History EveryoneHasStandards / WesternAnimation

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E19AFishCalledSelma A Fish Called Selma]]", Troy [=McMcClure=] hasn't acted in twelve years, so he's anxious to accept the offers that his agent says are "pouring in". Except the one from Paramount for "a buddy comedy with Creator/RobLowe and Creator/HughGrant". ([[TakeThat "Those sick freaks?"]] he shouts.)

*** For one, he ''always'' regrets [[MommasBoy upsetting Marge]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'': At the end of the Valentine's Day episode, Abby and Ty set Sloppy Joe and Insectiva up to meet up with each other for a date so they can capture them, but upon seeing how happy they are together decide to just leave them alone.

** Rosie is [[AffablyEvil one of the nicest]] of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Overlords of Hell]], but even her politeness has it's limits, as shown by how having to deal with [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Susan]] ends up being [[PerpetualSmiler one of the few cases in which she drops her smile]].

*** But the biggest example comes from "Arnold Betrays Iggy", when it's only after trying to do everything he can to gain Iggy's forgiveness for accidentally leaking his secret (which wasn't even his fault, but Sid and Stinky's) and humiliating himself in front of the whole city does Arnold sever ties with Iggy; the next day, Iggy has [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized that Sid and Stinky were the true culprits and tries to make amends with Arnold]], but by that point, Arnold [[HereWeGoAgain refuses to even give him the time of day]].

** It is shown as early in the original pilot (when a young girl asks him for the time and misinterprets her as coming on to him) that as much of a flirtatious skeeve he is, Johnny is only interested in adult women.
** Johnny is a major CasanovaWannabe who hits on every attractive woman he sees, often totally disrespecting their personal space and using extremely bad pick-up lines; he's also 100% convinced that he's the handsomest guy on Earth (his CatchPhrase? "MAN, I'm pretty!") and acts as though women would be lucky to date him. However, he's [[AtLeastIAdmitIt completely honest about his shallow nature]] and would ''never'' stoop so low as to deceive a woman into dating him. We see this firsthand in "The Sensitive Male," an episode which parodies ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'': a tutor (voiced by Jack Sheldon, who wrote and sang many ''Schoolhouse Rock'' songs) offers Johnny some lessons on how to be nice and polite to get women to like him more. Johnny naturally screws up every attempt, but the tutor tells him that it doesn't matter if he fails or not--as long as he ''sounds'' sincere, women will buy his act. He even freely admits to not believing a word of his own philosophy, pointing out that all that matters is faking sensitivity, not actually being kind. Johnny is immediately disgusted by his two-faced nature and arranges for the girls the tutor was hitting on throughout the episode to [[EngineeredPublicConfession hear what he actually thought of them]]. As they carry him off to get revenge, Johnny remarks "Man, what a ''jerk.''"

** There are plenty of people who have earned Dale's scorn or ''fear'', like [[BadBoss Jimmy Wichard]], or Bill, when he tried competitive eating.

** In "Reignition Sequence," Pam, Krieger, Cheryl, Ray, and Cyril are all sickened by the fact that Archer and Lana have rekindled their relationship after their daughter AJ's birth and are visibly smitten with each other -- they discuss how they might create a plan to break the two of them up, but when Cheryl says that "a lot of couples break up when their kid dies", everyone is appalled at what they think she's suggesting. (She explains, using a cartoonishly-drawn flipbook, that she's actually thinking of having them paying someone to kidnap AJ and then double-crossing him after the kidnapping becomes national news and everyone assumes AJ has died, upon which the kidnapper is convicted of murder and receives the death penalty. Meanwhile, AJ would be sent to Bhutan where she would undergo assassin training by Ra's Al Ghul from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and come back as an adult to take revenge on the five of them. Nobody agrees to her plan.)

** A more meta example: At the end of "The Wind Cries Mary", Archer's longtime friend Lucas Troy makes a DeathbedConfession that he [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale once raped Archer while he was passed out drunk.]] The last minute of the episode is played with a deathly seriousness. Archer [[BigNo screams in anguish,]] and in the immediate cut to him driving home with Lana and Cyril, there's an unnerving silence, Archer looks like he's [[HeroicBSOD miles away mentally,]] and Lana and Cyril look completely horrified. It just ends with Archer quietly asking Lana to turn on the radio. Even the show itself, for its near constant irreverence, knows when a situation has ''nothing'' to laugh at.

* Harvey Bullock in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has a lot of flaws. Like, a ''lot'' of flaws. He's an obnoxious, oafish, belligerent, and bellicose detective who barely ever follows the law. That all said, he will ''never'' take a bribe and even balks at the mere suggestion of being dirty.

* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'': In the episode "#[=ShockItToMe=]", Diana becomes concerned of the World of Man's moral integrity after discovering Leslie Willis' (later Livewire's) [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube videos]]. Convinced that the people are better than this, she faces her off in front of her fans, resulting in Livewire getting the upper hand. However, as it becomes clear that this isn't a video and more of an execution, everyone stops laughing and even gasps in shock. They may find videos funny, but not when someone is actually getting killed.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'':

** A more meta example: At the end of "The Wind Cries Mary", Archer's longtime friend Lucas Troy makes a deathbed confession that he [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale once raped Archer while he was passed out drunk.]] The last minute of the episode is played with a deathly seriousness. Archer screams in anguish, and in the immediate cut to him driving home with Lana and Cyril, there's an unnerving silence, Archer looks like he's [[HeroicBSOD miles away mentally,]] and Lana and Cyril look completely horrified. It just ends with Archer quietly asking Lana to turn on the radio. Even the show itself, for its near constant irreverence, knows when a situation has ''nothing'' to laugh at.

** A more meta example: In the final minute of "The Wind Cries Mary," Archer's old best friend makes a deathbed confession that he [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale once raped Archer while he was passed out drunk.]] The last minute of the episode is played with a deathly seriousness. Archer screams in anguish, and in the immediate cut to him driving home with Lana and Cyril, there's an unnerving silence, Archer looks like he's [[HeroicBSOD miles away mentally,]] and Lana and Cyril look completely horrified. It just ends with Archer quietly asking Lana to turn on the radio. Even the show itself, for its near constant irreverence, knows when a situation has ''nothing'' to laugh at.

** The majority of the cast has the tendency to commit some serious sexual indignities, ranging from compulsive adultery to straight up sexual assault, but ''everyone'' is disgusted when Cheryl subtly implies that [[RapeAsBackstory she was regularly sexually abused by her grandfather as a child.]]

** In "Reignition Sequence," Pam, Krieger, Cheryl, Ray, and Cyril are all sickened by the fact that Archer and Lana have rekindled their relationship after their daughter AJ's birth and are visibly smitten with each other -- they discuss how they might create a plan to break the two of them up, but when Cheryl says that "a lot of couples break up when their kid dies", everyone is appalled at what they think she's suggesting. (She quickly explains, using a cartoonishly-drawn flipbook, that she's actually thinking of having them paying someone to kidnap AJ and then double-crossing him after the kidnapping becomes national news and everyone assumes AJ has died, upon which the kidnapper is convicted of murder and receives the death penalty. Meanwhile, AJ would be sent to Bhutan where Ra's Al Ghul from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' trains her to be an assassin and she comes back as an adult to take revenge on the five of them. Nobody agrees to her plan.)

** In "Reignition Sequence," Pam, Krieger, Cheryl, Ray, and Cyril are all sickened by the fact that Archer and Lana have rekindled their relationship after their daughter AJ has been born and are visibly smitten with each other -- they discuss how they might create a plan to break the two of them up, but when Cheryl says that "a lot of couples break up when their kid dies", everyone is appalled at what they think she's suggesting. (She quickly explains, using a cartoonishly-drawn flipbook, that she's actually thinking of having them paying someone to kidnap AJ and then double-crossing him after the kidnapping becomes national news and everyone assumes AJ has died, upon which the kidnapper is convicted of murder and receives the death penalty. Meanwhile, AJ would be sent to Bhutan where Ra's Al Ghul from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' trains her to be an assassin and she comes back as an adult to take revenge on the five of them. Nobody agrees to her plan.)