Hypocritical Heartwarming: Difference between revisions

== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Rin gets physical with Tohru and ever since their first meeting e.g. grabbing her by the collar, roughly rubbing her head, etc. The moment Kagura [[Berserk Button|nails Tohru]] (and accidentally knocks her out) in frustration {{spoiler|that she won't confess her feelings to Kyo so that Kagura wouldn't have to think about him anymore}}, Rin gets the [[Unstoppable Rage|angriest]] anyone has seen her in the story.

{{quote|"I hate hearing someone other than me badmouthing her!"}}

* Shannon Casull teases his little sister Pacifica mercilessly in ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'', but he literally swears to oppose god itself in her defence, even if it means the destruction of the world.

* In ''[[Psyren]]'', Fredrica often bullies Marie. However, when someone else threatens her, targets her, and/or makes her cry, she goes [[Unstoppable Rage|ballistic]].

** Inui, who cruelly beats his brother, Saburou, nearly constantly, claims the world is too cruel for his brother, spouting, "I'm the only one allowed to hurt him!" But since Inui is pretty much a [[Complete Monster]], it comes out creepy as opposed to heartwarming...

* A rather dark version of this happens in ''[[X 1999]]''. {{spoiler|Despite murdering Subaru's beloved sister Hokuto as well as constantly trying to kill Subaru himself, Seishiro gives Subaru one of his eyes upon his death to replace the one he lost to Fuuma/Dark Kamui. The reason given is that he didn't want a mark left on Subaru that he himself didn't make.}}

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': Ranma and Akane are one of [[Rumiko Takahashi|Rumiko Takahashi's]] most famous fictional couples, known for their [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], so it's no surprise that they've insulted each other more times than you can count. But when Kodachi's rival, Asuka, calls Ranma a fool, Akane gets ''pissed'' and actually has Ranma go out on a double date with Kodachi and Asuka to prove how handsome and cool he really is, despite being [[Clingy Jealous Girl|the jealous type]]. She even helps dress him up and follows them on the date to make sure everything goes smoothly! [[Hilarity Ensues|Which, of course, it doesn't.]]

== Live-Action TV ==

* In ''[[Firefly]]'', Mal calls Inara a whore all the time. But he's also the first to defend her if anyone else calls her (or implies she is) a whore. He later states that that while he loathes and insults her job, he's not insulting the woman herself and actively tries to protect her professional reputation (just never to her face). On the other hand, the person who triggered his Hypocritical Heartwarming was treating Inara herself (instead of her job) like a whore, and even a slave. And mutually, their [[Volleying Insults]] could range from [[In Harm's Way|overprotect]][[Secretly Dying|iveness]], a defensive mechanism against rejection, or just an act to annoy each other.

* Although it's never expressly stated, it's pretty obvious that [[The A-Team|B.A.]] is the only one who's allowed to be mean to Murdock and Face. He frequently verbally abuses them and threatens them with physical violence (Murdock is his main target, but Face gets quite a bit of this too, at times). And then you'll get a scene where the team is facing the [[Villain of the Week|slimeballs of the week;]] Murdock and Face, the physically weaker half of the team, frequently find themselves fighting a [[Mook]] who's too big for them to handle. Cue B.A., who proceeds to knock the sucka's lights out. Five minutes later he's back to insulting Murdock and Face and threatening to beat them up himself. Happens every few episodes.

* In ''[[Even Stevens]]'' Ren never hesitates to call Louis an idiot. However, after failing a band audition (big time) the guy judging it called Louis an idiot. Ren then told him that the only person allowed to call him an idiot is her.

* In one ''[[Bones]]'' episode, Booth is watching Cam argue with her sister. When the sister turns on him, he raises his voice at her, and Cam snaps at him and the two leave for lunch while Cam comments that he needs to calm down.

* ''[[Black Books]]'' has a half-dying Bernard (having had to look after himself for a whole day) snap out of it when he hears that Manny is being bullied by his new boss. "[[Who Dares?|How]] ''[[Who Dares?|DARE]]'' [[Who Dares?|you?]] Don't you touch a hair on that boy's head! Have you no respect? He's mine! Get your ''own'' human plaything, you quartz-brained little cream puff!"

* While [[Frasier]] Crane will happily mock, belittle and humiliate his little brother Niles all day long, he hates Niles's wife Maris with a burning passion because of ''her'' abusive treatment of her husband. Occasionally expressed by Frasier [[Hypocritical Humor|encouraging Niles to stand up for himself, and then yelling at him and bossing him around while telling him precisely how to do so.]]

* In the pilot episode of ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'', the fiery, sarcastic Detective Sergeant Havers - who doesn't even ''[[Fire-Forged Friends|like]]'' her partner DI Lynley at this point - immediately takes offense at the accusations leveled against him by an old partner of Lynley's, with whom he had parted on rather unfriendly terms. And she does this while conveniently ignoring the fact that, just hours earlier, she had been levelling those same accusations at him! This is an excellent indicator of their future relationship.

 

== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Narbonic]]'', Helen fears Titus is going to tell Dave he's a mad genius, and tells him [[This Is Sparta|NOBODY. TOUCHES. DAVE. BUT. ME.]]

* In ''[[Cheap Thrills]]'', Jeordie is angry that Bruce's little brother threw a rock at his little brother, since if anyone's going to throw rocks at Faris [http://cheapthrills.xepher.net/comics/comic156.html it'd better be him].

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