History JerkassHasAPoint / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

** In "Coma Guy", Peter's newfound obsession with the ''Music/VanHalen'' song "Panama" causes him to get in a car crash so bad that he falls into a coma and is later temporarily left braindead. Good news? Peter miraculously awakens none the worse for wear. Bad news? It's just seconds after Lois gave him up for dead and pulled the plug on him. Peter is understandably livid about her decision since she made it without his knowledge or consent, and while Lois is no saint herself, it's not a decision she made lightly and she easily justifies it; for years, she's had to put up with a PsychopathicManchild of a husband [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E6Petarded who scored so low on an intelligence test that he was diagnosed as mentally retarded]] and who does whatever halfcocked, idiotic thing pops into his head without a second thought or any regard for the consequences or his own safety. That Peter ''hasn't'' gotten himself killed yet is nothing short of incredible, and Lois has lived in fear of it happening for so long that when she thought it finally did, she couldn't help but feel relief that she didn't need to worry anymore. It ''was'' a horrible thing to consider doing and Lois instantly regretted it, but the fact of the matter is that Peter's breathtaking stupidity and carelessness prepared her for losing him a long time ago.

** In "The Past Masters" Aang, desperate to find a way [[ThouShaltNotKill out of killing Ozai]], summons four of the previous avatars for advice. None of them tell him what he wants to hear, but are no less wrong for it.

** Speaking of the movie, Homer himself gets a moment where he completely refuses to save Springfield from [[spoiler:being nuked]], with his reasoning being how everyone chased them down and tried to kill them after finding out Homer dumped a toxic silo into the lake. The situation is his own fault and he does get a heavy JerkassRealization later on (with part of it being Marge's reaction above), but [[WithFriendsLikeThese their friends]] and own ''[[OffingTheOffspring family]]'' tried to off the Simpsons ([[WouldHurtAChild even the kids]]) [[GuiltByAssociationGag despite them having nothing to do with Homer's screwup]], so he does have a leg to stand on.

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E21OnceUponAZeppelin Once Upon a Zeppelin]]," Iron Will's not wrong when he points out that Twilight's parents [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have avoided all of their family's collective headaches]] if they had bothered to ReadTheFinePrint for his airship cruise offer. Twilight's parents acknowledge that they made a mistake because they were so eager to go on the cruise.

* Iago is the TokenEvilTeammate among the protagonists of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', not to mention rude and annoying. However, in one episode he opposed vehemently helping or trusting Caliph Kapok, simply because he was known to be a wizard. (Agrabah's experiences with wizards [[EvilSorcerer were unpleasant to say the least]].) While such a suspicion at first seemed like [[FantasticRacism unfair stereotyping]], Iago had a valid point here, because Kapok was as evil as any other wizard they'd known. Aladdin himself, when asked by Iago to name any non-villanous wizards they've met, looks totally stumped.
* While Stan Smith from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' may be a jerkass, he does bring up a lot of valid points.

** In "Coma Guy", Peter's obsession with the ''Music/VanHalen'' song "Panama" causes him to get in a car crash so bad that he falls into a coma and is later rendered brain dead after he goes into cardiac arrest. Good news? Peter miraculously awakens none the worse for wear. Bad news? It's just seconds after Lois gave him up for dead and pulled the plug on him. While Peter is understandably livid about her decision, since she made it without his knowledge or consent, it's not one Lois made lightly and she easily justifies it; for years, she's had to put up with a PsychopathicManchild of a husband [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E6Petarded who scored so low on an intelligence test that he was diagnosed as mentally retarded]] and who does whatever halfcocked, idiotic thing pops into his head without a second thought or any regard for the consequences or his own safety. That Peter ''hasn't'' gotten himself killed yet is nothing short of incredible, and Lois has lived in fear of it happening for so long that when she thought it finally did, she couldn't help but feel relief that she didn't need to worry anymore. It ''was'' a horrible thing to consider doing and Lois instantly regretted it, but the fact of the matter is that Peter's breathtaking stupidity and carelessness prepared her for losing him a long time ago.

** In "Coma Guy", Peter's obsession with the ''Music/VanHalen'' song "Panama" causes him to get in a car crash so bad that he falls into a coma and is later rendered brain dead after he goes into cardiac arrest. Good news? Peter miraculously awakens none the worse for wear. Bad news? It's just seconds after Lois gave him up for dead and pulled the plug on him. While Peter is understandably livid about her decision, since she made it without his knowledge or consent, it's not one Lois made lightly and she easily justifies it; for years, she's had to put up with a husband [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E6Petarded who scored so low on an intelligence test that he was diagnosed as mentally retarded]] and who does whatever halfcocked, idiotic thing pops into his head without a second thought or any regard for the consequences or his own safety. That Peter ''hasn't'' gotten himself killed yet is nothing short of incredible, and Lois has lived in fear of it happening for so long that when she thought it finally did, she couldn't help but feel relief that she didn't need to worry anymore. It ''was'' a horrible thing to consider doing and Lois instantly regretted it, but the fact of the matter is that Peter's breathtaking stupidity and carelessness prepared her for losing him a long time ago.

** Speaking of the movie, Homer himself gets a moment where he completely refuses to save Springfield from [[spoiler:being nuked]], with his reasoning being how everyone chased them down and tried to kill them after finding out Homer dumped a toxic silo into the lake. The situation is his own fault and he does get a heavy JerkassRealization later on (with part of it being Marge's reaction above), but [[WithFriendsLikeThese their friend]]s and own ''[[OffingTheOffspring family]]'' tried to off the Simpsons ([[WouldHurtAChild even the kids]]) [[GuiltByAssociationGag despite them having nothing to do with Homer's screwup]], so he does have a leg to stand on.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' has several episodes where [[BloodKnight Polly]] ends up becoming the voice of reason. One notable episode is "Dating Season" where everyone else is so fixated on getting Sprig and Ivy together for their own selfish reasons. It gets to a point where she blows up and points out how Anne’s overreliance on her dating magazines and Hop Pop and Felicia only caring about the financial benefits are the reason why the Love Doves captured them.

** In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E16AreYouThereBobItsMeBirthday Are You There Bob? It's Me, Birthday]]", as Linda and the kids are trying to arrange a surprise birthday party for Bob, his obnoxious rival, Jimmy Pesto, points out that not everybody likes surprise parties because they involve coming home to a hidden houseful of people who jump out and scream at you. This makes Linda realize she's planning the surprise party for herself instead of Bob, since he's not a huge fan of parties, so she arranges a peaceful and relaxing evening for Bob instead and gifts him the bacon weight he wanted.

*** He argues against automatically treating soldiers as if they are heroes when they're just as fallible as everyone else in "Bojack Hates The Troops."
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', it's not unheard of for Uncle Ruckus ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a decent man at heart but a real asshole]]) or A Pimp Named Slickback ([[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk just an asshole]]) to dispense genuinely good advice. To specify, the former is correct that Riley is a rude, troublemaker and the latter turns out to be right where his "ho" Cristal, is only using Robert [[GoldDigger for selfish purposes]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'': While Aldrin is typically a smug BigBrotherBully towards Maggie, there are a few episodes where his behavior is justified, considering how much of a self-absorbed, spoiled brat his little sister can be. In particular, "Le Termite" has Aldrin lay the groundwork for Maggie's ZanyScheme that episode to be exposed, and when questioned about it later on, he explains out that he works hard at his BurgerFool job and earned their family's praise, whereas she was attempting to trick everyone solely in hopes of undermining him and receiving even greater praise. In general, while he is definitely a jerk a lot of the time, he's also right that Maggie is brilliant enough that she could likely find success in life if [[BrilliantButLazy she'd stop trying to find shortcuts in life and just focus on working hard]]; the aforementioned episode even had him apologize for his skepticism when he believed she'd actually gotten a better job than him by doing just that.

* Series/CornerGas Animated: Oscar may be short tempered, rude and often exaggerating, but he did successfully run the gas station for 40 years and was right to say Brent letting the underground tanks run completely empty for two full days was irresponsible.

* In the "Bend-Her" episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', after Bender has a sex change, the female crewmates accuse of him of being a bad representation of their gender and [[GoldDigger dating a celebrity robot just for the sake of indulgence]]. When "she" questions whether they've really never done the same thing, they can barely muster up a denial.

** In ''Dia-BILL-ic Shock'', when Bill has a spike in blood sugar and is warned by his doctor that he's at risk of developing diabetes, he goes to another doctor who, despite being a smug, verbally abusive prick, is pretty spot-on in identifying the problem and guessing both what will happen if Bill doesn't curb his unhealthy lifestyle and that he most likely won't.

** The plot of ''Cotton's Plot'' focuses on this entirely. Peggy, whose muscles have atrophied from being in a full body cast after a skydiving accident, ultimately ends up getting drilled by ''Cotton'' in order to walk again. He takes every advantage of this to treat her as miserably as possible for his own amusement while hollering at her like a {{Drill Sergeant|Nasty}}. The kicker? ''It works'': He knows exactly how to push her buttons and, quite literally, drives her forward via her hatred of him. He ultimately makes her climb a steep hill at a cemetery by offering to let her dance on his grave if she makes it (which she does by crawling).
** In ''How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo'', Hank butts heads with another man over a less-than-flattering play about the Alamo where the Texans involved in the battle are portrayed as a bunch of drunken cowards. The other man explains the logic behind his views, such as citing Sam Houston's troubled life and documented alcoholism and pointing out that the only people who know exactly what happened at the Alamo are long dead, so all they have to go off of is historical records. In the end, Hank is dissuaded from smashing up the stage when he realizes that it's wrong to censor someone else just because you don't like their message, but he insists on giving a speech to relate the bare facts of the battle before the play begins.

** Hank's CrankyNeighbor Kahn is an arrogant racist who takes pride in annoying Hank as much as possible, but after Luanne's boyfriend Buckley dies, he's [[LastDisrespects the only person who treats the affair with the respect it deserves]] in "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS3E1DeathOfAPropaneSalesman Death Of A Propane Salesman]]", having apparently befriended him offscreen (initially with the intent of annoying Hank further) and giving a moving speech at his funeral. Later, he's the one who [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out Luanne]] for becoming a SoapboxSadie to use suffering in the world [[EmotionSuppression as an excuse to not mourn his death]], berating her "strange Music/SineadOConnor act''. She then angrily storms off, only for it to finally hit her that Buckley's gone and break down crying.

** The Gross Sisters are a gang of thugs who love to steal money from others. However, in one episode, they didn't want to hang out with Penny who then decided to be a "bad girl" and do things that [[EvenEvilHasStandards not even they would do]]. As [[TheLeader Nubia]] pointed out, Penny, at the point, has been considered a straight on criminal.
** While Oscar can be too obnoxious, he was also right to be angry with Penny in the episode "Hip-Hop Helicopter" for wearing skimpy clothes on television because they too revealing for a middle school girl to be wearing; and Trudy even agrees with him.

** Jerry himself takes this when questioning Tammy's marriage approval to Birdperson despite the age-gap. Despite being snubbed, he turns to be correct as the marriage was a sham and a trap for all of Rick's friends, and even Rick's family narrowly escape because they were suspicious.
** Deconstructed and ''Reconstructed'' in "The Vindicators":

** Mr Burns of all people gets this in "Mountain of Madness" when he's rightfully disgusted at the employees of the plant for being unable to co-operate with one another and evacuate the building in a timely manner during a fire-drill. Considering how serious working at a nuclear plant is, that's something employees need to know for the sake of their own safety and others and Burns organizing a teamwork retreat in order to better the employees is arguably one of the most sensible decisions he's made as a boss.

** Stephen and Linda are insanely strict parents to Butters, grounding him for things he didn't do. But sometimes, he does do things that warrant punishment, such as in "Freak Strike" or "Franchise Prequel"

** In "The Old Stan and the Mountain," Stan is depicted as wrong for going behind his elderly coworker's back and stealing an assignment to demonstrate a new Urban Assault Vehicle. While, yes, it was kind of a dick move, Stan points out that the coworker who was supposed to demo it was clearly exhibiting signs of senility, citing how just the other day he mistook a sponge for a Hot Pocket.

** Numbuh 363 is always a self-centered and cocky tyke, and takes it Main/UpToEleven in the [[GrandFinale series finale]] ''Operation Interviews'' when his somewhat strict and no-nonsense sister Numbuh 362 reassigns the Cake Missions to him and his Sector, mockingly pointing out that they have never once gotten the cake back in one piece and it's time that a ''real'' Sector started handling the big missions. Rude as he was to Sector V, his criticisms are legit. Sector V ''hasn't'' ever once gotten the cake, and it makes perfect sense for he, as the operative who currently as the highest mission success rate in the KND, be put in charge of all future cake missions instead of the inept Sector V. He even lives up to his title, obtaining the most amount of items in the Scavenger Hunt for the cake, outsmarting Sector V on multiple occasions.

-->'''Frylock''': Charity is one thing, but this has gotten way out of hand. I mean, '''''we''''' don't have anything to eat now!

-->'''Frylock''': I give you the ultimate in military hardware, complete with laser cannon, indestructible titanium exoskeleton and motion-activated plasma pulse rifles.\\

--> '''Archer:''' Hey everyone! Why are you bitching?\\

-->'''Zhao:''' ...your own father doesn't even want you.\\

--->'''Leela:''' But Fry's our friend, Bender.
--->'''Bender:''' [[Series/AllInTheFamily Aw geez! Will ya stifle there, meatbag?]]
--->'''Leela:''' ''You'' stifle, Bender!
--->'''Zoidberg:''' Hooray! Finally, you're standing up to him!
--->'''Leela:''' Although he is ''completely'' right.

** [[TheFairFolk Queen Chrysalis]] wasn't wrong when she points out how Twilight Sparkle thought that something is wrong with Princess Cadance [[spoiler:who was actually Chrysalis herself in disguise]], and that the cast were too focused in their wedding planning, they fail to realize that Twilight was right the whole time. It was at that point when the others have a JerkassRealization and Applejack apologize to Twilight on the behalf of everypony. She also points out how infantile and unbefitting Pinkie Pie's planned party activities are for a royal wedding. One can't help but agree with her.
--> '''Chrysalis:''' It's funny, really. Twilight here was suspicious about my behavior all along. Too bad the rest of you were too catch up in your wedding planning to realize those suspicions were correct.

** In "The Abrasive Side" while the abrasive side Gary orders for [=SpongeBob=] ends up taking over his life, he does make a point when saying no to Sandy and Mr. Krabs; the former asked [=SpongeBob=] to be a test subject without notifying him beforehand, while the latter tried to give [=SpongeBob=] a late shift which lasted ''seventeen hours'', with the addition of paying him overtime.

** In ''How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo'', Hank butts heads with another man over a less-than-flattering play about the Alamo (namely, that the Texans involved were a bunch of drunken cowards). The other man explains the logic behind his views, such as citing Sam Houston's troubled life and documented alcoholism and pointing out that the only people who know exactly what happened at the Alamo are long dead, so all they have to go off of is historical records. In the end, Hank is dissuaded from smashing up the stage when he realizes that it's wrong to censor someone else just because you don't like their message, but he insists on giving a speech to relate the bare facts of the battle before the play begins.
** In one episode, John Redcorn comments to Nancy that he feels he really can't trust Dale to raise Joseph, John and Nancy's illegitimate son. The episode portrays John as in the wrong, given that he's an adulterer who is basically letting an ignorant man do all the hard work of raising Joseph for him... But it's an accusation that isn't entirely without merit. Dale Gribble is not only a hardcore ConspiracyTheorist, but also certifiably insane. He may love his wife and (assumed) son, but he frequently puts Nancy through all manner of problems by getting sucked into his latest delusion, and his love for Joseph sees him unpredictably flip-flopping between spoiling him rotten and setting an incredibly bad example for him. Honestly, he's one of the most realistic examples of someone who really shouldn't be raising a child.
** Hank's CrankyNeighbor Kahn is an arrogant racist who takes pride in annoying Hank as much as possible, but after Luanne's boyfriend Buckley dies, he's [[LastDisrespects the only character who treats the affair with the respect it deserves]] in "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS3E1DeathOfAPropaneSalesman Death Of A Propane Salesman]]", having apparently befriended him offscreen (initially with the intent of annoying Hank further) and giving a moving speech at his funeral. Later, he's the one who [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out Luanne]] for becoming a SoapboxSadie to use suffering in the world [[EmotionSuppression as an excuse to not mourn his death]], berating her "strange Music/SineadOConnor act''. She then angrily storms off, only for it to finally hit her that Buckley's gone and break down crying.

** When Bill Dauterive has a spike in blood sugar and is warned by his doctor that he's at risk of developing diabetes, he goes to another doctor who, despite being a smug, verbally-abusive prick, is pretty spot-on in identifying the problem and guessing both what will happen if Bill doesn't curb his unhealthy lifestyle and that he most likely won't.

** The plot of ''Cottons Plot'' focuses on this entirely. Peggy, whose muscles have atrophied from being in a full body cast, ultimately ends up getting drilled by ''Cotton'' in order to recover her muscles. He takes every advantage of this to treat her as miserably as possible for his own amusement all the while hollering at her like a {{Drill Sergeant|Nasty}}. The kicker? ''It works'': He knows exactly how to push her buttons and, quite literally, drives her forward via her hatred of him. He ultimately makes her climb a steep hill by offering to let her dance on his grave if she makes it (which she does by crawling).
** In one episode, Hank butts heads with a man who has a less-than-flattering interpretation of the Alamo (namely, that the Texans involved were a bunch of drunken cowards). The other man points out the logic behind his views, such as citing Sam Houston's troubled life and documented alcoholism and pointing out that the only people who know exactly what happened at the Alamo are long dead so all they have to go off of is historical records. In the end, Hank is dissuaded from smashing up the stage when he realizes that it's wrong to censor someone else just because you don't like their message, but he insists on giving a speech to relate the bare facts of the battle before the play begins.
** In one episode, John Redcorn comments to Nancy Gribble that he feels he really can't trust Dale Gribble to raise Joseph, John and Nancy's illegitimate son. The episode portrays this as John being an asshole, given he's an adulterer who is basically let an ignorant man do all the hard work of raising Joseph for him... but, it's an accusation that isn't entirely without merit. Dale Gribble is not only a hardcore ConspiracyTheorist, but also certifiably unhinged. He may love his wife and (assumed) son, but he frequently puts the former through all manner of problems by getting involved in his latest delusion, and his love for Joseph sees him flexing unpredictably between spoiling him rotten and setting an incredibly bad example for him. Really, he's one of the most realistic examples of people you wouldn't really want to be raising kids.
** Hank's CrankyNeighbor Kahn is an arrogant racist who takes pride in annoying Hank as much as possible, but after Luanne's boyfriend Buckley dies he's [[LastDisrespects the only character who treats the affair with the respect it deserves]] in "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS3E1DeathOfAPropaneSalesman Death Of A Propane Salesman]]", having apparently befriended him offscreen (initially with the intent of annoying Hank further) and giving a moving speech at his funeral. Later he's the one who [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews out Luanne]] for becoming a SoapboxSadie to use suffering in the world [[EmotionSuppression as an excuse to not mourn his death]], berating her "strange Music/SineadOConnor act''. She then angrily storms off, only for it to finally hit her that Buckley's gone and break down crying.

** In "Coma Guy", Peter's obsession with the ''Music/VanHalen'' song "Panama" causes him to get in a car crash so bad that he falls into a coma and is later rendered brain dead after he goes into cardiac arrest. Good news? Peter miraculously awakens none the worse for wear. Bad news? It's just seconds after Lois pulled the plug on him. While Peter is understandably livid about her decision, since she made it without his knowledge or consent, it's not one Lois made lightly and she easily justifies it; for years, she's had to put up with a husband [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E6Petarded who scored so low on an intelligence test that he was diagnosed as mentally retarded]] and who does whatever halfcocked, idiotic thing pops into his head without a second thought or any regard for the consequences or his own safety. That Peter ''hasn't'' gotten himself killed yet is nothing short of incredible, and Lois has lived in fear of it happening for so long that when she thought it finally did, she couldn't help but feel relief that she didn't need to worry anymore. It ''was'' a horrible thing to consider doing and Lois instantly regretted it, but the fact of the matter is that Peter's breathtaking stupidity and carelessness prepared her for losing him a long time ago.

--->'''Dr. Weissman:''' Did you talk to any other doctors before coming to me?\\
'''Bill:''' Well, yes.\\

'''Bill:''' Uh...