History RealityEnsues / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E16To18WorldsFinest Worlds Finest]]", during an argument, Batman takes Superman unawares and judo throws him across an alley. Superman responds by getting up and shoving Batman several feet across the room, quipping "I knew you were crazy, I didn't think you were stupid". Rather than break out some specialist gadget or use some arcane martial arts technique, Batman holds Superman at bay with some Kryptonite and flee, since he is smart enough to realise that he cannot fight a superstrong man who he cannot even hit without breaking his hand.

** The episode "The Fan" has an [[LoonyFan obsessive fan desperate to find out Jem's real identity]] teaming up with the Misfits and leads to Jem going through a harrowing experience where she nearly loses her mind, getti ng mildly injured and the fan himself being double-crossed by the band due to never learning the truth. Upon being rescued by her and the Holograms, in spite of Jem's kind and generous nature, the guy's regret at his indirect role of her troubles and giving her a sincere apology, she admits that she doesn't forgive him and even his ignorance of what the rival band was planning to do doesn't diminish his responsibility (although he is still invited to their concert).

* ''RealityEnsues/DisneyAnimatedSeries''
* ''RealityEnsues/DuckTales2017''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'':

** The episode "The Fan" has an [[LoonyFan obsessive fan desperate to find out Jem's real identity]] teaming up with the Misfits and leads to Jem going through a harrowing experience where she nearly loses her mind, getting mildly injured and the fan himself being double-crossed by the band due to never learning the truth. Upon being rescued by her and the Holograms, in spite of Jem's kind and generous nature, the guy's regret at his indirect role of her troubles and giving her a sincere apology, she admits that she doesn't forgive him and even his ignorance of what the rival band was planning to do doesn't diminish his responsibility (although he is still invited to their concert).

** In the episode "King Johnny", Johnny's MadScientist sisters bring his chess pieces to life in order to make the game more interesting. Upon being made "king" of the chess army, Johnny gets [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity the King's Madness]] and becomes DrunkOnPower, eventually declaring that he's going to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Europe]] with his new army. Both Dukey and Johnny's sisters immediately lampshade the sheer impossibility of that goal. After all, if Napoleon--a military genius with one of the greatest armies in history--failed, then what chance does a delusional eleven-year-old with a few dozen cosplayers have? Indeed, when "King" Johnny sets out on his conquest, the most he ever does is briefly take over a few European and Chinese-themed restaurants. Additionally, the Test sisters' main concern isn't Johnny's chess army, it's the police and SWAT teams who are eventually called in to take him down.

* In a wide number of episodes, Archer points out how stupid it is that everyone he runs into seems to think the BottomlessMagazines trope will play straight, and mocks the cast's tendency to not pay close attention to how many shots they have left. One of these times Ron and Archer are on the run from a bunch of crazy fetishists (ItMakesSenseInContext) and Archer threatens them with his handgun, but Ron dares Archer to actually shoot them. Archer then points out that he had emptied his only clip shooting at the goons that were chasing them a while back and was bluffing. While the two resume running Ron wonders how he could be out of bullets so fast, to which Archer points out that a handgun not only holds a finite number of bullets, but also a very small amount because of its relative size. In another episode, Mallory (who taught her son his secret agent skills), when preparing to go up against her son for dating a defected Russian agent, beats his ability to count shots by leaving one in the chamber.

** In the same episode, the team subdue the guard dogs of the condo by feeding them tranquilizer-laced doggie treats. The following episode reveals that the dogs had a bad reaction to the tranquilizers and had to be taken to the vet for treatment.

** Depending on the animal, Eliza knew never to mess with them. Wolves were fine because they don't normally prey on humans, so she could be around them long enough to speak with them and get them on her side. Crocodiles were always one of the animals Eliza never even bothered sharing words with, since she knows they're opportunistic predators and would eat her words or no words. Even bears and big cats she'd generally avoid unless she pulled an AndroclesLion or was helping their family.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Starscream manages to seemingly kill Megatron and declares himself to be the Decepticons' new leader. Much to Starscream's surprise, the other Decepticons refuse to recognize him as their leader and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere jump ship]] the moment he turns his back on them. Killing your boss doesn't automatically result in a KlingonPromotion, especially if you're unpopular amongst your peers.

** In the Season 2 finale, Starscream attacks Megatron with an army of clones. Despite [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] Starscream in previous battles, [[spoiler: Megatron gets completely overwhelmed due to their sheer numbers. Had it not been for Professor Sumdac's attempted DeusExMachina, Starscream would have succeeded in killing Megatron.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': A RunningGag in ''Family Guy'' involves Cleveland having a hole blown in the side of his house while he's trying to take a bath due to Peter's shenanigans, which causes the bath to slide out of the house, fall from the second story, and break. In "Gone with the Wind" of this show, it's revealed that the same thing happened to Loretta after Cleveland moved out, and the fall broke her neck.

** Clash is a good example of this trope. In spite of all of the trickery and sabotage that she does for the Misfits and occasionally hanging out with them, doesn't mean that they want her in the band of are even friends with her (which is kind of justified because unlike her rival/cousin Video, who's a successful director who works on many Jem and the Holograms projects, she can't sing or play an instrument[[note]]as those "cymbals" on her wrists are just for show[[/note]] and is little more than a desperate groupie).

** In "I'm with Cupid", Bobby joins Boomhauer to learn his methods of picking up women. Said method is hitting on every woman in sight, where he's rejected 23 times before he finally scores. Just because Boomhauer is a good-looking guy doesn't mean women will throw themselves at his feet.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' short "Little Old Slappy from Pasadena" had Slappy Squirrel race her car through town at an enormous speed, causing indirect inconvenience to some of the passersby. At the end of the short, Slappy ends up surrounded by a bunch of cops ready to arrest her for exceeding the speed limit and being a public nuisance.

*** Later, she tries writing [=BoJack=]'s memoirs as a biography called ''One Trick Pony''. Diane thinks HonestyIsTheBestPolicy and to show her best friend's WartsAndAll. Only she violated the terms of her ghostwriting contract and spilled a lot of information that [=BoJack=] doesn't want to see in print, and he notes the warts lack the "And All" part. He fires her on those grounds and is not happy when she leaks excerpts to Buzzfeed to force him to concede. ReadTheFinePrint is very real, folks.

*** Later, she tries writing [=BoJack=]'s memoirs as a biography called ''One Trick Pony''. Diane thinks HonestyIsTheBestPolicy and to show her best friend's WartsAndAll. Only she violated the terms of her ghostwriting contract and spilled a lot of information that [=BoJack=] doesn't want to see in print, and he notes the warts lack the "And All" part. He fires her on those grounds and is not happy when she leaks excerpts to Buzzfeed to force him to concede. ReadThePrint is very real, folks.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'':
** The title character in season one tends to assume that situations will resolve like they do in sitcoms, since he starred in one during the 1990s. Reality tends to hit him in the face. Case in point:
*** When his former costar Sarah Lynn stabs herself in a store, [=BoJack=] lets her stay at his house for several days, where he finds out she is a raging drug addict. Remembering how she wanted to go to an amusement park when she was a kid, [=BoJack=] takes her there when she's thirty to apologize for not protecting her during their sitcom days. Sarah Lynn seems to appreciate the gesture, only to tell [=BoJack=] later that she's not a child anymore, and he's not her father so he can't solve her problems with one day of fun.
*** He finds out that the ''Horsin Around'' creator and his former friend, Herb, has terminal cancer. [=BoJack=] goes to make amends because the studio convinced him to throw Herb under the bus after he was outed as a gay man. Herb is not interested in forgiving the horse; he says that it's [=BoJack=] refusing to talk to him for twenty years hurt more than being fired and blacklisted.
** Diane has a few where her WideEyedIdealist tendencies get her in trouble:
*** She helps "rescue" a chicken from a farm where they're slaughtered to become part of the meat industry. Is it cool and righteous? [[spoiler:Not to the cops, who arrest her and her "cronies" for trespassing and robbery once they catch up]].
*** Later, she tries writing [=BoJack=]'s memoirs as a biography called ''One Trick Pony''. Diane thinks HonestyIsTheBestPolicy and to show her best friend's WartsAndAll. Only she violated the terms of her ghostwriting contract and spilled a lot of information that [=BoJack=] doesn't want to see in print, and he notes the warts lack the "And All" part. He fires her on those grounds and is not happy when she leaks excerpts to Buzzfeed to force him to concede. ReadThePrint is very real, folks.

* ''RealityEnsues/BojackHorseman''

** Operation I.T reveals that being the [[BigGood Supreme Leader Of the Kids Next Door]] is not a fun or easy job. Not only do you not get to go on the fun and wild missions anymore, but you are also stuck doing the boring work and trying to keep thousands of kids under control, much like real higher up positions. In addition, the current Supreme Leader Numbuh 362, hates the job for those reasons.

* [[spoiler:The Guardian may have been tough, but there's no way he could have defeated Aku, especially because nothing short of Jack's sword could've done that]].