Tropescilloscope: Hypocritical Humor

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

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