History Main / AsideGlance

* The only character in [[Creator/RaphaelSanzio Raphael]]'s ''The School of Athens'' who seems to see the viewer is an Italian pretty boy who looks suspiciously like Raphael himself.
* The man in the bottom right of ''Freedom from Want'' (of ''Art/FourFreedoms'') is looking cheekily at the viewer.

* In one episode of SugarWiki/CandleCove, Janice asks the Skin Taker why his jaw moves back and forth, he looks at the camera, not her to give his answer "to grind your skin".

* ''Manga/LuckyStar''

** Parodied in ''Comicbook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019'', when Perry White demands to know why Clark keeps winking at [[AudienceWhatAudience nobody]].

ThousandYardStare is unrelated to this trope, unless it's used for the express purpose of breaking the fourth wall.

* Discord manages to pull this off in ''Fanfic/DiariesOfAMadman''. ''Though text''.
* In ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'' Shinji does this at least twice:
** In chapter 3: after Asuka says she'll be keeping an eye on him, Shinji throws an aside glance and wonders: "Why can't a normal, well-adjusted girl ever say that to me...?"
** In chapter 17: during his friend's bachelor party, Shinji does this while he thinks that it's as if Las Vegas exists to piss off certain specific groups of people.

* Happens often in ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' in reaction to the punchlines - often from Dagwood or Daisy (who also presents a variation in which she suddenly wakes from her sleep when the gag comes).

* The recurring character Santa Christ from ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'' does this while laughing.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: Saturday Morning Adventures'' issue #4, Donatello, Raphael and April discuss ways to eliminate the Mousers inside Splinter's body (the former wants to [[FantasticVoyagePlot shrink himself and his brothers]], the latter two suggest using a laser beam), with Donatello having been inspired by a Termite Man issue he read. April insists that no good ideas are inspired by a superhero from the '60s. Then the three awkwardly stare at the reader.[[note]]The original ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comic was mostly inspired by ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', a '60s superhero.[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* ComicBook/IronMan and Franchise/SpiderMan gave a prominent Aside Glance prior to the ComicBook/CivilWar. In the previous issues, Mary-Jane had suffered a broken arm, then shown up shortly after without a cast or anything. When fans pointed out the mistake, the writers added a discussion between Parker and Stark, revealing that Stark had fixed her up with some kind of injected bone glue. The panel immediately after the explanation shows both characters looking straight at the reader.
* In an issue of ''Marvel Knights: Spider-Man'', Peter and Liz Allan get talking during a high-school reunion. Liz reflects on how weird their lives have been, from the Living Brain attacking the school to Harry Osborn (and his dad) both being the Green Goblin and concludes that sometimes, it feels like Peter's [[DramaticIrony the only normal person she knows.]] Peter's reaction is priceless.

* ComicBook/TheJoker tends to do this, due to him being one of the only [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]] characters who is self-aware of his status as a comic book character. Meta-awareness is frequently part of the Joker's toolbox. Near the end of the "Emperor Joker" comic storyline, he actually yells at the comic's ''artist''.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': There are plenty of moments where a character will glance at the fourth wall to lampshade the ridiculousness of what his happening.

** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070924 "At least *she* was color coordinated."]]

-->'''Jeff:''' We're not going to Monkey Island and [[LampshadeHanging stop looking at the camera]].

* Pointed out and laughed at in virtually every show spoofed by ''WebVideo/TheAnnotatedSeries'' (This is quite the predicament, [[CatchPhrase right viewers at home?]]).

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: Saturday Morning Adventures'' issue #4, Donatello, Raphael and April discuss ways to eliminate the Mousers inside Splinter's body (the former wants to [[FantasticVoyagePlot shrink himself and his brothers]], the latter two suggest using a laser beam), with Donatello having been inspired by a Termite Man issue he read. April insists that no good ideas are inspired by a superhero from the '60s. Then the three awkwardly stare at the reader, realizing the implications of what was said.[[note]]The original ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comic was mostly inspired by ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', a '60s superhero.[[/note]]

* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', the main character throws an aside glance at the screen after Mako and her sibling make a scene in the first episode.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: Saturday Morning Adventures'' issue #4, Donatello, Raphael and April discuss ways to eliminate the Mousers inside Splinter's body (the former wants to [[FantasticVoyagePlot shrink himself and his brothers]], the latter two suggest using a laser beam), with Donatello having been inspired by a Termite Man issue he read. April insists that no good ideas are inspired by a superhero from the '60s. Then the three awkwardly stare at the reader, realizing the implications of what was said.[[note]]The original ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comic was mostly inspired by ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''ComicBook/XMen'', '60s superheroes.[[/note]]

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: Saturday Morning Adventures'' issue #4, Donatello, Raphael and April discuss ways to eliminate the Mousers inside Splinter's body (the former wants to [[FantasticVoyagePlot shrink himself and his brothers]], the latter two suggest using a laser beam), with Donatello having been inspired by a Termite Man issue he read. April insists that no good ideas are inspired by a superhero from the '60s. Then the three awkwardly stare at the reader, realizing the implications of what was said.[[note]]The original ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comic was mostly inspired by ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', a '60s superhero.[[/note]]

* WesternAnimation/PrincessNatasha winks to us at the end of issue #2's "Good Cheer" when her dad asks how she thwarted Lubek's plan to use cheerleader routines to send messages to his agents via TV. (She introduced a routine saying "Don't watch us!")

* This happens in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' for [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031017 Agatha]], [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030924 Baron Wulfenbach]], [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080314 Moloch]], [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070907 Agatha again]]... and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111219 an epic one from Tarvek]]. And now Tarvek gets [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120606 another one]] though this time it's far more understated and bemused, and finally [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120217 Gil]].

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': When Loona asks if she can join in on some human killing during "Spring Break", Blitzo refuses -- both because of him being an OverprotectiveDad and also mentioning the ''freaks'' who would oggle over a hot goth girl like her. This is then punctuated with all of IMP [[TakeThatAudience glaring at the camera]].