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Sub-trope of [[Hypocritical Humor]]. See also [[I Resemble That Remark]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Scary Movie]]''
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* [[Seinfeld]]: The Parking Space [[Polish the Turd|"That Michael Jordan is so...phony"]] is the knee-jerk answer, attempt at saving face, and failed example, by Mike (Kramer's Friend) to convince Jerry that he meant calling him a phony behind his back was said in a positive light, as in using a reverse nickname (bad means good, hot means cool, and [[The Simpsons (animation)|to shake your booty means to wiggle one's butt]].)
* Used a couple of times in ''[[Frasier]]'', once by Frasier and once by Roz. Also once by Martin, who was bitching to Frasier about how much he hated Niles' new girlfriend Mel.
* ''[[Becker]]'', with Reggie.
* On ''[[Friends]]'', Joey sees a job at Chandler's office as a chance to play a new character, a processor named Joseph with a wife and three kids. After making plans with a co-worker to get their families together, the co-worker leaves and Joey exclaims, "What a phony!"
* Majors Burns and Houlihan to Col. Blake's "friend" Nancy in the ''[[
* A variation is used in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Xander complains about how much he hates Angel, and when the latter enters, he calmly adds "Oh, hey, Angel" without bothering to revise his statement.
* In ''[[Cheers]]'', whenever Henri enters some of the barflies start talking about how much they don't like him, then when he say's hi, they say hi back nicely
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Overheard]]'' documents a number of real-life examples, [http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/012458.html this] being one.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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