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* The titular character of ''Castle'' does this CONSTANTLY. He's a big fan of CIA/NSA conspiracies, alien abductions, time travel and in an episode where a murder victim has a butler, he would dearly love to say "The Butler Did It"

*** This is taken to its logical extreme in Dr Hix, Professor of Postmortem Communications, who is ''contractually obligated'' to be mildly evil on a day-to-day basis, not to exceed aforementioned contractual standards. Will often loudly insist on this as part of UnseenUniversity discussions.

* In any episode of ''VentureBros'' with Henchmen 21 and 24, it's a certainty that the GenreSavvy henchmen will discuss at least one trope.

* In TheEpicOfGilgamesh, when the titular character is approached by Ishtar, who asks him to marry her. He then proceeds to list the examples of fictional characters[[hottip:*: Yes, there WERE lots of mythologies and whatnots back then, it's just that TEOG was the first ''written'' story.]] who ended up in a bad fate because of sleeping with divine beings. Yes, this trope is OlderThanDirt.

* In an episode of ''TheBatman'', Alfred worries that "This time, the butler may indeed have done it" in relation to a series of robberies from the Wayne household. Funny thing is? He ''did'' do it, under hypnosis. That was discovered quite quickly.
* ''TheSimpsons'':

* The ''BlackJewels'' book, Tangled Webs, by Anne Bishop has a couple of examples, mainly because the villain is a hack author. Two characters who had been making fun of the author's cliché-ridden writing are trapped in a house that's trying to kill them while the author watches from inside the walls and records it all as fodder for his next book. At one point, the characters comment that in a horror story, this is exactly when one of them would be stupid enough to go into the cellar. As they're saying this, the cellar door slams shut of its own accord -- if they had gone down the stairs, they would have been trapped. Later in the book, the (gay) male main character remarks to the female main character that this is the point in the story where they're supposed to have sex. They look at each other for a moment, and then the woman says, "So what do you want to do in the five minutes that would have taken?"
* ''{{Animorphs}}'' used these more than average. Especially common are references to the tropes of ''StarTrek'' -- things like RubberForeheadAliens (not used in Animorphs), or FrickinLaserBeams (which is used).

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* In TheEpicOfGilgamesh, when the titular character is approached by Ishtar, who asks him to marry her. He then proceeds to list the examples of fictional characters[[hottip:*: Yes, there WERE lots of mythologies and whatnots back then, it's just that TEOG was the first ''written'' story.]] who ended up in a bad fate because of sleeping with divine beings. Yes, this trope is OlderThanDirt.

* Used brutally in ''BlackOrchid'': the title character is captured by a {{Mook}}, who discusses [=~Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?~=] He [[DecoyProtagonist shoots her in the head]], then [[KillItWithFire sets her on fire]] to make absolutely sure she's DeaderThanDead. Good thing MesACrowd...

* As a Haruhi/Tvtropes fanfic, this is a mainstay of ''[[Fanfic/{{Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''. One notable example is when Kyon discusses ThoseTwoGuys with [[ThoseTwoGuys Taniguchi and Kunikuda.]]

* [[http://buttersafe.com/2008/11/06/at-school-no-clothes/ This episode]] of ''{{Buttersafe}}'', in which a boy without pants struggles to work out if the NotWearingPants trope is being {{subverted}}, DoubleSubverted or played straight.

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* In TheEpicOfGilgamesh, when the titular character is approached by Ishtar, who asks him to marry her. He then proceeds to list the examples of fictional characters[[hottip:*: Yes, there WERE lots of mythologies and whatnots back then, it's just that TEOG was the first ''written'' story.]] who ended up in a bad fate because of sleeping with divine beings. Yes, this trope is OlderThanDirt.

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* [[http://buttersafe.com/2008/11/06/at-school-no-clothes/ This episode]] of ''{{Buttersafe}}'', in which a boy without pants struggles to work out if the NotWearingPants trope is being {{subverted}}, DoubleSubverted or played straight.
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* ''GalaxyQuest'' does this frequently, mainly using the character of Guy. [[RedShirt He's the guy who dies to prove the situation is serious!]]

* RobertAHeinlein was particularly fond of having his characters do this, particularly ones who are established authors in-universe and who proceed to comment on the narrative structure of their own stories. ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls'' is a prime example.

This trope is extremely common when [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Our Vampires Are Different]] is invoked in a contemporary setting. Most authors just can't resist having their characters point out how 'real' vampires differ from all those laughably inaccurate Hollywood representations.

* In any episode of '''VentureBros''' with Henchmen 21 and 24, it's a certainty that the GenreSavvy henchmen will discuss at least one trope.

-->'''Rosewood:''' "You know, I keep thinking -- this reminds me of the ending to Butch Cassidy. You know, when they're trapped in that little house, with the entire Bolivian Army closing in?"

* ''GalaxyQuest'' does this frequently, mainly using the character of Guy. [[RedShirt He's the guy who dies to prove the situation is serious!]][[/folder]]

* [[http://buttersafe.com/2008/11/06/at-school-no-clothes/ This episode]] of ''Buttersafe'', in which a boy without pants struggles to work out if the NotWearingPants trope is being {{subverted}}, DoubleSubverted or played straight.

* As a Haruhi/Tvtropes fanfic, this is a mainstay of [[KyonBigDamnHero Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]. One notable example is when Kyon discusses ThoseTwoGuys with [[ThoseTwoGuys Taniguchi and Kunikuda.]]