History BrokenAesop / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': * While the episode "Dating Season" tries to teach viewers that you can't force people who clearly just want to be friends into a romantic relationship based on what you think or for your own desires. Anne, and that obsessive shipping can be a problem. Hop Pop, and Felicia realize this after Polly called Felicia and Hop Pop out for their greed and Anne for her shortsightedness. In the end, they finally decide to let Sprig and Ivy stay as friends, but Sprig ends up falling in love with Ivy anyways, and it was mostly due to Anne, Hop Pop, and Felicia's meddling. *

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': This show tries to teach a GreenAesop by showing the damage caused by the technology owned by that King Andrais Leiathan and his dynasty, which turns the titular land into a wasteland of pollution. This is supposed to be a parallel metaphor as to how humans are using technology in a way that is hurting the earth but the moral is inconsistently applied as it fails to call out the human race in the show itself for using technology as it shows Anne befriending a robot from Amphibia named Frobo. Plus Anne, Marcy, and Sasha are shown to be using their phones in the fantastical land, in which the phones seem to have infinite charging capabilities. This dilutes the moral and warps it into sounding like it’s okay for humans to use technology but not okay for non humans to use it. Even more baffling is that the series finale has Anne give Sprig her phone.

** The moral of "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E5SafeSpace Safe Space]]" is essentially to start taking criticism and that reality is harsh without safe spaces, even though the previous episode portrayed critics as obnoxious people that should just be kicked out. So the previous episode depicted people wanting to have their opinion heard as entitled, and now depicts people who don't want to hear other people's opinions as entitled (Though this probably has more to do with the fact that people in the previous episode weren't just speaking their opinions, they were actively using them to bully people into giving them stuff.) More eye-raising is the fact that neither Trey nor Matt have active social media accounts, and yet dub a character representing brash online criticism as "reality". In [[JustForPun reality]] the real-life persona of individuals [[{{GIFT}} does not always correlate to an online brash one]]. Furthermore, the episode makes use of the AppealToWorseProblems fallacy by depicting poor third world children for having to filter out harmful comments for first-world people. This is despite the fact that online abuse can actually be life-threatening with the same episode showing Butters nearly committing suicide due to being exposed to too much negativity and {{sleep deprivation}}. (For that last part though, that was probably the point to show how those people care more about inflating their egos more than the wellbeing of people in third world countries). The episode, as do most people who criticize the concept of a "safe space," assumed that its purpose is to keep out 'reality' rather than allow people that are marginalized and attacked to take a break from the negativity they face every day. Intentional or not, the episode is victim-blaming.

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' focuses on Franchise/SpiderMan having to learn sense of responsibility and teamwork, with ComicBook/NickFury as TheMentor. Both very respectable aesops, but it's quite hard to not sympathetize with his tendencies to [[IWorkAlone work alone]] when his teammates are mostly obnoxious {{Jerkass}}es who forcefully insert themselves in his life, constantly mock or insult him (despite the fact he often ends up as the OnlySaneMan) and, in Nova's case, outright insult his best friend Harry Osborn. Then you have those times where Spidey himself dabbles in being a {{Jerkass}} and an idiot that leaves you feeling that the criticisms of his teammates are not unjustified. As the for the responsibility aspect, not only does it feel unnecessary since the whole Spider-Man origin (confirmed to be the same in this version) was supposed to be about Spidey learning responsibility of his own, but Fury, being an AntiHero with several CreateYourOwnVillain in his backstory, leaving no personal space to his recruit (he sets up security cameras in Spidey's house) and willing to break his promises, [[DesignatedHero hardly appears as a suitable authority figure]].

** In "When You Wish Upon a Roker," Penny makes a wish for her and all her friends to experience college for a week; if Penny decides to stay after the week is up, she'll have to owe Roker for all the expenses she's built up. The lesson Penny is supposed to learn from the experience is "College isn't just about nonstop partying, and you shouldn't be in such a hurry to grow up and ignore what you have in the present." However, this glosses over the fact that the reason Penny took the wish in the first place is because Oscar supervised a date she had with Kareem and [[AmazinglyEmbarassingParents made a complete spectacle of himself]], something Oscar himself acknowledges when he comes to rescue Penny. In the end, it's Penny who apologizes for trying to grow up too fast, and Oscar [[KarmaHoudini never has to apologize for his behavior]].
** "The End of Innocence" tries to give a lesson about colorism when a popular black teen star starts dating Zoey, and the other girls find out that he only likes to date white girls. Unfortunately, some details in the episode completely derail the supposed moral. First, the reason the group find out about Noah's dating preferences in the first place is because Maya's cousin told her, but they never actually do anything to confirm the rumor.

!!Western Animation with their own pages

** One "Sonic Says" segment advises kids against running away from home by having Coconuts try it, and Sonic remind him of all the good things Robotnik does to take care of him, and how no one will be there to do those things if he runs away, to convince him to go back home. The thing is, though, Coconuts is TheUnfavourite among Robotnik's creations, and spends most of his time taking abuse and doing chores to clean up after the rest of the "family", so the message comes down to "Even if your family is abusive, it's better than risking it going it alone".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdSTlrTDuUM This Sonic Sez]] delivers the lesson "Don't break the law". Trouble is, it's attached to the episode "Momma Robotnik’s Return", where Robotnik's mother legally adopts Sonic as the first step in a plot to get him killed -- in essence, taking advantage of the law for her evil scheme (evidently, the government of Mobius has never heard of background checks) and delivering the opposite message: that [[HardTruthAesop what's right and what's legal don't always match up]].

*** D.W. only learns anything because Arthur hit her. Their parents say they'll have a talk with her, but by the end of the episode there is no evidence that that had actually happened -- she still blames Arthur for the model she broke. The only remorse she feels is for driving Arthur to violence, but she only does that because hitting her has convinced her that the model really was important to him. Violence is never the answer, but it's the only language D.W. understands.

** "[[Recap/ArthurS3E13ArthursDummyDisasterFrancineAndTheFeline Francine and the Feline]]" has Arthur and Francine arguing over the idea of whether cats and dogs can get along well or not, with Arthur going to great lengths to keep Pal away from Francine's cat, Nemo. The Aesop comes in place at the very end and proves it really is possible, and it does a good job of showing it. The "broken" part of this comes in when the ''entire point of this episode'' is thrown out the window so they can [[CatsAreMean use Nemo as an antagonist]] in the episodes where Pal and Kate can talk. In short, they retroactively [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot wasted a perfectly good moral]]. The fact that Arthur has friends who are [[FurryConfusion cats of the humanoid, sapient variety]] is [[FridgeHorror not brought up]] either.

** "Buster Gets Real" tries to deliver the moral that you can still be friends even if your interests don't align. Unfortunately, it's delivered in a very ''very'' clunky way. Buster, a known CloudCuckoolander, suddenly "Grows out of" Bionic bunny and develops an interest in a reality TV show. The reasoning for him getting into a reality TV show? Bionic Bunny isn't grounded in reality. This comes off as... quite unusual considering that again, it's ''Buster'' - and even goes into CluelessAesop territory in that it never discusses [[https://www.thedelite.com/reality-tv-shows-scripted how reality TV can be scripted]] through the use of ManipulativeEditing and ExecutiveMeddling. [[note]] Actually, Arthur does bring this up to Buster, he just doesn't care [[/note]] Further breaking the Aesop is that it still ends on a notion that you have to have most if not everything in common with your best friend. It's also worth mentioning that in later episodes [[SnapBack Buster is seen enjoying Bionic Bunny again without comment]], suggesting him suddenly finding the show unrealistic compared to reality TV [[CompressedVice was a trait invented for this one episode]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Bobinogs}}'' episode "Wash, Soap, Rinse, and Dry" pulled off its Aesop about [[DiseasePreventionAesop hand washing]], but its other Aesop, not to be afraid to ask to use the toilet, is broken because Nib ''did'' ask to go to the toilet before riding in the hot air balloon, but her friends brushed it off with "There's no time for that".

** The moral of the entire series is "if we work together, we can save the planet", but in every episode, [[HardWorkHardlyWorks working together fails]] and the Planeteers always end up calling Captain Planet to deal with the problem for them. Mitigated somewhat by the [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle ending tag]] of each episode, telling the viewers how they can personally help save the planet (without the Captain's help). Sure, calling Captain Planet is "all their powers combined", but if combining their powers is all it takes, why isn't regular teamwork enough?
** Captain Planet also has a problem with a broken Aesop regarding green technology. We're told that relying on fossil fuels and nuclear power is badwrong and instead should be using such things as solar power. But the only ones who have solar power in the energy densities required are the Planeteers (their craft actually ''flies'' on the power generated by solar panels). So... why aren't they [[ReedRichardsIsUseless giving this technology away]], if it will help? So the Aesop is: "Use green technology, but never actually give it to anyone who would benefit."
* The true star of ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' is Charlie Brown's sad little Christmas tree, which serves as a metaphor for the TrueMeaningOfChristmas, in contrast to the glitzy aluminum Christmas trees everyone else buys, which are a metaphor for crazed holiday materialism. By the end of the film, Charlie Brown's friends come around to appreciating his perspective — and his tree. Yet the climax of the film nevertheless features everyone happily decorating Charlie Brown's sad tree until it rather magically comes to resemble as more "proper" one, decked out in glitzy decorations. This is presented as a happy ending, though it undermines the anti-materialism message by ultimately presenting Charlie Brown's tree as something that needed to be "fixed" by conforming with materialistic standards.

* In a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', Dexter does something that bothers Dee Dee or hurts her feelings, and in turn he has to make up for it after being stricken with guilt for what he'd done. That would all be okay if it weren't for one thing: Dee Dee is constantly destroying Dexter's lab, and very rarely shows any respect for her brother, and they want us to blame Dexter. The result is Dex becoming UnintentionallySympathetic while Dee Dee becomes [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic the opposite]].
** A specific episode has Dexter finding an old part of his lab; after finding it, the robots inhabiting that part of the lab turn against him. Dee Dee then comes in to help... that is, she comes in and finds one Dex's first inventions, and when he dismisses it in favor of saving his own butt, she tells him that [[FatalFlaw he cares too much about progress to pay attention to his past creations]]... But science is about ''making progress''; that's why people in [[TechnologyMarchesOn scientific fields invent and discover new things]].

** "Proposition Infinity" uses {{Robosexual}}ity as a metaphor for homosexuality, as Bender and Amy enter a relationship and fight for their right get married. At the end of the episode, they succeed in legalizing robosexual marriage, but Bender breaks up with Amy when he learns she wants their relationship to be monogamous. In the episode's attempt to show that same-sex relationships are just as meaningful as traditional ones, the main relationship is depicted as ultimately shallow on Bender's end and Amy returns to her regular boyfriend as [[StatusQuoIsGod the show reverts back to the status quo]]. Additionally, the metaphor is undermined by the previous episode, "I Dated a Robot," which made an argument (which was tongue-in-cheek, but not depicted as ''wrong'') that humans dating robots would be indulging in too much pleasure and thus prevent human population. However the episode “law and oracle” contradicts this revelation by revealing that human police chiefs O’mannahan was pregnant with a human baby and that the father was strongly implied to be URL who is a robot in the police force
** The episode “Lrrrenconcilable Ndndifferences” has Lrrr learn that he needs to respect his wife NDND and not be lazy in his duties. However it is shown that he gets kicked out his his castle by Ndnd and placed in a midlife crisis in the process because he actually did do his duties in invading earth for Ndnd, only for the invasion to get overshadowed by the comic con, leading to Lrrr doing an improvised romantic gesture by delivering her a face mask of J.J Abrams, which she refuses to appreciate and repays Lrrr for it by domestically abusing him with a frying pan. Even worse is that Leela instantly takes Ndnd’s side and deems Lrrr in the wrong despite the aforementioned circumstances. Even though Lrrr still listen to both Leela and Ndnd, he is still deemed in the wrong and deserving of being hit with a frying pan again and Ndnd’s domestic abuse is just swept under the rug.
%%** "Leela and the Genestalk" [=GMOs=] are bad, or maybe not...

** "The Time Traveler's Pig" teaches Dipper that sometimes, you have to sacrifice your needs for others' happiness, in this case, Mabel. Except that when Mabel loses Waddles to help Dipper impress Wendy, she ended up fighting with Dipper over the time machine hoping to return to the timeline where she wins back Waddles and upon failing to do so, ended up having a month long HeroicBSOD where she beats her head on a totem pole. Downplayed when you consider the fact Mabel's happiness was a beloved pet pig (who winds up looking ''quite'' unhappy in the timeline where Mabel never wins him), whereas Dipper's happiness essentially amounted to pining over someone who due to realistic circumstances could only love him back in his dreams.
** "The Love God" attempts to give a moral about not meddling with people's relationships, which is undermined by everything ending up better for all parties involved after Mabel uses a love potion to force two people together. She learned the aforementioned lesson while trying to ''reverse'' the effects of the potion (or at least force a break up, given that ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3'' revealed that the potion's effects were temporary), and ultimately decided not to since the results of her tampering were good in the end.
** "Roadside Attraction" has an aesop about not being a pickup artist. On paper, Dipper tries being one to help take his mind off of Wendy, flirts with a number of girls at different tourist attractions, then gets called out for it when they all meet up at the final spot and find out what he's been doing. In practice, however, all Dipper is shown doing is having friendly conversations with them and asking for numbers and e-mails to keep in touch, with the girls not really having any reason to expecting hearing from him again. It instead makes the episode come off as implying that so much as interacting with someone of the opposite sex is automatically seen as trying to be in a relationship with them and thus that Dipper shouldn't interact with more than one member of the opposite sex. Plus, in previous episodes, we see Mabel aggressively throwing herself at every boy she sees, often regardless of how comfortable they are with her doing so, and it's played for laughs, resulting in a significant DoubleStandard.
** The lesson of "Soos and The Real Girl" is apparently about going out and meeting real people, rather than playing video games, and that {{dating sim}}s aren't a substitute for real realationships. Fair enough- except that the dating sim in question ''is actually intelligent and sapient''. So the lesson ends up being closer to "A.I. aren't real people, even if they are fully sapient and can think".

* The episode "Like Father Like Son" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}'' has the moral that kids don't always end up like their parents, and can make the right choices and become better people. Despite nearly dying multiple times, getting kidnapped and held hostage, and being dragged through the Fire Civilization, [[StatusQuoIsGod Carny still becomes a recurring villain after running back to his]] [[AbusiveParents scumbag of a father]].
** Even worse, in a later episode, Ray's father turns out [[spoiler:to be a duel master.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'':
** "[[Recap/TheLionGuardS2E18TheWisdomOfKongwe The Wisdom Of Kongwe]]" has the intended Aesop "Be patient. Take a moment to stop, think, and observe your surroundings" when Fuli and Makini escort the tortoise Kongwe to Pride Rock to discuss recent developments (specifically, the appearance of Scar's ghost) with Simba. We're meant to see Fuli as in the wrong for wanting to get back to Pride Rock as soon as possible, getting frustrated over Kongwe's habit of stopping and examining random things like flowers. Trouble is, Simba specifically said that he wanted to speak with Kongwe as soon as possible - a perfectly reasonable request given the new threat at hand. Which, in turn, makes it perfectly reasonable for Fuli to tell Kongwe to quit screwing around and get a move on.

** "Brawl in the Family": The idea of the episode is to let some conflicts settle by themselves without getting involved, which is technically right as Linc's attempts to settle the fighting prove nothing more than futile. However, given that the sisters' entire protocol results in them not allowing him to do anything simple in the house, such as watching TV or even letting him be in his room, all while going to outrageously stupid lengths just to keep the warring sisters apart without actually letting anyone solve anything, the whole point of the Aesop seems completely moot, since Lincoln’s life is being messed with and thus he has every valid reason to want to stop the fighting. Furthermore, the sisters keep telling Lincoln to stay out of it, yet those who aren’t fighting do every unfair thing just to stop the angry sisters from seeing each other, plus when Lincoln has Luna and Luan switch rooms with Lori and Leni, the former two go at it as to who had the dress first, meaning they just broke their own rules. In the end, the fighting only stops because Lori managed to trick [[TheDitz Leni]] into wearing the dress on all days of the week that don’t end in Y, as in, not wear it at all. Meaning the whole ordeal was all for nothing and the whole system was a complete failure. The moral also falls flat due to prior continuity; in episodes such as "Heavy Meddle," "Study Muffin," and "Cereal Offender," they served nothing but to make the situation worse or awkward for Lincoln, yet ''he'' ends up learning a lesson at the end.
** "The moral in "Strife of the Party" is that Lola should think about her twin sister Lana while celebrating her birthday since she ruined Lana's birthday plans. The problem is that Lana's plans include a huge [[EatDirtCheap mud-made cake]], and bull named Roy, and garbage for decorations, and she never thought about if the plans will be enjoyed by the guests (and Lola). The disgustingness of her plans is what forces Lola to undo it by contacting a garbage man, popping the tires on Flip's truck so he can't bring Roy, and tipping a health inspector to prevent the cake from being delivered, eventually ruining Lana's party planning. Still, the episode puts Lola in the wrong since she sabotaged the party for her own desires to run it her way.
** The episode "No Such Luck" has a moral about lying that, on the surface, makes sense. Lincoln is told he is bad luck by Lynn, and begins perpetuating this statement by deliberately admitting to being unlucky and spreading it to others. As a result, he is uninvited from attending everyone's sporting events, charity drives, and other miscellaneous things he finds boring. However, the aesop completely fails to land because not only do they start kicking him out of the house for being "bad luck", but his ''parents'' outright refuse to let him come to a movie, go to a park, and even ''re-enter the house'' on the assumption he is bad luck. Lincoln plays this off as "doing it to himself", but the family is overreacting so hard over a superstition started by Lynn that he can't even tell the truth and be let back in the house. At this point, everyone around him is pushing it so far into the realm of ridiculous that he is forced to ''actively deceive'' them and go to Lynn's game. His logic is that by being present and Lynn ''winning'' the game, then he's obviously not bad luck. A moral about lying requires a character to then further lie in order to escape the consequences of the first lie that wasn't even his lie to begin with.

** At the end of "Martha's Steamed!", Helen asks Martha if she learned something from all. Martha believes it's you couldn't jump to conclusions and a very hot dog can get very thirsty. Helen says the lesson was you shouldn't go eat food everywhere you see because it will lead to trouble. Martha, of course, misses the point and tries to reach for something in a trash can, only to fall in.

* Many Christmas specials that aims to educate about the true meaning of Christmas makes the mistake of somehow giving the main character what they wanted at the end. Unfortunately, by doing so the writers ends up reconstructing the "be nice for cool presents and not for unselfish reasons" morale that they intended to discourage in first place.

** “[[Recap/SouthParkS5E7ProperCondomUse Proper Condom Use]]” says parents should teach sex ed, and not trust it to schools, because some teachers are ignorant. But the parents in South Park do dumb shit all the time. Sure, Ms. Choksondik accidentally started a war between boys and girls. But the parents [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut deliberately started a war on Canada]]. And later, "[[Recap/SouthParkS16E8Sarcastaball Sarcastaball]]" would feature Butters selling his semen as a sports drink after his father (clearly not comfortable educating his child about sex like a responsible parent) lied to him about what it is. So... parents are smarter than teachers? M’kay.

** The moral of "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E5SafeSpace Safe Space]]" is essentially to start taking criticism and that reality is harsh without safe spaces, even though the previous episode portrayed critics as obnoxious people that should just be kicked out. So the previous episode depicted people wanting to have their opinion heard as entitled, and now depicts people who don't want to hear other people's opinions as entitled (Though this probably has more to do with the fact that people in the previous episode weren't just speaking their opinions, they were actively using them to bully people into giving them stuff.) More eye-raising is the fact that neither Trey nor Matt have active social media accounts, and yet dub a character representing brash online criticism as "reality". In [[JustForPun reality]] the real-life persona of individuals does not always correlate to an online brash one. Furthermore, the episode makes use of the AppealToWorseProblems fallacy by depicting poor third world children for having to filter out harmful comments for first-world people. This is despite the fact that online abuse can actually be life-threatening with the same episode showing Butters nearly committing suicide due to being exposed to too much negativity and sleep deprivation. (For that last part though, that was probably the point to show how those people care more about inflating their egos more than the wellbeing of people in third world countries). The episode, as do most people who criticize the concept of a "safe space," assumed that its purpose is to keep out 'reality' rather than allow people that are marginalized and attacked to take a break from the negativity they face every day. Intentional or not, the episode is victim-blaming.

** "Say Uncle" had a lesson about not hating or attacking others simply because they are different or have different views, which is shown by the Gems being in the wrong for attacking WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa as he's explained to be just trying to help Steven activate his shield. The problem is that by "helping," he was firing a number of weapons at Steven and on his debut he also sank a ship that might have killed or dangered at least Lars and Sadie[[note]]The episode is non-canon and [[BizarroEpisode intentionally odd]], so anything could go there[[/note]]. The message is weakened because the other Gems had enough reason to believe Uncle Grandpa ''was'' a genuine threat and not just a weird RealityWarper, especially considering how Steven is a little brother figure to all three of them.
** One of the show's major themes is that HumansAreSpecial, but the Gems are shown to have a very condescending if not outright disrespectful attitude towards humans and the way they live their lives, and while they do interact with one or two humans here and there (mainly Greg and Connie), they don't really go out of their way to get better acquainted with the species they've been protecting for millennia, and the show doesn't make any real attempt to make them rethink those opinions at any point. Rose does eventually have this epiphany, but with all the other Gems, their reasons for protecting Earth comes off more like them doing what Rose would have wanted, and liking the freedom that Earth gives them, rather than any real concern or attachments to it's inhabitants. This is somewhat remedied in later seasons, as they show the Crystal Gems making an effort to get to know and coordinate with the people of Beach City, and several of them (mainly Amythest and surprisingly Peridot) mingle with humans extensively.

** In the {{filler}} episode "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheGreatDivide The Great Divide]]", Aang GotVolunteered by Katara to resolve a century-long feud between two groups of Earth Kingdom refugees over their RashomonStyle interpretations of a struggle between their ancestors that was [[RiddleForTheAges lost to time]]. The story {{anvilicious}}ly carries the message that it's best to let go of old grudges and move on, but Aang gets that message across by ''lying to everyone'' about what really happened, [[TheSmartGuy much to Sokka's disappointment]]. This essentially taught the kids watching that it's ok to ignore inconvenient parts of history instead of acknowledging the misdeeds of your ancestors and learning from them.

** The episode "Dance Dance Resolution" has Lincoln deliberately dodge around Ronnie Anne as he doesn't want to be invited to a Sadie Hawkins dance at his school. He succeeds, and lies to his sisters about being disappointed that she didn't invite him (while in reality he plans to go to an arcade the same day). The next day, before the dance, four of his sisters reveal they managed to get him dates to the dance. When he tells them the truth about actually wanting to go to the arcade, the sisters get mad at him for trying to stand up their friends and force him to go to the dance. While this ''seems'' like your typical moral about lying, it quickly begins to fall apart when you think about it. His sisters all got him dates, but apparently never bothered asking him if he wanted to go with anyone else. On top of that, they got these four dates without considering that he'd have to stand three of them up if he was going with just one. They just assumed he wanted to still go, and assumed he'd be okay with four dates to the dance without ever consulting him. You could very easily turn this aesop around on the girls by giving ''them'' an aesop about "assuming".

--->'''Splinter:''' The first rule of being a ninja is to do no harm, unless you plan to do harm then do lots of harm!

* The first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' had Daria face the consequences of her TheCynic behavior as everyone came to her for advice when mourning a death, annoying her to no end at being labeled. Daria and the episode as a whole ignore the fact that she rightfully earned that label by antagonizing everyone around her with her DeadpanSnarker behavior and disregard for social norms, and in the end she decides that [[NeverMyFault everyone else is the problem]] and makes no attempt to look inward despite the episode intending to challenge her perspective on life.

** "Decision 3012" satirizes [[ConspiracyTheorist the Obama "birthers"]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything by showing an esteemed politician being accused of not being a "true" citizen because of a missing birth certificate]], all meant to show how petty and idiotic the "birthers" are. Though it kind of falls flat when it turns out [[spoiler:[[TheExtremistWasRight the conspiracy theorists were right all along]], [[RightForTheWrongReasons albeit for the wrong reasons]]]]. Also, the esteemed politician made no effort to disprove the conspiracy theorists.

** "Proposition Infinity" uses {{Robosexual}}ity as a metaphor for homosexuality, as Bender and Amy enter a relationship and fight for their right get married. At the end of the episode, they succeed in legalizing robosexual marriage, but Bender breaks up with Amy when he learns she wants their relationship to be monogamous. In the episode's attempt to show that same-sex relationships are just as meaningful as traditional ones, the main relationship is depicted as ultimately shallow on Bender's end and Amy returns to her regular boyfriend as [[StatusQuoIsGod the show reverts back to the status quo]]. Additionally, the metaphor is undermined by the previous episode, "I Dated a Robot," which made an argument (which was tongue-in-cheek, but not depicted as ''wrong'') that humans dating robots would be indulging in too much pleasure and thus prevent human population.

* ''WesternAnimation/HighGuardianSpice'': Snapdragon calls Sage out on being sexist when she rants to them that men can't understand the bonds women have and don't talk about their feelings, feeling hurt that Sage thinks they're emotionally shallow due to their gender. This is a fine message. However, when WordOfGod later said that Snapdragon was a trans woman, Sage's TheUnfairSex speech is implicitly reinforced by suggesting Snapdragon was able to understand that kind of bond because they're a trans woman rather than because men are capable of the same breadth of emotional bonding as women.[[note]]Snapdragon is the only male presenting character given any degree of character focus or emotional depth, with other male characters being background characters and/or vapid [[JerkAss Jerkasses]].[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HighGuardianSpice'': Snapdragon calls Sage out on being sexist when she rants to them that men can't understand the bonds women have and don't talk about their feelings, feeling hurt that Sage thinks they're emotionally shallow due to their gender. This is a fine message. However, when WordOfGod later said that Snapdragon was a trans woman, Sage's TheUnfairSex speech is implicitly reinforced by suggesting Snapdragon was able to understand that kind of bond because they're a trans woman rather than because men are capable of the same breadth of emotional bonding as women.

** The {{aesop}} taught in "Kung Food" is "don't be racist and [[InterchangeableAsianCultures treat all Asian cultures as the same thing]]", as shown when Chloé gets reprimanded for saying that a Chinese chef should make (Japanese) sushi. It's a decent lesson in theory, except the writers broke it by fitting no less than two references to popular Japanese media[[note]]specifically ''Franchise/DragonBall'' (his general appearance) and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (his pizza {{BFS}} resembles the Buster Sword)[[/note]] into said Chinese's chef's akumatized form.

* In the episode "The Fugitive Flowers" in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'', while the ponies do explicitly state that the reason they believed the [[CuteIsEvil Flories]] (mobile sapient invasive weeds) were good and the Crabnasties were bad is because [[BeautyEqualsGoodness the Crabnasties are ugly and the Flories are pretty]], one can't ignore the FridgeLogic that the Crabnasties really didn't make themselves come off as "good guys" even ignoring that they're ugly-looking {{Giant Enemy Crab}}s. The Crabnasties make themselves known to the ponies by ripping a swathe of destruction through Dream Valley; cutting down or tearing up trees, flipping over boulders, ripping up plants and generally making a mess. When the ponies complain, the Crabnasties brush them off and wander away, still tearing the place apart as they go. If they had apologised for the destruction and explained that they are police officers out to stop the Flories, who [[WalkingWasteland drain the life from the earth and create deserts wherever they go]], they could have elicited enough understanding to prevent the ponies from assuming "Flories Good, Crabnasties Bad".
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Adrien/Cat Noir had many instances where he could have discovered the identity of Ladybug/Marinette, but always respected the private life of his beloved, despite he knows learning it would bring them closer.[[note]]The only time when [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E22CatBlanc he learned it accidentally]], Adrien was punished with [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the apocalypse]], no less, and a {{Retcon}}. [[/note]] His attitude was presented as the right thing to do. In the meantime, Alya and Luka were [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E06LadyWifi both]] [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E01Truth akumatized]] on the fact they wanted (for less noble motives) to know Ladybug/Marinette 's secrets, and tried violently to force the issue with their powers. [[spoiler: Since, Alya had been entrusted to Ladybug's identity and the secrets of the Miracle box. And Luka had accidentally witnessed the civilian identities of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Adrien's reward for his honesty? He's still (and more and more) left in the dark, and will very likely be the last one to know.]]

* The cartoon verison ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' has this thanks to the GeckoEnding. The female, Julie Winters, is a social worker, who sucks at her job because she pushes away people and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blame them for their problems]] to the point of [[Main/{{Jerkass}} saying rape victims are responsible for them getting raped]]. The series points out this is a shitty attitude to have. However in the final episode, [[spoiler: pushing away the Maxx is what gets him to recover his original identity]], thus validating all the horrible things she said.

* The cartoon verison ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' has this thanks to the GeckoEnding. The female, Julie Winters, is a social worker, who sucks at her job because she pushes away people and [[VictimBlaming blame them for their problems]] to the point of [[Main/{{Jerkass}} saying rape victims are responsible for them getting raped]]. The series points out this is a shitty attitude to have. However in the final episode, [[spoiler: pushing away the Maxx is what gets him to recover his original identity]], thus validating all the horrible things she said.