The Freelance Shame Squad: Difference between revisions

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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 (~~Film~~)|Weird Science]]'', an entire mall atrium full of shoppers stop all their business just to laugh at Gary and Wyatt after bullies dump an Icee on their heads. To their credit, the two girls hanging out with the bullies weren't impressed by the crude little stunt, but it doesn't count for much when everybody else in the mall seemed to be.

* In ''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]'', an entire mall atrium full of shoppers stop all their business just to laugh at Gary and Wyatt after bullies dump an Icee on their heads. To their credit, the two girls hanging out with the bullies weren't impressed by the crude little stunt, but it doesn't count for much when everybody else in the mall seemed to be.

* 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 ~~The~~ Middle]]'': All the kids sitting on the benches at the water park start giggling derisively at Reese after Malcolm yanks down Reese's trunks in front of them.

* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'': All the kids sitting on the benches at the water park start giggling derisively at Reese after Malcolm yanks down Reese's trunks in front of them.

* Parodied on ''[[~~How I Met Your Mother (TV)|~~How I Met Your Mother]]''. When Barney's eating a meatball sub, Marshall politely points out that he got a little marinara sauce on his tie, and a couple of the people they're eating with respond with a ''very'' tiny chuckle. Barney refers to this as "the most humiliating moment of my life".

* Parodied on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. When Barney's eating a meatball sub, Marshall politely points out that he got a little marinara sauce on his tie, and a couple of the people they're eating with respond with a ''very'' tiny chuckle. Barney refers to this as "the most humiliating moment of my life".

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Humorously exaggerated in an older episode of ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]''. Bart already didn't want to go clothes shopping with his mom, but then Marge has to go and throw open his changing room door and leave it open on him, stripped to his tighty-whities. Predictably, everyone in the store points at Bart and guffaws at his embarrassment, one guy even yelling, "Look at that stupid kid!"

* Humorously exaggerated in an older episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''. Bart already didn't want to go clothes shopping with his mom, but then Marge has to go and throw open his changing room door and leave it open on him, stripped to his tighty-whities. Predictably, everyone in the store points at Bart and guffaws at his embarrassment, one guy even yelling, "Look at that stupid kid!"

** 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]]).