History Main / LessonOfTheDaySpeech

* Every episode of ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'' ends with Chris showing up to explicitly lay out whatever lesson (and, occasionally, plot development) had been the subject of the episode. This on top of the traditional GoldenMoment, which is usually a bit easier to swallow. On the other hand, it's very safe to say by now that it just wouldn't be Odyssey without her.

Lesson of the Day: [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary TV Tropes will ruin your vocabulary.]]

* There's a moment in ''Film/FreeGuy'' where the titular Guy is rallying his fellow [=NPCs=] by telling them how much better their lives can be if they fought against the status quo in Free City. Then he mentions how in the real world, "We could be free from gun violence!" at which point his partner (who is a player from the real world) somberly notes that this isn't true, [[AndThatsTerrible complete with a brief hanging of the heads in sorrow.]] The moment could have easily made the same point and flowed much better with the rest of the scene (e.g. "And you wouldn't have to worry about getting shot by random psychopaths!" "Ah, well, ''actually''..."), but as it is, it just seems like a brief PublicServiceAnnouncement got awkwardly shoved into an otherwise lighthearted video game movie. There's ostensibly an anti-violence theme running through the entire story, but this is the only point where it feels like the viewer is getting hit over the head with it.

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', all the time. TheNarrator always need to explain what is already happening on screen. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, however, as the narrator is well-loved among fans for his [[LargeHam hamminess]] and [[MemeticMutation memeticness]]. Even Speedwagon is entertained!

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** Lampshaded/parodied when, after defeating Control Freak, Robin states that the lesson this week was to not watch too much TV...until he's reminded that they only won ''because'' Beast Boy watches too much TV, thereby [[BrokenAesop deliberately smashing the Aesop into small pieces.]]
** Played straight in "Troq", the episode dealing with FantasticRacism.

Something which is spelled out explicitly or said aloud to the audience (especially the end of an episode) after already being considerably hinted at or alluded to in a smooth subtle form. Sort of like [[DontExplainTheJoke explaining the joke]]. Just in case [[ViewersAreMorons the audience is full of morons]].

These days, it's {{Lampshaded}} more often than not. Parodies using some kind of SpoofAesop (like "never tell the audience what they learned") in place of the unstated theme or inverting it by having ''no'' theme, but mentioning the viewer knows what it's about are much more common.

* There's a moment in ''Film/FreeGuy'' where the titular Guy is rallying his fellow [=NPCs=] by telling them how much better their lives can be if they fought against the status quo in Free City. Then he mentions how in the real world, "We could be free from gun violence!" at which point his partner (who is a player from the real world) somberly notes that this isn't true, [[AndThatsTerrible complete with a brief hanging of the heads in sorrow.]] The moment could have easily made the same point and flowed much better with the rest of the scene ("And you won't have to worry about getting shot by random crazy people!" "Ah, well, ''actually''..."), but as it is, it just seems like a brief PublicServiceAnnouncement got awkwardly shoved into an otherwise lighthearted video game movie. There's an anti-violence theme running through the entire story, but this is the only point where it feels like the viewer is getting beaten over the head with it.

* There's a moment in ''Film/FreeGuy'' where the titular Guy is rallying his fellow [=NPCs=] by telling them how much better their lives can be if they fought against the status quo in Free City. Then he mentions how in the real world, "We could be free from gun violence!" at which point his partner (who is a player from the real world) somberly notes that this isn't true, [[AndThatsTerrible complete with a brief hanging of the heads in sorrow.]] The moment could have easily made the same point and flowed much better with the rest of the scene ("And you won't have to worry about getting shot by random crazy people!" "Ah, well, ''actually''..."), but as it is, it just feels like a brief PublicServiceAnnouncement got awkwardly shoved into an otherwise lighthearted video game movie.

* There's a moment in ''Film/FreeGuy'' where the titular Guy is rallying his fellow [=NPCs=] by telling them how much better their lives can be if they fought against the status quo in Free City. Then he mentions how in the real world, "We could be free from gun violence!" at which point his partner (who is a player from the real world) somberly notes that this isn't true, [[AndThatsTerrible complete with a brief hanging of the heads in sorrow.]] The moment could have easily made the same point and flowed much better with the rest of the scene ("And you won't have to worry about getting shot by random crazy people!" "Ah, well, ''actually''..."), but as it is, it just feels like a brief PublicServiceAnnouncement was awkwardly shoved into and otherwise lighthearted video game movie.

* In ''Series/{{Evil}}'' at the end of episode "[[Recap/EvilS1E4Rose390 Rose390]]", the mother of a presumed psychopathic child who attempted to drown his baby sister tearfully tries to justify herself, just as David comes to announce he convinced the Church to attempt an exorcism on her son she though was possessed.[[spoiler: As the audience can deduce from the police asking the father why there is blood on the wall in the back, it turns out the parent have murdered their child. However, the show still has David spell it out before leaving, shocked, right in front of the officers too. Whether or not the exorcism could have cured the boy remains untold.]]

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* In ''Series/Evil'' at the end of episode "Rose390", the mother of a presumed psychopathic child who attempted to drown his baby sister tearfully tries to justify herself, just as David comes to announce he convinced the Church to attempt an exorcism on her son she though was possessed.[[spoiler: As the audience can deduce from the police asking the father why there is blood on the wall in the back, it turns out the parent have murdered their child. However, the show still has David spell it out before leaving, shocked, right in front of the officers too. Whether or not the exorcism could have cured the boy remains untold.]]

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* From ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
-->'''Calvin:''' Well, at least I learned a valuable lesson from this duplicator mess.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Which is?\\
(beat)\\
'''Calvin:''' Okay, [[SubvertedTrope so I didn't learn any big lessons. Sue me.]]
** Watterson plays it straight, though, when Calvin delivers a GreenAesop.
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*** The episode "The Masked Magician" takes this UpToEleven, when Timmy says "I learned that 'I'm sorry' can be the only magic words you need" followed by "MORAL OF THE STORY" flashing on the screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Almost never played straight. One memorable example is when [=SpongeBob=] makes a speech about honesty while Patrick does sorrowful background music ''a capella''.

* The Music/{{Eminem}} song "Bad Guy" starts as a MurderBallad about Eminem getting murdered by a LoonyFan whose behaviour incorporates elements both of Eminem's WhiteDwarfStarlet status (he's a ContinuityNod to "Stan") and his guilt over decades of [[ShockJock making hyperoffensive music on purpose]] (he's especially incensed by Eminem's use of the word 'faggot', and murders him in the name of the bisexual Music/FrankOcean). As Eminem dies we hear [[EvilSoundsDeep the Monster/Slim Shady's real form]] lecturing Eminem and the audience about what it Matthew was an allegory for - those who were genuinely hurt by Em's [[JustJokingJustification jokes]], karma for them, Em's refusal to believe that his star has fallen, his tinnitus and vocal chord damage over a lifetime of music, 'the bullies you hate that you became with every faggot you slaughtered', and getting LostInCharacter so much that even the Marshall alter-ego that's supposed to represent SincerityMode is just a character as perfomative and goofy as Slim Shady... and it goes on, [[EndingFatigue and on]]...

* The Music/{{Eminem}} song "Bad Guy" starts as a MurderBallad about Eminem getting murdered by a LoonyFan, but as Eminem dies we hear [[EvilSoundsDeep the Monster/Slim Shady's real form]] lecturing Eminem and the audience about what it was an allegory for - "''I also represent anyone on the receiving end of those jokes you offend. I'm the nightmare you fell asleep and then woke up still in. I'm your karma closing in with each stroke of a pen - perfect time to have some remorse to show for your sin!...''"