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->'''Rick:''' How can you close me up? On what grounds?\\
'''Louis:''' I am shocked, ''shocked'', to find gambling going on in this establishment!\\
'''Emile:''' Your winnings, sir.\\
'''Louis:''' [''Sotto voce, to Emile''] Thank you. Thank you very much. [''Shouting, to casino patrons''] Everybody out!
--->-- ''{{Casablanca}}''

->"I disapprove of rappers because of their songs degrading to women, but I'm going to beat you at this game because men are better than chicks!"
--->-- ''Fairbanks'' of '''Sore Thumbs''', [[http://sorethumbs.keenspot.com/d/20040609.html accepting a challenge from his sister at Def Jam Vendetta]]

->''"WATCH YOUR FUCKING LANGUAGE!!"'''
---> --'''[[TheAngryVideoGameNerd Super Mecha Death Christ]]'''

A type of slapstick gag not limited to but most prevalent with sitcoms and children's comedies. Basically it goes like this: A) A character openly makes some kind of statement and then [[{{Hypocrite}} does the exact opposite of what he or she just said.]] B) Another character criticizes the character for a fault they have, the character denies it, and then immediately performs a contradictory action that proves the other right. C) A character critisizes another character for for some fault, just before or after showing that fault themselves (alternatively, this fault can be established for them in the shiow). Sounds hilarious already, doesn't it?

For example, an overweight girl deep in denial might say, "I don't see why you guys think I have an eating problem"... right before taking the first bite out of her fourth consecutive Big n' Tasty. Or a man might exclaim, "What are you talking about? I'm not greedy"... and then swipe clean every last cent in the Take-a-Penny-Leave-a-Penny tray.

It doesn't even have to necessarily be the character who does the opposite. Half the time, it seems like the [[RuleOfFunny entire universe is instantaneously altered just so the polar opposite of the character's sentence occurs for the sake of a subversive gag]]. If a character is lying to his or her parents and says that they didn't go to that concert last night, sure enough, the phone will instantly ring and the answer machine will broadcast a friend instructing them to call back, raving in great detail about how much fun they had at the concert, and saying how glad they are that they snuck out how there's no way their parents will ever find out.

The delivery of hypocritical humor in reality-bending situations is usually executed via ContrivedCoincidence.

Sometimes used as a HypocrisyNod, or a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Hypocrisy Nod]] is used for laughs by mixing it with this.

Compare with TemptingFate, IResembleThatRemark, IWouldSayIfICouldSay, SuchAPhony, and DescriptionCut.

Not to be confused with ''Hippocratic'' Humor, which would be what ''{{House}}'', ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'', and ''{{Scrubs}}'' is all about.
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* [[MadScientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi]] [[JerkAss deliberately]] [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this in [[http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/303/11/ chapter 303]] of the ''{{Bleach}}'' manga by calling Ishida a ''reprobate'' after revealing that he had been violating his privacy for quite some time.
* Much of the humor in ''TheTyrantFallsInLove'' comes from Souichi loudly proclaiming that he would love nothing more than to see all homosexuals drop dead and definitely isn't one of those homos himself...to Morinaga, his gay [[SempaiKohai kohai]] who's openly smitten with him. The real hypocrisy in all this? Souichi has let Morinaga ''have sex with him'' multiple times, despite [[ArmorPiercingSlap ample evidence]] that he could easily leave Morinaga a bloody heap on the ground before getting that far with him. The very fact that Souichi, a violent homophobe, hasn't killed, run away from, or even tried to straighten out Morinaga speaks volumes by itself, and that's ''before'' you consider his open declaration that he can [[IfItsYouItsOkay tolerate sex only with Morinaga]]...
* Early on in ''CromartieHighSchool'' we are introduced to Mechazawa, who claims to have no experience with machines and computers and whatnot despite the fact that ''he's a freaking robot'' and is often mistaken for/turned into other appliances.
** Y'know, being a robot doesn't necessarily come with the ability to use a computer. You're made out of flesh; does that make you an expert surgeon? (Or butcher?)
* In ''DeathNote'', Light's sister, Sayu, catches him reading a dirty magazine (it's a long story...) and Sayu says, "Hey, isn't that a dirty book?" Then, she [[LesYay picks it up and begins reading it, while smiling.]]
* In chapter 347 of ''{{Naruto}}'', Konohamaru performs a variation of the Sexy Jutsu with two naked girls holding each other suggestively. Sakura punches Konohamaru for being a pervert and after Naruto tries to explain that it would serve as a distraction, she says "You're the only idiots who'd fall for a jutsu like that!". Konohamaru then decides to try the same jutsu again, but this time with shadow clones of [[{{Bishonen}} Sai and Sasuke]]. [[YaoiFangirl Guess Sakura's reaction.]]
* In the second chapter of ''{{Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann}}'' [[HighSchoolAU Guren Gakuenhen]], Yoko goes ballistic on Simon because Nia is in his room "...wearing such exposing clothes..." (a long sleeved shirt). Yoko is wearing [[{{Stripperiffic}} her usual attire]].
* In an early ''OnePiece'' episode, Buggy the Clown shows that his Devil Fruit power makes him a "Splitting Man". Luffy says that Buggy is a freak...and then an arrow points to him that says "RubberMan".
**Also, when Garp reprimands Luffy for falling asleep during a lecture…right after falling asleep during his own lecture.
**Zoro has done this several times with the running gag of commenting how his crewmates have gotten lost, when he himself has the worst sense of direction.
* Many manga-hosting websites say they'll take down their scanalations of a given series once it's licensed. Several of them, once the series actually ''is'' licensed, simply put up a notice recommending that the people reading the website buy the series from the US publisher to support the author. They rarely, if ever, ''actually take the scans down''. Similarly, websites that host torrents for anime tend to do the same thing, except they don't even bother with the notice.
* While watching a news report on a rogue Anaconda, [[HayateTheCombatButler Nagi Sanzenin]] remarks, "I don't know why people keep such large and dangerous animals as pets"...while petting her large and dangerous pet tiger.
** In her defence she think it's a house cat.
* In ''GGundam'', George starts lecturing Chibodee about the irresponsibility of keeping a bottle of whisky in the cockpit of his Gundam, all the while George is holding a champagne bottle.
* ''ChronoCrusade'' has a scene in which [[SexyPriest Father Remington]] makes a comment that members of the mob should "behave themselves"--while looking over his shoulder to flirt with some smitten teenage nuns. Sister Kate ''immediately'' calls him out on it by saying "You should, too!"
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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* The first ''Uncle Scrooge'' comic had Uncle Scrooge lecturing Donald on how he'd be more secure if he had wealth. While making sure a mouse didn't eat his dollar bills.
** One comic by Don Rosa has Scrooge lecturing Gyro Gearloose on the dangers of overvaluing his first invention: "What sentimental rubbish is that?! You can't base your whole career on such a small achievement! You won't get far in life with such a warped sense of proportions!" … all while carefully restoring his NumberOneDime to its pedestal.
* In an early issue of ''YoungJustice'', Impulse, who acts without forethought ''or'' afterthought ''100% of the time'', said "Boy, don't you hate it when people go off and do whatever they feel like?" after Superboy headed out to confront a villain alone.
* In an early issue of [[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League International]], in a discussion of [[GreenLantern Guy Gardner]]:
--> '''Blue Beetle:''' ...You think maybe it's too late to petition for a new Green Lantern? Hey Bats -- maybe ''you'' could wear the ring...
--> '''Batman:''' It would only get in my way.
--> '''Blue Beetle:''' ...Yeah... besides, who'd ever buy a Super-Hero called the "Green Batman"? I mean, that's as bad as--
--> '''Batman:''' The '''''Blue Beetle'''''?
--> '''Blue Beetle:''' Well... um... ah...
* Early on in ''{{Watchmen}}'' Rorschach, shown as the biggest wingnut of the lot, laments the sad mental condition of the his former retired superhero colleagues. Later on, Benny the newsman [[spoiler:claims that he had "always suspected" Rorschach's SecretIdentity. Except that he hadn't. He had just retroactively convinced himself that he had.]]
* One ''CalvinAndHobbes'' Sunday comic has the titular characters discussing Calvin's Saturday morning habits. Then Hobbes ask to Calvin if he doesn't fear that so much violence (in TV) desensitizes him to which Calvin replies something like "Nah, I'd '''kill''' the idiots who think this stuff affects me".
* One ''Les Pretend'' strip in ''TheBeano'' had Les's dad discussing the daft things Les pretended to be with his friends, and them all laughing about it. It was at the end of this strip that we first learnt Les's dad and his friends are all {{Elvis Impersonator}}s.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* A classic and genuinely humorous version (that may deserve its own trope) would be Chief Inspector Renault's "I am shocked, SHOCKED! to find gambling going on in this establishment!!" before pocketing his roulette winnings in ''{{Casablanca}}''; in this case the juxtaposition is used to illustrate how flimsy a justification there is for shutting down Rick's.
* On a darker tone, in ''{{Crash}}'', Ludacris' character Anthony expresses chaff at the sight of a white woman clinging to her husband's arm as she passes him and his friend. Anthony then proceeds to go on a brief rant about how they're surrounded by over-caffeinated white people and triggerhappy LAPD, who will impulsively think the worst of them even though they don't appear the slight bit intimidating. He then questions why anyone would find them scary. Peter replies that it could be because they have guns. Anthony agrees, and the two proceed to carjack the couple.
** ''Crash'' consists mostly of a series of inversions, subversions and straight versions of the trope. Most memorably, there's the rookie cop who reports his partner's racist attitude towards a black woman and then shoots a black hitchhiker, falsely assuming he's trying to draw a gun.
*** The whole movie is full of hilarious bits of hypocritical humor and sometimes over-the-top depictions of what the filmmakers apparently think is realistic racism. All played straight. Humor is lost upon the knowledge that this won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
**** The above troper is obviously a racist.
* In a deleted scene from the first ''HarryPotter'' film, available on the DVD, this is achieved in a somewhat roundabout fashion:
-->'''Hermione''': And ''what'', may I ask, do you plan to do if this comes up on the final exam?\\
'''Ron''': Copy off you!\\
'''Hermione''': No you won't! Besides, according to Professor [=McGonagall=], we're to be given special quills bewitched with an anti-cheating spell.\\
'''Ron''': That's insulting! It's as if they don't trust us!
** A straighter example from ''Azkaban'' which actually made it into the film:
--->'''Trelawney''': In this room, you shall explore the noble art of Divination. In this room, you shall discover if you possess the Sight. ''[bumps into desk]''
* ''AustinPowers in Goldmember''. The titular villain is the Dutchman Johann "Goldmember" Van Der Smut.
-->'''Nigel Powers:''' There are two kinds of people that I can't stand: People who are intolerant of other peoples' cultures... and the ''[[AcceptableTargets Dutch]]''.
** Also, in the first film when Austin is collecting some of his things from a clerk, the clerk gives him a penis enlarger. Austin denies it is his and claims he would never need such a thing. The clerk then proceeds to hand him things like his receipt of purchase and a photograph of him endorsing the enlarger. Not to mention [[RuleOfFunny his writing the book on the subject]]: ''Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pumps and Me: This Sort of Thing ''Is'' My Bag, Baby, By Austin Powers''.
* Similarly done in ''StarWars'' where Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Anakin 'only the Sith deal in absolutes' proving that even a great Jedi master can miss the point. Might not have been intentional, as the Jedi are ''intended'' to be seen as Always Right About Everything.
*** [[https://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/dismantling_jedi_order_000418.html Or were they?]]
**Also, considering it was meant as an answer to Anakin's "if you are not with me you are against me" rant, it was probably not intended to be taken completely literal and more like "not all people who disagree with you want you dead".
***Which only make it more funny, albeit unintended.
* In ''Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day'', the frequently-adulterous Delysia and another equally adulterous friend are complaining about the friend's fiancee breaking it off after only suspecting her of having an affair:
-->'''Delysia''': Men are so untrusting. I can't think why.
* ThisTroper recalls a film version of ''OliverTwist'' in which the Work House's owners are stuffing their faces full of rich food while whining about how the poor people are so greedy, with their talk of wanting more than one bowl of porridge and a bit of dry bread! How dare they!
**Similar scenes (with varying degrees of subtlety) can be found in most media dealing with the rich-vs-poor dynamic.
* ''TheBoondockSaints'': "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQrGnSpVumo Cuddle? What a fag.]]"
* In Hitchcock's ''RearWindow'', Thelma Ritter spends most of the film helping Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly prove that neighbor Raymond Burr, who they've been snooping on from afar, has murdered his wife. In the film's penultimate scene, after a cop asks Ritter if she'll help them dig up the body, she replies: "No thanks, I don't want any part of it!" (This might also be a [[DoubleEntendre double entendre]], since the implication is that the body has been dismembered and possibly decapitated.)
* ''The President's Analyst'': A self-described "liberal" character mentions that his next-door neighbors are "real right-wingers, American flag up every day. Real fascists. Ought to be gassed!"
* ''DeathRace'': The warden of the prison (Joan Allen) has a guard beat Jason Statham's character for saying the word "ass." She does this because, for her, "language is an issue." Later in the film, she says the phrase, "Okay cocksucker. Fuck with me, and we'll see who shits on the sidewalk."
*Rather subtly used in ''TheIncredibles''. In the opening interview segments, each of the supers voiced opinions that they went on to contradict in the film itself:
**Mr Incredible expresses annoyance that "[[ZeroSumGame No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again]]," and says that he'd like to settle down and start a family. But when the SuperRegistrationAct is passed, Bob Parr has a harder time than anyone adjusting to civilian life, and is constantly itching to jump back into action.
**Elastigirl says that she's at the top of her game, and has no intention of settling down. Fifteen years and three children later, Helen Parr is quite content with life as a suburban housewife. She's accepted that the glory days are over and she tries to convince her husband Bob likewise.
**Frozone talks about dating "super-ladies" and says he's much more interested in their super-identities than in their civilian [[SecretIdentity secret identities]]. Fifteen years later, he's married to a non-super.[[hottip:*:If Honey were a super, she would have been at her husband's side during the fight with the Omnidroid. And the prospect of Frozone "running off and doing [some] derring-do" wouldn't have elicited such a strong reaction from her.]]
* ''DuckSoup''. After [[MotorMouth rattling off jokes]] to Mrs. Teasdale:
-->'''Groucho''': You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."
* One of the few good jokes in [[SoBadItsHorrible Cat In The Hat]] is Sally's to-do list:
--> 1. make a to-do list;
--> 2. Practice colouring;
--> 3. inspect new pencils.
--> 4. be spontaneous...
* ''Yellowbeard''. Tommy Chong does his best scenery chewing as "El Nebuloso", then says:
-->El Nebuloso: Anyone caught overacting, I will personally scare to death!
* ''[[BobRoberts But they complain and complain and complain...]]''
* When Indy first meets Mutt in ''IndianaJones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', he approves of Mutt's leaving school in order to find his own way in the world. Once he learns that [[LukeIAmYourFather Mutt is his son]], practically the first words out of his mouth are "You're going back to school!"

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* ''GoodOmens'': Right after the demon Crowley's internal monologue on how angels and demons don't have free will like humans do (i.e. have to be unswervingly good or evil depending on their nature), he calls up the angel Aziraphale to have a talk about what to do with the Antichrist destined to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Think about that for a moment: Would a demon, with no choice but to be evil, naturally hang out with an angel and openly discuss Hell's latest plan with him, like [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friends]]? Or, for that matter, ''talk the angel into stopping Armageddon'', which is supposed to be Hell's ultimate goal?
** I disagree that this is an example of hypocritical humor. First, the relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale is already well-explained by the book (they built up a mutual respect by being the only peers each had to talk to). Second, while Hell and Heaven might want Armageddon to occur, it doesn't mean Crowley himself (or Aziraphale) is ''personally'' in favor of the idea.
---> Of course, he [Crowley] was all in favor of Armageddon in ''general'' terms.
**"Being a demon, of course, was supposed to mean you had no free will. But you couldn't hang around humans for very long without learning a thing or two."
** To be fair, he didn't so much fall as "saunter vaguely downwards."
** It's really not so much hypocritical humor, since the book takes quite a bit of time to explore the idea of role reversals, with Crowley doing something "evil" that ultimately turns out to have been possibly beneficial, and Aziraphale having done something "good" that might've actually been the wrong choice.
* The book of ''LayerCake'' combines this with the UnreliableNarrator idea when the protagonist, a London drug dealer, expresses self-consciousness that himself and his AffablyEvil (and AxCrazy) associates are perceived by outsiders as dangerous criminals (he thinks of himself as a businessman). Of particular note is a scene OopNorth, where he derides the hostess at a fleabag hotel for her mistrustful attitude towards himself and these associates, yet has just described spending the previous night on a drug and alcohol-fueled binge in which they hired an underage prostitute for him as a practical joke.
**The narrator's friends spent the night on a binge. The narrator spent the night having dinner with a fellow drug dealer and then, for reasons too convoluted to go into now, ended up being dumped at a service station by the aforementioned dealer. And there's no suggestion that the prostitute was underage.
* Used for a quick in-joke in the ''[[LittleHouseOnThePrairie Little House]]'' series, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (paraphrased slightly):
--->'''Mary:''' "I am planning to write a book someday. But I also planned to teach school, and you're doing it for me! Perhaps you will write the book!"
--->'''[[AuthorAvatar Laura]]''': "I, write a book? I'm going to be an old maid schoolteacher! Write your own book!"
* One of the {{Running Gag}}s of JamesHerriot's [[UnreliableNarrator semi-autobiographical]] series of memoirs was his boss Siegfried Farnon's habit of advising James (and others) to take a certain course of action -- only to turn around and advise them against it a short time later, or do the exact opposite himself. Sometimes ''in the same scene''. At one point he notes that James has been dillydallying about courting Helen, and basically bullies James into proposing; after Helen accepts, Farnon promptly berates James for rushing into marriage. The kicker is that when confronted, Siegfried feigns complete amnesia re: the previous conversations, then gently, maddeningly, chides the other for getting so upset. On more than one occasion Herriot describes wanting to hit him when this "saintly look" comes over his face.
* Mocked in one of Scott ({{Dilbert}}) Adams' parody textbooks, when he points out that someone in a book he read used twelve words, two languages, and two brackets to say "don't be wordy". He goes on to point out that it ''does'' sound quite smart, even though someone who spoke [[PretentiousLatinMotto that language]] probably believed you could cure leprosy by eating mud.
* ''DaveBarry Slept Here'':
-->In fact, the book you are now reading was written on a personal computer, which is why it is devoid of the "typos" that were so common in the days of old-fashioned wersp oidop gfegkog pl;gpp$R$%!%.
* Sergeant Jackrum from Discworld/MonstrousRegiment is in the habit of saying [[CatchPhrase "Upon my oath, I am not a (adjective) man!"]] and immediately proving it untrue - e.g., "Upon my oath, I am not a violent man!" followed by him punching someone. [[spoiler: As it turns out, it's not actually hypocrisy, only [[ExactWords misdirection]] - Sergeant Jackrum is indeed not a violent... ''[[SweetPollyOliver man]]''.]]
** It's almost not hypocritical anyway -- the way he uses the line implies, "...but now you've forced me to do this."
** In ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Sergeant Colon spent the entire book as TheClavin, telling Nobby LittleKnownFacts about Klatch, the ocean and, at one point, tattoos. When someone ''else'' in a crowd started expounding on donkeys and minarets, he muttered "There's always a know-all". Nobby agreed.
* In ''AmericanPsycho'', Patrick Bateman and some other guys are appalled that the only thing their dates can seem to talk about is clothes (furs, specifically), when they talk about much more important things... like business suits.
* There is a poem in Russian called ''The Chatterer'', about a girl complaining that someone made it up that she was one, and the truth is, she has no time at all to chatter... over forty lines follow of her explaining why.
* A staple of Jack Handey's books are hypocritical one-liners: "If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that's all I have to say.”

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Extremely common in ''{{Scrubs}}'' episodes.
* Done subtly and hilariously in one episode of ''SpinCity''. Having invited a gangsta rapper to the mayor's office over the matter of his lyrics, Carter says, "And remember, no gangsta stereotypes!" The rapper arrives and reaches into his coat for a business card... and Carter screams "GUN!" and dives behind a desk. Later on, when the rapper reaches into his pocket for something else, Carter does it ''again''.
* ''{{Frasier}}'' also uses this a lot. Here's one of [[{{Demetrios}} this troper]]'s favorite examples:
-->'''Roz''': Frasier's a good guy, he's smart, he's sweet, and way too good for you. Why don't you just leave, nobody here likes you anyway.\\
'''Julia''': Frasier seems to.\\
'''Roz''': Well he's an idiot.
** In the ''{{Frasier}}'' episode where the ''{{Cheers}}'' regulars show up, the lazy bar-fly Norm hits it off with Marty. When time comes for them to part company, Marty invites Norm to catch up if ever Norm's in Seattle:
---> '''Marty''': It's only six hours flying time from Boston to Seattle.
--->'''Norm''': Six hours...you know sittin' there in one place, never movin'. That's, that's just not me, you know?
** And a beautifully subtle psychiatry-themed example featuring the notoriously germaphobic Niles:
--->'''Patient''': So, you don't think I have a phobia, doctor?
--->'''Niles''': Not at all; simply a healthy understanding of personal hygiene. ''[Gives the patient a business card]'' Now, here is the number of the man who cleans ''my'' telephone.
** There's also a bit where it looks like Frasier is going to be compelled to tell the truth about Niles' feelings for Daphne at Niles' divorce deposition, thus ruining his chance of getting anything in the settlement ''and'' exposing his feelings for Daphne. Martin urges him to just lie, but Frasier feels his ethics forbid this. After the resulting argument, Frasier storms out, and Martin sneers about how Frasier buckles under pressure, and how "some of us [i.e. him] can deal with a tough situation head on, and others just need an escape'... whilst he's pouring himself a stiff drink and Niles has retreated to his 'safe place' under the piano.
* On ''CornerGas'', in which the following exchange occurs:
-->'''Brent''': That might be a bit of an overstatement.\\
'''Oscar''': What? I've never overstated anything in the entire history of creation!
** Of course, this was part of a larger joke on how Oscar over-reacts to everything. (He once called a butterfly a "Sonofabitch" and told it to get out of his garden)
* This was half of Maya's repertoire in ''JustShootMe'', aside from shrill activism. Oddly enough, there were other times where they didn't seem to be playing it as a gag, she just was... hypocritical. (For instance, deriding Elliot for his nerdy looks back in high school.) In fact there were times where this seemed to be a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, implying that others were being ''unreasonable'' in asking her to stop berating someone over their looks or social status, or for her to apologize for doing so.
** Jack was also prone to it, especially where Maya is concerned. He tries to make her break up with a much older boyfriend in one episode, despite being married to one of Maya's high school friends.
* On ''TheGeorgeLopezShow'', after Benny and George have argued with a racist:
-->'''Benny''': That's just like white people, taking one group and saying they're all the same!
* ''{{Angel}}'': ''City Of''.
-->'''Doyle''': It's not all about fighting and gadgets and such. It's about reaching out to people, showing them that there's love and hope still left in the world....
--> '''Homeless Woman''': (interrupting) Hey, spare change?
--> '''Doyle''': Get a job, you lazy sow!
* In an episode of ''TheColbertReport'', StephenColbert briefly shared a story about how he once found one of his teenage staff members out back smoking with his friends while wearing an anti-smoking T-shirt. When questioned, he replied that he "thought it was funny."
** In another episode, Stephen, distraught over the loss of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, looks up the FiveStagesOfGrief. "Stage One... Denial. I've ''never'' had that."
* Kathy Griffin, describing how disappointed her Catholic mother was with her Emmy award speech: "Kathryn, why'd ya have ta tell Jesus to suck it, gawddamnit? I can't even show my face at church, fer Christ's sake! Damn, Kathryn, don't be so rude!"
* ''TheWestWing'' sometimes played for laughs the fact that much of the US population engages in this. At one point they quoted two opinion polls that demonstrated at least 14% of Americans think contributions to the UN are too high, and at the same time think it shouldn't be cut.
** Then there are the several that imply a large number of Americans who call themselves atheists still believe in God.
*** And vice-versa.
* ''StrangersWithCandy'': "There's only one thing I hate more than racists, and that's spics!"
* Sally on ''{{Drop the Dead Donkey}}'' is often guilty of this, to the point where her colleagues made a montage of her saying "I'm not one to complain, but..."
** And she responded to this by turning to George and saying...
* As the late, great, George Carlin put it, "So I say live and let live. That's my motto: Live and let live. Anyone who can't go along with that, take 'em outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family."
* Possibly unintentional example: In an episode of ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Kirk is told "Your old titles mean nothing here, Captain."
* From ''SlingsAndArrows'':
-->'''Anna''': I was asking about pot. You know, marijuana.\\
'''Maria''': I know what pot is. So, you assume I'm a pothead, as well as a lesbian? Because all stage managers are pot-smoking lesbians, right?\\
'''Anna''': No! \\
'''Maria''': Well, I'm sorry to disappoint 'cha, but... I'm all out. This process has been hard on my stash, and my guy's out of town 'till Tuesday. Sorry.
* [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "I! WOULD PUT A TAX! ON ALL PEOPLE! WHO'D STAND! IN WATER!]] [[LampshadeHanging WOAH!"]]
* In a recurring ''InLivingColor'' skit, Kim Wayans played an inner city woman named Miss Benita Buttrel, who would often decry the gossip surrounding several figures in her neighborhood...and then proceed to bury them under rumor and slander in the ugliest way possible. Nearly every time she was finished talking about someone, she would then add on, "But I ain't one to gossip, ''so you didn't hear that from me''."
* More like humor based off of hypocrisy, but in ''RedDwarf'', Rimmer finds out Lister is using illegal learning drugs to study for his Chef's Exam. Rimmer demands names, places, and dates. "Arnold Rimmer, his locker, this morning."
* ''[[MASHTheSeries M*A*S*H]]'', particularly in the first couple of seasons, would often show Majors Burns and Houlihan spying on and expressing disgust at the sexual dalliances of the other characters... which would get the Majors so horny they'd immediately start fooling around themselves.
* Kate in ''{{NCIS}}'' complained about Tony's porn obsession but looked at porn sites herself off-work and moaned about sexual objectification of women just before finding a bunch of shirtless men being photographed highly attractive. We'll put the Wet T-Shirt contest in her college days as something that occurred when drunk.
* On the 1970's-90's country music/comedy series ''Hee Haw'', the recurring ''Gossip Girls'' sketch started with the actresses claiming that they never spread gossip in the following lyrics: "Now, we're not ones to go 'round spreadin' rumors, Why, really we're just not the gossipy kind, No, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip, So you'd better be sure and listen close the first time!"
* This bit from ''TheMuppetShow''. Rather than watch the show, {{Statler and Waldorf}} opt to watch television through a set installed in the box, and upon flipping through the channels, find...
-->'''Statler''': What is THAT?!
-->'''Waldorf''': Looks like two ancient old guys sitting in a theatre box watching television!
-->'''Statler''': That's crazy! [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs No one would watch junk like that]]!
* In ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the Cardassians led a brutal occupation of Bajor, and are later themselves occupied by the Dominion. It leads to this exchange between Damar (a Cardassian) and Kira (a Bajoran):
-->'''Damar''': To kill her and my son... the casual brutality of it... the waste of life. What kind of state tolerates the murder of innocent women and children? What kind of people give those orders?
-->'''Kira''': Yeah, Damar, what kind of people give those orders?
* The basic concept of Michelle in ''{{Grownups}}''; a nutritionist who constantly eats junk food.
* Played straight in the ''{{Only Fools and Horses}}'' episode "Little Problems". Del is asked to make a contribution for his younger brother's wedding, and doesn't want to pay out too much money. Once he realizes that the bride's father only means a contribution of ideas and opinions, he attempts to get out of his earlier suggestion of using the old pub for the reception and back to a country club. When Alan anxiously asks, "But surely you don't like all that type of thing, do you?", Del replies, "Oh, I hate it. I hate it, Alan. I mean, those sorts of people only do things for effect," as he is served a massive cocktail, complete with fruit and umbrellas.
* One episode of ''WillAndGrace'' has Jack develop an addiction to coffee while dating someone from a coffeehouse, and then ends up trying to squeeze coffee out of the used filters from a coffee-maker after said boyfriend quits. Karen then proceeds to lecture him about dealing with the problem... [[ImmuneToDrugs while washing down a pill with a martini]].
--->'''Karen:''' Ok, ok, it's over. Now, listen to me. (gets out a pill) The first thing you have to do is admit that you have a problem. (swirls the pill in her martini) Because if you can't even recognize the signs... (drops the wet pill into her mouth) Then you are really in sorry shape. (washes down the pill)Oh, mmm! (to the martini glass) Why are you so good to me?
* From ''TheThickOfIt'':
--->'''Malcolm:''' Oh, and that's an incredibly homophobic headline you're running with, you massive poof.
*''The Ferguson Theory'' (a BBC Scotland sketch show starring Craig Ferguson before he moved to the US) had a sketch in which a character criticised recent evidence of racism in the British government, before concluding "But what do you expect from the bloody English?"
* In ''Lark Rise To Candleford'', Dorcas Lane has a tendency to describe whatever vice / indulgence she's about to enjoy -- fine food, fine baths, clothes, etc -- as "my one weakness."
* When [[{{House}} Greg House]] puts ''[[MemeticMutation SPEEEEEEEEEEEED]]'' in Wilson's coffee to test if Wilson is on anti-depressants, Wilson is rather livid. Later in that episode comes the revelation that Wilson has been [[NotSoAboveItAll dosing House with anti-depressants]]. In fairness to Wilson, he may have actually been angry at House for deliberately putting him at risk of dangerous medication interactions- but ''that'' becomes HypocriticalHumor when he follows up his rant with "give me a Vicodin before I have a stroke."
* From the {{Firefly}} episode The Message: A flashback to the Battle of Du-Khang. Zoe sneaks up behind another soldier to teach him a lesson about letting his guard down.
-->'''Tracey''': I didn't even hear you.
-->'''Zoe''': First rule of battle, little one, never let them know where you are.
-->(huge explosion)
-->'''Mal''': Whoo! I'm right here! You want some? Yeah ya do! Here I am! Come get me, I'm right here!
-->'''Zoe''': Course, there are other schools of thought.

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* On TomLehrer's ''That Was The Year That Was'', before the "National Brotherhood Week" song:
-->'''Lehrer:''' I'm sure we all agree that we ought to love one another, and I know there are people in the world who do not love their fellow human beings and ''I'' '''''hate''''' ''people like that!''
** His inflections do make it clear that he's {{Lampshading}} the trope, though.
** For that matter, the whole joke of the song is based around the idea that a country with all the racial problems of America would set aside a week for brotherhood and tolerance -- as the song says, "Be grateful that it doesn't last all year!"
* StanFreberg did the same joke in "Take An Indian To Lunch" from ''The United States of America, Part 1'':
-->Let's give in and all do the brotherhood bit\\
Just make sure we don't make a habit of it\\
Take an Indian to dine this week\\
Show him we don't drawn the line this week\\
We know ev'ryone can't be\\
As American as we\\
(After all, we came over on the Mayflower!)

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* A standard comic strip tactic, as it makes for a quick and neat four-panel gag:
**In an old ''{{Dilbert}}'' [[http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2000-11-10/ comic]]:
-->'''PointyHairedBoss''': (handing back a paper to Alice) Thanks, hun.\\
'''[[StrawFeminist Alice]]''': Hon!? YOU SEXIST #@$! I SHALL BURN DOWN YOUR VILLAGE AND MAKE SLAVES OF YOUR CHILDREN!\\
'''PHB''': It's short for 'Attila the Hun'. Everyone calls you that.\\
'''Alice''': That seems a bit harsh.
** About 2/3rds of the punchlines in ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' use this, by way of demonstrating how (theoretically) adorably flawed the characters are. Happens a lot to ''{{Cathy}}'', too.
**Played with in a famous ''{{Peanuts}}'' strip, where Linus declaims "I love mankind! It's ''people'' I can't stand!"
**Occurs a number of times in ''CalvinAndHobbes''. In one example, Calvin [[CharacterFilibuster rants for three panels]] about people who complain too much. Hobbes replies "Maybe they're not very self-aware", to which Calvin replies "Boy, that's ''another'' thing that gets on my nerves!".

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* Digger, a caller on the Australian football radio show ''TheCoodabeenChampions'', had the CatchPhrase "I never complain about umpires, but...", before immediately launching into a rant about how the umpires had "crucified" his team.

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* In GilbertAndSullivan's ''Trial By Jury'', the Usher instructs the Jury on the "stern judicial frame of mind" necessary for conducting an impartial trial:
-->Oh, listen to the plaintiff's case:\\
Observe the features of her face -\\
The broken-hearted bride.\\
Condole with her distress of mind:\\
From bias free of every kind\\
This trial must be tried!\\
...\\
And when amid the plaintiff's shrieks\\
The ruffianly defendant speaks\\
Upon the other side;\\
What ''he'' may say you needn't mind-\\
From bias free of every kind\\
This trial must be tried!
** Or more famously from ''{{The Pirates of Penzance}}'' is the titular pirates' [[WithCatlikeTread deafening proclamation of stealth]]:
--> '''NO SOUND AT ALL! WE NEVER SPEAK A WORD! A FLY'S FOOTFALL WOULD BE DISTINCTLY HEARD!'''
* The bigoted Sen. Rawkins in ''Finian's Rainbow'':
-->"An immigrant! Damn! My whole family's been havin' trouble with immigrants ever since we ''came'' to this country!"
* Korn's "Y'All Want A Single" is a TakeThat against the music industry. The music video is filled with protesting captions ("One Corporation Owns The 5 Major Video Channels In The U.S./ Is That OK?"; "Hit Songs On TOP 40 Are Often REPEATED Over 100 Times A Week", )... two of which resemble the song itself("90% Of All Songs Get To "The Hook" Within 20 Seconds./ 98% Of All #1 Singles Are Less Than 3 Minutes and 30 Seconds Long."- the song is 3:17, and hits the hook at 0:17...), and the following one makes an... appropriate comment ("Does This Seem Like A Formula To You?"). Whether it's serious or humorous, it's up to you.
* In ''[[{{Shakespeare}} Romeo and Juliet]]'', when Romeo offers the Nurse money for being a go-between, her line is "Nay, sir; not a penny." Many stagings have her take the proffered money as she says this.
* Speaking of Shakespeare, the tragedy ''{{Hamlet}}'' gives us the famous line "Brevity is the soul of wit" which is spoken by Polonius... as he rambles on and on and on just to hear himself talk.
** In fact, Polonius's entire speech is an example of this trope, with virtually every bit of fatherly advice being something he himself fails at. Hamlet, of course, calls him on this multiple times in his bizarre doubletalk.
* This is the trope on which run most of Molière's plays, so much so that "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartuffe Tartuffe]]" has become another word for "hypocrite" in French.

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* Strong Bad of ''HomestarRunner'' is a GrammarNazi... which doesn't stop the fact that his grammar and spelling isn't perfect either. He has also said that he "doesn't wear underwear"... which has been proven wrong [[ISeeLondon numerous times]].
** Also, in ''8-Bit is Enough'', Strong Bad says that [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed games suck]], despite the fact that ''8-Bit is Enough'' and the whole SBCG4AP series are licensed games.

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* ''TalesOfMU'' uses this, both to underscore the UnreliableNarrator (who denies any interest in her classmates' chests and then mentions being so shocked that she looks up and meets their eyes) and to poke fun at the informal writing style, as when Mackenzie mentions her campaign letter containing barely any ellipses.
* Dr. Horrible does this in SarcasmMode (used as an example on the trope's page): "Wow. Sarcasm. That's original!"
* ''TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', on his Super Mecha Death Christ: '''[[ClusterFBomb "FUCKEEEERRRSS!!! FUCKEEERRRSSS!!! WATCH YOUR FUCKING LANGUAGE!!!!"]]'''
** In his reviews of the ''{{Friday the 13th}}'' films, he comments on Corey Feldman's introduction with "Who wears a costume to play video games?" Cut to a clip from his review of Batman games dressed as Batman.
** Seems it may become a regular thing: while taking us on a tour of his game collection, he's outraged at the condition of some of the used games he's picked up, saying that he always takes care of his games. Cut to him drilling a hole through one in the ''DickTracy'' review.
** The Angry Video Game Nerd's reason for not using Game Genie on ''{{Castlevania}} 3'':
---> '''AVGN''': ...because I'm going to do this legit. Now where's that extra lives code? ''(pulls out Nintendo Power's Top Secret Player's Guide)''
*TheGuild has a more subtle example. Bladezz's sister asks if any of his internet friends are pervs, and Zaboo, who takes StalkerWithACrush to it's creepiest/most hilarious extreme, immediately replies "No, no one's a perv." with a completely straight face.
* {{The Spoony Experiment}}: Noah insults the people who cried at Aerith's death in ''{{Final Fantasy VII}}'', and we cut to him weeping at the opera scene from ''{{Final Fantasy VI}}''.
* Forms the basis of a lot of the humor in ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8EVtZeZRw Pete the Puppet]]''.
* ''[[http://twitter.com/Ulysses_Perhero/status/1908013087 Women and children board first. I catch a young man trying to board by way of a lifeboat. Unseemly. I throw him off and take his place.]]''.
* ''MrDeity'': "Who uses "an" with a H-word? That's an horrendous idea."
* In the [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Critic]] review of CaptainN he makes a joke about the creators leaving out a background in a few scenes, saying "I mean seriously, what moron would just have a Plain. White. Background. The whole entire time?[{{beat}}], he'd be a fucking idiot." No points for guessing what the background of his show is.
* [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] did this at the end of his review of ''Silent Hill: Homecoming''. His rant was even copied and used after the credits of his videos for quite a while as advertising.
--> Fans are clingy complaining dipshits who will never ever be grateful for any concession you make. The moment you shut out their shrill tremulous voices the happier you'll be. Incidently, why not buy a Zero Punctuation T-shirt?
** Another example of his blatant hypocrisy: In his review of DukeNukemForever, he calls out companies who "get paid to do a job [they] didn't do," and says that they deserve to get sued. As he is going through this rant, he shows that his contract with the Escapist is to "Review Actual Games That Exist," and he himself is breaking that contract.
** Yahtzee uses this throughout his entire series, such as calling out "self-important bearded tosser who read too much into things" and then admitting that he's the biggest one of them all. It's an important part of his series that keeps him from crossing the line into becoming a vindictive, holier-than-thou JerkAss.

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* [[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v2/157.html This Insecticomics strip]] has the introduction of White Chromia. A bit later, Override muses that she wishes White Chromia would have a little more dignity, just before... [[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v2/160.html well, yeah]].
* Invoked in a metatextual way in ''Wicked Powered'', when [[http://wickedpowered.com/d/20070907.html a character decries a certain animation as being shoddily made to sell lasers]]. In case you don't get it, the full name of the comic is ''[[TropeCoTropeOfTheWeek Wicked Lasers presents Wickedpowered]]''.
*On [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=484 this page]] of ''GunnerkriggCourt'', Antimony deliberately invokes this to put Ysengrin in his place:
--->'''Ysengrin:''' Taking orders from a little girl, ''Sir'' Eglamore?\\
'''Antimony:''' You. You will take me to Coyote now.\\
'''Ysengrin:''' [[VisibleSilence ...]]
* A couple times in ''SluggyFreelance'' it's been pointed out that, while Riff is quick to attack Aylee, Sam, and Gwynn for being possible dangers to humanity, his own MadScientist experiments probably have a better chance of annihilating the human race than anything. As shown in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080630 this]] strip:
-->'''Riff:''' I hope Gwynn learned "Gwynn shouldn't mess with powers beyond her control!" ''(the device in his hands starts beeping)'' Uh-oh. You guys might want to jump up and run away, there may not be time to get a safe distance from the radioactive ... ''(the beeping dies down)'' ... never mind, it fixed itself!
* One ''SchlockMercenary'' strip is the punchline to an arc-within-an-arc where Schlock, intending to blackmail the clowns at a circus where he's on security detail to get them to cut him in on their illicit brewery, discovers that his boss has already done so (since Schlock outed them several strips prior). To quote, "I'd fire you for it, but I'm too drunk to pronounce hippo-whatever."
** Also, a conversation with a genetically engineered elephant complaining about not fitting in with humans or elephants falls into this when a character whose main feature is his gigantic nose walks by:
-->'''Corporal Chisulo''': I get so tired of jeers like 'Hey, fatso' or 'Remember me?' or 'Check out the nose on that guy.'
-->'''Aardman''': ''Ahem''.
-->'''Corporal Chisulo''': Whoa! Monkey aardvark!
* Happens [[http://corneralley.comicgenesis.com/d/20050520.html here]] in ''CornerAlley13''.
* [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/116.html This]] ''IrregularWebcomic'' strip.
** Another one [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/145.html here]].
* {{Sinfest}} pulls this every so often. One of the earliest (and funniest) examples is [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=52 this comic]].
* [[http://lifewithlamarr.com/ Life With Lamarr]] does this with [[{{Half-Life}} Barney Calhoun]].
**"Doc, can you ask that pet of yours to not leave dead crap on my bed? Now I'm having to cook this delicious plump-breasted pigeon."\\
--Barney, ''Life With Lamarr, [[http://lifewithlamarr.com/pages/page_5.php Episode 5: Expression]]''
**"You've gone and messed up his mind with your delicious but contemptible drugs!"\\
--Barney, ''Life With Lamarr, [[http://lifewithlamarr.com/pages/page_31.php Episode 31: The Doc gets Leery]]''
* [[CtrlAltDel "Videogames do not make people violent, so DON'T FUCK WITH US!"]] ([[ComedicSociopathy knocks down and burns billboard, crushes workmate under vending machine, uses a hatchet to the head as a punchline...]])

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* Butch Hartman and his fellow creators of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' set the standard of this trope for kids cartoons. Invariably, it found its way into ''DannyPhantom''.
** ''DannyPhantom'' could even be considered a meta-example; signficant amounts of humor come from the use of outdated slang by adults, making the unintended examples of TotallyRadical an example of this trope.
** Also, a lot of its humor came from making fun of television cliches... and then they added Poof. Those twits.
** TheFairlyOddparents had a (probably) unintentional example of during the "Channel Chasers" episode in which they had a scene mocking the Simpsons also giving it a not-so subtle TakeThat with "Is every adult in this show an idiot?". After all we all know how intelligent the adults can be in this show.
** ''YinYangYo'' retains crewmembers who worked on both shows, and naturally the trope.
* One recent Nicktoon that makes use of it is ''ElTigre''. Quite frankly, finding a cartoon or live-action show on {{Nickelodeon}} that doesn't use it on a frequent basis is a challenge in itself.
** Same goes for the preppy, sitcom-saturated Disney Channel.
* Fully described and illustrated via live-action footage by ''{{Freakazoid}}''.
* Used extensively on ''DrawnTogether'', in conjunction with its successive amounts of racial jabs. For example, after foiling the Board of Education's evil plan to make black people fail their SAT tests by producing grape-flavored, mentholated pencils (itself a parody of a well-known conspiracy theory), Foxxy proclaims that there is [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough no way anyone would be stupid enough]] to eat such a thing. However, after taking a whiff, she decides to help herself to a little nibble. Next thing you know, she has her mouth stuffed with a box load of the damn things.
* Commonly used (along with every other broad humour trope known to man) in LooneyTunes:
**In the early BugsBunny short ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'', Bugs Bunny says he'll ''chomp'' starve before he ''chomp chomp'' eats the carrots and ''chomp'' lettuce that's ''chomp chomp chomp'' been put out for him. "You'll ''chomp'' be sorry then!"
**In the short ''A Fractured Leghorn'', Foghorn Leghorn, having been told to shut up by another character, agrees to do so, adding that "I'm not one that has to keep talkin'...some fellas just have to keep their mouths flappin', but not me..." He continues holding forth in this manner, even stopping the picture from [[IrisOut irising out]] in the process.
***In the short ''Racketeer Rabbit'', Bugs does the same thing as a stalling tactic, prompting Rocky to snap, "Shut up shuttin' up!" (Also used in the Bugs-Yosemite Sam cartoon ''The Fair-Haired Hare''.)
* TexAvery's short ''Rock-a-Bye Bear'' has a hibernating bear repeatedly yelling at Spike the dog to be quiet, in the loudest voice imaginable.
* ''TheSimpsons'' and ''{{Futurama}}'' alike have used this more times that it's possible to keep track. Just expect it to be used thrice per episode on average.
--> '''Fry (regarding being called stupid):''' "No I'm... doesn't."
* Lampshaded in ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer The Vigilante": the captured GentlemanThief makes a charming speech and the townspeople want to release him, however...
--->'''Wiggum''': Oh, sorry folks. [sarcastic] Gee, I really hate to spoil this little love-in, but Mr. Malloy broke the law. And when you break the law, you gotta go to jail.
--->'''Quimby''': Uh, that reminds me, er, here's your monthly kickback.
--->'''Wiggum''': You just -- you couldn't have picked a worse time.
** Also, in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", Comic Book Guy makes a big deal about not cutting in line, and there is to be only one signed photo per customer. He then pushes his way to the front of the line, and hands over four photos to be signed.
* ''TheBoondocks'' makes frequent use of it, right from the very first episode:
--> '''Granddad''': Y'all need to start appreciating your granddaddy! I went and spent your inheritance on this beautiful house in this neighborhood! And all I ask you to do is act like you got some class...
--> '''Riley''': Ay, what's "class"?
--> '''Huey''': It means don't act like niggas.
--> '''Granddad''': See! That's what I'm talking about right there! We don't use the n-word in this house!
--> '''Huey''': Granddad, you said the word nigga 46 times yesterday. I counted.
--> '''Granddad''': Nigga, hush!
* In ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', Dethklok, unsatisfied with the sound of their latest song, complain to their producer, saying that, as musicians, they have very sensitive hearing. As they explain this to him, it becomes apparent that they can't quite distinguish each other's voices from one another.
* Used and somewhat [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in ''PinkyAndTheBrain''. The Brain has just discovered Pinky's vast collection of Cher memorabilia...
-->'''Brain''': Pinky, do you know what "obsession" is?\\
'''Pinky''': A Calvin Klein marketing scam?\\
'''Brain''': Well, yes. However, I am referring to an unnatural fixation with a singular goal, something we have no time for in our quest to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]]!\\
'''Pinky''': Oh, I love it when you're ironic, Brain!
* Mojo Jojo in ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Los Dos Mojos": "I do not talk like that! The way I communicate is much different! I do not constantly reiterate, repeat, recite the same thing over and over again! I am clear! Concise! To the point..."
* The ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "[[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs The Ember Island Players]]" provided the perfect set up for tons upon tons of HypocriticalHumor: "How could you say that?"
** ...Except for Toph. The entire first half of the episode is clearly setting up a HypocriticalHumor moment for her, since she found everyone else's (fairly insulting) portrayals to be spot on and was laughing her ''ass'' off at everyone's reactions to the actors' performances- except that when the actor who plays her turns out to be a huge, well-muscled guy, she declares that she couldn't have cast it better herself.
** There's also a scene in the episode "City of Walls and Secrets" where Toph criticizes the rest of the Gaang's lack of proper manners while picking her nose and belching. When called on it, she points out she was taught high class manners and chooses to ignore them.
* ''TransformersAnimated'': Megatron broadcasts a speech to all Decepticons, talking about unity and freeing themselves from Autobot tyranny -- while blasting Starscream repeatedly (admittedly, Starscream ''was'' trying to kill him).
** In one instant of the G1 cartoon series, Megatron allies the Decepticons with another villainous group, who decide to betray them later on. Cue Starscream yelling 'TRAITORS!!' Cue immense laughter at the irony.
* Subverted in ''TheMightyB''; the first part of a segment is Bessie's dog, Happy, getting treatment from a vet for a skinned knee. After the usual kicking and screaming, they head next door for the doctor to treat Bessie's skinned knee. Turns out that she's just in time for a booster shot. After fighting much worse than her dog did, she finally gets the shot while trying to escape through the sink. After the shot, she launches in the the usual "See Happy, that didn't hurt a -- okay, yeah, that ''hurts''..."
* You can find Hypocritical Humor right in the opening song of ''FamilyGuy''. As any longtime viewer of the show knows, it has all of the things they're complaining about ("violence in movies and sex on TV") and none of the things they're praising ("good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely").
* In the ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "Flash and Substance", four of flash's RoguesGallery meet in a BadGuyBar and Mirror Master makes a comment about how they are the hardest men in town... At which point their {{drink order}}s are revealed as, respectively, an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Palmer_(drink) Arnold Palmer]], a Cherry Coke, a ''decaf soy latte'', and a glass of milk (Captain Cold's ulcer had been acting up), turning what would otherwise be a good example of FrothyMugsOfWater into a stellar example of this trope.
* ''TheVentureBros'' is made of this trope, usually coming from Dr. Venture or Brock Samson. When Brock ("Super Kill Guy") is feeling down about killing a Mook, the solution: more killing.
--> Dr. Venture (as his sons interrupt as he is talking with his [[YouCanNotGraspTheTrueForm supposed]] [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith father]]): ''Boys, Quiet! I'm trying to have a family moment here!''
** Rusty making clones or zombies provokes HypocriticalHumor from necromancer-in-residence Dr. Orpheus. At one point, he spent half an episode trying to bring Hank and Dean BackFromTheDead, then freaked out when Rusty did it by activating their clones.
* ''AmericanDad'' makes use of this liberally as with most animated shows.
-->'''Stan''': There are still a few voters who doubt I'd be a trustworthy leader. So let's lock our alien back in that mechanical teat sucker and make more brain washing potato salad!
* From the Humbug in the ChuckJones adapation of ''ThePhantomTollbooth'': "If there's one thing I can't abide, it's a hypocrite!"
* In an episode of JohnnyTest, Hugh Test is berating his daughters for having having invented something as potentially dangerous as an alchemy machine - While he's gleefully using said machine to turn the cutlery and the contents of his toolbox into gold.
* In an episode of ChipAndDaleRescueRangers a ShapeShifting alien impersonates Dale and others cannot tell which is which. Dale then exposes the alien by showing him his favorite food, upon which the alien forgets everything, loses the disguise and runs for the food. Upon this Monty comments: "How disgusting that some just cannot control themselves about food!" The catch? Monty's uncontrollable hang for cheese is a RunningGag in the series, having cost him dearly a couple of times...

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* From ''NeverwinterNights2'':
-->'''Khelgar Ironfist''': Prejudiced? I'm not prejudiced! By the Nine Hells, I even travel with a back-stabbing tiefling of all things, and [[YouKnowWhatTheySayAboutX you know how her kind are]]!
** To be fair, tieflings are at least part demon. Demons in D&D have an odd tendency to be utterly AlwaysChaoticEvil.
*** But any evil outsider is possible, and the one in question is implied to be part [[LawfulEvil Devil]] (meaning she would specifically ''not'' backstab people).
**** Right...do the words [[LawfulEvil tyrannical]], [[ManipulativeBastard Machiavellian]], [[JackassGenie cruel]], and [[TheChessmaster deceptive]] mean anything to you? Chaotic Evil backstabs you for fun with only an eye towards personal profit or cruelty. Lawful Evil...does the same thing with a good rationalization and a willingness to let the [[SecretPolice authories]] do their dirty work for them.
**** Wait, you're supporting racism with logic? Isn't that in ''[[{{Irony}} itself]]'' kind of LawfulEvil?
* On the ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'' website, Sakurai posted how he would not post shots of female characters' underpants. Then on the Japanese screenshots list, there's a picture of [[PantyShot Peach's dress falling over her head, her panties in clear view]]. (of course, that was probably the localizer talking, but it's still funny)
* While most likely a developer oversight, when [[spoiler:you are captured]] in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic, you can lie and say you don't care about Carth/Bastila [[spoiler:during a torture session]] but the torturer will claim it is an obvious farce because you traveled half way across the galaxy with them. [[spoiler:Considering he was the mentor of one of the people he is torturing]]...
* [[{{Disgaea}} "Pretentious? Moi?"]]
* An unintentional example comes from ''Oddworld: Munch's Oddyssy'', part of a series where corporations are the ultimate, world-destroying evil... [[ProductPlacement except for delicious, life-restoring Sobe!]]
** OWI said in the manual that they did a thorough investigation of Sobe's history of human rights and such before "proudly" advertising for them in-game.
* When Sony announced they were removing rumble from the [=PS3=] controller, Sony apologist fanboys declared they didn't need it anyway. A year or so later, Sony said they were adding rumble. The same fanboys are nowhere to be found. There's also said Sony fanboys ridiculing the Wii for its "ridiculous" motion-sensing controller, until Sony said the SIXAXIS would also have a tilt sensor. Cue fanboys scrambling to explain how the controller is totally not a ripoff and a fairly good idea.
** Similarly, when Nintendo introduced the Wii, Sony and Microsoft fanboys decried its motion-sensing controller with derisive terms like "gimmicky" and "waggle." Two years later, when Sony and Microsoft announced their own plans for motion-sensing controllers, said same fanboys were enthusiastic about the innovative new games that would soon arise from their new peripherals...
** When the PSP came out, Nintendo fanboys bashed it for having features like being able to go onto an internet browser or it being able to play [=MP3=]s. They went onto to say it was unfocused. Cue now, with the Nintendo DSi out, Nintendo fanboys just love the built in browser and the fact that it can play ACC format music!
* KingdomOfLoathing example: In the "South of the Border" zone, one of the encounters is a cock-fight. You can bet on the favorite, bet on the other one, or walk away. If you choose to walk away, you get this text:
-->This flagrant display of cruelty to living creatures disgusts you. You decide to head back to the Icy Peak and eviscerate some more Yetis.
* In ''MetalGear Solid 2'', [[MagnificentBastard Revolver]] [[XanatosRoulette Ocelot]] had the balls to accuse [[DeathSeeker Fortune]] of being a LargeHam. If you'll remember how he was throughout the entire series...

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* The old joke of making an (often quite reasonable) claim but doing so in a way that deliberately contradicts it:
** "I've told you a million times don't exaggerate"
** "Thank god I'm an atheist"
** [[YouFailLogicForever "All generalisations are false"]]
** [[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics "73% of statistics are made up on the spot"]]
** "Moderation in everything" ''sounds'' like an example of this but people tend to mean it.
** "ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: those who think the world can be neatly divided into two kinds of people, and those who don't. I'm one of the second kind."
*There's "Don't #$%^&*$ swear", etc.
* Jokes that hang lampshades (not straight examples)
** I don't drink, I don't smoke and I don't swear. Oh fucking hell, I left my cigarettes in the pub.
** Betcha $50 I don't gamble.
** As a Capricorn, I don't believe in astrology.
* That "Thank God I'm an atheist" bit was originally (or at least first time recorded spoken by) Aleister Crowley, since he loved being as contrarian as possible and still convince people to smile and nod.
* Apparently, JackThompson said this (In fact, you could pretty much list ''anything'' that bilge rat says right here. It's hypocritical, but only humorous depending on your tastes.):
--->"What the Japanese are doing to our kids is ''insensitive and racist''. '''The Japanese have for a very long time dumped pornography into this country in a fashion they would not tolerate in their own country. It is another version of Pearl Harbor.'''"
** The fact that someone who's vigorously pro-censorship enjoys nothing better than [[GodwinsLaw comparing his opponents to the Nazis]] also works.
*** Or the fact that he says his opponents are Nazis while also wanting them all to be locked up in prisons for their beliefs.
** My favourite is still: "we've got a bunch of sociopaths in [[BritainIsOnlyLondon Edinburgh,]] [[LondonEnglandSyndrome Scotland]] (Rockstar North ''and Rockstar Leeds'' (different cities), the developers of the GrandTheftAuto series), [[BonnieScotland sitting around in kilts, sipping their single malt whiskey]], spreading racial, hurtful stereotypes." They also made the original Lemmings games, SoYeah...
* This troper finds hypocrisy is commonly noted in political satire shows, because you know, it's so easy with politics.
* [[http://notalwaysright.com/how-gluttons-complain/517 "How Gluttons Complain"]]
* "I'm not racist, but..."
** Even better: "I don't want to sound racist, but..."
** Also "My best friend is black!"
** "I am not a racist, some of my best friends are white~"
**"South Africa is an awful country. Half the people are racist bigots, and the other half are niggers."
** "I don't think of you as black!"
** This one was probably intended as a joke, but... "I'm not prejudiced against black people, I think everyone should own a couple."
** "I'm not a racist, because racism is a crime... and crime is for niggers."
** A new variation of this is now "I don't hate gay people, but being gay is wrong." or as recently as a TV interview of a friend of a guy who got arrested for gay bashing. "I don't hate gay people, but beating them is justified."
*A fairly common RealLife family example, pointed out by Bill Engvall: "Hey!" *smack* "We do NOT hit!"
* Smarmy intellectuals like [[SinisterTeddybear this troper]] are fond of responding to a phrase using needlessly complex or highbrow wording with "Eschew Obfuscation" which is a needlessly complex and highbrow way of saying "don't use needlessly complex and highbrow wording"
** See also [[http://www.plainlanguage.gov/examples/humor/writegood.cfm How to Write Good]] for more grammatical examples of this phenomenon.
* Paul Gascoigne, English footballer, is quoted as saying "I never predict anything and I never will do".
* Tony Blair came out with this gem during the 1998 Belfast peace talks in Northern Ireland:
-->'''Blair:''' A day like today is not a day for soundbites, we can leave those at home, but I feel the hand of history upon our shoulder with respect to this, I really do.
* A few products seen with the phrase "Closed mind: Close your mouth"
* The phrase, "Never say never."
* People who read and/or write {{Fanfiction}} complaining about a bad episode of a show by saying it's like fanfiction. Bonus points if they've written fanfic for the show in question.
* Way too common on the Internet; "THESE VIAL '''''ATHEISTS''''' DO NOTHING BUT ''SPREAD HATE'' AND SPEW THEIR '''DISCISTING, HATE-FILLED''' INSULTS TOWARDS CHRISTIANS WHO THEY OFFENSIVELY INSULT. IT'S ''HOSTILE'', IT'S ''OFFENSIVE'' AND IT'S '''''UNACCEPTIBLE'''''."
**Indeed. [[http://fstdt.com/Default.aspx Fundies Say the Darndest Things]] gets these kinds of examples all the time. Expect lots of irony meters to be broken in this website.
* In Britain in the mid-1990s, at the height of the PaedoHunt that the media were enthusiastically propagating, Chris Morris' ''BrassEye'' devoted a special to satirising the over-the-top reaction to paedophilia by the media. Naturally, the tabloids that were making a healthy profit from all this were less than amused, and one of them, the ''Daily Star'', published a [[HolierThanThou pious]] condemnation of the show fretting about what effect it might have on paedophiles... immediately opposite a PageThreeStunna-style article which [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star-1.jpg leeringly gloated over the developing large breasts of an underage young actress]] of the time.
** This is very, very common in tabloids and similar rags. Expect any story on "the sickening Hell of prostitution" or "the unspeakable evil of RandomEvent" with very detailed and prurient descriptions of the various shameful behaviors these sickos enjoy (with pics !)/horrible things these poor victims have survived at the hands of the kind of utter sickos who enjoy doing X (with pics !!). Usually, the writers themselves are very much aware of the irony - because they do it on purpose. It's what sells.
***A perfect example of this would be the gigantic hoolabaloo about Janet Jackson's SuperBowl WardrobeMalfunction - a perfect storm of scandalized outcries from the MoralGuardians crawling out of the woodwork, writing hundreds of articles which somehow *always* managed to sneak in a close-up pic of the boobie. So you know what you should be offended about, ''of course''. In case you missed the microsecond for which the actual event lasted.
*Very common among females but can be used by males too: "I am generally very nice, but you're just a loser a/o bitch."
* Chris Chibnall, the less-than-popular show-runner for ''{{Torchwood}}'', wrote an episode of ''DoctorWho'' called "42" which was by and large dismissed as being rather bland and formulaic. Not that remarkable by itself, until you consider that in the 1980s Chibnall, active in fan-circles, appeared on a BBC viewer response program along with other fans where he bluntly and loudly called out current ''DoctorWho'' to the faces of, amongst others, producer John Nathan-Turner and writers Pip and Jane Baker. Among his criticisms was that the show was becoming too formulaic. And to add to this, the Bakers had written a story in the then-recent series about a spaceship being sucked into a black hole. Chibnall's ''DoctorWho'' contribution revolves around a spaceship being sucked into a sun. Oh, the irony.
* ''SomethingAwful'' forum members are prone to this; they're prone to [[{{Hatedom}} hating on]] the FurryFandom, only to find out the more outspoken haters are closet furries in themselves. Likewise with {{Anime}}, and whatever their latest target-of-the-week is. (the rest is usually ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch)
* The {{Anime}} section of the ValuesDissonance page is full of born-and-bred westerners telling people what Japan is like. Especially amusing when they start correcting each other.
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