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** In a 2008 episode of ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'', Sam tells Norman the story of ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'' to deter him from pulling a fire alarm when there's no fire.
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** A Canadian Duracell battery commercial from 1994 parodies ''The Tortoise and the Hare''. In it, four battery-powered tortoises are racing each other, with the red one being powered by Duracell. After outlasting the other tortoises, the Duracell-powered tortoise passes by [[Advertising/EnergizerBunny a pink rabbit]] [[TakeThat sleeping under a tree]].



** ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'': Madeline explains to Genevieve that [[HonestyAesop telling lies can ruin your credibility]], backing up her claim with a variation on this story where the sheep [[ImpliedTrope (probably)]] [[SparedByTheAdaptation manage to escape the wolf's wrath]], [[DownplayedTrope but are still lost]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} (1988)'': Madeline explains to Genevieve that [[HonestyAesop telling lies can ruin your credibility]], backing up her claim with a variation on this story where the sheep [[ImpliedTrope (probably)]] [[SparedByTheAdaptation manage to escape the wolf's wrath]], [[DownplayedTrope but are still lost]].
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** In ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsMagicalAlbum'', Uncle Albert mentions the story of ''The Tortoise and the Hare'' as a hint as to which animal is the best at the racing mini-game. To drive the point further, the transformation potion turns the fast snail (the winner of the race) into a tortoise.
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->'''Kratos''': They wager on a race between them. The hare is too confident of victory and foolish, while the tortoise is steady and disciplined. The tortoise wins.\\
'''Atreus''': You… haven’t told a lot of stories, have you?

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** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Kratos tells his son Atreus several of Aesop's fables during their boat travels, like "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Frogs and the Well", "The Woodman and the Trees" and "The Frog and the Scorpion", and Kratos is implied to have learned them from the fabulist himself during his time in Greece. [[TheStoic As a man of few words]], Kratos appreciates them for being brief and teaching important lessons of discipline, but Atreus considers the way Kratos tells the fables to be way too laconic and blunt compared to how his mother Faye used to tell stories.

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** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Kratos tells his son Atreus several of Aesop's fables during their boat travels, travels before meeting Mimir, like "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Frogs and the Well", "The Woodman and the Trees" and "The Frog and the Scorpion", and Kratos is implied to have learned them from the fabulist himself during his time in Greece. [[TheStoic As a man of few words]], Kratos appreciates them for being brief and teaching important lessons of discipline, but Atreus considers the way Kratos tells the fables to be way too laconic and blunt compared to how his mother Faye used to tell stories. stories.
->'''Kratos''': They wager on a race between them. The hare is too confident of victory and foolish, while the tortoise is steady and disciplined. The tortoise wins.\\
'''Atreus''': You… haven’t told a lot of stories, have you?
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** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Kratos tells his son Atreus several of Aesop's fables during their boat travels, like "The Hare and the Tortoise", and Kratos is implied to have learned them from the fabulist himself during his time in Greece. [[TheStoic As a man of few words]], Kratos appreciates them for being brief and teaching important lessons, but Atreus considers the way Kratos tells them to be way too laconic and unexciting

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** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Kratos tells his son Atreus several of Aesop's fables during their boat travels, like "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Frogs and the Well", "The Woodman and the Trees" and "The Frog and the Scorpion", and Kratos is implied to have learned them from the fabulist himself during his time in Greece. [[TheStoic As a man of few words]], Kratos appreciates them for being brief and teaching important lessons, lessons of discipline, but Atreus considers the way Kratos tells them the fables to be way too laconic and unexciting blunt compared to how his mother Faye used to tell stories.
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** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'': Kratos tells his son Atreus several of Aesop's fables during their boat travels, like "The Hare and the Tortoise", and Kratos is implied to have learned them from the fabulist himself during his time in Greece. [[TheStoic As a man of few words]], Kratos appreciates them for being brief and teaching important lessons, but Atreus considers the way Kratos tells them to be way too laconic and unexciting
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* ReferencedBy: Music/SasakureUK's "A Soliloquy of The Boy who Cried Wolf" is based on ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'', one of Aesop's fables.

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Music/SasakureUK's "A Soliloquy of The Boy who Cried Wolf" is based on ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'', one of Aesop's fables.fables.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'': Madeline explains to Genevieve that [[HonestyAesop telling lies can ruin your credibility]], backing up her claim with a variation on this story where the sheep [[ImpliedTrope (probably)]] [[SparedByTheAdaptation manage to escape the wolf's wrath]], [[DownplayedTrope but are still lost]].
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* ReferencedBy: Music/SasakureUK's "A Soliloquy of The Boy who Cried Wolf" is based on ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'', one of Aesop's fables.
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