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[[File:CalvinAndHobbes - Last Piece of Pie.gif|link=Calvin and Hobbes|thumb|260px|The other moral is "[[False Dichotomy|Logical fallacies]] work."<br/>[[Calvin and Hobbes]] © Bill Watterson.]]
[[File:CalvinAndHobbes - Last Piece of Pie.gif|link=Calvin and Hobbes|thumb|260px|The other moral is "[[False Dichotomy|Logical fallacies]] work."<br/>[[Calvin and Hobbes]] © Bill Watterson.]]



{{quote|''... I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience.''|'''[[Jane Austen]]'''|the final line of ''[[Northanger Abbey]]''}}
{{quote|''... I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience.''|'''[[Jane Austen]]'''|the final line of ''[[Northanger Abbey]]''}}
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Due to [[Values Dissonance]], a moral that is family unfriendly in one culture may be very family friendly in another, especially morals about social mores or civil rights. This list is for morals that were family unfriendly even for the culture that they were written in. A prime target for [[Anvilicious|dropping anvils]].
Due to [[Values Dissonance]], a moral that is family unfriendly in one culture may be very family friendly in another, especially morals about social mores or civil rights. This list is for morals that were family unfriendly even for the culture that they were written in. A prime target for [[Anvilicious|dropping anvils]].


'''Note:''' Just because something happens in a story, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a '''Family-Unfriendly Aesop'''. Before adding an example to this list, think about whether the example is actually preaching a moral, or if it is simply telling a story to entertain (i.e. a [[Downer Ending]] does not mean it is trying to teach a lesson that life is pointless). If it's not the point of a story, it's not [[An Aesop]]. An unusual moral also doesn't count if it's played for laughs ([[Spoof Aesop]]). If it started out as a good moral, but was broken, that falls under [[Broken Aesop]]. If most people would've considered it a good moral when the work was made but society's moved on since, it's [[Values Dissonance]]. If you are drawing absurd conclusions from a story which doesn't have a moral, take it to [[Warp That Aesop (Darth Wiki)|Warp That Aesop]] on [[Darth Wiki]]. All in all, try to keep presumptuousness to a minimum in interpreting what the story's message is.
'''Note:''' Just because something happens in a story, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a '''Family-Unfriendly Aesop'''. Before adding an example to this list, think about whether the example is actually preaching a moral, or if it is simply telling a story to entertain (i.e. a [[Downer Ending]] does not mean it is trying to teach a lesson that life is pointless). If it's not the point of a story, it's not [[An Aesop]]. An unusual moral also doesn't count if it's played for laughs ([[Spoof Aesop]]). If it started out as a good moral, but was broken, that falls under [[Broken Aesop]]. If most people would've considered it a good moral when the work was made but society's moved on since, it's [[Values Dissonance]]. All in all, try to keep presumptuousness to a minimum in interpreting what the story's message is.


Compare [[Clueless Aesop]] and some cases of [[Unfortunate Implications]]. See also [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]].
Compare [[Clueless Aesop]] and some cases of [[Unfortunate Implications]]. See also [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]].