about an unscrupulous televangelist. The hypocrisy is even more obvious in the video.

* A meta example could be those artists who insist that the authorities crack down on piracy so nobody steals their songs about being a wild outlaw who has no time for the police and sticks it to the man.

* In "The Return of Sathington Willoughby" by Primus, there's a line about how "Paranoia is a disease unto itself." This is immediately followed up with a warning that "The person standing next to you may not be who they appear to be, so take precaution."

* Tool's "Hooker with a Penis":

* ''Knorkator's'' "Kinderlied" (children song) is about the exploitation of the children of celebrities. It's sung by the song writers young son. [[Self-Deprecation|Played for laughs]] by making their fathers sound like washed up musicians who have lost all their dignity and not yet realized that nobody cares for them anymore.

* The Green Bay Packers fan-song "Da Bears Still Suck" makes fun of the Chicago Bears for (among other things), having only won a single Super Bowl, This despite the fact that at the time the song was recorded, the Packers themselves had only a single Vince Lombardi trophy.

* [[Simon and Garfunkel|Simon & Garfunkel's]] "A Simple Desultory Phillipic" has this gem of a verse.

 

* A standard comic strip tactic, as it makes for a quick and neat four-panel gag:

** In an old ''[[Dilbert]]'' [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2000-11-10/ comic]:

** Also, in yet another Dilbert strip, PHB is reading the newspaper comics section and remarks, "Hee hee! Look at the hair on that guy!"

*** For bonus points, it's implied he's reading ''Dilbert'' itself.

* About 2/3rds of the punchlines in ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' use this, by way of demonstrating how (theoretically) adorably flawed the characters are. Happens a lot to ''[[Cathy]]'', too.

* Occurs a number of times in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''. In one example, Calvin [[Character Filibuster|rants for three panels]] about people who complain too much. Hobbes replies "Maybe they're not very self-aware", to which Calvin replies "Boy, that's ''another'' thing that gets on my nerves!".

** Yet another, in one strip Calvin relates to Hobbes how his grandfather hates comics these days because they're just talking heads... while their characters don't change a bit the whole strip.

** Still another (Watterson loved this gag):

([[Beat Panel]])

'''Calvin''': This is changing the subject, but have you ever noticed how somebody can say something totally loony and not be aware of it? What are you supposed to do, just let it slide??

'''Hobbes''': Sometimes, if you wait, he'll top himself.

** There's another incident that twists this trope slightly. Calvin is arguing with his parents about having to sit at the dinner table instead of eating in front of the TV. His father says that this is the one time where all distractions can be put aside and they can just enjoy each other's company...right before the phone rings and the mom leaves to talk. Calvin sort of lampshades this trope by saying, "Go on, Dad. I believe you were saying something funny."

* In ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'', when Garfield watches TV: " Only an idiot would watch a show this bad. ''(switches channel)'' It was a rerun anyway."

** General Halftrack's "Have you gone mad! I'm an airplane!" (He'd been hypnotised.)

 

 

* Digger, a caller on the Australian football radio show ''[[The Coodabeen Champions]]'', had the [[Catch Phrase]] "I never complain about umpires, but...", before immediately launching into a rant about how the umpires had "crucified" his team.

* In one episode of ''[[Absolute Power (radio)|Absolute Power]]'', Sandy, having just done a marketing course, explained to Charles and Martin about fitting people into different demographics. Charles, for instance, was the highbrow sort who needed to flaunt his intelligence by using foreign phrases, whereas Martin was more a middlebrow type who hated making decisions and needed constant reassurance. Their reactions:

{{quote|'''Eddie:''' [[Funetik Aksent|Hah-ar, well, 'e's certainly gorra' fonny accent--]]I'm sure you could understan' what 'e was sayin', and if you can't, well, you'll jus' hafta barra scradley scrive, ya know!}}

 

 

* In [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''Trial By Jury'', the Usher instructs the Jury on the "stern judicial frame of mind" necessary for conducting an impartial trial:

** For that matter, the Learned Judge declares himself "ready to try this breach of promise of marriage" immediately after gloating that he owed his successful career to committing a breach of promise of marriage.

** Or more famously from ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' is the eponymous pirates' [[With Catlike Tread|deafening proclamation of stealth]]:

{{quote|'''NO SOUND AT ALL! WE NEVER SPEAK A WORD! A FLY'S FOOTFALL WOULD BE DISTINCTLY HEARD!'''}}

** And then there's King Gama in ''Princess Ida'';

* The bigoted Senator Rawkins in ''[[Finian's Rainbow]]'' grumbles that his family has had trouble with immigrants ever since they came to America, and also says that he's been so busy defending the United States Constitution that he hasn't the time to read it.

* In ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', when Romeo offers the Nurse money for being a go-between, her line is "Nay, sir; not a penny." Many stagings have her take the proffered money as she says this.

* This is the trope on which run most of Molière's plays, so much so that "[[Tartuffe]]" has become another word for "[[Hypocrite]]" in French.

* ''Knickerbocker Holiday'' makes a [[Running Gag]] out of the corruption and hypocrisy of politicians, but Stuyvesant in his [[New Era Speech]] is particularly blatant about it. He denounces the council as the most "preposterous, muddle-headed, asinine, crooked, double-dealing, venal, vicious, fat-headed group of men" ever in charge of a country, then immediately pauses to politely shake hands with one council member. At the end, he tells the people of New Amsterdam they will be consulted in all future political decisions, then dismisses them to talk with the council.

 

* From ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'':

{{quote|'''Khelgar Ironfist''': Prejudiced? I'm not prejudiced! By the Nine Hells, I even travel with a back-stabbing tiefling of all things, and [[You Know What They Say About X...|you know how her kind are]]!}}

* While most likely a developer oversight, when {{spoiler|you are captured}} in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'', you can lie and say you don't care about Carth/Bastila {{spoiler|during a torture session}} but the {{spoiler|torturer}} will claim it is an obvious farce because you traveled half way across the galaxy with them. {{spoiler|Considering he was the mentor of one of the people he is torturing}}...

** ''KOTOR II'' has this meta-example from its own endgame:

* An unintentional example comes from ''[[Oddworld]]: Munch's Oddyssy'', part of a series where corporations are the ultimate, world-destroying evil... [[Product Placement|except for delicious, life-restoring Sobe!]]

** OWI said in the manual that they did a thorough investigation of Sobe's history of human rights and such before "proudly" advertising for them in-game.

* In ''[[BioShock 2]]'s'' Multiplayer mode, noticeably overweight bourbon magnate Buck Raleigh sometimes has this to say while researching a fallen enemy: "Gotta be ''fit'' to survive down here, friend!"

* A cute example of this trope can be found in ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]''. Both Layton's apprentice Luke and his adopted daughter Flora strongly dislike being away from him; Luke feels it's his duty to always watch Layton's back, while Flora has separation anxiety. At one point in the game, Layton disappears for a brief period.

'''Flora:''' Poor thing! You're just lost without him, aren't you, Luke?

* There's this little gem from ''[[Mother 3]]'':

{{quote|'''Signpost:''' Preserve our beautiful scenery! Please refrain from posting signs.}}

* Edge from ''[[Rival Schools]]'' claims that in order to develop the kind of speed he possesses, it is necessary to run 10&nbsp;km every morning. However, he admits that he himself does not practice running at all.

* This hilarious conversation from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', between two random [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|krogan]]:

'''Krogan 2:''' No, they say I'm a "risk."

'''Krogan 1:''' They say that about all krogan.

** "You humans are all racist!"

**

'''Phoenix:''' I was only copying you. }}

* In the ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' series, GLaDOS often tells you that you're adopted and fat. Once {{spoiler|Wheatley performs his [[Face Heel Turn]]}} in the second game, he says the same thing, but GLaDOS responds with this:

'''{{spoiler|Wheatley}}:''' What?

'''GLaDOS:''' What, exactly, is wrong with being adopted?

'''{{spoiler|Wheatley}}:''' W-what's wrong with being adopted? Ummm... lack of parents--

** When you reunite with [[GLaDOS]] she calls you a monster for killing her, even though she's the [[Alliteration|same silicon sadist]] who tried to kill YOU in the first game.

* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', Saddler mentions that "[[America Saves the Day|the American prevailing]]" is a cliché that only happens in movies. He then says that he is going to awaken Leon from his "world of clichés", before [[One-Winged Angel|turning into a giant monster]] [[Go for the Eye|with obvious weak points]].

* In ''[[Ultima VI]]'', you have to determine who is the most humble person in New Magincia (which has humility as its Hat) in order to receive the Rune of Humility. Practically everyone will boast about their humility and list the luxuries they've given up and the lowly and humble tasks they've taken up, to prove how exceptionally humble they are. The one exception is the fisherman, who doesn't care about it but is fairly sure he's not particularly humble. You can probably work out the rest.

* In ''[[The Simpsons Hit & Run]]'':

** Kenji says "as expected of blind people" in reference to Lilly. Hisao then asks if it includes Kenji, and Kenji points out that he's only legally blind.

** An exchange with Misha and Shizune's father, Jigoro.

'''Misha''': What? Shouting[[? I'm not shouting]]!

''(Hisao briefly notes how hypocritical Jigoro is being)''

'''Misha''': Ow[[! My ears hurt]]!

** In Act 1, Shizune scolds Rin for sleeping on the tables of the art room. In Shizune's route, she and Hisao ''have sex'' in the Student Council room.

 

* Strong Bad of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' is a [[Grammar Nazi]]... which doesn't stop the fact that his grammar and spelling isn't perfect either. He has also said that he "doesn't wear underwear"... which has been proven wrong [[I See London|numerous times]].

** Also, in ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]: 8-Bit is Enough'', Strong Bad says that [[The Problem with Licensed Games|"licensed games are never good"]], despite the fact that SBCG4AP ''is'' a licensed game.

** His review of ''[[Uncharted Drakes Fortune]]'' focuses largely on the game's [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Then during the closing credits he points out, "Note the irony in decrying racism while drawing Asians with slitty eyes".

 

* ''[[Nedroid]]'' provides some helpful comics advice [http://nedroid.com/2011/02/advice-about-comics/ here].

* ''[[MAG-ISA]]'' -- [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119151 In early chapters it was common for characters to calling anime lame, dumb or silly]...while having [[Animesque]] facial expressions.

* Invoked in a metatextual way in ''Wicked Powered'', when [http://wickedpowered.com/d/20070907.html a character decries a certain animation as being shoddily made to sell lasers]. In case you don't get it, the full name of the comic is ''[[Trope Co Trope of the Week|Wicked Lasers presents Wickedpowered]]''.

* On [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=484 this page] of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Antimony deliberately invokes this to put Ysengrin in his place:

'''Antimony''': You. You will take me to Coyote now.

** [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=765 "What an odd thing] [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=6 to say."]

* A couple times in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' it's been pointed out that, while Riff is quick to attack Aylee, Sam, and Gwynn for being possible dangers to humanity, his own [[Mad Scientist]] experiments probably have a better chance of annihilating the human race than anything. As shown in [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/080630 this] strip:

** Kiki the utterly scatterbrained ferret, whose specialty is [[Comically Missing the Point]], sometimes (though rarely, because she tends to be too nice) voices the opinion that other characters, including resident schemers Dr. Schlock and Bun-bun, are "not very smart" or "get confused easily".

* One ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' strip is the punchline to an arc-within-an-arc where Schlock, intending to blackmail the clowns at a circus where he's on security detail to get them to cut him in on their illicit brewery, discovers that his boss has already done so (since Schlock outed them several strips prior). To quote, "I'd fire you for it, but I'm too drunk to pronounce hippo-whatever."

** Also, a conversation with a genetically engineered elephant complaining about not fitting in with humans or elephants falls into this when a character whose main feature is his gigantic nose walks by:

'''Aardman''': ''Ahem''.

** Also, [[The Fun in Funeral|the "funeral party"]] in ''Royal Flush'':

'''Captain Tagon''': (still happy-dancing) Somebody assassinated King Xinchub last night.

([[Beat Panel]])

{{quote|'''Kevyn''': The pot is smarter than the kettle. The kettle, in this case, is not "black." It is a diffuse cloud of radioactive meat-vapor.}}

* Happens [http://corneralley.comicgenesis.com/d/20050520.html here] in ''[[Corner Alley 13]]''.

* [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/116.html This] ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' strip. Another one [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/145.html here].

{{quote|[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID{{=}}276 What I was talking about?]

[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID{{=}}1810 How did you know?!]

[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID{{=}}3926 You're disgusting perverted little man. What channel?] }}

* ''[[Life with Lamarr]]'' does this with [[Half-Life|Barney Calhoun]].

** And Pip is [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=403 creeped out] by goths.

* "Joe Loves Crappy Movies" [http://www.digitalpimponline.com/strips.php?title=movie&id=479 on the subject] of Mike Tyson's cameo in ''[[The Hangover]]''.

** In [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100528 this strip] Old Man Death begs his granddaughter not to hit him with an expensive sausage because it's too valuable. Guess what he uses as an improvised weapon in the next strip?

** Gilgamesh Wulfenbach simply [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140728 doesn't understand] those Jägers taking insane risks. On the next page...

'''Gil''': (screaming) ''This'' makes ''perfect sense!'' ''This'' is [[For Science!|for ''science''!]]}}

* At the end of the "Love and Space" arc in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Voluptua announces she will clear Galatea of all the charges against her if Bob can just get her to ''shut up.'' Zippobic chuckles ruefully in the background, as his main problem with Voluptua is her endless speechmaking.

* In ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'', one of the background characters [http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos162.html here] says "no one who is in favor of eugenics should be allowed to reproduce".

* There are a few examples in ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', but the one that stands out the most is when Angelika complains about being fireblasted and then countering with a magic attack that's [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0093.html virtually unavoidable.]

* ''[[Rival Angels]]'' sees best friends Sabrina and Sun taking in a movie after work, having snuck in their own food and booze. While waiting for the commercials and previews to end, Sabrina falls asleep and starts softly snoring. Sun turns to her and...

{{quote|'''Sun:''' QUIT SNORING!! YOU'RE GOING TO GET US CAUGHT!}}

{{quote|'''Owen:''' You're both abrasive, know-it all loudmouths who like yelling and making people wrong.

'''Fang:''' *''yelling''* '''''You're wrong and I'll prove it!''''' }}

** When the vampire Queen Quintessa returned and merged {{spoiler|with Layla}}, some of comments on her previous thousand-years long life proved sidetracking:

'''Maria''': Eugène!

'''Quintessa{{spoiler|+Layla}}''': ''[[Bi the Way|And]] {{spoiler|mom}}!''

* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' occasionally does it, especially with AIs... who enjoy proclaiming their superiority over organic creatures. Like [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=031408 this]. They also proclaim their unity in hating organic creatures , and then express concern that [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=122812 "AI solidarity" is roughly equivalent to "mutually assured destruction"].

* ''[[The Noob]]'' had [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/7/ a player] complaining that the default clothes (skimpiness of which she is willing to demonstrate from all angles) on female characters in MMORPG "keep women like her from realizing their full potential as human beings". But she would rather look like a hooker than buy a cape because she is "sure she will look fat in one of those".

* ''The GaMERCaT'' [http://www.thegamercat.com/comic/abuse-of-power/ tells kittens] to go play outside 'cause it's healthy. Su-u-ure.

* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' has [http://yafgc.net/comic/2352-prejudices/ a page] illustrating "complex" relations of goblins, dwarves, drow and surface elves.

 

* ''[[Echo Chamber]]'' uses this frequently.

** After an episode featuring a [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]], [[Deadpan Snarker|Dana]] claims that [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]s "are never funny".

{{quote|'''AVGN''': ...because I'm going to do this legit. Now where's that extra lives code? ''(pulls out [[Nintendo Power]]'s Top Secret Player's Guide)''}}

* ''[[The Guild]]'' has a more subtle example. Bladezz's sister asks if any of his internet friends are pervs, and Zaboo, who takes [[Stalker with a Crush]] to it's creepiest/most hilarious extreme, immediately replies "No, no one's a perv." with a completely straight face.

** In one of Spoony's Vlogs, he claims that ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' references are played out only to make one in his ''very next video''. He gave a [[Hypocrisy Nod]] in the latter's commentary, though.

* Forms the basis of a lot of the humor in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8EVtZeZRw Pete the Puppet]''.

* One bit of porn in Kristen's Archive starts out decrying the unrealistic fantasies in the other porns: ''It makes me sick to my stomach when I read the stories in this archive, so I wrote one myself.''

* The ''[[Binder of Shame]]'' depicts a particularly horrifying game master by the name of Biff Bam. Under his house rules for ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' "real men have no fear" so "the less sanity points you have, the more gay you are". He actually forces the players to act this out; "You failed your sanity roll again [...] now your character not only has a limp wrist which gives him a [[Funetik Aksent|dexterosity]] modifier, but he also speaks with a lisp. You better be lisping when you talk, got it?" Over the course of the game, he [[Ho Yay|shamed everyone into stripping to the waist because it was hot in the room and the window was stuck, and enforced his rulings by physically wrestling complainers into submission.]]

{{quote|How can i show this filth to my friends?!

[[Captain Obvious|Um... don't?]]

'''Nay!''' For it is too good not to show, but too nude to let me do it without fear nor shame! }}

** Todd has been stalking [[Obscurus Lupa]], despite her continued (and vocal) objections. However, his response to [[The Nostalgia Chick]] repeatedly asking him for a date?

{{quote|"Some people just can't take a Goddamn hint!" }}

* In episode six of ''[[The Joker Blogs]]'', Scarecrow and Joker sit next to each other in the Arkham cafeteria for a while before a ticked-off Joker orders "Mr. Potato Head" to leave.

{{quote|'''Joker''': ''(muttering after him)'' Freak. }}

* [[Warning! Readers' Advisory|Derek the Bard]] complains about nerds being around in his Con Bravo video.

* [[Subverted Trope]] in [http://www.deviantart.com/#/d4pxln1 this comic] (see its description if you can't figure out why subverted).

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYCitKWZ5JE This] episode of ''[[Baman Piderman]]'' sees Baman at one point accuse Squid of doing nothing but be lazy. It then cuts to a shot of Baman and Piderman lying on the floor doing nothing but reach for a jar of peanut butter.

* In the ''[[Pittsburgh Dad]]'' episode "Little League":

{{quote|'''Pittsburgh Dad''': Hey Simmons, quit that trash-talkin'. I remember when we were in high school, you struck out in kickball. Loser!}}

 

* Butch Hartman and his fellow creators of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' set the standard of this trope for kids' cartoons. Invariably, it found its way into ''[[Danny Phantom]]''.

** ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' could even be considered a meta-example; significant amounts of humor come from the use of outdated slang by adults, making the unintended examples of [[Totally Radical]] an example of this trope.

** "A Pest in the House" has [[Daffy Duck]] as a hotel bellhop who repeatedly awakens a tired, ill-tempered guest, leading to said guest repeatedly coming down to the lobby and punching desk clerk Elmer Fudd in the nose. At one point Elmer comes up to the man's room himself to muffle a whistling heat register, and Daffy gives him a dressing-down that gets louder and louder, as the sleeping man begins to stir and Elmer begs him to be quiet:

{{quote|'''Daffy''': So! A fine kettle of fish! Here I work myself down to the skin and bones trying to keep this guy asleep, and what do ''you'' do? Blow whistles! Just when I've got things so quiet you could hear a pin drop, you bust in here and bust out with a whistle, and you snafu the whole works! How in the name of all that's reasonable do you expect a guy to get his slumber, when a goof like you goes around making noises like a one-man Fourth of July celebration? He needs PEACE, and QUI-YEEETT! IT'S POSITIVELY OUTRAGEOUS!!!}}

* [[Tex Avery]]'s short "Rock-a-Bye Bear" has a hibernating bear repeatedly yelling at Spike the dog to be quiet, in the loudest voice imaginable.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]'' alike have used this more times that it's possible to keep track. Just expect it to be used [[Rule of Three|thrice]] per episode on average.

{{quote|'''Fry (when told alcohol makes people stupid)''': "No I'm... doesn't."

'''Robot Devil''': "Your lyrics lack subtlety. You can't just have your characters ''announce'' how they feel! [[That Makes Me Feel Angry|That makes me feel angry!]]" }}

{{quote|'''Fry''': "Is he genetically engineered?"

'''Professor''': "Oh please, [[What We Now Know to Be True|that's preposterous science fiction mumbo jumbo]]. Guenther's intelligence actually lies in his electronium hat, which harnesses the power of sunspots to produce cognitive radiation." }}

{{quote|"I am The Man With No Name...Zapp Brannigan at your service!"}}

{{quote|'''Wiggum''': Oh, sorry folks. [sarcastic] Gee, I really hate to spoil this little love-in, but Mr. Malloy broke the law. And when you break the law, you gotta go to jail.

'''Quimby''': Uh, that reminds me, er, here's your monthly kickback.

'''Wiggum''': ''[Utterly dumbfounded]'' You just...you couldn't have picked a worse time! }}

{{quote|'''TV''': We now return to "The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones."

'''Bart''': Uh oh. I smell another cheap cartoon crossover. (Jay Sherman from [[The Critic]] enters) }}

{{quote|'''Homer''': Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.}}

{{quote|'''Homer''': Bart, son? You want to play catch?

'''Bart''': No.

'''Homer''': Get the hell out!

'''Abe''': I'm gone. }}

{{quote|'''Bum''': Got any spare change, man?

'''Abe''': Yes! And you're not getting a penny of it! ''(continues walking)'' Everybody wants something for nothing. ''(walks into a Social Security office)'' I'm old! Gimme, gimme, gimme! }}

* ''[[South Park]]'' does this a few times.

** In the episode "The Passion of the Jew", members of Kyle's synagogue are protesting [[Mel Gibson]]'s ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''. "It turns Jews into stereotypes," says a guy with an extremely stereotyped "Jewish" accent.

{{quote|'''Kyle''': You're not my friend. All you ever do is call me names and rip on me for being Jewish.

'''Cartman''': Kyle... when have I ever ripped on you for being a Jew. *cue [[Overly Long Gag]] [[Clip Show]] montage* Okay except maybe for that one time... }}

{{quote|'''Butters''': Let me tell you somethin', fellers! You always take advantage of me, and after reading ''[[The Catcher in The Rye]]'', I've learned you're nothing but phonies! I'm not letting you trick me this time! So the four of you can just suck on my wiener!

'''Cartman''': [After Butters walks away] That inconsiderate jerk! }}

{{quote|'''Cartman''': Wow, this is gonna be great! A whole new word!

'''Kyle''': It's NOT NEW!! I'm gonna look "shit" up in the encyclopedia and PROVE it!!

'''Kyle''': THERE'S NO SAND IN MY VAGINA!!!

'''Ms. Choksondik''': Boys, watch your language! Shit! }}

{{quote|'''Goth Kid''': If you wanna be one of the nonconformists, all you have to do is dress just like us and listen to the same music we do.}}

* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' makes frequent use of it, right from the very first episode:

'''Huey''': Granddad, you said the word nigga 47 times yesterday. I counted.

'''Granddad''': Nigga, hush! }}

** From the opening scene of the first episode: Their chef offers them a bottle of wine, to which Nathan replies "We never drink before a show. NEVER." Except the other 4 are already drinking, and Nathan joins them.

** The members of Dethklok all agree "Pickles really has a [drinking] problem." True, but this is said while each of them is nursing like twenty beers.

** Then there was the instance where they were doing some remodeling at Mordhaus and Nathan complains that he can't think because of all that racket—[[Loud of War|and so he drowns out the sounds of sawing and jackhammering with some]] [[Heavy Metal]] music which sounds almost exactly the same. "There, that's better."

* One example could be found in the ''[[Superjail]]'' episode: "Cold-Blooded". The Warden and Jared investigate a serial killer's grip on the inmates, the Warden sends an unwilling Jared undercover as an inmate. When Jared come face to with the serial killer, he slips on the floor and impales his head into his own knife. After Jared confirms that he's dead, the Warden then angrily accuses Jared of killing him personally. Then the Warden abandons the mission altogether.

{{quote|'''Brain''': Pinky, do you know what "obsession" is?

'''Pinky''': [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?|A Calvin Klein marketing scam?]]

* Mojo Jojo in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Los Dos Mojos": "I do not talk like that! The way I communicate is much different! I do not constantly reiterate, repeat, recite the same thing over and over again! I am clear! Concise! To the point..."

** Hypocritical humor is one of its staple comedies. Regular offenders include the Mayor, the Professor, and the Girls themselves.

** There's also a scene in the episode "City of Walls and Secrets" where Toph criticizes the rest of the Gaang's lack of proper manners while picking her nose and belching. When called on it, she points out she was taught high class manners and ''chooses'' to ignore them.

** In "The Waterbending Scroll" when the pirates' ship gets stolen by the Gaang, Zuko finds it hilarious. When the pirates steal ''his'' ship in turn, he is far less amused.

** In one instant of the G1 cartoon series, Megatron allies the Decepticons with another villainous group, who decide to betray them later on. Cue Starscream yelling 'TRAITORS!!' Cue immense laughter at the irony.

* Subverted in ''[[The Mighty B!]]''; the first part of a segment is Bessie's dog, Happy, getting treatment from a vet for a skinned knee. After the usual kicking and screaming, they head next door for the doctor to treat Bessie's skinned knee. Turns out that she's just in time for a booster shot. After fighting much worse than her dog did, she finally gets the shot while trying to escape through the sink. After the shot, she launches into the usual "See Happy, that didn't hurt a -- okay, yeah, that ''hurts''..."

** In "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air", Cleveland criticises the ''[[Scrubs]]'' cutaways for being stupid and irrelevant, even though stupid and irrelevant cutaways make up a good amount of any ''Family Guy'' episode (which they lampshade a moment later with a cutaway of Hitler juggling fish while on a unicycle).

*** However, the cutaway later gets worked into the show properly, and Peter points out the subversion, saying "See? We had a plan for that all along."

** The Thanksgiving episode where Brian asks Ida Quagmire how she's feels about Kevin Swanson's {{spoiler|desertion from the army}} saying "she's the only one who understands what it is truly like. We get this little gem.

{{quote|'''Ida''': No, Brian, I do not understand Kevin's choice and I do not support it.

'''Brian''': Okay, well that's just some dumb drag queen. }}

** In the same episode, [[Cloudcuckoolander|Trickster]] prefaces his plan to kill Flash by saying it's "nothing as stupid as a giant boomerang," a direct jab at Captain Boomerang's just-failed plan. Instead it involves four hundred greased cases of fake dog vomit, and Plan B involves [[Noodle Implements|fifty thousand rotten eggs and a chainsaw]].

** In another episode, Flash and [[Elongated Man]] were complaining about not being taken seriously by everyone else. While playing [[Bland-Name Product|Brawlin' Bots]].

*** Another instance, where Stan brings in Whitney Houston to sing Francine's favorite song, having to bribe her with crack: she sings "they can't take away my dignity", and then immediately faceplants trying to grab said crack.

*** "Do I look like I'm made of money?" Said while Stan is wearing a money suit.

* In an episode of ''[[Johnny Test]]'', Hugh Test is berating his daughters for having invented something as potentially dangerous as an alchemy machine - while he's gleefully using said machine to turn the cutlery and the contents of his toolbox into gold.

* In an episode of ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' a [[Shapeshifting]] alien impersonates Dale and the others need to [[Spot the Imposter]]. Dale then exposes the alien by showing him his favorite food, upon which the alien forgets everything, loses the disguise, and runs for the food. Upon seeing this, Monty comments: "Disgusting the way some people lose control". This is coming from a character whose [[Running Gag]] is being addicted to cheese, which oftentimes gets him and others into trouble ("Mind Your Cheese and Q's" best illustrates this).

{{quote|'''Patrick:''' Are you going to listen to a big dummy, or are you going to listen to ''me''?

'''Spongebob:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Err....]] }}

* A running gag in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' is that Dot always makes disparaging comments to her brothers' [[Hello, Nurse!]] routine... when she's every bit as bad as Yakko (maybe worse) when an attractive man walks by.

* [[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye]] once starred in an adaptation of "[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]", in which Bluto portrayed the leader of the thieves. At one point, Bluto is snacking on his dinner while Wimpy snatches some chicken from one of his plates. Upon seeing it's missing, Bluto shrieks, "Hey!! There must be thieves around here!"

'''Cleveland''': Facebook is a joke. You know who is my "friend" on Facebook? Margaret Cho. A woman I have not met, nor wish to ever meet, is somehow a friend of mine. Puh-lease! I also don't need your stupid status updates. "Ooh, Betsy Sherman is exited to watch ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''!" Go suck an egg, Betsy!

You know what? I need to Twitter that! [''Takes out phone''] "Go... suck... an egg... Betsy. }}

** The latter also happens in the earlier episode "Joker's Favor." When faced with an explosives-wielding Charlie Collins who seems poised to give him an utterly inglorious death, the Joker exclaims "You're crazy!" Charlie replies, "I had a good teacher!"

* On ''[[King of the Hill]]'', after Hank's been [[Mistaken for Racist]], the church congregation tries to tell Hank that bigotry and intolerance is wrong by singing around a cross on Hank's lawn.

* In the ''[[Rugrats]]'' episode "Circus Angelicus" Chuckie mentions the reasons why clowns are scary, "They have these big scary glasses, big funny teeth, and big scary red hair that sticks out everywhere", he is describing himself.

* In ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' episode, "Ren's Toothache", right after Ren's teeth had rotted to non-existence and putrid fumes pouring out from his mouth, four flies start complaining about the god-awfull smell... after they were driven away from eating at Stimpy's litter box earlier!

* ''[[Regular Show]]'':

{{quote|'''Benson''': Rule #47: NO YELLING!}}

* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' there was a sign in the park advertising a 4K run for charity: "Help us to put an end to signs in the park."

{{quote|'''Stacy''': I'm still not buying it; I am a woman of science...at least that's what my horoscope said.}}

* Grouchy Smurf in ''[[The Smurfs and the Magic Flute]]'' song "Just Like Their Names": "I don't act like my name!"

 

* "I never brag. I'm awesome like that."

* "I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate!"

* "Watch your fucking language!"

* "As a Capricorn, I don't believe in astrology."

* There's an old joke about a woman whose son and daughter got married within a week or two of each other. A few months later, a friend asks her about how her daughter is doing. The mom gushes about her son-in-law, how he cooks for her daughter, gives her lots of gifts, and sends his wife to a spa once a month. The friend then asks how the son's marriage is, and the mother [[Double Standard|gets a disgusted look on her face]] and begins going on about how her daughter-in-law doesn't cook, wants lots of gifts, and always wants to go to the spa...

* This joke:

{{quote|A guy says, "I don't smoke, I don't cuss, and I don't drink." Then, a second later, he says, "Fuck, I left my cigarettes down at the bar."}}

* [[Banksy]] is fond of this trope. Obvious examples include "We can't do anything to change the world until capitalism crumbles. In the meantime we should all go shopping to console ourselves." And his list of people who should be shot- "Fascist thugs, religious fundamentalists, and people who write lists telling you who should be shot."

* It's very rare you'll find a parent who does ''not'' do this with their children.

* It's become a widely accepted bit of folklore that someone who says "I'm not racist/sexist/a homophobe/etc., but--" is going to finish the sentence with something racist, sexist, homophobic, or other. Ironically, just saying that part will now have people ''assume'' you're going to be exactly what you said you're not, regardless of what one actually says.

* "Proponents of eugenics shouldn't be allowed to reproduce".

* "All extremists should be killed."

* "all sentences should begin with a capital letter."

* ''A Row in the Parrot-House'' caricature by Mr. Linley Sambourne in the ''Strand Magazine'', [https://archive.org/details/StrandMagazine_133 No. 133]:

{{quote|'''The C-mpb-lt.-B-nn-rm-n Bird''' : “What a noise they're making! I can hardly hear myself shriek!”}}

 

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