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* ''8-Bit Theater'' is the perfect example of this. The main heroes are constantly called out for their atrocious behaviour, which they don't even try to hide. They are thieves, mass murderers, and mob bosses, among many other things.

* As evidenced by [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0181.html this strip from Darths & Droids]

** When the hardcore, loot-craving, kill-happy [[Munchkin]] of the group [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0456.html says you need to chill out], you know you're doing something wrong.

** [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0484.html This comic] features the party getting chewed out for all the collateral damage they caused in an aversion of [[Hero Insurance]].

* Inverted in ''[[Looking for Group]]''; Richard (a card-carrying 'joyfully and creatively [[Chaotic Evil]]' character' with centuries of continuous evil) get a 'what the hell antihero' reaction from hell because by killing/burning an entire village he ACCIDENTALLY did some potential good to the future of the region. This is the only part where we see Richard having a conscience (only he's guilty of doing GOOD)

** Played straight with Cale calling out Pella for {{spoiler|forcing the Gnomes to join Kethenecia by destroying their last line of defense.}} To be fair, after talking about the incident with Benny, he seems to be more disappointed with her than angry.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', the Doctor gets chewed out for his [[Technical Pacifist|Technical Pacifism]] by [[What Measure Is a Mook?|the mother of one of the mooks he killed]]. [[Broken Aesop|Although she does do it while he's burying the mentor whom said mook helped murder to get at him]]....

** Doc also beats himself up emotionally in private, particularly when the ninjas he killed rise from the dead with no medical explanation and no obvious purpose except to get revenge on him. His guilt in the zombie ninja incident is assuaged, however, when it's hilariously subverted at the end of the story.

*** And [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p21 follows it up] when it seems the Doc still hasn't learned his lesson.

* A ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' [[Story Arc]] has Riff out to kill Aylee because he believes she's a threat to the world. Torg points out that, as a [[Mad Scientist]] whose inventions tend to backfire in catastrophic ways, Riff is actually ''more'' likely to wipe out the human race than any alien.

** And recently Vaarsuvius has been on the [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0642.html receiving end of an another lecture] about {{spoiler|making a [[Deal with the Devil]]}}. {{spoiler|Whilst V's stated intentions are that the Deal allowed access to further ability both to save loved ones in danger and to continue the quest to help save the world, both laudable goals, Vaarsuvius' mate challenged that it was more about V's ego, the need to solve the problem alone and V's ultimate desire to taste ultimate power -- a not entirely unreasonable charge, in light of the fact that V agreed to make the deal ''after'' being presented with an alternative that might have worked. Although it would not have worked, given later information that Durkon and Elan had left the fleet a few days earlier, Vaarsuvius was far too addled to weigh the actual chances of the plan, and simply focused on how it would have required the personal humiliation of requesting the help of others.}}

*** Although Vaarsuvius is already technically asking for the help of others by making the deal anyways.

** Earlier, during Roy's {{spoiler|initiation into the [[Lawful Good]] afterlife,}} he gets chewed out for abandoning Elan to bandits (he came around) and tolerating the obscenely evil antics of [[Heroic Sociopath|Belkar]]. Roy does defend himself, however, freely acknowledging that he was wrong to do the former and to his credit realized it, and that in doing the latter he has managed to prevent Belkar from doing even ''worse'' things than he currently does under Roy's guidance.

** In another part of the story, Redcloak believes he is giving one to O-Chul for choosing to sacrifice several innocent lives just to keep a secret. Specifically, Redcloak is threatening to push them off a tower and into the reality tear if O-Chul won't reveal the secret of the gates (which he doesn't actually know, but Redcloak refuses believe that). Redcloak gets so indignant over how callous the paladin is about innocent lives that he seems to forget ''he's'' the one threatening them. In the end, he lets the prisoners live, certain that seeing how little O-Chul cares about them will ruin their morale, but it only strengthens them to see his resolve.

** Soon afterward, {{spoiler|Bubblegum}} gets called out for having a [[Heroic BSOD]] and leaving combat after {{spoiler|seeing Loser die and her blood on the cockpit window}}

** Earlier on, Hammer (rightfully) dresses down Kid for not taking a clear shot on an enemy fighter that had a lock on Bubblegum. If Quetz hadn't made a near-impossible shot to take her down, Bubblegum probably would have died. This also marks a turning point in their relationship as a case in which Hammer is required to discipline Kid, thus raising the question of whether they can be friends (or perhaps [[Les Yay|something]] [[Cannot Spit It Out|more]]) as well as squad leader and subordinate.

** {{spoiler|Finally paid off, now that the 'hero' who defeated Chaos is WHITE MAGE and some others. Oh, and she had the villains be called the Light Warriors. The villains of the game are more heroic than them!}}

* Towards the end of Book 1 in ''[[Erfworld]]'', Parson subtlety called out Maggie for {{spoiler|indirectly causing the death of Misty.}} He then acknowledges that {{spoiler|since he just defeated the enemy in [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|a particulary horrific manner]], he's not one to talk.}}

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050114 Third panel:] "Pretty cold, after the girl ''saved'' you." Of all the people to be called out by ... ''[[Psycho for Hire|Bangladesh Dupree?!]]''

* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', the cast is not very pleased with Fred's using his newfound control ability to possess Trent and force him to sexually harass Sharon, strip naked and run around calling himself Wiley Wombat, which caused him to get arrested.

** When Fooker returns, Dexter complains about him tampering with his memories to replace his feelings for Sharon (who had recently broken up with Dexter, and who was rekindling her relationship with Fooker) with Megan Morrone so that Dexter could not get together with her while Fooker was working with the UGA. Fooker admits the move was selfish, but notes that Sharon wouldn't necessarily have taken Dexter back if he hadn't done it, with which Dexter reluctantly agrees.

* Ethan in ''[[Shortpacked]]'' is known for his constant arguing with annoying or ignorant fanboys both online and in the store. [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-5/03-ethans-strawman/goaaaal/ Finally another guy, later know as That Guy, calls him out on it.] Robin immediately begins [[Yaoi Fangirl|to slash.]]

** It's even more notable in that Ethan's 'fanboy mode' is often a mouthpiece for the author's own opinions on whatever idiocy the fandom is up to that week. So he's actually calling ''himself'' out.

* Edward the Bard from ''[[Captain SNES]]'' wrote a poem about it [http://www.captainsnes.com/2003/08/30/381-teflon-billy-would-be-proud/ here]. He was calling out King Cecil, but it was mainly the fault of Alex, who was the one playing the game.

* In [[Lucky Dawg]], when evil demigod Darreon taunts 4 Horsemen of Alliance with [[Sadistic Choice]] – either one of them will sacrifice himself or he will kill a little girl, Unique [[Moral Event Horizon|just kills girl himself]]. Darreon was pissed that instead of heroes, they send [[Nineties Anti-Hero|amoral, money-motivated scumbags]] to fight him {{spoiler|and he expressed it quite drastically}}.

* Meighan and Alisin do it to each other in a ''[[Fans]]!'' story, in which they argue about an earlier occasion when the latter seduced the former to try and provoke a [[Break His Heart to Save Him]] situation with Rikk when she was dying (which didn't work, but caused no degree of tension following that). Meighan points out, not without merit, that Alisin has no place to hold a grudge since she was the one who did the seducing and Meighan was the one being manipulated. Alisin, equally with merit, points out that she was quite visibly in a bad place at the time and not thinking clearly, what with the whole "impending death" thing, and that Meighan should have resisted more than she did. The two eventually accept that the other has a valid point and bury the hatchet.

* In ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', it's revealed that Rudy never sent Kevin and Kell's marriage papers as a bill banning interspecies marriage is up for voting, which would also threaten their marriage. Rudy claims he was bitter about Kevin becoming alpha male, and didn’t think there would be any consequences, and Lindesfarne notes that now all interspecies marriages are at risk, with the potential slippery slope to eventually prevent him from marrying Fiona.

* Igor of ''[[Dork Tower]]'' combines this with [[No Fourth Wall]] in [http://www.dorktower.com/2006/11/17/comics-archive-858/ an epic rant against New Line Cinema.]

 

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