And Knowing Is Half the Battle: Difference between revisions

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* The name comes from the moral tack-ons from the end of ''GI Joe'' episodes, with their own internal [[Catch Phrase]]s:

{{quote|'''Random Kid:''' "'Cause now we know!"

'''Random Joe:''' "[[Trope Namer|And Knowing Is Half The Battle]]!"

'''Chorus:''' "[[Title Drop|G.I. JOOOOOOEEEEEEE!]]" }}

** [[Sigmund Freud]] is spinning in his grave.

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* In ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', after Bugs Bunny explains the art technique of Pointillism, he says: "I think, when you go to the movies, you should learn somethin'."

* Steven Seagal's speech at the end of ''[[On Deadly Ground]]''

* ''[[Toy Story]] 2'' has an in-universe example where the last aired episode of [[Show Within a Show|Woody's Roundup]] had the show Woody address the audience about not forgetting their friends and family while singing the recurring song "You've Got a Friend in Me". This convinces the Woody watching, who had just decided to abandon his old friends and his owner Andy to go to a museum in Japan with the rest of the roundup gang toys, to reverse his decision and take the roundup gang with them.

* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2'' has an in-universe example where the last aired episode of [[Show Within a Show|Woody's Roundup]] had the show Woody address the audience about not forgetting their friends and family while singing the recurring song "You've Got a Friend in Me". This convinces the Woody watching, who had just decided to abandon his old friends and his owner Andy to go to a museum in Japan with the rest of the roundup gang toys, to reverse his decision and take the roundup gang with them.

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* An episode of the ''[[Rotten Tomatoes Show]]'' had a Three Word Review that described the movie ''Knowing'' as "Half the battle".

* The 80s show ''[[Voyagers]]'' always had star Meeno Peluce tell the viewers, during the closing credits, that if they wanted to learn more about the historical periods and/or people from the episode, they could visit their local library ("It's all in books!").

* ''[[Attack of the Show]]'' will occasionally mock this trope. When they teach the audience a "lesson," Kevin or Olivia will inform then that they "just got learned!". Cut to a parody of the shooting star made famous by NBC; only it's a rocketship flying over the Earth, and it crashes into a blimp, and the blimp [[Too Soon|hindenbergs]] back into the atmosphere.

* ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'' will occasionally mock this trope. When they teach the audience a "lesson," Kevin or Olivia will inform then that they "just got learned!". Cut to a parody of the shooting star made famous by NBC; only it's a rocketship flying over the Earth, and it crashes into a blimp, and the blimp [[Too Soon|hindenbergs]] back into the atmosphere.

* ''[[Code Red]]'' episodes had a coda where a cast member give a fire safety or first aid lesson.

* The ''[[Son of the Beach]]'' show attempted to parody this. Unfortunately, the parodies weren't funny.

* ''[[Eureka]]'' has a series of PSAs called ?Live Smart, Eureka? featured on the Season 2 DVD. They consist of reminding the really smart scientists that what they are doing could potentially be really dumb.

* ''The [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] Show'' suffered from this phenomenon.

* ''[[Police Camera Action]]'' started doing from 2007 onwards at the end of the show. Even the episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' had one, although that could be considered as [[The Parody|a parody]] of ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' (with the accompanying theme music). It's rare to see such things on a documentary...

* ''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' started doing from 2007 onwards at the end of the show. Even the episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' had one, although that could be considered as [[The Parody|a parody]] of ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' (with the accompanying theme music). It's rare to see such things on a documentary...

* ''[[30 Rock]]''. At the end of the episode ''Gavin Velure'', Tracy's sex doll made a ''And Now You Know'' segment.

{{quote|'''Tracy's Sex Doll:''' You know a lot of people look down on sex dolls. But as you saw tonight they save lives and bring families together. How am I such an expert? I’m Tracy Jordan’s sex doll!}}

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* ''[[Jem]]'', another Hasbro property produced by Sunbow and Marvel Productions (like ''G.I. Joe''' and ''Transformers'') also featured similar PSA segments. Like the Transformers ones, these also mimicked the G.I. Joe versions, sometimes word-for-word, but the "Knowing is half the battle" line was replaced with "Doing the right thing makes you a Super Star".

* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''.

* ''[[~~MASK|~~M.A.S.K.]]''

* ''[[M.A.S.K.]]''

** Like ''[[Bravestarr]]'' above, ''MASK'' had the epilogue lesson delivered by the villains one time (what to do in an earthquake).

* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' -- Either the whole show, or just the "Planeteer Alert" at the end, depending on [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|how cynical you are.]]

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