History NotSoAboveItAll / WesternAnimation

** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] is first introduced as the smug student who always does well in school and doesn't approve of her older sibling's antics. She's also shown to enjoy reading stories to children, and it turns out she's a big fan of ''The Good Witch Azura'', the same book series Luz likes (in fact, she's the only person on the Boiling Isles aside from Luz and King who likes it). Also, one of the reasons [[OppositesAttract she falls for]] Luz is because of how silly she can be at times.

** [[Characters/TheSimpsonsMargeSimpson Marge Simpson]] has a gambling addiction.

** That said, [[Characters/TheSimpsonsCharlesMontgomeryBurns Mr. Burns]] as well. It's very odd to see such a greedy man who is so consumed with desire for money to put all that aside in favor of wanting a nostalgic but financially worthless teddy bear from his youth in "Rosebud".

** Conscientious [[Characters/TheSimpsonsLisaSimpson Lisa Simpson]] loves the ultraviolent Itchy and Scratchy cartoons as much as Bart does. She also occasionally joins him in his more destructive fun, like indoors ice-cream ball fights, bathroom product races, indoor bike jousting and prank-calling Moe.

** Eda's sister [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] is shown to be more responsible than her, and is often seen as the stuck-up head of the Emperor's Coven. However, when Eda in her Owl Beast form pulls a face at her, she tells her to stop acting so immature... before pulling a face right back. Later episodes after she's left the Emperor's Coven have her acting more dorky over history, as well as finding enjoyment in [[IncrediblyLameFun rather mundane things such as watching ink dry]]. [[OddFriendship She also becomes good friends with Hooty of all characters]].

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' had [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsSquidwardTentacles Squidward Tentacles]], the show's [[TheComicallySerious comically serious character]], move away from his wacky neighbors and into a community of people exactly like him. Initially delighted, he eventually became bored with the lack of hijinks he so detested and, by the end of the episode, was acting exactly like his ex-neighbors usually did. (This was subject to SnapBack and never referred to again.)
** In a future episode, Squidward is seen cutting loose at two parties for Spongebob along with the rest of the cast, despite his dislike of both Spongebob and such activities.

* In "Freeze Tag" from ''WesternAnimation/TrashTruck'', Hank and his friends are all playing a game of freeze tag when they discover a smartphone with a catchy game inside it inside Trash Truck. They all start fighting over it until finally Mona takes it away, saying that it's caused quite enough trouble for one day, then heads off inside her home. They then start bickering with each other over who's to blame for this... only to hear the sounds of the game and discover that Mona is now playing the game.

** Commander Peepers, Lord Hater's ever-serious [[TheDragon Dragon]] and full-time CloudcuckoolandersMinder, has his moments, most especially in "The It" when [[TheTrickster Wander]] distracts Hater from the plan of the moment by instigating a game of tag. When Peepers insists that one of the Watchdogs let Hater tag him to get the whole thing over with, they ask him [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why he can't just do it himself]]. It quickly becomes apparent that he doesn't want to be "it" either and is willing to full-on battle Lord Hater to prevent it from happening.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': "Under Wraps" begins with Max taking Ben and Gwen to work on a farm to teach them the value of hard work, which he claims he learned on his uncle's farm as a boy. At the end of the episode, when Ben and Gwen insist that they've totally learned their lesson, Max is relieved, because he now remembers how much he hated working on the farm and happily bails on it with them now that he's made his point.

** In "Sleepy Time", the king in Squidward's dream is amused by the [[BrickJoke man from Peru limerick]].

* Raven gets even worse in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. Her room is full of dark magicky things, she tries her best not to smile... yet she just adores "[[MyLittlePhony Pretty Pretty Pegasus]]", a ''My Little Pony'' Expy.

** In "The Party Poopers", Wander and Sylvia attend an important event so that they can speak to a special council; however, there are references to ToiletHumor ''everywhere'' and Wander has trouble containing himself while a panicked Sylvia tries to prevent anyone from seeing lest they get kicked out. In the end when they finally get to see the council, it's ''Sylvia'' who ends up bursting into laughter in front of everyone, (although the whole thing turns out to be a SecretTestOfCharacter anyway).

*** In "The Fuss", Nicole spends most of the episode passively aggressively guilting her family over a ForgottenAnniversary... only to realize she had somehow been reading the calendar upside down for ''months'' without noticing and had been guilt tripping her family, especially her husband Richard, for nothing.
*** In "The Flower", Gumball gets literally ''possessed'' by the embodiment of his jealousy towards Leslie, after he starts hanging out with his LoveInterest Penny. After it is all resolved, Penny tries to give Gumball a lecture on jealousy... only to be possesed by jealousy herself when Gumball's platonic female friend Carrie gives him a friendly bump on the shoulder.

*** In "The Sidekick," to prove that he’s not Gumball's sidekick, he decides to kidnap Tobias’ mother, something with Gumball, for all of his craziness and stupidity, would ''never'' do: in fact, he even calls out Darwin for it.
*** In "The Bros" and "The BFF," Darwin could be just as possessive and territorial towards anyone he finds is on the way of his and Gumball’s friendship.
*** In "The Banana," Darwin was initially telling Gumball to [[TurnTheOtherCheek forgive Banana Joe]] for what Gumball thinks he did to his pen. After realizing what Joe did to ''his'' stuff, though, thanks to Gumball’s glue prank, he decides to disregard what he preached about, had to be restrained from physically attacking Joe, and decides to chew and ruin Joe’s personal stuff, the same way Joe allegedly chewed Gumball’s pen.
* Various episodes of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' show that Frylock is just as corrupt as either Shake or Carl if given the chance to embrace his urges, and in some cases like "Total Re-Carl", making such bad decisions [[EvenEvilHasStandards that even Master Shake]] [[DumbassHasAPoint calls him out on it.]]

*** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Azula]] is a detached, borderline sociopathic princess who always seems perfectly in control of her emotions. In [[BeachEpisode "The Beach",]] she is revealed to be a colossal dork. She attempts to interact with other teenagers and winds up looking deranged, treating a volleyball game like a huge military victory and giving a dramatic WeCanRuleTogether speech to a boy who likes her. And this isn't even counting her eventual VillainousBreakdown.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Bill Green may be the voice of reason amongst his family, but even he isn't immune from his more silly moments, like when he and his family trashed Remy's mansion in "Mansion Madness," or spent the day all over the city doing every activity that they could in "Last Goodbye."

** Speaking of Numbuh 5, she's usually the most level-headed member of the team and tries to keep everyone focused on the task at hand. In "Operation B.U.T.T.," she's stunned when Numbuh 1 retires abruptly and learns that the Delightful Children from Down the Lane are blackmailing him with a photo of his bare behind. Upon seeing the photo, Numbuhs 2, 3, and 4 immediately start cracking jokes about how huge Nigel's butt is, and though Numbuh 5 tries to resist, she eventually breaks down laughing at the sight and joins in the teasing because it's ''just that big.''

** In "The Ticket Master", [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]] calls the Gala "girly frou-frou nonsense," but once everyone is out of sight, is upset at being the only one without a ticket. Celestia sends down one for him, and he immediately {{Squee}}s, only to be caught by Applejack.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Blossom usually acts like the calm and mature leader of the girls, but there are times where she actually acts her young age, like in “Rainy Day Adventure”, where they all play inside on a rainy day, and Blossom does quite a good Mojo Jojo impression.

** Mitchell always acts like he's a better detective than Jet and his friends, but he still attends Mindy's concert at the end of "Mindy's Mystery".

** In "Doctor, Doctor," he chastises Peter for taking "trivial pleasure" in putting a scare into an irate client… but really because it was ''his'' turn to do that.
** Another example overlapping with HypocriticalHumor happens during "The Cabinet of Calamari"; Peter is chasing Slimer around the firehouse, yelling threats and insults as he tries to retrieve a jacket the ghost stole. Egon ignores all the chaos and tells Peter that he ought to be above reacting so poorly over something insignificant like a jacket...until Peter points out that Slimer stole Egon's school tie at the same time. When Ray arrives, Peter and Egon are both chasing Slimer, demanding their clothing items back.

** When he happens on a carnival using their faces and trademarked symbols in "Rollerghoster", he complains to the manager and threatens to sue, getting himself and Janine evicted from the premises. Peter comments that getting thrown out of an entertainment venue sounds more like something he would do, and the other three have to talk Egon out of embroiling them in a court case that's unlikely to be worth the effort.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In "Landing at Point Rain", ''Jedi Master'' Ki-Adi-Mundi makes Anakin Skywalker fall into StunnedSilence by revealing he's been partaking in Anakin and Ahsoka's BodyCountCompetition.

** While the show is primarily light-hearted, the character of [[Characters/StevenUniverseLapisLazuli Lapis Lazuli]] appears largely in a series of serious episodes, highlighting both her power and BrokenBird status. But early in ''Mirror Gem'', she wastes the better part of a day making fart jokes with Steven, and she's shown to be quite a DeadpanSnarker in "Hit the Diamond". It's just that her later circumstances don't always mesh with her sense of humor.
** [[Characters/StevenUniversePearl Pearl]] is overly responsible, sometimes to the point of being uptight, but she has her own quirks that are often played for comedy. In "Too Many Birthdays" she goes right from talking about how they might be too mature for birthday parties to getting into a fistfight with Amethyst, and in "Full Disclosure" her problem with Amethyst's plan to build a moat and be the crocodile is "You always ''say'' you'll be the crocodile, but you ''never'' commit!". She also completely defeats the purpose of Steven's chore wheel in "Keeping It Together" by crossing out the other three names and writing her own over them ([[NeatFreak "I just really like doing all those things!"]]) but leaving the wheel up.

* WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo!: Antauri is shown to be wise, mature and spiritual… But in “Big Lug”, even ''he'' is shown to get swept up in the wonders of the gas station.

** The Titan for this trope is Raven. TheStoic DarkActionGirl, most frequently the OnlySaneWoman. And yet, when Robin was off training, the other Titans convinced her to suit up in Robin's uniform. "You know you want to" indeed. Also, in "Stranded", Raven is separated from the other Titans -- who are each put into groups of two as they deal with being lost on an alien planet -- and runs into a tribe of tiny, harmless aliens who insist that she not leave. By the end of the episode they've given her the typical tribal goddess schtick, feeding her grapes and giving her a massage on a comfy pillow, and Raven is just ''loving'' it.

*** Sokka is usually the StraightMan to everyone else's weirdness, even the OnlySaneMan at times...and then there are the times when he [[MushroomSamba gets high on cactus juice,]] puts on a fake beard and performs a ridiculous Sigmund Freud impersonation, tries to crawl inside a giant monster's mouth...

*** Azula is a detached, borderline sociopathic princess who always seems perfectly in control of her emotions. In [[BeachEpisode "The Beach",]] she is revealed to be a colossal dork. She attempts to interact with other teenagers and winds up looking deranged, treating a volleyball game like a huge military victory and giving a dramatic WeCanRuleTogether speech to a boy who likes her. And this isn't even counting her eventual VillainousBreakdown.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Bob is usually the OnlySaneMan in the Belcher family, but he has a few eccentricities of his own, like [[CompanionCube talking to (and for) inanimate objects,]] treating Thanksgiving dinner as SeriousBusiness, and his bad habit of [[IntoxicationEnsues tripping on painkillers.]]

** Brian gets this treatment just as often. Where he used to be the OnlySaneMan, many later episodes have seen him developing more and more {{jerkass}} tendencies.

** Twilight Sparkle likes to regard herself as the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Mare]]: her first impression of the citizens of Ponyville is "All the ponies in this town are ''crazy!''" However, Twilight frequently displays lapses in judgment either due to her social awkwardness or her almost-obsessive need to make a good impression on her mentor, Princess Celestia.
** Princess Celestia as well, despite being a [[PhysicalGod physical goddess]] who is well over 1000 years old. Her age and standing as the ruler of all things don't stop her from playfully teasing her subjects from time to time or skipping out of the Grand Galloping Gala to just hang out with friends in a doughnut shop. Another episode has her licking her lips at the cakes at a contest between the best confection-makers in Equestria. The immortal alicorn who raises the sun every morning and lowers it in the evening has ''zero'' resistance to chocolate.
** In "The Ticket Master", Spike calls the Gala "girly frou-frou nonsense," but once everyone is out of sight, is upset at being the only one without a ticket. Celestia sends down one for him, and he immediately {{Squee}}s, only to be caught by Applejack.

** Applejack tends to act as [[TheStraightMan The Straight Mare]] whenever these two are out of the picture, however having the key traits of a rowdy cowgirl, she naturally plays up at times. She can be rather over assertive and is apparently [[StubbornMule stubborn enough to make a mule look reasonable]].

** Amity is first introduced as the smug student who always does well in school and doesn't approve of her older sibling's antics. She's also shown to enjoy reading stories to children, and it turns out she's a big fan of ''The Good Witch Azura'', the same book series Luz likes (in fact, she's the only person on the Boiling Isles aside from Luz and King who likes it). Also, one of the reasons [[OppositesAttract she falls for]] Luz is because of how silly she can be at times.
** Eda's sister Lilith is shown to be more responsible than her, and is often seen as the stuck-up head of the Emperor's Coven. However, when Eda in her Owl Beast form pulls a face at her, she tells her to stop acting so immature... before pulling a face right back. Later episodes after she's left the Emperor's Coven have her acting more dorky over history, as well as finding enjoyment in [[IncrediblyLameFun rather mundane things such as watching ink dry]]. [[OddFriendship She also becomes good friends with Hooty of all characters]].

*** Hunter's first major appearance establishes him as the new head of the Emperor's Coven and he takes King as a hostage to get Luz and Eda to comply with his orders, but while he's waiting, he becomes amused by King thinking that his cage being covered means it's night. In Luz's next encounter with him, there's one point where she puts her hand over his mouth while explaining something, only for him to lick it. It's also shown that he acts more like a teenager and enjoys himself when he's around other teenagers, reminding us that [[ChildSoldiers despite his position, he is still a child]].

** Even ''the Emperor himself'' isn't safe from this. In the Season 2 finale, he changes into the outfit he originally wore when he first arrived in the Demon Realm, which Luz tells him [[FrozenFashionSense is terribly outdated]] and along with his ideals won't be taken seriously in the present day Human Realm. Rather than dismiss her, Belos actually considers that she might have a point, and while still suspicious is convinced to accept her offer of being a guide for him.

** Marge Simpson has a gambling addiction.
** When Marge decided to sell prescription drugs just so that her garage sale would be a success. Marge ended up in jail at the end of that one.
** Marge secretly likes Homer's wild side. After Homer mellowed out in "Jaws Wired Shut", [[WeWantOurJerkBack Marge quickly became frustrated by the lack of activity]], and took up monster truck racing, leaving Homer having to rescue her.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E21TheFatherTheSonAndTheHolyGuestStar The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star]]", in a refreshing twist, it is Marge, not Homer, who learns a lesson about tolerance. (Though less satisfyingly, Marge's [[CompressedVice dislike of Catholics]] is [[TakeOurWordForIt never fully explained]]).
** When the family has Mr. Burn's teddy bear [[NumberOneDime Bobo]] in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E4Rosebud Rosebud]]":

** That said, Mr. Burns as well. It's very odd to see such a greedy man who is so consumed with desire for money to put all that aside in favor of wanting a nostalgic but financially worthless teddy bear from his youth in "Rosebud".

** Conscientious Lisa loves the ultraviolent Itchy and Scratchy cartoons as much as Bart does. She also occasionally joins him in his more destructive fun, like indoors ice-cream ball fights, bathroom product races, indoor bike jousting and prank-calling Moe.
** Lisa likes to think she's smarter and above the corrupt actions of nearly everyone in town but is just as susceptible to them as anyone else whenever they come around. She quickly gets jealous of anyone who does better at school than her (even her baby sister Maggie), is not above trying to force people to her way of thinking, is easily corrupted by any amount of power, and quickly becomes unhinged the moment any blemishes on her school work appear.

** Stan and Kyle are hit with this every now and then.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' had Squidward Tentacles, the show's [[TheComicallySerious comically serious character]], move away from his wacky neighbors and into a community of people exactly like him. Initially delighted, he eventually became bored with the lack of hijinks he so detested and, by the end of the episode, was acting exactly like his ex-neighbors usually did. (This was subject to SnapBack and never referred to again.)

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E08Veritas Veritas]]", when Tendi is excited about being assigned to cleaning the senior conference room, Mariner downplays how exciting this actually is. Once Tendi's out of earshot, she then grouses that she never gets that assignment.

** While the show is primarily light-hearted, the character of Lapis Lazuli appears largely in a series of serious episodes, highlighting both her power and BrokenBird status. But early in ''Mirror Gem'', she wastes the better part of a day making fart jokes with Steven, and she's shown to be quite a DeadpanSnarker in "Hit the Diamond". It's just that her later circumstances don't always mesh with her sense of humor.
** Pearl is overly responsible, sometimes to the point of being uptight, but she has her own quirks that are often played for comedy. In "Too Many Birthdays" she goes right from talking about how they might be too mature for birthday parties to getting into a fistfight with Amethyst, and in "Full Disclosure" her problem with Amethyst's plan to build a moat and be the crocodile is "You always ''say'' you'll be the crocodile, but you ''never'' commit!". She also completely defeats the purpose of Steven's chore wheel in "Keeping It Together" by crossing out the other three names and writing her own over them ([[NeatFreak "I just really like doing all those things!"]]) but leaving the wheel up.

*** Azula is a detached, borderline sociopathic princess who always seems perfectly in control of her emotions. In [[BeachEpisode "The Beach",]] she is revealed to be a colossal dork. Her attempts to interact with other teenagers and winding up looking deranged, treating a volleyball game like a huge military victory and giving a dramatic WeCanRuleTogether speech to a boy who likes her. And this isn't even counting her eventual VillainousBreakdown.

-->'''Tenzin''': Oh come on, refs! There was some funny business in that last play!\\