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** WhoWatchesTheWatchmen (especially during the Cadmus arc).
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** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'': Sometimes you have to accept disappointment to better understand and appreciate what talents you have and you have to work hard even if it means starting at the bottom.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Even the greatest heroes are ony human.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Even the greatest heroes are ony only human.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': The need for love and acceptance. Both from others and from yourself.

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** The writers go into amazing detail. One character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.

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** The writers go into amazing detail. One character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The establishing shot takes up only a few seconds, and we know the character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Protecting the people you love, even when it means going up against the things you fear most.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': The impracticality of supposed intelligence, the wisdom of supposed stupidity, the subjectivity of intelligence.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'': RightMakesMight. Being a proud badass doesn't make you a good leader. Seeing the big picture, having clarity, doing what's right, and showing kindness, selflessness and mercy towards all does make a good leader, and is the best way to combat the evil in the world that would exploit people's hatred and selfishness.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilGuy'' - Family sticking together despite their differences.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilGuy'' ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' - Family sticking together despite their differences.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilGuy'' - Family sticking together despite their differences.
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*''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' - Being open minded but not being overwhelmed by new ideas.
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* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' You cannot hide or run from your past forever. You'll have to face it soon.

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* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' You cannot hide or run from your past forever. You'll have to face it soon.sooner or later.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'': The importance of forgiveness and not getting overcome by anger. Also, blind fear can make you do terrible things.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'': The importance of forgiveness and not getting overcome by anger. Also, don't give in to blind fear and mob mentality because they can make you do terrible monstrous things.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': The importance of forgiveness and not getting overcome by anger. Also, blind fear can make you do terrible things.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}'': The importance of forgiveness and not getting overcome by anger. Also, blind fear can make you do terrible things.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': The importance of forgiveness and not getting overcome by anger. Also, blind fear can make you do terrible things.



** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Moving on.

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** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Moving on.on and accepting change.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': A man discovers that his profession is unethical.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': A man discovers that his What do you do when you find out your profession is unethical.unethical? What does it take to try and change it for the better?
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* The ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' series as a whole: Growing old and confronting your insecurities and mortality.
** ''Toy Story'': The destructiveness of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and insecurity]], and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** ''Toy Story 2'': Confronting your mortality and deciding how you will live your life because of it; is it better to take risks if it means you'll get damaged or even killed, or to live the safe life -- and is the safe life really living at all?
** ''Toy Story 3'': Moving on.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ''Toy Story'' series as a whole: Growing old and confronting your insecurities and mortality.
** ''Toy Story'': ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': The destructiveness of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and insecurity]], and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** ''Toy Story 2'': ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Confronting your mortality and deciding how you will live your life because of it; is it better to take risks if it means you'll get damaged or even killed, or to live the safe life -- and is the safe life really living at all?
** ''Toy Story 3'': ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Moving on.
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* ''Film/{{Up}}'': Life is an adventure.

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* ''Film/{{Up}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Life is an adventure.



* ''WallE'': Even in the bleakest of scenarios, love can renew life.

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* ''WallE'': ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': Even in the bleakest of scenarios, love can renew life.
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* ''WallE'': Even in the bleakest of scenarios, love can renew life.
* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': Don't be afraid to go against your programming.
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* ''WesternAnimation/The ClevelandShow'' - The perils and pitfalls of fatherhood.

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* ''WesternAnimation/The ClevelandShow'' ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' - The perils and pitfalls of fatherhood.
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* Archer: We're all ruled by our vices, and will always make poor decisions because of them.

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* Archer: ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': We're all ruled by our vices, and will always make poor decisions because of them.



** Luckily the aliens are morons too. WordOfGod points out that anyone with the Irkens' miraculous technology and average intelligence could conquer the Earth in no time. Zim, on the other hand, is continuously thwarted by his own ridiculous plans, a complete lack of common sense, and a ten-year-old social outcast; the aliens in "Abducted" are utterly brainless. One could argue that ''Invader Zim'' contains a subtler theme that technology makes us stupider because we no longer have to think.

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** Luckily Luckily, the aliens are morons morons, too. WordOfGod points out that anyone with the Irkens' miraculous technology and average intelligence could conquer the Earth in no time. Zim, on the other hand, is continuously thwarted by his own ridiculous plans, a complete lack of common sense, and a ten-year-old social outcast; the aliens in "Abducted" are utterly brainless. One could argue that ''Invader Zim'' contains a subtler theme that technology makes us stupider because we no longer have to think.



* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' A man discovers his profession is unethical.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Just because kids are prone to mistakes doesn't mean grown ups are any better.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': A man discovers that his profession is unethical.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Just because kids are prone to mistakes doesn't mean grown ups adults are any better.



* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' - What aspects of life should and [[MundaneMadeAwesome should not]] [[SeriousBusiness be taken seriously]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' - ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': What aspects of life should and [[MundaneMadeAwesome should not]] [[SeriousBusiness be taken seriously]].



** The detail they go into is amazing - one character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.

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** The detail they writers go into is amazing - one detail. One character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.failure.
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* "WesternAnimation/Archer": We're all ruled by our vices, and will always make poor decisions because of them.

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* "WesternAnimation/Archer": Archer: We're all ruled by our vices, and will always make poor decisions because of them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Archer'': We're all ruled by our vices, and will always make poor decisions because of them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Archer'': We're all ruled by our vices, and will always make poor decisions because of them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Enjoy being a kid while you can, and ThePowerOfFriendship.
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* ''TheIncredibles'': What does it mean to be extraordinary?
* ''InvaderZim'': HumansAreMorons. Amazing that we have not been invaded.
** Luckily the aliens are morons too. WordOfGod points out that anyone with the Irkens' miraculous technology and average intelligence could conquer the Earth in no time. Zim, on the other hand, is continuously thwarted by his own ridiculous plans, a complete lack of common sense, and a ten-year-old social outcast; the aliens in "Abducted" are utterly brainless. One could argue that InvaderZim contains a subtler theme that technology makes us stupider because we no longer have to think.

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* ''TheIncredibles'': ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': What does it mean to be extraordinary?
* ''InvaderZim'': ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': HumansAreMorons. Amazing that we have not been invaded.
** Luckily the aliens are morons too. WordOfGod points out that anyone with the Irkens' miraculous technology and average intelligence could conquer the Earth in no time. Zim, on the other hand, is continuously thwarted by his own ridiculous plans, a complete lack of common sense, and a ten-year-old social outcast; the aliens in "Abducted" are utterly brainless. One could argue that InvaderZim ''Invader Zim'' contains a subtler theme that technology makes us stupider because we no longer have to think.



* ''LionKing'' You cannot hide or run from your past forever. You'll have to face it soon.
* ''MeetTheRobinsons'': Letting go of the past and moving forward.

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* ''LionKing'' ''Disney/TheLionKing'' You cannot hide or run from your past forever. You'll have to face it soon.
* ''MeetTheRobinsons'': ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'': Letting go of the past and moving forward.



* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': Everybody makes mistakes. it's important to acknowledge when you did wrong and learn from it.

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* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': Everybody makes mistakes. it's important to acknowledge when you did wrong and learn from it.



** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': The destructiveness of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and insecurity]], and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** ''ToyStory2'': Confronting your mortality and deciding how you will live your life because of it; is it better to take risks if it means you'll get damaged or even killed, or to live the safe life -- and is the safe life really living at all?
** ''ToyStory3'': Moving on.
* ''TheVentureBrothers'' is about failure, and failed expectations in particular. The setting is a failed UsedFuture take on the Space Age ideals, Rusty Venture and Billy Quizboy are failed child geniuses, and almost every episode is about how some experiment crashed and burned.
** The detail they go into is amazing - one character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.

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** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': ''Toy Story'': The destructiveness of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and insecurity]], and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** ''ToyStory2'': ''Toy Story 2'': Confronting your mortality and deciding how you will live your life because of it; is it better to take risks if it means you'll get damaged or even killed, or to live the safe life -- and is the safe life really living at all?
** ''ToyStory3'': ''Toy Story 3'': Moving on.
* ''TheVentureBrothers'' ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is about failure, and failed expectations in particular. The setting is a failed UsedFuture take on the Space Age ideals, Rusty Venture and Billy Quizboy are failed child geniuses, and almost every episode is about how some experiment crashed and burned.
** The detail they go into is amazing - one character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AllenGregory'': ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': Searching for a new home.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': WarIsHell, and forgiveness, love, friendship and compassion win out over spite, hatred and fear in the end. A friend may become an enemy, but an enemy may also become a friend. Destiny is choice - and choices must be made, not put off.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Attaining balance, whether it be in an individual, a city, or the world. Recognising one's own strengths and weaknesses, and by doing so, adapting to your personal environment and situation.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': The refusal to accept failure.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Loneliness. Difference. Some ideas remain familiar even after the world has changed enough to become unrecognizable. No matter how different and isolated you are, you can always find common ground with people if you look for it.
* ''TheIncredibles'': What does it mean to be extraordinary?
* ''InvaderZim'': HumansAreMorons. Amazing that we have not been invaded.
** Luckily the aliens are morons too. WordOfGod points out that anyone with the Irkens' miraculous technology and average intelligence could conquer the Earth in no time. Zim, on the other hand, is continuously thwarted by his own ridiculous plans, a complete lack of common sense, and a ten-year-old social outcast; the aliens in "Abducted" are utterly brainless. One could argue that InvaderZim contains a subtler theme that technology makes us stupider because we no longer have to think.
* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' TV series: A young man must balance his responsibilities to his family, his new wife, and the jungle he protects.
* ''LionKing'' You cannot hide or run from your past forever. You'll have to face it soon.
* ''MeetTheRobinsons'': Letting go of the past and moving forward.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' A man discovers his profession is unethical.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'': Just because kids are prone to mistakes doesn't mean grown ups are any better.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Friendship is a powerful force that can connect all of us and lets us accomplish far more then we can achieve on our own.
** And the second season adds: But that doesn't mean it's easy.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The productive things you can do in your spare time.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Family will always stand by you and accept you for who you are, no matter how much you fight, how different you are, or how crazy you drive each other.
** For Springfield in general: Everyone in the world is unique and seems a little insane to everyone else. You won't make them change. Get used to it.
* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': Everybody makes mistakes. it's important to acknowledge when you did wrong and learn from it.
* The ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' series as a whole: Growing old and confronting your insecurities and mortality.
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': The destructiveness of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and insecurity]], and ThePowerOfFriendship.
** ''ToyStory2'': Confronting your mortality and deciding how you will live your life because of it; is it better to take risks if it means you'll get damaged or even killed, or to live the safe life -- and is the safe life really living at all?
** ''ToyStory3'': Moving on.
* ''TheVentureBrothers'' is about failure, and failed expectations in particular. The setting is a failed UsedFuture take on the Space Age ideals, Rusty Venture and Billy Quizboy are failed child geniuses, and almost every episode is about how some experiment crashed and burned.
** The detail they go into is amazing - one character, Pete White, is a failed super-scientist. He lives in a trailer, the typical home of failures. The trailer itself is on bricks, meaning it can't move like trailers should. Near his home is a billboard informing the viewer that the trailer is the only house of a planned subdivision. The character is a failure, his home's a failure, and ''the ground his home is standing on for miles around'' is a failure.

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