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6	!!The following have their own pages:
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9	* WhatTheHellHero/TheDCU
10	* WhatTheHellHero/MarvelUniverse
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14	* ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' has two such moments:
15	** In issue 3, the JLA and the Avengers have had more than enough of the jackassery ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica have been engaging in throughout the series.
16	** In issue 2, ComicBook/PlasticMan calls out ComicBook/{{Batman}} on his {{hypocri\|ticalHumor}}sy when Batman told their JLA teammates to ignore the problems of the Marvel Universe (including ComicBook/DoctorDoom, [[ComicBook/NewXMen the ruins of Genosha]], and ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk), yet he himself decides to keep ComicBook/ThePunisher from killing drug dealers.
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19	* In ''ComicBook/{{Cardboard}}'', Cam calls Mike out for trying to leave Bill to fend for himself.
20	* ''ComicBook/{{Cilia}}'': The heroes more or less call themselves out. Raymond chooses to tell Zackery about Cilia before they go save her because he feels it's necessary. When he is finally done, a message from the fishermen gets harpooned to the door. In response, Zackery exclaims it's "already noon" and that they've been talking "for a long time".
21	* ''ComicBook/CourtneyCrumrinAndTheNightThings'':
22	** In ''Crumrin and the Monster Holiday'', Uncle Aloysius receives one from an innkeeper for his failing to notice the emotional weaknesses of Courtney, which resulted in her trusting and being fed on by a vampire. The innkeeper points out that Courtney is just a child and has been forced to grow up quickly to take care of herself, while her uncle treated her "like a piece of inconvenient baggage" on the trip.
23	** Courtney gives a few herself. Namely:
24	*** While the FairFolk have pretty ambiguous morals, Courtney still chews out one for not caring that her "son" (a human changeling she raised as her own) is trapped in the human world and possibly going to be killed.
25	*** When Courtney discovers that [[spoiler:Hermia had it within her power to find a loophole in the spell and clear said changeling's name (which would have saved the changeling from its death sentence), yet chose to remain silent because "I just wanted to be left alone", she calls her out on it.]]
26	*** When Courtney rescues one of her classmates from the fairy realm, he instantly starts complaining about how dangerous it is and how the warlocks in the human world should go in and destroy it. Courtney points out to him that ''they'' are the intruders and that if he had listened to her instead of barging in and assuming that it was "Disney land meets Literature/TheLordOfTheRings", they wouldn't be in the mess they're in.
27	* In the BOOM Comics revival of ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' Gosalyn and Launchpad learn the reason why Darkwing gave up being a hero was because [[spoiler:Negaduck had learned his identity and he was upstaged by a bunch of robots and decided to keep Gosalyn in a fancy school.]] Gosalyn reads him the riot act:
28	-->'''Gosalyn:''' I'm sorry, dad, but I've waited a year and a half to say this, but... ''[spins Darkwing's chair]'' '''Are You Crazy?!''' You're always saying '''"LetsGetDangerous"''' Not '''"Let's Get Dangerous Unless They Find Out Where We Live!"''' And certainly not '''"Let's Get Dangerous Until We Can't Afford It!"'''
29	* Clara gets one in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' strip "Blood and Ice" from Oswin "Winnie" Clarence, who is ''not'' pleased to learn she's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor a personality fragment who exists purely to get the Doctor out of a tight spot, and then immediately die]].
30	* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''. While {{Gamemaster}} BA usually lets the DesignatedHero VillainProtagonist [[PlayerCharacter PCs]] run roughshod over the {{NPC}}s, occasionally when they go too far he'll break character to deliver an in-universe AuthorFilibuster [[YouBastard about what bastards his players are being]]. The players just [[ComedicSociopathy ignore him and continue being bastards]].
31	* ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck, Chapter 11: The Empire Builder From Calisota'': Hortense and Matilda [=McDuck=] leave their brother Scrooge a note chastizing him for attacking the Congo village just to get their land. This plus several {{Floating Advice Reminder}}s finally make MrViceGuy realize he's crossed a line and exclaim, "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have I done?!]]" Unfortunately, he then spots a note that he has now been declared the most wealthy duck in all the world, resulting in an IgnoredEpiphany that leads him spiralling into a sullen, miserly existence isolated from everyone that lasts until his nephew and grand-nephews enter his life and get him to finally go back to his old ways.
32	* ''ComicBook/{{Pathfinder\|DynamiteComics}}'': Party cleric Kyra is introduced having her morning meditations rudely interrupted by Valeros running outside to vomit after going on a bender the previous night. She reads him the riot act for disrespecting his body and soul, to which he actually expresses some contrition after initially trying to laugh it off with SelfDeprecation.
33	* In the autobiographical graphic novel ''ComicBook/{{Persepolis}}'':
34	** To avoid being confronted by guards over lipstick she is wearing, she accuses a nearby man of "humiliating" her (the man had earlier leered at her, which actually is an offence in Iran), causing the guards to arrest him instead of her, never to be seen again. Marjane's grandmother then scolds her for her callous actions. Marjane's actions were truly disturbing, taking into consideration that the accused man, being arrested in Iran, may have been tortured or executed despite having committed a trifling "crime".
35	** Earlier in the book, when Marjane is a child, she and her friends hear that a classmate's father has been unjustly arresting others. They decide to get revenge -- by driving nails [[RevengeByProxy into the]] ''[[RevengeByProxy classmate]]''. When her mother catches them at it (thankfully before they find the classmate), she bluntly asks Marjane "How would it feel if I drove nails into your ears?" She then reminds Marjane that no matter what the father did, it's wrong to punish someone for something a relative of theirs did.
36	* Inverted in ''ComicBook/{{Plutona}}'': the kids are called out for desecrating a corpse though they tried to stop it. The hero ignores their explanation and flies away.
37	* In ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'', Katie gets called out multiple times for her callous actions, especially when [[spoiler:Max confronts her when he learns she was cheating on him with Andrew]]. These actions are usually done out of ignorance, since after undergoing revisions she doesn't know what is and isn't acceptable in the new timeline.
38	* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': When fictional characters from every book ever written are attacking everyone in New New York, including the Planet Express crew and the Simpsons, Bart points out to the fictional characters that he and his family are also made-up characters. Thus, if the fictional characters have to capture someone, they should capture the Planet Express crew, much to the latter's shock. After the PE crew members are handcuffed and the Simpsons are told they're free to go, Marge angrily tells her son that she's very disappointed in him.
39	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
40	** In Monkey Khan's debut, Sally released him from his imprisonment and he, in turn, began to attack the Egg-robots, angry that Dr. Robotnik had experimented on him and left him imprisoned for a decade. Sonic, frustrated at all of the changes happening in the world and hearing Khan's former affiliation with Robotnik, attacks the monkey. Sally angrily tells him to stop as Khan could potentially be an ally and all he'd done was fight against the robots that were attacking them. After Sally is kidnapped by Khan, Antoine gives him a similar though much calmer critique telling him he needs to take responsibility for his impulsiveness.
41	** Antoine would be ''much'' rougher with Khan in #204 for not warning the Freedom Fighters of the technomancy powers of the Iron Queen, which had been used against Bunnie in the previous issue. The rougher tone is justified, since he and Bunnie were married at this point.
42	** Sonic has defeated [[spoiler:Dr. Robotnik. Suddenly, Robotnik flipped out, tearing off most of his mustache -- Sonic winced in pain seeing that -- and collapsed, babbling incoherently]]. When Sally showed up and asked what happened, Sonic didn't know, saying that he beat him like normal. Snively then walks up to them and says that Sonic didn't just beat [[spoiler:Robotnik, he broke him. Snivley gives a BreakingSpeech where he acknowledges, "eccentrics aside", Robotnik is a genius and master planner, having conquered the planet in a few years. He says that Robotnik was losing his mind as a result of Sonic being the one thing he couldn't figure out during his decade long reign, and Sonic winning again just now finally pushed Robotnik over the edge. Snively then asked to be left alone to take care of his uncle. As a result, Snively denied Sonic the thrill of victory, and instead made him feel bad about what he did.]]
43	** Mina Mongoose called out the Freedom Fighters for keeping NICOLE around, even after she was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] by the Iron Dominion, during which time it was shown just how [[AIIsACrapshoot big a threat]] she could potentially be. This ended up turning into a MyGodWhatHaveIDone for Mina when she realizes her doing that allowed the wizard Ixis Naugus to take over Mobotropolis.
44	** A later issue has Silver appear and accuse Antoine of being the Freedom Fighter traitor in front of Sonic. Sonic, tired of Silver's crap and already at wit's end due to [[spoiler:Sally being roboticized and the aforementioned Antoine hanging on by a thread due to him saving the dethroned Elias from a bomb-loaded Metal Sonic]], spin dashes him through a wall, dragging him to where Antoine is, then telling him to get lost.
45	** At one point, [[StalkerWithACrush Amy]] declares herself "Sonic's future sweetheart", prompting Cream to echo the sentiments of fans everywhere and call her out for her possessiveness.
46	* ''ComicBook/StarTrekIDW'':
47	** In the "Galileo Seven" adaptation, Samuel Boma calls out Spock for being insensitive towards Latimer's death (as he is busy admiring the handiwork and going into great detail about a crudely-made spear rather than burying or examining Latimer's body).
48	** In ''Countdown to Darkness'', Kirk has this reaction when Uhura tells him that she left Bones in charge of the ''Enterprise''.
49	* At the tail end of the ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'' story "Dreamland", Future Raphael (the story is set in the year 2094, a hundred years after the series' present) and antagonist Verminator X are in the middle of a MexicanStandoff. Verminator taunts Raph, saying that the turtles are too heroic to pull the trigger (this is one of the continuities where the turtles don't kill). Raph shoots him. Mikey and Leo try to call him on it, but he refuses to feel guilty about it, saying that Splinter's teachings about not killing don't apply in the now harsher world, and that Verminator would have probably killed them all in the future if he hadn't shot him.
50	* In a crossover between ''Franchise/TombRaider'' and ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', Sara Pezzini, a police officer, gives Lara Croft this when she witnesses Lara cold-bloodedly shooting two guards. Lara's reaction is to handwave away Sara's discomfort and offer to leave alive the next guard they find so he can be arrested.
51	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
52	** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' has this:
53	--->'''Spike:''' People are ''dead'', Prime! People that wouldn't even ''be'' dead if you Transformers never brought your war here! ''That's'' the bottom line!
54	** In one of the the IDW ''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron'' universe, the Autobot Sideswipe calls out the other Autobots [[spoiler: after Sunstreaker "sacrifices" himself to stop the insecticon swarm]], for abandoning Earth to the Decepticons. However, it mainly falls flat when [[spoiler: Optimus Prime has been rescued from death yet again, and retakes command.]]
55	** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' has Rodimus get repeatedly called out for being, let's be honest, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold kind of an arse]]. The one that stings him the most is probably from Optimus Prime during ''Dark Cybertron''.
56	* Polish comic book ''ComicBook/TytusRomekIAtomek'' has plenty of examples of Tytus de Zoo committing various crimes, violent acts and less then noble acts which is somewhat justified by the main premise of Tytus the chimpanzee learning to be human. However the "What the hell hero?" moment which takes the cake is book XXV. Tytus dies and after being not let into Heaven and Purgatory he ends up in Hell and decides to start a career as one of Satan's minions. In order to become one he goes back to earth where:
57	** He changes signs on the road in order to have to cars crash killing the drivers in the process.
58	** He steals a wig from a dead woman.
59	** He successfully tempts a small child to smoke a cigar… All of which turns out to be enough sins to become an official demon. The whole subplot turns out to be AllJustADream but still...What the hell Tytus!?

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