History Irony / LiveActionTV

** In "New Earth" when Rose finds out that Cassandra's new skin is now taken from her back, she sarcastically comments that she is talking out of her own... "Ask not!" Cassandra interrupts. After trapping Rose in the psychograft and possessing her, Cassandra wonders [[EvilMakeover what plastic surgery she can do this time around on Rose's body in order to improve her new appeal ]] but [[ProudBeauty takes great pleasure in admiring her posterior]], quite possibly [[BestServedCold on purpose as a means of getting back at Rose]]. Basically, [[{{Satire}} Cassandra is "talking out of her own (Rose's) arse"...]]

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

** In the closing credit tag of "[[Recap/CommunityS1E14InterpretiveDance Interpretive Dance]]", Abed helps Troy with a crossword puzzle where all of the correct answers seem to be the names of the study group members. The last one ("Four letters, one of acting brothers Bridges") stumps them both, but Jeff suggests it's "Beau". Jeff himself doesn't realize the correct answer might be [[Creator/JeffBridges "Jeff"]].

** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary series premiere]], Sisko encounters the Bajoran Prophets in the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant. The Prophets, being StarfishAliens [[NonLinearCharacter lacking any physical form and completely divorced from, and thus ignorant of, the concept of time]], find Sisko perplexing. This leads Sisko to describe the concept of linear time, and how corporeal species such as humans are bound by it. At the same time, however, the Prophets notice that Sisko himself is ''not'' linear, for his mind and his heart were still trapped in the past, at the Battle of Wolf 359, when he lost his wife to the Borg.

* On ''Series/{{DAG}}'', Sullivan Pope is hired as Chief of Staff and is tasked with hiring a band for a fundraiser. He goes to Camilla, the President's daughter, for ideas and she suggests a band she likes, [=KTP=]. He hires them and at the fundraiser, we find out what [=KTP=] stands for: Kill The President. This leads to an ironic triple threat: 1) the President's daughter likes a band called Kill The President, 2) a band called Kill The President performing for the President, and 3) the band Kill The President not trying to kill the president.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** During the otherwise comedic episode [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles "The Trouble With Tribbles"]], it turned out the Klingons poisoned the grain meant for a disputed planet, so that it destroyed the digestive system. When the tribbles got into it, and died from it, Kirk described the situational irony thus, "In a room ''full'' of grain, they ''starved'' to death."
** Kirk/Spock SlashFic is mentioned under Fanfiction, but it also works without the Slash. Out of all of Kirk's relationships, his longest lasting one has been his friendship with Spock, not any of his romantic ones.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame "The Game"]] has the crew of the Enterprise being taken over by a highly addictive game. At the end, Wesley Crusher saves the day. The irony is that Wesley's actor (Creator/WilWheaton) is an avid gamer in real life.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary series premiere]], Sisko encounters the Bajoran Prophets in the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant. The Prophets, being StarfishAliens lacking any physical form and completely divorced from, and thus ignorant of, the concept of time, find Sisko perplexing. This leads Sisko to describe the concept of linear time, and how corporeal species such as humans are bound by it. At the same time, however, the Prophets notice that Sisko himself is ''not'' linear, for his mind and his heart were still trapped in the past, at the Battle of Wolf 359, when he lost his wife to the Borg.

** Walt didn't want any charity from the Schwartzes regarding the financial future of his family. [[spoiler:In the end, coercing the Schwartzes to make a trust fund they will give his son on his 18th birthday with the remaining drug money becomes ''the only way'' Walt can secure his family’s financial future without the money being either seized by the cops or rejected by his family.]]

** The Seventh Kavalry, despite all the UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories they espouse, seem to be trying to make a DirtyBomb using what they believe to be carcinogenic batteries created by Doctor Manhattan, not realizing that that entire story was a FalseFlagOperation by Ozymandias to make Doctor Manhattan want to leave Earth. [[spoiler:In fact, they are using lithium from the batteries to build a trap for Doctor Manhattan.]]

** "In God We Trust" has George Michael take Buster's place in the Living Classics pageant playing Adam in "The Creation of Adam". When he discovers he has to be naked in the reenactment, he goes in wearing Tobias' cutoff jeans instead. The audience's reaction to his not being naked is very much like [[MoralGuardian moral guardians]] reacting to actual nudity.

** While at the same time, it's ironic that Mulder and Scully would immediately switch positions of belief when it came to any ''religious'' paranormal phenomena, given their usual viewpoints.

** Walt didn't want any charity from the Schwartzes regarding the future of his family. [[spoiler:It becomes ''the only way'' he could safely send his family money without it being either seized or rejected by his family.]]
** Jesse advised surrendering to the DEA in order to avoid Gus, noting how he could be a massive information source. [[spoiler:Jesse eventually does the very same against ''Walt'', although it gets foiled.]]

** In the episode "Mr. Monk Can't See A Thing", the cleanliness obsessed Monk is temporarily blinded when he's hit in the eyes with cleaning acid.

** "Social Psychology" sees Professor Duncan run a psychological experiment to prove that a loss of control over a situation will weaken emotional control. (In reality, he's using the experiment as an excuse to torture the test subjects.) However, Duncan and his researchers end up losing emotional control themselves after test subject Abed manages to remain calm throughout the experiment.
** "Advanced Criminal Law" sees Britta admit to an infraction she committed because she has issues with dishonesty. The infraction: cheating on a test. Jeff even calls her out on it.
** In the closing credit tag of "Interpretive Dance", Abed helps Troy with a crossword puzzle where all of the correct answers seem to be the names of the study group members. The last one ("Four letters, one of acting brothers Bridges") stumps them both, but Jeff suggests it's "Beau". Jeff himself doesn't realize the correct answer might be [[Creator/JeffBridges "Jeff"]].
** Straight-laced Annie moves in with man-children Troy and Abed in Season 3. She starts a subplot in "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" by accidentally breaking Abed's rare DVD. Instead of admitting it and apologizing, she pretends a burglar stole it, inspiring Abed to dress up as Franchise/{{Batman}} and seek out the culprit. Troy says it best: "You moving in here was supposed to tone us down!"
** In "Digital Exploration of Interior Design", Troy and Abed get into a fight over whether or not to go for a world record for world's biggest pillow fort. The fight (fueled by Vice Dean Laybourne) escalates into a massive pillow fight that takes up the entirety of the following episode, "Pillows And Blankets". Due to their fighting, they fail to set a record for the world's biggest pillow fort, but as pointed out on the show's [[Fridge/{{Community}} Fridge page]], they could have set a record for the world's biggest pillow fight.
** It's frequently established that Troy has a thing for "butt stuff" (that is things being inserted into his butt). In "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics", he's one of the victims of the "Ass Crack Bandit" (whose "crime" is sticking quarters into the butts of Greendale students) and the one most traumatized by the attack.

** In "King of the Narrow Sea", Rhaenyra Targaryen's passionate make-out session with her uncle Daemon in a brothel is contrasted with Queen Alicent's joyless sex with her husband, King Viserys, in the Red Keep. The irony is that an illegal baseborn act is shown to be much more rewarding than a legal royal one.
** As a child, tomboy Rhaenyra detests motherhood, but eventually conceives five sons whom she raises in a loving household. Her friend, Alicent, begins as a ProperLady, yet grows into an emotionally abusive mother who attempts to groom her children to take over the Iron Throne. This means that Rhaenyra's sons grow up to become well-adjusted individuals, while Alicent's children are saddled with mental/emotional issues of their own. It's even more ironic in the case of their firstborn; Jacaerys Velaryon, a black-haired bastard Targaryen, is a PrincelyYoungMan who loves Valyrian culture and aspires to become TheGoodKing, while Aegon Targaryen, a silver-haired legitimate Targaryen, is a drunk serial rapist who is clearly TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone.

** Out of the gang, Ted is the one who really wants to get married. [[spoiler: However, all of the other four get married before him. Including two with huge aversions to getting married.]] Also, after spending the entire series rushing towards marriage, [[spoiler:he marries The Mother after a seven year engagement and their kids are already born.]]
** On a smaller scale, Robin's relationship with Don was full of irony. She only meets him after committing fully to her career over her personal life. However when given the choice, she chose him over furthering her career. He chose his career when given the exact same opportunity.
** Ted stated in "The Platinum Rule" that if he broke up with Stella it wouldn't be because of some stupid rule. At their wedding she left him at the altar to run off with her ex-husband and the father of her daughter, causing him to have the rule "never invite an ex to a wedding". Gets an extra level of irony, given that he meets his wife because Robin (his ex) invites him to her wedding.

** As a child, tomboy Rhaenyra detests motherhood, but eventually conceives five sons whom she raises in a loving household. Her friend, Alicent, begins as a ProperLady, yet grows into an emotionally abusive mother who attempts to groom her children to take over the Iron Throne. This means that Rhaenyra's sons grew up to become well-adjusted individuals, while Alicent's children are saddled with mental and emotional issues of their own. It's even more ironic in the case of their firstborn; Jacaerys Velaryon, a black-haired bastard Targaryen, is a PrincelyYoungMan who loves Valyrian culture and aspires to become TheGoodKing, while Aegon Targaryen, a silver-haired legitimate Targaryen, is a drunk serial rapist who is clearly TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone.

---> ''''Potter:''' If I never have to swallow another piece of irony in this lifetime, that'd be just fine.

* Jackie from ''Series/That70sShow'' frequently makes cracks about Fez being from another country. The irony is that Fez's actor (Wilmer Valderrama) was born in the United States while Jackie's actress (Creator/MilaKunis) was born in Ukraine.

* ''Series/{{Luck}}'' didn't seem to have much. The show about horse racing debuted to decent ratings and received an early renewal for a second season. Then some of the horses on the show started showing injuries or dying. During the investigation into the injuries and deaths, HBO rescinded the second season renewal and cancelled the show.
* ''Lucky 7'' was the first show of the 2013-2014 season to be cancelled.

** J. Peterman has fired Elaine for numerous petty reasons (however, she's always rehired by the next episode). But the one time she does something that could and ''should'' have gotten her fired (eating a $29,000 piece of cake from King Edward's wedding), he enacts no discipline at all. His reasoning: she admits to him that she hasn't yet passed the cake with butter-based frosting which had been sitting in a poorly ventilated English basement for sixty years and he believed what she was about to go through to be "punishment enough".

* The fifth season of ''Series/NineOneOne'' opens with Jeffrey Hudson, the serial rapist arrested by Athena, going to trial. The trial gets interrupted by a hacker shutting down the power grid and Hudson escapes. After overpowering Detective Ransone, Hudson steals his car and badge. He kidnaps Athena's son and gets a bystander to back off by claiming to be Ransone, but the bystander films him on her phone anyway. He then takes Athena's son to a "no police zone" organized by disgruntled citizens as a result of the blackout. Athena tracks him there and goes after him. The disgruntled citizens recognize Hudson from the video and help Athena take him down. It's unknown if they ever found out they were helping a cop go after a criminal when they thought they were helping a fellow citizen take down a cop.