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* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has one of these about friendship at the end of each episode, given in the form of a letter from Twilight Sparkle to Princess Celestia.

** Averted in episodes 1 and 2 (since they're two-parters).

** While most shows would treat these as throwaway morals, these actually are ''a plot point'' in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|"The Return of Harmony, Part 2"]]: {{spoiler|Celestia sends all of them back to Twilight to remind her why she should be fighting for her friends, instead of giving up, packing her bags and leaving Ponyville and Equestria to Discord's mercy. Also, the aesop of the episode ends up being used in Twilight's [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] speech.}}

** While most shows would treat these as throwaway morals, these actually are ''a plot point'' in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|"The Return of Harmony, Part 2"]]: {{spoiler|Celestia sends all of them back to Twilight to remind her why she should be fighting for her friends, instead of giving up, packing her bags and leaving Ponyville and Equestria to Discord's mercy. Also, the aesop of the episode ends up being used in Twilight's [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] speech.}}

** The aesop becomes a [[MacGuffin]] in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|"Lesson Zero"]], where Twlight panics because she doesn't have an Aesop of the Week to report to the Princess.

** The aesop becomes a [[MacGuffin]] in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|"Lesson Zero"]], where Twlight panics because she doesn't have an Aesop of the Week to report to the Princess.

** Subverted in ''The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000''. The usual "letter to the princess" aesop-delivery is set up... and then Applejack points out that she knew the aesop already, and didn't need to learn a thing.

* ''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' had a valuable virtue in every episode -- two children have typical problems involving other kids, so they visit four [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]] to have their problems solved with stories from the Book of Virtues.