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** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackSun'': Discrimination can feed animosity, escalating disputes, and continuing violent cycles. Understanding, acceptance, and the significance of overcoming prejudice in order to establish peace and harmony are all factors that can be used to challenge discriminatory views and work toward a more inclusive and equal society.

** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackSun'':
*** Discrimination can feed animosity, escalating disputes, and continuing violent cycles. Understanding, acceptance, and the significance of overcoming prejudice in order to establish peace and harmony are all factors that can be used to challenge discriminatory views and work toward a more inclusive and equal society.
*** As long as evil exists in the world, we have to keep fighting to the end.

*** By combining real-world political allegories and the toxic nature of prejudice and discrimination, the series emphasizes that why there is no hope for man and monster to truly co-exist peacefully so long there is hatred between two sides and both being used as political pawns at the same time.

** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackSun'': By combining real-world political allegories and the toxic nature of prejudice and discrimination, the series emphasizes that why there is no hope for man and monster to truly co-exist peacefully so long there is hatred between two sides and both being used as political pawns at the same time.

** ''Series/Loki2021'': Creating our own destinies vs keeping one's fate as it should and the determination it takes to complete either goal, even if it must take morally questionable acts for either order or chaos.

* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'': Being haunted, be it by ghosts, by the past, by grief, by trauma, etc.

* ''Series/Primeval'':

** Also hubris; each of the killers is arrogantly convinced that they've devised a foolproof plan to commit and get away with murder, but there's always [[CatchPhrase just one more thing]] that they've overlooked...

** The relationship between an individual man, the people in his life, and the legend that builds up around him (as epitomized in the gang's CatchPhrase: "We are Robin Hood".) With that in mind...no matter who dies, legends will live on, and ensure that there will always be people willing to fight against "The Man".

** The anthology also re-evaluates the concept of Kamen Riders in general. Whether they are the symbols of justice, humanity's hope for peace and a force of good in the face of a great tragedy and never-ending battle against evil or when absolute power corrupts absolutely, they can become [[BewareTheSuperman harbingers of fear and oppression]] and the [[KnightTemplar logical extremes]] they will go to in their crusade against evil, effectively making them [[HeWhoFightsMonsters no better than the monsters]] they face.

* ''Series/AgentCarter'': Can you ''earn'' the respect of people who see you as inherently inferior?
** Season 1: How do you live your life after losing the one(s) you love?
** Season 2: What being the psychological toll of being the WomanBehindTheMan?
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017''
** ''Series/Daredevil2015'':
*** Season 1: What does it mean to take justice into your own hands and the fine line between being a hero and a thug?
*** Season 2: Is one method of doing the right thing automatically better than the other and can both sides work in some situations?
*** Season 3: Is it better to continue to seek forgiveness when it isn’t initially accepted? Can grudges affect both parties? How can good men with good intentions stay afloat while being manipulated by predatory individuals?
** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'':
*** Season 1: Facing trauma and the difficulty of your past. Also, who is your true family.
*** Season 2: Change in relationships and why people become heroes.
*** Season 3: Lies, both to others and to one-selves.
** ''Series/LukeCage2016'':
*** Season 1: Social justice, racism, and inspiring others.
*** Season 2: How fame and power can corrupt one's morale and beliefs.
** ''Series/IronFist2017'':
*** Season 1: If you left your past life behind involuntarily, will everything be back to normal once you return?
*** Season 2: What does it mean to earn something? Can new information change if something is earn despite showing that they are capable of using it already?
* ''Series/Runaways2017'':
** CallingTheOldManOut.
** EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.
** ''Series/WandaVision'': The grief of losing multiple loved ones and the consequences of running away from said grief.

** The hardships of life for people in their 70s

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017''
** ''Series/Daredevil2015'':
*** Season 1: What does it mean to take justice into your own hands and the fine line between being a hero and a thug?
*** Season 2: Is one method of doing the right thing automatically better than the other and can both sides work in some situations?
*** Season 3: Is it better to continue to seek forgiveness when it isn’t initially accepted? Can grudges affect both parties? How can good men with good intentions stay afloat while being manipulated by predatory individuals?
** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'':
*** Season 1: Facing trauma and the difficulty of your past. Also, who is your true family.
*** Season 2: Change in relationships and why people become heroes.
*** Season 3: Lies, both to others and to one-selves.
** ''Series/LukeCage2016'':
*** Season 1: Social justice, racism, and inspiring others.
*** Season 2: How fame and power can corrupt one's morale and beliefs.
** ''Series/IronFist2017'':
*** Season 1: If you left your past life behind involuntarily, will everything be back to normal once you return?
*** Season 2: What does it mean to earn something? Can new information change if something is earn despite showing that they are capable of using it already?

* ''Series/Runaways2017'':
** CallingTheOldManOut.
** EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.

* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': We still need our parents in our lives, even when we're grown up and no longer under their roof.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'': Dealing with adversity can be tough, but if you work hard and believe in yourself, you can prevail. "Whatever it takes, I know I can make it through."

*** Hatred and malice. If [=AIs=] learn from humans, then they learn our bad points as well. [[TheChainOfHarm Abuse breeds abuse]], and human and AI alike need to become strong enough to overcome hatred ([[BrokenAesop although]] beating up the local HateSink just for the sake of it [[MoralMyopia is fine]]).

*** Related to above, and one of the recurring themes of the entire ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series is that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as evil lurks in the hearts of men]], the conflict between good and evil will always remain inherent and brings the best and/or worst of people. Too much good can be also bad. Is the idea of a utopia of eternal benevolence, peace and prosperity without any opposition -- achieved through [[TotalitarianUtilitarian oppression for the sake of a greater good]], a [[HobbesWasRight necessary evil needed to pacify]] humanity's worst impulses?

*** Related to above, and one of the recurring themes of the entire ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series is that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as evil lurks in the hearts of men]], the conflict between good and evil will always remain inherent and brings the best and/or of people. Too much good can be also bad. Is the idea of a utopia of eternal benevolence, peace and prosperity without any opposition -- achieved through [[TotalitarianUtilitarian oppression for the sake of a greater good]], a [[HobbesWasRight necessary evil needed to pacify]] humanity's worst impulses?

*** Related to above, and one of the recurring themes of the entire ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series is that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as evil lurks in the hearts of men]], the conflict between good and evil will always remain inherent and brings the best of people. Too much good can be bad, and the idea of a world of eternal benevolence, peace and prosperity without any opposition can be seen as a metaphor for a [[TotalitarianUtilitarian totalitarian utopia]].

** ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil and OrderVersusChaos. Do you prefer an [[OrderIsNotGood orderly]] and [[WorldOfSilence harmonious world free of evil]], but at the cost of seeing the world on the brink of stagnation as consequence of without something to struggle against, or a world of injustice and malice but [[GoodNeedsEvil without any heroes]] to oppose such forces of evil?

** ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil. Why the world thrives in the conflict between good and evil? What will become of humanity if one of them were to be taken out of the equation?

*** Hatred and malice. If [=AIs=] learn from humans, then they learn our bad points as well. [[TheChainOfHarm Abuse breeds abuse]], and human and AI alike need to become strong enough to overcome hatred.

*** Your past mistakes do not determine your future. But coming to terms with your inner demons, learning from shortcomings to do better, not giving up, and moving forward do.

*** The future is not set in stone yet. Mankind's actions have the power to change it, for better or worse.

* ''Series/{{Dark}}'': Determinism. Is it possible to alter past and future events? And do humans have free will or are we slaves to desires that are casually determined?

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The series itself has a great many themes because of the sheer density of the series but it its core is that while evil will gain early and short sighted victories, by its very nature will fail and collapse in on itself. As for good, unless the people fighting for it are willing to compromise and adapt they will break and fail under the strain.
** Season 1 is about honor and naïveté in a morally bankrupt world.
** Season 2 is about building alliances and trust even with your enemy.
** Season 3 is about the consequences of people who aren't ready for power having it thrust upon them.
** Season 4 is about {{Revenge}} and how no sin or wrong is forgotten regardless if it happened years or minutes ago.
** Season 5 is about holding the world together as it falls apart.
** Season 6 is about whether or not a lost cause is still worth fighting for.
** Season 7-8 are about inspiring heroes and noble causes, and how they can bring out the best in people on the one hand or blind you to reality and lead you to make horrible mistakes on the other.
** Extremism is dangerous. Fire can be deadly, but ice will kill you just as dead.
** Each of the characters has their own particular shade of grey, Jerkasses often have a point, everyone has a FreudianExcuse, and even the most sympathetic characters sometimes have glaring moral blind spots. {{Forgiveness}} and Redemption are common dilemmas posed to both the characters and the audience. How many good deeds does it take to outweigh a bad one? What is truly unforgivable?