Movies and TvShows featuring "ends-with-lesson-not-learned" theme.

Momma parrot is teaching her young-uns to say "Polly want a cracker" but little Peter doesn't want a cracker, he wants to be a sailor like dad. Mom tells him what a no-account his dad really was, setting sail for Hawaii ("no, Maw, it was Catalina") right after the kids were born. Peter is unswayed, and takes off. He turns a barrel into a boat, and crews it with an annoyingly talkative duckling, then sets sail on a lake. They get caught in a thunderstorm (the duck loves it). Peter calls for help and momma comes running, but the duck has already saved him. But he still wants to be a sailor.

Porky Pig works hard on his farm all year. On a neighboring farm, a bear lazes around and allows his animals to be idle. The winter comes, and he has nothing to eat.

In a world wherein cars act like humans, Junior wants to be a taxi, but his mother wants him to grow up to be a nice touring car like his father. Mom doesn't know that Junior sometimes skips school and ventures into the city to ride in traffic, drink hi-test gas, and race trains.

Henery Hawk, making his first appearance in a Warner Bros. cartoon, refuses the worm his mother is trying to feed him; after all, he's a chicken hawk. That night, he sneaks out to the hen house, but comes up against a protective rooster.

Popeye is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach, so he tells them about how Hercules (Popeye) defeated a bully (Bluto).

Mr. Gullible is a dark comedy set in a village where an innocent man, who recites erotic poetry, gets involved in a love triangle. He faces emotional abuse, class prejudice, and is seduced by a concubine. Through a series of events, he seeks redemption and must decide between doing the right thing and following his desires. The movie explores themes of love, repentance, and the broken heart of a man caught in the middle of a chaotic situation.