History Hypocrite / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'''s [[MasterOfIllusion Aizen]] tells Ichigo to abandon his arrogance, in spite of growing more obnoxious throughout his final fight with Ichigo. Not to mention his desire to [[AGodAmI become a god]]; with goals like that, he really can't call anyone arrogant.

** Mamoru Jinguji was a minor character in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' (only appearing in one episode) but may have been the worst example of this Trope in the entire franchise. As the Student Council President of Heartland Academy, he was adamant about school rules being followed, but he blatant broke a lot of them himself by enforcing them, forcing Yuma into a duel with house rules that would be considered outright cheating, such as making Takashi – who he duped into working for him – force Yuma to return his monsters to his hand for dress code violations. Then it got worse. When Yuma tried to avoid breaking this “rule” by Equipping Gagaga Girl with a Spell Card that covered her, he countered it (that would be considered entrapment by any actual legal authority) then insisted Yuma be punished for “assaulting” him (meaning attacking directly, even though Mamoru did the exact same thing to Yuma just five minutes earlier). And to make this even worse, he used monsters [[LightIsNotGood that resembled Shinto priests to do this]]. (Of course, you have to forgive him for all this, seeing as he was a BrainwashedAndCrazy pawn of the Barians, but it didn’t make the whole thing any less demented.)

* L from ''Manga/DeathNote'', who tells Light that it is evil to murder outside the law, then proceeds to do a whole manner of illegal things to capture the 'evil' Kira, (including spying and kidnapping.) This goes to show that it is [[NotSoDifferent all just a matter of scale.]]

* Leonard Tessarossa from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. He makes a big deal about how he's a perfect gentleman, and is shown to constantly [[GreenEyedMonster get jealous and angry]] when people like [[MagneticHero Sousuke]] more than him, wondering ''why'', since Sousuke is far less [[MenAreUncultured "cultured"]] and [[SociopathicHero directly killed]] more people than him. Unfortunately, as much as he likes to think so, a gentleman he is not. No gentleman would (knowing [[SacredFirstKiss how important it is to a woman]]) force a kiss on a girl who likes someone else, give the girl an ArmorPiercingSlap when she tells the other guy she loves him,just a matter of scale. or try to brainwash her so that she "won't resist him" any more (to the point where she eventually softly asks him if he "won't be violent" any more). Combining all this, there ''is'' a reason why Leonard is one of the most agreed upon [[TheScrappy Scrappies]] in the series.

* Noah from ''Anime/YuGiOh'', the apparent BigBad of the Virtual Nightmare Arc. He mercilessly punished his minions for cheating and not following the rules, but blatantly did so himself when dueling Kaiba, using Mokuba as a human shield when he was about to lose. Yami rightfully calls him out on this.

** When Yami duels Johnny Steps, Johnny plays monsters that are different types from each other. Yami calls him out on not having a real deck theme. While Yami had a point that Johnny's deck was full of cards that were chosen for being aesthetically pleasing instead of concentrating on winning, Yami had a deck with a hodgepodge of monsters as well.

* Akane Tendo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' says that it wouldn't be fair for Ranma and Akane to get married because she'd be emotionally crushed, but feels that it's alright for Ranma, Ukyo, and Kodachi to be emotionally crushed because it's not her.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Mewtwo wants to destroy humans because he hates them for [[CloningBlues cloning him]]. How does he go about this destruction? [[{{Hypocrite}} By making clones]].
** The dub changes his motivation, he wants to sever the link between humans and Pokemon simply because he thinks all humans treat Pokemon as tools. And of course he is using Pokemon as tools to accomplish this.
** Played for laughs in the ''Best Wishes'' series: when Ash messes something up (sometimes by accident) or says something out of place, Iris would often call him a kid...even though SHE'S a kid herself! However, it's more like a sister teasing her brother than actual taunting.
** The samurai from the fourth episode ''really'' gets hypocritical. He berates Ash for not finishing what he started...even though he wasn't polite by waiting for Ash to finish catching that darn Weedle. Instead, he rudely and instantly challenges him to a Pokemon battle, leaving the Weedle enough time to escape and warn its Beedrill buddies. And to top it off, he calls Ash a terrible trainer even though a Beedrill had already taken it away and he tried to call it back. Worst of all, [[KarmaHoudini no one calls him out on it]]!

* L from ''Manga/DeathNote'', who tells Light that it is evil to murder outside the law, then proceeds to do a whole manner of illegal things to capture the 'evil' Kira, (including spying and kidnapping.) This goes to show that it is [[NotSoDifferent all just a matter of scale.]]
** And of course there's Light himself. Ryuk tells him that even if he succeeds in killing all the evil people, he'll remain as the only evil person, and Light refuses to consider what he does evil.
*** In the 13th volume, Light considers all killings are criminal, even if they are carried out from his order.
*** However, he doesnt believe he should be punished for it, so he is still a hypocrite. Especially since his victims include plenty of innocent people, killed to tie up loose ends, because they were trying to stop him, or in once case when they used the Death Note to kill people for profit - even though he gave it to them and expected them to do just that.
** Also Near, if [[spoiler:Matsuda]]'s theory [[spoiler:that he wrote Mikami's name in the Death Note to verify it was real and prevent Mikami from doing anything that would undermine Near's plan, thus enabling him to expose Light as Kira]] is true.
* Heroic example: [[Anime/AngelBeats Otonashi]] ''successfully sends his friends that were in purgatory'' to find peace with themselves. He then tells Tenshi to stay with him in that place which pretty much while in-character, is pretty much infuriating due to the fact that their goal was to go away from that place. Thankfully, that didn't work out.
* Father, the BigBad of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' loathed humans; his fondest desire was to see them punished for their arrogance. Yet his ultimate goal was to [[spoiler:become a PhysicalGod by consuming the real one]]. [[LiteralGenie He got called on it]], [[AndIMustScream big time]].
** Also, according to Kimblee, Pride is this, as he [[spoiler:insults humans and states his desire to [[GrandTheftMe steal Ed's body]] in the same breath]]. It's why Kimblee decides to [[spoiler:help Ed]].
** Ed, Winry, and Al believe that Scar should be punished for the murders that he committed against Amestrians, but are more hesitant to believe that Mustang, Hawkeye, and the rest of the Amestrian soldiers should be punished for doing the same thing to Ishvalans. This is largely out of the belief that the latter group was JustFollowingOrders (and was being manipulated by the Homunculi, at that).
** Scar can be considered this, as he, an Ishvalan, hates alchemy, but uses the deconstruction part of it to kill his targets. [[spoiler:When he comes to terms with himself and realizes what he's doing is wrong, he gets a tattoo on his other arm and starts using alchemy]].
** [[spoiler:Dante]], the BigBad of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]], is also a massive hypocrite. [[spoiler: She claims to be "above humans", just like her manga counterpart. At the end of the series, she gives Edward a big speech about how life isn't fair and that humans would destroy the world if they had the Philosopher's Stone. After her defeat, she whines about how her own efforts were ruined; moreover, she herself instigated nearly every atrocity in the past four centuries out of a desire for the Philosopher's Stone. Although she seems to believe her own bullshit to an extent, she mainly uses it as a means to excuse her colossal selfishness.]]
* Noah from ''Anime/YuGiOh'', the apparent BigBad of the Virtual Nightmare Arc. He mercilessly punished his minions for cheating and not following the rules, but blatantly did so himself when dueling Kaiba, using Mokuba as a human shield when he was about to lose. Yami rightfully calls him out on this.
** When Yami duels Johnny Steps, Johnny plays monsters that are different types from each other. Yami calls him out on not having a real deck theme. While Yami had a point that Johnny's deck was full of cards that were chosen for being aesthetically pleasing instead of concentrating on winning, Yami had a deck with a hodgepodge of monsters as well.
** A smaller example is Keith from the manga ''Manga/YuGiOhR''. When Jonouchi uses a card called Summon Capture in their duel, Keith becomes angry, implying that the card is broken and overpowered. While most would agree that it is, Keith not only blatantly cheated in their first duel in Duelist Kingdom, but used a card called The Pillager that was a lot like Summon Capture, but probably even ''more'' broken.
** Mild example, Jack Atlas from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''. Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he gets ''very'' upset whenever people steal his things (even his cup ramen) or even borrow them without asking (like when Crow borrows his D-Wheel). This from a guy who previously became an outright thief in order to escape Satellite.
** Mamoru Jinguji was a minor character in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' (only appearing in one episode) but may have been the worst example of this Trope in the entire franchise. As the Student Council President of Heartland Academy, he was adamant about school rules being followed, but he blatant broke a lot of them himself by enforcing them, forcing Yuma into a duel with house rules that would be considered outright cheating, such as making Takashi – who he duped into working for him – force Yuma to return his monsters to his hand for dress code violations. Then it got worse. When Yuma tried to avoid breaking this “rule” by Equipping Gagaga Girl with a Spell Card that covered her, he countered it (that would be considered entrapment by any actual legal authority) then insisted Yuma be punished for “assaulting” him (meaning attacking directly, even though Mamoru did the exact same thing to Yuma just five minutes earlier). And to make this even worse, he used monsters [[LightIsNotGood that resembled Shinto priests to do this]]. (Of course, you have to forgive him for all this, seeing as he was a BrainwashedAndCrazy pawn of the Barians, but it didn’t make the whole thing any less demented.)
* Touga from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' fits this. He mistakenly believes his sister Nanami is a lesbian in the episode "Nanami's Egg" and gives her a lecture about how "evil" homosexuality is. At this point, he's sleeping with [[spoiler:Akio]]
** In the same episode, he also says that the reason that he and Nanami get along so well is because she's not the type of girl that lays eggs and that he pities the parents of a girl who would do that. Now, if you look at this as a metaphor for teen pregnant then it becomes clear that Touga is a hypocrite because he sleeps with so many different girls at the school and may have gotten more than one girl pregnant. Actually, it would be surprising if he managed to never knock anyone up during his high school career. So, this episode highlighted Touga's Jerkass hypocrisy.
* ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'': Akira becomes this at the end of the anime series. [[spoiler: When he saves Rin from Shiki, he tells Rin to forget about killing Shiki because it's not worth it. Later on, Shiki kills Keisuke and Akira tries to kill him. [[IronicEcho Rin tells him the same thing.]] Akira doesn't listen to him at the end and returns to Toshima to kill Shiki.]]
* ''DragonballGT'': Baby is a living DNA archive of the Tuffles, a race destroyed by the Saiyans. Baby, being the last of his kind, attacks Earth, where the remaining Saiyans are for {{Revenge}}. He establishes himself as king, recreates the Tuffle homeworld, and has just about everyone under his control. He goes on and on about how the barbaric, bloodthirsty, and cruel the Saiyans are. However, he seems to neither notice nor care that his actions make him NotSoDifferent from the Saiyans, if not worse.

* Suzaku from ''CodeGeass'' preaches non-violence and systematic change, all the while serving in the very army causing the tyranny. It's a lot worse in the second season, where his primary plan to obtain Japan's freedom is to deprive ''everyone else'' of their freedom (if necessary) just so he can get a high-enough standing to claim Japan as his own.
** Lelouch is a hypocrite, too, but the big difference between him and Suzaku is that [[HypocrisyNod he hold no illusions about that fact]].
** Ohgi believes that soldiers should not be used as pawns, which he holds to... until [[spoiler:he uses Kallen to bait out his leader who he intends to turn over to Schneizel in exchange for Zero]]. Also, he contradicts his bitterness over Lelouch's disappearance during the Black Rebellion, both by his abandonment mid-season, and [[spoiler:the aforementioned trade made without the UFN's consent that would have left its member nations abandoned]].
* In the fourth OVA of ''{{Hellsing}}'', Rip Van Winkle opts to kill three British vampire turncoats [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves for killing the crew of their aircraft carrier and handing it over to her]]. Earlier that same episode, she and her cohorts at Millennium betrayed and murdered a dozen aging former senior officers when they got angry at [[BigBad The Major]] for refusing to turn them into vampires.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'''s [[MasterOfIllusion Aizen]] tells Ichigo to abandon his arrogance, in spite of growing more obnoxious throughout his final fight with Ichigo. Not to mention his desire to [[AGodAmI become a god]]; with goals like that, he really can't call anyone arrogant.
* The Angels in ''CodeBreaker'', they seem to view pretty much anyone who isn't them as evil, all while playing fun games such as "who can kill the least amount of people". Then one even states that it would be more fun to just kill them, these being the guys who believe normal people are evil for wanting to kill people.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith admits to Princess Charlotte that the only person worthy of being his friend, is a man who chases his own personal dream, even at the expense of his own dream. After Guts overhears this, he decides to leave the Band of the Hawk after helping them win the war for Midland, to discover and chase his own dream. Griffith challenges Guts to another duel after he finds out, since at this time, Griffith has become quite obsessed with him. When Griffith loses the duel and Guts leaves, it is the point where things go FromBadToWorse, both for Griffith and for the other Hawks soon after.

* The villains of ''Anime/MasterOfMartialHearts''. [[spoiler:Aya's fake friends rub it in her face that those who lost the tournament were mind raped into being sex slaves and she's to blame, despite that they were the ones who took advantage of it and cased said mind rapes. Also, they sought revenge on her for her parents causing their lives misery and grief with the original Martial Heart tournament... by bringing the tournament back.]]
* [[spoiler:Bertolt and Reiner]] in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' went through traumatic events which loved ones were eaten by Titans, yet intend to do the same thing to countless hundreds of innocent people. [[spoiler:The motivation behind this still remains a mystery.]]

** Paul mocks Ash's Counter Shield technique... then later uses it himself.

** Ed, Winry, and Al believe that Scar should be punished for the murders that he committed against Amestrians, but don't believe that Mustang, Hawkeye, and the rest of the Amestrian soldiers should be punished for doing the same thing to Ishvalans.

*** Drives the Hammer home when thanks to that nifty golden puzzle around his neck, he can draw any card he wants at any time that will grant him victory. Calls everyone else cheaters with their methods and dueling styles but he's the biggest cheat of all. How many duels would he actually win if he didn't have it I wonder and had to rely on hoping he drew the right one?

* [[spoiler: Bertolt and Reiner]] in ''AttackOnTitan'' went through traumatic events which loved ones were eaten by Titans, yet intend to do the same thing to countless hundreds of innocent people. [[spoiler: The motivation behind this still remains a mystery.]]

*** Drives the Hammer home when thanks to that nifty golden puzzle around his neck, he can draw any card he wants at any time that will grant him victory. Calls everyone else cheaters with their methods and dueling styles but he's the biggest cheat of all. How many duels would he actually win if it didn't have it I wonder and had to rely on hoping he drew the right one?

* Touga from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' fits this. He mistakenly believes his sister Nanami is a lesbian in the episode "Nanami's Egg" and gives her a lecture about how "evil" homosexuality is. At this point, he's sleeping with [[spoiler:Akio]]

** There was also a terrorist group called La Eden, who bomb numerous cities, their reason was to stop Celestial Being from their military interventions. They state that their actions weren't evil, however their actions could hardly considered to be anything but evil.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith admits to Princess Charlotte that the only person worthy of being his friend, is a man who chases his own personal dream, even at the expense of his own dream. After Guts overhears this, he decides to leave the Band of the Hawk after helping them win the war for Midland, to discover and chase his own dream. Griffith challenges Guts to another duel after he finds out - which he loses. It all goes downhill from there.