History WhatTheHellHero / WesternAnimation

* Played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. When it's revealed that, not only did Ronnie Raymond break up with Killer Frost via text message, but he made her pay for all their dates, he gets one from Jason Rusch.

** In "Boyz Crazy", Dipper reveals that Robbie not only stole the song he supposedly "wrote" for Wendy, but it had subliminal messages in it, and she angrily breaks up with him. Immediately asks her to hang out, only for a distraught Wendy to lay into ''him'', too, for being so thoughtless.

** In the episode, Brian's Got a Brand New Bag, Brian calls out the entire Griffin family for harassing his latest girlfriend, Rita trying to get her to reveal how old she is, and bringing her to tears in the process. Later in the same episode, Rita calls Brian out for having sex with another woman, and acting like it was no big deal[[note]]In fact, he tries to claim it was a ''good thing'', because it taught him what a good thing he has with her[[/note]], and promptly breaks up with him.

** Brian doesn't try to hide the fact he is willing to do anything for a drink or to sleep with a woman, but in the episode "Be Careful What You Fish For", Brian dates Emily, Stewie's preschool teacher who is far from qualified from looking after toddlers. Emily lets the kids do what they want and doesn't bother trying to keep the place clean or safe, which creates horrible conditions that Stewie tells Brian about and Brain was going to have words with Emily until he saw how hot she was. Stewie calls Brian out for his actions and after his arm got pulled of his socket by Emily and when Stewie tries to tell Lois, Brian attempts to shut Stewie up just to be able to keep dating Emily. Only when Brian finds out Emily already has a boyfriend does he decide to call the cops on her for the preschool's conditions.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** In the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Robin accosts a random dockworker for information on Slade's whereabouts, and has to be physically restrained by Raven. The rest of the team accuses him of emulating Slade's tactics in his zeal. What makes this worse is that Slade is pretty civil to his informants, which is why he can use them again and again. So, Robin was actually [[EvilerThanThou worse than the villain]].

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' is rife with these moments:

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has an episode called "Dude, where's my Ranch?" in which Lisa crushing on a boy named Luke, sends a girl named Clara she thinks is his girlfriend in the wrong direction so Lisa could have Luke all to herself. When Lisa realizes Clara is Luke's sister, she brings her back, but Luke angrily chews her out and breaks up with her.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' has a few, but the most noteworthy (or the biggest WhatAnIdiot moment) might be the Season 6 finale "Dumped at the Altar", where Mordecai interrupts Muscle Man's wedding to give a long, rambling speech about ''his own'' love life. Everyone is disgusted and confused by this, with even the often callous Rigby calling him out on the horrible timing.

-->'''Queen:''' ''I never thought I'd see the day when an ant would put ''himself'' before the rest of his colony! The point is, Flik, you lied to us!''

--> '''Atta:''' ''You lied, Flik. You lied to her! You lied to the colony! You lied to '''Me'''! I want you to leave, Flik. And this time, don't come back.''

* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'', Mark's best friend Will's boyfriend gets kidnapped by a MadScientist but Mark ignores Will's pleas for help in order to focus on his [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife relationship issues]]. As a result, Will's boyfriend is [[UnwillingRoboticisation turned into a cyborg]] while he himself almost meets the same fate, which he calls Mark out for later on. However this ends up being subverted, as his reprimand turns into a ToughLove speech encouraging him to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre learn from his mistakes and not give up]] on heroism after seeing how broken up Mark was about it all.

** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E21EveryLittleThingSheDoes "Every Little Thing She Does"]], [[TheAtoner Starlight]] panics at the thought of spending the day doing friendship lessons with the Mane Six (minus Twilight) and decides to use a mind control spell to ease things along. It doesn't go well at all, and Twilight and the others call her on it:

** And ''that'' last comment sparks another one from Doofensmirtz.
--->'''Doofensmirtz:''' Wait a minute, I just realized, that was a conscious choice. You purposefully peed on my couch!\\

--->'''Starfire:''' Whoever Slade is, you and he are...[[NotSoDifferent similar]]. Slade did not trust you, and you did not trust us.

*** Ratchet calls out Prowl for his destructive romp when apprehending Starscream (or rather, unbeknown to them, his clone) by pointing out the bird's nest he ruined. Given that Prowl is a FriendToAllLivingThings, this hit him particularly hard. Even Starscream gets in the act, with a NotSoDifferent line.

*** He finally calls her out on it in "Depths," even stating that [[spoiler:her actions [[NotSoDifferent make her no better than Psimon]]]]. But the last straw was [[spoiler:her erasing their fight about it from his mind so he wouldn't be mad at her anymore.]] And to add insult to injury, Superboy then calls her out on the fact that [[spoiler:not too long after their breakup she's now dating Lagoon Boy.]] Miss Martian shows remorse, but Superboy wonders if its genuine or is it for the fact that she got caught.

'''Batman''': [[NotSoDifferent Spoken like a true]] [[KnightTemplar Justice Lord]].

** Happens twice in "A Better World" -- [[UpToEleven both times to and by Batman.]] [[spoiler: The parallel Batman argues that at least on his world, no other child would ever have to be brutally orphaned, which disarms the League Batman. Later in the episode, Batman witnesses an indifferent crowd ignoring a terrified man arrested for a simple argument, and asks his twin, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "They'd love it here, don't you think? [...] Mom and Dad.]] [[SarcasmMode They'd be]] ''[[SarcasmMode so]]'' [[SarcasmMode proud of you."]]]]

-->'''Rogers:''' "What else is there?"? She says, "Is beauty all that matters?", and ''you'' say, '''''"What else is there?"'''''!?\\

* WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood: During a fight Robin (then Jason Todd) brutally attacks and shatters the collarbone of one of the criminals they were apprehending when said criminal tried to shoot him. Jason and Batman argue about this later, Batman feeling that he over-stepped while Jason justifies it under the fact that the guy was a drug-dealing pimp. Though Jason does concede to Batman's point when he points out that the man is in shock and they can't get any information from him. Jason admits it was a stupid thing to do, but isn't sorry for the damage.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Here to Help", it's revealed that [[spoiler:Moon Butterfly]] was the one who helped Mina build a new Solarian army in order to overthrow Queen Eclipsa. They claim that this was to prevent Mina from doing something even worse, but Star rightfully points out that [[spoiler: a) there was no way Mina would have accomplished anything as destructive as a super-powered, nigh-immortal military force on her own]] and [[spoiler: b) Mina is a genocidal psychopath who she can't possibly control]]. Star is proven right when Mina betrays [[spoiler:Moon]] the following episode and proves powerless to stop her.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' has a few, but the most noteworthy might be the Season 6 finale "Dumped at the Altar", where Mordecai interrupts Muscle Man's wedding to give a long, rambling speech about ''his own'' love life. Everyone is disgusted and confused by this, with even the often callous Rigby calling him out on the horrible timing.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'', Mark's best friend Todd's boyfriend gets kidnapped by a MadScientist but Mark ignores Todd's pleas for help in order to focus on his [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife relationship issues]]. As a result, Todd's boyfriend is [[UnwillingRoboticisation turned into a cyborg]] while he himself almost meets the same fate, which he calls Mark out for later on. However this ends up being subverted, as his reprimand turns into a ToughLove speech encouraging him to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre learn from his mistakes and not give up]] on heroism after seeing how broken up Mark was about it all.

** A downplayed example in "Scary-Oke" is when Mabel scolds Dipper for raising the dead in order to impress Powers and Trigger, putting the entire town in danger. To be fair, Dipper didn’t realize that there were dead remains under the Mystery Shack.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':

* In the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Robin accosts a random dockworker for information on Slade's whereabouts, and has to be physically restrained by Raven. The rest of the team accuses him of emulating Slade's tactics in his zeal. What makes this worse is that Slade is pretty civil to his informants, which is why he can use them again and again. So, Robin was actually [[EvilerThanThou worse than the villain]].

* Happens a bit in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', in particular the episode "Clash". ComicBook/LexLuthor has, in an [[PetTheDog attempt at genuine charity]], built a self-sustaining city for the homeless. Superman sees a device underground with a timer and sets out to destroy it, despite Lex's attempts to convince him that he's mistaken. Captain Marvel wisely disagrees and thinks they should call an expert in to see what the device really is. [[LetsYouAndHimFight Mayhem ensues]]. In the end the fight [[NiceJobBreakingItHero destroys the city]], and the device is revealed to be a kryptonite-powered generator. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that this was a BatmanGambit by Lex Luthor to discredit Superman, by manipulating [[ParanoiaGambit Superman's distrust of Luthor]].]] The whole fiasco made Captain Marvel verbally tear the [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Original Seven]] a new one before resigning:

** The Season 1 finale had Tony Stark use a robot duplicate (while he himself was disguised as a bridesmaid) to fake a wedding to Julia Carpenter for the purpose of throwing the Mandarin off his trial and convince him that Tony and Iron Man were separate people. However, he decided to not tell the ComicBook/ScarletWitch about it, who wasn't happy about being left out of the loop. In a case of CerebusSyndrome, Season 2 has a recurring theme in the Tony/Julia relationship being Julia being resentful of the stunt, too, despite being in on the plan.

** Season 2 also adapted the classic "Armor Wars" arc, wherein Tony realizes that his technology has been stolen and goes to extremes to stop its use by criminals' hands, and everyone giving him crap for his action.

** Rhodey calls Tony out in one episode for being willing to use lethal force on people and justifying it with a 'whatever it takes' mindset. Rhodey points out to Tony how that attitude makes him exactly like the people he's fighting and that it's beginning to look like Tony's out for revenge instead of saving lives, which was his original motivation. Tony doesn't respond, but instead the two have a non-verbal glare-down as the episode ends, indicating that Rhodey's words probably struck a little too close to home.
** In the following episode, Tony acknowledges Rhodey was right.

* One ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has Dexter help rebuild Dynomutt at Blue Falcon's request after a battle with a foe leaves Dynomutt badly damaged. Dexter does so, but once he finds out that Dynomutt's an idiot, he dumps him and builds a sleeker, NinetiesAntiHero-type Dynomutt. When the robot goes berserk, Blue Falcon attempts to pull a IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight speech, only for Dexter to sheepishly admit that this Dynomutt wasn't ''his'' Dynomutt, that he wasn't "cool". Blue Falcon tells Dexter off for thinking that, just because Dynomutt was clumsy and stupid doesn't mean he wasn't "cool".

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': After finding out that Jake had his Dragon Chi confiscated on purpose so he could relax, his grandfather Lao Shi becomes furious. Before he can even properly begin ranting to himself about how he'll enact a punishment, Jake's younger sister Haley, who has been filling in for him, [[CallingTheOldManOut angrily tells Lao Shi]] off for putting all the burden of defending a magical realm on a teenage boy. Despite arguably being the stronger dragon of the two, she admits that she can't imagine doing the job for even another day, much less several years, pointing out that the position has forced Jake to constantly make personal scarifies while receiving very little acknowledgement for the work he does. Lao Shi takes this to heart and decides to cut Jake's dragon training in half when he next sees him.

** The season 1 finale had Tony Stark use a robot duplicate (while he himself was disguised as a bridesmaid) to fake a wedding to Julia Carpenter for the purpose of throwing the Mandarin off his trial and convince him that Tony and Iron Man were separate people. However, he decided to not tell the ComicBook/ScarletWitch about it, who wasn't happy about being left out of the loop. In a case of CerebusSyndrome, season 2 has a recurring theme in the Tony/Julia relationship being Julia being resentful of the stunt, too, despite being in on the plan.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' has a few, but the most noteworthy might be the season six finale "Dumped at the Altar", where Mordecai interrupts Muscle Man's wedding to give a long, rambling speech about ''his own'' love life. Everyone is disgusted and confused by this, with even the often callous Rigby calling him out on the horrible timing.

** It's not all that rare that in as soon as season 6, Kyle and ''especially'' Stan get called out by their parents or someone else. For example, in "Fun With Veal", the adults call the boys out for "saving" the baby cows from becoming veal. You can't help but side with the kids on this, though, and this ''is'' an AuthorFilibuster based on one of Trey's real-life traits of not eating baby animal meat. And in "The F-Word", the school staff calls the boys out for spray-painting "FAGS GET OUT" on a wall to get the annoying Harley riders out of South Park. Mayor [=McDaniels=] does this ''twice'', one of them during the call out.

** In second season he gets one from his girlfriend's brother, for paying more attention to Gwen Stacy, than to her.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' episode "The Fugitives", the three heroines give this to Jerry in spades while pelting him with snowballs. (His apology for not believing their innocence and trying to capture them and apply brain surgery to stop them - they didn't seem willing to accept it yet.)

** In the season 2 episode "Earthlings", [[spoiler:Miss Martian psychically rips out the knowledge of what the six missing Leaguers did in space during the sixteen hours they were under the control of the Light from a Kroloteran, leaving him in a coma.]] Superboy tries to call her out on it but she interrupts with the reveal of her new-found knowledge. Superboy relents but he's clearly furious.

** In "Darkest", Wally calls Nightwing out for [[spoiler:allowing Mount Justice to be destroyed and having Aqualad capture Beast Boy, Impulse, and Blue Beetle in exchange for information on the Light]]. More generally, any time Dick does something rude or inconsiderate or too freakin' dangerous, Wally will point it out. This is such a regular aspect of their relationship that Dick deliberately leaves Wally behind in the episode "Performance," because he didn't want Wally to question his objectivity, given the personal nature of the mission he was leading. In season three, after [[spoiler:Wally has been dead for two years]], Will Harper [[spoiler: (the clone of Roy Harper)]] points out that Dick seriously relied on Wally to do this for him and help him keep things in perspective.

** In "The Fix", first Nightwing [[spoiler:reveals the truth behind Aqualad to Lagoon Boy and Superboy. La'Gaan is understandably pissed, railing against both Nightwing - for lying to them - and Superboy - for not doing enough to save Miss Martian.]] After ostensibly defending him, [[spoiler:Superboy then tears into him in the hallway.]]

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* {{Trollhunters}}:The {{hero}} James Lake Junior is called out by Angor Rot for having stolen the ring that contains his soul and used it to control Angor instead of returning to Angor as Jim had promised.
''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Professor X gets one of these from his students after it was revealed that their principal was actually Mystique. Earlier in the episode, he and Logan had a conversation about it with Logan wondering why he doesn't just tell them the truth. Charles responds with the fact that they are supposed to respect their principal, but how does he tell the them that the respectful figure and their enemy are one and the same, clearly having struggled with revealing it to them for a while. The final scene of the episode "Turn of the Rogue" has the students surprised by the fact and even saying it was the same as lying to them.

* {{Trollhunters(Western Animation)}}:The {{hero}} James Lake Junior is called out by Angor Rot for having stolen the ring that contains his soul and used it to control Angor instead of returning to Angor as Jim had promised.

* {{Western Animation/Trollhunters}}:The {{hero}} James Lake Junior is called out by Angor Rot for having stolen the ring that contains his soul and used it to control Angor instead of returning to Angor as Jim had promised.

* {{Trollhunters}}:The {{hero}} James Lake Junior is called out by Angor Rot for having stolen the ring that contains his soul and used it to control Angor instead of returning to Angor as Jim had promised.