History Main / ParentalHypocrisy

** Aegon V Targaryen (great-grandfather to the Mad King, Aerys II)is also an example. Due to being the fourth son of the king, he was able to marry Betha Blackwood for love. However, when he did ascend to the throne (earning the title Aegon the Unlikely), he arranged for all of his children (even the unlikely) to marry politically advantageous partners. All but one of his children rebelled against these arrangements, causing many great houses to feel slighted. His heir abdicated the throne for his love Jenny of Oldstones (angering the Baratheons enough for them to rebel); his second son secretly married and consummated with his sister (angering both the Tullys and the Tyrells); and his final son preferred the company of Ser Jeremy Norridge and ultimately refused to marry Olenna Redwyne (the Queen of Thorns). Poor Rhaelle is the only child that obeyed her father and married Lord Baratheon's heir to ease tensions. It becomes ironic because the only child that obeyed Aegon V is the grandmother of Robert Baratheon, the man who ultimately ends the Targaryen rule of the seven kingdoms during his rebellion.

* Dramatic example in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Endeavor and his eldest son, Touya Todoroki, often got into arguments because the latter was constantly off training his fire powers and burning himself doing so since his Quirk is only resistant to the cold. The boy's obsession with perfecting his powers was a result of him wanting to become a Hero for his father, since he was trained since he was little to be a part of the one-sided feud Endeavor was having with All Might and only stopped when his ice Quirk kicked in. Many people, his wife especially, have pointed out that Endeavor has little right to tell Touya to stop pursuing heroism when Endeavor ''himself'' drowns himself in his Hero job over a petty grudge and as his perceived duty to the people, ignoring the damage this is doing to his family.

* Dramatic example in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Endeavor and his eldest son, Touya Todoroki, often got into arguments because the latter was constantly off training his fire powers and burning himself doing so since his Quirk is only resistant to the cold. The boy's obsession with perfecting his powers was a result of him wanting to become a Hero for his father, since he was trained since he was little to be a part of the one-sided feud Endeavor was having with All Might and only stopped when his ice Quirk kicked in. Many people, his wife especially, have pointed out that Endeavor has little right to tell Touya to stop pursuing heroism when Endeavor ''himself'' drowns himself in his Hero job over a petty grudge and as his perceived duty to the people.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': During the ''Mother's Rosario'' arc, Asuna' mother forcefully disconnects Asuna's VR helmet and scolds her for being a few minutes late for dinner, accusing Asuna of "disrespecting the staff's efforts," Asuna is sorely tempted to remind her of several occasions where Kyouko was also late for dinner, threw out the meals, untasted and had the staff make them again for her own convenience, but ultimately decides not to do so.

'''Connie:''' Ouch. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Score one point for the teenager]].

* In a deleted scene from [[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]. Pam tells the adult Bridget to make sure Mark keeps his [[UnusualEuphemism "weeing thing for weeing"]] when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjbiIAKoE6s Pam had spent the previous year separated from her husband and having sex with another man before getting back with him]].

** Another one with Gil, where he flat-out ''refuses'' to believe that the man who taught him not to shake hands with a girl until he'd met her parents was once a famous heartbreaker who had a doomed romance with Queen Albia, to the point of getting more concerned about "this imposter claiming to be my father" than the actual issue which had led to this revelation.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has a moment when Gilgamesh [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030314 jumps in to play corrida]] with what amounts to a small locomotive with legs and arms, giving his father time to analyze its structure. Klaus [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030324 roars]] at him for taking an unnecessary risk, but Jägermonsters [[BoisterousBruiser eagerly express]] approval when they see a badass performance, so right at the next page a Jäger sergeant quietly tells Gil that Klaus himself "doz crazy schtupid schtoff like dot ''all de time''". Of course, as they both are {{mad scientist}}s with [[ChronicHeroSyndrome chronic anti-hero syndrome]], it wasn't likely to be the craziest for either.

* ''Literature/BerenstainBears'':
** In one book, there's a mild version involving a school dress code. The kids adopt obnoxious new fashions, and due to an escalating power struggle between the acting principal who keeps making new rules and the kids using LoopholeAbuse, it looks like the school will be going to uniforms... until Grandma Bear defuses the situation by hauling out photos of Papa and Mama Bear in their [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim ludicrous Seventies attire]].

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', one of the reasons Molly Weasley opposes Bill marrying Fleur is that they haven't known each other very long, and the only reason they're rushing into it is because they know Voldemort's back and they could all die at any moment. Ginny quickly points out that that was exactly what happened with Molly and Arthur. Molly replies with "Yes, well, your father and I were made for each other so what was the point in waiting?" before swiftly launching into a tirade about all the other things she hates about Fleur. [[spoiler: Fleur goes some way to proving them wrong by the end of the book, when she stays totally loyal to Bill despite him being hideously disfigured by Fenrir Greyback.]]

-->'''Misato''': ''"'Most of your life'? Asuka, you're fourteen! You two can't be doing this!"''\\
'''Asuka''': ''"You'd have done the same at our age!"''\\
'''Misato''': ''"At your age plus a year I was catatonic from watching Second Impact at Ground Zero! You are still a child!"''

-->'''Misato''':''"'Most of your life'? Asuka, you're fourteen! You two can't be doing this!"''\\
'''Asuka''':''"You'd have done the same at our age!"''\\
'''Misato''':''"At your age plus a year I was catatonic from watching Second Impact at Ground Zero! You are still a child!"''

* In the Franchise/HarryPotter fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2566206/1/By-the-Way By the Way]], Tonks and Lupin go to dinner with Tonks' parents. Ted is furious to learn that Lupin is a werewolf, until Andromeda points out that Ted himself was insulted and belittled for being a Muggleborn when he met ''her'' family, so he has no reason to be so prejudiced.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfic series ''[[FanFic/SonOfTheDesert Sins of the Father]]'' , when Hohenheim finds out that Edward is marrying Roy he complains that Roy is [[MayDecemberRomance too old for him.]] He is reminded that [[MayflyDecemberRomance he is the last person to complain out marriage with an age difference.]]

* A mild example is seen in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. In the backstory of the game, [[PlayerCharacter Hawke]]'s mother Leandra ran away from an ArrangedMarriage and eloped with Hawke's father Malcolm. It was a happy marriage until his death. In the present day of the game, Leandra offers some pleasant observations about Hawke and their LoveInterest - and then follows up by saying that she really needs to work on finding them a suitable spouse.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer is upset because his 10 year old son Bart got his ear pierced.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': Nobita's mom Tamako being an EducationMama comes off as hypocritical in the episode where Nobita finds out she wasn't a good student either and was NotSoDifferent from her son.

* In ''Series/ModernFamily'', it's revealed that Claire has a rebellious past (including being driven home by the police in her underwear) despite reprimanding Hayley for similar behavior. Hayley calls her mother out on this, and it cuts to Claire telling the ConfessionCam she wants them to live up to an imagined ideal role model rather than the real her.
-->'''Claire:''' Your kids don't need to know who you were before you had them. They need to know who you wish you were, and they need to try to live up to that person,

** In the episode where they both forget Kitty's birthday, Red suddenly remembers by blaming Eric for forgething, and at the end where they are marking the important days on a calendar, they both forget to mark Kitty's birthday, but Red chastises Eric for not paying attention.
** In an episode where a prank by Eric, Hyde, and Fez backfired by not getting Kelso, and instead getting Red, Red comes up with the idea to prank Kelso. At the end, Kelso unknowingly misses the prak, and Kitty ends up hurt. Red grounds Eric for two weeks for the prank, when he calls out Red for coming up with the prank in the first place, he grounds Eric for three weeks.

This can be a subtrope of GenerationXerox, as the parent or guardian involved is often a FormerTeenRebel. It can also be a subtrope of HypocriteHasAPoint, where someone is still shown to be right in spite of their hypocrisy. Compare EvilParentsWantGoodKids.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', one of the reasons Molly Weasley opposes Bill marrying Fleur is that they haven't known each other very long, and the only reason they're rushing into it is because they know Voldemort's back and they could all die at any moment. Ginny quickly points out that that was exactly what happened with Molly and Arthur. Molly replies with "Yes, well, your father and I were made for each other so what was the point in waiting?" before swiftly launching into a tirade about all the other things she hates about Fleur. [[spoiler: Fleur goes some way to proving them wrong by the end of the book, when she stays totally loyal to Bill despite him being hideously mauled by Fenrir Greyback.]]

** Interestingly, we discover Ellie's mother was a SpicyLatina who it's possible it was InTheBlood, even if she wasn't raised by Wade.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': Nobita's mom Tamako being an EducationMama comes off as hypocritical in the episode where Nobita finds out she wasn't a good student either and was NotSoDifferent from her son.

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'''Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease''' While this trope is indeed TruthInTelevision, it would be filed with [[NoRealLife/TooContriversial natter and complaining]] about parents who engage in hypocrisy.