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Basic Trope: A TV show has a moral tacked on to the end.

• Straight: At the end of an episode of Timmy's World O' Fun, Timmy learns not to judge people by the color of their skin.
• Exaggerated:
  • Everyone on that episode Timmy's World O' Fun learns a different lesson.
  • Timmy learns a lesson every episode.
• Up to Eleven: Everyone learns a lesson in every episode of Timmy's World O' Fun.
• Justified: Hey, teaching people to not be prejudiced is a very important thing.
• Inverted:
  • The lesson comes at the beginning of the episode, and the show is based on trying to prove that it's a good lesson.
  • Alternatively, Timmy learns that judging people by the color of their skin is a great way of measuring someone's character.
• Subverted: It seems like the show is building towards the traditional "don't judge others" Aesop, but the last few minutes of the show trail off into a different direction.
• Double Subverted:
  • Only to firmly veer back into Aesop territory.
  • Then a horde of Exclusively Evil orcs raids the school, and all humans, white, black and green team up, apply the Power of Love, and the trope is justified.
• Parodied: Spoof Aesop
• Deconstructed: ??
• Reconstructed: ??
• Zig Zagged: The show can't seem to decide whether it wants to teach a lesson or not.
• Averted: There is no Aesop.
• Enforced: The FCC mandates a certain amount of educational programming.
• Lampshaded: "Gather round, kids, it's time for Timmy Troper's Lesson Of The Day!"
• Invoked: ??
• Defied: Timmy refuses to learn any lessons.
• Discussed: "Timmy, why do you seem to learn some obvious lesson every week?"
• Conversed: "Shows like that always have some kind of moral at the end."

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