History Main / SelfDeprecation

->'''Statler:''' I feel like they're all being hard on themselves.\\
'''Waldorf:''' You're right, they don't need to do that, that's what ''we're'' for!\\

** The email "ladying" makes fun of the crude animation and weak characterization of the early cartoons on the site such as "Marshmallow's Last Stand".

* Creator/JohnRatzenberger pokes fun at his tenure with Pixar in ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' where his character, Mack, watches car versions of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''. Once he gets to the third film, he realizes the Hamm Truck, the Abominable Snowplow, and the PT Cruiser Flea are all [[LampshadeHanging voiced by the same actor]].

* SelfDeprecation/LiveActionFilms

A SuperTrope to OurProductSucks. Compare AdamWesting, SelfParody, WhoWritesThisCrap, WhoWouldWantToWatchUs, TakeThatAudience, OffendingTheCreatorsOwn, CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation (including WritersSuck) and BitingTheHandHumor (which often involves this trope, seeing as authors usually have someone who greenlights or approves of such works). Contrast TheseTropesLoveToBrag.

--> "I can finally afford to see a [[UsefulNotes/BroadwayAndTheWestEnd Broadway]] show!"

-->''"Look it’s that bloke off the telly, what’s his name, Terry Christian, but he’s let himself go. No, not Terry Christian; that other one, Mark Lamarr, but he’s really fucking let himself go. No, sorry, not Mark Lamarr; that other guy, the singer. You know, that’s it, Edwyn Collins... but he’s let himself go. No, not that man, but a 1930s newspaper cartoon of Tarzan’s face, which has let itself go."''

Note that this isn't about whether other people are allowed to make fun of you. Those would be different tropes (related to NWordPrivileges). Nor is it HeroicSelfDeprecation, which is actually putting yourself down for real.

--->'''Marigold:''' I may be slightly less beautiful than the most beautiful being who could possibly exist! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!\\

* ''Podcast/MomCantCook: A DCOM Podcast'': Luke and Andy mock themselves for having watched the films at least twice, and having to admit they've seen them to the public and their loved ones. For example:

** Luke states that his fondness for ''A Ring of Endless Light'' shows how basic he is.

* SelfDeprecation/WebComics

* This is a recurring trope on ''Podcast/MomCantCook: A DCOM Podcast''.
** Luke and Andy mock themselves for having watched the films at least twice, and having to admit they've seen them to the public and their loved ones. More specific examples:

* This is a recurring trope on ''Podcast/MomCantCook: A DCOM Podcast''. To begin with, Luke and Andy mock themselves for having watched the films at least twice, and having to admit they've seen them to the public and their loved ones. More specific examples:

Sure, we all have egos to some degree, save for severe psychological problems; but sometimes you just may not feel like being self-centered or egocentric. Sometimes you may just feel like cracking a joke that says, "Ha! TakeThat, Me[=/=]Us!" This is the essence of [[TitleDrop self-deprecation]]. And there are blondes who tell DumbBlonde jokes, lawyers who tell {{Evil Lawyer Joke}}s and Unitarian Universalists who tell doctrineless-UU jokes.

* ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' spoofed its own TroubledProduction with Green Goblin singing "I'm a sixty-five million dollar [[note]]Its final price tag[[/note]] circus tragedy" in his VillainSong "Freak Like Me."

'''Waldorf:''' You're right, we already do that for them!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' contains a lot of jokes revolving around the movie making fun of itself, such as El Superbeasto complaining about how ridiculous it is that a character in the film had a book that explained how to defeat Dr. Satan and didn't bother to tell him until the film was nearing its end and another character complaining about the movie's gratuitous use of ToiletHumour. One musical number is even dedicated entirely to lambasting the movie for "ripping off ''Film/{{Carrie}}''".