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{{quote|''"I can't tell you just now what the moral of that is, but I shall remember it in a bit."
''"Perhaps it hasn't one," Alice ventured to remark.
''"Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."''|'''[[Lewis Carroll]]''', ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alices Adventures in Wonderland]]''}}
The episode ends with a moral ''a la'' [[Aesop's Fables]]. Either the last line of the episode summarizes the whole point of the episode, or it leaves the viewer with the issue that the writers want them to ponder. Fifties sitcoms often end on the "Gee, I learned my lesson," type of moral, while ''[[Law &
Since some shows seem to contractually require one moral per episode, you often end up with a [[Broken Aesop]].
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* [[Anvilicious]] - The moral is so heavy-handed and lacking in subtlety it is like an [[Anvil on Head]].
* [[Broken Aesop]] - when the moral does not match the events of the story.
* [[Captain Obvious Aesop]] - an
* [[Clueless Aesop]] - when serious issues are tackled by a show that just ''can't'' deal.
* [[Compressed Vice]] - A character has a flaw they never had before simply to learn the Aesop dealing with it.
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* Most episodes in ''[[Mokke]]'' have mild, safe Aesops in the vein of "appreciate your friends," "set goals in life" or "don't cling obsessively to material possessions."
* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'': Don't be afraid of being yourself.
* ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]'': Let go of your past.
* The main theme running through the ''[[Aria]]'' series is that you should [[Iyashikei|enjoy life to its fullest and pay attention to little everyday wonders]]. It helps when you live on a [[terraform]]ed planet full of mysteries and are allowed to spend your time rowing a gondola in a beautiful [[City of Canals]], populated by friendly people.
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** And with great power [[Comes Great Responsibility]].
* ''[[Eureka 7]]'': Never give up on being with your [[The Power of Love|loved one]].
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': In the manga. It's subtle, though: compromise your dreams with what is best for everyone.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'': Though there are exceptions, the dominant
* ''[[Super Gals]]'' has the ironclad rules for girls which are general
* The entire tenth episode of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' consists of each of the members of the Bebop giving An Aesop, which is [[Lampshaded]] by the use of caption cards reading 'lesson'. The entire concept gets more and more twisted as the episode goes on: Jet starts out with a straight Aesop about how hard work is the only thing that pays off in the end and those who trust in their luck get theirs eventually (after having lost his savings in an attempt to gamble with Faye). Faye follows up with a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]] about how humans are always playing each other and trusting people is for fools (after it's revealed she was cheating). Ed delivers a [[Broken Aesop]] about how, [[Word Salad|if you see a stranger, you should follow him]] (after it turns out there's a stowaway poisonous creature on board that's attacking the crew). Finally, Spike finishes it off with the episode's ''real'' lesson... {{spoiler|[[Spoof Aesop|Don't leave food in the fridge]]. The poisonous creature [[It Came From the Fridge|had mutated from a lobster left in the ship's backup refrigerator too long]]}}.
* Despite being mostly comprised of Aespoic-moments, the 32nd episode of the original 1969 series of ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'' plays that straight towards the heroine. When the kind-hearted Akko-chan meets a new deaf kid at school, she hurriedly wishes her magic mirror to [[Be Careful What You Wish For|turn her into a deaf-mute version of herself]], enabling her to empathize better with her plea. Her magic mirror [[Literal Genie|takes her literally]], taking her speaking voice again too, and refusing to change her back on the premises that, needing a clearly worded wish to act, it can't understand or obey a deaf-mute mistress. Only when Akko-chan, distraught and terminally scared, is starting to resign to her fate, the mirror changes her back on its own accord, moved by her tears and pointing out how her owner has now learned that a disability is nothing to be wished for, and how her new friend was more brave and resourceful than she could think.
* The English dub of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' often ended with a "Sailor Says" segment, tacked on by the translators in order to sell the show for the Saturday-morning broadcast segment.
* Spoofed in the legendary ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' rugby episode. At the end of the episode, Sosuke muses that violence is never the answer; Chidori [[Dope Slap|smashes him upside the head with her]] [[Paper Fan of Doom]], shouting "Don't go trying to put a neat little conclusion on this!" She's pissed because Sosuke's the one responsible for the violence in the first place, turning a team of tea-sipping pansies into violent psychopaths with [[Training From Hell]].
* ''[[Gunnm]]'' delivers an especially hard-hitting Aesop in volume five: Be a little considerate of people's feelings.
* ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'' shows us that [[Just Like Us|teachers are human beings too]]. They have feelings and they deserve your respect. They do care about you and are willing to help you if you let them. There ''are'' bad teachers but they are the exception and not the rule.
* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'': Almost every episode gives a lesson to at least one character.
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