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* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'': In "Web of Venom Part 1" when Peter is showing Grady Horizon High's Stark arc reactor, Grady says he actually knows Tony Stark. Peter, who is aware that Grady "knows" Tony in the sense that he was a pawn in a plot to capture the Avengers, allows him this but mentions he knows Spider-Man. Grady immediately says that name-dropping like that makes Peter sound insecure. And also, Grady knows the Hulk!
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E15TheEyeOfTheBeholder The Eye of the Beholder]]", after reviewing Commander Markel's log entry explaining his decision to beam down with his remaining crew to find his missing landing party, Kirk criticizes him for violating orders and not following the book.
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** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' episode "Hero Time", Captain Nemesis imitates Ben's [[CallingYourAttacks transformation name announcement]], after watching Ben do it as Four Arms.

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** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' episode "Hero Time", Captain Nemesis imitates Ben's [[CallingYourAttacks transformation name announcement]], TransformationNameAnnouncement after watching Ben do it as Four Arms.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In the episode "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS1E23SealDanceSnowboardingQyahStyle Seal Dance]]," Grandpa Nat assures Molly that her mother has everything under control during a bit of turbulence—then immediately grips his own seat in fear when more turbulence hits.
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** "Wet Painters:" Patrick frantically tells Spongebob to be very careful when the latter uses a screwdriver to take a lid off of a paint can. Seconds later, Patrick attempts to use an ''axe'' to open the paint can in front of him.
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** Also, a lot of its humor came from making fun of television clichés... and then they added Poof. Those twits.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'':
** In a WhatIf episode where Gwen found the Omnitrix instead, Ben spends the whole day criticizing her goofing out with it, which is exactly what ''he'' does.
** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' episode "Hero Time", Captain Nemesis imitates Ben's [[CallingYourAttacks transformation name announcement]], after watching Ben do it as Four Arms.
--->'''Four Arms:''' Why are you shouting your name out? It's stupid.
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** In “Rage Against the Vaccine” when the citizens are complaining about the virus restrictions, a rich man based off Thurston Howell III from Gilligan’s Island says “this confounded mask is destroying my lungs” while he proceeds to smoke a cigarette that fills up the room with smoke.
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** From "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings"
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheHead'': There's an early episode that has Ray going to the Statue of Liberty where a tour guide's talking about how great diversity is. Then immediately Roy gets recognized as an alien and spends the whole next episode being chased by a literal torch-wielding mob of tourists trying to kill him.
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* A lot of humor on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' relies on this trope. But special mention has to go to a little scene in "Too Young". The earl of Lemongrab is watching his butler scream in agony after a drop of spicy serum lands in his eye. Lemongrab, who has NoIndoorVoice, bangs the table, and SHRIEKS: "STOP SCREAMING!! WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!"

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* A lot of humor on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' relies on this trope. But special mention has to go to a little scene in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "Too Young". The earl Young", the Earl of Lemongrab is watching his butler Peppermint Butler scream in agony after a drop of spicy serum [[EyeScream lands in his eye. eye]]. Lemongrab, who has NoIndoorVoice, bangs the table, and SHRIEKS: ''shrieks'' "STOP SCREAMING!! WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!"

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]", after Rarity tells Spike not to come into the changing room as they're getting dressed, Applejack points out that they don't normally wear clothes. This coming from the pony who's best known for constantly wearing a piece of clothing -- her hat.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", Spike gets mad at Twilight for telling someone about his crush on Rarity...while he's wearing a fanboyish t-shirt with her picture on, making his crush pretty darn obvious.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]"...
--->'''Rarity:''' You talk about it [AJ's tree, Bloomberg] as if it's your baby or something.\\

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** *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]", after Rarity tells Spike not to come into the changing room as they're getting dressed, Applejack points out that they don't normally wear clothes. This coming from the pony who's best known for constantly wearing a piece of clothing -- her hat.
** *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]", Spike gets mad at Twilight for telling someone about his crush on Rarity...while he's wearing a fanboyish t-shirt with her picture on, making his crush pretty darn obvious.
** *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over a Barrel]]"...
--->'''Rarity:''' ---->'''Rarity:''' You talk about it [AJ's tree, Bloomberg] as if it's your baby or something.\\



** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", Rarity calls Twilight a "drama queen" when she finds out Twilight is worried about not sending her friendship report to Princess Celestia on time... while lying on a ''fainting couch'' Rarity had magically summoned because she forgot the plates for a picnic.
*** ...which is immediately lampshaded when everyone gives her an odd look, causing her to hastily add, [[HypocrisyNod "...relatively speaking."]]
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May The Best Pet Win]]", Rainbow Dash tells the tortoise competing to be her pet, "This isn't a game, you know!" She immediately tells the rest of the prospective pets, "These games will determine which one of you has the most important qualities I'm looking for in a pet."
*** Throughout the episode, Fluttershy corrects Rainbow Dash that Tank is a tortoise, not a turtle. Later:
----> '''Fluttershy:''' Look, there's the turtle.
----> '''Everyone else:''' Tortoise.
----> '''Fluttershy:''' Whatever.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]", Rainbow Dash makes fun of Applejack and Twilight for tying themselves up in their attempt to catch a rampaging and greedy Spike, ignoring the fact that she did the same thing in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]" while trying to lasso Spike in the Iron Pony Competition.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom -- Part 1]]", Rainbow Dash points out that Spike had bragged during the train ride about how he'd saved the Crystal Empire the last time they were there. Rarity reminds Rainbow Dash that she's fond of boasting about her own exploits.
** Pinkie Pie catches herself doing it in "Too Many Pinkie Pies": "Oh, Pinkie, you have got to stop talking to yourself... starting now."

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** *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", Rarity calls Twilight a "drama queen" when she finds out Twilight is worried about not sending her friendship report to Princess Celestia on time... while lying on a ''fainting couch'' Rarity had magically summoned because she forgot the plates for a picnic.
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picnic... which is immediately lampshaded when everyone gives her an odd look, causing her to hastily add, [[HypocrisyNod "...relatively speaking."]]
** In *** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May The Best Pet Win]]", Win]]":
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Rainbow Dash tells the tortoise competing to be her pet, "This isn't a game, you know!" She immediately tells the rest of the prospective pets, "These games will determine which one of you has the most important qualities I'm looking for in a pet."
*** **** Throughout the episode, Fluttershy corrects Rainbow Dash that Tank is a tortoise, not a turtle. Later:
----> -----> '''Fluttershy:''' Look, there's the turtle.
----> -----> '''Everyone else:''' Tortoise.
----> -----> '''Fluttershy:''' Whatever.
** *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]", Rainbow Dash makes fun of Applejack and Twilight for tying themselves up in their attempt to catch a rampaging and greedy Spike, ignoring the fact that she did the same thing in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]" while trying to lasso Spike in the Iron Pony Competition.
** *** Pinkie Pie catches herself doing it in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies "Too Many Pinkie Pies"]]: "Oh, Pinkie, you have got to stop talking to yourself... starting now."
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In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's Kingdom -- Part 1]]", Rainbow Dash points out that Spike had bragged during the train ride about how he'd saved the Crystal Empire the last time they were there. Rarity reminds Rainbow Dash that she's fond of boasting about her own exploits.
** Pinkie Pie catches herself doing it in "Too Many Pinkie Pies": "Oh, Pinkie, you have got to stop talking to yourself... starting now."''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'': In "Bridlewoodstock", Pipp, who's always on her phone, reminds some guests that there's no cell service at the music festival because it's "more about forest streams than streaming".
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* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'': "Cured Duck" has Donald trying to get back in Daisy's good graces after a particularly destructive temper tantrum on Don's part. After managing to cure himself with the help of a mail-order "temper machine", Donald cheeses Daisy off by laughing at her garish new hat, whereupon Daisy loses ''her'' temper and gives Donald [[ViolenceDiscretionShot a savage, off-screen beating]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'': "Cured Duck" "WesternAnimation/CuredDuck" has Donald trying to get back in Daisy's good graces after a particularly destructive temper tantrum on Don's part. After managing to cure himself with the help of a mail-order "temper machine", Donald cheeses Daisy off by laughing at her garish new hat, whereupon Daisy loses ''her'' temper and gives Donald [[ViolenceDiscretionShot a savage, off-screen beating]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'':
** In “Battle on Ice”, as Lucius and Tank are floundering in icy water Lucius says the activator belts they’re wearing are too heavy. Thadius, who is standing on a piece of ice, tells him, “Don’t you dare take off those belts, they're irreplaceable!” The ice then breaks underneath him and he immediately takes his own activator belt off right before he plunges into the water.
** In “Star Crossed”, Thadius condescending remarks, “Kids!” and immediately afterwards begins sulking and sucking his thumb.
** In “Hall of the Mountain King”, Thadius tells Goodtooth putting a parachute on because of his horoscope is childish and he needs to grow up. Thadius behaves exactly like a child on a regular basis throughout the series.
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** In "Baby Sale", Didi and Kira refuse to buy clothes from a store whose daycare supervisor didn't keep a close eye on their children, something that [[ParentalNeglect they and the other adults are guilty of]] on a regular basis.

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** In "Baby Sale", "[[Recap/RugratsS9E11BabySaleSteve Baby Sale]]", Didi and Kira refuse to buy clothes from a store whose daycare supervisor didn't keep a close eye on their children, something that [[ParentalNeglect they and the other adults are guilty of]] on a regular basis.
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** In "[[Recap/RugratsS3E5CircusAngelicusTheStork The Stork]]", as Drew, Charlotte and Angelica are sitting down to dinner, Drew initially chides Angelica for slurping up her spaghetti, and tries to show her the proper way to eat it. He ends up doing the exact same thing, and quickly drops the subject.
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* Sabine Wren in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' wears a proper Mandalorian helmet, but she still frequently refers to stormtroopers as bucketheads.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Sabine Wren in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' wears a proper Mandalorian helmet, but she still frequently refers to stormtroopers as bucketheads.
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* Sabine Wren in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' wears a proper Mandalorian helmet, but she still frequently refers to stormtroopers as bucketheads.
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* A lot of humor on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' relies on this trope. But special mention has to go to a little scene in Too Young. The earl of Lemongrab is watching his butler scream in agony after a drop of spicy serum lands in his eye. Lemongrab, who has NoIndoorVoice, bangs the table, and SHRIEKS: "STOP SCREAMING!! WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!"

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* A lot of humor on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' relies on this trope. But special mention has to go to a little scene in Too Young."Too Young". The earl of Lemongrab is watching his butler scream in agony after a drop of spicy serum lands in his eye. Lemongrab, who has NoIndoorVoice, bangs the table, and SHRIEKS: "STOP SCREAMING!! WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!"



** "Raising Gazorpazorp";Beth and Jerry,both shitty parents in their own right (to the point that Summer begs for the police to take her to school after (accidentally) getting a black eye from Beth's wine bottle),criticizing Morty for his attempts in raising Morty Jr. and his calling them out for their own lackluster parenting.
** In "The [=ABCs=] of Beth" after Jerry breaks up with an alien warrior woman he confesses that he was just dating her to make Beth jealous after their divorce. She then chews out Jerry while calling humanity selfish and dishonest, only for ''her'' ex to show up in the middle of her rant and question her presence in his hunting grounds.
** In "Morty's Mind Blowers" Rick and Morty are stranded on a planet with nights cold enough to kill them in seconds. Morty suggests seeking shelter in a nearby cave, to which Rick tells him he's seen too many movies... Right before he kills their LoyalAnimalCompanion and [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack slides himself into its guts for warmth]]. [[spoiler: For added hilarity, this turns out to be completely unnecessary, as Rick was mistaken as to which planet they were actually on]].

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** "Raising Gazorpazorp";Beth Gazorpazorp": Beth and Jerry,both Jerry, both shitty parents in their own right (to the point that Summer begs for the police to take her to school after (accidentally) getting a black eye from Beth's wine bottle),criticizing bottle), criticizing Morty for his attempts in raising Morty Jr. and his calling them out for their own lackluster parenting.
** In "The [=ABCs=] of Beth" Beth", after Jerry breaks up with an alien warrior woman woman, he confesses that he was just dating her to make Beth jealous after their divorce. She then chews out Jerry while calling humanity selfish and dishonest, only for ''her'' ex to show up in the middle of her rant and question her presence in his hunting grounds.
** In "Morty's Mind Blowers" Blowers", Rick and Morty are stranded on a planet with nights cold enough to kill them in seconds. Morty suggests seeking shelter in a nearby cave, to which Rick tells him he's seen too many movies... Right before he kills their LoyalAnimalCompanion and [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack slides himself into its guts for warmth]]. [[spoiler: For [[spoiler:For added hilarity, this turns out to be completely unnecessary, as Rick was mistaken as to which planet they were actually on]].

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* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble Avengers: Black Panthers Quest]]'' episode "The Vibranium Curtain, Part 2", Klaw helps the Vulture escape from prison in exchange for vibranium. Vulture immediately turns on Klaw when things go bad, and when Klaw protests they had a deal, he says his part of the deal was to give him the vibranium, which he did. When the heroes defeat ''him'' he starts screaming for Klaw to help him, since they had a deal.

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** In the ''Secret Wars'' episode "Under the Spell of the Enchantress", Enchantress puts Ms Marvel and Captain Marvel in an arena where they have to fight a monstrous {{Snowlem}}. When they win, she exclaims "They destroyed my snowman! What sort of monsters would do that?" Not only has she ''already'' destroyed one of her snowlem servants just to demonstrate her power, but she's so upset about the Marvels winning that she immediately backhandedly obliterates another one.
** In the ''Black
Panthers Quest]]'' Quest'' episode "The Vibranium Curtain, Part 2", Klaw helps the Vulture escape from prison in exchange for vibranium. Vulture immediately turns on Klaw when things go bad, and when Klaw protests they had a deal, he says his part of the deal was to give him the vibranium, which he did. When the heroes defeat ''him'' he starts screaming for Klaw to help him, since they had a deal.
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*** Throughout the episode, Fluttershy corrects Rainbow Dash that Tank is a tortoise, not a turtle. Later:
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----> '''Everyone else:''' Tortoise.
----> '''Fluttershy:''' Whatever.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': One of the first scenes of the pilot is Daphne complaining about pilot episodes containing excessive fanservice... while she and her clique are visibly naked in the gym shower.
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** In The Cryonic Woman when Fry gets his career chip installed into his hand he cries out in pain, Leela chastises him for it, calling him a baby, only to cry out in pain herself when she gets hers installed.
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** One episode has Stu and Drew at the park observing a father giving in to his bratty daughter’s demands to give her ice cream now, Drew laughs and comments “Boy am I glad I’m not in that guy’s shoes”, Stu then gives him a confused look, because everyone knows how “well behaved” his daughter Angelica is.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'':
** "Milo Interrupted" has Bob and Pickles state that their son Milo should know better than to be a slave to an addictive substance. This is followed by the two of them and the family cat Lucky smoking and exhaling with glee.
** "Bucketheads" has Peggy spitting into Mikey's face while complaing that Jared and Blaine are spitting at them.
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** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAbracadabraDoo'' Daphne asks Velma why she doesn't hang out with her sister more often and she replies that she finds her too nerdy and that she over-analyzes everything, after she says that she notices a powder on the floor mistaking it for a clue and Daphne replies that it's for her feet.

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** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAbracadabraDoo'' Daphne asks Velma why she [Velma] doesn't hang out with her sister more often often, and she Velma replies that she finds her Daphne too nerdy and that she over-analyzes everything, after she says that she everything. After saying that, Velma notices a powder on the floor floor, mistaking it for a clue clue, and Daphne replies that it's for her feet.



** The episode "Toy Scary Boo" has Daphne, Velma and Scooby find a pink and green toy truck. Daphne comments "Who would paint their van like that?" This is coming from someone who rides around in a teal and green van with orange flower decals.
** The episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine" has Daphne and Velma [[InstitutionalApparel wearing orange prison jumpsuits]] while being interrogated by Officer [=McBride=]. Daphne pleads that she doesn't want to go to jail because she doesn't want to wear the same clothes every day. This is funny because, like many cartoons, the main characters of ''Scooby-Doo'' are [[LimitedWardrobe always shown wearing the same clothes]].
** In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' episode "Quit Clowning!" guest star Kenan Thompson does an impression of Shaggy while using the word "like" after every other word, Shaggy replies with "Like dude, like I don't like, say "like", like that much".

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** *** The episode "Toy Scary Boo" has Daphne, Velma and Scooby find a pink and green toy truck. Daphne comments comments, "Who would paint their van like that?" This is coming from someone who rides around in a teal and green van with orange flower decals.
** *** The episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine" has Daphne and Velma [[InstitutionalApparel wearing orange prison jumpsuits]] while being interrogated by Officer [=McBride=]. Daphne pleads that she doesn't want to go to jail because she doesn't want to wear the same clothes every day. This is funny because, like as in many cartoons, the main characters of ''Scooby-Doo'' are [[LimitedWardrobe always shown wearing the same clothes]].
** In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' episode "Quit Clowning!" guest star Kenan Thompson does an impression of Shaggy while using the word "like" "{{like|IsLikeAComma}}" after every other word, Shaggy replies with "Like replies, "Like, dude, like like, I don't don't, like, say "like", 'like', like that much".

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** In "Mermaid Man Begins", [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick go to Squidward's house to watch the ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' Origin Special on his television after the power at [=SpongeBob's=] house is cut. Squidward refuses to let them in, telling them he has better things to do than to watch grown men prance around in ridiculous outfits. Squidward is then revealed to be watching a man dancing ballet on his television.

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** In "Mermaid Man Begins", Begins": [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick go to Squidward's house to watch the ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' Origin Special on his television after the power at [=SpongeBob's=] house is cut. Squidward refuses to let them in, telling them he has better things to do than to watch grown men prance around in ridiculous outfits. Squidward is then revealed to be watching a man dancing ballet on his television.television.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E08Veritas Veritas]]", during the denouement, Freeman promises to keep the lower deckers better informed on the ship's business. She then claims that it's all classified and angrily dismisses them when they keep asking questions without giving her a chance to answer.
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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess Secret of My Excess]]", Rainbow Dash makes fun of Applejack and Twilight for tying themselves up in their attempt to catch a rampaging and greedy Spike, ignoring the fact that she did the same thing in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends Fall Weather Friends]]" while trying to lasso Spike in the Iron Pony Competition.

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