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* On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive,'' JustinTimberlake showcased his singing talents with a song saying that he wasn't there to showcase his singing talents.

* In ''HighSchoolMusical 2'', one of the characters sings about how he doesn't dance. Which is odd, considering that he was doing perfect choreography in the last movie.

* ''Series/CrazyExGirfriend'' lives for this trope. The best example is "I'm A Good Person", in which Rebecca actually threatens the people around her with a knife in order to get them to say what a good person she is.

* In ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mary Poppins sings the kids to sleep with "Stay Awake".

* Creator/MontyPython's "Never Be Rude to an Arab"

* On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive,'' JustinTimberlake showcased his singing talents with a song saying that he wasn't there to showcase his singing talents.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''[='s=] MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling" has two examples:
** "I'll Never Tell", in which Anya and Xander list all the secrets they're keeping from each other.
** "Rest In Peace", in which Spike sings of wanting Buffy to leave him alone, but he wants the exact opposite of that.
--> '''Spike:''' (watching Buffy run like hell when the song ends) So...you're not staying, then?

* ''Literature/TheHobbit'': When pressed to do Bilbo's dishes, the dwarves begin to sing about smashing his plates and destroying his property, while actually taking care to do no damage at all. The last line of the song (Which didn't make it into the film adaptation) mentions that wrecking Bilbo's property like that would displease their host, which is why they ''won't'' do them.
-->''That's what Bilbo Baggins hates/So carefully, carefully, with the plates!''

* Or in ''TheSimpsons'' during the all-singing clip show when Homer says, 'Singing is the lowest form of communication." Marge says, 'But you sing all the time," and Homer replies, "No I don't, I hate to rhyme."
* In Thenardier's song "Master of the House" from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', he sings about what an honest and decent innkeeper he is, all while constantly cheating and conning everyone in the inn.
* Music/JustinBieber:
** "Never Say Never"
** "One Time". Justin insists that he's only going to "tell you [this] one time", then repeats it over and over again.
* Creator/MontyPython's "Never Be Rude to an Arab"
* "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" from ''Theatre/TheMikado''. Many productions have Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum punctuate "This, oh, this, is what I'll/he'll never do" with kisses. Pooh-Bah also has this line in "So Pardon Us": "To our prerogative we cling, So pardon us, So pardon us, If we decline to dance and sing, Tra la la la la la..." while dancing and singing.
* In ''Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone'', "Show Off" is all about how Janet doesn't want to [[TitleDrop show off]] anymore, complete with an encore.
* Music/JonathanCoulton with "Not About You". Where he proceeds to make the song all about the one it's not about.

* "Never Say Never" by Music/JustinBieber

Hypocritical singing is when a character sings a song saying he isn't going to/will never do something, but he does it/has done it anyway, or is doing it as we speak...I mean sing..

* ''Literature/TheHobbit'': When pressed to do Bilbo's dishes, the dwarves begin to sing about smashing his plates and destroying his property, while actually taking care to do no damage at all.

* In ''TheDrowsyChaperone'', "Show Off" is all about how Janet doesn't want to [[TitleDrop show off]] anymore, complete with an encore.

* "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" from ''Theatre/TheMikado''. Many productions have Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum punctuate "This, oh, this, is what I'll/he'll never do" with kisses.

* FredAstaire's "I Won't Dance" number in ''Roberta''.

* Might Meg's "I Won't Say I'm In Love" from Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' count?

* JustinTimberlake sang a song on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' saying that he wasn't there to showcase his singing talents.

* MontyPython's "Never Be Rude to an Arab"

* Another variation from Disney; MaryPoppins sings the kids to sleep with "Stay Awake".

* "Never Say Never" by JustinBieber

** Spike's "Rest In Peace" from the same episode is a variation. He sings of wanting Buffy to leave him alone, but he wants the exact opposite of that.

Related to and may overlap with '''''LyricalDissonance.''''

''Examples''
* JustinTimberlake sang a song on ''{{SNL}}'' saying that he wasn't there to showcase his singing talents.
* "I'll Never Tell" between Anya and Xander from [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]] [[MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling"]].

* Something of an inversion in ''TheHobbit''. When pressed to do Bilbo's dishes, the dwarves begin to sing about smashing his plates and destroying his property, while actually taking care to do no damage at all.

* In Motierre's song "Master of the House" from "LesMiserables", Motierre sings about what an honest and decent innkeeper he is, all while constantly cheating and conning everyone in the inn.

* "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" from ''Theatre/TheMikado''.

* "I'll Never Tell" between Anya and Xander from [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]] [[MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling"]].

''HypocriticalSinging.'' is when a character sings a song saying they aren't going to/will never do something, but they do it/have done it anyway, or are doing it as we speak...I mean sing...

* JustinTimberlake sang a song on {{SNL}} saying that he wasn't there to showcase his singing talents.
* "I'll Never Tell" between Anya and Xander from [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]] [[MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling."]]
* "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' is a slight variation in that Ursula, while trying to get Ariel to make a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with her, sings of how she uses her powers to help people. The song's hypocritical in that she makes herself seem to come off in the very best light. While she does help people, she compares herself to a saint, but she also always has something to gain from her deals, and she goes out of her way to make sure that those under contract will fail to uphold their end of the bargain.

* Might Meg's "I Won't Say I'm In Love" from Disney's ''{{Hercules}}'' count?
* Another variation; MaryPoppins sings the kids to sleep with "Stay Awake".

* In High School Musical 2, one of the characters sings about how he doesn't dance. Which is odd, considering that he was doing perfect choreography in the last movie.
* Or in the The Simpsons during the all-singing clip show when Homer says 'Singing is the lowest form of communication". Marge says 'But you sing all the time" and Homer replies "No I don't, I hate to rhyme".
* In Motierre's song, "Master of the House" from "Les Miserables", Motierre sings about what an honest and decent innkeeper he is, all while constantly cheating and conning everyone in the inn.
* "Never Say Never" by Justin Bieber
* Monty Python's "Never be Rude to an Arab"
* "Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted" from ''Theatre/TheMikado''.