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* For ''Literature/{{Pyrrhic}}'' the author went on a fairly lengthy one in the ending author's notes of the seventeenth chapter in regards to the UnfortunateImplications behind DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale and how it's just as bad as the opposite. He also decried the use of RapeAsBackstory, saying that it disgusted him. However, in-story, he justified the scene where [[spoiler:Xenia rapes Tom]] in order to have a healthy discussion on why these dark subjects need to be stopped and to help people understand why mocking these tropes is a good way to demean those who have been affected by them. He then said he'd get off of his soapbox.

[[caption-width-right:342:Among the nefarious deeds committed by the [[DirtyCommunists USSA]] are [[HollywoodAtheist sending religious leaders to labour camps]], forcing every adult to work and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking moving the capital to Chicago]].]]

All writers put something of themselves into their stories, but some of them go just that little bit too far. For them, the real point of writing is not to shape worlds or create characters, but to preach their ideological beliefs.

* Bill Watterson admitted that he wrote a lot of his troubles with the syndicate into ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', as well as his opinions on comics, film, TV, commercial and other industries, humans' role in nature, art, and general philosophy. However, he always tried to keep the tone of the comic consistent and would scrap ideas that diverged too far.

* ''Siavash's Secret'' is an Iranian film that mostly exists to tell the viewers how awesome Iran's mythical heroes are and that they're stronger, faster, and all-around better than any character that Western media can come up with. Notably, they didn't bother with WritingAroundTheTrademarks -- one of the main characters is the titular hero of the ''Franchise/Ben10'' series, who spends most of his screen time [[{{Jobber}} jobbing]] so that the writers can make Siavash look better than him in every way possible.

* "Umbert the Unborn", a comic about an unborn child, reflects the Christian, anti-abortion views of its creator, Gary Cangemi.

Contrast WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic. May overlap with ArtisticLicense and TakeThat. If being an Author Tract is the whole ''point'' of the work, see PropagandaPiece.

* ''WesternAnimation/SederMasochism'' is essentially a movie long rant on how supposedly sexist Judaism is, using a large amount of [[StrawMisogynist Straw Misogynists]] to support its points.

* ''2084'', from the author of ''Rachel Stevens revisits Da Bungalow''([[https://tellygunge.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/2084-chapter-1/ Chapter 1]] and [[https://tellygunge.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/2084-chapter-2/ Chapter 2]] ([=NSFW=])) is a long tract on why copyright [[AndThatsTerrible is wrong and bad]]. It was written after the [=SOPA=] fiasco, and it shows. It shows a StrawDystopia where a powerful superbody, [=RACKET=], enforces insane copyright laws [[ExaggeratedTrope to the point where even science and wheels are placed under copyright,]] and the protagonist can't do anything about his [[CoveredInGunge game show]] without dealing with numerous red tape.

->''Don't think of it as a novel. Think of it as a chance to retroactively win every argument you have ever walked away from.''
-->--''Blog/WorstMuse''

->'''Mr. Thompson:''' It's the Rapture, Shauna, the Rapture! The virtuous have gone to Heaven, and the rest of us have been...[[Literature/LeftBehind Left Below]]! We were fools! And because we rejected God, tacitly accepting Satan, we must suffer through the Apocalypse.\\
'''Buddhist Monk:''' I thought all religions were a path to God. I was wrong!\\
'''Scientist:''' Why did I put my faith in science and technology?!\\
'''Homosexual:''' Oh, why did I choose to be gay?!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E19ThankGodItsDoomsday Thank God It's Doomsday]]", ''[[ShowWithinAShow Left Below]]''

* ''Theatre/IphigeniaInTauris'' by Creator/Euripides is against human sacrifice as a whole.

->'''Thompson:''' It's the Rapture, Shauna, the Rapture! The virtuous have gone to Heaven, and the rest of us have been...[[Literature/LeftBehind Left Below]]! We were fools! And because we rejected God (tacitly accepting Satan), we must suffer through the Apocalypse.\\

** Parodied with the film ''[[Literature/LeftBehind Left Below]]'' from "Thank God, It's Doomsday".

** Also parodied with the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon written and directed by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Burns]].

* The entirety of the infamous [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x07SonofStimpy "Son of Stimpy"]] episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' is this. It's basically a half-hour author tract about what [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi the author]] thinks is wrong with Hollywood drama; namely how he feels it relies more on cheap tricks and less on the interactions of the actual characters. To this end, the episode was intentionally written to be as [[DudeNotFunny unfunny]] and [[DeconstructiveParody parodic]] as possible, all to show how easy he feels it is to create drama and pathos over something he feels has little to no real substance.[[note]]To this end, it also crosses over with WriterOnBoard.[[/note]] The article in question has all of the "stinky" details [[note]]Including how the episode makes "fake pathos" the you-know-what of the joke[[/note]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/SederMasochism'' is essentially a movie long rant on how supposedly sexist Judaism is, using a large amount of [[StrawMisogynist Straw Misogynists]] to support its points.