History Main / ChewOutFakeOut

* Downplayed in ''Film/ProjectX''. While Thomas is obviously still in trouble for the out-of-control party, with his college fund being used to pay for the damages, he ends up gaining a little more respect from his father who "literally" didn't think he had it in him, and curiously asks how many people were there.

* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged: Broly'', Trunks, Krillin and Gohan discover that the Daiyan Paragus has enslaved a group of aliens to build a decoy Planet Vegeta. Vegeta asks Paragus if this is true, and Paragus admits it... only for Vegeta to promote him to Grand Vizier because enslaving and subjugating alien races is the Saiyans' whole deal.

* Typically happened once an episode in ''Series/{{McCloud}}''.

* In ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'', [[spoiler: Ethan]] has been brought into HQ because his superiors think he's gone rogue ([[spoiler: he's really trying to save his wife, who has been kidnapped by the villain]]). As he's lying immobilized, his immediate superior begins chastising him (for the benefit of those listening in), while simultaneously mouthing an escape plan, knowing that [[spoiler: Ethan]] can read lips.

* During the course of the ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode "[[Recap/MashS7E2PeaceOnUs Peace on Us]]", Hawkeye managed through a BavarianFireDrill to get into the peace talks at Panmunjeom, then badly stalled. He gave an epic WhatTheHellHero speech to all assembled, and helped a general with his gastritis, then having said his piece, went back to the 4077th. Upon his return, he is met with an MP sent by the general he assisted, who was instructed to give Hawkeye two messages: 1) Officially, if he ever comes within sight of the peace talks again, he'd be liable to arrest; 2) Unofficially, the general wishes ''he'' was a crazy doctor so he could do something so brave and awesome and get away with it. And could Hawkeye give him some more detailed dietary directions to get him through his gastritis?

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8935062/269/Shards-To-A-Whole Chapter 269]] of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8935062/1/Shards-To-A-Whole "Shards To a Whole,"]] an ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' fanfic, after an investigation led by [=McGee=] took down a terrorist who would have killed hundreds of innocent people, CIA agent Kort visited Director Vance to protest the handling of the incident, as the terrorist in question was regarded as a valuable "asset". [=McGee=], speaking on behalf of NCIS, told Kort to [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck off and die,"]] pointing out that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech his team accomplished in five days what Kort's team couldn't do in five years.]] When Kort accused [=McGee=] of being "impolitic", Vance laid down his punishment(this chapter takes place in late July):

* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Survival Instinct," [[HeterosexualLifePartners Tom and Harry]] are in [[TheCaptain Janeway's]] ready room after getting into a BarBrawl on an alien SpaceStation. She calmly chews them both out for getting into the fight but congratulates them for winning the game that started it all.

* ''WebVideo/CampfireStories'': Acknowledged by Zach in one of his many stories about life in the Army where his sergeants played a 'game' with a rubber stress ball shaped like a grenade. Soldiers who heard a sergeant yell 'frag out' were expected to [[JumpingOnAGrenade fall on the fake grenade if they were nearest to it]]. Except that one time, when Zach was nearest to the door when a sergeant threw the fake grenade, he simply [[CuttingTheKnot kicked it back outside]]... prompting a sergeant to yell "WHO DID THAT." Zach confessed and was told to get into the sergeant's office, where he expected to be punished with a presumably absurdly large number of push-ups while being yelled at. Instead, the sergeant immediately went back into a normal tone of voice and acknowledged that, in a combat situation, Zach's choice was technically the most correct choice, but the purpose of the grenade drill was mostly to encourage compliance with prior instructions and being willing to take one for the team. Zach was let off with little more than a warning, though the sergeant said that he was going to yell Zach out of his office in order to keep up the charade of being a DrillSergeantNasty.

'''Suki''': You mean you don't remember? Maybe you'll remember this!''[Kisses Sokka on the cheek.]''\\
'''Sokka''': Suki!''[Embraces her.]''\\

* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' episode "Grundelesque." Kylie is nearly-despondent about disobeying Egon, but he tells her that she did the right thing and that he was working from a contaminated sample.

-> '''Steve Stronghold:''' ''[acting furious]'' [[FullNameUltimatum William. Theodore. Stronghold]]. ''[smiles and hold out arms]'' Come here!\\

* An episode of ''Series/LALaw'' had Grace prosecuting the theft of bull semen (long story). The testimony gets more and more lurid until the apparently incensed judge demands that Grace and the defense attorney join him in his chambers...only for all three of them to dissolve into hysterics the minute the door is closed.

* In ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', Jax tersely calls Rat into the club's meeting room where everyone else sits silently. He angrily orders Rat to cut the "prospect" badge off his jacket. When Rat is done, he hands him a full member patch and tells him to put that one on.

-->'''Instructor''': Well, let's see here Mr. Samson, on the driving portion, you totaled every car but the one you were driving, on the pistol range you refused to gun, and oh, *laughs* yeah, here's my favorite, on the written you drew a little guy with wings from the Music/LedZeppelin records.\\

-->'''Instructor''': Well, let's see here Mr. Samson, on the driving portion, you totaled every car but the one you were driving, on the pistol range you refused to gun, and oh, ha! Yeah, here's my favorite, on the written you drew a little guy with wings from the Music/LedZeppelin records.\\

''The instructor stands up and tears up the papers''\\

'''Brock''': Icarus. So, uh, what are you trying to tell me here little man, that you don't you like Zepp?\\
''The instructor stands up and tears Brock's test in half''\\

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': In "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E8MidLifeChrysalis Mid-Life Chrysalis]]", Brock undergoes a HeroicBSOD when he learns that his license to kill has expired, and has to be pushed into preparing for the renewal exam. The results are in his typical fashion, [[RefugeInAudacity but that just ultimately ensures he passes]]:

''*The instructor stands up and tears Brock's test in half*''
'''Instructor''': ...My father is General Treister. [[[[ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving You saved his life.]] [[LikeAGodToMe The man spoke of you as a god...]] [[TheAce and you did not disappoint.]]\\

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' had a complicated episode where Penny's dad Wyatt came to visit and she asked Leonard to pretend [[TheBeard they got back together]] because he was the only guy she's ever dated who he approved of. When she finally tells him the truth, he sits the two of them down and chews them out for lying to him. As soon as she's out of the room, he begs Leonard not to give up on her, then continues to fake a rebuke so that Penny can hear.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Dash gets in trouble for placing a tack on the teacher's chair. His father is more impressed by the fact that Dash managed to avoid being caught on a hidden camera than upset about the prank.

* [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-twilight-of-our-literacy-part-3/11651 Two sneaky teenagers in a bookstore]] hid all the copies of the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' saga from a shopping Twihard, who ended up buying the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series instead. The employee who found out about it was impressed but had to report them to the store's manager... who gave them both $10 gift cards. Possibly the biggest case of TakeThat EVER.

Compare ArsonMurderAndLifesaving, NotSoAboveItAll, SavedByTheAwesome, and MilhollandRelationshipMoment. May include DoWrongRight if afterward the parent/authority gives the protagonist tips on how to not get caught next time. May include IllPretendIDidntHearThat if the authority is letting the protagonist off with a warning not to do it again. May include {{Unishment}} if the authority gives out a "punishment" that is actually a reward. Contrast HaHaHaNo.

-> '''Steve Stronghold:''' ''[acting furious]'' William. Theodore. Stronghold. ''[smiles and hold out arms]'' Come here!\\

-->'''Oliver'''(thinking): He, of course, [[{{Unishment}} knows that beets make me throw up]].\\
'''Oliver's Dad''': Mess with the '''electric''' bill and no beets for '''two''' months!

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5794794/7/ Fullmetal Serenity]]'', after Ling tricks Edward into thinking he accidentally got Rose killed, Hughes, Mustang and Hawkeye lecture him. In the middle of it, Hawkeye trails off and says, "Captain, if you need to laugh then get it over with!", to which Mustang immediately doubles over, cracking up.
* ''Fanfic/OurFamilyAnAscension'': While reminiscing over his daughter, Eido, Mithrax recounts his memory of the time she called [[TheDon the Spider]] a "[[WickedPretentious wannabe aristocrat with a toddler's understanding of art]]" to his face. After giving her the proper scolding, Mithrax warned her to never say that in front of him ever again. What they later returned home that night, he rewarded his daughter with a treat and admitted that he thought her insult to the crime lord was the [[ActuallyPrettyFunny funniest thing he had ever heard]].

-->"[=McGee=]! You and your entire team are being placed on paid leave. Once your reports are filled out, I don't want to see any of you here again until August. For the next week, I want you to go home, rest, relax and think about the grave severity and dire consequences of saying impolitic things to pretentious assholes who upon being offered cake, ice cream and cookies, complain about the lack of whipped cream and sprinkles on top and deserve to have their ungrateful asses kicked."

* In ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', Will Stronghold got into a fight, accidentally trashed the school cafeteria and used his super-strength powers when he wasn't supposed to. When he gets home, his dad takes him into his lair to seemingly yell at him... only to hug him instead because he's so happy Will's powers have finally developed. His dad tells him to just tell his mom that he chewed him out and punished him by telling him no Xbox for a week. Will points that he doesn't have one...at which point his dad reveals he's so proud of him for inheriting his super-strength powers that he bought him one.

* In ''Film/KindergartenCop'', Kimble discovers that one of his students is being beaten by his father, and proceeds to give the man serious beat-down, in broad daylight, in front of half the school. The principal sternly calls Kimble into her office, then proceeds to laud him for his actions.

* In ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'', a tough old sergeant (played by James Caan) has just held a surgeon at gunpoint to force him to work on the sergeant's commanding officer. As soon as the surgeon is done, the Sergeant gives him his pistol. The surgeon chews him out slightly, and places him under arrest, for sixty seconds. The surgeon in question had declared the man dead on arrival and refused to waste time on a corpse. In order to convince him otherwise, the sergeant pulled a gun and ordered the surgeon to treat him anyway. After a quick examination, the man was found to be both alive and have good chances of survival. Until that point, neither the audience nor the sergeant had been given any indication that the officer had been alive at all.

* In ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011'', during the King's first on-screen meeting with the Three Plus One Musketeers, ostensibly to scold them for dueling in the street and with fighting Richelieu's guards, he tells them:

* At the end of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Bob Cratchit is 18 minutes late into work on Boxing Day. Scrooge, whose reformation appears to have given him a fondness for practical jokes, pretends to be absolutely outraged by this, before announcing that he's raising Bob's salary. Bob's immediate (and perhaps understandable) reaction is to think his employer has gone mad and wonder if he should summon someone with a straitjacket.

** First happened in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone The Philosopher's Stone]]'' when Harry decided to get on a broom to chase after Malfoy, despite Madam Hooch explicitly telling them not to. Professor [=McGonagall=] arrived, hauled him inside and put him on the Quidditch team.

* Matthews has a word with Deborah in ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' after she says the f-word during a press conference about a serial killer. Expecting Matthews to read her the riot act, Deborah is surprised when instead he tells her that she's already proven her worthiness; that kind of bluntness is exactly why he gave her the job, and in this case it has caused the phone to ring off the hook with tips.

** An intern made a mistake and was getting chewed out by Dr. Kelso. J.D. and Elliot approached and started chewing the intern out too, before shooing Kelso away and saying that they got the intern's punishment handled. Once Kelso was out of earshot, J.D. and Elliot than reassure the traumatized intern that she's doing just fine.

* Happens in ''Series/HomeImprovement'' when the kids get revenge on a bully by gluing his butt crack closed. Tim, the father, is impressed and makes only a token effort to tell them they were wrong, and that only after his wife gets mad.

* In the season 6 finale of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Jake forms a "suicide squad" consisting of Madeline Wuntch, CJ and The Vulture in order to take down Commissioner Kelly. The problem is [[spoiler:Holt doesn't trust Wuntch not to betray them]], so Jake [[spoiler:has her pretend to do so]] and leaves Holt out of the loop. When it all goes as planned, Jake explains from an interrogation room why he thought it was necessary to make Holt look like a fool. Unable to see Holt, he can only imagine his reaction.

* An epic case in ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. King Ecbert from the English kingdom of Wessex has formed an alliance with the Norse led by Ragnar, and gives them land to farm and settle on in England. However, Ecbert's son Aethelwolf and many of the nobles loudly grumble about the idea of just letting the practicing pagans live among them. Then behind Ecbert's back Aethelwolf and these unhappy nobles lead a force that utterly wipes out the Norse settlement. Ecbert furiously denounces them all and arrests the nobles for treason, and promises Aethelwolf that he won't escape punishment either. The king and the prince take their argument behind closed doors with only the two of them present... and immediately start celebrating how well their scheme to eliminate the Norse and the disobedient nobles went.

--> '''General Sam:''' ''(sternly)'' Private Roberts, do you mean to tell me you spared his life?
--> '''Bob:''' Yes sir. ''(braces for chewing-out)''
--> '''General Sam:''' Mercy is the mark of a great man, son. Well done.

-->'''Hayley:''' LetMeGetThisStraight. You ran off with my memory erased mother to a pagan festival, just to get my attention?

-->'''Cyborg:''' I can't believe you two would just barge into Robin's room when he's gone, dress up in his uniform and pretend to be Robin...

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In "The Boss", the titular Dan has to get a temp job to gain money for his rent. He constantly slacks off and procrastinates as much as he can, until his boss tells him to actually do his work. So, he tries to start by negotiating with a customer on paying for a magazine subscription. When said customer refuses, Dan snaps and '''''threatens him with physical violence''''' if he doesn't pay, much to the utter shock of the other clients in the room. His boss heard it all, and brought him to her office, and Dan is sure that he is finally fired. But he is quite surprised to hear her actually ''congratulate'' him for this, because she was impressed with the way he scares customers into paying. So, she gives him his ''own room on the first day'' in which he can work in, which involves yelling at customers via telephone.