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* The variation occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' episode 'The Princess Revealed' between Caleb and Hay Lin:
-->'''Caleb''': It's bad enough I've got to hang a towel from my pants and ask people if they want extra apricot sauce, I'm not gona go further demean myself by jotting down the ramblings of a love-struck girl.

-->'''Jayne''': Don't know these folks, don't much care to.
-->'''Mal''': They're whores.
-->'''Jayne''': I'm in.

* Paracule from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' is all for dropping Bam out of the Team for being basically an untouchable public enemy and only Koon agrees with him. When he notices that everybody else is against them and is leaving:

* Parakewl from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' is all for dropping Baam out of the Team for being basically an untouchable public enemy and only Koon agrees with him. When he notices that everybody else is against them and is leaving:

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* Inverted in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', where [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]]'s approval of Roy's plan [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame "fills [him] with shame"]] (doesn't stop him from carrying it out, though).

* In ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia, the second season's finale has 2 plotlines: Frank finds out that his kids aren't his, and Mac and Charlie try to become buddies with Mac's father in prison. When Frank finds out about his kids, he wants to hurt the real father. He devises a plan to follow his kids around until they come into contact with their bio dad, and then attack. Mac and Charlie say that plan is garbage. But when they talk to Mac's father in prison, he suggests ''the exact same thing'', and they say it's brilliant.

->-- ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse''.

* Larry Tate from Series/{{Bewitched}} does this quite often. Darrin, or someone else will present an idea for an advert that he thinks is stupid, until the client says he likes it, to which Larry agrees.

* In the ''AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode 'Birth of a Salesman,' Scratch and Grounder initially express their distaste for [[HonestJohnsDealership Wes Weasley]]. When Robotnik then refers to him as '[Robotnik's] kind of guy,' the two robots immediately backtrack and claim that they also like him.

* In both the [[Film/FatherOfTheBride1950 1950]] and [[Film/FatherOfTheBride 1991]] versions of ''Father of the Bride'', the daughter dismisses her father's suggestion that she put on a coat because it's cold, but when her new fiance immediately suggests the same thing, she does.

* In ''Film/FatherOfTheBride'', the daughter dismisses her father's suggestion that she put on a coat because it's cold, but when her new fiance immediately suggests the same thing, she does.

-->'''DJ:''' Questions?\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse''.

** There may be similar events considering the three throughout the four movies.

* In a ''{{Zits}}'' comic, Jeremy's mother gives him a fashion suggestion and he complains. Later, his girlfriend gives him the exact same suggestion and he simply says "Okay."

* In ''FatherOfTheBride'', the daughter dismisses her father's suggestion that she put on a coat because it's cold, but when her new fiance immediately suggests the same thing, she does.
* In one of the ''LethalWeapon'' movies, Murtaugh's daughter comes to him and Creator/MelGibson's character and shortly engage in a discussion about alcoholic consumption at her age. Her father says she shouldn't drink, but she brushes him off. However, when Gibson's character asks the same, she - having a crush on him - promises to take his advice and whole-heartedly agrees with him.

* ''MonsterHouse''

* Parodied in a "Moody's Point" segment of ''TheAmandaShow''.

* ''HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' has an instance of this; where the nephew of the president suggests an idea, which the president hates; but when the main character suggests it, the president loves it. (In fact, the only reason the main character had the idea in the first place was because the nephew told it to him after the initial failed suggestion, deliberately trying to discredit him.)
* From ThePiratesOfPenzance:

* Played with a bit in RedVsBlue, Grif saves Sarge's Life by giving him CPR when he is shot in the head. Sarge initially thanks Simmons for this, but immediately berates Grif on the foolishness of giving CPR for a head wound.

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* Anri from ''SasamiMagicalGirlsClub'' is like this toward Tsukasa, often showing disdain for things until she sees that Tsukasa is interested, then immediately supporting whatever that thing is.

* ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'':

* The variation occurs in ''{{Firefly}}'' in "Heart of Gold".

* Parakewl from ''TowerOfGod'' is all for dropping Baam out of the Team for being basically an untouchable public enemy and only Koon agrees with him. When he notices that everybody else is against them and is leaving:
---> "You… You Bastard! How could you betray your own friend? You're trash that can't even be recycled! You… you saw that, right, everyone? I'm also your fan, take me, too!

* ''MySoCalledLife'': Pretty much everyone does this at least once, but Rickie and Brian are especially prone. Angela delivers an inverse version in "Life of Brian", where she calls the same sentiment "very deep" when Jordan says it and the "stupidest thing she's ever heard" when Brian says it.