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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]]'':

{{quote|'''Rivalz''': I've had it with your [[Emo]] routine!

** 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.

* From the ''[[The Batman Adventures|Harley and Ivy]]'' limited series; When the duo is hiding out at a cheap motel while brewing Ivy's new brainwashing formula (made from "zombieroot"), a broadcast comes on the TV showing that a movie is being made about them. Harley is upset when she finds out the actress cast as her is a vixen-actress who doesn't even look like her. ('''"I'LL SUE!"''' she screams.) Ivy tells her to let it go, saying its not worth it... But then she sees that the actress playing ''her'' is a supermodel known for hawking perfume made from endangered plants. She changes her mind and decides to give their formula a "trial run" in Hollywood...

 

** 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]]".

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

 

 

* A classic version would be Chief Inspector Renault's "I am shocked, ''shocked''! to find gambling going on in this establishment!!" before pocketing his roulette winnings in ''[[Casablanca]]''; in this case the juxtaposition is used to illustrate how flimsy a justification there is for shutting down Rick's.

* 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 ''[[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"?]]

* ''[[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!

'''Patient:''' I’m an alcoholic.}}

 

* ''[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]:

** 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.

* ''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]]!}}

** 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]]'':

{{quote|Try to not be [[I Shall Taunt You|so annoying]] next time!}}

 

* 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.

* ''[https://www.ruohammer.com/comics-1/2018/8/22/heres-some-eldar-insight-on-human-corruption Here’s some Eldar insight on human corruption]'' from ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' series by Chen Ruo Yu. The punchline, of course, is "{{spoiler|meanwhile in [[Wretched Hive|Commorragh]]…}}".

 

* ''[[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.

** Dr Insano also complains about the protagonist of ''[[The Dungeonmaster]]'' using his computer to fire lasers, saying how ridiculous it would be for him to just start shooting lightning out of his hands shouting SCIENCE!. [[Kickassia|Yeah, about that...]]

** 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.

[[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.cracked.com/article_18680_political-cartoons-lowest-form-communication.html This] [[Cracked.com]] articke illustrates its subject by the way of [[Self-Demonstrating Article|parody]]. The hilariously [[Anvilicious]] cartoons [[Viewers are Morons|treating the viewers as morons]], "[[Internet Cold Reader|mind reading]]" and spelling out the assumed strawman points and [[Expo Label|label everything]]. So it shows examples of these, then treats the readers as morons, guessing and spelling out the assumed points reduced to strawmanship and [[anvilicious]]ly comments on what's where and who's what in each case ''[[Up to Eleven|even more]]''. The point of the article, obviously, ends up perfectly illustrated. By the way, [[Recursive Reality|the entry you just read was]] an [[Expo Label]]...

* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728193725/http://shirtoid.com/29347/lucky-stars/ Thank my lucky stars I’m not superstitious!]"

 

* 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.

** 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.

{{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! }}

* 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.

*** 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).

* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' has [[The Caligula|Lucius]] telling his son "There's just some things you can't make happen." Immediately afterward he has the mountain outside his window moved to the left, and then ''orders the destruction of one of the [[Alien Sky|three suns]]'' because three is too many.

* In the ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby Doo]]'' movie ''Abracadabra Doo'', Daphne asks Velma why she doesn't hang out with her sister more often and she replies that she finds her too nerdy and that she over analyzes everything, after she says that she notices a powder on the floor mistaking it for a clue and Daphne replies that its for her feet.

** 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 ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Lesson Zero", Rarity calls Twilight a "drama queen" when she finds out Twilight is worried about not sending her friendship report to Princess Celestia on time... while lying on a ''fainting couch'' Rarity had magically summoned because she forgot the plates for a picnic.

* 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.

 

* "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: