History Main / HypocrisyNod

->''By the way, I'm aware of the irony of [[DoNotAdjustYourSet appearing on TV]] in order to [[NewMediaAreEvil decry it]], so don't bother pointing that out.''

* [[TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One's]] [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/02/19/fanboys-are-mine-to-toy-with-old-man/ response]] to Roger Ebert's [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090204/REVIEWS/902049987/1001 review]] of the movie {{Fanboys}} involves acknowledging his own pot-shots at various geek fandoms (not the least of which is the Final Fantasy crowd) but ends with a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming rousing speech]] telling geeks not to be ashamed of who and what they are.

* ''FateStayNight'': Played for drama (and technically after the fact). [[spoiler:After berating Shirou the entire route and the two before it for being too soft to kill, Tohsaka realizes she is too as she can't bring herself to stab Sakura and is nearly killed instead. 'I guess I can't get mad at Shirou anymore.']]

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This works on the same principle as a LampshadeHanging; it dismisses a problem by bringing it to the fore briefly. Whether it works or not depends on exactly how hypocritical you're being.

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* This may have happened on TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob. Tim and Eric recruited David Liebe Hart, a down-on-his-luck California public access TV icon, and they make fun of the acts he takes seriously by putting them in the context of a show on AdultSwim. Later on, during the fake DistantFinale, another actor impersonates David Liebe Hart and makes fun of this very practice.
* On ''GoodEats'', Alton will note when the advice he's giving contradicts something that he's said in a previous episode, and explain the reasons for the change. The most notable example is his [[RunningGag "STUFFING IS EVIL" stance]]; he originally decried stuffing as being a horrible cooking method, and since has multiply clarified his views to mean specifically that stuffing turkeys is a bad idea, while it works quite well with some other foods.
** And then he did an entire episode devoted to finding a non-evil method of stuffing turkeys.

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* Played for drama (and technically after the fact) in FateStayNight. [[spoiler:After berating Shirou the entire route and the two before it for being too soft to kill, Tohsaka realizes she is too as she can't bring herself to stab Sakura and is nearly killed instead. 'I guess I can't get mad at Shirou anymore.']]

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* ZeroPunctuation did it twice, both times in a CreditsGag line amounting to, "I'm aware of the hypocrisy of this."

* TheNostalgiaCritic has starting doing this almost every third episode, when he complains about something in the reviewed content that his show does constantly, include constant shouting, recording over a blank background, and overly-long running jokes.

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* ''{{VGCats}}'' did nod this way at least [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=148 once]].
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=250 Twice]]. (After a long time with no updates. And on a ''Tuesday'', no less.)
* [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=101 pictures for sad children]]. Check out the AltText.
* The last panel of [[http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20090219.html this]] {{Shortpacked}} strip.
* [[http://www.crispygamer.com/comics/backward/backward-2009-07-17.aspx This]] ''BackwardCompatible'' strip.

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* General Wade Eiling in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' uses a [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi]] SuperSoldier serum to turn into a Hulk {{Expy}} in order to defeat Superman as a show of America's strength. Instead he runs into seven human Leaguers with various trick weapons and completely wipes the floor with them, all the while ranting about how superpowered beings are dangerous. He's eventually called on being the only one present with actual superpowers, and acknowledges that he's become the very thing he seeks to destroy. He then retreats and is never heard from again.

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* Occasionally seen in online debates.

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->'''Sideshow Bob''': ''By the way, I'm aware of the irony of [[DoNotAdjustYourSet appearing on TV]] in order to [[NewMediaAreEvil decry it]], so don't bother pointing that out.''
-->-- ''TheSimpsons''

** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=252 Twice]]. (After a long time with no updates. And on a ''Tuesday'', no less.)

** One instance was his complaint about death in an AdventureGame (''Zack & Wiki'') and overzealous dependency on inventory-based puzzles and the items needed to solve them in AdventureGames in general, since he himself had made [[{{Chzo Mythos}} an adventure game where the player could get killed and puzzles were solved in this exact way]].

This works on the same principle as a LampshadeHanging; it dismisses a problem by bringing it to the fore briefly. Whether it works or not depends on exactly how hypocritical you're being. It should be noted that, in logic and debate at least, hypocrisy isn't a factor in whether a person is right or wrong. The "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque Ad Hominem Tu Quoque]]" fallacy (also known as the "Appeal to Hypocrisy") is a logical error; just because a person is being a hypocrite about something doesn't make them wrong about it.

This works on the same principle as a LampshadeHanging; it dismisses a problem by bringing it to the fore briefly. Whether it works or not depends on exactly how hypocritical you're being.

** And then he did an entire episode devoted to stuffing turkeys.

* "We hold the truths to be self-evident, that '''all men are created equal'''." The overall consensus among historians is that the Founding Fathers were well aware of just how hypocritical that statement actually was when they used it, given the country's institution of slavery at the time.

* "We hold the truths to be self-evident, that "all men are created equal." The overall consensus among historians is that the Founding Fathers were well aware of just how hypocritical that statement actually was when they used it, given the country's institution of slavery at the time.

* ''TheSimpsons'': Sideshow Bob: "By the way, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on television in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out."

* ''Fahrenheit451'': The movie version played this straight by having an announcer read the opening credits instead of putting them on-screen. In a very stylish moment, at the end when Montag is among the Book People, words appear on the screen for the first time to say ''The End''.

** On a related note, the movie version of ''Fahrenheit 451'' played this up by having an announcer read the opening credits instead of putting them onscreen. In a very stylish moment, at the end when Montag is among the Book People, words appear on the screen for the first time to say ''The End''.

* "We hold the truths to be self-evident, that ''all men are created equal''..." The overall consensus among historians is that the Founding Fathers were well aware of just how hypocritical that statement actually was when they used it.
** But since they do not acknowledge it, this looks like a case of plain old hypocrisy.
** Actually, this hypocrisy ''was'' supposed to be acknolwedged, and even acted upon. Originally, the Declaration of Independence was supposed to include a section that admitted there were inequaliies even within the states, and it was going to mention the abolition of slavery as a step towards true equality. Political pressure forced Thomas Jefferson to remove that section.
*** Of course, Jefferson himself held slaves, which only adds yet another layer to this whole situation. It has however been noted by Jefferson biographers that due to the nature of the mortgages he held, had he freed his slaves they would have inherited at least some of his debts. And thus most likely would have been re-enslaved by his creditors. He most likely kept ownership of them in part to protect them from ended up with more abusive owners.

* NostalgiaCritic has starting doing this almost every third episode, when he complains about something in the reviewed content that his show does constantly, include constant shouting, recording over a blank background, and overly-long running jokes.

* ''TheSimpsons'': Sideshow Bob: "Yes, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on television in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out."

*** The problem of slavery was evident even to those who owned slaves. Why they didn't just abolish it was because the entire economy was based on slave labor and it would have severly crippled the emerging nation to do it. Even people in the north were getting rich off slave-produced cotton in the south. It's sort of like today how the majority of people acknowledge that our civilization is based on cheap oil and that we're running out, yet still drive gasoline-fueled cars because its what's easiest and cheapest to do.

->'''Sideshow Bob''': ''By the way, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out.''

** [[TheSpoonyExperiment Dr Insano]]'s review of ''FerrisBuellersDayOff''. "I may be evil, but at least I'm not full of shit!"

*** Of course, Jefferson himself held slaves, which only adds yet another layer to this whole situation.