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* ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'': Ends with the classic quote ''"...You're still here? It's over! Go home.....go."'', even though the viewer may be already at home.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', the Genie actually lifts up the film and says, "Made you look!" This one is based on early reactions to test screenings; after test audiences started leaving the film early during a cut with a reprise of "Arabian Nights," the animators replaced it with the Genie-as-the-moon laughing, causing anyone who's leaving early to turn back wondering if there's more of the film left.

** In "WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary" a mouse warns a cat not to eat him because he'll save his life later on. He knows because ''he's already seen the cartoon before!'' Later on, the three protagonists of the cartoon address the "audience" to announce that they'll be forced to end the picture after quite literally running out of the growing formulay that served as the plot device.

** In "WesternAnimation/KingSizeCanary" a mouse warns a cat not to eat him because he'll save his life later on. He knows because ''he's already seen the cartoon before!''

-->'''Worm:''' Well, [[SelfDepreciation I sure hope it's funnier than]] ''[[SelfDepreciation this]]'' [[SelfDepreciation one!]]

-->'''Bird:''' Hey! I hear that's a pretty funny cartoon.
-->'''Worm:''' Well, I sure hope it's funnier than ''this'' one!

** In "Me Musical Nephews", Popeye can't sleep because his nephews' musical rehearsals are keeping him awake. He pulls the iris out within the screen, pulls his bed in then shuts the iris. Does no good as his music-playing nephews have followed him.

* A trailer for ''Film/PinkPanther2'' running in theaters in the Summer of 2008 showed Inspector Clouseau sneaking into a movie theater; after the screen switches to a generic "please turn off cell phones and pagers" display, there is a ripping sound and Clouseau appears to cut a hole in the movie screen and step through. Upon discovering the audience watching him, though, he sheepishly steps back through the hole and ineptly tries to repair it with duct tape. The screen then becomes "rear illuminated" to show the movie logo and to highlight the silhouette of Clouseau tiptoeing behind it... followed by the silhouette of the Pink Panther himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': This joke has since been inherited, and used at least twice, by Pinkie Pie.

** The best "doctor in the house" moment came in "WesternAnimation/HairRaisingHare": chased by a monster, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny runs through a door, slams it shut, leans up against it panting and begs of the audience, "Is there a doctor in the house?" A silhouette stands up and raises a hand: "I'm a doctor." Bugs pushes off from the door, pulls out a carrot, and gives his CatchPhrase: "Eh, what's up, doc?"