Characters.Dragon Age Inquisition Companions And Advisors: Played for Drama in that if the two get together, this his how Dorian sees his relationship with the Iron Bull. Bull doesn't put up with it, which causes some problems early in the relationship. Dorian eventually gets over it. In a lighter vein, Fereldan beer.
WMG.Toy Story: The above troper has been * ZOT* ted. The above troper owes the wiki one thesis on the nature of reality in the Pixar film of their choice ("Instrumentality", "Haruhi", and "Dying Dream" don't count). ...Though he does have a pocket that's got to be bigger on the inside....His ass is a Tardis! Done and Done https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/TimeLord
Literature.Anita Blake: The title of book 1, the name of a vampire-fetish bar therein, and probably a little wink from the author about the nature of the series. (And boy, do a lot of readers agree, especially since the big change.)
Characters.Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero: He did not want anyone else to know that he likes Johnny Cage's movies. A pre-match intro with Cassie reveals that Johnny told everyone about it. Fujin was not amused. Fujin: Who else knows, Cassandra? Cassie Cage: That you are Dad's biggest fan? Uh, everyone. Fujin: I told him not to say anything!
Recap.Steven Universe S 2 E 20 Sadies Song: Sadie is as reluctant to admit she likes "Haven't You Noticed (I'm A Star)" as singing at all. Aw, anybody can sound fine singing along with that song. It's so cheesy, and dumb, and-and catchy, and... (defeated)I know every single word.
WebVideo.Rebel Taxi: Nostalgia Filter: He devotes a whole video rant to debunking the arguments of "90s Kids". In particular he pointed out how hypocritical some people can be regarding the longevity of certain cartoons (like how these people keep wishing The Powerpuff Girls and other "90s cartoons" were still around, while these same people also complain that SpongeBob, a cartoon that also started in the 90s, needed to end years ago), saying that if most of the older cartoons were still on TV then fans would just be complaining about Seasonal Rot. Also discussed in his Guilty Pleasures video, where he says that things you loved as a kid aren't as good as you thought. For example, he talks about loving the soundtrack from Pokémon: The First Movie as a kid, which his older cousin hated. Nowadays, his opinion is quite different. Pan: That soundtrack was terrible, oh my god!
Funny.The Angry Video Game Nerd Season One: Also, in Bible Buffet: AVGN: It's so rare to hear such a clear voice in a Nintendo game. But, I also suppose it's rare for Nintendo to have a Bible game with no references to the Bible, resembling Atari that's all about food trying to kill you. Yet it's also a board game rip-off with quizzes that you can't answer. And, if it's a Bible game, why do you blow a snowman's head off? Whatever happened to "Thou Shalt Not Kill"? Please, somebody tell me. What the hell am I playing? I kinda like it, but I gotta turn it off before I go insane.
Recap.Amphibia S 1 E 08 Taking Charge: Anne regards Suspicion Island as this, noting that the show is incredibly stupid, which is a lot of what makes it so fun to watch. Hop Pop confesses to being the one who watched all the episodes of Suspicion Island, despite earlier dismissing the show as rubbish. Hop Pop: Hated it? HATED it?! I LOVED IT!
Characters.Dragalia Lost Recruitable Adventurers Water: According to Dragalia Life, she likes to dance like an idol and sing sea shanties when partying with her crew. She also sings them lullabies. Both of which she's mortified to have revealed to Euden while her crew is complementing her.
Funny.Honest Trailers 2021 Episodes: The Father (aka The Downer)Starring. ..all the things you actually decided to watch this year: Live Action Cartoons (Godzilla vs. Kong and Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)), Live Action Cartoons We Took Way Too Seriously (WandaVision and Zack Snyder's Justice League), All the New Netflix Shows (The Circle US, The Queen's Gambit, Tiger King), All of the Old Netflix Shows (Chappelle's Show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cobra Kai), All of Netflix Until All That's Left is Cooking and Real Estate Shows (Exactly What It Says on the Tin) OK Fine Those Too..., Lighting $60 on Fire, Your Cat, And the wall you glare at during your neighbor's loud parties when you know they aren't social distancing because that's a studio apartment, and I would love to have company too, but some of us are being responsible and I haven't felt the warm touch of another human being in months because of this wasted year that's flashing before my eyes... Brad!
Creator.Patrick Gill: Admitted to watching Total Bellas sometimes, even though it is "a bad show".
Fanfic.The Bolt Chronicles: Lampshaded in "The Imaginary Letters" when Bolt refers to Mittens's saying that the first album by The Romantics is "the best guilty pleasure Power Pop album of all time." He's not sure there's any reason to feel guilty about liking it, though.
Castle.Tropes E To L: In the episode "Always Buy Retail", Castle compares having sex with his ex-wife to a deep-fried Twinkie. Ryan: A deep-fried Twinkie? Castle: Yeah, the guilty pleasure that you know is bad for you, so you only do it once, maybe twice a year for the novelty. For Beckett, these include the soap opera Temptation Lane and the sci-fi series Nebula 9.
WebVideo.TV Trash: In his opinion, It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown, just because of how catchy the tunes are, and how much fun everyone seems to have.He also cites that, for how much Ally McBeal has aged, the show is still very enjoyable. Surprisingly, even Hannah Montana. He admits that it can be stupid at times, and he spends nearly half the episode pointing out Fridge Logicinvoked with Hannah's Secret Identity, but he still thinks that it's harmless fun. V.I.P., which he calls out as stupid and cheap, but still enjoys just the same. Small Wonder: He admits that it's formulaic and cheesy, but also says that it has some original ideas and brings the occasional laugh.
Fanfic.Manehattans Lone Guardian: Neither Magnum nor Maverick are keen on admitting to anypony—least of all Leviathan—that they enjoyed having her scratch them behind the ears.
YMMV.Linkin Park: Gateway Series: Let's just say more than a few metalheads were introduced to hard rock/metal through this band. Whether or not they admit it is another story. And if you're young enough and have not heard any of the Beastie Boys, Linkin Park could have also been a gateway to the "eccentric" Alternative Rock scene with bands like U2 and The Cure, due to their experimenting with electronic and Hip-Hop elements. An AfroPunk article released shortly after Chester Bennington's death mentioned how the band was especially integral in getting black kids into hard rock. Not only was their music heavily influenced by hip-hop (their mashup album with Jay-Z was a huge help), but it offered kids of color the opportunity to express the kind of cathartic anger they otherwise never got to.
SarcasticConfession.Live Action TV: Robin makes a remark in a "sarcastic" tone of voice about how she used to be in a relationship with Barney and still has feelings for him. Lily says that she has noticed that Robin has made many sarcastic confessions in the past, and she gives herself away by using this same distinctive tone of voice every time. Then we see a Montage of several such incidents, things like Robin wishing the Spice Girls would get back together.
GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff.Video Games: In Overwatch, the German Reinhardt is, of course, a big fan of Hasselhoff's music. He often gets into arguments with walking (er, skating) Jet Set Radio reference Lúcio, as both dislike the other's taste in music.Although as revealed in Heroes of the Storm, Lúcio actually does like Hasselhoff's music, he just doesn't want to admit it in front of Reinhardt. The character of D.va (Hana Song) is a reference to Starcraft's popularity in South Korea.
YMMV.H Bomberguy: His RWBY video includes a part where he gushes about how much of a guilty pleasure "Caffeine" is, saying "It's like if the Sonic Adventure soundtracks vomited into my mouth!" Four years later, the Sonic Symphony Tour would bring Casey Lee Williams - the series' lead vocalist - and Adrienne Cowan - a recurring guest vocalist - on separate dates of the tour, and the dates Casey performed on would be joined by Jun Senoue himself.
Fanfic.Movies With Karkat: Despite having grown to hate Con Air over his three-year voyage over the Yellow Yard, upon rewatching John can't help but still enjoy the movie, to the point of following Cameron Poe's example with Vriska in the "Put the bunny back in the box" scene. Rose asks John if he knows what a guilty pleasure is, indicating she believes this is his current situation.
WesternAnimation.Hotel Transylvania The Series: Throughout the episode "Hotel Pennsylvania", Lydia does everything she can to keep Mavis and her friends from watching the titular human show, even confiscating all of the televisions in the hotel and stationing a guard-hellhound on the bridge to keep them from leaving. By the very end, we find Lydia also watching the show on all of the confiscated TVs.
Manga.Good Day To You How About A Game: Sae loves playing mahjong on her phone, but decides to keep it a secret from all the elite young ladies at Ootori Academy since she's afraid they'll dismiss it as a game for peasants. However, when Chise sneaks up behind her and takes a peek, she's intrigued by what she sees.
Film.Keanu: Clarence is a huge fan of George Michael, which Rell uses as proof of how lame he is. When Clarence puts on his music while waiting for Rell and Hi-C to do the drug deal, George Michael comes on, and he manages to convince the gangsters with him that George Michael is actually cool (and black), to the point where Stitches actually gets a George Michael tattoo later.
Gush.Live Action TV: The Disney Channel KidComs can be Guilty Pleasures, but the Disney XD shows always end up being somewhat actually decent. Pair of Kings has very good character development and a cool setting, Kickin' It is just plain fun and is quite sweet, Lab Rats has a good premise, and well written story development, and Crash & Bernstein is just plain funny. Mighty Med is turning out pretty good too.1
Creator.Go Nagai: A good deal of his work might fit this definition by modern, western sensibilities. Nagai could be accused of poor taste, but he doesn't have a single series that is not entertaining.
Webcomic.Anarchy Dreamers: When Devlin makes fun of Koji's new haircut and compares him to a KPOP singer, Koji casually insinuates that Devlin, a self-proclaimed punk rock girl, listens to mainstream pop music. She immediately gets defensive over being on the receiving end now.
Characters.Kyon Big Damn Hero: Roofhopping. Kyon surely seems to go out of his way to avoid mentioning (especially to Haruhi) how much he really enjoys the chance to emulate his old manga heroes.
TheLegendOfKorra.Tropes G To L: Tenzin does not approve of pro-bending, yet in "And The Winner Is" he seems to know the rules quite well. He even cheers on Korra when she plays; though it's just as likely that he learned the rules after he decided to allow Korra to keep playing, all in support of his pupil and not for any love of the game. Or to the extent that he genuinely enjoys the sport, it may be because he enjoys seeing Korra succeed.
Webcomic.Patrik The Vampire: Funny enough, Twilight is the biggest one for Patrik. Patrik: These are the worst things I have ever read! Why do people like them so much?! Bella is a TERRIBLE character! OH, and don't get me started on Edward, MAN— Becky: You read them all, didn't you? Patrik: YES!! I COULDN'T PUT THEM DOWN!!! They're so bad— BUT SO GOOD!!
CurseCutShort.Another Character Interrupts: From The Nostalgia Critic/The Nostalgia Chick/brentalfloss musical combo review of Moulin Rouge!, this happens during the "El Tango De Pretense" musical number. They're not exactly concerned with limiting swearing over at TGWTG, especially given how many of their members typically default to Cluster F-Bomb, so it's probably due to the Rule of Funny. Phelous: So proud of the way they botch classic rock/Ugh! These creative thieves can all suck on my - Chick: There's no shame in liking something lame...
Funny.Whose Line Is It Anyway UK: The early seasons had a lot of in-between banter compared to the usual, but this interruption of a Film TV Theater Styles stood out. Clive: Now do it In the Style of a blue movie... maybe you've seen a few (sotto) maybe even been in a few... Josie: Shurrup, me mum and dad am in!
Characters.Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow: In episode 11 of the 4th season, "In the Clamor and the Clangor", it is highly implied that he actually likes *NSYNC and that they are his guilty pleasure. But, he didn't want to admit it and got a little bit defensive when the band teased him about it (they, too, revealed their guilty pleasures — which did not include boy bands or bubblegum pop acts though). He secretly plays banjo in a bluegrass band.
Characters.Hooker Verse: Likes bad porn and Kesha. "Tik Tok" is actually what she sings to herself to stave off a headache, and her single room occupancy place is filled with the former.
WebVideo.Chrontendo: As noted in this video he noted that he had guilty pleasures (like everyone). In his case it was the CHVRCHES album The Bones of What You Believe. He noted that it was dumb, fluffy pop music but also that it is actually well made. invoked
WebVideo.Brutalmoose: invokedThe entire theme of one of his top 5 lists.The same could be said for Ian's love of old video tapes finding them weirdly nostalgic, especially children's programmes that he can have a good laugh at that.
Fanfic.Post MU Life Scream: Many students' emotions, especially Laura Sharp, towards Randall's baking (with his excellently made cupcakes being an especially big crowd-pleaser) or Mrs. Squibbles/Carlton's cooking, as seen in Chapter 5.
Recap.Jeans Magical Education: Yutaka claims that the various Bad Fics Dawitsu forces himself to read because he secretly loves them as they depict him as a Sex God.
WebVideo.The Cartoon Hero: Batfink (which he says is So Bad, It's Good) and Girls Bravo, according to him.
DarthWiki.Fatal Frenzy: The gayest poetry of all time, from an examination of her room. What the hell, Tsubaki, why would you own something like that. You don't even want to touch it. It makes you feel dirty.
Characters.To Hell And Back Arrowverse: High School Musical was this for her in college. She watched all three movies, much to Sara's disbelief and later amusement.
Creator.Investigation Discovery: invoked In 2012, began calling itself "Your Guilty Pleasure", and has created an official fan website called "ID Addicts".
Characters.And So We Fight: She reads trashy romance stories in her spare time. Somewhat subverted, as she freely admits to it and doesn't get embarrassed about it in the least. Midna: "When you're the ruler of the Twilight realm, you get to do damn well whatever you please. If I wanted to be fanned by svelte Twili warriors while I read a smutty book, that's my pleasure."
Webcomic.Consolers: Nintendo and Sony secretly likes each other's games in this comic. Of course, they can't let anyone know.
WebVideo.To Boldly Flee: In-Universe, Spoony (or possibly Ma-Ti) considers the last four Final Fantasy games to be guilty pleasures, as revealed in Part 1.
Recap.The Nostalgia Critic S 4 E 33: The reason why he's doing a Let's Play instead of a video game review is because of this. Critic: But needless to say, people loved to see me get tortured by video games. Well, no more! I'm not doing any more video game reviews!
Manga.New Game: Nene sees Moon Rangers as this. Since the latter is a children's series, she'd only take her Childhood Friend Aoba to watch it rather than her college friends, lest it strengthens the view that Nene's extremely childish.
VideoGame.Saints Row IV: Some of the most action-packed moments of the game are accompanied by songs like Opposites Attract. And the characters sing along. And they are fully aware of how enjoyably cheesy these songs are.The DJ for "The Mix" station says "What is Love" should not be a guilty pleasure, just a pleasure.
Characters.Spiritfarer: Alice loves romance novels, and enthusiastically compares the island of Nordweiller to her favorite when Stella takes her on a trip. Interestingly, Stella is a fan of the same novels.
Literature.The Mako Saga: Mac is a metal fiend who is derisive towards Southern Rock ("Mullet rock for hillbillies in pickups"), but Lee once caught her rocking out to "Please Call Home" by The Allman Brothers Band. Her Relationship Upgrade with Lee comes when he puts it on the jukebox on the Praetorian.
Recap.Bobs Burgers S 6 E 16 Bye Bye Boo Boo: In-universe, Louise is mortified that she's still obsessed with Boo Boo (especially since all the other Boyz 4 Now fans hate him for breaking up the band), and part of the plot is her getting over that shame.
Garfield.Tropes D To G: In-universe, everything Garfield catches on TV. Jon enjoys a show called "Bowling for Geeks", but quickly changes the channel when Garfield walks in.
Series.True Detective: Caspere's was spending exorbitant amounts of money on young prostitutes. However, his guilt over indulging in such actions led him into a depressive state for which he had to seek therapy.
YMMV.Spyro Reignited Trilogy: Base-Breaking Character: Depending on who you ask, Mr. Bones is still a hilarious character with his dance, or he has become a ridiculous attempt to pander younger audiences with his MLG-inspired song and his dance that now includes the floss that has been popularized by Fortnite. There is also those who like him, although as a Guilty Pleasure.
Series.Happy Endings: Max reads Japanese Tiger Beat.Brad and Alex both love cliched and formulaic Rom Com movies. "Dude, we said we'd never tell anyone we saw that movie during our not-bummer-summer."
Characters.The Loud House Loud Siblings: Speaks in Shout-Outs: While usually not as incessantly or as intent on "nailing the occasion" as Luan with her puns, Luna clearly loves quoting well-known song lyrics in her normal speech. While these (as anyone would anticipate) usually are classic rock lyrics, she has demonstrated she isn't above tossing out an occasional "Oops!...I Did It Again" or "Achy Breaky Heart".
Characters.K On: She grows to like Hokago Tea Time's music, and she's far too ashamed to admit it (and thus sees it as this).
Characters.New Game: Otaku: She's a big fan of children's anime (to the point of knowing it's Guilty Pleasures), which occationally overlaps with Hajime's hobbies.
Music.Enigma: Professional reviews of Enigma's albums often read as if the critic likes the music but is deeply ashamed to admit it.
TheNostalgiaCritic.Tropes O To S: In the (meant to be) Finale Season, reviews like Moulin Rouge!, The Grinch and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom all had the aesop "Critic learns people can like different things",note Although this is unintentionally undone in reboot. culminating in Scooby-Doo where he innocently asks Roger why Guilty Pleasures are a thing.
Characters.Girls Next Door: Music snob Christine names American Idol as a guilty pleasure of hers. Erik likes it too, leading to a Engaging Conversation moment, if rather downplayed. Erik: What are you watching? Christine: American Idol. No comments, please, it's a guilty pleas— Erik: Ooh! Is Jenna still in the line-up?
Arthur.Tropes E To M: In-universe: Arthur is secretly a fan of "Love Ducks." He keeps it a secret because it's a baby show.
UsefulNotes.Russian Proverbs And Expressions: Одно другому не мешает (Odno drugomu ne meshayet) - "The one doesn't get in the way of the other". It means doing or being more than one thing at a time, especially if said things are believed to be mutually exclusive (for example, being a monarchist and a socialist at the same time; odno drugomu ne meshayet!). Often associated with Guilty Pleasures
Literature.El Club De Hopewell: Each one of these kids has one especially embarrasing that is revealed late in the seriesAllyson Her favorite film is Beauty and the Beast, and she's actually a big Disney Princess fangirl Jake He likes Josh Groban music because it reminds him his mother It Makes Sense in Context Sarah She turned out to be a Yaoi Fangirl. Then again, she doesn't exactly feel guilt
Recap.The Nostalgia Critic S 2 E 8: Despite the merciless bashing the Critic gave AOSTH in the review, a commentary for the episode revealed that Doug himself doesn't actually hate the show and actually finds the weirdness amusing.
AtopTheFourthWall.Tropes E To P: Several in-universe examples for Linkara.He still collects Power Rangers toys and after stating all the flaws in Marvel's MMPR #1 he still can't say it sucks because it's Power Rangers. "It's cheesy, it's over the top, and I love every second of it!" He sees Transformers as goofy, but also awesome. He admits that Brute Force is this because it is gloriously bad. He admits to liking Maximum Carnage in "Top 15 Comics I Won't Review", stating although it's long and some particular points such as the way the villains are defeated are pretty silly, he still finds it pretty fun.
VideoGame.Breakdown: Easter Egg: A few are slightly hidden though easy to spot, but there's quite the hilarious one for the pervert in all of us that is slightly obscure, but can be done to Alex after the elevator they ride to Site Zero shuts down whilst in it and that is to poke at Alex's breasts, much to her chagrin. Alex: Are you doing this on purpose?
Characters.We Are Our Avatars Three: Moe Kitty Girl Izzy, and the fact that he sometimes has dreams related to it. He says he hates it, but admits that the dreams are fun.
Characters.The Muppet Show: It's why they show up: for all their purported disdain for the show, they love it all the same, if only because they can mock and jeer at the performers. Statler: This show is awful. Waldorf: Terrible! Statler: Disgusting! Waldorf: See you next week? Statler: Of course.
YMMV.Milli Vanilli: Narm Charm: Most anyone who still listens to them today probably does it for this reason. Perhaps Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic.com summed it up best in his "Girl You Know It's True" review: "This isn't just music that's all surface, this is music that gives the impression of having a surface, then not delivering on that. It's thin as a ribbon, the beats are fairly clunky, the hooks are huge and stupid (apart from Diane Warren's "Blame It on the Rain," which is the only classically constructed song on the album), and, ultimately, really dorky. But what makes it fascinating is that it's unrestrained, unhinged dorkiness, music that is completely awkward and sort of fun and memorable because of it."
Literature.Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid: the OVA is about Tessa trying to get her teddy bear back before somebody else finds out about it. Clouseau tries to keep his Anime habits a secret as well, mostly Played for Laughs.
SugarWiki.Music Of Note: The Spice Girls, the best selling Girl Group of all time. If you're ever wondering when The '90s started the transition from the days of Grunge, Britpop and Gangsta Rap into the Teen Pop era, the rise of the Spice Girls marked that point. They were instrumental in unveiling a whole new market of young girls for pop music, which is why, nowadays, they are considered one of the decades' greatest Guilty Pleasures
Recap.Supernatural S 05 E 08 Changing Channels: Sam catches Dean watching a hospital show called Dr. Sexy, MD. Dean claims he isn't a fan of the show. Later on, "Dr. Sexy" actually appears. Dean: [notices the doctor's footwear, slams him against the wall] You're not Dr. Sexy. "Dr. Sexy": You're crazy. Dean: Really? Because I swore part of what makes Dr. Sexy sexy is the fact that he wears cowboy boots. Not tennis shoes! Sam: Yeah, you're not a fan... Dean: It's a guilty pleasure!
Characters.My Hero Academia Class 1 A 11 To 20: Her interest in music. She's the only girl embarrassed about the others seeing her room during the dorm tour. Chapter 169 reveals that she doesn't think her musical interest is heroic, and that she isn't proud enough about it to perform live during the U.A. Cultural Festival. Even though Uraraka and Hagakure have watched her perform in her room on the guitar, her body language shows she is really shy in front of an audience: nervously blushing, hands tucked under her legs, and feet dangling above the floor with her toes pointed out and avoiding the ground. It turns out that this is largely due to the fact that in the past, she felt conflicted about her dream of becoming a pro hero since she thought her parents would want her to become a musician like them, even though they assured her they would support her no matter which path she took.
Recap.Gravity Falls S 1 E 6 Dipper Vs Manliness: Dipper loves bubblegum pop, like BABBA ("Disco Girl"), but doesn't admit it to the Manotaurs until the end of the episode. The vinyl soundtrack album features a full version of the very ABBA-like song, with caustic commentary by Grunkle Stan.
