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* ''[[Homestuck]]''

** Dave Strider is normally an [[The Stoic|unflappable]] [[Badass]], so when he [[Heroic BSOD|stares at his blood-stained hands for ten minutes]] {{spoiler|after throwing the corpse of an [[Alternate Timeline]] version of himself out of a window}}, the audience knows that the [[Cerebus Syndrome]] has kicked into high gear.

* ''[[This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had]]''

{{quote|"Oh my God! She's letting him drive her car!"}}

'''Kiki''': Bun-Bun doesn't say 'uh-oh!'

'''Aylee''': Uh-oh... }}

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0141.html The first time] [[Spoony Bard|Elan]] proves he can actually be useful, it comes as a shock to his teammates. Belkar, naturally, also takes advantage of this to trick Roy.

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0591.html Vaarsuvius passing on a perfect opportunity] to say "[[I Told You So]]" can get Durkon really worried.

** Belkar is a [[Heroic Sociopath]] [[Blood Knight]] at all times, so when he suddenly starts [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0620.html advocating the most peaceful solution to a conflict] to reduce the bloodshed... it seriously freaks out Haley and Celia. ([[Genre Savvy|Which was of course his intention all along.]])

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0796.html Thog gets mean and nasty].

* From ''[[Head Trip]]'', Mal is an unapologetic [[Chaotic Neutral]] [[Comedic Sociopath]]. But when [http://headtrip.keenspot.com/d/20080505.html confronted with] ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'', she breaks down crying and ''begs'' a priest to come over and exorcise the book.

{{quote|'''Dan McNinja''': (Returning with a method to cure his wife) How is she?

'''Sean''': Well... She gave me the "I'm sorry I was a horrible mother" speech.

== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[Stephen Colbert]] testified to Congress, in character, about the terrible and paradoxical treatment of migrant workers in the US. When asked why he felt that this issue, as opposed to others, was so important, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu9SSxe5bz0 he displays this trope in such a subtle yet beautiful way.]

* In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Vyr1TylTE 1985]: the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) had gotten the United States Congress to pay attention to their concerns over music and wanted to produce a parental warning system on all music albums. Dee Snider of [[Twisted Sister]] was among the musicians who testified against censorship and the proposed warning system. What made Snider unusual was he didn’t have has usual make-up on - and it meant business. He had his sleeve-less shirt along with denim vest and jeans, but no makeup. He also gave a [[Real Men Wear Pink|straightforward speech]], which including his Christian upbringing, having a family of his own, and his straight-edge lifestyle.

 

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