History Anvilicious / OtherMedia

* Creator/BradJones [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/dvd-r-hell/31261-rock-its-your-decision reviewed ]] ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' on ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', a little-seen TV movie produced by fundamentalist Christians about how rock is evil and how it'll cause you to go to Hell. It doesn't merely lob anvils, it ties them to cruise missiles and fires those at you. After the main character of the movie talks about how people at rock concerts didn't just sit quietly and listen, they got up and ''danced'', like the music was ''controlling them''; Jones jokes that the movie's [[AnAesop Aesop]] is that emotions are bad and if you dance to music, laugh at comedy acts, or cry at funerals, you'll go to Hell.

* WebVideo/MarioPartyDSAntiPiracy's GrandFinale incorporates an AuthorFilibuster featuring the victim of the bizarre chase [[spoiler:turning into an angel]] to deliver a DigitalPiracyIsOkay message. Given the generally comedic nature of the finale, it's possible that it too is being PlayedForLaughs.

** [[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29426 Klingon Speakers Now Outnumber Navajo Speakers]] Seeing as this is The Onion, the anvilicious message is basically lampshading the trope, by mocking serious news reports on the problems. It's in dire need of pointing out, remembering the [[http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/04/the-onion-keeps-on-embarrassing-newspapers/ Bangladesh incident]]. It should also be noted that there about 50 Klingon speakers (at the most) and about 170,000 Navajo speakers, thanks to revitalization efforts.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''

* A common problem is that older sex educational materials (and even modern abstinence-only ones) buy into the AllAbusersAreMale trope ''hard''. Every time someone is being pressurized into pre-marital or underage sex they are AlwaysFemale. So the lessons become less "be safe, sane, and consensual," and more: "GIRLS! Defend your virginity against the be-penised hordes!" Which of course leads to nobody taking them seriously at all. \\
A particularly hilarious one the Scottish "well-meaning but comically futile campaign to make children take adult things seriously" educational curriculum involves one lesson showing teenagers how being immature about sex is bad, mmkay, which begins with splitting the class into groups and ''[[SchmuckBait asking them to write down]]'' all the different terms for penises, sex, vaginas, homosexuality, and contraceptives, without fear of punishment. These are then ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments read out by the teacher]].'' The intention is to engage the class and make them realize how they buy into sexist or immature attitudes. Unfortunately, this is [[TeensAreMonsters Scottish teenagers.]] The end result is usually the class roaring with laughter, whilst a red-faced (and frequently deeply religious) teacher goes "boaby... fanny... walloper... [[UnusualEuphemism Glasgow typewriter]]... batting from the wrong end of the crease... bellend... tuna sandwich", leading to the students thinking less "sexist and immature swearwords are bad" and more "god, being immature is ''hilarious''."

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* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'''s musical [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations adaptation]] is similar to the example of ''Toxic Avenger'' stage adaptation; compared to the movie the sexual humor is a lot more heavy-handed.

* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'': Maria's closing speech has her [[ShamingTheMob chew out both the Jets and the Pets for their hatred]].

A particularly hilarious one the Scottish "well-meaning but comically futile campaign to make children take adult things seriously" educational curriculum involves one lesson showing teenagers how being immature about sex is bad, mmkay, which begins with splitting the class into groups and ''[[SchmuckBait asking them to write down]]'' all the different terms for penises, sex, vaginas, homosexuality, and contraceptives, without fear of punishment. These are then ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments read out by the teacher]].'' The intention is to engage the class and make them realize how they buy into sexist or immature attitudes. Unfortunately, this is [[KidsAreCruel Scottish teenagers.]] The end result is usually the class roaring with laughter, whilst a red-faced (and frequently deeply religious) teacher goes "boaby... fanny... walloper... [[UnusualEuphemism Glasgow typewriter]]... batting from the wrong end of the crease... bellend... tuna sandwich", leading to the children thinking less "sexist and immature swearwords are bad" and more "god, being immature is ''hilarious''."

* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' always had the moral of ArmiesAreEvil since the second Volume, but it was mostly the subtle nod to how sending an army to a celebration of peace might send the wrong message to people. However, it was during Volumes 6 to 8, in which the Atlasian Army became the main antagonists, that this aesop get cranked UpToEleven, with every character involved in the army either being unrepentantly evil and kicking dogs left and right, having obvious signs of not wanting to be part of the army anymore, or following orders to the point of firmly grasping the IdiotBall.

-->''But y’see, science is a double-edged razor. It provides us with better ways to feed ourselves, protect ourselves, and move from place to place, but it also breeds isolation and a “me-first” mentality. When people— Garou included — don’t feel like they have to struggle to survive, they get soft and selfish. After a while, everyone starts feeling like the lead in their own personal movie. Everyone and everything else in the world becomes supporting cast and background material. At that point, nothing is good unless it enriches you. Unless it makes your life safer, more comfortable, more fun. Don’t shake your head, you know I’m right! After a while, nothing in this world matters unless it somehow makes you feel better! Now multiply that by the amount of people in the world today, square it by the economies of nations, and subtract any sort of feeling of community or family. Our family tree is dying — literally! — because we don’t feel or feed its roots any longer.''

* Creator/HenrikIbsen dropped some heavy anvils in his play ''{{Theatre/Brand}}''. The title character is a notorious carrier and tosser of anvils all the way, and one scene, showing a starving and freezing mother with a child begging for clothes and shelter on Christmas Eve, is anvilicious in spades. The anvil dropped is so heavy it actually kills off one of the lead characters in-play (Agnes, the wife of Brand).

* One episode of [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash's]] ''Classic Series/DoctorWho Reviews'' series featured a graphic of MESSAGE falling on him when he examines the [[TakeThat anti-Margaret Thatcher]] theme in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]. At the end as the Doctor explains how wrong the villain is the MESSAGE returns to beat him about the head.

* The animated short ''[[https://youtu.be/hRiWgx4sHGg Sometimes You're a Caterpillar]]'' is intended to teach audiences about how not everyone is as privileged as they might be. The story itself was effective enough in its execution, but quickly drops the pretense to deliver it in no uncertain terms, then hastily wraps up the plot.

* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' always had the moral of ArmiesAreEvil since the second Volume, but it was mostly the subtle nod to how sending an army to a celebration of peace might send the wrong message to people. However, it was during Volumes 6 to 8, in which the Atlasian Army became the main antagonists, that this aesop get cranked UpToEleven, with every character involved in the army either being unrepentantly evil and kicking dogs left and right, having obvious signs of not wanting to be part of the army anymore, or following orders to the point of firmly grasping the IdiotBall.

* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'': basically, yay transhumanism and anarchy. Let's put it this way: the main non-transhumanist power bloc is a ruthless military junta verging on PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.

* WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever: A population of short, brown people who live in a part of town that looks like your typical post-Soviet city and even speak Polish [?] are exploited by the [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation aptly named White society]] as cheap labor [[spoiler: and [[HumanResources spare parts]].]] SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, though.

* ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'': The creator, Ryan George, doesn't like the Disney live action remakes very much. During the pitch meeting for ''Film/Aladdin2019'', the Producer, who otherwise enthusiastically goes along with whatever the Screenwriter pitches regardless of its flaws, briefly gets passed the SmartBall and asks why they're remaking a beloved animated movie. He points out that at best, they could make a remake that's as good as the original, and adds that film technology hasn't advanced nearly enough to justify remaking it, only caving in when the Screenwriter says, "Because money?". The series doesn't shy away from making fun of the subjects of the pitch meetings, but it's rarely this blunt about it.

* The truly {{Anvilicious}} narrator in ''Theatre/Blood Brothers'' not only shows up to highlight every moment of foreshadowing in the musical but also appears at the end to let any terminally inattentive audience members know what the message was.

* The truly {{Anvilicious}} narrator in ''Blood Brothers'' not only shows up to highlight every moment of foreshadowing in the musical but also appears at the end to let any terminally inattentive audience members know what the message was.

* ''WebVideo/CLWEntertainment'': The ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' fandub episode [[https://youtu.be/rDPR90c7liM "TV & Disc Do's And Don't's"]] repeats the moral "don't watch too much TV" ad nauseam, unlike the original Japanese version which is less repetitive.