History Main / SpoofAesop

** Averted in [[WesternAnimation/WakkosWish the movie]], where the Wheel of Morality actually gave a genuinely good lesson: "No matter what, never give up hope".

** "The moral of this story? Never make a deal with an interdimensional [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] without a little protection." Something we should all take to heart. Especially since it's coming from a monster who ''seconds'' earlier had described ''[[MindRape Mind Raping a teenager]]'', complete with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything undertones of so much worse]], as one of the ''perks'' of working for said interdimensional demon. (Slade was obviously trying to be sarcastic, and Robin obviously didn't find it funny, but [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor Slade is like that]].)

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E24StuntinOllyOllyOrganFree Olly Olly Organ Free]]", Patrick is about to say what he's learned from the episode ("A wise man once said--") but then gets crushed under a huge ton of junk before he can finish his sentence. Considering the [[BizarroEpisode absolutely insane]] nature of the episode, there's probably no applicable moral to be drawn.

* On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Dr. Bashir attempts to explain to ConsummateLiar Garak why no one believes a word he says by telling him the story of the boy who cried wolf. Garak thinks about it for a minute, then hilariously concludes that the ''real'' moral of the story is "Never tell the same lie twice."

->'''Bob:''' Hmm, there's a lesson in all this.\\
'''Eglamore:''' Okay. Let's hear it.\\
'''Bob:''' Never let sixty angry kids use a herd of laser cows to take over your house.
-->-- ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''

** Another one in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=632 this strip:]] "Never let sixty angry kids use a herd of laser cows to take over your house."

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'''Numbuh 4:''' ''(in a wheelchair and a full-body cast)'' [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Pianos are]] ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers heavy]]''.\\

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' gives us this gem, when his daughter considers trying out for cheerleading.

-->'''Coll:''' Violence is never the answer. Those gentlemen just tripped.

** Sousuke also delivers a spoof aesop at the end of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'''s rugby episode, wherein Sousuke declares that the rugby team's bad example has taught him the valuable experience that violence is never the answer... completely [[HypocriticalHumor ignoring the fact that he is currently sitting in a literal penalty box for shattering the opposing team captain's jaw and that all the violence ensuing was at his instagation]]. Unamused by this irony, Kaname gives him a DopeSlap.

* ''Theatre/HMSPinafore'': Sir Joseph Porter, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever K.C.B.]] delivers one, carefully designed to poke fun at political appointees with no practical experience in their field whatsoever, at the end of "When I Was A Lad", which describes his ascent from office boy to First Sea Lord, [[note]]the British counterpart of the US Secretary of the Navy,[[/note]] which at no point involved anything to do with the Navy apart from a [[IncrediblyLamePun "junior partner-''ship'']] in a law firm.

'''[[CoolLoser Jane]]:''' I don't know. Some kind of dumb-ass notion about seeing this through, I guess. Anyway, it's just another two weeks and then we'll be back at school! ...Wait, what's my point?\\

* An Oor Wullie comic has the main character being asked to play hooky with his friends. He refuses, because he wants to go to art class instead. However, once at school, he gets mocked for the goofy smock he is wearing. The lesson he learns? Next time he should just play hooky. No "stay in school" here!

* Some of the morals at the end of Creator/CharlesPerrault's fairy tales can be read this way. For example, his moral at the end of ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' is, in effect, "Young women shouldn't rush into marriage – even if you wait a hundred years, the wait only makes love sweeter – but alas, it's no use to preach this moral." The final moral of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' is "Virtue and intelligence are all well and good, but they're useless without ''connections''" (e.g. the Fairy Godmother). And the two morals attached to ''Literature/{{Bluebeard}}'' are "Curiosity leads to regret" (never mind that the wife's curiosity leads to the just downfall of her SerialKiller husband) and "This tale of a wife-killer could never take place today, because modern husbands are too [[HenpeckedHusband henpecked."

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' has an episode where [[{{Transformers}} totally-not-Optimus Prime and totally-not-Megatron]] agree (after seeing Panty And Stocking take over their respective armies and wage a pointless war) to stop fighting each other... they'll crush the PunyHumans together instead!

-->'''BROTHER''': "Your friends are HOT!"
-->'''DAUGHTER''': (To her parents) "Aren't you going to do something about this?"
-->'''FATHER''': "Maybe you should have uglier friends."

** There was a ''real'' {{Aesop}} to this episode, too (namely, "Beer Bad"), so that the show could apply for funding from the National Office of Drug Control Policy. Though most fans dislike "Beer Bad" for its extreme {{anvilicious}}ness, the show didn't get the funds because the NODCP thought it was a SpaceWhaleAesop.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS6E11TheTherapist The Therapist]]" has an EmbarrassmentPlot, with Terry trying to convince the precinct that the book of sex tips they received was actually ordered by someone else. Eventually he gets Scully to [[TakingTheHeat claim the book]] and secretly give it to him later, which Scully can do without embarrassment because he doesn't care what people think of him. Terry admits that this is an inspiring way of thinking, but quickly changes his mind after he realizes that Scully also doesn't care about things like "bathroom privacy".

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS6E11TheTherapist The Therapist]]" has an EmbarrassmentPlot, with Terry trying to convince the precinct that the book of sex tips they received was actually ordered by someone else. Eventually he gets Scully to [[TakingTheHeat take the embarrassment]] instead, which Scully can do without embarrassment because he doesn't care what people think of him. Terry admits that this is an inspiring way of thinking, but quickly changes his mind after he realizes that Scully also doesn't care about things like "bathroom privacy".

** There was a ''real'' {{Aesop}} to this episode, too (namely, "Beer Bad"), so that the show could apply for funding from the National Office of Drug Control Policy. Though most fans dislike "Beer Bad" for its extreme {{anvilicious}}ness, the show didn't get the funds because the feds thought that the episode wasn't {{anvilicious}} enough.
** The NODCP didn't like it because they thought it was a SpaceWhaleAesop.

* The rulebook for ''[(TabletopGame/GalaxyTrucker]]'' has a number of in-universe explanations for certain rules. One of these explains why it is important to transport hazardous goods in the proper types of cargo holds. It tells the story of James “Skip” Fairweather, who decided to transport several tons of plutonium in used fruitcrates. Upon landing, he lost both arms and one leg to a mob of angry environmentalists.

* The rulebook for ''[=TabletopGames/GalaxyTrucker=]'' has a number of in-universe explanations for certain rules. One of these explains why it is important to transport hazardous goods in the proper types of cargo holds. It tells the story of James “Skip” Fairweather, who decided to transport several tons of plutonium in used fruitcrates. Upon landing, he lost both arms and one leg to a mob of angry environmentalists.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS6E11TheTherapist The Therapist]]" has an EmbarrassmentPlot, with Terry trying to convince the precinct that the book of sex tips they received was actually ordered by someone else. Eventually he gets Scully to [[TakingTheHeat take the embarrassment]] instead, which Scully can do without embarrassment because he doesn't care what people think of him. Terry admits that this is an inspiring way of thinking, before Scully proceeds to use the toilet right in front of him.