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When Cartoons Explained Failure Better Than School Ever Did.
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- Published on Mar 13, 2026
- Failure is something we’re taught to fear-but cartoons often told a different story. In this compilation, animated moments show that failing isn’t the end but a part of growing, learning, and becoming who you’re meant to be.
Through simple storytelling and honest characters, cartoons remind us that mistakes don’t define us. They show the quiet strength in trying again, the courage to keep going, and the importance of not giving up on yourself when things don’t go as planned.
This video is for anyone who’s ever felt discouraged by setbacks and needed a reminder that failure is not a stop sign-it’s part of the journey.
"But it feels like we got a long way ahead of us"
"I know but look how far we have come" Beautiful
Judge holden is way more beautiful. He is the goat
I cried at this. I graduated uni 2 years ago. People say I'd easily get jobs as a graduate from abroad, but they were wrong. I applied for jobs after jobs, but none replied to me. Before I knew it, a year went by. I've been unemployed for one year since my graduation. Meanwhile my friends have already been working for a year, some received job offers within the year, some worked for a few months before pursued postgraduate studies. Everyone just seem successful.
I was under pressure. Each time I meet a relative it's always "What have you been up to today?" Or "Have you gotten a job?". It's a harmless question yet left a huge impact on someone who came from a family of high achievers
So I turned to the last option I had in mind - postgraduate studies. To be honest, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to pursue it. I just want to earn money so I can give back to my beloved family. I just want to prove to people that I'm not a failure. I told myself it's a good plan in the long run, but a part of me is severely done with schools and universities. Just mentally exhausted. And pursuing another study feels like I've got long way to go before I can consider myself successful.
So when the horse said "look how far we've come", I broke down. I never thought it that way my whole life. Always been "when are you getting there?"
The common thread between these is someone is telling them it's okay to fail and also gives them encouragement.
"Explain X better than school did" can be applied to most subjects in life
They're just giving you a low bar so everything else looks like progress.
Probably because actually experiencing it is different than reading books on theories and hypotheses. But to give credit, if you have a great teacher, then maybe they can give a better skeletal frame of those subjects in life.
Art's a great thing :)
@KnightsofGaming2016well said. School points you in the right direction. The journey is up to you.
@LinaGuadagnuolo63 first ideal of the Knights Radiant applies so damn well to not giving up and letting the journey be your own "Life Before Death, Strength Before Weakness, Journey Before Destination".
Cartoons: Failure is not the end, it’s only the beginning.
The most ableist teachers you can imagine: You fail once, you fail life.
thats why kids hate school most of the time
Enough eith this ableist nonsense. Stop trying to find a boogeyman to blame all shortcomings on.
@NotARussianDisinfoBot it's not an untrue statement though
@NotARussianDisinfoBot When you are raised and trained to see all failure as bad, and punished for it, it becomes a trauma that haunts you, and eventually forms perfectionism, a fear of failure, and a fear to try new things or push yourself. This is still seen in the work force of any job or any career. Whether it's shortcomings or not, it still affects people in much the same way as any trauma, and not everyone has the tools to pull themselves out of it.
it’s how they keep you down. no ambitions, no stress
Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teen Titans, Treasure Planet, and Meet the Robinsons have some of my favorite messages about failure.
Blood meridian has even better messages about failure
Uncle Iroh is the GOAT
@galacticp1 Uncle is the best character 100%
Curious, what scene of the teen titans?
There's a reason they're called "films for all ages". Even when you're young, the writers want to teach you how to live in this world.
I feel like failure is taken far too seriously nowadays.
The moment you slip, the slightest fumble, one measley mistake, and that's enough to immediately regard you as a failure in life. And if not, you'll just have people shouting or laughing at you for hours on end.
And here is my respone...
*Since when did learning become humiliation?*
It is all about gpa and grades. I hate the hell.
That's because not everyone believe nor accustomed to the fact that you're not immune to failure when you're learning. Anyone want their effort to have a great result, or even perfect, despite all obstacle the world throws at them. When they see others that failed, they blame them as failure.
"Because they're not try hard enough! That's always be the reason!"
But it isn't. Longer I decide to keep living, more I know that a perfect learning is just bullshit. And being laughing at when failing, then be ignored when you're succeed is hurt.
*So I don't know when learning starts become humiliation. I only know that people do that because they just refuse to understand me.*
I think I have an idea when it started to be a humiliation. When society is defined to be a standardized. We all know that each person is unique, but at a certain point in time, we decided to organize that uniqueness (in this case when one fails easily than the rest) so that we could move forward. Unfortunately, society in itself does not have the patience to cater each and every one's uniqueness (or failures of the standard) because it is a standard where one size should fit all for the sake of an effective and efficient system. The idea in itself is a joke on humanity because how can a unique human be unique and conform at the same time without compromise?
It started since we are in a RUSHED world system that emphasizes you to HURRY: “speed it up, get moving quickly, time is flying, you should know it by now; it took them 5 seconds, why is it taking you 5 minutes? Grow up quickly or you will waste your time - get it together since your clock started clicking and your death is approaching. “ as much as I like the Olympics, I hate how the standard keeps getting higher and higher and higher and higher every year… because your #1 medal is outdated when the standard is set higher and someone else made it above you… you are outdated now…
Pressure … to be ready now or you get left behind and labeled as unworthy, incompetent, not acceptable…
& Comparisons … we see the “successful” or “ready” people who move quicker than others - like a 23 year old CEO with a mansion and family vs a graduate who can’t seem to find a job and is still living with roommates. People compare both of these and one is considered superior and other inferior.
All of this decreases your confidence and self esteem
But I’ve learned that I want to be a successful person in the eyes of God and not in the eyes of the world … because I’m accountable to Him … not the rest of you … His acceptance matters more than all the fake applause I get down here … He reached out when most are too busy to even care how I am doing
Hold onto you kids why parents should matter more than peer pressure is a book I read recently that really helped put this behaviour in perspective. Basically we have become a heavily peer orientated society and when your only attachments and connections are your peers everything because vapid and showing curiosity is attacked.
"If you go into battle without fear, you aren't brave, you're just stupid." Holt, the ranger's apprentice
Halt, but yeah fire quote
great series
I’ve been currently going through a lot of depression lately and all of last year and I’ve began to feel somewhat of hope and after discovering this video this has helped me get over it and thank you for making this video you have made my life turned around
Saasaame here.
Got married last year. Full of hope. Now full of depression. Trying to look through I all
Dont give up. Your body and mind needs deep rest that is why it is depresssd. Hey ive been there i just recently climb slowly from it. Dont worry. Remember during this struggle you only have you. So remember to love yourself.
I am crying right now.
I have been going through the same . I pray that you and i and all the people just come out of this darkest Time of their life . May they a find little hope, excitement, inspiration to just live . May they share what they are going through to the people closest to them and even if they have no one to tell , may they tell to the lord and ask for help . I hope everyone finds something that they look forward to doing throughout the whole day even if that is making a cup of coffee. May they find a little peace. May they be able to sleep at night. May they be able to laugh with their close ones . May they not feel alone and lonely.and that there are people that they can reach out to without feeling as a burden to them .
@RaiyaDeka-n5r it’s OK to cry and feel something. It always helps me. but for everyone else. if you ever feel this hopeless like I did but turned my life around like I did all I can say is keep moving forward don’t dwell on the past no matter the circumstances always keep pushing forward.❤
Just a thought, it might be a nice addition to add the movie title or shows name and episode the quotes/clips were taken from in the description or transcript just incase people would like to watch more ✌🏼
Wdym, all of these movies are like mainstream, Airbender?? Peanuts?? Adventure time?? Kung Fu panda?? Bojack horseman?? Bro c'mon ratatouille??? Atlantis?
@FromthegutterIam one day they’ll be old and won’t be as well-known anymore! and plenty of people just haven’t been exposed to things like this, especially those growing up right now. it wouldn’t hurt to include things like that
@FromthegutterIamsome people don't live off of media...
That would completely ruin the point and impact of the video, even though I totally understand where you are coming from. It’s not about the shows though, it’s about the lesson.
@Benjamin-Flagg_Game-DesignerWell at least put them in the description of the video.
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
It’s one of my favorite quotes in fiction.
Thanks, Cap’n. 😎
1:05 I feel compelled to note this is right after he tells a story about how a croc tried to kill him and he drowned it in his own blood. So him saying that and then telling Arlo “Yeah I did that, and I was scared the whole time cause fear isn’t something to be ashamed of” is quite sweet.
1:23 Hercules to Sam Elliott give us a peptalk all day. When he says his lines, it feels like he’s not just reading a script. He’s giving us his life experience.
Everything that school thought they taught me, video games, quality TV and good parenting already beat them to it.
The only thing school has ever taught me was how to hate when it’d be with or without reason.
Same here
I learnt math, that's it. Everything else was learnt outside of school.
“Look at it this way Charley Brown, we learn more from losing than we do from winning.”
“I guess that makes me the smartest person in the whole world”
Bruh😭😭
Charles M. Schulz was a true genius.
Then I would need to be Albert Einstein aa my whole life is just one giant failure.
Learned from it? Nothing except dont bother to try, you fail anyways
@Acacius1992 That's loser talk. That's the entire second half of the conversation. If you accept that you'll never be 'good' at something then you'll never be able to become better. You'll never achieve anything if you're content just staying where you are in life. You don't have to be the next big breakthrough in science, or some god tier actor or anything like that, as long as you don't stop being 'better', then you'll never really fail.
Failing is acceptable. Giving up isn't.
@melodydreamweaver2603I TRY to be better! But nope it never happens. I just fail and fail and fail with no progrss whatsoever!!!!
@Acacius1992The fact that you keep trying is already progress. Whatever it is you're trying to be better at, never stop. Progress is slow. It's torture. It's hell. It kills you because you constantly think you're never going to make it. But don't stop. Just keep going.
"Maybe there've been times when I've been pissed and hated things, but it wasn't from THIS work. My dad's a no show, my mom's a lush, and school sucks, but this job is the one damn thing I've ever been good at. And if all the crap in my life hasn't screwed me up yet, then neither will this, and neither will YOU."
- Yusuke Yurameshi, YuYu Hakusho
"War is god. Everything thing creation that exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."
-Judge holden
I love this! Thank you for quoting this! Now.I have one.
"It's time you bit the bullet and started caring about something with all of your heart and energy. But you can't care about it if you're always holding yourself back in case it doesn't work out. Concentrate on what's important, Yuske, then commit to it, all the way!"
Genki
YuYu Hakusho
"You know what's great about hitting rock bottom? There's only one way left to go, and that's UP!" - Buster Moon
"do it scared"
I always apply it every time I want to contact my lecturer
0:34 on “lose ever-“ there’s a tiny little devil smirk from Linus at Charlie; he knows that he’s secured checkmate
Praying everybody’s doing alright during these tumultuous times. Keep your head up. Change is coming. We are the change.
3:19 what a strange one I understand that the message can be good but I think it’s funny how it was interpreted very toxically in the show
I think is an ironic twist to how a child can see the world literally meaning Bojack literally believed he should run to be a better person or be happy
I think it depends on how you apply it really. While you should move forward and not dwell on the past that doesn’t mean you should ignore the past or act like moving forward erases the effects of the past. Because if you do that you’re bound to make the same mistakes over and over again instead of taking a little time to reflect so you learn nothing from the experience.
Basically (in my opinion) the past and your failures don’t have to *define* you as a whole but you can’t pretend that they didn’t *shape* you on some level
I’ve never watched the show, but as I’m listening to it right now for the first time, I’m thinking this one sounds a little different from the rest of them
Like it’s clearly coming from a place of hurt but seems like it could be interpreted the wrong way
I think it's more of a cautionary tale about "moving forward". It's one to not let the past define you, but it's important to acknowledge that it happened
*"In the darkest times, hope is something you give youself. That is the meaning of inner strength"* - possibly the greatest inspiring attribution to the human condition
Hope is something you give yourself, probably one of the hardest hitting fact ever
You win ? Good, get yourself somethings to celebrate
You lose ? Well, stand up. The air still flowing even if there is a wall, the light still shine in the darkest night and so are you. No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. Learn and conquer it, don't ever give up,. If you feel tired, get a little rest and continue, strive further beyond from your past and reach your ideal image.
On the other hand, it's ok to take a break from trying. You can get better, move forward, but you can also be at peace with your own situation. Don't take the lesson this video shows as a must, it's an encouragement not an order.
It’s ok to take a break but isn’t ok to stop moving being at peace with your situation isn’t giving up and staying stagnant it’s being able to barely progress and still keep going
Shool doesn't tell us about or explain failure. It just tells us not to fail.
Scars fade. Never really go away but get easier to forget they were ever there. Unless you pick at them.
That fox and the old lady teaching Robin are particularly important, I think.
One of these is not like the others, Secretariat. The issue is that Secretariat hasn't actually solved his problems, but he's running from them. It's the advice that he gives to bojack that allows him to avoid all of his issues and never face them and in not allowing himself to become self-aware he becomes destructive and toxic to the people around him. Bojack doesn't become a better person because of Secretariat's advice, it's Secretariat passing his dysfunction on becaues he himself didn't face his own problems.
I understand why you thought it belonged with the others, but the difference is the intent. Are you forgetting the past because you've learned what you needed to, or are you too scared to face yourself in the mirror?
I thought the same thing. I wish that one wasn't in here.
All advice and wisdom requires context. That is why there is contradictory pieces of wisdom because there’s a time in place for each. There’s a balance between solving your issues and letting them become all consuming and keeping you stuck. A lot of people are stuck and need to learn to move forward and not look back. I was just walking with a friend who was struggling with another person in their life who was still dwelling on stuff that happened to her 30 years ago in her childhood. And it is destroying every relationship in her life and driving her into alcoholism.
There is a time in a place for moving forward and not looking back. It’s especially useful advice for people for ruminate on past traumas and things they can’t control. Moving forward doesn’t always mean ignoring it, it can mean working through it and growing past it, and then leaving it in the past it belongs.
This is what I needed to hear. All my life I've tried over and over again. Always failing and it feels like I'm not enough. People say I'm not enough. But I am. I'm me. I keep fighting a battle that I don't know if I can even win. I keep getting up only for life to beat me down further. I wanna get up but every inch I rise I get thrown down harder and further. Honestly my will to keep fighting is weak. I used to have so much hope yet now it's just a small candle that has almost faded. I won't keep living like this. Because this isn't living. What I'm doing now isn't living.
This was deeply relatable, "this isn't life."
I'd encourage you to seek Christ. Gradually, but surely, life will get better if you seek him sincerely. Hope things get better soon. 🙏🫂
"¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
(2 Corinthians 4:16-17)
Hope is hard to keep alive. My hope for life has almost disappeared but I find that the people around me help keep me going even if I lay in bed every night alone. I throw my hands in the air and pray to a god that I’m not even sure exists. I do it just to help myself keep going. I hope tha if there is god that he helps me or that I see that I need to help myself. He said he can not help me if I do not help myself first so I must. There is no hope….just doing. Just keep doing you and you will be where your heart needs to go.
@victormedina-gloria7850 I remeber feeling that way as well. It's still hard to be alone at night sometimes, but having good people in your life helps.
But as far as God's help goes, it is true that God helps those who are proactively doing stuff, even if initialy they're not the right steps, He'll show you along the way.
However, God mainly blesses & helps those who believe in him & are really saved.
And getting saved isn't about changing your life or suddenly being a great person. It's about accepting God's payment for our sins, because we realize we never have been & never will be perfecr--or good enough to go to heaven.
There's a lot more I'd lile to offer you… a hug & words of encouragement mostly. You've got a good mindset for feeling so near-hopeless.
But I would encourage you to look up "once saved always saved steven anderson" here on RUclips.
That sermon helped me find God when I was a broken-hearted & depressed atheist. It won't solve your problems, but it'll show you the path to God, so he can walk w/ you from today onward.
Praying the best for you, Victor. 🙏 Hope to see you in heaven.
5:30 This line of dialogue has gotten me through so many dark times. I love treasure planet with my whole heart!
Me too. The fact that its .y name too hits abit harder
Even our bodies get the most strength and exercise from doing more failure reps and the more you do, the more your body adapt to these failure reps and pushes itself further. Failure always has more to teach you than success
"What stands in the way becomes the way."
"Failure is not the end. It is a necessary part of the journey."
thanks for this
I wonder what the creators of these scenes and dialogue must have overcome to impart such timeless wisdom. Felt inspired by them when consuming this as a dumb child, but reconnecting with this as a dumb adult gives me newfound appreciation for the craft.
powerful compilation, thanks again
Thanks, this calmed my mind
As I listen to this video telling us some valuable notes I noticed that when I was younger I can only see visualising effects instead of the important notes given to us. As I'm listening to this I know understand the meaning of all of it and I am thankful for the person who made this as I get to look back to my memories and understand the notes that are given.
its always the "not important" things and ppl that gives the best advice
Clearly I needed this because I watched it twice and cried a little both times. So, thank you for posting this.
That avatar quote has stayed with me for a long time. I remember writing it out before I went to my final rehab. Can't believe it's been over 10 years, but that quote got me through some rough times.
Failure is a part of life. Do not be ashamed of your failures - learn from them and grow.
Zukos Unkle was one wise man
6:05 is from the boy, the fox, the mole, and the horse
The boy the fox the mole and the horse
Cheers! I was hoping someone could ID that one.
thank you so much for this video :((
"Only the fearless can be great" ✨
3:18 The worst possible advice. Never stopping and looking back is a direct path to self-destruction and the loss of oneself, one's ideals, and one's true path. Stopping and looking back is essential
I felt like I needed to hear that…I cried midway through the video…
_"We must never give in to despair, Jonah. _*_It is our greatest enemy."_*
You know that feeling when your soul seems to be screaming, burning, borderline giving out a roar to let out the pain.
Yeah, sometimes you just need to listen to this again and do that.
No one is born a loser in this cruel world, nor is anyone born a winner. To live, you've to bleed and sweat for it. That's how winning is done, you keep pushing forward.
I think this cartoons are bringing back to my childhood days
These cartoons had great lessons with them, nostalgic
13:58 May Mordecai apologize to him for erasing Rigby from the time stream once.
Chat, I'm not ashamed to admit that a tear fell from my face. 😿
There's this line in Slam Dunk: "Don't give up hope until the very end. If you give up, the game is over."
Listening to this with my eyes closed and with earbuds is...amazing
Thank you , I needed this today.
The Treasure Planet scene gets me every time. 😭
This video is exactly what I needed to hear to take that next step
4:42 - This last step is for you... 😢
What movie is it with the clip at 10:10 where the fox talks to the kid?
I'm curious, too
It’s based off a book, called “the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse” it’s really good.
@hyperionsamaawesome, thank you
Is this channel monetized ?
Where can we get these raw clips for editing ?
Notice how most of these are considered “older” cartoons & shows … almost like we grew up with actual life lessons, today’s shows can’t even compare.
Especially noticeable when comparing teen titans to that monstrosity of a reboot.
6:10 this hits extra hard in the movie because Po spends the entire first half basically being the aloof protagonist. A lot of is think that he's just pushing through as the typical fearless protagonist with a bit of correction from humble beginnings.
Then he hits us with this and we REALLY feel for po. We realize he felt lost, dejected, and nothing where he was. That he was just existing up till he was chosen to be the dragon warrior and he'd do anything than to go back to that, to just being him. In that moment for me Po went from protagonist of a movie to me, it was the time I felt so vicerally connected to a main character of the series and the moment Po really resonated with me.
I needed this day. Thank you for making this
Thank you. I needed this.
👍 💯 Winning Isn't Everything You Learn Alot Form Losing Then We Do Form Winning I Lost My Temper Beacuse I Was Always Putting Other's First Before Myself
You know I actually needed to hear this today
Thanks , I really needed this.
I love watching cars even more than I ever did. Getting to reflect on the memories of being a kid and watching it for the first time. Understanding these messages for the first time, it really brings in a sadness that I can never get over.
12:31 When Amethyst is the more responsible one. Though the three were more close to killing him than the villains
"The longest way around is often the shortest way home." - C. S. Lewis
Treasure Planet is one of my most favorite childhood movies
I love these types of videos where it's the scene from the show or movie without someone trying to explain what it means or something. Also, the reason why cartoons/shows explain something better than school is because schools focus more on science and maths, which is great but rarely subjects about life or philosophy. Or at least where I'm from; not sure if they have those sorts of lessons in other countries.
really good...something different than just AI slop people are putting out there...thanks for putting it all together..🙏
This is what I grew up watching. My kids will be watching the same thing. I hope
Thank you for this video ❤
I expected a video essay. What I got was much better. Thanks!
thank you so much.
Thank you for making this video.
You made my day.
❤❤❤
"Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are.
It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be"
I choose to be happy.
Watching your channel makes me want to start back watching cartoons and anime
I miss this kind of cartoons
I hope this stays for eternity
There's definitely some mixed messages in there. But also a lot of things that a lot of us needed to hear
12:25 Skipped my favourite part of Amethyst's speech: "I am not gonna dump another thousand years old complex on you. I'm ending it right here! *I AM THE DING-DONG SUNSHINE FUTURE! Your friend forever!* and I am not gonna fall apart on you."
"Sucking at somthing is the first step toward being sorta good at something" goddammit i love adventure time!
Man narutos potential as a series
those early arcs of him being a failure and rising to the challenge were peak
... and then they changed him into ninja jesus, and it was no longer about grit and determination, but the circumstances of his birth, and making Neji right the whole time
They completely fucked up the series by making Naruto a reincarnation of a Chakra Demigod.
Rock Lee should be the protagonist.
@inkchariot6147Naruto being the reincarnation of a hardworker hammered the fact that he is a hardworker. He showed throughout the entire series that if you stand up then you can achieve what you want.
@zhornlegacy7936Nah, Neji was wrong. Neji was saying that the birth should define you, Naruto was born a failure. Neji was saying that Naruto should continue being one. That's the problem with you people who haven't watched the series. Him being the reincarnation of a failure hammered in the point that he is the hardest worker in the series.
The Meet the Robinson's clip damn near made me cry 😭
All powerful messages for life!
4:44 Man that spiked my anxiety. A little.
Awesome inspirational life messages! I only wish it felt more like it was being projected from a 1980s film reel onto a dripping wet wall at the bottom of a deep well.
Having Secretariat's advice on here is insane cuz his advice didnt help him in the end
I loved the small detail of Charlie brown still losing the game of tictactoe while talking about losing
Avatar the Last Airbender is genuinely the best show I've ever watched and every time I rewatch it I realize how meaningful it is
This video is passionate about failures and rejections
I'm glad this video came into my timeline
Currently facing some hard times where I'm placed in a state of high pressure causing me to fear every failure and question my choices before I even stepped into the challenges.
Sometimes you just have to move and take the first step yourself regardless of what people think of you
Hopefully things turn out better for me in the future, I'll keep in touch in years from now
This is also a goal for myself to come back and see how much I've progressed
as someone that grew up never failling and always walking on the line this hit hard... I was so afraid of messing things up I didnt even tried and now Im 24 yo and noticed I didnt live...I try my best to try new things now but I cant help but grieve all the time I lost trying to be perfect and never making any mistake
Couldn’t have come at a better time. Just now, I am feeling quite anxious again. I got this leadership role and yet I am doubting myself whether I am really fitting this role because the person under my team seems to be doing better than me. Also, I am getting stressed. I’ve spent so much time on this role when there are more important matters such as school I should attend to….
Damn, Linus was out here knowledge bombs on Charlie Brown since the early 1950’s.
Man, I really needed this video today
This is the kind of video I need after a long stressfull day, thanks.