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** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds, and the main word, Number 11, is represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]. While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys by making them paint the Krusty Krab for saying Number 11 again, then ''all three'' are punished when they blurt out all thirteen words in front of ''Mr. Krabs's mother'' and are ordered to paint her house.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' has the episode "Turtleboy", which features a deaf character named Dougie that Bluey becomes friends with. Deaf Connect helped work on the episode, and translated it to Auslan.

* Unlike most VSE, ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''[='=]s "The Misery Chick" is about exploring grief from a teenager's perspective instead of a child's one. In the episode, a previous quarterback is praised as a hero despite being a egotistical {{Jerkass}}. Right after Jane and Daria joke about him dying, he actually ''is'' killed by [[DeathByIrony his own goal post]]. Daria's classmates and teacher, viewing her as "the misery chick", come to her for advice on how to deal with their varying feelings on the tragedy, which Daria gets fed up with. Jane then goes out of her way to avoid her when she starts feeling that Daria isn't taking his death seriously. Finally, Daria explains believing that the world has its losses as well it's gains doesn't make her miserable, just "not like them", and that even though he was a jerk, it's still horrible that he had to die. At the end of the episode, Daria advises a guilt-stricken Sandi to "find some other way to feel, then you won't feel sad."

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds, and Number 11 is represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]. While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys by making them paint the Krusty Krab for saying Number 11 again, then ''all three'' are punished when they blurt out all thirteen words in front of ''Mr. Krabs's mother'' and are ordered to paint her house.

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds, with the main word, Number 11, being represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]. While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys by making them paint the Krusty Krab for saying Number 11 again, then ''all three'' are punished when they blurt out all thirteen words in front of ''Mr. Krabs's mother'' and are ordered to paint her house.

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds (the main word, Number 11, is represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]). While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys by making them paint the Krusty Krab for saying Number 11 again, then ''all three'' are punished when they curse in front of ''Mr. Krabs's mother'' and are ordered to paint her house.

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds, and the main word, Number 11, represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]. While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys by making them paint the Krusty Krab for saying Number 11 again, then ''all three'' are punished when they curse in front of ''Mr. Krabs's mother'' and are ordered to paint her house.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has a couple episodes fall into this category, albeit dealing with the subjects via the show's trademark style of humor:
** The season 2 episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E11MermaidManAndBarnacleBoySquirrelJokes Squirrel Jokes]]" had [=SpongeBob=] gain notoriety for telling [[InsultComic insulting jokes]] about squirrels at the Krusty Krab's open-mic comedy shows, much to the offense of Sandy -- especially after the residents of Bikini Bottom [[FantasticRacism take the jokes seriously.]]
** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds, and the main word, Number 11, represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]. While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys by making them paint the Krusty Krab for saying Number 11 again, [[spoiler:then ''all three are punished before Mr. Krabs's mother'' and are ordered to paint her house]].
--->'''Squidward:''' Don't you mean there are only [[SevenDirtyWords seven]]?\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' Not if you're a sailor. (laughs)
** Season 7 brought the episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS7E11OneCoarseMealGaryInLove One Coarse Meal]]", where, after learning Plankton was afraid of whales, Mr. Krabs decides to repeatedly sneak into the Chum Bucket dressed as his daughter Pearl to torment him. However, this winds up [[DrivenToSuicide nearly driving Plankton to suicide]] (lying on the ground waiting for a bus to run him over) -- to the point that ''even [=SpongeBob=]'' thinks Mr. Krabs [[MoralEventHorizon had gone too far]], and informs Plankton of Mr. Krabs' secret fear of mimes as a way to get payback (though afterward, [=SpongeBob=] proceeds to also scare Plankton away with a holographic projection of an entire pod of whales).
** [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E23SandysNutmareBulletinBoard "Sandy's Nutmare" and "Bulletin Board"]] from Season 9 are basically a Very Special Duo of Episodes. "Sandy's Nutmare" has a GreenAesop warning about the draining of natural resources and warns against human greed, while "Bulletin Board" uses a bulletin board as a metaphor for online trolling/cyberbullying.
** "Hooky", or a parody of such. The episode plays the formula more-or-less straight, with only the vice in question (''fishing hooks'' as a [[GRatedDrug G-Rated Drug]]) being the truly ridiculous part.

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs learning swear words after the former two see graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public. There are [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]] swear words that must never be said, with all of them being [[SoundEffectBleep censored out]] by nautical sounds, and the main word, Number 11, represented by a [[NarrativeProfanityFilter dolphin's cackle]]. While mostly [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have been using Number 11, it's ''Mr. Krabs'' who blurts out all thirteen of them before he can punish the boys for saying Number 11 again.

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with [[SwearWordPlot swearing]], with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick learning swear words after seeing graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public.

** "Sandy's Nutmare" and "Bulletin Board" from Season 9 are basically a Very Special Duo of Episodes. "Sandy's Nutmare" has a GreenAesop warning about the draining of natural resources and warns against human greed, while "Bulletin Board" uses a bulletin board as a metaphor for online trolling/cyberbullying.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' did an anti-drug episode, though due to the show's sci-fi setting the popular genre convention that [[RadiationInducedSuperpower radiation gives you superpowers]] is used as a metaphor for it.

** "[[Recap/ArthurS7E10April9th April 9th]]" is a unique case, as it was made in response to the 9/11 attacks, though it does not mention them directly. Instead, the focus is on [[http://bluehairedspidey.tumblr.com/post/147990335662/manamana6672-missespeon teaching the target audience to deal with the emotions they may face in a similar crisis]]. The episode's main storyline involved the students dealing with the aftermath of a large fire at the school, a situation which would evoke similar reactions to 9/11 from kids.

** "Bleep" features D.W. learning a "swear" word and accidentally causing other kids in her class to say it. Rather than explaining that certain words may be considered offensive or rude, D.W.'s mother basically says "It means I want to hurt your feelings". Not helping is that the swear word is never given any context as to its meaning. (Granted, the beginning of the episode does explain how and why the bleep is used, so the episode is probably more of a demonstration of how the bleep is used than a VSE about swearing. The production team probably focused more on the bleeping.)

** "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E26 Bleeped]]" deals with swearing and profanity, and how to control it. Amusingly, [[NeverTrustATitle they do not bleep out the swear words]]; instead they use [[InformedObscenity made-up ones]] such as "blort".

** "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown Sailor Mouth]]" deals with swearing, with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick learning swears after seeing graffiti on a dumpster behind the Krusty Krab, and inevitably using them in public.

** There was one about gender equality where Penny joins the football team ("[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E7ShesGotGame She's Got Game]]"), one where Penny greatly misuses her credit card ("[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E10DontLeaveHomeWithoutIt]]"), and an anti-piracy episode ("[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E5EZJackster EZ Jackster]]"). Even the ChristmasEpisode kinda counts, since it was part Christmas and part the Proud Family learning about Kwanzaa, and subsequently learning to appreciate their heritage more.

** There was one about gender equality where Penny joins the football team, one where Penny greatly misuses her credit card, and an anti-piracy episode. Even the ChristmasEpisode kinda counts, since it was part Christmas and part the Proud Family learning about Kwanzaa, and subsequently learning to appreciate their heritage more.
** And the episode in which Penny makes friends with a Muslim girl who is being targeted for racism (even though the most blatant example to come from that is the infamous scene in which Penny and the Muslim family come home to find that someone spray-painted "GO HOME TOWELHEADS!" [[note]]Later changed to "GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!" in reruns[[/note]] on the Muslim girl's house -- [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse which was forgotten about in Act Three]]... [[CallBack until Penny mentioned it en passant in a speech about what she learned during her week with the Muslim girl]]).

** There's also the episode "Overdrive", where Cyborg gets a new chip installed in him and develops an addiction to doing incredible things with his new power-up.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' did an anti-drug episode, though due to the show's sci-fi setting the popular genre convention that [[ILoveNuclearPower radiation gives you superpowers]] is used as a metaphor for it.

** Season 7 brought the episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS7E11OneCoarseMealGaryInLove One Coarse Meal]]", where, after learning Plankton was afraid of whales, Mr. Krabs decides to repeatedly sneak into the Chum Bucket dressed as his daughter Pearl to torment him. However, this winds up [[DrivenToSuicide nearly driving Plankton to suicide]] (lying on the ground waiting for a bus to run him over) -- to the point that ''even [=SpongeBob=]'' thinks Mr. Krabs [[MoralEventHorizon had gone too far]], and informs Plankton of Mr. Krabs' secret fear of mimes as a way to get payback (though afterward, [=SpongeBob=] proceeds to also scare Plankton away with a holographic projection of an [[UpToEleven entire pod of whales]]).

** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E8GemHarvest Gem Harvest]]" is a pseudo-ThanksgivingEpisode about dealing with extended family members with opposing political views. Greg's sterotypically conservative {{long lost|Relative}} cousin Andy [=DeMayo=] pays a visit for the first time in ages, and turns out to be quite the TroubledSympatheticBigot, angry with Greg for (among other things) changing his name, [[HeroicBastard having Steven out of wedlock]], and associating with the Crystal Gems (calling them "hippies" and "alien refugees", admittedly not without reason), being clearly uncomfortable with their eccentricities. Andy warms up to Steven nonetheless, who eventually gets him to [[JerkassRealization realize]] that his AppealToTradition had a hand in estranging him from his family. This episode's air-date is notable ([[AnimationLeadTime whether intentionally or not]]) for being a week after the 2016 Presidential Election, an event that divided America like never before.

** This was played straight, however, in "Equal Fights" (focusing on sexism) where the town is terrorized by a feminist villain called Femme Fatale, who tricks the girls into hating boys with her propaganda. Ms. Keane and Ms. Bellum manage to bring the girls back to normal and they take Femme Fatale to jail after telling her that she has no idea what she's talking about.

* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': "[[Recap/AlvinAndTheChipmunksS7E1CookieChomperThree Cookie Chomper III]]" teaches about death, this time that of a pet. The Sevilles take in a lost kitten, which they name Cookie Chomper III or Cookie. The chipmunks spend the first few minutes adjusting to life with their new friend, but things take a tragic turn when Cookie gets out of the house and is run over by a car in the middle of the night. The rest of the episode shows how the chipmunks deal with their loss -- Theodore refuses to accept that the cat is dead, Alvin tries to get rid of all the houseplants and replace them with artificial plants (so that nothing else can die on them), and Simon is too miserable to do anything. Dave later convinces the chipmunks to think about the happy memories they have of Cookie. The episode ends with Dave and the chipmunks going to the animal shelter to get a new pet; Dave tells the chipmunks that, though this pet won't be the same as Cookie, they will love it just as much. (Rather than choosing another cat, they choose a dog which they name Lily.) [[RealitySubtext The episode was also based on a real-life experience]], when Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (son of series creator Ross Bagdasarian) and his wife Janice Karman's dog Tiger Lily was killed by a car.

** [[Recap/ArthurS22E1MrRatburnAndTheSpecialSomeoneTheFeud Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone]] has the kids finding out that their teacher is marrying another man named Patrick. You gotta admit of how the show the courage at that year to tackle homosexuality.

** "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E1RainforestSchmainforest Rainforest Schmainforest]]" sends up the VSE where the boys are forced to join a choir class whose teacher (voiced by Creator/JenniferAniston) is using them to spread the message of saving rainforests. When the group gets lost in a rainforest and nearly killed by everything but the kitchen sink, the teacher snaps and screams "That's it! F**K rainforests!" and proceeds to change their message to destroy them rather than save them. The whole thing caps off with a PSA urging viewers to help "join the fight to destroy all rainforests before it's too late." While the anti-environmentalist message may make viewers angry or upset, you have to admire the balls it took just to say that, when most other shows would go the pro-environmentalism route.