History PlayingWith / ParentalHypocrisy

'''Basic Trope''': Parents chastise their children for doing things they themselves have done when they were younger.

** Now as an adult Shannon, Shannon looks back on her wild youth with the wisdom of hindsight and can see that what she did was very irresponsible and caused her a lot of pain. It's ''because'' she experienced that herself that she wants better for her daughter.
* '''Inverted''': Sharon [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out Shannon]] for cheating on her dad, Simon, although she previously cheated on Harry, her ex-boyfriend.

** Turns out that rumors of Shannon's past were highly exaggerated. Or Sharon acts much better than Shannon at her age.

** Shannon is inconsistent with what she'll own up to. She'll admit freely that she was TheSlacker in school, engaged in all the VandalismTropes out there, and got involved with rebellious music, but she denies her premarital sex and that she was the AlphaBitch in high school, thinks [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl her highly inappropriate, full-time nudity is actually good]], and downplays how much she drank and smoked.

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** Shannon went through many unhappy experiences because of the things she did in her youth, and she doesn't want Sharon to go through the same things.
** When she was young, Shannon was very irresponsible, but since then she has matured enough to know that this was wrong.

** Shannon grew up in [[WrongSideOfTheTracks an uncomfortable-to-the-point-of-shady neighbourhood]], while Sharon has a more comfortable childhood by comparison.

** Shannon is inconsistent with what she'll own up to. She'll admit freely that she was TheSlacker in school, engaged in all the VandalismTropes out there, and got involved with rebellious music, but she denies her premarital sex, excuses her many and ''ongoing'' instances of [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside being caught nude in public]], and downplays how much she drank and smoked.
** Shannon tolerates some of Sharon's foibles that she recognizes from her own history as "girls will be girls", discourages others, and expresses no opinion on others.

* '''Reconstructed''': Shannon is compassionate and frames her lessons as SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, which gets through to Sharon much more effectively.

* '''Exaggerated''': Shannon rebukes Sharon for smoking weed, [[ReallyGetsAround having sex with multiple boys]], committing vandalism, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] [[SirSwearsALot using profanity]], even though Shannon is ''still'' doing all of those things.
* '''Downplayed''': Shannon scolds her daughter Sharon for doing something similiar but more serious than she did in her youth like pickpocketing when she shoplifted.

** When she was little, Shannon was very irresponsible, but since then she has matured enough to know that this was wrong.
* '''Inverted''': Sharon [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out Shannon]] for cheating on her dad, although she previously cheated on Harry, her ex-boyfriend.

** Shannon secretly ''wants'' Sharon to do all of the things she used to do. It's just that she thinks that [[ForbiddenFruit there's no thrill if your parents]] ''[[ForbiddenFruit let]]'' [[ForbiddenFruit you do them]], and she doesn't want to deprive Sharon of that.

** Sharon makes eye-contact with a crackhead and Shannon bursts into an extended rant on [[DrugsAreBad the dangers of drugs]], ending with "Ah, crap, I need another fix."
** Shannon had quite a wild past and owns up with it a bit too preemptively to her very mild daughter Sharon with [[NoodleIncident details like why you should]] [[SpoofAesop never smoke cocaine and then]] [[ParentalSexualitySquick have a threesome with a clown and a midget.]] [[RefugeInAudacity Especially not twice in a church.]]
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Shannon is inconsistent with what she'll own up to. She'll admit freely that she was TheSlacker in school, engaged in all the VandalismTropes out there, and got involved with rebellious music, but she denies her premarital sex, excuses her many and ''ongoing'' instances of [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside being caught nude in public]], and downplays how much she drank and smoked.

* '''Invoked''': Shannon didn't learn from her actions properly. She realizes other people aren't invincible (but not that ''she'' isn't) because she's alive and well while her friend Alice went to prison and her brother Bob became disabled.

* '''Defied''': Shannon opens her criticism by telling Sharon, "I've made all the mistakes you have and I regret them all."

* '''Conversed''': "It would be pretty funny if all the things you criticize me for are things you've done when you were young."

* '''Deconstructed''': Shannon's lectures come across as {{anvilicious}} to Sharon, who decides that since her mom did what she's now criticizing her for doing, [[TemptingFate she can keep doing it with no negative consequences.]] She's soon proved wrong.

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%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Sharon makes eye-contact with a crackhead and Shannon bursts into an extended rant on [[DrugsAreBad the dangers of drugs]], ending with "Ah, crap, I need another fix."

** Shannon didn't grow up in the best of environments, while Sharon has a more comfortable childhood by comparison.

* '''Subverted''': Turns out that rumors of Shannon's past were highly exaggerated. Or Sharon acts much better than Shannon at her age.
** Shannon was a teenaged mother -- however it was later revealed that [[ChildByRape Sharon wasn't born of a consensual union]].
* '''Double Subverted''': But they actually aren't just rumors. Or Sharon isn't actually any better.
* '''Parodied''': Sharon makes eye-contact with a crackhead and Shannon bursts into an extended rant on [[DrugsAreBad the dangers of drugs]], ending with "Ah crap, I need another fix."

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Shannon is inconsistent with what she'll own up to. She'll admit freely that she was TheSlacker in school, went {{Streaking}}, and got involved with rebellious music, but she denies her premarital sex and downplays how much she drank.

* '''Enforced''': "Shannon always seem to be the paragon of virtue to her children. Let's subvert this by having her be like a hypocrite."
** The part of Shannon was originally intended for a woman a decade older and they used her real age for a joke [[WritersCannotDoMath then realized it implied she was a teenaged mother]].

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': Shannon opens her criticism by telling Sharon, "I've made all the mistakes you have and I definitely regret them."

* '''Reconstructed''': Shannon is compassionate and frames her lessons as SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, which gets through to her daughter much more effectively.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Shannon was an aspiring comedian and sees Sharon is better at it than she was.[[FantasyForbiddingFather Now she wants to forbid Sharon from doing it.]]

** The part of Shannon was originally intended for a woman a decade older and they used her real age for a joke [[WritersCantDoMath then realized it implied she was a teenaged mother]].

* '''Straight''': Shannon scolds her daughter Sharon for smoking weed, although she had done that when she was her age.
* '''Exaggerated''': Shannon rebukes Sharon for smoking weed, having sex with multiple boys, committing vandalism, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking using profanity]], even though Shannon is ''still'' doing all of those things.
* '''Downplayed''': Shannon scolds her daughter Sharon for doing something similiar but more serious than she did in her youth like pick pocketing when she shoplifted.

** Shannon was a teenaged mother - however it was later revealed that [[ChildByRape Sharon wasn't born of a consensual union]].

* '''Parodied''': Sharon makes eye-contact with a crackhead and Shannon bursts into an extended rant on the dangers of drugs, ending with "Ah crap, I need another fix."

* '''Zig Zagged''': Shannon is inconsistent with what she'll own up to. She'll admit not being the best student and getting involved with rebellious music but she denies premarital sex and downplays how much she drank.

** The part of Shannon was originally intended for a woman decade older and they used her real age for a joke [[WritersCantDoMath then realized it implied she was a teenaged mother]].

* '''Defied''': Shannon opens her criticism by telling Sharon, "I've made the mistakes you have and I definitely regret them."

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

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

* '''Straight''': Shannon scolds Sharon for having sexual relations with her boyfriend Harry, although she had done that when she was her age.
* '''Exaggerated''': Shannon rebukes Sharon for smoking weed, having sex, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking using profanity]], even though Shannon is ''still'' doing all of these things.

* '''Justified''': Shannon didn't grow up in the best of environments, while Sharon has a more comfortable childhood by comparison.

'''Basic Trope''': Parents chastize their children for doing things they themselves have done when they were younger.

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