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** Reddy does this in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff And Reddy]]'' story arc "The Treasure Of Skipper Kipper" when Ruff explains that the voice calling for help can help them get off the island on which they're stranded.
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* Creator/HannaBarbera examples:
** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' TOS episodes
*** "Arctic Splashdown". Bandit the dog looks into the camera and winks at the audience.
*** "The Dragons of Ashida". One of the title dragons looks into the camera at the end of the episode.
*** "The Curse of Anubis". Bandit just looks into the camera.
*** "Monster in the Monastery". Bandit looks into the camera.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost''
*** Blip the monkey gives the audience one at the end of the episodes "The Drone", "Glasstor" and "The Sorcerer".
*** In "The Lizard Slavers", while Jace is telling Jan about the title creatures one of them turns its head and smiles at the camera as if it were pleased that Jan was talking about it.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio''. At the end of the episode "The Eye of Time", Meteor Man looked into the camera and winked at the audience.
** ''Mighty Mightor''. Little Rock's bird pet Ork sometimes gives one to the audience when Little Rock did something stupid.
** ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' 1973/74 season
*** Wonder Dog does it on a regular basis, usually when Marvin says something stupid. He did it several times in "The Power Pirate" when Marvin made stupid puns and at the end of "The Weather Maker" when Wendy and Marvin did an EverybodyLaughsEnding.
*** In "The Power Pirate", Marvin tries to impress Wendy and Wonder Dog with his fake British accent. When he fails, he turns to the camera and shrugs.
*** At the end of "The Planet Splitter", Wendy and Marvin take away Wonder Dog's steak bone (he's on a diet) and leave. Wonder Dog pulls out another steak bone, takes a bite out of it and winks at the audience.
*** In "Too Hot To Handle" the alien agent Kobar does this after Wonder Woman delivers an iceberg to Dairyland (a farm area in the heart of America). He's a little smug because he's responsible for the heat wave that required Wonder Woman to obtain the iceberg in the first place.
** Reddy does this in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff And Reddy]]'' story arc "The Treasure Of Skipper Kipper" when Ruff explains that the voice calling for help can help them get off the island on which they're stranded.
!!Series:
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode "Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn", Jason does one after Zidgel says, "When I was your size, I was twice your size!"
%%* Turned up often in earlier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', especially when Sheen was around. Generally performed by Jimmy himself.
%%* Done often in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': You have to be concentrating, but in "Vault of Bones" Flame Princess does one of these when Finn is telling a skeleton to Do the Splits.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' makes use of this in a particular episode where Roger encounters a DumbBlonde girl named Judy Panawitz. Almost every other line she has provoked this response.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''
** In the episode "Hello, Nice Warners", the Warner siblings pull a simultaneous aside glance after a Jerry Lewis caricature says something ridiculous. {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed when the character then asks them what they were looking at, and Wakko responds, "[[BreakingTheFourthWall The people watching on TV!]]" Dr. Director puts his face close to the TV to say "hello". But he doesn't see anyone. Of course, this was just a distraction.
** Another example is with the Slappy the Squirrel being very {{Medium Aware|ness}} in her first short.
--->'''Slappy:''' Oh, don't worry, kid. I've faced off against Doug the Dog before, I know all of his tricks. Haven't you watched my old cartoons? I've beaten him a thousand times.\\
'''Skippy:''' But those were just cartoons! [[ThisIsReality This is real life!]]\\
'''Slappy:''' (''looks dryly at camera'') Don't tell him, he might crack.
** Try and find an episode of ''Animaniacs'' where they ''didn't''.
--->'''Dot:''' I found Music/{{Prince}}!\\
'''Wakko:''' No, no. Fingerprints!\\
'''Dot:''' (''[[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour knowingly looking at the camera]]'') [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour I don't think so.]]
* The Joker did this several times in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. His breaking of the fourth wall was subtly treated as part of his characteristic insanity and also included such examples as occasionally whistling his own theme music.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' cartoon "Anytime At All", the boys are at a French museum exhibit of the Three Musketeers. As the curator tells the crowd about the Musketeers' derring-do and rescuing maidens in distress, John turns to the camera and does an EyebrowWaggle.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': One episode features Ben and cousin Gwen trapped in a video game and [[WinToExit have to reach level 15 to get out]].
--> '''Grandpa Max''': Please tell me I'm in one of those hidden camera shows...
* At the end of the PBS animated version of "Double Dare" from ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', when Mama Bear asks Brother Bear if getting Sister Bear's jump rope back from Too-Tall and his gang was really as easy as simply asking him for it, he admits "Well, it wasn't really ''that'' easy," then tosses a wink at the audience regarding the hijinks he went through in the story.
%%* Happens several times in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In the old Goofy cartoons, especially the "How to" shorts, Goofy spends a great deal nodding, winking, smiling, gesturing, and staring in confusion at the viewer and/or invisible narrator. And to quote Art Babbit, "When something stupid befalls him, he mugs the camera like an amateur actor with relatives in the audience, trying to cover up his accident by making faces and signaling to them."
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''
** Odd winks once or twice directly at the "camera" while in Lyoko -- notably in the episode "Nobody in Particular", after devirtualizing Ulrich's body.
** The last episode of the animated series has the characters waving goodbye at the audience.
** "The Pretender" had an Aside Glance combined with a FourthWallPsych with Aelita. She was winking at Ulrich, but she winked into the "camera" on Lyoko.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' has been known to do this after a bad Penfold joke.
-->'''DM:''' Out of the mouths of clots and half-wits...
* As does ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. Coupled with its frequent usage of SoundingItOut, at times it almost seemed as though Danny was conversing with the viewer, without any fourth wall breakage.
** In ''My Brother's Keeper'', Danny notices us after Jazz kisses his head. He then promptly becomes grossed out.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Toot unleashes an epic "A-Duh!" lasting several seconds, involving spit and protruding teeth. In the middle of it, she looks directly at the camera for a second.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' makes frequent use of this.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' tends to do this a lot. Usually after Peter has just pointed out something using his MediumAwareness.
-->'''Peter:''' And since you're black and I'm white, that makes it more a-special for the audience! (''aside glance'')
* The ''Fantastic Voyage'' cartoon series episode "Revenge of the Spy". When Lisette Clochard shows up, she and Jonathan Kidd start flirting with each other. Doctor Erica Lane (who has a crush on Kidd) turns and gives the camera an annoyed look.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' does this '''a lot'''; Mandy being the most common.
* Many ''Grizzy & the Lemmings'' episodes have Grizzy and/or the Lemmings give a look to the audience as they suffer a DownerEnding.
%%* Done in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' a couple of times, usually from Heloise.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' featured Johnny and Dukey stuck inside a [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] movie, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed or its closest in-universe equivalent]]. At one point, about when they learn the main character is going to drive a car off a cliff, Dukey says, "Why couldn't you just have watched cartoons like a normal kid?" Both then turn to look at the camera.
** Another episode features a ShowWithinAShow that is clearly a parody of Johnny and Dukey, leading the former to question, "[[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs Who would ever watch such a ridiculous cartoon?]]" Cue looking at the camera.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** [[SurroundedByIdiots Mr. Cat]] does this fairly often, usually after someone around him does something idiotic.
** In one episode, Pretty does this to the audience after she and Stumpy become victims of an internet scam and are sent a ''toilet'' instead of the promised reward.
** In Episode 105, Mr. Cat has an ImagineSpot of himself being massaged by numerous clones of Kaeloo. The real Kaeloo, standing right next to him, looks at the camera with an annoyed expression since all she sees is Mr. Cat [[CrushBlush blushing]] and [[PervertedDrooling drooling]].
* Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'' ends with the titular kindergartner in bed discussing his experiences in both segments of the episode to the audience right before one of his family members asks him who he's talking to.
* ''WesternAnimation/LolitaLolita'': In "Museum", when an old guy in the museum sees Lolita imitating poses of characters in various artworks, he gets an idea and looks to the audience. The second time he does this is when his latest picture doesn't get the reaction he expected from her (she [[BlowingARaspberry blew a raspberry at it]]).
* Turned up often in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons and other animated shorts. Pretty much a trademark of Creator/ChuckJones' work.
** For example, in ''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'' Daffy does it after one of Elmer Fudd's bullets is embedded in his scalp.
** Bugs has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it one in the same cartoon just as he's about to pull the DuckSeasonRabbitSeason switch on Daffy.
** Elmer even does one in ''WesternAnimation/RabbitSeasoning'' following Daffy's demand that he shoot him now.
** The wild claims of the hapless protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening'' unsurprisingly inspires an incident.
** ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'' episode ''WesternAnimation/HipHipHurry''. Wile E. feeds a mouse a drink that allows it to move at SuperSpeed. As the mouse is speeding across the landscape, he turns and looks at the camera.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' episode "The Shell Game," Cecil Turtle glances at the camera with a PsychoticSmirk on his face after he denies doing an EvilLaugh. This is when Bugs realizes that something is going on.
-->'''Bugs:''' Who are you looking at?
* In the Nelvana cartoon of ''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Martin the Warrior]]'', the searats give a rather creeped-out look to the camera when Clogg starts gushing about how awesome his "new friend" (actually a spy for the good guys) is. May be either because they're weirded out by "Tibbar the magic rabbit" or perhaps even the characters can spot the HoYay.
* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'': Proto Man turns to the camera and mutters, "Boy, what's the world coming to when you can't trust your own brother?" after Mega Man tricks him and his cohorts in "Bot Transfer". [[HilariousInHindsight That episode came before "Bro Bots", mind you.]]
* In the dream sequence of the Bakshi ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' episode "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy", our hero (doing a [[Series/TheHoneymooners Ralph Kramden]]) looks at us in silent ire as the Cow (doing Ed Norton) meticulously prepares, bakes and eats a rotten potato.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' does this in "Hotsy Footsy". Magoo thinks he is at a college reunion dance, but he has walked through the exit door, through a back alley, and is in a gym where wrestler Francis the Terrible is taking on all comers! Magoo sees the long line of wrestlers being carried off after being injured, turns to the screen and whispers "loaded!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** In "Applebuck Season", after the sleep-deprived Applejack falls asleep in the middle of accepting her trophy for saving the town from a stampede, Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie both look at the camera with baffled expressions on their faces.
** Twilight gives one in the vein of [[{{ComicStrip/Garfield}} Jon Arbuckle]] in "Boast Busters" when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Spike slams a door conjured in the middle of a room]].
** Pinkie Pie has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ4IjRsP7Qk somewhat exaggerated]] reputation for this. She gives an aside glance at the end of "Bridle Gossip" (though WordOfGod says it was unintentional), and one after sending off a picnic basket full of balloons in "Lesson Zero" (though she could also be said to be looking at Fluttershy).
** Pinkie Pie and Rarity give a shared aside glance in "Putting Your Hoof Down", after Iron Will introduces himself like he's giving one of his motivational lectures.
*** Which might instead be AudienceWhatAudience. Pinkie Pie and Rarity look more than a little confused as if wondering "Who are you talking to?"
** Fluttershy gives one in "A Bird in the Hoof" adding "Always works." Obvious considering there is no one else in the room at the time.
** In "Wonderbolts Academy", Pinkie Pie rambles on how Rainbow Dash has forgotten about her friends, to which Applejack gives the audience a "Yes, this is happening" side glance.
** In "Simple Ways" Rarity complains that [[DoggedNiceGuy Spike]] cannot possibly understand the feeling of being in love with a pony who loves someone else. [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2014/2/8/546808__safe_solo_animated_spike_hub+logo_hubble_fourth+wall_hub_simple+ways_spoiler-colon-s04e13.gif Spike disagrees.]]
* Creator/{{Filmation}}'s 1960s ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman''. Superman and Superboy turned and looked at the camera (usually winking as well) at the end of almost every episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': At the end of "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E10 Klopnodian Heritage Festival]]", Squidina is seen walking with a fly on a leash. She looks at the audience and says that she'd rather walk them than swat them.
* ''WesternAnimation/PCPinkerton'': Pinkerton makes one of these at the end of "See You In The Morning".
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
** Perry the Platypus frequently does this after [[JustBetweenYouAndMe hearing the explanation]] of [[HarmlessVillain Dr. Doofensmirtz's]] more [[EvilIsPetty petty]] or inane schemes.
** Other characters pull this off from time to time, including Doofensmirtz himself in "Out of Toon". After his dancing ray hits both him and Perry the Platypus, causing the two to compulsively dance together, he glances at the camera with the remark "And to add insult to injury, ''the platypus'' is leading."
** From "Cheer Up Candace":
-->'''Phineas:''' Candace has a great sense of humor! Remember that time she got her face stuck in the sink?\\
'''Isabella:''' (''aside glance'')
** Perry gave the audience one when Dr. Doofenshmirtz unveils his latest plan to flood Danville and charge people ridiculous sums of money for the only form of transportation that he himself invented: the B.O.-A.T., which looks (and functions) exactly like a boat. Perry, despite being a SilentSnarker, seems to say to the audience "Leave it to Doofenshmirtz to 'invent' something that ''already exists!''"
%%* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' goes the Groucho eyebrows at the end of the short "Dial P For Pink".
* In the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'', as Pinky claps along with Elmyra's antics, the Brain gives a very un-amused look at the camera.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/PunkyBrewster'' episode "The Bermuda Tangle", Punky winks to the audience.
* In the DarkerAndEdgier (not to mention much better animated) Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', Dot and Enzo are trapped in a graveyard in a FirstPersonShooter while the player (looking exactly like Ash from ''Film/EvilDead2'') slaughters Binomes off camera playing the roles of zombies. They wince at the carnage, and Dot cries out "What kind of sick monster would want to ''play'' a game like this?" Both then turn and glare at the camera.
* This happens with relative frequency in ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', which '''loves''' subverting this trope (generally by having a cut reveal someone standing in the "camera" spot the characters were looking at).
** In the middle of one episode, Sheldon essentially summarizes everything that had happened thus far in the episode, after which he looks directly at the fourth wall and says "What do YOOUUU think [will happen]?" [[FourthWallPsych Cut to Buzz,]] who is standing right in front of him.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' gives us a rather hilarious example during "The Trial" with this exchange between Angelica and the twins as she tries her role as prosecutor:
-->'''Angelica:''' Do you swear to tell ruth, all ruth, and nothing but ruth so help you Bob?\\
(Phil and Lil look at each other confused)\\
'''Angelica:''' (whispering) Just say you do.\\
'''Phil and Lil:''' You do.\\
(Angelica casts Aside Glance directly at the camera)
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' does this a few times when he is so perplexed that a simple confused stare wouldn't be enough.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021''
** In "Happy Bake Oven", Marco does a very obvious aside glance to the audience when Captain Murphy says he can't see the squid on the radar.
** The mouse controlling Captain Murphy's body actually gives a quick wave to the audience in "I, Robot (Really)".
* Used occasionally on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
** On one episode, when Smithers catches on fire he calls out, "Help me Mr. Burns, [[HaveAGayOldTime I'm flaming]]!" Burns looks at the viewer and shakes his head with a "My, my" expression.
** In "Pygmoelian", after Carl fails at cheering Moe up, and ends up making the rest of the people at "Moe's Bar" depressed, he looks ''directly'' at the camera and says [[BreakingTheFourthWall "See, this I why I don't talk much."]]
** [[FourthWallPsych Made fun of]] in the first of the two-part episode when Burns is shot. Doctor Hibbert says "I can't figure this out! Can... you?" and points right at the "camera", holding the pose for a few seconds before the view switches and you see [[FourthWallPsych he was really pointing at Chief Wiggum]] (who could have been [[BehindTheBlack behind the viewers]]' point of view, or it would have even been Wiggum's point of view before the view-shift).
** They recycled it for their ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' parody: We come out of a commercial with Lisa basically saying "Have you figured it out yet?" and then revealing she was talking to Milhouse.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', after Spider-Man repeats verbatim dialogue that the Green Goblin has just heard from Tombstone, Goblin briefly turns to the camera and quips "Anyone else getting ''déjà vu?'' Oh well, let's run with it."
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** In "Pressure" when Sandy dares [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Mr. Krabs and Squidward to go on dry land and they encounter a seagull. When [=SpongeBob=] asks if it knows Sandy, it turns to the camera.
** In the episode "Missing Identity", [=SpongeBob=] tells some fish in a diner the story of how he lost his identity (to be exact, his name tag, [[spoiler:which was on his shirt the whole time, but he was wearing it backward]]). Over the course of the episode, he does two of these glances, except he makes them particularly drawn-out, slowly turning and staring ''straight'' at the camera. The first is in response to one of Patrick's moments of incredible ignorance, and the second comes after the waitress in the diner says she's borrowing someone else's name tag. Both are {{Shout Out}}s to Jack Benny. The hand on the cheek is a trademark of Benny's.
** Another one crops up in "I'm With Stupid".
** In "Clams", Squidward looks right at the camera while Mr. Krabs is yelling at Spongebob to reel his millionth dollar in.
** In "A Pal For Gary", Gary gives a very annoyed one to the camera after being scolded one last time for chasing Puffy Fluffy away despite saving [=SpongeBob=]'s life. He gives another one after [=SpongeBob=] brings him to work with him.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Sergeant Hunter's reaction when Tech interrupts him to explain that the Yalbec males Hunter had just been telling Commander Cody were trying to eat them were actually trying to ''mate'' with them is an aside glance coupled with an amused and exasperated facial expression.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Buddy's Book", Rose Quartz tells Buddy Buddwick how each book is a new experience for each reader and briefly glances into the camera. Buddy looks into the direction of the audience, wondering what she's looking at.
* The OnceAnEpisode ending of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'' was Superman giving a wink at the audience.
%%* Also done frequently in all three [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Super]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 Mario]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld Bros.]] series.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' Sanders and Noah both do this a lot during the interview segments. Justified since both are the OnlySaneMan and voice of reason to their more exuberant partners.
%%* Berk tends to do this quite a lot in ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', the Joker looks at the camera and says, "Admit it: you can't turn away," when the Injustice League is introduced.
** Later on, he does the glance after saying "Inconceivable! Unacceptable! Retributionable!" Cupping his hand around his mouth like he's whispering in the camera's ear, he adds, "That last one might not be a word. So sue me."
** Keep an eye on Wally in the background of the penultimate scene of "Bloodlines." When Impulse delivers his "Gotta run" pun, Barry smiles, Jay {{Face Palm}}s with his tin hat, and Wally just turns this exasperated "Look at what I have to deal with" face towards the camera.
!!!'''Specials:'''
* ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. Both the Grinch and his dog Max both do this multiple times during the episode. (Not a surprise since this was made by the aforementioned Creator/ChuckJones.)
* Lampshaded to hell and back in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'', where 1987 Raphael does this all the time -- to the utter confusion of everyone who isn't from his reality. At one point, the 2003 [[TheDragon Dragon]] Hun has had just about enough:
-->'''Raph:''' (''[[NoFourthWall to camera]]'') Some people just can't handle change.\\
'''Hun:''' (''follows his gaze'') Why do you keep doing that? Who are you talking to?! '''There's no-one there!'''
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* Creator/HannaBarbera examples:
** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' TOS episodes
*** "Arctic Splashdown". Bandit the dog looks into the camera and winks at the audience.
*** "The Dragons of Ashida". One of the title dragons looks into the camera at the end of the episode.
*** "The Curse of Anubis". Bandit just looks into the camera.
*** "Monster in the Monastery". Bandit looks into the camera.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost''
*** Blip the monkey gives the audience one at the end of the episodes "The Drone", "Glasstor" and "The Sorcerer".
*** In "The Lizard Slavers", while Jace is telling Jan about the title creatures one of them turns its head and smiles at the camera as if it were pleased that Jan was talking about it.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio''. At the end of the episode "The Eye of Time", Meteor Man looked into the camera and winked at the audience.
** ''Mighty Mightor''. Little Rock's bird pet Ork sometimes gives one to the audience when Little Rock did something stupid.
** ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' 1973/74 season
*** Wonder Dog does it on a regular basis, usually when Marvin says something stupid. He did it several times in "The Power Pirate" when Marvin made stupid puns and at the end of "The Weather Maker" when Wendy and Marvin did an EverybodyLaughsEnding.
*** In "The Power Pirate", Marvin tries to impress Wendy and Wonder Dog with his fake British accent. When he fails, he turns to the camera and shrugs.
*** At the end of "The Planet Splitter", Wendy and Marvin take away Wonder Dog's steak bone (he's on a diet) and leave. Wonder Dog pulls out another steak bone, takes a bite out of it and winks at the audience.
*** In "Too Hot To Handle" the alien agent Kobar does this after Wonder Woman delivers an iceberg to Dairyland (a farm area in the heart of America). He's a little smug because he's responsible for the heat wave that required Wonder Woman to obtain the iceberg in the first place.
** Reddy does this in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff And Reddy]]'' story arc "The Treasure Of Skipper Kipper" when Ruff explains that the voice calling for help can help them get off the island on which they're stranded.
!!Series:
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode "Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn", Jason does one after Zidgel says, "When I was your size, I was twice your size!"
%%* Turned up often in earlier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', especially when Sheen was around. Generally performed by Jimmy himself.
%%* Done often in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': You have to be concentrating, but in "Vault of Bones" Flame Princess does one of these when Finn is telling a skeleton to Do the Splits.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' makes use of this in a particular episode where Roger encounters a DumbBlonde girl named Judy Panawitz. Almost every other line she has provoked this response.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''
** In the episode "Hello, Nice Warners", the Warner siblings pull a simultaneous aside glance after a Jerry Lewis caricature says something ridiculous. {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed when the character then asks them what they were looking at, and Wakko responds, "[[BreakingTheFourthWall The people watching on TV!]]" Dr. Director puts his face close to the TV to say "hello". But he doesn't see anyone. Of course, this was just a distraction.
** Another example is with the Slappy the Squirrel being very {{Medium Aware|ness}} in her first short.
--->'''Slappy:''' Oh, don't worry, kid. I've faced off against Doug the Dog before, I know all of his tricks. Haven't you watched my old cartoons? I've beaten him a thousand times.\\
'''Skippy:''' But those were just cartoons! [[ThisIsReality This is real life!]]\\
'''Slappy:''' (''looks dryly at camera'') Don't tell him, he might crack.
** Try and find an episode of ''Animaniacs'' where they ''didn't''.
--->'''Dot:''' I found Music/{{Prince}}!\\
'''Wakko:''' No, no. Fingerprints!\\
'''Dot:''' (''[[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour knowingly looking at the camera]]'') [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour I don't think so.]]
* The Joker did this several times in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. His breaking of the fourth wall was subtly treated as part of his characteristic insanity and also included such examples as occasionally whistling his own theme music.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' cartoon "Anytime At All", the boys are at a French museum exhibit of the Three Musketeers. As the curator tells the crowd about the Musketeers' derring-do and rescuing maidens in distress, John turns to the camera and does an EyebrowWaggle.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': One episode features Ben and cousin Gwen trapped in a video game and [[WinToExit have to reach level 15 to get out]].
--> '''Grandpa Max''': Please tell me I'm in one of those hidden camera shows...
* At the end of the PBS animated version of "Double Dare" from ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', when Mama Bear asks Brother Bear if getting Sister Bear's jump rope back from Too-Tall and his gang was really as easy as simply asking him for it, he admits "Well, it wasn't really ''that'' easy," then tosses a wink at the audience regarding the hijinks he went through in the story.
%%* Happens several times in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In the old Goofy cartoons, especially the "How to" shorts, Goofy spends a great deal nodding, winking, smiling, gesturing, and staring in confusion at the viewer and/or invisible narrator. And to quote Art Babbit, "When something stupid befalls him, he mugs the camera like an amateur actor with relatives in the audience, trying to cover up his accident by making faces and signaling to them."
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''
** Odd winks once or twice directly at the "camera" while in Lyoko -- notably in the episode "Nobody in Particular", after devirtualizing Ulrich's body.
** The last episode of the animated series has the characters waving goodbye at the audience.
** "The Pretender" had an Aside Glance combined with a FourthWallPsych with Aelita. She was winking at Ulrich, but she winked into the "camera" on Lyoko.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' has been known to do this after a bad Penfold joke.
-->'''DM:''' Out of the mouths of clots and half-wits...
* As does ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. Coupled with its frequent usage of SoundingItOut, at times it almost seemed as though Danny was conversing with the viewer, without any fourth wall breakage.
** In ''My Brother's Keeper'', Danny notices us after Jazz kisses his head. He then promptly becomes grossed out.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Toot unleashes an epic "A-Duh!" lasting several seconds, involving spit and protruding teeth. In the middle of it, she looks directly at the camera for a second.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' makes frequent use of this.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' tends to do this a lot. Usually after Peter has just pointed out something using his MediumAwareness.
-->'''Peter:''' And since you're black and I'm white, that makes it more a-special for the audience! (''aside glance'')
* The ''Fantastic Voyage'' cartoon series episode "Revenge of the Spy". When Lisette Clochard shows up, she and Jonathan Kidd start flirting with each other. Doctor Erica Lane (who has a crush on Kidd) turns and gives the camera an annoyed look.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' does this '''a lot'''; Mandy being the most common.
* Many ''Grizzy & the Lemmings'' episodes have Grizzy and/or the Lemmings give a look to the audience as they suffer a DownerEnding.
%%* Done in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' a couple of times, usually from Heloise.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' featured Johnny and Dukey stuck inside a [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] movie, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed or its closest in-universe equivalent]]. At one point, about when they learn the main character is going to drive a car off a cliff, Dukey says, "Why couldn't you just have watched cartoons like a normal kid?" Both then turn to look at the camera.
** Another episode features a ShowWithinAShow that is clearly a parody of Johnny and Dukey, leading the former to question, "[[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs Who would ever watch such a ridiculous cartoon?]]" Cue looking at the camera.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
** [[SurroundedByIdiots Mr. Cat]] does this fairly often, usually after someone around him does something idiotic.
** In one episode, Pretty does this to the audience after she and Stumpy become victims of an internet scam and are sent a ''toilet'' instead of the promised reward.
** In Episode 105, Mr. Cat has an ImagineSpot of himself being massaged by numerous clones of Kaeloo. The real Kaeloo, standing right next to him, looks at the camera with an annoyed expression since all she sees is Mr. Cat [[CrushBlush blushing]] and [[PervertedDrooling drooling]].
* Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'' ends with the titular kindergartner in bed discussing his experiences in both segments of the episode to the audience right before one of his family members asks him who he's talking to.
* ''WesternAnimation/LolitaLolita'': In "Museum", when an old guy in the museum sees Lolita imitating poses of characters in various artworks, he gets an idea and looks to the audience. The second time he does this is when his latest picture doesn't get the reaction he expected from her (she [[BlowingARaspberry blew a raspberry at it]]).
* Turned up often in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons and other animated shorts. Pretty much a trademark of Creator/ChuckJones' work.
** For example, in ''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'' Daffy does it after one of Elmer Fudd's bullets is embedded in his scalp.
** Bugs has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it one in the same cartoon just as he's about to pull the DuckSeasonRabbitSeason switch on Daffy.
** Elmer even does one in ''WesternAnimation/RabbitSeasoning'' following Daffy's demand that he shoot him now.
** The wild claims of the hapless protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening'' unsurprisingly inspires an incident.
** ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'' episode ''WesternAnimation/HipHipHurry''. Wile E. feeds a mouse a drink that allows it to move at SuperSpeed. As the mouse is speeding across the landscape, he turns and looks at the camera.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' episode "The Shell Game," Cecil Turtle glances at the camera with a PsychoticSmirk on his face after he denies doing an EvilLaugh. This is when Bugs realizes that something is going on.
-->'''Bugs:''' Who are you looking at?
* In the Nelvana cartoon of ''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Martin the Warrior]]'', the searats give a rather creeped-out look to the camera when Clogg starts gushing about how awesome his "new friend" (actually a spy for the good guys) is. May be either because they're weirded out by "Tibbar the magic rabbit" or perhaps even the characters can spot the HoYay.
* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'': Proto Man turns to the camera and mutters, "Boy, what's the world coming to when you can't trust your own brother?" after Mega Man tricks him and his cohorts in "Bot Transfer". [[HilariousInHindsight That episode came before "Bro Bots", mind you.]]
* In the dream sequence of the Bakshi ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' episode "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy", our hero (doing a [[Series/TheHoneymooners Ralph Kramden]]) looks at us in silent ire as the Cow (doing Ed Norton) meticulously prepares, bakes and eats a rotten potato.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' does this in "Hotsy Footsy". Magoo thinks he is at a college reunion dance, but he has walked through the exit door, through a back alley, and is in a gym where wrestler Francis the Terrible is taking on all comers! Magoo sees the long line of wrestlers being carried off after being injured, turns to the screen and whispers "loaded!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** In "Applebuck Season", after the sleep-deprived Applejack falls asleep in the middle of accepting her trophy for saving the town from a stampede, Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie both look at the camera with baffled expressions on their faces.
** Twilight gives one in the vein of [[{{ComicStrip/Garfield}} Jon Arbuckle]] in "Boast Busters" when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Spike slams a door conjured in the middle of a room]].
** Pinkie Pie has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ4IjRsP7Qk somewhat exaggerated]] reputation for this. She gives an aside glance at the end of "Bridle Gossip" (though WordOfGod says it was unintentional), and one after sending off a picnic basket full of balloons in "Lesson Zero" (though she could also be said to be looking at Fluttershy).
** Pinkie Pie and Rarity give a shared aside glance in "Putting Your Hoof Down", after Iron Will introduces himself like he's giving one of his motivational lectures.
*** Which might instead be AudienceWhatAudience. Pinkie Pie and Rarity look more than a little confused as if wondering "Who are you talking to?"
** Fluttershy gives one in "A Bird in the Hoof" adding "Always works." Obvious considering there is no one else in the room at the time.
** In "Wonderbolts Academy", Pinkie Pie rambles on how Rainbow Dash has forgotten about her friends, to which Applejack gives the audience a "Yes, this is happening" side glance.
** In "Simple Ways" Rarity complains that [[DoggedNiceGuy Spike]] cannot possibly understand the feeling of being in love with a pony who loves someone else. [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2014/2/8/546808__safe_solo_animated_spike_hub+logo_hubble_fourth+wall_hub_simple+ways_spoiler-colon-s04e13.gif Spike disagrees.]]
* Creator/{{Filmation}}'s 1960s ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman''. Superman and Superboy turned and looked at the camera (usually winking as well) at the end of almost every episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': At the end of "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E10 Klopnodian Heritage Festival]]", Squidina is seen walking with a fly on a leash. She looks at the audience and says that she'd rather walk them than swat them.
* ''WesternAnimation/PCPinkerton'': Pinkerton makes one of these at the end of "See You In The Morning".
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
** Perry the Platypus frequently does this after [[JustBetweenYouAndMe hearing the explanation]] of [[HarmlessVillain Dr. Doofensmirtz's]] more [[EvilIsPetty petty]] or inane schemes.
** Other characters pull this off from time to time, including Doofensmirtz himself in "Out of Toon". After his dancing ray hits both him and Perry the Platypus, causing the two to compulsively dance together, he glances at the camera with the remark "And to add insult to injury, ''the platypus'' is leading."
** From "Cheer Up Candace":
-->'''Phineas:''' Candace has a great sense of humor! Remember that time she got her face stuck in the sink?\\
'''Isabella:''' (''aside glance'')
** Perry gave the audience one when Dr. Doofenshmirtz unveils his latest plan to flood Danville and charge people ridiculous sums of money for the only form of transportation that he himself invented: the B.O.-A.T., which looks (and functions) exactly like a boat. Perry, despite being a SilentSnarker, seems to say to the audience "Leave it to Doofenshmirtz to 'invent' something that ''already exists!''"
%%* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' goes the Groucho eyebrows at the end of the short "Dial P For Pink".
* In the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain'', as Pinky claps along with Elmyra's antics, the Brain gives a very un-amused look at the camera.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/PunkyBrewster'' episode "The Bermuda Tangle", Punky winks to the audience.
* In the DarkerAndEdgier (not to mention much better animated) Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', Dot and Enzo are trapped in a graveyard in a FirstPersonShooter while the player (looking exactly like Ash from ''Film/EvilDead2'') slaughters Binomes off camera playing the roles of zombies. They wince at the carnage, and Dot cries out "What kind of sick monster would want to ''play'' a game like this?" Both then turn and glare at the camera.
* This happens with relative frequency in ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', which '''loves''' subverting this trope (generally by having a cut reveal someone standing in the "camera" spot the characters were looking at).
** In the middle of one episode, Sheldon essentially summarizes everything that had happened thus far in the episode, after which he looks directly at the fourth wall and says "What do YOOUUU think [will happen]?" [[FourthWallPsych Cut to Buzz,]] who is standing right in front of him.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' gives us a rather hilarious example during "The Trial" with this exchange between Angelica and the twins as she tries her role as prosecutor:
-->'''Angelica:''' Do you swear to tell ruth, all ruth, and nothing but ruth so help you Bob?\\
(Phil and Lil look at each other confused)\\
'''Angelica:''' (whispering) Just say you do.\\
'''Phil and Lil:''' You do.\\
(Angelica casts Aside Glance directly at the camera)
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' does this a few times when he is so perplexed that a simple confused stare wouldn't be enough.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021''
** In "Happy Bake Oven", Marco does a very obvious aside glance to the audience when Captain Murphy says he can't see the squid on the radar.
** The mouse controlling Captain Murphy's body actually gives a quick wave to the audience in "I, Robot (Really)".
* Used occasionally on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
** On one episode, when Smithers catches on fire he calls out, "Help me Mr. Burns, [[HaveAGayOldTime I'm flaming]]!" Burns looks at the viewer and shakes his head with a "My, my" expression.
** In "Pygmoelian", after Carl fails at cheering Moe up, and ends up making the rest of the people at "Moe's Bar" depressed, he looks ''directly'' at the camera and says [[BreakingTheFourthWall "See, this I why I don't talk much."]]
** [[FourthWallPsych Made fun of]] in the first of the two-part episode when Burns is shot. Doctor Hibbert says "I can't figure this out! Can... you?" and points right at the "camera", holding the pose for a few seconds before the view switches and you see [[FourthWallPsych he was really pointing at Chief Wiggum]] (who could have been [[BehindTheBlack behind the viewers]]' point of view, or it would have even been Wiggum's point of view before the view-shift).
** They recycled it for their ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' parody: We come out of a commercial with Lisa basically saying "Have you figured it out yet?" and then revealing she was talking to Milhouse.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', after Spider-Man repeats verbatim dialogue that the Green Goblin has just heard from Tombstone, Goblin briefly turns to the camera and quips "Anyone else getting ''déjà vu?'' Oh well, let's run with it."
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** In "Pressure" when Sandy dares [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Mr. Krabs and Squidward to go on dry land and they encounter a seagull. When [=SpongeBob=] asks if it knows Sandy, it turns to the camera.
** In the episode "Missing Identity", [=SpongeBob=] tells some fish in a diner the story of how he lost his identity (to be exact, his name tag, [[spoiler:which was on his shirt the whole time, but he was wearing it backward]]). Over the course of the episode, he does two of these glances, except he makes them particularly drawn-out, slowly turning and staring ''straight'' at the camera. The first is in response to one of Patrick's moments of incredible ignorance, and the second comes after the waitress in the diner says she's borrowing someone else's name tag. Both are {{Shout Out}}s to Jack Benny. The hand on the cheek is a trademark of Benny's.
** Another one crops up in "I'm With Stupid".
** In "Clams", Squidward looks right at the camera while Mr. Krabs is yelling at Spongebob to reel his millionth dollar in.
** In "A Pal For Gary", Gary gives a very annoyed one to the camera after being scolded one last time for chasing Puffy Fluffy away despite saving [=SpongeBob=]'s life. He gives another one after [=SpongeBob=] brings him to work with him.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Sergeant Hunter's reaction when Tech interrupts him to explain that the Yalbec males Hunter had just been telling Commander Cody were trying to eat them were actually trying to ''mate'' with them is an aside glance coupled with an amused and exasperated facial expression.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Buddy's Book", Rose Quartz tells Buddy Buddwick how each book is a new experience for each reader and briefly glances into the camera. Buddy looks into the direction of the audience, wondering what she's looking at.
* The OnceAnEpisode ending of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'' was Superman giving a wink at the audience.
%%* Also done frequently in all three [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Super]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 Mario]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld Bros.]] series.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' Sanders and Noah both do this a lot during the interview segments. Justified since both are the OnlySaneMan and voice of reason to their more exuberant partners.
%%* Berk tends to do this quite a lot in ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', the Joker looks at the camera and says, "Admit it: you can't turn away," when the Injustice League is introduced.
** Later on, he does the glance after saying "Inconceivable! Unacceptable! Retributionable!" Cupping his hand around his mouth like he's whispering in the camera's ear, he adds, "That last one might not be a word. So sue me."
** Keep an eye on Wally in the background of the penultimate scene of "Bloodlines." When Impulse delivers his "Gotta run" pun, Barry smiles, Jay {{Face Palm}}s with his tin hat, and Wally just turns this exasperated "Look at what I have to deal with" face towards the camera.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. Both the Grinch and his dog Max both do this multiple times during the episode. (Not a surprise since this was made by the aforementioned Creator/ChuckJones.)
* Lampshaded to hell and back in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'', where 1987 Raphael does this all the time -- to the utter confusion of everyone who isn't from his reality. At one point, the 2003 [[TheDragon Dragon]] Hun has had just about enough:
-->'''Raph:''' (''[[NoFourthWall to camera]]'') Some people just can't handle change.\\
'''Hun:''' (''follows his gaze'') Why do you keep doing that? Who are you talking to?! '''There's no-one there!'''
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