History HypocriticalHumor / LiveACtionTV

** [[Recap/Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks "The Evil of the Daleks"]]: When the Doctor and Jamie sneak into the antique store, there's a gap of a few seconds between the Doctor telling Jamie to be careful and not knock anything over, and [[TheKlutz Jamie having to catch something the Doctor knocked over]].

** In the ForWantOfANail episode, [[Recap/FriendsS6E15TheOneThatCouldHaveBeenPartOne "The One That Could Have Been"]], Rachel wishes her and her husband Barry were [[CallBack "on a break"]] so that she could sleep with Joey.

--->'''Martha:''' ''[chuckling]'' You really are something, you know? You always think everything's about you. ''[hands him a stack of leaflets]]'' Here.\\

'''Minister:''' ''[grabs Reuben and starts shaking him]'' "Wake up! Wake up!

--->'''Cheyenne:''' (quietly) Van, Mom just came back from the doctor's office and her blood pressure is off the charts, so keep your voice down.\\
'''Van:''' (loudly) But that kid [Jake] is such an embarrass--\\
'''Cheyenne:''' (more loudly) '''''VAN, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?! STOP YELLING!!'''''\\
'''Reba:''' *emerges from behind the shelf space* Cheyenne, didn't I tell you I need peace and quiet?!\\

--->'''Screech''': And if I might butt in, Tommy, you should have told Lindsay what you did a long time ago.
--->'''Mr. Belding''': *through the bugging radio equipment* That's good advice, Screech. You should have taken it yourself.[[note]]Mr. Belding turns out to have found and fixed the broken equipment, as well as placing a bug under a football helmet that's among the things Screech attempts to sell to raise money.[[/note]]

** In “The Checks” while trying to pitch a pilot to Japan, Kramer asks Jerry why anyone would want to watch a show about four single people and their failed dating lives, that is a description of the show itself.
* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'':

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** Possibly unintentional example: In "The Gamesters Of Triskelion", Kirk is told: "Your old titles mean nothing here, Captain."
** In "The Trouble With Tribbles", Spock remarks, "[The tribble's] trilling seems to have a tranquilizing effect on the human nervous system. Fortunately, of course, I am immune to its effect," while petting a tribble and acting particularly calm. Everyone turns to look to him and he surreptitiously puts it down.
*** Also in "The Trouble With Tribbles", Scotty tells Chekov to calm down and not let the Klingons goad him into a fight. Very soon afterwards, he himself is goaded into starting [[BarBrawl the fight]].
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** At the end of "The Big Goodbye," Picard shushes Data after he starts to narrate noir-style to Geordi that "It was raining in the city by the bay," but then tells Geordi to "Step on it" instead of his usual "Engage."
** An unintentional one that combines with an accidental TakeThatScrappy: In the episode "Datalore", Wesley Crusher is told by Captain Picard to shut up when Wes is trying to warn the crew that something was off about Data[[note]]He'd been swapped with his identical EvilTwin, Lore[[/note]], which takes him and his mother, Beverly, off-guard. When Wes tries to protest ''again'', this time it's Beverly who's telling him to shut up, though this was more of a fearful thing as everyone thought Wesley was being paranoid over nothing.
** In "Hollow Pursuits", Riker is irritated to encounter [[OtherMeAnnoysMe a rather unflattering duplicate of himself]] in one of Barclay's holodeck programs. Troi tells him that he's overreacting... until ''her'' duplicate appears as the [[{{Stripperiffic}} gauzy-robe-clad]] "Goddess of Empathy".
** In "Cost of Living", Deanna suggests that Worf and Alexander draw up a contract that clearly defines their rights and responsibilities.
--->'''Deanna:''' What would you like your father to promise, Alexander?\\

** And then she does it herself, explaining to Alexander that eventually, most children learn to appreciate their parents, only for Riker to inform her Lwaxana's on board. She collapses in her chair and mutters "On the other hand..."
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the episode "Tears of the Prophets", [[TheDragon Weyoun]] finds the notion that the Prophets of Bajor are gods to be absurd. Damar immediately points out that Weyoun believes the Founders of the Dominion are gods. Weyoun retorts that that's different, because "the Founders '''are''' gods." Note that both the Prophets and the Founders are demonstrably real, and the Prophets (immortal, incorporeal beings that exist outside of time and thus are virtually omniscient) have a much stronger claim to godhood than the Founders (mortal beings who simply have the power of shapeshifting and have convinced the rest of the Dominion to worship them through a combination of genetic engineering, indoctrination, and brute force).
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Malcolm Reed to Trip Tucker in "Shuttlepod One":
-->'''Malcolm:''' You know, I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure you use up a lot more oxygen WHEN YOU SHOUT LIKE THAT!
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", Dr. Agnes Jurati thinks the Way of Absolute Candor sounds annoying, mere minutes after she bothers Cristóbal Rios with her incessant rambling about the vast emptiness of outer space, the activities she has done to kill time, and paper books.

* This exchange from the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Heaven and Hell":

* On ''Series/TopGear'', after their homebuilt electric car has received a scathing review from ''Autocar'' magazine, the three presenters complain that the critics were too hard on their vehicle and that it will hurt their sales... and what do people who review cars for a living know, anyway?

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Once Negan returns to Alexandria after roaming alone, he encounters [[LittleMissBadass Judith]]. The two talks, and Negan casually curses in front of her, leading to this:
-->'''Judith''': Language! I'm a kid, asshole!

---> '''Basil:''' (to Polly, in a stage whisper) Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right.

---> (Sybil takes his arm to calm him; he jumps)
---> '''Sybil:''' Oh Basil, why are you so nervous?
---> '''Basil:''' I'm not nervous, I'm just saying "take it easy".
---> '''Sybil:''' What's got into you?
---> '''Basil:''' (Frantically) Nothing's got into me, I'm just saying take it easy. All of us, just take it easy. (With increasing mania) Can't I say take it easy without starting a panic?
---> '''Terry:''' (Amusedly) Mr Fawlty, take it easy.
---> '''Basil:''' Look, let's get one thing straight. You don't tell me to take it easy. I don't pay you to tell me to take it easy. I pay you to take it easy. No, I pay you to tell you to take it easy, so take it easy, right?

--->'''Spencer:''' Look, I'm sorry you're upset, but I'm in charge here. You're the kid, and I'm the adult.
---> *Carly proceeds to take his smoothie off his hands*
--->'''Spencer''': YOU GIVE ME THAT BACK RIGHT NOW!
---> *[[ManChild Proceeds to chase Carly around and yelling at her to give him back his smoothie]]*

-->'''Barbara Jean''': They're Elizabeth's real grandparents, right next to you and Brock. I'm just a young attractive woman that married her grandfather.
-->'''Reba''': How can you be so selfish?! This isn't about you! This is about ''me''! ''(hits Barbara Jean on the arm)''

-->'''Cheyenne''': (quietly) Van, Mom just came back from the doctor's office and her blood pressure is off the charts, so keep your voice down.
-->'''Van''': (loudly) But that kid [Jake] is such an embarrass--
-->'''Cheyenne''': (more loudly) '''''VAN, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?! STOP YELLING!!'''''
-->'''Reba''': *emerges from behind the shelf space* Cheyenne, didn't I tell you I need peace and quiet?!
-->'''Van''': Yeah, Cheyenne, what's the matter with you?

* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', this trope is used often and well, typically with ''some'' other character around to lampshade it.

** In [[Recap/FriendsS1E20TheOneWithTheEvilOrthodontist "The One With The Evil Orthodontist"]]:

* ''Series/{{Friends}}''
** In the ForWantOfANail episode, "The One That Could Have Been", Rachel wishes her and her husband Barry were [[CallBack "on a break"]] so that she could sleep with Joey.
** In "The One With The Evil Orthodontist", Chandler spends the whole episode fretting about a woman he went on a date with not calling him back, and whether or not he should call her. When she comes round to the coffee shop to explain she had his number wrong, he thinks going to the trouble makes her look needy.
** In the same episode, there's someone in the building across the street with a telescope trained on their apartment building. The gang is horrified by this invasion of privacy, but then get distracted when they notice Ugly Naked Guy has got gravity boots.
** In The One With Phoebe's Ex-Partner, Ginger's fake leg freaks out Chandler and she tells him he has to get used to it as a part of her. Then when they start making out she makes an excuse and runs off after finding out about and getting grossed out by Chandler's third nipple.
** In a Season 5 episode, Ross is annoyed by Chandler's frequent flirting with a delivery girl even though he is dating Monica. Chandler says it's no big deal -- until Monica says she does it all the time.
** Phoebe believes that Swedish massages are an evil corporation, even though she works at a Swedish spa herself.
** In "The One With Pheobe's Birthday Dinner", Chandler is angry when he finds out that Monica [[BedTrick tricked him into sleeping with her by pretending to forgive him for smoking again]] but Monica reminds him that he once told a girl he's a Kennedy.
** When Ross' ex-wife Carol finds out why Rachel broke up with him she chides Ross for sleeping with another woman. Ross immediately replies that Carol's not one to talk since their marriage ended because ''she'' slept with another woman.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the fourth episode, Lestat de Lioncourt, a LargeHam himself, complains about Claudia's "histrionics."

-->'''Malcolm:''' You know, I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure you use up a lot more oxygen WHEN YOU SHOUT LIKE THAT!"

** Possibly unintentional example: In an episode, Kirk is told: "Your old titles mean nothing here, Captain."

** Also in "The Trouble With Tribbles", Scotty tells Chekov to calm down and not let the Klingons goad him into a fight. Very soon afterwards, he himself is goaded into starting [[BarBrawl the fight]].

* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' episode "Business School", a bat is loose in the office, Creed suggests killing it, Kelly tells him not to kill it because it's a living thing with feelings and a family, seconds later when it flies toward her she yells "Kill it! Kill it!".

--->"The human race. Brainless sheep, being fed on a diet of-– Mind you, have they still got that program where three people have to live with a bear?"

** Elric calls him on it. Explosively.

* ''Series/Legends of Tomorrow'': Leonard Snart chides Damien Darhk for taking the time to do a "Bad Guy Monologue". Snart himself did that in his debut episode over on ''Series/TheFlash2014'', and it's the only reason why the title character survived the episode.