History PlayingWith / AtLeastIAdmitIt

* '''Enforced''': The executives order the writers to make a [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop moral lesson where admitting your wrongs is better than being a hypocrite]].

** "I may hide my crimes [[VillainWithGoodPublicity behind a veneer of righteousness]], but at least I don't [[CardCarryingVillain wear my sins like a badge of honor.]]

'''Basic Trope''': Being open about your shortcomings is considered better than hiding them.

** "Yeah, I lie about who I am. [[KarmaHoudini You notice how i'm not in jail right now?]] [[ShutUpHannibal You wanna quit with the sanctimony]] and maybe [[PragmaticVillainy think for two seconds about how those facts are connected?!"]]

** "I may hide my crimes [[VillainWithGoodPublicity behind a veneer of righteousness,]], but at least I don't [[CardCarryingVillain wear my sins like a badge of honor.]]

* '''Justified''': Bob doesn't want anyone to see him as a {{hypocrite}}.

* '''Defied''': Not wanting to get into trouble, Bob goes to great lengths to hide his secrets. His friends never find out.

* '''Reconstructed''': [[TheSociopath But hey, it's not like he regrets it or is even sorry about it]].

I may be a WikiVandal, a natter, and I've evaded my suspension ban, but AtLeastIAdmitIt!

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** "You may have the moral high ground, but we're both still deep in the dirt."

* '''Exploited''': Bob is [[CardCarryingVillian unabashedly open]] about his tyrannical ways, knowing he can take RefugeInAudacity in addition to a moral high ground.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "I bet you're going to say that it's okay to admit that you've sold out on your own family." "No. Being honest doesn't make you a better person."

* '''Lampshaded''': "So what if you admit that you have done all of these bad things to us? That doesn't make you a good person, Bob." "Well, at least I didn't lie. That's something."

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob acknowledges that he does bad things, but he doesn't make an effort to better himself. He clearly understands right from wrong, so his casual disregard for conventional morality shows that he's a major hypocrite at best and a remorseless sociopath at worst.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob acknowledges that he does bad things, but he doesn't make an effort to better himself. He clearly understands right from wrong, so his casual disregard for decent behavior shows that he's a major hypocrite and perhaps even a remorseless sociopath.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob does admit that he has done very horrible and petty things, but even if he isn't a hypocrite, that didn't mean that he would be [[MoralEventHorizon eligible for redemption, as he uses this as a crutch to commit more bad things]], with the result being that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even hypocrites are disgusted at him]].

** [[HypocriticalHumor Being a hypocrite is considered better than admitting you're wrong.]]

* '''Inverted''': Being a hypocrite is considered better than admitting you're wrong.

** Alice was lying about the murders because she wants to get dirt on Bob.

* '''Averted''': Nothing about admitting your wrongs ''inherently'' gives you the moral high ground.

* '''Defied''': Not wanting to get into trouble, Bob goes to great lengths to hide his secrets.

* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob does admit that he has done very horrible and petty things, but even if he isn't a hypocrite, that didn't mean that he would be [[MoralEventHorizon eligible for redemption, as he uses this as a crutch to commit more bad things]], with the result being that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even hypocrites are disgusted at him.]]
** Bob gets a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how his honesty makes him even ''worse'', because he openly acknowledges his bad behavior and still refuses to change it.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob does admit that he has done very horrible and petty things, but even if he isn't a hypocrite, that didn't mean that he would be [[MoralEventHorizon eligible for redemption, as he uses this as a crutch to commit more bad things]], with the result being that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even hypocrites are disgusted at him.]] [[TheSociopath But hey, it's not like he regrets it or is even sorry about it]].

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Averted''': There's nothing better about admitting your wrongs and being a hypocrite.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob does admit that he has done very horrible and petty things, but even if he isn't a hypocrite, that didn't mean that he would be [[MoralEventHorizon eligible for redemption, as he uses this as a crutch to commit more bad things]], with the result being that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even hypocrites are disgusted at him.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': But hey, it's not like [[IRegretNothing he regrets it]] or is even [[TheUnapologetic sorry about it]].

'''Basic Trope''': Being open about your shortcomings is better than hiding them.
* '''Straight''': Bob admits that he's lied to Alice, stolen Charlie's money, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mooches off of porn]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob openly admits that he killed thousands of innocents [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]].

* '''Inverted''': Being a hypocrite is better than admitting you're wrong.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is honest about his stealing and porn addiction...\\
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a) ...to everyone except Alice, that is.\\
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b) ...but has spent millions covering up the thousands of innocents he slaughtered.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Enforced''': The author wants to make a [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop moral lesson where admitting your wrongs is better than being a hypocrite]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "I bet you're going to say that it's okay to admit that you've sold out on your own family."
* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': "So what if you admit that you have done all of these bad things to us; that doesn't make you a good person, Bob."
* '''Discussed''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Bob is honest about his stealing and porn addiction...
** ...to everyone except Alice, that is.
** ...but has spent millions covering up the thousands of innocents he slaughtered.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Subverted''': ???

* '''Defied''': "So what if you admit that you have done all of these bad things to us, that doesn't make you a good person, Bob."

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob does admit that he has done very horrible and petty things, but even if he isn't a hypocrite, that didn't mean that he would be [[MoralEventHorizon eligible for redemption as he uses this as an crutch to commit more bad things]] that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even hypocrites are disgusted at him.]]

* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob seems like he's going to admit to a relevant flaw but instead lists off a laundry list of flaws, some of which he doesn't have or even are flaws to begin with.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob openly admits that he killed thousands of innocents just for fun.

* '''Justified''': Bob doesn't want anyone to see him as a hypocrite.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Straight''': Bob admits that he's lied to Alice, stole Charlie's money, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mooches off of porn]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob openly admits that he killed thousands of innocents.

* '''Inverted''': ???

* '''Averted''': Bob is just a plain hypocrite.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Inverted''':

* '''Lampshaded''':