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* This is PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}''. Art Spiegelman is horrified to realize that his father Vladek, a Jewish Holocaust survivor and the subject of the biography, is [[RacistGrandpa racist against black people]], to the point that when he sees a black hitchhiker, he immediately declares that the hitchhiker is a thief. Art calls him out for this, but Vladek says that [[MoralMyopia it's okay to be racist against black people, but not Jews]]. When Art shares the story with his therapist (himself a Holocaust survivor), his therapist explains, with a good deal of sadness, that going through hardship doesn't automatically cause people to learn lessons. Vladek didn't survive the Holocaust because he learned a valuable lesson about the folly of man's inhumanity to man, he survived because he was lucky. The idea that [[SufferingBuildsCharacter his suffering made him a better person may be comforting]], but that's because the truth--that all the horrors of the Holocaust happened for no good reason and had no good outcomes, and the good people lived and died no differently to the bad--is just too depressing to fathom.
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* This is PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}''. Art Spiegelman is horrified to realize that his father Vladek, a Jewish Holocaust survivor and the subject of the biography, is [[RacistGrandpa racist against black people]], to the point that when he sees a black hitchhiker, he immediately declares that the hitchhiker is a thief. Art calls him out for this, but Vladek says that [[MoralMyopia it's okay to be racist against black people, but not Jews]]. When Art shares the story with his therapist (himself a Holocaust survivor), his therapist explains, with a good deal of sadness, that going through hardship doesn't automatically cause people to learn lessons. Vladek didn't survive the Holocaust because he learned a valuable lesson about the folly of man's inhumanity to man, he survived because he was lucky. The idea that [[SufferingBuildsCharacter his suffering made him a better person may be comforting]], but that's because the truth--that all the horrors of the Holocaust happened for no good reason and had no good outcomes, and the good people lived and died no differently to the bad--is just too depressing to fathom.
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* This trope PlayedForLaughs is a running gag in the Literature/SweetPickles series of kids' books:
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* This trope PlayedForLaughs is a running gag in the Literature/SweetPickles series of kids' books: books. A few examples:
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* This is PlayedForDrama in ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}''. Art Spiegelman is horrified to realize that his father Vladek, a Jewish Holocaust survivor and the subject of the biography, is [[RacistGrandpa racist against black people]], to the point that when he sees a black hitchhiker, he immediately declares that the hitchhiker is a thief. Art calls him out for this, but Vladek says that [[MoralMyopia it's okay to be racist against black people, but not Jews]]. When Art shares the story with his therapist (himself a Holocaust survivor), his therapist explains, with a good deal of sadness, that going through hardship doesn't automatically cause people to learn lessons. Vladek didn't survive the Holocaust because he learned a valuable lesson about the folly of man's inhumanity to man, he survived because he was lucky. The idea that [[SufferingBuildsCharacter his suffering made him a better person may be comforting]], but that's because the truth--that all the horrors of the Holocaust happened for no good reason and had no good outcomes, and the good people lived and died no differently to the bad--is just too depressing to fathom.
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* This trope PlayedForLaughs is a running gag in the Literature/SweetPickles series of kids' books:
** After spending the entire book blaming everyone else for her missing shoe and for all the problems that resulted from it, Alligator finds that she left it in the wrong place herself. She immediately blames the neighbor who pointed this out to her.
** Goose's house and yard are a huge mess because she spends all her time goofing off and never picks up after herself. She has decided to spend the day "taking it easy" and ignoring all the things that need to be done. After ignoring multiple other problems, she is forced to actually take time to fix a problem before it gets worse. Rather than recognizing she should have been doing so all along, she's disappointed to have not gotten to spend the day taking it easy and vows to take it easy tomorrow, instead.
** Yak is so busy chattering and not listening to anyone else that he wrecks the taxi he is driving, despite Rabbit warning him several times about a road obstruction. He's oblivious as to why Rabbit is irritated and keeps chattering away to the tow truck driver.
** Rabbit is stressing himself out by overscheduling himself. His friends finally convince him that he needs to rest... which he will do, just as soon as he makes up a specific schedule for resting.
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* This trope PlayedForLaughs is a running gag in the Literature/SweetPickles series of kids' books:
** After spending the entire book blaming everyone else for her missing shoe and for all the problems that resulted from it, Alligator finds that she left it in the wrong place herself. She immediately blames the neighbor who pointed this out to her.
** Goose's house and yard are a huge mess because she spends all her time goofing off and never picks up after herself. She has decided to spend the day "taking it easy" and ignoring all the things that need to be done. After ignoring multiple other problems, she is forced to actually take time to fix a problem before it gets worse. Rather than recognizing she should have been doing so all along, she's disappointed to have not gotten to spend the day taking it easy and vows to take it easy tomorrow, instead.
** Yak is so busy chattering and not listening to anyone else that he wrecks the taxi he is driving, despite Rabbit warning him several times about a road obstruction. He's oblivious as to why Rabbit is irritated and keeps chattering away to the tow truck driver.
** Rabbit is stressing himself out by overscheduling himself. His friends finally convince him that he needs to rest... which he will do, just as soon as he makes up a specific schedule for resting.
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[[caption-width-right:801:Getting a [[FMinusMinus D--]] on his last school assignment wasn't enough to teach him a lesson...]]
[[caption-width-right:801:Getting a [[FMinusMinus D--]] on his last school assignment wasn't enough to teach him a lesson...]]
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* ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'': Despite how much Cody admires his grandfather, he completely ignores how he's constantly encouraging him to keep an open mind, especially when it comes to the matter of [[TheAtoner Ken]]. No matter how much evidence mounts that the former Digimon Emperor has truly changed, or how willing others are to grant him the benefit of the doubt, Cody refuses to do so himself.
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* ''Fanfic/TheWildHorseThesis'': Unlike the other fiancées, Shampoo never grasps the idea that Ranma doesn't like her because the possessive way she treats him and her violent efforts to get rid of any rivals eliminates any attraction he might have felt. She even attempts to attack Rei and Asuka the moment she gets the chance.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheChosenSix'', the Malfoys are forced to acknowledge as early as Draco's first year that their attitude towards Draco has left him with an inflated sense of his own importance and ability. Despite Narcissa acknowledging that Lucius stepping in won't help Draco learn anything, Draco himself continues to blame others for his shortcomings rather than accept that he made his own mistakes.
* Examples from Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}}:
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---> '''Sherman:''' Well, you know, there is a lesson to learned from all this.\\
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* In ''Fanfic/TheChosenSix'', the Malfoys are forced to acknowledge as early as Draco's first year that their attitude towards Draco has left him with an inflated sense of his own importance and ability. Despite Narcissa acknowledging that Lucius stepping in won't help Draco learn anything, Draco himself continues to blame others for his shortcomings rather than accept that he made his own mistakes.
* ''Fanfic/CommonSense'': Damien abandoned Charmander for being "weak"; upon seeing that the little fire lizard was stronger than he'd thought, he tried to take him back, only to be violently rejected. Rather than learning anything from this, Damien's grown even ''more'' abusive since then, [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment starving]] and [[CorporalPunishment beating]] his pokémon whenever they don't meet his standards. [[spoiler:James sees this and robs him of all his pokémon.]]
* ''Fanfic/VillainOfYourOwnStory'': After learning about how the Ladybug Earrings and Black Cat Ring can be combined to MakeAWish, Alya decides that'd be the ''perfect'' way to learn Hawkmoth's secret identity, blowing off Marinette's warnings that RealityWarpingIsNotAToy. This creates an AlternateUniverse where ''Alya'' was Hawkmoth all along, and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor nothing turned out the way she expected]]. So Alya decides that her best course of action is to keep "playing" the villain, get the Earrings and Ring again, and make ''another'' Wish -- because ''clearly'' something went wrong with the first one, and the best way to fix it is to try again!
* ''Fanfic/CommonSense'': Damien abandoned Charmander for being "weak"; upon seeing that the little fire lizard was stronger than he'd thought, he tried to take him back, only to be violently rejected. Rather than learning anything from this, Damien's grown even ''more'' abusive since then, [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment starving]] and [[CorporalPunishment beating]] his pokémon whenever they don't meet his standards. [[spoiler:James sees this and robs him of all his pokémon.]]
* ''Fanfic/VillainOfYourOwnStory'': After learning about how the Ladybug Earrings and Black Cat Ring can be combined to MakeAWish, Alya decides that'd be the ''perfect'' way to learn Hawkmoth's secret identity, blowing off Marinette's warnings that RealityWarpingIsNotAToy. This creates an AlternateUniverse where ''Alya'' was Hawkmoth all along, and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor nothing turned out the way she expected]]. So Alya decides that her best course of action is to keep "playing" the villain, get the Earrings and Ring again, and make ''another'' Wish -- because ''clearly'' something went wrong with the first one, and the best way to fix it is to try again!
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* In the finale of ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman,'' Happy takes the lesson of Willy Loman's death, throws it away, and runs the other way.
-->'''HAPPY:''' All right, boy. I’m gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have—to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him.
-->'''HAPPY:''' All right, boy. I’m gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have—to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m gonna win it for him.
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* In the finale of ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman,'' ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', Happy takes the lesson of Willy Loman's death, throws it away, and runs the other way.
-->'''HAPPY:''' All right, boy.I’m I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s It's the only dream you can have—to come out number one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I’m I'm gonna win it for him.
-->'''HAPPY:''' All right, boy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Chinpokomon":
-->'''Stan:''' Dude, Chinpokomon isn't cool anymore.\\
-->'''Stan:''' Dude, Chinpokomon isn't cool anymore.\\
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Chinpokomon":
-->'''Stan:'''''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E5ConjoinedFetusLady Conjoined Fetus Lady]]": Upon learning about Nurse Gollum and the dead fetus attached to her head, Kyle's mother Sheila decides to raise awareness of the condition. This culminates in an awards banquet featuring an "inspirational" film about Gollum's life and a parade complete with ''dead fetus headbands''. Gollum responds by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling them out on their behavior]]: she explains that she never wanted to be [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged put on a pedestal]], only to live her life and be treated like any other person. The response suggests that the message didn't quite sink in for everyone:
--->'''Principal Victoria:''' Oh my, what an ungrateful bitch!\\
'''Sheila:''' Yeah, the nerve of some people!
** "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E11Chinpokomon Chinpokomon]]":
--->'''Stan:''' Dude, Chinpokomon isn't cool anymore.\\
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** "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E5ConjoinedFetusLady Conjoined Fetus Lady]]": Upon learning about Nurse Gollum and the dead fetus attached to her head, Kyle's mother Sheila decides to raise awareness of the condition. This culminates in an awards banquet featuring an "inspirational" film about Gollum's life and a parade complete with ''dead fetus headbands''. Gollum responds by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling them out on their behavior]]: she explains that she never wanted to be [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged put on a pedestal]], only to live her life and be treated like any other person. The response suggests that the message didn't quite sink in for everyone:
--->'''Principal Victoria:''' Oh my, what an ungrateful bitch!\\
'''Sheila:''' Yeah, the nerve of some people!
** "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E11Chinpokomon Chinpokomon]]":
--->'''Stan:''' Dude, Chinpokomon isn't cool anymore.\\
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* Invoked in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13653421/1/Ash-s-Adventure-Girls-Hunter-Edition Ash's Adventure: Girls' Hunter Edition]]''; Misty notes that while she could get Gary banned from the League for his attempt to catch her as a [=PokeGirl=] before establishing who she was, Gary would just cry and complain and make a fuss about it rather than actually learn his lesson, so it's considered more 'fun' for her to help Ash become a good enough trainer to beat Gary.
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* Invoked in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13653421/1/Ash-s-Adventure-Girls-Hunter-Edition Ash's Adventure: Girls' Hunter Edition]]''; Misty notes that while she could get Gary banned from the League for his attempt to catch her as a [=PokeGirl=] before establishing who she was, Gary would just cry and complain and make a fuss about it rather than actually learn his lesson, so it's considered more 'fun' for her to help Ash become a good enough trainer to beat Gary.
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* ''WebAnimation/CliffSide'': Waylon refuses to learn a lesson from the whole ordeal. Prompted by Jo, he admits to Cordie that he made everything up, but then quickly brushes past it. Facing off against Death Itself, he delivers a SpoofAesop about how you can manipulate people by giving them validation, then manages to salvage the situation by appealing to his self-interest.
-->'''Jo:''' ''[sighs]'' He didn't learn a thing.
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* ''WebAnimation/CliffSide'': Waylon refuses to learn a lesson from the whole ordeal. Prompted by Jo, he admits to Cordie that he made everything up, but then quickly brushes past it. Facing off against Death Itself, he delivers a SpoofAesop about how you can manipulate people by giving them validation, then manages to salvage the situation by appealing to his self-interest.
-->'''Jo:''' ''[sighs]'' He didn't learn a thing.
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