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* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' feels this about ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/RockyIV'', the ''Film/ShortCircuit'' series, ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'', ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'', ''Film/CoolRunnings'', ''Film/JudgeDredd'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/{{Paranoia|2011}}'' ("[[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob What the hell?!]]"). Likewise, this is the entire purpose of the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' review, ending in a song.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The episode "Nerds of a Feather" featured Candace going to a convention dressed as Ducky Mo-Mo. She liked the character since she was little, but was too embarrassed to admit she still did. [[{{Hypocrite}} This is ''after'' she teased Phineas and Ferb for going to the convention dressed as a sci-fi space captain and an elf prince, respectively]].

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' feels this way, of all things, about one of the bible games called ''VideoGame/BibleBuffet''. While he thinks it's completely insane, essentially being a video game rip-off of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' with ''UsefulNotes/{{Atari|2600}}-ish'' mini-games and sound effects as well as a hauntingly clear voice samples, he also can't help but find that he actually "kinda likes it". This comes back as a BrickJoke much later when he decides to dump all of his bad games out into space during his review of the video-game adaptation of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'': among the bad games are ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' and ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHydeNES'' ([[ArchEnemy natch]]), ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', anything by ''Creator/LJNToys'', and pretty much every game he's ever devoted an episode to, while among the good games are ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'', ''VideoGame/CaptainSkyhawk'', and, after a brief hesitation, ''Bible Buffet''.

* ''Fanfic/TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham'':

* ''Series/ICarly'': Carly once broke up with a "bad boy" she was dating because she found out that he had a stuffed animal collection.

* ''Series/{{Eureka}}'': Jo. "Sassy pumps for fall."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's father Jin is shown in TheStinger to be a secret 4*Town fan, dancing to it in the privacy of the basement away from his wife and daughter.

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

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' feels this about ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/RockyIV'', the ''Film/ShortCircuit'' series, ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'', ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'', ''Film/CoolRunnings'', ''Film/JudgeDredd'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/{{Paranoia|2011}}'' ("[[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob What the hell?!]]"). Likewise, this is the entire purpose of the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' review, ending in a song.

* In ''Literature/{{Rubbernecker}}'', Meg volunteers to read to the coma patient Mrs Deal. She starts reading Ulysses, but gets bored with it and switches to ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'', which she describes to her friends as 'some rubbish that I found on her bedside table'. The book turns out to be so gripping that Meg finds herself reading to Mrs Deal for two hours at a time instead of one, but she'd never admit that.

* And we know this from ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'''s very own "[[http://ncmoulinrouge.bandcamp.com/track/guilty-pleasures Guilty Pleasures]]" song summarizing the trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The episode "Nerds of a Feather" featured Candace going to a convention dressed as Ducky Mo-Mo. She liked the character since she was little, but was too embarrassed to admit she still did.

-->Albus shuddered with dread – his staff and students knew one of his darkest secrets – his love for the music of the Swedish pop group ABBA. No one could deny the enchantment of their tunes and he shook his head in disappointment every time the group denied there was magical blood in their families. The Swedish magical government finally demanded the ICW censure Albus when he continually appeared at the group's concerts around the world every summer seeking autographs.

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' feels this way, of all things, about one of the bible games called ''VideoGame/BibleBuffet''. While he thinks it's completely insane, essentially being a video game rip-off of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' with ''UsefulNotes/{{Atari|2600}}-ish'' mini-games and sound effects as well as a hauntingly clear voice samples, he also can't help but find that he actually "kinda likes it". This comes back as a BrickJoke much later when he decides to dump all of his bad games out into space during his review of the video-game adaptation of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'': among the bad games are ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' and ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'' ([[ArchEnemy natch]]), ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', anything by ''Creator/LJNToys'', and pretty much every game he's ever devoted an episode to, while among the good games are ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'', ''VideoGame/CaptainSkyhawk'', and, after a brief hesitation, ''Bible Buffet''.

Guilty Pleasure may, but does not always, overlap with ClosetGeek. "Guilty Pleasure" implies that a person feels guilty for enjoying a show or product, either because they believe it is of low-quality or because they fall out of the product's target demographic, but for some reason like it anyway. This differs from SoBadItsGood, where the enjoyment is specifically based on its flaws. The ClosetGeek hides their fanhood for fear of what other people will say, but they may believe that the things they like ''are'' legitimately good and worthy of appreciation. It can overlap with UnmanlySecret if a masculine character has a feminine guilty pleasure.

* Kiyoshi from ''Manga/PrisonSchool'' likes sumo wrestling but doesn't want his crush, Chiyo, finding out because he thinks she'll think he's weird. She does find out though and it turns out that she's a sumo wrestling fan as well.

* ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'': Maverick and Magnum are two pegasus thieves that are roped into being [[BoxedCrook boxed crooks]] for Leviathan, and had previously given her a halfway decent showing in a fight. Neither of them are too keen on admitting to anyone that they enjoyed it when Leviathan gave in to temptation and scratched them behind the ears.

* ''Series/AllInTheFamily''; Archie's usual leisure time is spent drinking beer watching football, like the typical blue-collar worker he is; but he also reads ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|US}}'' comic books when nobody is around and may have a whole trunk full of them.
* ''Series/BigTimeRush'': One episode in which the guys have a photo shoot for a Tween girls mag. Only one of them is familiar with the magazine and the others shockingly look at him, almost in disgust, and one even asks him is that Katie's. He replies that those"...magazines have great articles for guys too." Seconds later, as they are mocking him, another guy in the band reads a headline about heartthrob coverboy and becomes interested in what the interview with said heartthrob says. The guys get into an argument about what their opinions and the heartthrob's about what to bring to a desert island. So in mere seconds, they go from mocking it to liking it.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': LadyOfWar Cassandra Pentaghast is a huge fan of Varric's stories, particularly his smutty romance serial, "Swords and Shields", which Varric himself considers the absolute worst thing that he's ever written. When the Inquisitor finds her reading it, she tries to use every excuse that she can to hide it.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'', Ken's social link for the female main character has him regard his love of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Phoenix Ranger Featherman R]]'' as a guilty pleasure that he wants to grow out of, because he feels it makes him immature to like a {{Sentai}} show. You can respond with dismissal of the show, open enthusiasm for it, or a similar confession that it's a personal guilty pleasure too.

** Similarly, in "Kiwami 2", Shoko is a passionate but reticient fan of gag manga, and even tries her hand at drawing one. Part of her story is Kiryu convincing her to be less guilty about it and let her geek flag fly.

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' feels this way, of all things, about one of the bible games called ''VideoGame/BibleBuffet''. While he thinks it's completely insane, essentially being a video game rip-off of ''TabletopGame/CandyLand'' with ''UsefulNotes/{{Atari|2600}}-ish'' mini-games and sound-effects as well as a hauntingly clear voice samples, he also can't help but find that he actually "kinda likes it". This comes back as a BrickJoke much later when he decides to dump all of his bad games out into space during his review of the video-game adaptation of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'': among the bad games are ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' and ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'' ([[ArchEnemy natch]]), ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', anything by ''Creator/LJNToys'', and pretty much every game he's ever devoted an episode to, while among the good games are ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'', ''VideoGame/CaptainSkyhawk'', and, after a brief hesitation, ''Bible Buffet''.

** Subtly subverted in "The Ticket Master". Spike is allegedly grossed out by the idea of going to the Grand Galloping Gala, but is excited to get his own ticket at the end of the episode. However, this trope is subverted upon closer examination: we see that Spike had initially been excited to go, likely because he assumed the tickets were for him and Twilight (and this is what probably Celestia had intended given how Twilight just started making friends outside of Spike). He only claimed that he didn't want to go to the gala '''"anyway"''' when Twilight accidentally snubs him by debating which of her new friends to take, not considering the possibility the other ticket was for Spike.

* Season 2, Episode 10 of ''WebAnimation/MightyMagiswords'', aptly titled [[https://mighty-magiswords.fandom.com/wiki/Vambre%27s_Guilty_Pleasure Vambre's Guilty Pleasure]] features a case of this. Specifically, her like for the children's entertainer Piggiepie Jones, which conflicts with the badass warrior image she's cultivated, especially in contrast to her more sensitive brother Prohyas. By the end of the episode, she finally admits she's a fan and the people couldn't care less.
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': [=BoJack's=] mother Beatrice really thinks his sitcom, ''Horsin' Around'', is genuinely funny and entertaining, and brags to others that her son stars in the show. However, she would never admit it to [=BoJack's=] face, partly because her high-class upbringing made her feel as though she wasn't allowed to enjoy something so childish, and partly because she refused to praise the person who "[[DefiledForever ruined]]" her. Only after she's been stricken with late-stage dementia and no longer recognizes her son do we see her openly enjoying the show in front of him, but at that point [=BoJack=] no longer cares.

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!!!'''This page is for the trope. For the novel ''Guilty Pleasures'', see the ''Literature/AnitaBlake'' page.'''

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The episode "Funnybot" reveals that Creator/TylerPerry seemingly has this effect on all African-Americans, who inexplicably enjoy his movies even if they are ashamed of that fact. Even [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama President Obama]] is shown to be a victim of this:
-->'''Barack Obama:''' I'm going to spend my final moments on this Earth with my loved ones...watching a Tyler Perry movie. I know, it's embarrassing. But I simply can't help myself.

* Josh Newman from ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'' is described as loving ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' but would "die before admitting it to his friends".

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' enjoys ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Music/LadyGaga, ''Film/TheRoom'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', ''Film/Transformers2007'', ''Film/{{Newsies}}'', ''Film/MoulinRouge'', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', "every Creator/MegRyan movie (1993-2001)", ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/OmShantiOm'', ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator'' and ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (2000) in this manner.

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' enjoys ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Music/LadyGaga, ''Film/TheRoom'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', ''Film/{{Newsies}}'', ''Film/MoulinRouge'', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', ''Film/IndependenceDay'', ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', "every Creator/MegRyan movie (1993-2001)", ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/OmShantiOm'', ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator'' and ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (2000) in this manner.

* ''WebVideo/JonTron''- I mean, [[WigDressAccent Malkovich]] uses this trope with "Malkovich's Gaming Guilty Pleasures". Although, depending on your interpretation of the '[[ShowWithinAShow show]]', this trope may apply {{In Name Only}}.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': The Second Raid: the OVA is about Tessa trying to get her teddy bear back before somebody else finds out about it. Belfangan Clouseau tries to keep his Anime habits a secret as well, mostly PlayedForLaughs.

* Washio's friends force her into a western-style dress in ''LightNovel/WashioSumiIsAHero''. Being very traditionally Japanese and {{patriotic|Fervor}}, Washio resists, but she does like how it looks on her. The scene then cuts to her saying that she's a failure as a YamatoNadeshiko.