History YMMV / Dateline

* {{Narm}}: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the way that John Dupee goes from scary to pathetic can qualify as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness. As the questioning goes on, he blurts out one flimsy excuse after another [[MemeticMutation (Steewers and]] [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Wavens!)]]. And by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* {{Narm}}: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the way that John Dupee goes from scary to pathetic can qualify as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness. As the questioning goes on, he blurts out one flimsy excuse after another [[MemeticMutation Steewers and]] [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Wavens!]]. And by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* {{Narm}}: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the way that John Dupee goes from scary to pathetic can qualify as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness. As the questioning goes on, he blurts out one flimsy excuse after another [[MemeticMutationSteewers and]] [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Wavens!]]. And by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* {{Narm}}: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the way that John Dupee goes from scary to pathetic can qualify as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness. As the questioning goes on, he blurts out one flimsy excuse after another. And by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

** "That would be the cleanest, best pleasure", [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Cody Green]]'s... [[{{Squick}} brutally honest]] reasoning for why he is seeking an intimate relationship with a 13 year old girl, is easily one of the show's most famous moments. Describing something as "the cleanest, best pleasure" is somethi"ng of a running joke among the show's fans as a result.

** Predator Lee Greer, particularly when he gets slammed to the ground during his arrest and all he can do is "Aw, Lord!" in a voice that sounds almost exactly like Goofy from Disney.

** Predator Lee Greer, particularly when he gets slammed to the ground during his arrest and all he can do is "Aw, Lord!" in a voice that sounds almost exactly like [[{{WesternAnimation/Goofy}} from Disney.]]

** Predator Lee Greer, particularly when he gets slammed to the ground during his arrest and all he can do is "Aw, Lord!" in a voice that sounds almost exactly like [[WesternAnimation/Goofy]] from Disney.

** Predator Lee Greer, particularly when he gets slammed to the ground during his arrest and all he can do is "Aw, Lord!" in a voice that sounds almost exactly like [[WesternAnimation/Goofy Goofy from Disney]].

** Predator Lee Greer, particularly when he gets slammed to the ground during his arrest and all he can do is "Aw, Lord!" in a voice that sounds almost exactly like [[WesternAnimationGoofy Goofy from Disney]].

** Predator Lorne Armstrong's "CAWD!" exclamation is arguably one of the most quoted lines within the fandom, even spinning off into other such phrases as "The Church of Cawd".

** "That would be the cleanest, best pleasure", [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Cody Green]]'s... [[{{Squick}} brutally honest]] reasoning for why he is seeking an intimate relationship with a 13 year old girl, is easily one of the show's most famous moments. Describing something as "the cleanest, best pleasure" is something of a running joke among the show's fans as a result.

** One notable pedo along with his very funny voice: "It's a question!"

* LoveToHate: The sex offenders are horrible pervs but they are so pathetic and weedy that much of entertainment comes from watching Chris Hansen tear them to shreds.

* {{Narm}}: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the way that John Dupee goes from scary to pathetic can qualify as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness, and by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

-->And that "attractive young actress" who greets them by the door: make no mistake, she's hot. And at 18, she's US legal. Presumably, someone at ''Series/ToCatchAPredator'' HQ sat down with a bunch of audition tapes and spooled through it, trying to find a sexy 18-year-old who could pass for 13. They'll have stared at girl after girl, umming and ahhing over their chest sizes, until they found just the right one. And like I say, she's hot. But if you fancy her, you're a pedophile.

* Narm: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the way that John Dupee goes from scary to pathetic can qualify as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness, and by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* Narm: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the episode with John Dupee qualifies as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness, and by the time he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* Narm: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the episode with John Dupee qualifies as this. At first, he appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness, and once he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* Narm: While it's true that pedophilia is never funny, the episode with John Dupee qualifies as this. At first, appears to be one of the most menacing predators on the show, with his tall, spindly appearance and meth-rotted teeth among other things. While the decoy is required to act nervous, she is genuinely creeped out by him. And eventually, he tries to hug her in a way that just screams rape, understandably scaring her away. And then he tries to follow her, only to run into Chris. At that point, John loses all his smugness, and once he's in police custody, he's reduced to a blubbering mess. To date, John has been the only predator shown ''crying'' in his mugshot.

* MoralEventHorizon: The predators themselves cross this upon soliciting the underaged, that much goes without saying, but you'd be shocked to see just how far beyond redemption some of these predators are willing to go. Special mention goes to one particular predator who ''brought his own 6-year-old son to the sting location with him.''

* HamAndCheese: Despite the grizzly content, the voiceover actors are clearly having a lot of fun reading out the predator chatlogs.

* OneSceneWonder: During the Fort Myers, Florida sting, one of the police officers is inexplicably wearing a ghillie suit, which is only used for Marvin's arrest. A lot of viewers found this unintentionally silly given that Marvin was already surrendering when the ghillie suit officer ran out to make the arrest, leading him to becoming popular among fans.