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1->''"Fine, judge all you want to. But—married a lesbian; left a man at the altar; fell in love with a gay ice dancer; threw a girl’s wooden leg in a fire; lives in a box!"''
2-->-- '''Monica''' (to '''Ross''', '''Rachel''', '''Phoebe''', '''Joey''', and '''Chandler''', respectively), ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "[[Recap/FriendsS4E8TheOneWithChandlerInABox The One With Chandler In A Box]]"
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4Here is an index about characters calling out other characters for doing something wrong or at least doing something that displeases them.
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6Compare InsultTropes, and IndexOfShame. Contrast AdmirationTropes and ComplimentTropes.
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8!!Tropes:
9* AngerBornOfWorry: A character chews out another for getting themselves in danger.
10* AnguishedOutburst: A character bitterly and sadly calls out on others due to a misfortune involving one or both parties.
11* ArsonMurderAndAdmiration: One villain starts listing the flaws of the other villain, then complimenting their merits.
12* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: A character chews out another for all they did wrong and then admires them for something they did right.
13* CallingOutForNotCalling: A character is called out for not getting in touch with another character.
14* CallingTheOldManOut: When a character tells off a parental figure.
15* CallingTheYoungManOut: When a parent or parental figure tells off their child.
16* CantTakeCriticism: When a character doesn't take the rebuke very well.
17%%* Commended For Pushback: When a character calls their superior out, it earns the respect of the latter. - Rogue Launched
18* CowardiceCallout: Someone gets called out on their cowardly behavior/conduct.
19* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Mocking your enemy for having been foolish enough to trust you, or naive enough to think their plan would stop you.
20* DidYouThinkICantFeel: A character has emotional torment, even if they don't usually express it.
21* EvenEvilHasStandards: A villain calls out a hero or another villain for doing misdeeds that even they are disgusted by.
22* FightingYourGod: A character or group rebukes their own divine patrons or objects or worship.
23* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Someone is called out for trying to use a FreudianExcuse in order to justify themselves and/or their actions.
24* KirkSummation: The hero verbally deconstructs the villain.
25* LazinessCallout: A lazy character is called out for their slacking.
26* NoMercyForMurderers: A killer is still a killer, in spite of their sympathetic or reasonable intentions.
27* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: Getting called out for holding a grudge towards another character or being vengeful.
28* PunishedForSympathy: When a character gets called out for sympathizing or showing kindness to someone who is less deserving of it.
29* QuitYourWhining: Telling a character to stop complaining.
30* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Character verbally abuses the powers that be, whoever or whatever they are.
31* RageAgainstTheMentor: The protege calls out their mentor.
32* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The character makes a speech that lists the flaws of another.
33* RevengeIsNotJustice: The character is called out for using their quest for revenge to justify hurting others.
34* SarcasticWellWishing: "Congratulating" a character for a "success", warning that their "victory" will be a [[PyrrhicVictory Pyrrhic one]].
35* ScrewYouElves: Calling out the SuperiorSpecies.
36* ShamingTheMob: When a character calls out a mob for their actions.
37* ShamedByAMob: When a character gets called out by a mob for their actions.
38* ShutUpHannibal: A hero rebukes a villain's [[BreakThemByTalking attempt to deconstruct them.]]
39* ShutUpKirk: Villain brushes aside the hero's KirkSummation.
40* SwiperNoSwiping: Getting the villain to cease their misdeeds by simply telling them to stop.
41* ThatLiarLies: A person is reprimanded for lying.
42* ThisCannotBe: Refusing to accept defeat at the hands of the character who just handed your butt to you on a plate.
43* ThisIsUnforgivable: When a character calls another character out for something they can't forgive and lets them know about it in no uncertain terms.
44* VigilanteInjustice: When cops arrest the vigilante and call them out for executing a criminal or murdering an innocent suspect under the belief that they were guilty.
45* WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately: A character has helped another character several times in the past. In spite of this, the latter is adamant that the former still owes him a favor.
46* WhatTheHellHero: When a hero gets called out for a morally questionable action.
47* WhatTheHellPlayer: When video game players get called out for their bad deeds.
48* WhatWereYouThinking: A character does a stupid thing that goes horribly wrong. Character B asks the reason behind such stupidity.
49* YouBastard: A character chastises the audience for enjoying what they shouldn't enjoy.
50* YoureInsane: A character announces how insane he/she finds another character to be and instantly goes to stop them.
51* YouMonster: When someone is called a monster as a way of pointing out to the audience how evil another character finds him/her to be.

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