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** 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.
** Also played straight recently, with Cale {{spoiler|grabbing Maikos and using him as a human shield when being shot at by an archer... TWICE. In his defense, Maikos and the other people from his village have been established as undead and therefore both incapable of dying and practically immune to pain; the reason it's a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] moment is because Maikos told Cale that his people were becoming mortal again just before this event came up.}}
* In ''[[
** 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.
** Gordito delivers a particularly thorough one [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=44&issue=15 here].
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** And now {{spoiler|the Fate Spiders are getting one from Father Time, as their attempt to undo the Great Tangle actually made it ''worse''.}}
** Bun Bun and Gwynn frequently get called out for some of their stunts. This works as well as a chocolate kettle where Bun Bun is concerned. Gwynn, however, seems contrite after most but it never seems to stick. Neither are actual villains (tho this depends on your point of view when dealing with Bun Bun. Not sure Santa would agree) but I'm not sure you could call either of them technically heroes either.
* In ''[[Jack (
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick
** 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
*** Although Vaarsuvius is already technically asking for the help of others by making the deal anyways.
*** It should be mentioned that the demons also pointed out the alternative plan had next to no chance of preventing the Ancient Black Dragon from killing the children, just from binding their souls and escaping. It wasn't just a matter of ego, V was also so obsessed with not failing again that s/he was willing to do ''anything'' to succeed this time.
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** A recent strip subverts it beautifully, with [[Lawful Good]] Roy deciding to use [[Chaotic Evil]] [[Heroic Sociopath]] Belkar as live bait to "guide" the giant sandworm they used as an impromptu transportation method. Belkar starts off [[Calling the Hero Out]], then breaks into laughter, claims he almost managed to go through that with a straight face, and tells them to "dangle (him) away".
** Miko Miyazaki gets so many of these that one [[Sarcasm Mode|might suspect]] that Rich Burlew has a serious [[Author Tract|bone to pick]] with characters (in RPGs or in real life) who twist the rules of law and good so far to meet their own desired ends that they appear evil to anyone else.
* In ''[[
** Similarly, when Annie explodes at Mort -- over a misunderstanding of his intention in giving her a Blinker Stone -- Kat actually says, "What the hell, Annie?"
** Reynardine does it again when he catches Annie {{spoiler|stealing Kat's workbook to copy her homework -- again.}}
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', when Molly is first introduced, Bob and Jean initially [[Put
* In ''[[Angels 2200]]'', when Whiskey reveals the final stage of her [[Break the Haughty]] plan to humiliate the newly promoted Quetz by poisoning her with laxatives, Loser responds by saying that she's gone too far. This proves to be true, as Quetz eventually finds out and has Whiskey arrested with the intention of having her court-martialed, even saying that she might have gotten off much more easily if not for the last prank.
** In the last battle of the first part, {{spoiler|Whiskey}} is called out in no uncertain terms for {{spoiler|accidentally killing Loser}}.
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** {{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.}}
* What's the best way to start [[Divide and Conquer]] strategy? [[
* ''[[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.
** Dexter later gets one for taking the Scott and Patty into "[[World of Warcraft|Bog Of Bloodbath]]", via the Mutex without Nick's permission, trapping them in there for days and almost getting fired for absenteeism. Patty is especially harsh on him for that, and is not willing to forgive him.
* Ethan in ''[[
** 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.
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