The show you're watching is not made for educational purposes, nor is it a total Aesop magnet. It most certainly isn't full of And Knowing Is Half the Battle sequences at the end of each episode. But in spite of all that, you start inspecting the series in depth and in full detail and come to the conclusion that it's most definitely not the negative influence that the critics and folks keep on claiming it to be. Thanks to the various wikis and fansites that show up all over the internet, this trope has grown more and more persistent, to a point where small bits of Genius Bonus are uncovered. Keep in mind that series that invoke this do have their fair share of Aesops, but the educational value probably isn't going to come from them.