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{{trope}}
▲{{cleanup|Examples Need Sorting}}
{{quote|''"Well, Itchy & Scratchy are gone, but here's a cartoon that tries to make learning ''fun''! ...Sorry about this kids, but stay tuned; we've got some real good toy commercials coming right up, I ''swear''".''|'''Krusty the Clown'''|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}
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Many '''Edutainment Shows''' appear on PBS, the most famous example being ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Nickelodeon also has had quite a few in their "[[Nick Jr.]]" block, such as ''[[Blue's Clues|Blues Clues]]'' and ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'', as do specialized fact-oriented cable networks as The Learning Channel, Noggin, the many Discovery channels, the History Channel, and Animal Planet.
In the United States, since 1990, networks are required to have
For the [[Video Game]] counterpart see [[Edutainment Game]].
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{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* As you might expect from the title, ''[[Cells at Work!]]'' teaches viewers/readers which cells the human body has and what the jobs of these cells
* ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]'' has definite elements of this; there are whole episodes spent on explaining various graphic techniques.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' teaches history and a little bit about culture between (often with) all the [[Ho Yay]] and gags. (Although the manga's depiction of Korea has sparked controversy in [[South Korea]].)▼
== Comic Books ==
* [[Anselme Lanturlu]] (French edutainment ''comic'')▼
== Live-Action TV ==
* [[3-2-1 Contact]]
== Puppet Shows ==
* Baby Einstein▼
* [[The Archers]] was originally conceived as a way to make British farms more productive by teaching good practice; it's long since [[Genre Shift|outgrown this]] and become a straight [[Soap Opera]], but still [[Shown Their Work|takes pride in the accuracy of its farming-related storylines]], retaining an "Agricultural Story Editor" for this purpose.▼
== Western Animation ==
* [[3-2-1 Penguins!]]
* [[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]
▲== Unsorted ==
* [[Amazing Animals]]
* [[Angelina Ballerina]]
* [[Animal Armageddon]]▼
* Arguably, [[Animaniacs]], which featured many educational songs and skits as well as famous historical figures and cultural icons of past eras, all for the Warners to gleefully abuse.
▲* [[Anselme Lanturlu]] (French edutainment ''comic'')
▲* [[The Archers]] was originally conceived as a way to make British farms more productive by teaching good practice; it's long since [[Genre Shift|outgrown this]] and become a straight [[Soap Opera]], but still [[Shown Their Work|takes pride in the accuracy of its farming-related storylines]], retaining an "Agricultural Story Editor" for this purpose.
* [[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]] - This program also [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] this trope with an in-universe example. Buster claims that a program that he's making is going to be "edutainment." The characters respond to this with an "ew." The chapter-book adaptation of that episode goes even further, with Brain stating that edutainment is supposed to be a blend of education and entertainment, but often ends up being the worst of both.
▲* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' teaches history and a little bit about culture between (often with) all the [[Ho Yay]] and gags. (Although the manga's depiction of Korea has sparked controversy in [[South Korea]].)
== '''UNSORTED''' ==
▲* Baby Einstein
▲* [[Animal Armageddon]]
* [[Anne of Green Gables]]: The Animated Series.{{context|reason=Which 'Anne' animated series? The Canadian one or the Japanese one?}}
* [[The Backyardigans]]
* [[Barney and Friends]]
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