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* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'': [[Characters/ShaunOfTheDead Pete]] hates Ed for being a disgusting slob and a freeloader who lives on his house's couch, but he admits with a grin in conversation that Ed has a great sense of humor at times.

* In ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'', [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Albedo]] claims that Valentine's Day is "the one holiday foolish humans celebrate that [she] approve[s] of".

* In Florida Straits the one thing that Joey Goldman genuinely respects his pigheaded and pompous half brother Geno for is that Geno is utterly certain in what he wants out life.

* Many otherwise scathing in-depth reviews of

''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' will usually make a side-note that the plot of [[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]] and the new characters introduced are actually pretty good; this is quickly followed by the reviewer bemoaning the fact that the book never focused on the interesting parts, but rather spent page after page on Edward and Bella, the two least interesting characters. Similar comments are sometimes made about the werewolf pack scenes in ''Literature/NewMoon''.

* Many otherwise scathing in-depth reviews of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' will usually make a side-note that the plot of [[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]] and the new characters introduced are actually pretty good; this is quickly followed by the reviewer bemoaning the fact that the book never focused on the interesting parts, but rather spent page after page on Edward and Bella, the two least interesting characters. Similar comments are sometimes made about the werewolf pack scenes in ''Literature/NewMoon''.

* Many otherwise scathing in-depth reviews of the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books will usually make a side-note that the plot of Eclipse and the new characters introduced are actually pretty good; this is quickly followed by the reviewer bemoaning the fact that the book never focused on the interesting parts, but rather spent page after page on Edward and Bella, the two least interesting characters. Similar comments are sometimes made about the werewolf pack scenes in ''Literature/NewMoon''.

* In WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera's review of ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'', Creator/CountJackula actually becomes paralyzed at how good the set design and zombie makeup is compared to how utterly abysmal the rest of the film is. Even Jerk admits that, despite the movie's flaws (and it has ''many''), the atmosphere, set, and costume design were halfway decent, and some of the fan appeal actually worked out okay as appealing to a fan of the ride (namely, him).

* While not often, ''WebVideo/{{Rerez}}'' sometimes admits to liking one aspect of the bad bootleg consoles he plays:

** For the Wireless 60, he gives them credit for openly admitting on the back of the box that their product does ''not'' compare or compete with consoles like the UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/Playstation3, and UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, and say that if nothing else [[AtLeastIAdmitIt at least they're honest]].

* In the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', usually inspired by Danny's much more optimistic outlook on even bad games, Arin often will begrudgingly admit to liking at least one aspect of a game he otherwise dislikes or even hates. For the "[[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing Auto Mario]]" levels of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' which he thinks are mindless clickbait garbage that don't deserve to be the highest rated levels he admits that he does find them creative, for ''[[VideoGame/SonicBoom Sonic Boom: Rise Of Lyric]]'' which he thinks is a glitch-riddled ChristmasRushed unfinished trainwreck he admits that the game's graphics are very gorgeous and inspired, and in spite of the many ''many'' bad things he has to say about ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' he eagerly admits that he loves [[EnsembleDarkHorse Groose]].

-->'''Jack:''' Wow. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Thanks. I still really hate you, but [[BuxomIsBetter you have fantastic tits]].

* In LetsPlay/TheDarkId's Let's Play of ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'' during the credits of the game, he trashes on each and every single member of the staff for everything that went wrong with the game until he gets to the composers Yoko Shimomura and Mitsuto Suzuki as the only thing he loved about the game.

-->'''Tyrion:''' (to Cersei) You love your children. It's your one redeeming quality. That and your cheekbones.

* In ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'', Caiaphas and several priests discuss what a problem Jesus is, and start concocting a plan to kill him before he starts threatening their power base. In the middle of warning how dangerous he is, Caiaphas admits "One thing I'll say for him, [[JesusWasWayCool Jesus is cool]]." In regards to Jesus keeping his movement completely peaceful. Some performances change this line to an insulting remark devoid of the original's TotallyRadical energy.

* In ''VideoGame/Wasteland3'', Morningstar is a SentientVehicle intended as a presidential limousine for UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan. When he encounters the [[AllHailTheGreatGodMickey Gippers, a faction of religious fanatics who worship the long-dead Reagan as a God]], Morningstar is incensed as the real Reagan was a devout Christian and would have found the deification blasphemous at best... But he is impressed by their giant animatronic Reagan statue, which he deems a fine homage to the "Elder Statesman".

** Despite despising Lance Armstrong for his foul play, Babe Ruth genuinely congratulates him for beating cancer.
** Ronald [=McDonald=] briefly admits to liking Burger King's onion rings, despite hating everything else about the mascot and his restaurant.

** For ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'', he begrudgingly admits that he watches it every year because, in spite of all its flaws, it has the absolute best SantaClaus ever in a movie (played by Douglas Seale, most well known for voicing the Sultan in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'').
** While he otherwise hates ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'', he adores the villain Lord Komodo (played by Angus Macfadyen of ''Film/BraveHeart'' and ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' who spends the entire time on the verge of [[{{Corpsing}} bursting into laughter]]) for at least being entertaining for how [[HamAndCheese cartoonish and over-the-top he is]] and for not [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Taking The Bad Film Seriously]] like all the other actors.
** While he mocks ''Film/JudgeDredd'' heavily, he admits that it makes it a guilty pleasure that's at least fun to watch.
** He actually really likes the interactions between Annabelle and her father in ''Film/ASimpleWish'', saying that he actually found himself invested in their relationship and even in whether or not her father gets the part in the play. Unfortunately he really dislikes everything about the film, ''especially'' Creator/MartinShort's [[LargeHam over-acting]], which takes up the vast majority of the movie. He goes far enough to admit that if the movie didn't have any of the magical fairy godmother aspects and just focused on the relationship of a single father juggling his professional life and his relationship with his daughter in the wake of losing the mother, that he'd probably like the film.

* Music/JohnLydon famously disliked ''Sid and Nancy'', criticizing it for its inaccuracies, its sensationalizing and romanticizing a tragedy, and what he saw as glorifying heroin abuse and trying to make a quick buck off two untimely, tragic deaths. However, he did praise Creator/GaryOldman's performance as Music/SidVicious, saying it was very good.

* ''[[Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil The Stronger Evil]]'': In this ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fanfiction, as much as [[Characters/TheUltimateEvil Shendu]] personally hates Jade for all the times she's crossed and foiled him and escaped his vengeance, he can admit (in his mind) that her bravery is the one trait he can admire in her.

** While he utterly ''despises'' ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory The Neverending Story III]]'', he at least appreciates that Creator/JackBlack as the BigBad of the film is [[HamAndCheese aware of how bad the movie is and trying to have some fun with it]]. He elaborates on this in ''Doug's Top 10 WORST Cliches'' and explains how he dislikes TheBully cliché since they're rarely interesting or entertaining or developed characters, but cites the way Jack Black plays bullies in this and ''Film/{{Airborne}}'' as one of the few movie bullies done ''right'' since Jack is well aware that it's a stereotype and is playing it in a way that's clearly mocking the stock bully character and in a way that the character is clearly [[CardCarryingVillain enjoying what he's doing]] instead of just being a PlotDevice.

* During the Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}-[[Wrestling/LukeHarper Brodie Lee]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL0e7N7E78U match]] at ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Wrestling/{{JoshiMania}} Night III'', December 4, 2001, commentators Leonard F. Chikarason and Wrestling/GavinLoudspeaker talk about how Mantis is "devious, he's underhanded, but still the fans love him. Brodie Lee is just rotten and mean." They say that Brodie has "no redeeming qualities." Then Chikarason says, "Well, his fiancée's kinda nice." Jon "Brodie Lee"/"Luke Harper" Huber is married to Synndy (aka Synndy Synn), a former valet/manager turned wrestler who competed from 2004 to 2007 for [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA Upstate]] (Rochester, New York), New England Championship Wrestling (Massachusetts), the Pure Wrestling Association (Ontario, Canada) and NWA Empire (Buffalo, New York).

** While he utterly ''despises'' ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory The Neverending Story III]]'', he at least appreciates that Creator/JackBlack as the BigBad of the film is [[HamAndCheese aware of how bad the movie is and trying to have some fun with it]]. He elaborates on this in ''Doug's Top 10 WORST Cliches'' and explains how he dislikes TheBully cliche since they're rarely interesting or entertaining or developed characters, but cite's the way Jack Black plays bullies in this and ''Film/{{Airborne}}'' as one of the few movie bullies done ''right'' since Jack is well aware that it's a stereotype and is playing it in a way that's clearly mocking the stock bully character and in a way that the character is clearly [[CardCarryingVillain enjoying what he's doing]] instead of just being a PlotDevice.

* Though ''WebVideo/JarvisJohnson'' genuinely believes ''WebVideo/TroomTroom'' is the ''worst'' channel on all of Youtube, he at least gives them this much credit:

* In ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'', Caiaphas and several priests discuss what a problem Jesus is, and start concocting a plan to kill him before he starts threatening their power base. In the middle of warning how dangerous he is, Caiaphas admits "One thing I'll say for him, [[JesusWasWayCool Jesus is cool]]." In regards to Jesus keeping his movement completely peaceful. This line has been changed to an insulting remark devoid of the original's TotallyRadical energy.
* This is what leads to Alex advocating for the [[spoiler:election of Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr]] when asked for his opinion on the matter near the end of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}},'' because for all he despises about Jefferson, he appreciates that at least Jefferson has things he genuinely believes in, unlike Burr.

-->-- ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''

* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' trilogy Miranda and Jack absolutely ''hate'' each other, partially because of all the inhumane experimental shit Cerberus, to which Miranda was affiliated with in the second game, did to Jack but also because of Miranda's IceQueen demeanor and her being genetically modified to be perfect. Both of them join Commander Shepard's team, and if they both manage to survive the plot to the third game's ''Citadel'' DLC they can join the party Shepard throws, by which point they'll finally start to come around a little bit after a couple of drinks with Miranda admitting that she finds it admirable how Jack's come a long way from what Cerberus did to her and. Jack is caught off-guard by the admission: