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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' often [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this -- [[CoolLoser Jane]] is ticked at both her boyfriend [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tom]] and her best friend [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]] when they kiss, but forgives Tom fairly quickly, accepting his apology and the fact that their relationship was on the rocks anyway. She is considerably more hurt by Daria's betrayal, though, which takes most of a TV movie to repair. Jane had spent some time afraid about some UnresolvedSexualTension going on between Daria and Tom and had been acting rather neurotic about it. The episode where Daria and Tom kissed started off with Jane forcing Daria to help her dye her hair and then blew up when it turned into a disaster, yelling that Daria did it on purpose to steal Tom even though Daria repeatedly stated she wasn't any good at dying hair. After apologizing about her paranoia and moving past her suspicions, Jane got thrown through a loop when Daria admitted she kissed Tom after she stated she had no intentions of going after him. Jane's hurt came from fearing Daria was planning to steal Tom, assured she wasn't, and then told to her face that Daria made out with him the very day after they settled the matter.

* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman''. When Bojack goes to New Mexico and spends time with [[TheOneThatGotAway Charlotte]] and her family, her 17-year-old[[note]]legal in NM [[HollywoodProvincialism and most other states aside from California]], which she makes a point of telling him[[/note]] daughter Penny ends up falling for him. He does the right thing and rejects her advances, but after Charlotte rejects him he's too depressed to continue resisting and allows Penny to have her way with him, only for [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime Charlotte to catch them in the act]]. From that point on, Penny's treated as another one of Bojack's victims even though he quite literally did nothing to her (personally) and she was old enough to have responsibility in the matter.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Tom, Sarah, and Usher", Sarah has a fangirl moment over meeting Usher, which Tom objects to (while somewhat jealous, he is also embarrassed by her behavior and her treatment of him during their anniversary dinner). In the car, when he brings this up, she becomes furious with him and asks to be let out of the car. Played for laughs with his daughter Jasmine, who actively encourages her father to stay away from home so Usher can be her new daddy.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Danny follows his [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend friend]] Sam around on a date with the new guy in town and eventually sees what he thinks is a passionate make out. When he brings this up to Sam, she blows up at him for following her on her date. Danny must make amends. However, earlier Sam had followed Danny around on a date with ''her'' rival, Valerie. They both had good reasons since Danny was dating someone who wanted his ghost half's head on a spike, and Danny thought the new guy Sam was dating was a government agent, but only Sam's actions are treated as justified in the show. What makes this even worse is that this sort of thing happened before (Danny's sister, Jazz, got into a relationship with a ghost who was trying to have his girlfriend possess her). None of that matters to Sam, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' [[AvertedTrope averts]] or even [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this--[[CoolLoser Jane]] is ticked at both her boyfriend [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tom]] and her best friend [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]] when they kiss, but forgives Tom fairly quickly, accepting his apology and the fact that their relationship was on the rocks anyway. She is considerably more hurt by Daria's betrayal, though, which takes most of a TV movie to repair. Jane had spent some time afraid about some UnresolvedSexualTension going on between Daria and Tom and had been acting rather neurotic about it. The episode where Daria and Tom kissed started off with Jane forcing Daria to help her dye her hair and then blew up when it turned into a disaster, yelling that Daria did it on purpose to steal Tom even though Daria repeatedly stated she wasn't any good at dying hair. After apologizing about her paranoia and moving past her suspicions, Jane got thrown through a loop when Daria admitted she kissed Tom after she stated she had no intentions of going after him. Jane's hurt came from fearing Daria was planning to steal Tom, assured she wasn't, and then told to her face that Daria made out with him the very day after they settled the matter.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': One running gag the show has is that Dee Dee often breaks into her brother’s lab and wrecks his machines and equipment there for fun. In a brother and sister example of this trope, the morality of this is explored in “The Old Switcherooms” where Dee Dee and Dexter get punished by their father by being sent to the opposite rooms so they would be taught a lesson in respecting other people’s property after they accidentally wreck a bowling trophy that was recently won in a tournament despite the fact that Dee Dee started this by stealing Dexter’s Major Glory action figure. This results in Dexter becoming very paranoid that Dee Dee would wreck his lab like she usually does and in that fear he takes revenge on her by wrecking her room. When the punishment is done, Dee De gets devastated and mad at her brother and Dexter gets a more severe punishment by being forced to stay the night at a doghouse. What this episode implies is that it is okay and funny for Dee Dee to wreck her brother’s things but when Dexter wrecked his sister’s belongings he is shown to be morally wrong in doing so.

** Averted in the first episode, Fry's girlfriend, Michelle, cheats on him and throws him out. In "The Cryonic Woman", Michelle ends up in the 31st Century the same way that Fry did and insists that she and Fry get frozen and thawed out in a future time she is more comfortable with. Even then, she still continues to treat Fry like dirt, and eventually leaves him again. Throughout, Fry is portrayed as a DoggedNiceGuy, while she is portrayed as selfish and unreasonable.

** This is played with in terms of the relationship between Lrrr and Ndnd, the rulers of Omicron Persei 8. They are shown to have a very rocky relationship with their marriage constantly on the fritz but the show blames everything wrong with their marriage as Lrrr’s fault. This is especially shown in the episode “Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences” as in it, Ndnd behaves like a spoiled diva and makes Lrrr invade planets but when he botched an invasion on Earth, she domestically abused Lrrr by hitting him on the head with a frying pan and kicks him out of the house for it. While the episode chooses to depict Lrrr as the one in the wrong for this snag in their marriage, Ndnd is never punished for her behavior and domestic abuse in the episode

* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown''. Manny fumbles on the whole "save the species" conversation with Ellie. When their conflicts put their lives in danger, Manny refuses to apologize, insisting that Ellie overreacted - and she admits he's right.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' Mark's relationship with his first LoveInterest Amber is heavily strained by [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife his secret identity]] and her complete inability [[NoSympathy to empathize with him]], but everyone in his life such as his CampGay best friend Will and second LoveInterest Eve acts like he's the bad guy for keeping secrets when it was ''Eve's'' idea in the first place to not tell her. In fact, Mark tried more than once to tell her but she angrily refused to hear him out and when he finally manages to spit it out she says she knew all along and faults him for not doing it sooner, despite the fact it could potentially cost him everything and they only dated a couple of months. And then she dumps him for keeping it a secret from her despite the fact that she had kept secrets from him, too, specifically that she'd figured out his secret identity.

** Averted when another episode had Nancy becoming quite jealous of Dale spending time with an attractive female exterminator, worrying that he might fall in love with her and that he'd be quite justified in doing so since she cheated on him for fourteen years and he never found out. When Nancy tells Dale not to spend so much time with the other exterminator, Dale points out that he never complained about all the time she spent with John Redcorn, although he's not aware of how much that hurts Nancy. It is worth pointing out that after he says this, Nancy realizes she's throwing stones in a glass house, and all but says that she deserves it if Dale cheats on her. [[spoiler:Which he never does.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Fries Night" Benson's girlfriend from the previous season, Pam, dumps him because she can't stand being in a long-distance relationship, even though as Benson points out he didn't know he was going to be sent into space, and Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost's significant others are much more understanding and are willing to wait for them. However, in the GrandFinale it's shown that she waited for him after all and they get married.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' [[AvertedTrope averts]] and even [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this trope in the Season 20 story arc. An internet troll going by skankhunt42 is going around has been harassing the South Park Elementary girls and other women around the world, and the girls threaten the boys to do something about it "or else". The boys assume that the troll is Cartman and break all his equipment [[NotMeThisTime despite his clams of innocence]]. His claims turn out to be true as skankhunt42 continues their harassment rampage. Unsatisfied with the boys' efforts, the girls then break up with every boy in the school. Butters, who was also dumped by his Canadian girlfriend when she heard what was going on, decides that they need to stand their ground to not be shamed anymore by holding a "wieners out" movement. The girls are offended and go to PC Principal to complain. In a surprising move, he refuses to take action and states that the boys have just as much of a right to protest as the girls do.

* {{Averted|Trope}} on ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'' -- [[WellExcuseMePrincess Courtney's]] boyfriend [[TroubledButCute Duncan]] and her friend [[PerkyGoth Gwen]] kiss, but Courtney's wrath seems much greater for the latter than the former. Most of the D/C fanbase [[DieForOurShip followed suit]], but a notable minority wonders why Duncan should get a pass, especially since, unlike Gwen, he never seemed particularly sorry. He also went on to treat Courtney like dirt for the rest of the season, as if ''she'' was the one who had caused their breakup.
** Earlier in the season, [[SurferDude Geoff]] was checking out another girl and his girlfriend [[CuteClumsyGirl Bridgette]] smacked him with a surfboard and forced him to apologize. However, a few episodes later she wound up kissing Alejandro. To be fair, Geoff did ''not'' instantly forgive her and remained mad for an episode ([[NiceGuy which is a long time for Geoff]]), but he also never calls her out on her hypocrisy.

** In the episode "Brake My Wife, Please", Marge ends up having to do all the driving for the family when Homer loses his license, leading to her getting stressed while Homer comes to enjoy walking. Then around the halfway point of the episode, Marge (deliberately) hits Homer with the car, breaking his pelvis, and causes him further harm by dropping hot soup in his lap and kicking his walking stick out from under him. This all stems from the stress of having to be the main driver, leading to her outright saying she hates Homer. And then suddenly '''Homer''' is the one at fault for all this, for not appreciating Marge enough. So ultimately he has to make amends with a grand romantic gesture, while Marge's domestic abuse is casually swept under the rug as if it never happened.

* {{Averted|Trope}} on ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour''--[[WellExcuseMePrincess Courtney's]] boyfriend [[TroubledButCute Duncan]] and her friend [[PerkyGoth Gwen]] kiss, but Courtney's wrath seems much greater for the latter than the former. Most of the D/C fanbase [[DieForOurShip followed suit]], but a notable minority wonders why Duncan should get a pass, especially since, unlike Gwen, he never seemed particularly sorry. He also went on to treat Courtney like dirt for the rest of the season, as if ''she'' was the one who had caused their breakup.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' [[AvertedTrope averts]] and even [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this trope in the Season 20 story arc. An internet troll going by skankhunt42 is going around has been harassing the South Park Elementary girls and other women around the world, and the girls threaten the boys to do something about it "or else". The boys assume that the troll is Cartman and break all his equipment [[NotMeThisTime despite his clams of innocence]]. His clams turn out to be true as skankhunt42 continues their harassment rampage. Unsatisfied with the boys' efforts, the girls then break up with every boy in the school. Butters, who was also dumped by his Canadian girlfriend when she heard what was going on, decides that they need to stand their ground to not be shamed anymore by holding a "wieners out" movement. The girls are offended and go to PC Principal to complain. In a surprising move, he refuses to take action and states that the boys have just as much of a right to protest as the girls do.

** In recent seasons Lisa has developed StrawFeminist tendencies that lead into this trope. Twice Bart has gotten into relationships where the girl was just as bad or even worse than him but the show and Lisa in particular always pointed out how Bart was in the wrong.

** "Love is a Many-Splintered Thing" was arguably worse. Essentially the premise of the episode is a gamer boyfriend meme transposed into the context of someone young enough for it to be understandable. Bart's heartstrings are pulled once again when Mary Spuckler returns to Springfield, but his failure to pay her enough attention strains their relationship. However, both Bart and Mary did the same thing. When Mary played her song Bart got bored and found something else to do. And when Bart invited her over to play video games she expressed complete disinterest and complains the whole time. Yet all the time it is Bart who is told he needs to treat her better with Lisa even pressuring him with "you'll never find someone better".
** In “The War of Art” after all the men Luann dated, cheated on, and got engaged to while she and Kurt were separated she had the gall to get mad at him when she finds out he dated one woman.
** In the episode 'Brake My Wife, Please', Marge ends up having to do all the driving for the family when Homer loses his license, leading to her getting stressed while Homer comes to enjoy walking. Then around the halfway point of the episode Marge (deliberately) hits Homer with the car, breaking his pelvis, and causes him further harm by dropping hot soup in his lap, and kicking his walking stick out from under him. This all stems from the stress of having to be the main driver, leading to her outright saying she hates Homer. And then suddenly '''Homer''' is the one at fault for all this, for not appreciating Marge enough. So ultimately he has to make amends with a grand romantic gesture, while Marge's domestic abuse is casually swept under the rug as if it never happened

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': One running gag the show has is that Dee Dee often breaks into her brother’s lab and wrecks his machines and equipment there for fun. The morality of this is explored in “The Old Switcherooms” where Dee Dee and Dexter get punished by their father by being sent to the opposite rooms so they would be taught a lesson in respecting other people’s property after they accidentally wreck a bowling trophy that was recently won in a tournament despite the fact that Dee Dee started this by stealing Dexter’s Major Glory action figure. This results in Dexter becoming very paranoid that Dee Dee would wreck his lab like she usually does and in that fear he takes revenge on her by wrecking her room. When the punishment is done, Dee De gets devastated and mad at her brother and Dexter gets a more severe punishment by being forced to stay the night at a doghouse. What this episode implies is that it is okay and funny for Dee Dee to wreck her brother’s things but when Dexter wrecked his sister’s belongings he is shown to be morally wrong in doing so.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' [[AvertedTrope averts]] and even [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this trope in the Season 20 story arc. An internet troll going by skankhunt42 is going around has been harassing the South Park Elementary girls and other women around the world, and the girls threaten the boys to do something about it "or else". The boys assume that the troll is Cartman and break all his equipment [[NotMeThisTime despite his clams of innocence]]. His clams turn out to be true as skankhunt42 continues their harassment rampage. Unsatisfied with the boys' efforts, the girls then break up with every boy in the school. Butters, who was also dumped by his Canadian girlfriend when she heard what was going on, decides that they need to stand their ground to not be shamed anymore by holding a "wieners out" movement. The girls are offended and go to PC Principal to complain. In a surprising move, he refuses to take action and states that the boys have just as much of a right to protest as the girls do.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Tom, Sarah, and Usher", Sarah has a fangirl moment over meeting Usher, which Tom objects to (while somewhat jealous, he is also embarrassed by her behavior and her treatment of him during their anniversary dinner). In the car, when he brings this up, she becomes furious with him and asks to be let out of the car. Played for laughs with his daughter Jasmine, who actively encourages her father to stay away from home so Usher can be her new daddy.

** Earlier in the season, [[SurferDude Geoff]] was checking out another girl and his girlfriend [[CuteClumsyGirl Bridgette]] smacked him with a surfboard and forced him to apologize. However, a few episodes later she wound up kissing Alejandro. To be fair, Geoff did ''not'' instantly forgive her and remained mad for an episode ([[NiceGuy which is a long time for Geoff]]), but he also never calls her out on her hypocrisy.
* In Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Lana was upset when she found out that Cyril had cheated on her twice. However, she also cheated on him twice, once during a threesome with Skorpio and Archer and another when she had pity sex with Pam. In addition, it's heavily implied that she still had feelings for Archer.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Fries Night" Benson's girlfriend from the previous season, Pam, dumps him because she can't stand being in a long-distance relationship, even though as Benson points out he didn't know he was going to be sent into space, and Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost's significant others are much more understanding and are willing to wait for them. However, in the GrandFinale it's shown that she waited for him after all and they get married.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' Mark's relationship with his first LoveInterest Amber is heavily strained by [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife his secret identity]] and her complete inability [[NoSympathy to empathize with him]], but everyone in his life such as his CampGay best friend Will and second LoveInterest Eve acts like he's the bad guy for keeping secrets when it was ''Eve's'' idea in the first place to not tell her. In fact, Mark tried more than once to tell her but she angrily refused to hear him out and when he finally manages to spit it out she says she knew all along and faults him for not doing it sooner, despite the fact it could potentially cost him everything and they only dated a couple of months. And then she dumps him for keeping it a secret from her despite the fact that she had kept secrets from him, too, specifically that she'd figured out his secret identity.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': PlayedForLaughs when Queen Moon is able to get King River to do an unfair share of the work simply by flatly reminding him that she gave birth to their child. "Ha! I can't believe that still works." That being said, it's repeatedly made clear that Moon is the one doing most of the work in the relationship, in addition to her duties administering the kingdom. It's to the point that most of the people in the kingdom, her husband included, don't know what to do when she's not giving them instructions.
* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman''. When Bojack goes to New Mexico and spends time with [[TheOneThatGotAway Charlotte]] and her family, her 17-year-old[[note]]legal in NM [[HollywoodProvincialism and most other states aside from California]], which she makes a point of telling him[[/note]] daughter Penny ends up falling for him. He does the right thing and rejects her advances, but after Charlotte rejects him he's too depressed to continue resisting and allows Penny to have her way with him, only for [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime Charlotte to catch them in the act]]. From that point on, Penny's treated as another one of Bojack's victims even though he quite literally did nothing to her (personally) and she was old enough to have responsibility in the matter.
** And then there's Diane, who was jealous of her ex-husband's new relationship and [[RelationshipSabotage sabotaged it]] by seducing him while he was struggling to move on from her and under the impression they'd get back together. [[spoiler: Despite having ''actively'' taken advantage of someone's vulnerability, Diane looked down on Bojack for the Penny incident where he ''passively'' did something similar, and wrote in dialogue alluding to it in the show they were working on together to spite him. Diane [[KarmaHoudini is never called out on this hypocrisy by anyone]], and is still allowed to go on believing she's a good person unlike Bojack who [[TheAtoner is constantly crushed by the weight of his sins]].]]
** This also affects Bojack's relationship with Todd, as Todd grew to resent him for sleeping with his ChildhoodFriend Emily while he was still trying to sort out his (lack of a) sexuality but he places absolutely no blame on Emily, who initiated it. Bojack even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] her part in it [[PlayedForLaughs to a small child he mistook for Todd while he was high]]. Although to be fair to Todd, this was more of the last straw in an already long list of grievances against Bojack. He practically had no choice but to jump to conclusions when Bojack tried to apologize for something which was, ultimately, not his fault for once.
* ''WesternAnimation/HighGuardianSpice'': When Snapdragon tries to confide with Sage about her friendship with Rosemary, Sage bluntly tells Snap (who hasn't transitioned yet) that she would never understand because girls have a deeper connection with each other than boys do.