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A staple of the American family-oriented Sitcom, the Golden Moment usually occurs in the last few minutes of the episode, when An Aesop is delivered. After 20+ minutes of hijinks and confusion, Dad sits down with Junior for the following exchange: Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })They hug and the audience goes, "AWWWWWWWWW." The lesson has been taught. Sentimental Music Cues. Typically, the writers will then try to reduce the Glurge by adding a joke, such as having Junior say, "Dad, how do I get baked beans out of my pants?" to gales of laughter from both sides of the Fourth Wall. Dead Horse Trope to the fullest, although it's starting to resurface in newer forms of media. |
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Happy Days has an episode in season one where, after going through gang initiation which involved pulling pranks on a policeman, stealing their principal's toupe, and going to a sockhop in dresses, Potsie and Richie realize that Mr. Cunningham was right—they didn't even like the guys they were trying to impress and should have just been themselves all along. Mr. C then comes in and has a little chat with Richie which ends on a corny joke. | |
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In The World Ends with You, Shiki and Neku get a moment on day 7, before fighting the Disc-One Final Boss, to talk about what they learned about themselves that week and reinforce the illusion that this is actually going to be the end. | |
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Averted in the very first episode of The Cosby Show, when Cliff is trying to get to the bottom of Theo's terrible grades and Theo makes a heartfelt plea for understanding, pointing out that while Cliff and Claire are, respectively, a doctor and a lawyer, Theo doesn't love them more or less because of that, and maybe his parents should accept the fact that Theo is just 'a regular person' and love him anyway. As the studio audience begins to 'awww...' Cliff reacts silently for a second, then yells, "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard!" and proceeds to tear Theo a new one for not even trying. | |
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Happens frequently in The Simpsons, with varying degrees of seriousness. One episode Lampshaded it by having guest star Isabel Sanford, acting as a presenter for a television museum, break the Fourth Wall and describe this trope. She goes on to say that they normally put in an extra, jokey scene to dilute the syrupiness. The scene then cuts to a clip of The Beverly Hillbillies. Marge unintentionally pointed out the flawed logic behind this trope with the line "Bart, anyone who beats you up for wearing a shirt isn't your friend." Also, Homer's "wisdom" tends to be things like "No matter how good you are at something, there's always going to be somebody better" (which Bart distills into "Can't win, don't try") and things to say to get yourself out of trouble, such as "It was like that when I got here." |
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Subverted and played for laughs in an episode of Eureka, wherein Carter and his daughter have a moment, complete with sappy music...at which point they demand to know where the music is coming from, and then leave when the AI controlling the house owns up. | |
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Pick an episode, any episode of Full House. | |
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A fresh twist on the Trope occurs every now and again in Ah! My Goddess (which has very apparent Supernatural Dom Com elements to it, despite being a Bishoujo Series). Every time wish-granting goddess Belldandy feels like less of a deity because she behaved jealous or stubborn over Keiichi (her sort-of boyfriend), he's been there to try to cheer Belldandy up, explaining that it's part of a relationship. | |
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Parodied on Aqua Teen Hunger Force when Meatwad watches the other characters in a "sitcom with a sci-fi/horror twist" on an apparently cursed television. It comes complete with sitcom-style "Awwwww" from the audience, followed by a lame joke with laugh track. Meatwad appears to be the ideal television watcher, though, declaring "I identify with that!" | |
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Almost THE EXACT exchange of the example, or at least the exact scenario, occurs at the end of A Goofy Movie. | |
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Lampshaded in Arrested Development: Michael and George Michael, his son, are making snacks and discussing their plot of that episode. George Michael remarks that he doesn't need his dad to stay out of his life, he's the biggest part of his life. Michael states, referring to the snack they are making, "That's a little cornball, son." | |
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See also: the Wheel of Morality on Animaniacs which was only played straight once: in The Movie, Wakko's Wish. | |
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Leave It to Beaver: The series did this often at episode conclusions, complete with Ward providing An Aesop to either or both of Wally and Beaver (always featuring pensive underscore music), and a promise from the child to do better. On occasion, a lighthearted bit would follow. | |
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It's also subverted a lot in Seth MacFarlane's American Dad!. To cite one example, in the episode "Haylias", Stan tries to brainwash Hayley so she'll start behaving like he feels a woman should, but a bug in the program causes her to want to kill Stan instead. As Hayley holds him at gunpoint, Stan sees the light and apologizes to Hayley for trying to control her life. She shoots him in the head. | |
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Happened in almost every episode of the animated Sabrina: The Animated Series. | |
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Surprisingly, The Odd Couple (1970) was often guilty of this. Many episodes, especially early ones, would end with Oscar and Felix each admitting that the problem was the result of their respective sloppiness and pickiness, and reaffirming the importance of their friendship. It never really lasted, though. |
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Seinfeld is a vengeful aversion: No hugging, no learning. | |
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Phineas and Ferb: Parodied in "Spa Day". Candace apologizes to Stacy for making them miss their spa appointment and making a mess of their attempts to help with a charity project, and Stacy interrupts her, saying "You sound like one of those sitcoms we like to make fun of." | |
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In the first season of Garfield and Friends, several of the U. S. Acres/Orson's Farm segments had one of these, usually in song and dance form. The show got rid of them later. | |
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Family Matters had this quite frequently, complete with Full House Music. | |
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Parodied in nearly every episode of Moral Orel, in which Orel learns a twisted Aesop after a beating from his alcoholic father. | |
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Parodied in the Futurama episode "I, Roommate", where Fry and Bender watch a Golden Moment happen on TV, and Leela encourages them to apply the same lesson to their own disagreement. They repeat the same dialogue as on the show word for word... with the roles reversed, so that Bender apologizes even though he was the one being treated unfairly. Regardless, it ends the fight, and Leela ultimately decides to leave well enough alone. Played mostly straight however, in "Cold Warriors." |
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In Thalia's Musings, Apollo attempts to invoke this trope after Thalia has a narrow brush with Hera's wrath. Thalia can't take it seriously and doubts he does, either. | |
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South Park plays with this a lot. Sometimes it seems to be played almost straight. Other times they make satire out of how seriously the townspeople seem to take it, when it's not a real/decent moral at all. "You know, I learned something today..." |
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The Facts of Life owned this trope, playing it so straight they frequently didn't even bother with the lighten-up gag. Or if they did, it came through brave tears. | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fellow vampire slayer Kendra delivers the Aesop of the Two-Part Episode "What's My Line?", that being a Slayer isn't a job, it's what Buffy is. Buffy then goes to hug her... | |
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Seth MacFarlane in DVD commentaries has termed this the 'moment of shit', and as such has subverted it quite a few times in Family Guy, usually having the father, Peter, fail to get the lesson at all and say something inappropriate. The episode "Holy Crap" parodies this, as Peter desperately envisions having this with his now-retired father "where we hug and the music goes 'la la laaaaa'", complete with his own backing orchestra. Unfortunately, his dad is a thoroughly unpleasant and self-righteous jerkass who doesn't respect Peter at all, and even when he finally admits that he does love his son, he still clarifies that he also still doesn't like him. The trope ends up being played straight in a bittersweet way (Peter signals to the orchestra to keep playing because it's as good as they're gonna get) — the emotional resolution is still fulfilled, but the moral conclusion (the two will never agree with the other's life choices, but can still love each other as family) is much harsher than normal. |
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Parodied in The Tick. The titular superhero would often end the episode by declaring "I think we've all learned something today!" and then deliver an aesop that made no sense whatsoever. | |
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