History Main / AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle

** What makes the first example particularly stupid is that that episode actually ''had'' a viable lesson; in the episode, several girls go missing after getting charms from Rei's family shrine and then getting on a mysterious bus. Everyone (including the main character) believes Rei is responsible and blames her, though it was actually Jadeite, as they find out later. [[ForWantOfANail The lesson of the episode could have been it's wrong to blame people for things they didn't do or not to believe rumors without proof they're true, but apparently the dubbers didn't think of that.]]

Though this was most commonly seen in TheEighties (often as a near-textbook PSA separated from the climax of the actual story by local station commercials), it also appeared in TheSeventies in police documentaries as a way to end the program with lessons for drivers. In TheEighties and TheNineties, it became something of an EnforcedTrope, as FCC regulations required a certain amount of "educational" content in children's programming, and this became a way to make the actual show "educational." It's not quite a DeadHorseTrope or a DiscreditedTrope yet, though. And, [[UndeadHorseTrope as long as]] cartoons need E/I ratings or family shows need approval from MoralGuardians, ''someone'' will play this trope straight. May include a HarmfulToPetsReminder.

** In UsefulNotes/TheSeventies, it published the "Justice for All Includes Children," which has Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} intervening to teach about matters involving the law dealing with the MirandaRights, criminal liability, the dangers of hitchhiking etc.

* "Read More About it" was a variation of this that aired frequently on CBS during ''TheEighties'', most notably following animated specials, ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' movies, and a few movies that were ''BasedOnATrueStory''. The segments started off with a TV turning into the pages of a book. These featured the star from the movie or a character voiceover from the animated specials encouraging viewers to learn more about the show's topic by visiting their local library or bookstore along with a list of recommended books selected by the Library of Congress.

* In the third story of ''WebOriginal/{{Cubnet}}'', the reader gets an account of an in-universe BandToon from TheEighties called "Rory and the Rodents":

** In UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, you might as well replace "And Knowing is Half the Battle" with "Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle".

* Parodied in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211010021907/http://pvponline.com/comic/safety-first-kids this PVP comic]] that suggests what "the other half of the battle" is.
* Also parodied by ''Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}}'' [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20050809.html here]].
* Parodied by name, in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0145.html strip #145]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', complete with a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/GIJoe''.
-->'''Elan:''' Ohhhh. Thanks, Vaarsuvius. Now I know.\\
'''Vaarsuvius:''' And knowing is half the battle.\\
'''G.I. Joe:''' G.I. Joe!
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' concludes every chapter with one of these.
* [[http://theslackerz.com/index.php?nav=Comic&Page=106 The Slackerz]] features G.I Derek: Magical Marine Pimp Supreme, a parody of WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero complete with ShoutOut

* Parodied in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review for ''Film/BloodRayne'':
-->'''Linkara''': "Now I know! And knowing makes it even more confusing."

* Also parodied in [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eILYTLKJqtQ this]] ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fan video, in which [[ActionGirl Ashley's]] line "shooting people isn't always the answer" is presented as one of these.

* Quoted in ''WebVideo/ChadVader'', S2 [=Ep8=] "Bandito Beatdown" :
-->'''Commander Wickstrom''': "I wish I knew what to do."\\
'''Weird Jimmy''': "Well, knowing ''is'' half the battle. The other half is doing. Well, not half but [mutters]...65 for knowing [mutters] the doing is-is..."
* ''FullMetalPanicAbridged'' parodies this in the first episode, after warning it's viewers about the dangers of creating an abridged series!

* ''WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries'':
-->--'''[=Nayrman214=]''': "Well, now you know."
-->--'''Solaris Paradox''': "And knowing is half the battle; [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the other half is]] [[GuideDangit remembering on subsequent playthroughs.]]"

* Used in a snarky manner at the end of a ''Decider'' review for ''Film/SnakeEyesGIJoeOrigins'':
-->'''Our Call:''' SKIP IT. I want you to know that ''Snake Eyes'' stinks. AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE.

* One brought up in ''Series/TokusatsuGaGaGa'' by one of the heroes of the ShowWithinAShow where after a police officer mistook Mr. Yakuza of passing to Kano the last collectible toy he got, Emerjason does this trope to deliver a PSA about suspicious actions in the middle of the night... only for the same officer to bonk him in the head. HilarityEnsues.

->''"And so what we have learned applies to our lives today. God has a lot to say in His book."''\\
''"You see we know that God's word is for everyone, now that our song is done, we'll take a look."''

** In the UsefulNotes/TheSeventies, it published the "Justice for All Includes Children," which has Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} intervening to teach about matters involving the law dealing with the MirandaRights, criminal liability, the dangers of hitchhiking etc.

---> '''Peter''': That's more than you can say for those freeloadin' Canadians. (pause while the background goes black for him to give his inspirational educational message) ...[[AcceptableTargets ''Canada sucks!'']]

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' -- the "Sailor Says" segments which were created solely for the Creator/DiCEntertainment North American dub. Some of these took ''extremely'' vague lessons out of the material. As [[Website/ChannelAwesome That Chick With The Goggles]] points out two good examples-- "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Today we saw buses vanish into thin air]]. If only we could make the smog that buses cause vanish into thin air, too! Even though we're just kids, we can carpool and make a difference." ...yeah. Another example given was that, although one episode actually had in it a lesson to believe in yourself and have confidence, because the episode was about an insecure artist who was afraid to draw what she really looked like because she didn't believe she looked good enough, the Sailor Says at the end of that episode shoehorned a reminder that DrugsAreBad into a speech about [[BeYourself being yourself]].
** What makes the first example particularly stupid is that that episode actually ''had'' a viable lesson; in the episode, several girls go missing after getting charms from Rei's family shrine and then getting a mysterious bus. Everyone (including the main character) believe Rei is responsible and blame her, though it was actually Jadeite, as they find out later. [[ForWantOfANail The lesson of the episode could have been it's wrong to blame people for things they didn't do or not to believe rumors unless you sure they're true, but apparently the dubbers didn't think of that.]]

** At the end of "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington", an episode about smoking, Peter is lounging in his chair and starts "Hi, I’m Peter Grifin. You know we’ve had a lot of laughs tonight, but I’ll tell you what’s not funny; killing strippers. Strippers are people too, naked people who may be willing to pleasure you for a price you negotiate later behind a curtain in the VIP room. Besides, there’s no need to kill them ‘cause most of them are already dead inside."

* ''Series/PoliceCameraAction'' started doing from 2007 onwards at the end of the show. Even the episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' had one, although that could be considered a {{parody}} of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' (with the accompanying theme music). It's rare to see such things on a documentary...

* The name comes from the moral tack-ons from the end of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' episodes, with their own internal {{Catch Phrase}}s:

This trope is the practice of encapsulating the moral of the story in TheTag. It often has NoFourthWall, and has the characters of the show directly lecture to the audience, who they [[AssumingTheAudiencesAge assume to be a child]]. It allows a show that went 22 minutes want only breaking stuff to get that coveted "[[EdutainmentShow E/I]]" rating, by telling the kids [[SchmuckBait not to eat the pretty candies in the medicine cabinet]]. Most times, the moral laid out in TheTag is a summation of what should have been learned from the story, encapsulated in an [[{{Anvilicious}} incredibly obvious manner]]. Other times, it's just a generic safety tip added to an otherwise purely entertaining episode.

Sometimes it wasn't even a moral lesson, but a science fact related to the SciFi setting. The first season of ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' had real life ocean expert Robert Ballard from the Woods-Hole Oceanographic Institute give a one minute lecture on the science of the episode next to the credits; this segment vanished in the second season. Creator/RankinBassProductions SciFi cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' had something about the planets framed as a lesson to the crew's PluckyComicRelief / Robot Monkey. A variant on this could be seen in the short segments in prime-time that recommended the viewer to consult his local library for selected books related to the preceding program.

** In the UsefulNotes/TheSeventies, it published the "Justice for All Includes Children," which has Franchise/{{Superman}} intervening to teach about matters involving the law dealing with the MirandaRights, criminal liability, the dangers of hitchhiking etc.
** It once commissioned a series of in-house [=PSAs=] in the early 90s featuring several DC heroes like ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/BoosterGold, Franchise/TheFlash, among others getting informed about the real facts concerning HIV and AIDS. The most well known of the bunch was the adult-oriented Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/DaveMcKean authored ''Death Talks About Life'', featuring Death of the Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and ComicBook/JohnConstantine.

* Parodied in [[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2008/03/22/safety-first-kids this PVP comic]] that suggests what "the other half of the battle" is.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' once put this trope to an interesting use for the opening of one of its episodes: it starts with a setup that might have come out of one of these [=PSAs=] from an old Silver Age animated series with Superman flying in to rescue a kid whose friends have goaded him into endangering himself and giving the kids a little lecture on not giving in to peer pressure before flying away. Our first hint that something's out of place is that, right after he leaves, one of the less admiring kids mocks him for being such a stiff. Sure enough, [[spoiler: it turns out this is actually the first appearance of Bizarro, an imperfect clone Comicbook/LexLuthor made using a bit of Superman's blood. The reason he comes off sounding so pompous is that he thinks he's Superman and is trying too hard to do what he thinks Superman typically does. In case we missed the hint, his next good deed for the day is rescuing Clark Kent and Lois Lane from a car crash, thereby alerting Superman to this odd twist of events as well]].

-->'''Orson:''' As you can see, Kids, an important lesson has been learned today.
-->'''Wade:''' Yeah! If you don’t repay the money you owe, a dinosaur might step on you.

* The otherwise obscure ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture The Animated Series'' was mostly remembered for that funny guy at the end -- a young Series/{{Bill Nye|TheScienceGuy}} doing a science-related stunt, usually a do-it-yourself, at the end, sometimes related to the episode's events.

** ''G.I. JOSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!''

-->'''Popeye:''' Did you boys wash your hands?
-->'''Nephews:''' No, but they're clean.

* Occasionally parodied in the ''[[WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max Animated Series]]'', in their "Our Bewildering Universe" shorts. A great example is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SEInSqOmM Chock Full O'Guts]]", a short as unnecessarily gory as network standards would allow a kid's show to be, in which they claim to be teaching the viewer about the body, but instead play a heart like a bagpipe, throw intestines around and explain that the pancreas's function is to be a paperweight.

Though this was most commonly seen in TheEighties (often as a near-textbook PSA separated from the climax of the actual story by local station commercials), it also appeared in TheSeventies in police documentaries as a way to end the program with lessons for drivers. In TheEighties and TheNineties, it became something of an EnforcedTrope, as FCC regulations required a certain amount of "educational" content in children's programming, and this became a way to make the actual show "educational." It's not quite a DeadHorseTrope or a DiscreditedTrope yet, though. And, [[UndeadHorseTrope as long as]] cartoons need E/I ratings or family shows need approval from MoralGuardians, ''someone'' will play this trope straight.

* An anime which plays this straight is ''Anime/MariAndGali'', which attempts to teach middle school students about scientific principles. Its makers still throw in a lot of slapstick and general silliness, so the result is [[WidgetSeries rather strange]]--to say the least.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' has an in-universe example where the last aired episode of [[ShowWithinAShow Woody's Roundup]] had the show Woody address the audience about not forgetting their friends and family while singing the recurring song "You've Got a Friend in Me". This convinces the Woody watching, who had just decided to abandon his old friends and his owner Andy to go to a museum in Japan with the rest of the Roundup Gang toys, to reverse his decision and take the Roundup Gang with him.

** It once commissioned a series of in-house [=PSAs=] in the early 90s featuring several DC heroes like ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/BoosterGold, Franchise/TheFlash, among others getting informed about the real facts concerning HIV and AIDS. The most well known of the bunch was the adult-oriented Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/DaveMcKean authored ''Death Talks About Life'', featuring Death of the Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and ComicBook/JohnConstantine.

* In the early seasons, all episodes of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' ended with "a message from the Power Rangers." Though not as frequent as before, Rangers doing a public service announcement or two has made a comeback (apparently, listening to your parents is an important factor in being a hero as far as the Overdrive Rangers are concerned... even though [[BrokenAesop their Red Ranger became a Ranger by ignoring his father's prohibitions]] against his putting himself in danger that way).

** ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' plus its SpinOff ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. WordOfGod is that this was to shut up MoralGuardians who might complain about the shows' violent content. It was halfway-used in one episode of [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 the 2002 version]], where the Masters needed Orko to help lure a colony of dragons to attack monsters under the control of Skeletor. After that task was successful, the episode concludes with Orko admitting to his chagrin that he's still scared of the species, but the heroes reassure him that a proper respect for a fierce and powerful creature is the mark of a wise person. Here, the lesson flows relatively naturally from the plot and the fourth wall is kept intact. The 2002 series ''did'' have morals, following in the format of the original series, but they didn't air with the American episodes; only the international releases. However, they do come on the DVD sets for the curious viewer. They also tend to soften the blow by always making it the exact lesson the episode as a whole was meant to teach you, rather than clumsily segueing into "yo, kids — don't smoke."

*** "Remember kids, exercising is hard, but shoving a spoon down your throat is easy! And don't forget to do it after every meal, just like me!"
* ''Manga/{{Moyashimon}}'' ends each episode with a segment teaching about a microorganism involved in fermentation featuring anthropomorphic bacteria.
* ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'' ends episodes with a live-action segment that discusses actual Go strategy.
* ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'' has the SuperDeformed "Kotengu Classic" segments at the end of some episodes, with [[SidekickCreatureNuisance Ko]][[SleepModeSize tengu]] explaining some facts about something specific mentioned in the episode -- sometimes these are quite useful, as the series takes place in the [[JidaiGeki Heian Period Japan]] ([[TrappedInAnotherWorld sorta]]), and knowing some basic facts about its culture certainly won't hurt.
** ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro - Primo Passo'' does the same with "Lili's One-Point Classic" and music.
* ''Manga/NyanKoi'' ends each episode with a segment called [=MewView=], where the main character cats recap the episode in a humorous way, and then sign off with an "interesting fact" about cats.
* ''Manga/{{Bartender}}'' ends each episode with a recipe for an alcoholic drink. The ending sequence also shows a bartender preparing said drink.
* Used in one volume of the English edition of ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' talking about the differences between Western and Japanese computers. They also use it to justify the heavy edits by explaining that if they used a literal translation, the English reading audience won't get a fair chance at solving the mystery themselves.

* ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' featured mini-documentaries on South American history and culture at the end of each episode.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** Each episode of ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' ends with a cooking lesson showing the item made during that episode.
** Each episode of ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' ends with a constellation fortune-telling segment.
** Each episode of ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' ends with a game involving the Healing Animals or elements.
* ''Manga/MassuguNiIkou'' has "Mame's Tips For Dogs", which teaches about dog care.
* At the end of the TV broadcast of every episode of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', there's a small segment titled ''Kira Kira Special Issue'' which more fully discusses certain astronomy/geology knowledge points mentioned in that episode. For example, the one for the first episode involves Mira Kinohata discusses Mira, the variable star in Cetus.
* ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' ends each episode with a random factoid about bread.

* ''Series/PoliceCameraAction'' started doing from 2007 onwards at the end of the show. Even the episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' had one, although that could be considered a {{parody}} of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' (with the accompanying theme music). It's rare to see such things on a documentary...
* Spoofed by ''Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson'', which ends every episode with a segment named "What Did We Learn on the Show Tonight, Craig?" right before the ending credits. Quite often, the segment contains no lesson whatsoever, and on the occasion it does have one, it's never a serious one. "Lessons" have included a Spanish vocabulary word and "The kitten in the ["What Did We Learn on the Show Tonight, Craig?"] graphic is a computer animation, not a video of a real kitten."
** Craig Ferguson also parodies this trope and combines it with BitingTheHandHumor by frequently saying "CBS Cares" after giving some unhelpful advice. He sometimes combines this with a SpoofAesop.
* ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'' does this at the end of each case, with host Harvey Levin giving some practical advice on how to avoid the mess the judge just cleaned up. Note: Since laws vary from state to state, he's not always right. Check your jurisdiction's rules to be sure. Indeed, in the original version, the producers explicitly advised this in a disclaimer shown at the end of each program.
* "Read More About it" was a variation of this that aired frequently on CBS during ''TheEighties'', most notably following animated specials, ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' movies, and a few movies that were ''BasedOnATrueStory''. The segments started off with a TV turning into the pages of a book. These featured the star from the movie or a character voiceover from the animated specials encouraging viewers to learn more about the show's topic by visiting their local library or bookstore along with a list of recommended books selected by the Library of Congress.
* ''Dooley and Pals'' ends with "Fun Facts" relating to the plot of the show. The better-known "Children's Ministry" version airing on Smile TV (previously known as Smile of a Child) replaces this with "Fun Bible Facts" with a scripture passage relating to the aesop of the show. (This version was actually overseen by the company that made the secular version, rather than be enforced upon by Christian networks.)

* The "science lessons" in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' may have been partly meant to parody such tags in series imported from the US, as they are something rarely if ever seen in {{anime}} as it is broadcast in Japan.
* ''Anime/GunBuster'' zigzags this, because, while it might be a parody like the above, relativistic time dilation also plays a major role in the plot of later episodes, so they had to explain it for the story to make sense.
* An anime which plays this straight is ''Anime/MariAndGali'', which attempts to teach middle school students about scientific principles. Its makers still throw in a lot of slapstick and general silliness, so the result is [[WidgetSeries rather strange]]--to say the least.
* ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' ends each episode with a random factoid about bread.

* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' ends each episode with basic safety tips for beginning football players.

* ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' has borderline UnreadablyFastText {{Info Dump}}s about the meaning of tarot cards (one card per episode), along with some characters blithering about [[SeinfeldianConversation something that may or may not be related]]. In one episode, Laplace {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the pointlessness of the segment.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' had two non-canon episodes, "Goku's Traffic Safety" and "Goku's Fire Brigade". The characters learn about traffic safety and fire safety, then address the audience about it at the end.
* Each episode of ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' ends with an aphorism that tells us the moral of the episode.

* A special feature on ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' season 2 DVD had the show's characters tell you important facts about life. Dwight informs viewers that he could survive on a wolf's diet, Jim tells you that the black jelly beans are bad, and Ryan tells you, if you're hanging out with your friends, and someone tries to sell you a $9 beer, just say no, because $9 is way too much for a beer. ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' [[BitingTheHandHumor airs on NBC.]]

* ''Series/TheRachelMaddowShow'' now closes some segments with Rachel proclaiming "You Know More Now", and playing NBC's "And Now You Know" tune (badly) on a kiddie xylophone, while one of her crew swings a star-and-rainbow on a pole behind her.
* One of J.D.'s fantasies in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' (also on NBC) parodies this with J.D. telling the audience why it's wrong to smother your kids, in a [[BreadEggsMilkSquick horrifyingly casual manner]]:
-->'''JD:''' You had a tough day at the office. So you come home, make yourself some dinner, smother your kids, pop in a movie, maybe have a drink. It's fun, right? Wrong. Don't smother your kids.
** It ends with NBC's logo and "The More You Know."
* ''This Is the Life'' and virtually all of the now-disappeared religious anthology dramas that aired from the early 1950s through late 1980s. After the situation at hand reaches its resolution, an off-screen narrator (or sometimes, on-screen host, invariably a clergyman) will review a given situation, offer appropriate commentary and give a brief Scripture reading to recap the [[AnAesop lesson of the day]].
* Indeed (through at least the early 2000s), many stations would offer a brief, pre-taped message from a clergyman from their broadcast area, usually an inspirational message or some other quick lesson on applying Christian values to daily life.

* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' parodied this at the end of the mock VerySpecialEpisode "A New Leaf", with Robbie exhorting viewers to "end preachy sitcom episodes like this one" by not using drugs.
* Has happened at least twice in the FOX series ''Series/TwentyFour''. Most notably, a [=PSA=] was created in the fourth season where Kiefer Sutherland talked about the plight of Middle Eastern residents in the country, just before an episode where his character, Jack Bauer, met two Middle Eastern gun shop owners in Los Angeles. The pre-show announcements for season two and four also had Sutherland promoting corporate sponsors (i.e. Ford sponsored a commercial-free airing of the season two premiere).
* ''Anime/NieaUnder7'' featured a short live action "educational" segment after every show with bizarre statements about life in India.
* In every episode of ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' after the next episode preview, one of the characters gives safety tips for pedestrians (of course, 'cause kids are still not legally entitled to drive).
* The [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]] series ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' features a clip of Creator/ShaileneWoodley's character prompting teens and parents to talk about underage sex, because "Teenage pregnancy is 100% avoidable!" This mostly only happens during commercial breaks of the show itself. Sometimes other characters do this, like Creator/FranciaRaisa's character, Adrian.
* ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' had this invoked at the beginning of every episode, thanks to Kivat.
--> ''"Minna, shiteru ka?"'' ("Everybody, did you know?")
* The ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' TV series once had one where the audience was earnestly told that the only safe sex is ''no'' sex.
* An episode of the ''RottenTomatoesShow'' had a Three Word Review that described the movie ''Knowing'' as "Half the battle".
* The 80s show ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'' always had star Meeno Peluce tell the viewers, during the closing credits, that if they wanted to learn more about the historical periods and/or people from the episode, they could visit their local library ("It's all in books!").
* ''Series/AttackOfTheShow'' will occasionally mock this trope. When they teach the audience a "lesson," Kevin or Olivia will inform then that they "just got learned!". Cut to a parody of the shooting star made famous by NBC; only it's a rocketship flying over the Earth, and it crashes into a blimp, and the blimp hindenbergs back into the atmosphere.
* ''Series/CodeRed'' episodes had a coda where a cast member give a fire safety or first aid lesson.
* The ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'' show attempted to parody this. Unfortunately, the parodies weren't funny.
* ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' has a series of [=PSAs=] called "Live Smart, Eureka" featured on the Season 2 DVD. They consist of reminding the really smart scientists that what they are doing could potentially be really dumb.
* ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' suffered from this phenomenon.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock''. At the end of the episode ''Gavin Velure'', Tracy's sex doll made a ''And Now You Know'' segment.
-->'''Tracy's Sex Doll:''' You know a lot of people look down on sex dolls. But as you saw tonight they save lives and bring families together. How am I such an expert? I’m Tracy Jordan’s sex doll!

* In ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'', there were often segments which started with a voice saying "Did you know that...?", followed by a science fact. The segment would then end with the voice saying "Now you know!"
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', while no stranger to the VerySpecialEpisode, broke the fourth wall just to mock this sort of message in "Def Poet's Society".
-->'''Will:''' ''(Turning directly to the camera, speaking softly)'' lf you'd like to learn more about poetry, you can reach us at... Psych! We just kidding! Good night, y'all!
* Series/KeyAndPeele has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g-s-pghtYQ a parody]] PSA featuring Creator/MrT teaching kids about respect... but ignores everything the kids bring up (like racism, sexism, drugs, or alcohol) until something comes up that he cares about (like [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude names]], dress, and [[BerserkButton especially hairstyles.]] Towards the end, the kids are actively trying to get him to come back by saying they're going to run off and "do a bunch of drugs" ("Yum! That sounds good.") but he instantly appears when they mention hair.

* Every episode of ''Series/TheInspectors'' ends with actor Jessica Lundy, alongside Chief Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell, presenting a summation of the episode's postal-related case, including tips on how to avoid the crime in question.
* ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' does this via a FramingDevice. Each episode opens with Alice talking to her cat Dinah about a problem she's currently having, then she goes to Wonderland where a story with a similar theme plays out, and in the end she goes home and talks to Dinah about the Aesop she's learned which will help her solve her problem.

This trope is the practice of encapsulating the moral of the story in TheTag. It often has NoFourthWall, and has the characters of the show directly lecture to the audience. It allows a show that went 22 minutes wantonly breaking stuff to get that coveted "[[EdutainmentShow E/I]]" rating, by telling the kids [[SchmuckBait not to eat the pretty candies in the medicine cabinet]]. Most times, the moral laid out in TheTag is a summation of what should have been learned from the story, encapsulated in an [[{{Anvilicious}} incredibly obvious manner]]. Other times, it's just a generic safety tip added to an otherwise purely entertaining episode.

* ''The ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} and Olive Show'' had various safety messages, usually featuring Popeye's identical quintuplet nephews, between the shorts. Many of them had a seedy fellow named "Mr. Stranger" who represented any AdultFear's caused by criminals (he'd often be driven away by Popeye or by falling victim to whatever he was encouraging.