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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: If you have too much of a MoodDissonance, the audience may lose interest in the episode and the moral may be lost. Even if they know it's a Very Special Episode, it may come across as CerberusSyndrome which could lose the show some fans if it was normally a fun escape.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' had one about guns ("Deadly Force", currently a MissingEpisode), and about reading ("A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time").
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* One of the most notorious examples of this trope of all time was ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring the most popular {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s of TheEighties... [[CluelessAesop trying to address the subject of]] [[DrugsAreBad drug abuse]]. The characters chosen to address the subject were chosen by their popularity, rather than connection to the subject matter, which leads to characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Michaelangelo]] and Series/{{ALF}} trying to educate TheProtagonist on the dangers of drug use, disregarding how the former was TheStoner of his group, while the latter's franchise was ''conceived'' by a drug user. The "clean" characters aren't much better, with [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon Seville]] and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny delivering [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny lines]] when trying to discuss the dangers of marijuana, and [[WeirdCrossover the overall mishmash of characters from marginally-related works]] [[SpaceWhaleAesop muddying the delivery of the aesop]] and giving the impression that this special ''is'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a drug trip]]. Not helping matter was how the special was rooted in the dogma of the War on Drugs, and how it provides a skewed, overly-simplistic portrayal of the issue. With society having developed a much more sophisticated understanding of drugs, and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the disappointment of the special]] having far outlived [[NeverTrustATrailer its hype]], the best it could hope for nowadays is [[SoBadItsGood an unintended laugh]].
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* One of the most notorious examples of this trope of all time was ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring the most popular {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s of TheEighties... [[CluelessAesop trying to address the subject of]] [[DrugsAreBad drug abuse]]. The characters chosen to address the subject were chosen by their popularity, rather than connection to the subject matter, which leads to characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Michaelangelo]] and Series/{{ALF}} trying to educate TheProtagonist on the dangers of drug use, disregarding how the former was TheStoner of his group, while the latter's franchise was ''conceived'' by a drug user. The "clean" characters aren't much better, with [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon Seville]] and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny delivering [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny lines]] when trying to discuss the dangers of marijuana, and [[WeirdCrossover the overall mishmash of characters from marginally-related works]] works [[SpaceWhaleAesop muddying the delivery of the aesop]] and giving the impression that this special ''is'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a drug trip]]. Not helping matter was how the special was rooted in the dogma of the War on Drugs, and how it provides a skewed, overly-simplistic portrayal of the issue. With society having developed a much more sophisticated understanding of drugs, and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the disappointment of the special]] having far outlived [[NeverTrustATrailer its hype]], the best it could hope for nowadays is [[SoBadItsGood an unintended laugh]].
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* {{Anvilicious}}: You're a storyteller first and a preacher second; PLEASE DON'T FORGET THIS! When the work itself is lost in the repetitiveness, the audience changes the channel/reads something else/whatever at best and is offended at being treated like [[ViewersAreGoldfish being treated like five year olds at worst]], just no. Entertain AND inform.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: You're a storyteller first and a preacher second; PLEASE DON'T FORGET THIS! When the work itself is lost in the repetitiveness, the audience changes the channel/reads something else/whatever at best and is offended at being treated like idiots at best and [[ViewersAreGoldfish being treated like five year olds at worst]], just no. Entertain AND inform.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: You can use metaphor, but don't get too crazy. Having your characters get into an accident after driving drunk makes sense. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E5BeerBad Having the beer turn out to be magical and turn those who drink it into cavemen]]... is suspect, but useful. If the beer summons [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that steal everybody's cats until the kids stop drinking, you've lost all credibility.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: You can use metaphor, but don't get too crazy. Having your characters get into an accident after driving drunk makes sense. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E5BeerBad Having the beer turn out to be magical and turn those who drink it into cavemen]]... is suspect, but useful. If the beer summons [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that steal everybody's cats until the kids stop drinking, you've lost all credibility.credibility, and it becomes a SpoofAesop at this point.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: If you have too much of a MoodDissonance, the audience may lose interest in the episode and the moral may be lost. Even if they know it's a Very Special Episode, it may come across as CerberusSyndrome which could lose the show some fans if it was normally a fun escape.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: If you have too much of a MoodDissonance, the audience may lose interest in the episode and the moral may be lost. Even if they know it's a Very Special Episode, it may come across as CerberusSyndrome which could lose the show some fans if it was normally a fun escape.
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Pick an Aesop, any Aesop, and subvert it. [[SpaceWhaleAesop Space Whale Aesops]] are really good for this.
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[[PickACard Pick an Aesop, any Aesop, Aesop]], and subvert it. [[SpaceWhaleAesop Space Whale Aesops]] are really good for this.
this. If you want to completely subvert this, there's the SpoofAesop where you can have humorous "lessons". Also, you can break the fourth wall a bit if you're parodying the concept of a VSE.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: You can use metaphor, but don't get too crazy. Having your characters get into an accident after driving drunk makes sense. [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E5BeerBad Having the beer turn out to be magical and turn those who drink it into cavemen]]... is suspect, but useful. If the beer summons [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that steal everybody's cats until the kids stop drinking, you've lost all credibility.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: You can use metaphor, but don't get too crazy. Having your characters get into an accident after driving drunk makes sense. [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Having the beer turn out to be magical and turn those who drink it into cavemen]]... is suspect, but useful. If the beer summons [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that steal everybody's cats until the kids stop drinking, you've lost all credibility.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: You can use metaphor, but don't get too crazy. Having your characters get into an accident after driving drunk makes sense. [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Having the beer turn out to be magical and turn those who drink it into cavemen]]... is suspect, but useful. If the beer summons [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that steal everybody's cats until the kids stop drinking, you've lost all credibility.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: You're a storyteller first and a preacher second; PLEASE DON'T FORGET THIS! When the work itself is lost in the repetitiveness, the audience changes the channel/reads something else/whatever at best and is offended at being treated like [[ViewersAreGoldfish being treated like five year olds at worst]], just no. Entertain AND inform.
* {{Anvilicious}}: You're a storyteller first and a preacher second; PLEASE DON'T FORGET THIS! When the work itself is lost in the repetitiveness, the audience changes the channel/reads something else/whatever at best and is offended at being treated like [[ViewersAreGoldfish being treated like five year olds at worst]], just no. Entertain AND inform.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: You can use metaphor, but don't get too crazy. Having your characters get into an accident after driving drunk makes sense. [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Having the beer turn out to be magical and turn those who drink it into cavemen]]... is suspect, but useful. If the beer summons [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that steal everybody's cats until the kids stop drinking, and you've lost all credibility.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: You're a storyteller first and a preacher second; PLEASE DON'T FORGET THIS! When the work itself is lost in the repetitiveness, the audience changes the channel/reads something else/whatever at best and is offended at being treated like [[ViewersAreGoldfish being treated like five year olds at worst]], just no. Entertain AND inform.
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* {{Glurge}}: A good very special episode delivers its lessons with enough tact that it doesn't deviate too far from the typical tone of the work. Going for a more serious tone than normal [[{{Anvilicious}} might be able to hammer in the moral]] more effectively, but it could easily backfire if the work can't handle such a ToneShift: a BlackComedy isn't going to effectively convey a hot-button issue with a straight face, if it jokes about similar subject manner on a regular basis. Play your very special episode to the work's strengths, lest it comes off as an [[FanonDiscontinuity unwelcome]] BizarroEpisode.
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* BrokenAesop: Make sure that the lesson you're trying to teach doesn't go against the entire premise of your work, or the methods used to resolve the plot. You can't have Franchise/HarryPotter decrying the evils of witchcraft, or have an episode of WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead that has... [[IdiotPlot well, really any morals whatsoever]].
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Well, obviously there's going to be an {{Aesop}}. After that, it depends on the Aesop you're using. Many good morals can be derived from a properly DeconstructedTrope, from the obvious "Don't believe what you see on television", to more specific items, such as "[[ICanChangeHim "[[ICanChangeMyBeloved No, you can't change him.]]"
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Society Marches On has been renamed; cleaning out misuse and moving examples
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* One of the most notorious examples of this trope of all time was ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring the most popular {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s of TheEighties... [[CluelessAesop trying to address the subject of]] [[DrugsAreBad drug abuse]]. The characters chosen to address the subject were chosen by their popularity, rather than connection to the subject matter, which leads to characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Michaelangelo]] and Series/{{ALF}} trying to educate TheProtagonist on the dangers of drug use, disregarding how the former was TheStoner of his group, while the latter's franchise was ''conceived'' by a drug user. The "clean" characters aren't much better, with [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon Seville]] and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny delivering [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny lines]] when trying to discuss the dangers of marijuana, and [[WeirdCrossover the overall mishmash of characters from marginally-related works]] [[SpaceWhaleAesop muddying the delivery of the aesop]] and giving the impression that this special ''is'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a drug trip]]. Not helping matter was how the special [[SocietyMarchesOn was rooted in the dogma of the War on Drugs]], and how it provides a skewed, overly-simplistic portrayal of the issue. With society having developed a much more sophisticated understanding of drugs, and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the disappointment of the special]] having far outlived [[NeverTrustATrailer its hype]], the best it could hope for nowadays is [[SoBadItsGood an unintended laugh]].
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* One of the most notorious examples of this trope of all time was ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover featuring the most popular {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s of TheEighties... [[CluelessAesop trying to address the subject of]] [[DrugsAreBad drug abuse]]. The characters chosen to address the subject were chosen by their popularity, rather than connection to the subject matter, which leads to characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Michaelangelo]] and Series/{{ALF}} trying to educate TheProtagonist on the dangers of drug use, disregarding how the former was TheStoner of his group, while the latter's franchise was ''conceived'' by a drug user. The "clean" characters aren't much better, with [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Simon Seville]] and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny delivering [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny lines]] when trying to discuss the dangers of marijuana, and [[WeirdCrossover the overall mishmash of characters from marginally-related works]] [[SpaceWhaleAesop muddying the delivery of the aesop]] and giving the impression that this special ''is'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a drug trip]]. Not helping matter was how the special [[SocietyMarchesOn was rooted in the dogma of the War on Drugs]], Drugs, and how it provides a skewed, overly-simplistic portrayal of the issue. With society having developed a much more sophisticated understanding of drugs, and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the disappointment of the special]] having far outlived [[NeverTrustATrailer its hype]], the best it could hope for nowadays is [[SoBadItsGood an unintended laugh]].
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The special was made in the height of the War On Drugs, and [[SocietyMarchesOn was clearly a product of its time]]: the dangers of [[MarijuanaIsLSD marijuana]] are overstated, as is the role of [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer peer pressure]] in how drug addiction begins. Making matters worse was the misguided belief that early awareness would help its young TargetAudience be vigilant of the dangers of drugs as they became older, except - as [[https://www.livescience.com/33795-effective.html the DARE program demonstrated]] - this would have made them ''more'' likely to experience drugs in their youth, as they became curious about drugs [[TooDumbToFool they wouldn't have even known about otherwise]]. With society having developed a much more sophisticated understanding of drugs, and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the disappointment of the special]] having far outlived [[NeverTrustATrailer its hype]], the best it could hope for nowadays is [[SoBadItsGood an unintended laugh]].
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The special was made in the height of the War On Drugs, and [[SocietyMarchesOn was clearly a product of its time]]: the dangers of [[MarijuanaIsLSD marijuana]] are overstated, as is the role of [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer peer pressure]] in how drug addiction begins. Making matters worse was the misguided belief that early awareness would help its young TargetAudience be vigilant of the dangers of drugs as they became older, except - as [[https://www.livescience.com/33795-effective.html the DARE program demonstrated]] - this would have made them ''more'' likely to experience drugs in their youth, as they became curious about drugs [[TooDumbToFool they wouldn't have even known about otherwise]]. With society having developed a much more sophisticated understanding of drugs, and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the disappointment of the special]] having far outlived [[NeverTrustATrailer its hype]], the best it could hope for nowadays is [[SoBadItsGood an unintended laugh]].
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