Marina: I hope you learned your lesson, Pearl. The price of something doesn't determine its value. The more money you spend, the less money you have. The more love you spend, the more you get in return.
Pearl: So love is like playing the stock market? Got it.
Marina: What? No, that's not what I mea—
Pat Gill: Do you think that, maybe, right and wrong can't be decided by force, and maybe people with bad intentions have a monopoly on physical violence?
Penny Parker: ...I— that's literally the most insane thing I've ever heard in my life.
Penny Parker: ...I— that's literally the most insane thing I've ever heard in my life.
—Snapcube, "r/AmITheA**hole SMACKDOWN"
Applejack: I sure am proud of you, sis. Seems like you finally learned the importance of patience.
Apple Bloom: Yup! All good things come to those who wait.
(Two second pause)
Apple Bloom: Well, I've waited long enough!
Scootaloo: Actually, that was way too long!
Apple Bloom: Yup! All good things come to those who wait.
(Two second pause)
Apple Bloom: Well, I've waited long enough!
Scootaloo: Actually, that was way too long!
— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "The Cutie Pox"
Starlight: Haven't you learned anything about using magic to solve your problems?
Trixie: No. If we learn that lesson, how will we ever have fun?
Trixie: No. If we learn that lesson, how will we ever have fun?
— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "All Bottled Up"
Steven: I get it now. Things can't always go how I want.
Garnet: But guess what? We have time to hang out now.
Steven: (gasp)
(cut to Steven and the gems at the golf course)
Steven: I ALWAYS GET WHAT I WANT!
Garnet: But guess what? We have time to hang out now.
Steven: (gasp)
(cut to Steven and the gems at the golf course)
Steven: I ALWAYS GET WHAT I WANT!
Summer: Did we learn a lesson here I'm not seeing?
Rick: Hm, not sure.
Summer: Maybe in a much bigger way, Mr. Needful gave us both what we really wanted? Because I was always jealous of you hanging out with Morty and you didn't realise how much you valued my approval?
Rick: ...No, that's dumb.
Summer: Nah, not satisfying.
Rick: Hm, not sure.
Summer: Maybe in a much bigger way, Mr. Needful gave us both what we really wanted? Because I was always jealous of you hanging out with Morty and you didn't realise how much you valued my approval?
Rick: ...No, that's dumb.
Summer: Nah, not satisfying.
—Rick and Morty, "Something Ricked This Way Comes"
"I, for one, refuse to learn anything from this."
—Mayor Toadstool, Amphibia
Hugh: You know, I thought I'd taught you that winning isn't important. What's important is the healthy fellowship of sport.
Jimmy: I'm sorry, Dad. I guess my need to win got the better of me.
Sasha: (smells loudly) Smell that, Cindy? That's the stench of loserdom.
(beat)
Hugh: Oh, yeah? Bring it on! When we're done with you, you'll be sucking loser soup through a straw!
Jimmy: But Dad, what happened to the fellowship of sport?
Hugh: Sport, schmort. Losing blows eggwater. Now, let's kick some Vortex hiney!
Jimmy: I'm sorry, Dad. I guess my need to win got the better of me.
Sasha: (smells loudly) Smell that, Cindy? That's the stench of loserdom.
(beat)
Hugh: Oh, yeah? Bring it on! When we're done with you, you'll be sucking loser soup through a straw!
Jimmy: But Dad, what happened to the fellowship of sport?
Hugh: Sport, schmort. Losing blows eggwater. Now, let's kick some Vortex hiney!
—The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, "Maximum Hugh"
