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* ''Franchise/StarTrek''

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]," after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick [[SwearWordPlot learn a swear word]] and start [[InnocentSwearing innocently cussing]] in front of everyone at the Krusty Krab, [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsMrKrabs Mr. Krabs]] is not happy. When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick explain that they had no idea that the word was bad, Mr. Krabs explains to them what bad words are, and tells them to never use that word again. Of course, they do it anyway.

* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': Eiki is stereotyped by the fandom as constantly lecturing not just her lazy subordinate Komachi but anyone whose behavior she objects to (and being a judge of souls, there's quite a lot she can say on the subject).

Poorly delivered, or improperly understood, it can have the same effect as a DevastatingRemark. In some cases, it could cause a HeelRealization or a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. In a military setting, it may involve a ReminderOfDuty. May overlap with DisobeyedOrdersNotPunished.

* ''Fanfic/InterNos'': At one point in the story, two of Shizuru's soldiers accost a slave bringing food to their master, stealing the food the slave had been carrying. The slave's master is a wealthy politician in the port city of Argus whose support Shizuru needs. She is thankful it's not a rape charge, as that necessitates by law the cutting of noses. She is forced to administer a flogging, but the true punishment is the lecture she gives in front of her assembled soldiers about how she has always dealt fairly with them, and that none of them need to steal, that their behavior reflects badly on her, the army as a whole, and the citizens of their nation in the eyes of the foreigners in the port city. By the time she's done with the lecture, the two guilty parties are in tears, begging for the lash. Nao, Shizuru's TortureTechnician, notes they were hurt worse by Shizuru's words than by the whip.

** In "[[Recap/MashS8E6PeriodOfAdjustment Period of Adjustment]]" Potter delivers another one to Klinger after Klinger goes out drinking with BJ after inheriting the clerk's job from Radar and has trouble keeping up. But instead of reprimanding him, Potter tells Klinger that he needs time to make the job his own and that Potter would help him any time he needed. Potter himself had received a mild one from [[GoodShepherd Fr. Mulcahy]], who pointed out that Potter had gotten the broken -in version of Radar, whom Col. Blake had taken under his wing, and that Klinger deserved no less.

** In "[[Recap/MashS8E6PeriodOfAdjustment Period of Adjustment]]" Potter delivers another one to Klinger after Klinger goes out drinking with BJ after inheriting the clerk's job from Radar and has trouble keeping up. But instead of reprimanding him, Potter tells Klinger that he needs time to make the job his own and that Potter would help him any time he needed. Potter himself had received a mild one from [[GoodShepherd Fr. Mulcahy]], who pointed out that Potter had gotten the broken -in version of Radar, whom Col. Blake had taken under his wing, and that Klinger deserved no less.

** In "[[Recap/MashS8E6PeriodOfAdjustment Period of Adjustment]]" Potter delivers another one to Klinger after Klinger goes out drinking with BJ after inheriting the clerk's job from Radar and has trouble keeping up. But instead of reprimanding him, Potter tells Klinger that he needs time to make the job his own and that Potter would help him any time he needed. Potter himself had received a mild one from [[GoodShepherd Fr. Mulcahy]], who pointed out that Potter had gotten the broken -in version of Radar, whom Col. Blake had taken under his wing, and that Klinger deserved no less.

** In "[[Recap/MashS8E6PeriodOfAdjustment Period of Adjustment]]" Potter delivers another one to Klinger after Klinger goes out drinking with BJ after inheriting the clerk's job from Radar and has trouble keeping up. But instead of reprimanding him, Potter tells Klinger that he needs time to make the job his own and that Potter would help him any time he needed.

-> ''"None of us wants to be here. I don't wanna be here. Radar doesn't want to be here. The doctors, the nurses. Certainly the wounded don't want to be here. But we've got to do our best. Understand, son?"''

Poorly delivered, or improperly understood, it can have the same effect as a DevastatingRemark. In some cases it could cause a HeelRealization or a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. In a military setting it may involve a ReminderOfDuty. May overlap with DisobeyedOrdersNotPunished.

** When Chihaya bails on a study session to watch a match involving Taichi, she gets a lecture from Tsutomu who points out to her that Taichi puts in the work, because if he didn't, his EducationMama would make him quit the club. Chihaya apologizes and buckles down to study.

* ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'': Mastaka "Waseda" Sawatari is a TormentedTeacher who frequently tries to warn Nozomu "Baka" Tanaka and Minami "Yamai" Yamamoto about the poor levels of their grades, as well as frequently trying to check on "Yamai" to see if she's engaging in SelfHarm or if she's being abused (It's neither, but she does give people cause to worry). At one point during a school assembly the two of them start acting out, and so he has to take it beyond lecturing, dragging them up to the front of the hall with the rest of the faculty and holding them by their wrists so that they're on display for the whole school. But his preferred method of discipline is to lecture at length.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In one story arc, Calvin causes the family's car to roll back out of the driveway into a ditch opposite the house. Calvin's parents are relieved that no one was hurt, and lecture him on asking for permission for things and not attempting to handle something like a car on his own. Hobbes notes that it's a lot calmer than the time Calvin left earthworms in his father's sock drawer.

* ''Fanfic/WindowsOfTheSoul'': Shinri Fujino, Shizuru's father, and Natsuki have been butting heads, largely because he initially suspected her of being a nasty SocialClimber using Shizuru for her own gains. He revises that opinion of her after Natsuki save's Shizuru's life from an assassin, and agrees to teach her some of his kenjutsu techniques. During the initial session he knocks the wind out of her twice, but is impressed with her ability to dodge, noting her reflexes are above normal. Then he sits to explain to her that her mistake was not, as she assumed, in attacking, because sometimes attacking was good. He tells her that her attack was strong, and if it had connected, it would have definitely been damaging, but she was so focused at getting to him that she neglected to account for his own sword, leaving herself open to attack.

* ''Literature/TheTruth'': After it's discovered that person producing the tabloid news is CutMeOwnThroatDibbler, he gets a lecture from Sacharissa offscreen and we later see him looking tired and defeated.

---> '''Col. Potter:''' None of us wants to be here. I don't wanna be here. Radar doesn't want to be here. The doctors, the nurses. Certainly the wounded don't want to be here. But we've got to do our best. Understand, son?
** In "[[Recap/MashS8E6PeriodOfAdjustment Period of Adjustment]]" Potter delivers another one to Klinger after Klinger goes out drinking with BJ after inheriting the clerk's job from Radar and has trouble keeping up. But instead of reprimanding him, Potter tells Klinger that he needs time to make the job his own and that Powwer would help him any time he needed.

** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': "Encounter At Farpoint". Being pursued by Q, Picard orders an emergency saucer separation, and puts Worf in charge of the saucer section. Worf protests "[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy I am a Klingon]]. For me to seek escape when my captain goes into battle..." But Picard shuts him down with a simple correction and a ReminderOfDuty, "You are a Starfleet Officer, Lieutenant."

* ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'': In one episode, Bart Rathbone is having a '60s nostalgia festival. Connie is eager to participate, though her employer, John Avery Whitaker, is less than pleased with the whole thing, explaining that the '60s was a time of ridiculous fashions and music. Connie initially just takes this as Whit being uncharacteristically grumpy, especially after she finds a book of poetry written by a local author. She seeks out the author, who is living in Odyssey, to ask him about it. He is now running a drug rehab center under a new name, and is off-put by Connie's questions about that time at first, but later explains to her in a lecture that when you clear away the nostalgia, while people like him had been fighting perceived injustices, they'd fallen for the lie of "If it feels good, do it" and torn down a lot of good things as well while offering nothing in their place. The drug rehab center, which he runs, and which Whit donates to, is but one consequence, he tells her, of the irresponsibility of high ideals without regard for consequences.

* In the Game Boy Color version of ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Harry, Ron and Hermione each have special abilities in addition to spellcasting; while Harry can use Chocolate Frog Cards for special attacks and Ron can sic Scabbers on enemies, Hermione's unique ability is that she can give lectures to power up the party.

* ''WebComic/{{Paranatural}}'': Doorman gives one to [[WeatherManipulation Isaac]] when he sees him lashing out violently (due to feeling excluded from the Activity Club). Doorman sympathizes with the unfairness of the situation, but warns that his anger risks him recklessly harming his friends with his powers. Doorman pushes him that he needs to find peace of mind in self reflection, rather than aggressive catharsis if he is going to heal. It helps that he gets this across in the form of [[HurricaneOfPuns half a dozen weather related puns]].

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* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': At one point, after one of Klinger's latest attempts to garner himself a Section 8 and a trip home, Col. Potter pulls him aside and gives him a mildly reprimanding lecture.
--> '''Col. Potter:''' None of us wants to be here. I don't wanna be here. Radar doesn't want to be here. The doctors, the nurses. Certainly the wounded don't want to be here. But we've got to do our best. Understand, son?

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]," after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick [[SwearWordPlot learn a swear word]] and start [[InnocentSwearing innocently cussing]] in front of everyone at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs is not happy. When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick explain that they had no idea that the word was bad, Mr. Krabs explains to them what bad words are, and tells them to never use that word again. Of course, they do it anyway.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Garnet gives one of these out to Pearl eventually, regarding [[spoiler:what she needs to do to earn back her trust (after fusing under false pretenses), and why it's necessary for Pearl to develop a stronger sense of her own identity for the good of everyone including herself]].

It may overlap, in some settings with a PatrickStewartSpeech or a KirkSummation.

-->-- '''Col. Potter'''/''Series/{{MASH}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Garnet gives one of these out to Pearl eventually, regarding [[spoiler: what she needs to do to earn back her trust (after fusing under false pretenses), and why it's necessary for Pearl to develop a stronger sense of her own identity for the good of everyone including herself]].

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* In the Game Boy Color version of ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Harry, Ron and Hermione each have special abilities in addition to spellcasting; while Harry can use Chocolate Frog Cards for special attacks and Ron can sic scabbers on enemise, Hermione's unique ability is that she can give lectures to power up the party.