Tropescilloscope: Hypocritical Humor

Hypocrisy played for laughs. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Diabolus ex Machina Instant Death Bullet Mystery and Detective Films Hope Spot Outrun the Fireball Expy Only One Name Pretty Little Headshots Despair Event Horizon Bound and Gagged Gory Discretion Shot Badass Bookworm Evil Plan Missing Mom Meaningful Name Extreme Doormat Naked People Are Funny Playing Gertrude What Happened to the Mouse? The Mafia Mighty Whitey Action Genre Mind Screw Sequel Hook Suspiciously Specific Denial Black Comedy Rape Mr. Exposition Motor Mouth Once More, with Clarity! Gone Horribly Right Adaptational Attractiveness As Long as It Sounds Foreign Fatal Flaw Visual Pun Manic Pixie Dream Girl Left the Background Music On Foreshadowing Leave the Camera Running Fantastic Racism Anachronic Order How We Got Here Black Best Friend Pre-Mortem One-Liner Due to the Dead Time Skip Jerk Jock Peek-a-Boo Corpse Dirty Old Man Developing Doomed Characters Unusual Euphemism Fat Bastard Anti-Villain Bond Villain Stupidity The Ditz Only in It for the Money Public Domain Feature Films All There in the Manual Mythology Gag Ass Shove All Girls Want Bad Boys Drives Like Crazy Neck Lift Insult Backfire Jitter Cam The Load Artistic License – Military Running Gag Male Gaze Exact Words Imagine Spot Adorkable The Dragon Irony The Cavalry The Voiceless Jerkass Has a Point The Dog Bites Back Cat Fight Foregone Conclusion Serial Killer Psycho for Hire The Cameo Historical Villain Upgrade Dramedy Soft Glass Domestic Abuse The Film of the Book Cowboy Cop Make It Look Like an Accident Love Triangle Sassy Black Woman She's Got Legs Parental Neglect Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Twist Ending Comically Missing the Point Disproportionate Retribution Heroic Sacrifice Danny Peary Cult Movies List From Bad to Worse Improbable Weapon User Bunny-Ears Lawyer B-Movie Pragmatic Villainy Belligerent Sexual Tension Loophole Abuse Those Two Guys Happily Married Villain with Good Publicity Redshirt Army Bowdlerise Toplessness from the Back Stepford Smiler Children Are Innocent Camera Abuse Match Cut Totally Radical Important Haircut Woman Scorned Our Vampires Are Different My Greatest Failure Morality Pet Ax-Crazy Non-Indicative Name Break the Cutie Black Dude Dies First Exactly What It Says on the Tin Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Australian Movies Freudian Excuse Foil Almost Kiss Sir Swears-a-Lot Bury Your Gays Earn Your Happy Ending Pimped-Out Dress Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy He Knows Too Much Flashback The '60s Cool Old Guy Death Seeker The Stinger Not So Different Paper-Thin Disguise Extremely Short Timespan Face Death with Dignity Black Comedy Married to the Job Cruel and Unusual Death Rated M for Manly Adapted Out Bloodless Carnage Stuff Blowing Up British Films Re-Cut Adaptation Expansion Disney Villain Death Ripped from the Headlines Ungrateful Bastard Author Avatar Hollywood Law Green-Eyed Monster Insistent Terminology Malevolent Masked Men Lighter and Softer Revenge Blood Knight Brainless Beauty Jerk with a Heart of Gold "Well Done, Son!" Guy Spared by the Adaptation Armor-Piercing Question Eldritch Abomination The Big Guy Sanity Slippage Moment Killer What You Are in the Dark Red Oni, Blue Oni Hong Kong Films Alliterative Name Does This Remind You of Anything? Crapsack World The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Ambiguous Ending Fainting Nice Hat Jerkass Costume Porn Implacable Man Mama Bear Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Abusive Parents Boom, Headshot! Wounded Gazelle Gambit Obstructive Bureaucrat Anyone Can Die Plot Hole Never My Fault The '70s Military and Warfare Films Bait-and-Switch Retired Badass Curse Cut Short Getting Crap Past the Radar Kids Are Cruel True Companions Sole Survivor Affectionate Parody Loads and Loads of Characters Martial Arts Movie Author Appeal Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Unresolved Sexual Tension Naïve Newcomer Bloodier and Gorier Spanner in the Works Never Trust a Trailer Self-Deprecation Light Is Not Good Psychological Thriller Dark Is Not Evil Bullying a Dragon Here We Go Again! Evil Counterpart Card-Carrying Villain Horror Comedy Race Against the Clock Enemy Mine Cluster F-Bomb Villain Ball Mr. Fanservice Logo Joke Bond One-Liner The Starscream Romantic Comedy Jump Scare Science Fiction Films Hoist by His Own Petard Bavarian Fire Drill In the Back Never Found the Body Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Mistaken for Gay War Is Hell Smug Snake Trailers Always Spoil Fanservice Extra Red Herring Evil-Detecting Dog Department of Redundancy Department Nothing Is Scarier Destination Defenestration Dissonant Serenity Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Badass Grandpa Word of God Names to Run Away from Really Fast The Stoner Chewing the Scenery Faux Affably Evil Curb-Stomp Battle The X of Y Unwitting Instigator of Doom Men Are the Expendable Gender Darkest Hour Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Actor Allusion Together in Death The '90s Your Head A-Splode Sexy Discretion Shot Knife Nut Stealth Hi/Bye Mugging the Monster Rule of Funny Film Noir Index Catch-Phrase Deliberately Monochrome She Cleans Up Nicely What the Hell, Hero? Crucified Hero Shot Adaptation Distillation Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Offscreen Moment of Awesome Bottomless Magazines Mood Whiplash Serious Business Adaptational Badass Horror Films Sealed Evil in a Can Those Wacky Nazis Country Matters Straight Gay Riddle for the Ages Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Failed a Spot Check Hate Sink Villain Protagonist Gratuitous English The Chick Take That! MacGuffin Those Two Bad Guys Antagonist Title Henpecked Husband From Nobody to Nightmare Epic Movie Not So Stoic Chiaroscuro Historical Hero Upgrade Red Right Hand All There in the Script Laser-Guided Karma Famous Last Words Death by Irony Deus ex Machina The Power of Love Overprotective Dad Anguished Declaration of Love Mad Scientist Sadistic Choice Kick the Dog timeperiod Pragmatic Adaptation Title Drop Artistic License – Physics Needs Wiki Magic Love The Sociopath Frame-Up In Medias Res Face–Heel Turn Suspiciously Similar Substitute Genre Throwback Retirony The Ace Television Movie Index The Hero Leitmotif A Father to His Men Neck Snap Adaptational Heroism Silence Is Golden Flipping the Bird Interrupted Suicide Bald of Evil Evil Laugh Immune to Bullets Not Using the "Z" Word Heel Realization Dark Action Girl Rule of Symbolism Cool Car Hell Is That Noise Vomit Indiscretion Shot Broken Bird There Is No Kill Like Overkill Break the Haughty Shirtless Scene The Stoic Hair-Trigger Temper Oh, Crap! Cat Scare Christmas Movies Index Advertised Extra Camp Gay Last-Name Basis Evil Sounds Deep Action Prologue Offscreen Teleportation '80s Hair Guns Akimbo Man on Fire The Chessmaster folderlabel Leaning on the Fourth Wall The End... Or Is It? Framing Device Killed Mid-Sentence Composite Character Humans Are Bastards Tranquil Fury Easily Forgiven Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Heroic BSoD Adaptation Dye-Job Agony of the Feet Setting Update Beard of Evil Intrepid Reporter Not What It Looks Like Pet the Dog Every Car Is a Pinto Rule of Cool Suddenly SHOUTING! You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Yandere Disguised in Drag Nice Guy Driven to Suicide Heroes Want Redheads Casting Gag Improbable Aiming Skills All Just a Dream Gorn The '80s Mundane Made Awesome I Did What I Had to Do Continuity Nod Chekhov's Skill Slasher Movie Obviously Evil Heterosexual Life-Partners An Axe to Grind The Quiet One Combat Pragmatist Catapult Nightmare Sinister Minister Unusually Uninteresting Sight Intergenerational Friendship Canadian Movies Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie The Smurfette Principle Film Noir Scenery Porn Bolivian Army Ending Worthy Opponent Unreliable Narrator The Remake Monumental Damage Not Quite Dead Say My Name Hypocrite Groin Attack Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience The Hero Dies Berserk Button I Need a Freaking Drink Russian Films Victoria's Secret Compartment Big Damn Heroes Accidental Misnaming Death of a Child Captain Ersatz Zombie Stories Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene The Reveal Beware the Nice Ones Awesome, but Impractical Cool Old Lady Shoot the Shaggy Dog Kill It with Fire Anti-Hero Room Full of Crazy Kick the Son of a Bitch In Name Only Kubrick Stare Breaking the Fourth Wall Romantic False Lead Blatant Lies Rape as Drama The Casanova Film Series Cool Shades Line-of-Sight Name O.O.C. Is Serious Business Posthumous Character Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil "The Reason You Suck" Speech The Great Depression Genre Savvy Drowning My Sorrows Japanese Films Maybe Ever After No Ending Bring My Brown Pants Slashed Throat Abhorrent Admirer The Atoner The Ghost Demoted to Extra Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Index of Film Westerns Grievous Bottley Harm Chekhov's Gun Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Not So Above It All Chekhov's Gunman Taking the Bullet Sequel Escalation Parental Abandonment Ambiguous Disorder Conspicuous CG Dies Wide Open Big Eater Politically Incorrect Villain Off with His Head! Fanservice Cain and Abel Dull Surprise Video Credits Animated Credits Opening Didn't Think This Through Taking You with Me Parental Incest Covers Always Lie Ascended Extra Mercy Kill Market-Based Title Meet Cute Manly Tears Fatal Family Photo I Have Your Wife Wrong Genre Savvy Token Minority Madness Mantra No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Death Glare Punch-Clock Villain "Shaggy Dog" Story Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Good Is Not Nice Ominous Latin Chanting Super Strength Vomit Discretion Shot Same Language Dub Dwindling Party Pyrrhic Victory Handicapped Badass For Want of a Nail Pay Evil unto Evil Dressing as the Enemy The Place The Musical Eye Scream Reality Ensues Dropped a Bridge on Him Does Not Like Shoes Stylistic Suck Red Eyes, Take Warning Put on a Bus Accidental Murder Arranged Marriage Badass Boast Rousing Speech Sci-Fi Horror Drill Sergeant Nasty Sacrificial Lion Big "NO!" The Bully Evil Brit Red Shirt Age Lift Honor Before Reason La Résistance Kill 'em All Artistic License – Geography Music Stories Roaring Rampage of Revenge Artistic License – Gun Safety Creator Cameo Fun with Acronyms Action Girl Corpsing Truth in Television Badass Longcoat Off-into-the-Distance Ending Rasputinian Death Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! One-Word Title Humiliation Conga Parental Substitute Authority Equals Asskicking Beta Couple The Mole Crazy Jealous Guy Bland-Name Product Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Ship Tease Decoy Protagonist Eureka Moment Hero Antagonist Punctuated! For! Emphasis! No Name Given Karmic Death Superhero Wretched Hive Get Out! Villain Opening Scene Big Fancy House BFG Back from the Dead Arch-Enemy Shut Up, Hannibal! Be Careful What You Wish For Determinator aka: The Determinator Anachronism Stew Contrived Coincidence Spiteful Spit Final Girl You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Fan Disservice Broken Pedestal Really Gets Around Made of Iron Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Brick Joke Scare Chord Body Horror More Dakka Air-Vent Passageway Meaningful Echo Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Shout-Out Shipper on Deck Death by Sex Deal with the Devil Auto Erotica Artistic License – Biology Storming the Castle All Men Are Perverts Determinator All for Nothing Brother–Sister Incest Big Brother Instinct Badass Normal Big-Bad Ensemble Mooks Star-Crossed Lovers Everyone Has Standards Shower Scene Girl-on-Girl Is Hot No-Sell The Oner Cassandra Truth Blackmail Papa Wolf Creative Closing Credits Bad Boss Pretty in Mink Character Development Love at First Sight Expository Hairstyle Change One-Man Army Crazy-Prepared Death by Adaptation And the Adventure Continues Fingore Ms. Fanservice Femme Fatale Aside Glance Stalker with a Crush Cool Guns Genre Shift Butt-Monkey Protagonist Title Eiffel Tower Effect Meaningful Background Event Broken Aesop Wham Shot Big Bad Duumvirate Calling the Old Man Out Actually Pretty Funny Older Than They Look Eyepatch of Power And Starring Ironic Echo Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? One Steve Limit Adult Fear Black and Gray Morality Hidden Depths Dirty Cop Hollywood Darkness Fate Worse than Death Gilligan Cut Defrosting Ice Queen Race Lift A Date with Rosie Palms Training Montage Asshole Victim Adaptational Villainy Obfuscating Stupidity Male Frontal Nudity Slasher Smile Woman in White Call-Forward Funny Background Event Aluminum Christmas Trees Reality Is Unrealistic Idiot Ball Karma Houdini Whole Plot Reference Call-Back Reality Has No Subtitles The Alleged Car Fiery Redhead My Beloved Smother Thriller Amoral Attorney Undying Loyalty Dark Reprise Faking the Dead As Himself Evil Is Petty Rewatch Bonus Slap-Slap-Kiss Drugs Are Bad No OSHA Compliance Award-Bait Song "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Alpha Bitch Laughing Mad Animal Title Index Major Injury Underreaction Have a Gay Old Time Real Life Shown Their Work Biopic Villain Song Grey and Gray Morality Tap on the Head Silent Movie Tempting Fate Took a Level in Badass Downer Ending Historical In-Joke Product Placement Deliberate Values Dissonance Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Would Hit a Girl Wicked Cultured It Can Think Distracted by the Sexy Batman Gambit Ambiguously Gay Adaptation Name Change Scary Black Man Damsel in Distress And I Must Scream Did Not Get the Girl Evil vs. Evil Soundtrack Dissonance Lampshade Hanging Spell My Name with an "S" Blood from the Mouth Daddy's Girl Bare Your Midriff Apocalypse How Informed Ability Reasonable Authority Figure Epic Fail Based on a True Story Amusing Injuries Establishing Character Moment Disappeared Dad Badass in a Nice Suit Rule of Three Works Set in World War II Dramatic Gun Cock Properly Paranoid Animal Motifs Manchild It Will Never Catch On 20 Minutes into the Future I'm a Humanitarian Half the Man He Used to Be Double-Meaning Title Guile Hero Homage The Lancer Early-Bird Cameo The Un-Reveal Take a Third Option Your Cheating Heart Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Psychopathic Manchild The Faceless My God, What Have I Done? Refuge in Audacity Dual Wielding Even Evil Has Standards Bilingual Bonus Italian Films Hero of Another Story Big Applesauce Throwing Your Sword Always Works Fantasy Films Bad "Bad Acting" Rich Bitch Heel–Face Turn Improvised Weapon Punny Name Unspoken Plan Guarantee Greater-Scope Villain Historical-Domain Character Recycled IN SPACE! Plucky Comic Relief I Just Shot Marvin in the Face No-Holds-Barred Beatdown The Brute Becoming the Mask Skewed Priorities Disney Death Took a Level in Jerkass Attempted Rape Gender Flip Daylight Horror N-Word Privileges Gold Digger Would Hurt a Child Let's Get Dangerous! Gainax Ending Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Deadpan Snarker German Films Large Ham Ghost Fiction Precision F-Strike As You Know World of Ham Dying Moment of Awesome Friend to All Children Reckless Gun Usage Police are Useless Narrator Artistic License – History Canon Foreigner Artistic License – Law Better to Die than Be Killed The Vamp Vampire Fiction Our Zombies Are Different Bar Brawl French Films NO INDOOR VOICE Cold-Blooded Torture Manipulative Bastard Show Within a Show No Celebrities Were Harmed Dark and Troubled Past Book-Ends The Bad Guy Wins "Awesome McCool" Name Deconstruction Scenery Gorn Fake Shemp Very Loosely Based on a True Story Dramatic Irony Central Theme Early Installment Weirdness Villainous Breakdown Fish out of Water Eagleland Bi the Way Only Sane Man Hooker with a Heart of Gold No Antagonist Arc Words Dirty Coward It's All About Me Dogged Nice Guy Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Poor Communication Kills As the Good Book Says... Babies Ever After Chase Scene Betty and Veronica I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Translation Convention An Aesop Beauty Is Never Tarnished Up to Eleven Police Brutality Funny Foreigner Too Dumb to Live Closed Circle Spiritual Successor Made of Explodium Smoking Is Cool After the End Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Credits Gag A Minor Kidroduction Dumb Blonde This Is Gonna Suck The Dreaded The Alcoholic Documentary Bloody Hilarious An Arm and a Leg A.I. Is a Crapshoot Vacation Films Affably Evil Overly Long Gag Well-Intentioned Extremist The Lost Lenore Empathic Environment Tagline For the Evulz Lock and Load Montage Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Double Entendre Random Events Plot Novelization Insane Troll Logic You Killed My Father Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Not Even Bothering with the Accent It's Personal Cloudcuckoolander Big Bad Coming-of-Age Story Only a Flesh Wound Noodle Incident Sports Stories Demonic Possession Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Redemption Equals Death Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane You Have Failed Me Action Survivor Fire-Forged Friends Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Creepy Child Annoying Younger Sibling Brutal Honesty Small Name, Big Ego Stealth Pun Facial Horror Shell-Shocked Veteran Knight Templar Five-Man Band Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Freeze-Frame Bonus Four-Temperament Ensemble Stock Footage The '50s Alas, Poor Villain Evil Is Hammy Retcon Captain Obvious Darker and Edgier Even Evil Has Loved Ones He Who Fights Monsters Wham Line Only Known by Their Nickname Car Fu Mexican Standoff Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Hypocritical Humor Vitriolic Best Buds Adults Are Useless Bittersweet Ending Fourth Date Marriage Defiant to the End Depraved Bisexual Corrupt Corporate Executive A God Am I Real Life Writes the Plot Celebrity Paradox Dutch Angle May–December Romance The Smart Guy