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* In ''[[Angelas Ashes]]'', the kids immediately notice and mock Frank's shoes.
* In the original ''[[The Karate Kid]]'', a ballroom filled with refined, upper-crust partygoers all stop dancing and put down their canapes just to laugh at Daniel-San after he bumps into a waiter and gets bolognese sauce all over his outfit. They were probably mocking the poor waiter too, but it doesn't come across as strongly.
* In ''[[Weird Science (
* The titular character from ''Angus'' has the squad deployed on him at several points, the worst probably being when the [[Jerk Jock]] stole his boxers and ran them up the school flagpole. Angus' friend doesn't help matters by remarking that the shorts are nearly as wide as the flag. The last time is when Rick plays an embarassing video of Angus at the Winter Ball dance just as Angus is being crowned. The principal, at least, is unamused.
* ''Lucas'' takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]], as if poor Lucas' life wasn't miserable enough already.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] comes from the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode ''[[Morozko|Jack Frost]]'', where a large gaggle of villagers comes out of nowhere to mock the wicked stepsister every time something humiliating happens to her. Crow dubs this jolly band of assholes the Freelance Shame Squad.
* ''[[Malcolm in
* Parodied on ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Humorously exaggerated in an older episode of ''[[The Simpsons (
** Subverted in "Homer Goes to College": Homer's Nuclear Physics 101 professor makes an atom based pun and everyone but Homer laughs. The professor then drops his notes and Homer laughs uproariously... while everyone else looks at him awkwardly.
** And of course there's Nelson. Despite being only one boy, he's about as straight an example of this as there ever was. His entire function on the show most of the time is to appear out of nowhere and point and laugh whenever someone does something embarrassing. Even when there's no logical reason for him to be present (which is sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]).
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