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{{quote|''"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."''|'''[[Benjamin Franklin]]''' }}
Sometimes, the [[Trickster Mentor]] or [[Zen Survivor]] has [[An Aesop|a lesson]] to teach the younger folks for which words won't
Differs from [[Figure It Out Yourself]] in that in that trope the 'student' knows that they need some important information and the 'mentor' blatantly refuses to give it, while in this one, the student is usually oblivious to the fact that a lesson is being given at all until the moment of illumination.
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** Kakashi's first challenge is to seize [[MacGuffin|two bells]] from his person. Fail to get a bell, fail the test, yet there are ''three'' students. The lesson is to ignore the built-in incentive for competition and work as a team. (Later we learn that this method is a strange, sadistic tradition amongst the Hogake-trained line.) They fail to realize this and are punished by only two of them eating lunch while the other watchs (guess who), which was ''another'' test of character. They give Naruto food despite the rules and pass.
** Jiraiya gets impatient teaching Naruto how to release chakra. So he pushes Naruto into a deep canyon so that he releases his chakra in a panicked rush. Yes... That is ''truly'' the ONLY way Naruto could learn it.
** Ebisu wants to teach Naruto to walk on water, and gives a decent explaination how... but thinks it best that Naruto's practice water be boiling hot. [[Training From Hell]] excused with it's
** Recently, when sages tried to explain the fusion of different types of energy into the body, Naruto was at a loss. So one of the sages '''literally''' gave an [[Ice Cream Koan]].
{{quote|'''Gamakichi:''' It's like how ice cream is even better when you add mint to the chocolate and vanilla swirl.
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'''Naruto:''' Oh! I get it!
'''Gamakichi:''' Hehehe... That's just how Naruto is... }}
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Izumi Curtis leaves Ed and Al, then just kids, to survive a month on an island without using alchemy because, apparently, that's
** Played with in Izumi's own training in an omake. She was put in the same situation, learned a slightly different lesson...only to discover she trained under the WRONG TEACHER! The alchemy teacher was next door, she got the survivalist! One quick beatdown later, she is on her unique path...
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