There are two muffins in an oven. One of them says "It's hot in here!" And the other says "Oh my God, a talking muffin!"
I did dig the old image, but I thought this one from Subnormality required less explaining of the joke, and as such was probably a bit better for our purposes. Have moved the old one to Image Links Wiki.
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Being hypocritical may put you to shame. It doesn't feel good. Why is it called Hypocritical Humour when it's not supposed to be funny. Also, the image does NOT make any sense. IS ANYONE STILL PAYING ATTENTION?!
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Simple, the trope is being used to put hypocritical things not funny things. The image is good but could be better
Hypocricy isn't neccessearly bad. Take "parental hypocricy" for example. It's often used to teach their kids not to do the same mistakes they themselves did at their age. There's also Hypocrisy Nod where one aknowlegdes his/hers own hypocricy. It may or may not work, depending on context. Hypocritical Humor can sometimes be Hypocrisy Nod when one is making fun of him/herself.
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Cut the "Holier Than Thou" attitude. Because you've probably been hypocritical yourself. Besides, this isn't Website/Reddit. Go post your rants there!
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And if you wanna rip into a trope, try Hypocritical Heartwarming on for size, Mr. "High, mighty and righteous".
The Goon Show was the ultimate radio example of this trope, and probably one of the greatest examples in any medium. Several characters constantly used the trope. Major Dennis Bloodnok would often react with outrage to the slightest hint that he was in any way lacking in courage or honesty, and give a lengthy rebuttal, then immediately afterwards prove to be larcenous coward. Bluebottle, a spotty schoolboy with delusions of grandeur as a result of reading too many comics, would frequently give a stirring speech about his willingness to risk death in a noble cause, immediately contradicted when at the end of it he was invariably asked to do something dangerous. This was a general trope throughout the series - characters claiming, usually at some length, to have any impressive skill or virtue would instantly be proven not to have it.
The ultimate hypocrite was probably Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, the only genuinely evil character, who would frequently describe himself as a paragon of honesty moments before proving himself to be the exact opposite. For example, in one show, bank clerk Neddie Seagoon has succumbed to the temptation of being left in charge of a vast amount of gold and stolen the lot. Just as he is about to make his getaway, Grytpype-Thynne, who in this show is the bank manager, catches him and fires him on grounds of dishonesty, delivering a stern lecture that makes Neddie so ashamed of himself that he bursts into tears. Grytpype-Thynne then joins him on the grounds that "There's more gold in the van than there is in the bank." (Later in the episode, he steals it for himself.) In fact, this character was so hypocritical that he was capable of telling complete lies about his motives while actually doing things that proved the exact opposite. Since all the good guys were staggeringly thick, this usually worked.
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This Credit Karma commercial qualifies https://youtu.be/C0zSU5CAm2o
Even lampshaded in The Stinger. "Sorry about that".
Can this also overlap with Blatant Lies? Now that I think about it, it DOES often.
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And in a Cartoon Network party bumper. Benson, the gumball machine from Regular Show said "I don't like that pig not wearing pants" in reference to Porky Pig, while he himself doesn't wear clothes period
I'd say Crypto's comment on the brain robot's pledge to destroy all Furons being messed up qualifies. You know, Crypto from "Destory All Humans!"?
What's up with the Parodied in the Playing With pages having this one Running Gag, and where did that Running Gag come from?
Examples:
- Parodied: Bob tells Alice that there's no food in a fridge, but Alice harshly tells Bob to get over it. Later, when she opens the fridge, she hysterically screams that there's no food in it.
(No Sympathy)- Parodied: Ichigo complains that the house ran out of food and that Hiro should get the food. Hiro refuses... But when he opens the fridge, he screams at the sight of the empty fridge.
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