Parental Hypocrisy: Difference between revisions

'''Simba''': Exactly. Do you remember the dangers we put ourselves in?|''[[The Lion King|The Lion King 2]]''}}

 

 

Mom just doesn't understand! She tells our heroine off for going out with the wrong boy or having a secret life, etc. Then, we find out in a dramatic twist that ''[[Former Teen Rebel|she did the same thing when she was her age!]]''. What a hypocrite! But, of course, having seen her hypocritical ways, we love her again or she sees her wrong-doing and allows the act to continue. Or doesn't.

* A teacher example: [[Sensei-chan|Kuroi Sensei]] from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' plays the same online game as [[Gamer Chick|Konata]], and has been into MMORPG's since before she was Konata's age, but she tells Konata off for doing that very thing, and ''uses in-game chat to remind her to do her homework''. When Konata calls her out on this, she remarks that, as a teacher, she has a duty to uphold, which Konata accepts as understandable, but still...

* Played for laughs in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid]]''. Attempts by Fate to complain about Vivio's [[First Episode Spoiler|newly revealed]] [[Older Alter Ego|adult form]] out of worry were eventually short-circuited when Vivio reminded her that, based on Nanoha's stories...

'''Fate:''' [[Dark Magical Girl|Uh... That's, umm...]] <br />

'''Nanoha:''' [[Jumped At the Call|Ahaha...]] }}

* In ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'', Marty's mother scoffs at Marty for his behavior with Jennifer. "In my day, we never parked and made out." It's quite the shock to Marty when he travels back in time to find his mother willing to "park for a while".

* In ''[[The Patriot]]'', Gabriel spends the night with his fiancee, Anne Howard, and her family. Mrs. Howard sews Gabe into a bundling bag for the night, to keep him and Anne from getting up to anything. Afterwards, Gabe and Anne talk, while her dad listens nervously at the door.

'''Mr. Howard:''' ''[mortified]'' I hope so! }}

* ''[[The Lion King|The Lion King 2]]'' has Simba very over-protective of Kiara. At one point, Nala points out to Simba that Kiara's just like they were when they were cubs, and Simba explains that this is what worries him.

== Theatre ==

* [[Discussed Trope]] in a rehearsal scene in ''The Convict's Opera''.

'''Actress playing Mrs Peachum:''' That would make her ''more'' angry. At least, it would make ''me'' more angry. }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Homer is upset because his 10 year old son Bart got his ear pierced.

'''Homer:''' Well, when I was ten I got my ear pierced. But this is completely different! }}

* In ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'' Ginger's mom Lois forbids her teen daughter things like using makeup and shaving her legs, but it's immediately shown that Lois have a whole bathroom full of beauty products that she keeps locked.

* Mentioned by [[Dave Barry]] on the subject of marijuana: "'If you take ONE PUFF', they said in between pulls on their king-size cigars, 'you will be HOOKED FOR LIFE'!"

* [[George Carlin]] has done a few bits about this subject.

* [[Bill Engvall]] mentions ones how he smacked his son upside the head because he was hitting another kid, following it up with "We don't hit."