Sandbox / Green Aesop Wick Check

Green Aesop is about a story having a moral about the environment. However, there is a chance that this is being misused. A checking of 50 wicks will be done to see if it needs a cleanup.

Wicks Checked: 50/50

Results: There is a bit of confusion towards showing characters that are protectors of the enviornment instead of a moral, which is either Nature Hero or Nature Lover. Renaming could help prevent further misuse.

Work has a explicit moral lesson about the environment (12/50; 24%)

• Recap.Pokemon S 3 E 27 Going Apricorn
  • Rapid and reckless gathering of natural resources can harm the environment as Maisie warns that picking unripe apricorns and removing a bunch of apricorns at a time will damage the trees. Also, the local Pokemon protect the trees from such thievery since they rely on the trees for shelter. Correct.
• VideoGame.Maneater
  • As noted in Gaia's Lament, the game's own misuse of the term evolution can be an in-universe reflection of how mutations can be mistaken for evolution when the public is ignorant of the damage they do to the environment and wildlife. This gives the lesson that we should be more considerate of the environment and wildlife, and not use ignorance and wrath to justify atrocities. This is ultimately correct, as it describes with evidence on how the game displays an environmental message. ^Earlier... Gaia's Lament: It's subtle, but the land is sickly, there are dilapidated buildings, and even a broken down nuclear plant with a nuclear fallout region, as well as Sickly Green Glow areas. The safe haven grottos feature broken down but still working technology. In this setting, one might consider the shark as Gaia's Vengeance.
• Creator.Don Rosa
  • "War Of The Wendigo" was actually commissioned to provide An Aesop about the dangers of acid rain and deforestation. Rosa was happy to accept, especially as it gave him a chance to bring back the Peeweegah, the Pygmy Indians of Carl Barks. Explains with evidence on how the example is an Enforced Trope. The Disney Ducks Comic Universe story mentioned has an enviornmental moral explained to the main character at the end.
• Animation.Motu Patlu
  • At the end of "Snow Man", Patlu tells viewers not to do anything that may cause global warming, or otherwise it'll somehow create something to attack you, similar to the snowman who attacks Motu, Patlu, and others over the course of the episode. Character is telling a environmental moral to the viewers. Correct.
• Literature.Judy Moody
  • Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout has a lesson about how problems with the environment are causing depletion of frog species and mutations in frogs, including missing or extra legs and odd or missing coloring (albinism.) Correct.
• Recap.The Real Ghostbusters S 4 E 7 Follow That Hearse
  • The moral of the episode is not to pollute. Winston gives a speech at the end of the episode telling humans not to pollute. Correct.
• Theatre.Hadestown
  • The theatrical version of the story links the setting's climate imbalance to Hades' actions — specifically, his selfishness, industrialization of the Underworld, and reliance on fossil fuels plays a part in the breakdown of his marriage to Persephone, who despises it all. Correct.
• WesternAnimation.Treasure
  • The episode "Eco Treasure" is about Treasure and her friends, as well as her mother, protesting the cutting down of trees in the park to make way for a new multiplex. The episode has a lesson stated at the end. Correct.
• WebAnimation.Camp Camp
  • The holiday special breaks the fourth wall at the end to discuss climate change, as it turns out that's the reason why it started snowing at a summer camp. Correct.
• Creator.David Attenborough
  • He often delivers one of these at the end of each series (with Our Planet being specifically about this trope) and is in fact noted for his endorsement of conservation efforts. He has taken part in at least two documentaries specifically about global warming (State of the Planet and Are We Changing Planet Earth?). Correct.
• Film.The Mermaid
  • Much of the film revolves around the importance of preserving the marine environment, with the development of the Green Gulf resort being depicted as highly-destructive to a group of benevolent merfolk living in the gulf, to the point where a mermaid is sent to assassinate the project's director. The film even has a happy ending with Liu Xuan, having survived being shot by Ruolan, deciding to abandon the project and dedicate his research to preserving the environment. The characters learn a lesson about the environment at the end. Correct.
• FanFic.Back To Us
  • Chapter 13 deals with an akuma called Poseidon, who was turned due to being upset about pollution of the Seine. Emerald Shell manages to turn him back without having to break the possessed object by offering to become a spokesman for that cause, which he makes good on as soon as Alya shows up to cover the attack. A lesson is expressed at the end of the chapter. Correct.
• Literature.Oddly Enough
  • "In the Frog King's Court" revolves around this, as the main character Dennis witnesses the consequences of a nearby factory dumping chemicals in the swamp, causing the local wildlife to develop mutations like a fifth leg or extra eyes. He soon ends up agreeing to act and stop that pollution, with the help of some magic that unlocks the ability to turn into a frog like his ancestor. Dennis learns a lesson about protecting the environment at the end of the book. Correct.

Work has a theme about the environment; No moral lesson mentioned or explained (5/50; 10%)

• WesternAnimation.Katie And Orbie
  • All the original books are about taking care of the environment, and while the TV series drops this overarching theme, it still has a few environmentalism-themed episodes, most notably "Katie and the Sad World" from the first season. The episodes have a environmental theme, but the example doesn't explain a moral lesson mentioned. Misuse.
• Anime.Real Drive
  • Real Drive deals with the implications surrounding the application of technology towards controlling a system as complex as climate. The work has a central theme about the consequences of using technology to control the climate, but it doesn't explain what moral lesson is learned throughout the series.
• Music.Voyage 2021
  • "Bumblebee" muses about what the world would be like without them. This falls under Earth Song, which usually doesn't have a Moral Lesson and instead is a theme.
• VisualNovel.High School Story
  • Book 2 of Class Act gives heavy focus to environmentalism and environmentalist themes. This arc of the visual novel has a central theme that fits, but the characters don't learn a lesson at the end of it.
• Recap.Fraggle Rock S 2 E 24 Invasion Of The Toe Ticklers
  • Trying to do away with one species can easily lead to another species running amok. ZCE. Where is this expressed in the episode? Shoehorned ZCEs like these was why An Aesop was declared definition-only.

Work has a character protecting/wanting to protect the environment (13/50; 26%)

• TabletopGame.GURPS Reign Of Steel
  • Affably Evil: Caracas. Perfectly willing to leave humans alone if they don't get uppity (which means limiting themselves to a subsistence level as hunter-gatherers) and most concerned with protecting the environment. Character is protecting the environment, not a moral.
• VideoGame.The Maimed Gods Saga
  • Villain Has a Point: Downplayed. Malar's Green Aesop speech would sound nicer if there weren't several other deities in the Realms who protected nature without wanting to totally destroy humanity. Malar is a god wanting to return the world to a pristine state, but the main character is against him.
• Recap.Animorphs The Answer
  • Cassie's ulterior motive for suggesting anaconda morphs for all the Taxxons is to put a sentient species willing to defend a new home in the Amazon Rainforest. This is a character conversing about their plans for the environment.
• ComicBook.Electric Girl
  • Humorously subverted when Virginia meets an environmentalist who's angry at her for eating a hot dog. The environmentalist hypnotizes some animals into attacking Virgina, but they get hit by a bus, then the environmentalist runs after the bus calling it a murderer. Not a Subversion. This is instead describing a character that can command animals.
• Website.Orions Arm
  • The Computer Is Your Friend: Combined with Green Aesop is one explanation for GAIA's motives during the Great Expulsion. Various other Transapients will fall under this trope, making pragmatic decisions that result in calculated casualties. GAIA is a computer entity that looks after the environment. An environmental moral is implied in the background story on Earth becoming a wildlife sanctuary in the distant future after humans left the planet.
• VideoGame.Widenyo
  • Tiger Joe joins your company to teach you not to waste your resources. Not that he actually does anything about it. Tiger Joe is a recruitable member that wants to protect the environment, not a moral.
• TabletopGame.Blue Rose
  • Respect for nature is similarly a Good Thing in Aldis. An entire Kingdom has been devoted to this in Second Edition: The Kingdom of Wyss. Its people grow their homes from trees and live in such harmony with nature, even the Aldins find it a little weird. Aldis has its citizens caring about the environment. Second Edition has a gimmick revolving around a Green Thumb nation.
• YMMV.In Search Of Dr Seuss
  • Alternate Aesop Interpretation: Kathy seems to ignore the Green Aesop of The Lorax, instead summarizing its message as "Take time. Get involved. Everybody makes a difference." Kathy wants to protect the environment. Also misplaced In-Universe wick.
• Series.Americas Next Top Model
  • The first half of Cycle 9 (side effects of smoking, rock climbing, flowers, and recycling), due to Tyra and executive producer Ken Mok noticing that most of the contestants are heavy smokers in Cycle 8. Tyra and Ken Mok shift to an environment-friendly setting due to Real Life Writes the Plot from the previous season. Enforced Trope.
• Series.Prehistoric Park
  • The main story of the series is Nigel time traveling so he can rescue prehistoric species on the edge of extinction in the past in order to give them a second chance at Prehistoric Park. Nigel is a character that ues time travel to bring creatures to the present.
• FanFic.Dangan Ronpa Behind Bars
  • Relates back to Ichigohara's Ultimate. She often preaches using the freshest ingredients and the importance of nature and taking care of the environment. Highlighted when she becomes uncharacteristically angry at Komatsu for not following recycling procedures. Ichigohara is a character that cares about the environment. Not a moral.
• ComicBook.Gi Joe 2019
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Cobra Commander claims that conquering the world was merely the first step, the next step is saving it. Though it is unclear if this is actually true. Cobra Commander is a character that plans to protect the environment.
• VideoGame.Anno Domini
  • The Eden Initiative is all about this. Global Trust doesn't care much about pollution, but they can end up paying dearly for it when a nuclear reactor goes boom. The Eden Initiative is an organization that cares for the environment.

"Eco-friendly stuff exists" (6/50; 12%)

• VideoGame.Gran Turismo
  • GT5's 1,031-car lineup even includes hybrids and electric cars, such as the Tesla Roadster.
  • The latest release of GT5 Prologue had a fictional concept version of the GT by Citroën, which was powered by fuel cells (whereas the real car had a V8 internal combustion engine).
  • The last DLC car pack for 5 has the Nissan Leaf in it.
  • 6 adds the Fisker Karma and Tesla Model S, as well as the Tajima E-Runner Pikes Peak racer (yes, it's electric) and later the Toyota TS030 Hybrid. Furthermore, some of the Vision GT cars, such as those from Mitsubishi, Subaru, Nissan, and Toyota, have hybrid powertrains.^note The Tomahawks do too, but those are pneumatic hybrid systems.
  • Sport includes the electric BMW i3 and the fictional Hyundai N 2025 Vision GT race car (which uses hydrogen fuel cells). It also introduces the Audi Vision GT in both hybrid and full electric variants, as well as the 2016 Audi R18, Toyota TS050 and Porsche 919, which are all hybrid Le Mans Prototypes.
  • A new Sport update in November 2019 added the fully-electric Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupe, as well as the Porsche Taycan a month earlier.
  • 7 receives several new hybrid/electric Vision Gran Turismo cars, including the hybrid Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo, the fully electric Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV (A racing verison of the Jaguar VGT with nearly 1900 horsepower), an open cockpit speedster version of the original Jaguar VGT, and the fully electric Porsche VGT with 1000 horsepower.

Chairs. Despite the length of text, this doesn't describe a moral, if any.

• Film.The Dead Dont Die
  • It's not exactly subtle about it. The Zombie Apocalypse is explicitly caused by polar fracking while the presidential administration lies about it. Two sympathetic characters drive fuel-efficient cars (a Prius and a SMART car). The last sentence feels chairsy.
• WesternAnimation.Crawfords Corner
  • Downplayed in "Crawford Washes His Hands", which has a brief moment of the narrator reminding Crawford not to waste water by leaving the tap dripping. Meaningless tidbit that only lasts a few moments in the episode.
• Manga.Dr Stone
  • A slight one, but Senku and the crew have never built a single stationary heat engine. The two power stations in existence, the Ishigami Village Hydroelectricity Plant and the Treasure Island Wind Power Plant, are both powered by renewable energy. The three steam engines and the internal combustion engine he built are all intended for vehicles. The show takes place After the End in the distant future. This example only lists the eco-friendly devices that the main cast have made, which is chairs.
• Series.Disasters At Sea
  • One of the concerns when the MSC Napoli started sinking was that she would leak oil into the English Channel, making her a challenge for salvagers. This is a minor plot point in that episode, but it's expressed as a passing mention by the people involved.
• Film.Samson Vs The Vampire Women
  • There's an out-of-nowhere exchange where Samson and the professor note that the use of nuclear energy is indicative of mankind's inherent desire to destroy the world, and is causing monsters to return into the world. This isn't critical to the plot and isn't explained again.

ZCE (6/50; 12%)

• Series.The Spoils Of Babylon
  • Horribly mishandled by Eric Jonrosh. Needs more context.
• Roleplay.Eschaton Commented out ZCE.
• Anime.Humanoid Monster Bem Commented out ZCE.
• WesternAnimation.Kappa Mikey
  • "Mikey Kappa" I commented out this ZCE myself. Needs more context.
• WesternAnimation.Chalk Zone
  • The theme of Penny's speech in "Mother Tongue". Commented out ZCE.
• WesternAnimation.Pro Stars
  • Often. ZCE.

Other Misuse (3/50; 6%)

• VideoGame.Ori And The Blind Forest
  • The entire game is about half-focused on restoring the forest to its former, green, vibrant self. This is describing the main synopsis of the game, not a moral.
• TabletopGame.World War Cthulhu
  • The Diocese of Dust is a group of individuals who inhaled dust from the Dreamlands, which subjugated their minds, took control of their bodies and seeks to spread through smog-filled air. They use their influence to combat environmental movements, organise protests against nuclear power plants and try to ensure that the smokestacks of the world keep burning. They have quietly arranged for environmental activists and campaigning journalists to disappear. This is the exact opposite of environmental morals, which is the same as the trope not happening.
• Film.The Shallows
  • In interviews for the film Blake Lively talked about the message which is about our impact on the sea levels which has forced sharks into the shallows. Actually Word of God, which puts this as misplaced Trivia.

Multiple Issues (2/50; 4%)

• VideoGame.Flower
  • Evil is represented by old run-down power girders, and the game follows you replacing them with clean Wind Turbine Power while growing flowers and rehabilitating grass. The work has a central theme pretaining to the usage of clean wind energy. This is describing a gameplay mechanic instead of a moral, however.
• ComicBook.Dylan Dog
  • Dylan's favorite, given he's a huge animal rights activist, particularity in "Goblin" after The Reveal. The issue also featured an artwork symbolizing the collaboration with Green Peace. Dylan Dog is a character that wants to protect the animals. The second sentence would fit better under a trope about special collaborations.

Unclassifiable (3/50; 6%)

• Series.Barney And Friends
  • The main point of "Rock With Barney", where the kids make a TV series about taking care of our planet. Both In-Universe and a moral? The premise of this episode is a Amateur Film-Making Plot that the kids do. The show they make has a environmental moral, but this puts the example into a grey area.
• Manga.Blue Seed
  • Given the enemies and theme, the characters will occasionally discuss subjects such as man's effect on the environment and the importance of nature. Discussed Trope.
• Webcomic.Kiss Wood
  • Nature is important, be kind to it otherwise you'll get transported to another world where you're cursed and trees will kill you. This feels more like a Space Whale Aesop.