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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"It's cheesy, it's over the top, and I love every second of it!"''
|'''[[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]''' regarding ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''}}
There are shows or products that many people are ashamed to watch/use. That doesn't mean a character won't enjoy it and continue to consume it anyway, regardless of what's going on.
[[Guilty Pleasure]] may, but does not always, overlap with [[Closet Geek]]. "[[Guilty Pleasure]]" implies that a person feels guilty for enjoying a show or product that is actually not worthy of their
▲This page is for IN-UNIVERSE EXAMPLES ONLY. If you see "People find this to be a [[Guilty Pleasure]]", delete it. If you want to say "I found this to be a [[Guilty Pleasure]]" please take it to the forums or elsewhere.
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* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[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. Belfangan Clouseau tries to keep his Anime habits a secret as well, mostly [[Played for Laughs]].
* ''[[Hen Zemi]]'': [[Only Sane Man|Nanako]] seems quite non-perverted when compared to the rest of the cast, but as the series progresses she begins to like and admit some of her odder preferences. Such as enjoying the smell of her flatulence in the bathtub, or beginning to strip at a party when the lights went out.
* A [[Running Gag]] brought up every so often in ''[[
* In ''[[Dirty Pair]]'', Kei has a simple one: cheesecake.
== Film ==
* ''[[RED (film)|RED]]'': Sara Ross likes to read trashy romance novels which she tells Frank Moses are terrible but so addictive. Incidentally, we later see Moses himself reading those same novels (though whether he genuinely enjoys them or is only doing it for research (or "research") is left unstated).
* In the film ''[[Dragnet]]'', Joe claims cigarettes and chili dogs are this for him.
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Ms. Wiz]]'' books, Jack Beddows apparently carries around a few [[Beatrix Potter]] books and when asked about them he says they're for his sister. Then when the characters get released from the books (long story) he's in near tears when Peter Rabbit appears to have been run over by a bus.
* Josh Newman from ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]'' is described as loving ''[[Shrek]]'' but would "die before admitting it to his friends".
== Live-Action TV ==
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{{quote|'''Castle:''' That's just so delightfully not you!}}
* ''[[Eureka]]'': Jo. "Sassy pumps for fall."
* ''[[The Sing
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' have guys like Spike & Giles who watch ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' & ''[[Passions]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'' who likes to sing Barry Manilow.
* ''[[Big Time Rush]]'': One episode in which the guys have a photo shoot for a Tween girls mag. Only one of them is familiar with the magazine and the others shockingly look at him, almost in disgust, and one even asks him is that Katie's. He replies that those"...magazines have great articles for guys too." Seconds later, as they are mocking him, another guy in the band reads a headline about heartthrob coverboy and becomes interested in what the interview with said hearthrob says. The guys get into an argument about what their opinions and the hearthrob's about what to bring to a desert island. So in mere seconds they go from mocking it, to liking it.
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'''Chandler:''' ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]''!
'''Ross:''' Correct! What is her ''real'' favorite movie?
'''Joey:''' ''Weekend at
'''Ross:''' Correct! }}
In ''[[All in the Family]]'', Archie's usual leisure time is spent drinking beer watching football, like the typical blue-collar worker he is; but he also reads ''[[Dennis the Menace]]'' comic books when nobody is around, and may have a whole trunk full of them.
== Music ==
* In the [[Vocaloid]] song "Magnet", Luka and Miku know they aren't "supposed" to be in love, but that only fuels them with more passion.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''Adam@Home'': [http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2011/02/22 this] strip for 2-22-11, Adam and his wife discuss theirs.
* Clyde, the closest thing that ''[[Candorville]]'' has to a stereotypical black male, is often found selling these. On one occasion he used a similar approach to sell something highly
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'':
** Andy, chocolate, so very, very much.
** Jason watches ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', despite having a reputation of a [[He-Man Woman Hater]], trying to hide it from Paige.
** Also, in one week-long story, he seems to think the film version of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (which he is looking forward to) is a competitor to that of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (which his rival Eileen favors, and premers a week earlier); at the end of the week he goes to see the latter movie, trying his best to hide it from Eileen.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Edgeworth would never admit that he's a big fan of
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* ''[[Homestuck]]'' Subverted; while John's liking of films [[Running Gag|including]] ''[[Con Air]]'' is [[Averted Trope|simply because of his utter lack of taste]], Karkat seems to at least be aware that his movies are terrible [[Subverted Trope|but loves them anyway]].
{{quote|You should really be EMBARRASSED for liking this DREADFUL CINEMA, but for some reason you are not.}}
** Subverted again with Jake - when he's introduced he is specifically noted to have even less taste than John, indiscriminately thinking every movie he sees is completely great. This doesn't just cover the generic [[So Bad It's Good]] schlock you'd normally expect, but films '[[So Okay It's Average|generally regarded as so unremarkably mediocre they don't even attract any trolls who care enough to shit on it]]' like ''[[Weekend at
* ''[[Freefall]]'': In the [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130412053130/http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44781 thread], Florence admits to romance novels being a guilty pleasure for her.
* In ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', Monica watches a TV show called Sugarbear, which she considers a guilty pleasure.
* In [http://www.meninhats.com/d/20041020.html this] strip of ''[[Men in Hats]]'', [[Giftedly Bad]] Jeriah says he's going to describe himself as a guilty pleasure, to attract people's interest and get them to see how charming and endearing he self-allegedly is.
{{quote|'''Gamal:''' What if they decide you're just a whiny narcissist?
'''Jeriah:''' Then they were probably too smart to be taken in by the whole guilty pleasure bullshit. }}
== Web Original ==
* ''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'' feels this about ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'', ''[[Rocky IV]]'', the ''[[Short Circuit]]'' series, ''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'', ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', ''[[Batman Returns]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th (film)]]: The Final Friday'', ''[[Cool Runnings]]'', ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'', ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]: The Last Stand'' and ''[[Paranoia (film)|Paranoia]]'' ("[[The Cinema Snob|What the hell?!]]"). Likewise, this is the entire purpose of the ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' review, ending in a song.
* ''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]'' enjoys ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', [[Lady Gaga]], ''[[The Room]]'', ''[[Mulan]]'', ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Newsies]]'', ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'', ''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]'', ''[[Showgirls]]'', ''[[Independence Day]]'', ''[[2012|Two Thousand Twelve]]'', "every [[Meg Ryan]] movie (1993-2001)", ''[[Hercules (
* In ''[[RWBY]]'' we briefly see [[Badass]] Blake likes reading stuff with names like ''Ninjas of Love''.
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* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': An episode featured Candace going to a comic con dressed as Ducky Mo-Mo, a character she enjoyed since she was little, but was too embarrassed to admit she still watched it.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Dr Marvin Monroe, a psychiatrist, admits that one of his "guilty little pleasures" is grabbing a bucket of popcorn and watching "Itchy and Scratchy" (a cartoon show with heavy violence).
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[[Harley Quinn]]'';
** [[Catwoman]] is a [[Man of Wealth and Taste|Lady of Wealth and Taste]] with a [[Big Fancy House]], and when stressed she soaks in a bathtub, while watching film blooper outtake collections on [[YouTube]] and snacking on Cheetos.
** Poison Ivy: Watching Nascar, taking long showers, and Jazz Fest, all "vices" she has (that show she isn't as much an eco-friendly extremist as she claims) that she only admits when under the influence of [[Wonder Woman]]'s Lasso of Truth.
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