Hypocritical Humor: Difference between revisions

*:* The three Pepe Le Pew cartoons that end with Pepe being chased by the painted cat ("For Scentimental Reasons," "Little Beau pepe," and "Really Scent"). The first two actually have lines of Pepe begging the painted cat to control herself.

*:* In a ''[[Road Runner]]'' TV show pilot, one kid admits he likes imagining he's the Road Runner. The other kid tells him that daydreaming is "a bad habit" - as they stare goggle-eyed and unmoving in front of the TV set.

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* Lampshaded in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Homer The Vigilante": the captured [[Gentleman Thief]] makes a charming speech and the townspeople want to release him, however...

*:* In "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", Comic Book Guy makes a big deal about not cutting in line, and there is to be only one signed photo per customer. He then pushes his way to the front of the line, and hands over four photos to be signed.

*:* In another episode when Barney decides to give up alcohol, Moe suggest that Homer be the new Barney, and Homer says something along the lines of "When will you guys ever learn I am nothing like Barney [[I Resemble That Remark|(lets out a belch exactly like Barney's signature belch)]]." (They're alike, since they're both voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]].)

*:* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Bart in "A Star is Burns."

*:* "Kamp Krusty"

*:* "Lisa's Sax"

*:* "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":

*:* An early episode has Homer complaining about the government combining Washington and Lincoln's birthdays into one holiday and ripping off the working man. Marge tells him he's late for work and he shrugs "So? Someone'll punch in for me."

*:* Homer again: "... and I'm not easily impressed - [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|wow! A BLUE CAR!]]"

*:* When [[Magical Nanny|Shary Bobbins]] explains she is practically perfect in every way, Homer claims he is as well. [[Fat Slob|He then drinks milk straight from the carton, scratches his butt, and belches]].

*:* In the episode where Homer boxes the ring is set up at Moe's and Barney delivers this little beauty. "You won't get ME in the ring! Boxing causes brain damage." (Starts chugging on can of varnish.)

**:* A similar gag, occurring while the family are on vacation, has Homer denying that beer kills brain cells - and then saying: "Now, let's go back to that...[[Buffy-Speak|building-thingy...where our beds and TV...is]]."

*:* In one episode Homer berates Bart for being immature when suddenly he hears the ice cream truck and he pushes through a crowd of kids shouting "Me first, me first!".

*:* Another Kyle example: "The Entity" has Kyle meet his ''very'' Jewish cousin from Connecticut (who is also named "Kyle") and [[Stop Being Stereotypical|constantly be embarrassed by him because the cousin is stereotypically whiny, neurotic, and bad at sports]]. [[Boomerang Bigot|"I'm Jewish, and he's making]] ''[[Boomerang Bigot|me]]'' [[Boomerang Bigot|hate Jews!"]] he complains to Stan. Then Stan points out that by resenting his cousin's Jewishness, Kyle is himself becoming a stereotype - that of the self-hating Jew. This only horrifies Kyle more!

*:* In "A Very Crappy Christmas", they're watching a Charlie Brown special and Stan complains about the style: "How come everyone in cartoons has such big heads?"

*:* Gerald and Sheila are extremely tolerant of gay people, except when they think their son is turning gay.

*:* In the movie Cartman makes a comment about how the animation in Terrance in Phillip is crappy. Then it shows the boys "walking" (In the typical animation of ''South Park'', where they bounce up and down) away.

*:* Randy Marsh provides several examples such as telling his father he won't treat him like a child and then telling him he needs to apologize to Mr. Police Officer and complaining about the economy failing due to people spending their money on luxuries while using an expensive Margaritaville-brand mixer.

*:* In "The Tale of Scrotie Mcboogerballs" the boys write a disgusting story but claim that Butters wrote it so they don't get blamed. When people like the story they tell Butters that he shouldn't take credit for something he didn't write while he thinks he did indeed write it.

*:* In "It Hits The Fan" when people freely use the word "shit."

*:* The "Death Camp of Tolerance" is built around this trope.

*:* In "Butterballs" the head of the anti-bullying campaign bullies people in order to get his way.

*:* And let's not forget our formal introduction to the Goth kids in "Raisins":

* In ''[[Metalocalypse]]'',* Dethklok, unsatisfied with the sound of their latest song, complain to their producer, saying that, as musicians, they have very sensitive hearing. As they explain this to him, it becomes apparent that they can't quite distinguish each other's voices from one another.

** The ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episodeIn [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?|"The Ember Island Players"]] provided the perfect set-up for tons upon tons of Hypocritical Humor: "How could you say that?"

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'':* Megatron broadcasts a speech to all Decepticons, talking about unity and freeing themselves from Autobot tyranny—while blasting Starscream repeatedly (admittedlyAdmittedly, Starscream ''was'' trying to kill him).

** The first ''Star Wars'' [[May the Farce Be with You|parody episode]] includes Peter as Han Solo/[[Harrison Ford]], saying he's the "only actor whose career wasn't destroyed by this movie." This despite the fact that Carrie Fisher was voicing a recurring character in other episodes. [[Fridge Brilliance|That could just be]] a very subtle and [[Genius Bonus]] form of [[Self-Deprecation]], another form of humor ''Family Guy'' revels in.

*:* In the episode "He's Too Sexy for his Fat", Lois is furious that Peter is going to great lengths to make himself handsome instead of accepting who he is while he pushes Chris away (Chris is trying to lose weight), but Lois quickly gives in to her horny temptations as he stares at Peter's sexy and chiseled ass. Brian calls her out on it, which causes Lois to ask if she is a bad person. Brain simply says that yes she is. This gets dropped quickly when Peter's jerkass levels shoot up and becomes more narcissistic.

*:* When Peter gets a vasectomy and stops having sex with Lois, Lois gains a ton of weight to fill the void of not having sex. Peter takes notice and starts making fun of Lois being fat. Lois calls Peter out on being such a hypocrite since he was always obese, but Peter being Peter says "Lois, fat men don't get fat. Only fat women are fat!"

*:* In "Mother Tucker" Tom Tucker dates Thelma and acts as Peter's dad. In the end he realizes that he can't make Jake share his father with him and tells Tom to spend time with his real son. Peter concludes that he learned something about parenting and then tells Chris to leave him alone.

*:* "Trump Guy" has this overlap with [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] and [[Medium Awareness]]:

* * In the ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Flash and Substance", four of Flash's [[Rogues Gallery]] meet in a [[Bad Guy Bar]] and Mirror Master makes a comment about how they are the hardest men in town... At which point their [[Drink Order|drink orders]] are revealed as, respectively, an [[wikipedia:Arnold Palmer (drink)|Arnold Palmer]], a Cherry Coke, a ''decaf soy latte'', and a glass of milk (Captain Cold's ulcer had been acting up), turning what would otherwise be a good example of [[Frothy Mugs of Water]] into a stellar example of this trope.

*:* Another entertaining one involves them getting an invitation from a land dweller but the ink runs. They comment that whoever sent this obviously has no clue about how life under the ocean works. Then they promptly throw the note into a burning fire.

*:* SpongeBob is very upset to learn that Bikini Bottom has a National No SpongeBob Day, simply for residents who want to get away from him for the day. However, the day ''after'' that is National No Patrick Day, a holiday even SpongeBob observes.

** Memorably done in an episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'',where [[The Joker]] dumps a random reporter into the same vat of chemicals that he was dumped in. After that reporter becomes [[The Creeper]], he tracks the Joker down and starts harassing the poor guy, and starts hitting on Harley Quinn like there's no tomorrow. Hypocritical for two reasons. One, the Creeper's one-sided crush is ''exactly'' like Harley Quinn's crush on the Joker. Two, eventually, the Joker is on his knees begging Batman to put him in Arkham because, in the Joker's words, "HE'S A LUNATIC!" That's right. The Joker called someone a lunatic.

* In ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'',* Ivy tells Harley that she doesn't need a "crew", stating that she gets by well on her own, saying this as [[Man-Eating Plant| Frank]] brings her coffee and cookies while she is watching TV while lounging on the couch.