History BrokenAesop / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang'' uses this trope a lot, but the worst example is probably "Zipper's Millions" where Zipper's cousin Miss Tabby is supposed to inherit $100,000 if Zipper doesn't arrive in time, and Zipper decides to use the money to buy Miss Tabby a new house. The lesson, as summed up by Montgomery, is "We found a treasure greater than that money: Zipper's heart of gold", which implies "Someone with a good heart is more valuable than things with monetary value", except Zipper's "heart of gold" was unneeded here. The townsfolk did everything they could to stop Zipper and the rest of the gang from getting the money, including trying to crush the Clubhouse Caboose with a boulder (which could have killed them), and then trapping Bingo, Woolma, Dotty and Portia in Miss Tabby's house and barricading the door with a boulder. Those four do end up destroying Miss Tabby's house, but only because they use a battering ram to escape and cause her house to fall off the cliff and be destroyed. Zipper shouldn't be paying for Miss Tabby's new house, the townsfolk should because it's their fault that Miss Tabby's house was destroyed in the first place.

** The episode "Sprivy" teaches Sprig and Ivy that while they're happy to be in a relationship, they have to give each other some space even if they don't want to separate. The broken part is the circumstances they have to learn this lesson in. Their entire world is at stake, and they spend a majority of the episode acting like their relationship is more important than the ongoing events. They put the entire mission and by extent the Multiverse at risk because of their unwillingness to separate for 5 minutes. They nearly fail the mission, their teammates almost got killed because of this, and Sasha only let's them off with a 'sort-of furious' glare for their disobedience. Not only that, their relationship is barely developed for them to act like SickeninglySweethearts for an entire episode. It's barely talked about even after they became an official couple, and Sprig rarely mentions Ivy at all outside of episodes she appears in. Though it's implied that the reason why they were acting so out of character is because of the amount of time Sprig was on Earth while Ivy was in Amphibia, it is never confirmed or even hinted to be the motive.

* Similarly in "Anne of the Year", one of the lessons Anne learns is not to force someone (Sprig) to confess their feelings to a person (Ivy) they like. They should do that when they're ready. Then Ivy comes in to ask Sprig out immediately afterwards.

** The moral of "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E5SafeSpace Safe Space]]" is essentially to start taking criticism and that reality is harsh without safe spaces, even though the previous episode portrayed critics as obnoxious people that should just be kicked out. So the previous episode depicted people wanting to have their opinion heard as entitled, and now depicts people who don't want to hear other people's opinions as entitled.

** The moral of "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E5SafeSpace Safe Space]]" is essentially to start taking criticism and that reality is harsh without safe spaces, even though the previous episode portrayed critics as obnoxious people that should just be kicked out. So the previous episode depicted people wanting to have their opinion heard as entitled, and now depicts people who don't want to hear other people's opinions as entitled. More eye-raising is the fact that neither Trey nor Matt have active social media accounts, and yet dub a character representing brash online criticism as "reality". In reality, the real-life persona of individuals [[{{GIFT}} does not always correlate to an online brash one]]. Furthermore, the episode makes use of the AppealToWorseProblems fallacy by depicting poor third world children for having to filter out harmful comments for first-world people. This is despite the fact that online abuse can actually be life-threatening with the same episode showing Butters nearly committing suicide due to being exposed to too much negativity and {{sleep deprivation}}. The episode, as do most people who criticize the concept of a "safe space," assumed that its purpose is to keep out 'reality' rather than allow people that are marginalized and attacked to take a break from the negativity they face every day. Intentional or not, the episode is victim-blaming.

** The Season 26 premiere "[[Recap/SouthParkS26E1CupidYe Cupid Ye]]" was essentially a 22-minute AuthorTract lambasting Music/KanyeWest for controversial comments he made about Jewish influence in the entertainment industry argued by many to be reinforcing the GreedyJew stereotype. The episode ends with a monologue from Kyle explaining that Jews got a headstart in the industry because it was also marginalized then, while downplaying the fact that [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-19-oe-stein19-story.html virtually every media company is headed by a Jewish CEO]]. However, Kyle directly states that they passed on roles to their descendants, indirectly validating the accusations of {{nepotism}} that fuel the stereotypes. What really hurts the creators' argument is the fact that ''they themselves'' joked about Jews dominating entertainment in the episode "Cancelled" with SpaceJews trying to cancel the tv show they made about Earth, making their sudden 180 now ring hollow.

** The moral of "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E5SafeSpace Safe Space]]" is essentially to start taking criticism and that reality is harsh without safe spaces, even though the previous episode portrayed critics as obnoxious people that should just be kicked out. So the previous episode depicted people wanting to have their opinion heard as entitled, and now depicts people who don't want to hear other people's opinions as entitled (Though this probably has more to do with the fact that people in the previous episode weren't just speaking their opinions, they were actively using them to bully people into giving them stuff.) More eye-raising is the fact that neither Trey nor Matt have active social media accounts, and yet dub a character representing brash online criticism as "reality". In reality, the real-life persona of individuals [[{{GIFT}} does not always correlate to an online brash one]]. Furthermore, the episode makes use of the AppealToWorseProblems fallacy by depicting poor third world children for having to filter out harmful comments for first-world people. This is despite the fact that online abuse can actually be life-threatening with the same episode showing Butters nearly committing suicide due to being exposed to too much negativity and {{sleep deprivation}}. (For that last part though, that was probably the point to show how those people care more about inflating their egos more than the wellbeing of people in third world countries). The episode, as do most people who criticize the concept of a "safe space," assumed that its purpose is to keep out 'reality' rather than allow people that are marginalized and attacked to take a break from the negativity they face every day. Intentional or not, the episode is victim-blaming.

** The episode "Sprivy" teaches Sprig and Ivy that while they're happy to be in a relationship, they have to give each other some space even if they don't want to separate. The broken part is the circumstances they have to learn this lesson in. Their entire world is at stake, and they spend a majority of the episode acting like their relationship is more important than the ongoing events. They put the entire mission and by extent the Multiverse at risk because of their unwillingness to separate for 5 minutes. They nearly fail the entire mission, and their teammates almost got killed because of this, and Sasha only let's them off with a 'sort-of furious' glare for their disobedience. Not only that, their relationship is barely developed for them to act like SickeninglySweethearts for an entire episode. It's barely talked about even after they became an official couple, and Sprig rarely mentions Ivy at all outside of episodes she appears in.

** The episode "Sprivy" teaches Sprig and Ivy that while they're happy to be in a relationship, they have to give each other some space even if they don't want to separate. The broken part is the circumstances they have to learn this lesson in. Their entire world is at stake, and they spend a majority of the episode acting like their relationship is more important than the ongoing events. They put the entire mission and by exent the Multiverse at risk because of their unwillingness to separate for 5 minutes. They nearly fail the entire mission, and their teammates almost got killed because of this, and Sasha only let's them off with a 'sort-of furious' glare for their disobedience. Not only that, their relationship is barely developed for them to act like SickeninglySweethearts for an entire episode. It's barely talked about even after they became an official couple, and Sprig rarely mentions Ivy at all outside of episodes she appears in.

** The episode "Sprivy" teaches Sprig and Ivy that while they're happy to be in a relationship, they have to give each other some space even if they don't want to separate. The broken part is the circumstances they have to learn this lesson in. Their entire world is at stake, and they spend a majority of the episode acting like their relationship is more important than the ongoing events. They put the entire mission and by exent the Multiverse at risk because of their unwillingness to separate for 5 minutes. Their teammates almost got killed because of this, and Sasha only let's them off with a 'sort-of furious' glare for their disobedience. Not only that, their relationship is barely developed for them to act like SickeninglySweethearts for an entire episode. It's barely talked about even after they became an official couple, and Sprig rarely mentions Ivy at all outside of episodes she appears in.

** The episode "Sprivy" teaches Sprig and Ivy that while they're happy to be in a relationship, they have to give each other some space even if they don't want to separate. The broken part is the circumstances they have to learn this lesson in. Their entire world is at stake, and they spend a majority of the episode acting like their relationship is more important than the ongoing events. They put the entire and by exent the Multiverse at risk because of their unwillingness to separate for 5 minutes. Their teammates almost got killed because of this, and Sasha only let's them off with a 'sort-of furious' glare for their disobedience. Not only that, their relationship is barely developed for them to act like SickeninglySweethearts for an entire episode. It's barely talked about even after they became an official couple, and Sprig rarely mentions Ivy at all outside of episodes she appears in.

** "[[Recap/ArchiesWeirdMysteriesExtraTerrorEstrial Extra-Terror-estrial]]" had the group helping an [[Film/{{ET}} ET-like]] alien named Gleebo build a device to get home while protecting him from evil aliens, only to reveal Gleebo was an intergalactic criminal and the "evil aliens" were actually police officers and ends with Archie speaking the moral of "cute can be bad and ugly can be good, don't judge a book by it's cover" verbatim. The problem here is the police did ''nothing'' to convey they were actually the good guys, despite knowing pretending to be the victim was the criminal's M.O. and despite them ''speaking English'', and instead went in full-cocked armed with lasers and began attacking Archie and his friends: the teens had every valid reason in the world to believe Gleebo was the good guy and the police were the bad guys here, none of which had to do with appearances.

* The Italian cartoon ''Grisù'' had a problem with using a reset button powered by FailureIsTheOnlyOption that consistently clashed two contradictory aesops. Being a young dragon, Gris&ugrave (whose name is Italian for a firedamp) dreams of being a fireman and stopping fires instead of starting them as his proud father keeps reminding them is his role in life. The aesop here is to ''believe in yourself and anything is possible'', as week after week he gets a different job and gains instant fame as he succeeds at it beyond expectation... only to burn it all away as his happiness makes him lose control of his fire breath and he singes everyone involved, ruining his job and delivering the counter-aesop ''don't try to be something you're not as you will only destroy your life in the process.''

** Another major theme of the series is how positive interpersonal relationships can be found in many forms, meant to be illustrated by Steven's diverse family of his father and the Crystal Gems. However, the entire point of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' is that the Gems raising him to be a KidHero has been extremely detrimental to his mental health and left him with ChronicHeroSyndrome. In addition, he has no formal education and had never even seen a doctor (although the [[BizarreAlienBiology giant diamond where his navel should be somewhat justifies this]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Veggietales}}'' episode ''Rack, Shack and Benny'' attempts to send a message against [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil peer pressure]] using a story based on the Literature/BookOfDaniel, in which the protagonists' refusal to give into their BadBoss' demands gets them ''[[DisproportionateRetribution thrown into a fiery furnace]]'', which they are only saved from due to [[DeuxExMachina divine intervention]]. This makes the message of the episode sound more like "[[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs Don't be deterred by actual threats to your life]] because God will always protect you as long as you're in the right".

** “One Coarse Meal” was meant to teach viewers that it is not okay to bully other people to the point of suicide and that it is also not okay to take advantage of another person’s fears to use against them as shown when Mr. Krabs dresses as his daughter Pearl to take advantage of Plankton’s fear of whales and almost drives Plankton to suicide by bus in the process. SpongeBob calls Mr. Krabs out for this and reveals the truth to Plankton. However, Plankton decides to get revenge on Mr. Krabs for the bullying by taking advantage of his fear of mimes. The issue here is that Plankton is deemed the one in wrong for this and is depicted as the villain by doing that despite the fact that Mr. Krabs did the same thing and was being given a taste of his own medicine with the mimes. Even worse is that [=SpongeBob=] defeats Plankton by tricking him into thinking a pod of whales are near by using a projection of whales and that moment is depicted as good. This turns the moral into a total mess by implying that it is okay to bully others if you perceive them as evil.

** “One Coarse Meal” was meant to teach viewers that it is not okay to bully other people to the point of suicide and that it is also not okay to take advantage of another person’s fears to use against them as shown when Mr. Krabs dresses as his daughter Pearl to take advantage of Plankton’s fear of whales and almost drives Plankton to suicide by bus in the process. SpongeBob calls Mr. Krabs out for this and reveals the truth to Plankton. However, Plankton decides to get revenge on Mr. Krabs for the bullying by taking advantage of his fear of mimes. The issue here is that Plankton is deemed the one in wrong for this and is depicted as the villain by doing that despite the fact that Mr. Krabs did the same thing and was being given a taste of his own medicine with the mimes. Even worse is that SpongeBob defeats Plankton by tricking him into thinking a pod of whales are near by using a projection of whales and that moment is depicted as good. This turns the moral into a total mess by implying that it is okay to bully others if you perceive them as evil.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros 3's]] infamous anti-racism episode "True Colors" also runs into this. It tries to teach that treating others as inferiors due to their color is a bad thing by having the Koopas paint the mushroom people in two different colors and then inciting them against each other so they can take over the Mushroom Kingdom. However unlike in the games, where the koopa species also features heroic and neutral members, here the race is AlwaysChaoticEvil and the cause of most if not all the episodes' conflicts. Basically running into the typical "racism is a good thing, just make sure it's aimed at the right people" problem. There's also the matter of the mushroom people reverting back to their original colors at the end, functionally making them all the same race again.

** “One Coarse Meal” was meant to teach viewers that it is not okay to bully other people to the point of suicide and that it is also not okay to take advantage of another person’s fears to use against them as shown when Mr. Krabs dresses as his daughter Pearl to take advantage of Plankton’s fear of whales and almost drives Plankton to suicide by bus in the process. SpongeBob calls Mr. Krabs out for this and reveals the truth to Plankton. However, Plankton decides to get revenge on Mr. Krabs for the bullying by taking advantage of his fear of mimes. The issue here is that Plankton is deemed the one in wrong for this and is depicted as the villain by doing that despite the fact that Mr. Krabs did the same thing and was being given a taste of his own medicine with the mixed. Even worse is that SpongeBob defeats Plankton by tricking him into thinking a pod of whales are near by using a projection of whales and that moment is depicted as good. This turns the moral into a total mess by implying that it is okay to bully others if you perceive them as evil.

** While the episode "Dating Season" tries to teach viewers that you can't force people who clearly just want to be friends into a romantic relationship based on what you think or for your own desires. Anne, and that obsessive shipping can be a problem. Hop Pop, and Felicia realize this after Polly called Felicia and Hop Pop out for their greed and Anne for her shortsightedness. In the end, they finally decide to let Sprig and Ivy stay as friends, but Sprig ends up falling in love with Ivy anyways, and it was mostly due to Anne, Hop Pop, and Felicia's meddling.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': ** While the episode "Dating Season" tries to teach viewers that you can't force people who clearly just want to be friends into a romantic relationship based on what you think or for your own desires. Anne, and that obsessive shipping can be a problem. Hop Pop, and Felicia realize this after Polly called Felicia and Hop Pop out for their greed and Anne for her shortsightedness. In the end, they finally decide to let Sprig and Ivy stay as friends, but Sprig ends up falling in love with Ivy anyways, and it was mostly due to Anne, Hop Pop, and Felicia's meddling. **
This show tries to teach a GreenAesop by showing the damage caused by the technology owned by that King Andrais Leiathan and his dynasty, which turns the titular land into a wasteland of pollution. This is supposed to be a parallel metaphor as to how humans are using technology in a way that is hurting the earth but the moral is inconsistently applied as it fails to call out the human race in the show itself for using technology as it shows Anne befriending a robot from Amphibia named Frobo. Plus Anne, Marcy, and Sasha are shown to be using their phones in the fantastical land, in which the phones seem to have infinite charging capabilities. This dilutes the moral and warps it into sounding like it’s okay for humans to use technology but not okay for non humans to use it. Even more baffling is that the series finale has Anne give Sprig her phone.