History PlayingWith / AesopAmnesia

* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice learns that it's wrong to litter. In the very next scene, she's pouring paint down a storm drain.

** StatusQuoIsGod

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice learns that it's wrong to litter. In the very next scene, she's pouring paint down a storm drain.

** memories fade over time.

** Learning disability.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob rehabilitates in prison.

** Engrained bad habits are hard to break; it takes sustained effort to remember to do better.

'''Basic Trope''': A character learns a valuable life lesson...and promptly forgets it because StatusQuoIsGod.

** Alice and Bob [[IgnoredAesop deliberately try not to learn lessons]].

** Alice and Bob remember each [[AnAesop Aesop]] forever, and even when they break them, show knowledge that they shouldn't, or explain their need to do so.

* '''Subverted''': Bob remembers not to bully others [[MetaTwist (in a series where this is not normally the case.)]]

* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob's inability to retain information extends to all other forms of learning. Which is why after eight seasons they're still in fourth grade. Miss Aesop, their teacher, has taken to drink.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice and Bob remember some Aesops, forget some Aesops and outright reject a few.
* '''Averted''': Characters in the series learn life lessons normally, without having to have them spelled out. Character development happens in a realistic fashion and at a plausible pace.

* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob's littering and bullying play right into the villain's evil plan. Then the villain gives them a few days to forget learning their lesson and reuses the plan.
* '''Defied''': Alice keeps a checklist of things she's learned, and consults it frequently to help correct her bad habits.
* '''Discussed''': "Aw, all right, you have a point; bullying ''is'' bad." "You better not forget that tomorrow!" "Hey, what do you think I am, a TV character?"

** Bob doesn't ever learn his lesson, and who used to be his friends eventually just give up on him for a crippling failure to learn his lesson.
** Bob's failure to learn his lesson means he gets no CharacterDevelopment and doesn't TakeALevelInBadass or develop [[TooDumbToLive any survival skills]] like the rest of the cast. Thus he [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dies]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog pointlessly]] when he [[BullyingADragon bullies the wrong dragon]].

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob learns a valuable lesson after doing something that almost had apocalyptic consequences...on a daily basis, completely forgetting all past lessons each day.

And so we've learned...learned...I'm sure it was a very valuable lesson about life. Now, back to AesopAmnesia!

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'''Basic Trope''': A character learns a valuable life lesson...and promptly forgets it.

* '''Subverted''': Bob remembers not to bully others (in a series where this is not normally the case.)

* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob remember each [[AnAesop Aesop]] forever, and even when they break them, show knowledge that they shouldn't, or explain their need to do so.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob never learns his lesson about bullying because just repeating that it's wrong doesn't change his personality flaws. He eventually goes to prison for assault and battery.
** Bob doesn't ever learn his lesson, and what used to be his friends eventually just give up on him for a crippling failure to learn his lesson.

* '''Justified''': Engrained bad habits are hard to break; it takes sustained effort to remember to do better.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Justified''':
** Engrained bad habits are hard to break; it takes sustained effort to remember to do better.

* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob's inability to retain information extends to all other forms of learning. Which is why after eight seasons they're still in fourth grade. Miss Aesop, their teacher, has taken to drink.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob never learns his lesson about bullying because just repeating that it's wrong doesn't change his personality flaws. He eventually goes to prison for assault and battery.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob rehabilitates in prison.

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** AesopJuJitsu

* '''Justified''': Engrained bad habits are hard to break; it takes sustained effort to remember to do better.

* '''Discussed''': "Have you noticed that our kids don't seem to retain anything they've learned from their wacky adventures?"

And so we've learned...learned...I'm sure it was a very valuable lesson about life. Now, back to AesopAmnesia!