History Main / MoralMyopia

See also NeverMyFault, ProtagonistCenteredMorality, RevengeMyopia, and TautologicalTemplar.

A trope whereby some in-universe group moral standard is [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] because the morality of an action depends entirely upon who is doing it. It is, in short, a moral double-standard. What is justifiable for one group is, in their eyes, criminal for another.

LackOfEmpathy also results in people justifying their own immorality while condemning the immorality of others.

** During ''New Krypton'', General Sam Lane- Lois Lane's father and head of the anti-Krypton measures- regards Reactron and Metallo as good soldiers even when they regularly kill civilians, why Kryptonians are "just" rabid dogs who deserve to be put down. This is particularly glaring when he makes this statement ''after'' he blew up their planet; by General Lane's logic, Supergirl threatening to kill him in retaliation for causing the genocide of her race is "proof" that Krpytonians are inherently evil, as though they were just meant to sit back and accept him destroying their species.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "Clay City English Teacher", Mr. Conklin views it as perfectly acceptable to use incentives to lure teachers away from other schools to Madison High. However, he is disgusted by any effort to lure his teachers away to other schools; in this case, a plan by his SitcomArchNemesis Jason Brille of Clay City High SChool to steal Miss Brooks.

** [=SpongeBob=] generally acts clingy toward Squidward (which irritates the latter senselessly); once Squidward[[note]]after getting a personality change from being electrocuted[[/note]] starts doing the same to him, [=SpongeBob=] gets indignant and goes as far as harshly telling him off for it.
** In "Krusty Towers", Mr. Krabs forces Squidward to be Patrick's indentured servant, using the (plagiarized) motto "We shall never deny a guest, even at the most ridiculous request." However, Squidward quits and starts turning the tables on Mr. Krabs by making him ''his'' indentured servant and even [[IronicEcho using the same motto against him]], which Mr. Krabs has the nerve to take offense to.

** [=SpongeBob=] generally acts clingy toward Squidward (which irritates the latter senselessly); once Squidward[[note]]after getting a personality change from being electrocuted[[/note]] starts doing the same towards him, [=SpongeBob=] gets indignant and goes as far as harshly telling him off for it.

** [=SpongeBob=] normally acts clingy towards Squidward (which irritates the latter senselessly), but when Squidward[[note]]after receiving a personality change from being electrocuted[[/note]] starts acting the same way towards him, [=SpongeBob=] gets indignant and goes as far as to harshly tell off Squidward for it.

** In "Krusty Towers", Mr. Krabs forces Squidward to be Patrick's indentured servant, using the (plagiarized) motto "We shall never deny a guest, even at the most ridiculous request." However, Squidward quits and starts turning the tables on Mr. Krabs by making him ''his'' indentured servant and even [[IronicEcho using the same motto against him]]. All of a sudden, Mr. Krabs has the nerve to take offense to this.

** Word of Blake (a splinter faction of the techno-theocratic Comstar with the 'religious fervor' side turned UpToEleven) grabbed this trope and ran with it in their time after the split with Comstar, leaving Comstar as the larger, more secular branch. It's lies when Comstar edits the truth to suit their needs, but 'the true perspective' when the Word of Blake does it. It really puts their later Jihad into perspective: a holy crusade bring the universe to its proper order to the Word of Blake, but a violently omnicidal temper tantrum as thrown by religious fanatics to ''everyone else in existence''.

** Roger takes this trope UpToEleven. He'll lie, cheat, and even murder for his own selfish goals, but if he's even slightly wronged in ''any'' way, shape, or form (i.e. Steve stealing his cookie in "Stannie Get Your Gun"), [[DisproportionateRetribution he'll go above and beyond]] to make the offending party's life miserable.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': Despite being motivated by the loss of his daughter due to another man's mistakes, [[BigBad Yokai]]/[[spoiler:Professor Callaghan]] is shockingly dismissive of Tadashi's death (which he indirectly caused) and Hiro's own grief; when accused of leaving Tadashi to die in the fire he caused, [[KickTheDog he callously snaps that it was Tadashi's own fault]] in a tone that clearly indicates [[{{Hypocrite}} he thinks Hiro should just get over it]]. To be fair though, Tadashi did basically run headfirst into danger to save Callaghan instead of trying to get a firefighter to do it.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villainess ComicBook/PoisonIvy frequently reacts this way to her beloved plants being ''pruned''. Gaia save you if you use weed killer. Meanwhile, she kills one or two ''humans'' per appearance. Of course, in Ivy's case it's sort of justified since it's implied she hears plants scream in pain whenever they're damaged (plants DO notice things like that), but it's hard to tell if it actually happens or if she's just so mentally unbalanced she imagines it. And the issue gets compounded when you remember that Ivy is typically portrayed as being a [[CarnivoreConfusion vegetarian]].

** Amity Blight was first introduced as an AcademicAlphaBitch with an InferioritySuperiorityComplex who treats though who are less successful than her as beneath her, when Luz comes along it led to a series of incidents between the two mainly caused by Amity's hostility, [[NeverMyFault and blaming Luz for getting her in trouble or embarrassed instead of taking responsibility for her actions]]. She was fine with [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking having Luz dissected, nearly maiming her in a duel that'll determine Luz's magic studies, and simply being mean to her friends]], but when her future in the emperor's coven is jeopardized by Lilith or some other bad thing happens to her its horrible. She even [[PsychologicalProjection calls Luz a bully]] when she finds her with her diary, what makes this more ironic is that Luz was really trying to make amends with Amity, but Amity's Jerkass attitude [[HerOwnWorstEnemy keeps her from establishing authentic friendships]].

** Amity Blight was first introduced as an AcademicAlphaBitch with an InferioritySuperiorityComplex who treats though who are less successful than her as beneath her, when Luz comes along it led to a series of incidents between the two mainly caused by Amity's hostility,[[NeverMyFault and blaming Luz for getting her in trouble or embarrassed instead of taking responsibility for her actions]]. She was fine with [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking having Luz dissected, nearly maiming her in a duel that'll determine Luz's magic studies, and simply being mean to her friends]], but when her future in the emperor's coven is jeopardized by Lilith or some other bad thing happens to her its horrible. She even [[PsychologicalProjection calls Luz a bully]] when she finds her with her diary, what makies this more ironic is that Luz was really trying to make amends with Amity, but Amity's Jerkass attitude [[HerOwnWorstEnemy keeps her from establishing authentic friendships]].

* "WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse": Amity Blight was first introduced as an AcademicAlphaBitch with an InferioritySuperiorityComplex who treats though who are less successful than her as beneath her, when Luz comes along it led to a series of incidents between the two mainly caused by Amity's hostility,[[NeverMyFault and blaming Luz for getting her in trouble or embarrassed instead of taking responsibility for her actions]]. She was fine with [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking having Luz dissected, nearly maiming her in a duel that'll determine Luz's magic studies, and simply being mean to her friends]], but when her future in the emperor's coven is jeopardized by Lilith or some other bad thing happens to her its horrible. She even [[PsychologicalProjection calls Luz a bully]] when she finds her with her diary, what makies this more ironic is that Luz was really trying to make amends with Amity, but Amity's Jerkass attitude [[HerOwnWorstEnemy keeps her from establishing authentic friendships]].

* ''{ComicBook/Asterix}}'': In ''Recap/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'', the Gauls use ExactWords to participate in the Olympic Games along with the Romans. The Roman centurion overhearing this (and very much aware of the impending CurbStompBattle) is furious that a people they've invaded and conquered could turn against them for no reason.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] normally acts clingy towards Squidward (which irritates the latter senselessly), but when Squidward[[note]]after receiving a personality change from being electrocuted[[/note]] starts acting the same way towards him, [=SpongeBob=] gets indignant and goes as far as to harshly tell off Squidward for it.

A trope whereby some in-universe group moral standard is [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] because the morality of an action depends entirely upon who is doing it. It is, in short, a moral double-standard. What is justifiable for one group is criminal for another.

** One of Superman's enemies was [[NinetiesAntiHero Manchester Black]], the leader of a group of "superheroes" who executed supervillains and gained a lot of public support for doing so in "What's so Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?". When Superman challenges them to a fight and [[spoiler:pretends to]] use lethal force against them, Black is horrified that Superman is using the exact same methods that he had against him.

** Twilight is the princess of Friendship, forgives her enemies constantly, and encourages her new student Starlight to make some friends around town. Starlight meets and hits it of with one of Twilight's old foes, the stage magician Trixie. Twilight is completely against this. While Twilight does learn a lesson about trust by the end, no one really calls her out on how she's comfortable being the mentor of one of the show's major villains, but seems unable to forgive someone as benign as Trixie.

See also MoralDissonance, NeverMyFault, ProtagonistCenteredMorality, RevengeMyopia, and TautologicalTemplar.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] normally acts clingy towards Squidward (which irritates the latter senselessly), but when Squidward[[note]]after receiving a personality change from being electrocuted[[/note]] starts acting the same way towards him, [=SpongeBob=] gets indignant and goes as far as to harshly tell off Squidward for it. In his defense, though, he doesn't have the self-awareness to recognize this.

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-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Confessions}} St. Augustine]]''', as observed in ''City of God'', book IV, chapter 4

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': While genuinely altruistic and courageous, Sonic and the Knothole Freedom Fighters are still flawed beings prone to impulsive decisions and sometimes conflict with allies over their inability to practice what they preach:
** Despite being the ones to put the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Council of Acorn]] in charge in the first place to keep order, they [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight routinely defy or ignore them]] whenever they don't make the decisions they want. Sally, ironically the most strategic and political of the group, was actually rather bewildered and hurt when they took offense to this.
** They have a wavering view of using firearms DependingOnTheWriter. Rotor to his credit lampshaded his hypocrisy on the matter at one point.
** In issue 221, Mina Mongoose calls them out on this. When Sally tries to lecture her on being responsible after her songs end up rallying the public against [[ArtificialIntelligence Nicole]], Mina turns it around and retorts she and the rest of the Freedom Fighters have no room to lecture her on responsibility considering the fact that even after Nicole was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy hijacked]] by the [[{{Technopath}} Iron Queen]], they continue to keep her in power at New Mobotropolis and don't even bother coming up with any failsafes to prevent her from being compromised again.
* In ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', "Ring of Truth", 355's archenemy Anna Strong sends a couple of her lieutenants to kill her and she (355) quickly dispatches both of them. This triggers the MamaBear in the arch-villain, who then proceeds to attack the heroine in full on moral outrage and revenge mode.

* Lewis Prothero in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' had worked in a death camp with no remorse, but valued his doll collection like most people do their children. V causes him to have a mental breakdown by destroying them.

* ''ComicBook/SecretSix'':
** The man who had Catman and Cheshire's son kidnapped calls Catman out on this. He bluntly states that their son could never have had a happy life growing up with Cheshire and/or Catman since both of them are murderous criminals. He also notes that neither of them have the right to play the victim card since Cheshire is a mass murderer who ''nuked a country'' and Catman doesn't care about that. Catman is forced to concede these points, and he decides to leave his son to his new life and tells Cheshire that he is dead so she won't try to look for him herself.
** ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]] to Lady Vic, a fellow assassin who [[spoiler:once threatened Deadshot's daughter in order to get him to stand down]]. "A job is a job. And I would have done the same thing. No, we ain't clear."
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}, after a lifetime of murder, destruction and brutality, is shocked to discover that he's set for Hell when the team briefly goes there to rescue Ragdoll II. Bane insists that he followed a "code of honor", I.E avoided certain types of crimes like rape or killing children. In his mind, thats the same thing as actually being a good person. The demons laugh at him, and tells him that "men of honor" are a dime a dozen among the damned, and him following a personal moral code doesn't protect him one bit from the consequences of his sins. However, Bane takes the exact opposite moral from his experience and decides that if he's damned anyway he might as well become TheUnfettered when they're back on Earth.
* A humorous example was ComicBook/HowardTheDuck's enemy Doctor Bong, who years after his conflict with Howard, attacked ComicBook/SheHulk, thinking she was a bad influence on his five genetically-cloned offspring that he was raising as his sons. (He thought she was causing them to find violence attractive; sure, fighting her is going to prove it isn't, right?)
* Creator/ArtSpiegelman's ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' tells the story of his father Vladek's survival of the Holocaust, and the horrors his endured for being a Jew. Yet as an old man, Vladek thinks nothing of acting racist toward blacks.
* Back when UsefulNotes/{{the Apartheid|era}} government was still in power in South Africa, several storylines in ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' addressed it. (Portraying it in a negative light, of course.) In one such storyline, the strip's resident {{Jerkass}} Steve Dallas (who was not particularly racist, but really didn't care about the issue) had to bail his sister out of jail after she and her sorority had been arrested in an anti-Apartheid protest that had turned violent. After listening to her reasons for doing it, Steve scolded her by pointing out that her sorority refused to admit blacks; [[HeelRealization something she was unable to reply to.]]
* Gold Key issue #4 of ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' posits in the story "Follow Through To Yoo Hoo" that all the racers (even virtuous Peter Perfect) use a book entitled "How To Win A Race By Hook Or Crook," written by the series' token villain, Dick Dastardly.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'': In the various books (''ComicBook/TheTransformersPunishment'', ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'', ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron''...), the Decepticons often act like they are an oppressed people now that the war is over, while conveniently forgetting the four million years of [[HellholePrison murder]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]], [[AbsoluteXenophobe genocide]] and other atrocities they committed against both many alien races and their own kind.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', the Reverse-Flash really rubs it in his nemesis' face that the CrapsackWorld was all Franchise/TheFlash's fault because The Flash went back in time to save his mother...from the hands of the Reverse-Flash.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': In addition to his firm belief in his right to [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal rape any mortal]] he pleases and act as supreme authority on Olympus, Zeus is regularly cruel and vindictive but is outraged if anyone questions him or his methods and murderously furious if anyone should respond in kind. His rampant, damaging hypocrisy eventually causes his own children to conspire to remove him from the throne.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Outside interference from the ComicBook/NewGods and ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} have led to Athena's death and Zeus once again becoming the king of the Olympians. Zeus acts like he is morally superior to Ares and considers genocide and removal of free will horrific when individuals other than him are the perpetrators, but spends the entire series perpertrating genocide and trying to remove free will from and subjugate humanity.
* ComicBook/NormanOsborn runs on this; if it happens to him it's unforgivable, but if he does it to someone else, it's business as usual. Best shown in ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied''; he laughs off killing Gwen Stacy and openly mocks her death to Spider-Man's face, but when Spidey damages his Goblin Glider, he flies into an UnstoppableRage and swears to make Spidey pay for doing so.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Wraith has no problem opening fire on Wolverine and another man in an airport parking lot, then shooting Wolverine while he's caged, but Wolverine causing one of his men to be decapitated? That's horrific!
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Deathstroke's beef with the Titans started because his son Grant died trying to kill them. Note that the Titans didn't actually kill Grant - he died from the SuperSerum H.I.V.E. injected into him to give him the same powers as his father. For this, Slade felt he was justified in planting a mole in their team and plotting their deaths.

* Wrestling/JohnCena to ridiculous lengths. ''The long version'': Money in the Bank ladder matches main event pay-per-views and are even called historic events--but only when, and ''explicitly because'', John Cena is in them. A babyface attacking another babyface whose championship he wants or vice versa, or who he's otherwise understood to be in a rivalry with anyway, is only considered a FaceHeelTurn on the part of the attacker--when the babyface attacked is either a [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson part-time legend]] or John Cena, and the attacker of course [[Wrestling/CMPunk is]] [[Wrestling/{{Ryback}} neither]]. When [[Wrestling/DolphZiggler s]][[Wrestling/WadeBarrett o]][[Wrestling/DamienSandow m]][[Wrestling/CMPunk e]][[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson o]][[Wrestling/{{Kane}} n]][[Wrestling/{{Ryback}} e]] calls to attention how another man has been disingenuous and egocentric at times, the whistleblower may have a point -- unless the person they're questioning is either John Cena or one of Cena's friends, in which case their complaints are rarely even worth addressing. [[Wrestling/CMPunk A former WWE Champion whose heel turn was facilitated by a systematic campaign of disrespect]] needs to finally accept that the show is not about him…when the person saying this to him is John Cena. ''The short version'': WWE portrays everything Cena does as just and everything that anybody who opposes him does as unjust.

* Pretty much every race in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', but special mention must go to the [[SpaceElves Eldar]]. One of their racial hats is that they see use [[{{Seers}} Farseers]] to divine numerous possible futures, and most manipulate events to make sure that events lead to the future most beneficial to themselves. This includes engineering events that ensure billions of Humans, Orks, Tau, and pretty much any other race, die instead of risking the lives of a handful of fellow Eldar. The War for Armageddon, multiple novels, and one recent video game were all the result of Eldar manipulations. It's made even more jarring in the Eldar's case, when you consider that they know that their own actions might just be futile, when their efforts are more or less trying to stave off extinction in a galaxy where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything wants you dead]], but then again, [[FateWorseThanDeath they know there's something much worse waiting for them in the Warp if they die, courtesy of Slaanesh]].
** Not that the Imperium are any better, regularly decrying Eldar for viewing other species as inferior and irrelevant and their policies of casual genocide despite doing the exact same things themselves on a regular basis. The God-Emperor also railed against aliens for attacking and enslaving humanity, then went on to wipe out entire species and force those he considered useful to KneelBeforeZod.
** The Tau are an [[ZigZaggingTrope interesting]] case: while they think other species can be callous and/or barbaric, they generally try to use diplomacy or political maneuvering before they resort to a military conquest of a planet; and even then they take pains to try to integrate the local population of a species, and will resort to trying to exterminating them only if they have been judged as being incompatible with [[TheNeedsOfTheMany the Greater Good]]. This is in contrast to humans, Orks, Tyranids, and some Necron dynasties who will happily conquer a world upon first contact and try to exterminate the local alien species as soon as look at them. Tau society, rather deliberately, scales on how idealistic is looks [[DependingOnTheAuthor depending on the perspective its seen from]]. From the side sympathetic to the Tau, they have one highest standards of living in the galaxy and it's about as idealistic as the Tau are. Opposite is that the Tau hierarchy is [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood secretly manipulative]], and their society is oppressive and incredibly Orwellian, and will resort to "reeducation", genocide, and using conquest as a first option if it suits their purposes. Given how a Tau society and how they interact with their neighbors, planet to planet, can be pretty diverse, and these two opinions aren't mutually exclusive.
* In classic fantasy ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', this comes up with the Dwarfs. Their entire race operates on RevengeBeforeReason, so they would (and do) readily and happily raze entire cities and kill thousands of innocent people if they felt slighted in even the tiniest way, but will never abide or forgive the death of a single Dwarf.

* Vhaeraun, the drow god of thieves in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', who thinks of himself as a liberator. His writeups specifically point out that he emphasizes cooperation among his followers and considers it justified to commit all kinds of crimes against others in pursuit of his goals--but if someone else does the same to ''them'', he's furious.
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', the Ratkin (wererats) have no moral qualms about killing excess humans and wiping out human society. However, when the Garou slaughtered ''them'' en masse and tried to wipe out ''their'' society, they were enraged.
** Similarly, the Ajaba (werehyenas) consider it their duty to kill old and weak humans. However, when the Simba king Black Tooth orchestrated the Ajaba genocide, they were furious and swore revenge.

* In ''Theatre/{{Jenufa}}'', Grandmother Buryja completely ignored her step-grandson Laca when he was a child and reached to her for comfort after he was orphaned. He grows up a bitter and violent man, and she is very angry that he doesn't treat her as family. They both get better by the end of the opera, however.

* In one arc of ''WebComic/RipAndTeri'', an assassin is after Rip. He poisons Teri (and Rip doesn't know if it's going to kill her or not) and then, as Rip is rushing Teri to a hospital, the assassin and his burka-clad wives attack the pair. In trying to survive, Rip takes one wife hostage, claiming "A wife for a wife!" and apparently hoping this could make the assassin stand down. But the wife [[spoiler:bites a false tooth, unleashing a virus]] that would kill anyone in a ten-yard radius (including her). After Rip and Teri get away, the assassin bids his dying wife good-bye, then tells his other wives that they'll mourn later - they have to finish the job. And, for added menace: "A wife for a wife." Because, y'know, it wasn't like you accepted a contract against Rip and he was only trying to defend himself and your wife ''killed herself'' during the battle - it's all ''his fault!''

* ''Webcomic/StalkerXStalker'': In episode 11 Yukio gets furious when he notices an older man following Junko - when he was in fact doing the exact same thing and taking photos to boot.

* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', Jared reports Toby’s family shop to the authorities under false charges of “serving alcohol to minors”- which gets said shop closed down and ruining Toby’s family- [[ItAmusedMe simply for his own amusement]]. Later, Jared’s reputation gets ruined by Toby’s message board postings about his coasting through school through internal connections. Jared gets furious about this and confronts Toby demanding why he did it. Toby beats him up and calls him out on his hypocrisy: so Jared can ruin a family’s livelihood with lies, but Toby’s not allowed to tell the truth? Screw that.

* Website/{{Reddit}}: Discussed with an attempted {{aversion}} on the popular forum [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/ /r/AmITheAsshole]] where posters submit their controversial actions for community judgment. Commenters respond by voting [=YTA=] (You're The A-hole), [=NTA=] (Not The A-hole, the other party is), [=NAH=] (No A-holes Here) or [=ESH=] (Everyone Sucks Here). Naturally, though, there are many posters who are stupefied to find that people believe ''they'' could be in the wrong.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', when Iroh's son Lu Ten died during the war against Ba Sing Se, Azulon is shown to sympathize with Iroh's grief, however when Ozai tried to make an inappropriate bid to the throne, Azulon immediately became furious before his son to kill his youngest grandson Zuko just so he would feel the same pain that Iroh did. Note that this also disregards the fact that Azulon himself has staged multiple raids and undoubtedly led to the deaths of many people including other families. Averted for Iroh where after his son died, realizes that he is inflicting the same pain of grief towards the people of the Earth Kingdom which served as the catalyst for his HeelFaceTurn.
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': ComicBook/TheJoker: "You killed Captain Clown. '''[[SeriousBusiness YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN!!!]]'''" (Captain Clown was a mindless robot, while Joker's current plot is driving an entire city insane.) Granted, expecting Joker to react the way a normal person would to anything is pretty foolish. He basically lampshades this himself by saying "I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, [[IntimidatingRevenueService but the IRS?]] ''No'' thank you!"
** Unsurprisingly, The Joker went out with this in the DCAU continuity. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' has him kidnap Robin, disfigure and MindRape him into "Joker Junior", and ultimately hand the kid a gun and tell him to shoot Batman. At the last minute, "J.J." shoots Joker instead, and the Clown Prince of Crime's last words?
--->'''Joker:''' T-that's not funny! That's...

** Likewise, the Zygerrians consider any culture that could be defeated by them as naturally weak, and any culture who would be conquered as deserving of being enslaved and quashed by their own. On the other hand, they consider the Jedi's conquering of their old enterprise [[{{Hypocrisy}} an insult to their culture and an intrusion on their very way of life.]] The viewer's empathy for the plight of their lost empire is...limited.
** Boba Fett regards Mace Windu's killing of his father during the Battle of Geonosis as unforgivable murder, ignoring the fact that Jango was a hostile combatant on a live battlefield, had already killed one Jedi prior to this and was actively trying to shoot Windu when he was killed.