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* In Chapter 181 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Ishigami and Iino bring up OutdoorBathPeeping, and remark that besides it being creepy and immoral, it's also illegal and never done in real life without consequence. [[spoiler:This sets up that Shirogane and his friends were not planning on peeping on their female classmates while bathing, but catch them leaving the changing area with their hair still wet]].

* Issue 7 of ''Transformers More Than Meets The Eye'' has an interesting sequence where [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits the Scavengers]] are resting around their campfire and proceed to discuss and wonder about various tropes and how they apply to the comic's setting. In particular the (rather grim) implications of the StatusQuoIsGod, GreyAndGrayMorality, TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin, NotSoDifferent, and ForeverWar tropes are brought into light.

* In Episode 48 of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Semi-Perfect Cell approaches the collapsed Tien, who had just [[HeroicRRoD used up all his energy]] [[YouShallNotPass preventing him from getting Androids 18 and 16]], and lampshades what he believes will be Tien's FamousLastWords. A barely-conscious Tien immediately cracks back with a different set:

'''Barmaid:''' Ooh, all that [[CutTheRedWire cut-the-red-wire stuff]]?\\

* A lot of tropes pertaining to video game mechanics and characters tend to get discussed a lot in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', one of the notable ones of Rakan being a GameBreaker. Naturally, a good chunk of this either comes from [[MetaGuy Chisame]], whoever else is GenreSavvy, or will be mentioned in any extra materials.

* Used brutally in ''Comicbook/BlackOrchid'': the title character is captured by a {{Mook|s}}, who discusses WhyDontYouJustShootHim. He [[DecoyProtagonist shoots her in the head]], then [[KillItWithFire sets her on fire]] to make absolutely sure she's DeaderThanDead. Good thing MesACrowd.
* ''Comicbook/TooMuchCoffeeMan'': A character in a bar discusses how he has never seen a [[BarBrawl barfight]] happen in real life, and is approached by a man who says he is sitting on his jacket. He gets up from the bar stool to let the man have his jacket, and sits down as the man [[SubvertedTrope walks away]].

* ''FanFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': When Chloe decides to run away, she brings up the FreeRangeChildren trope because 10-year-old kids in the Pokémon world essentially leave home so why shouldn't she?

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* A fairly early strip in ''WebComic/{{Housepets}}'' features [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2009/07/06/playing-with-your-food/ a discussion between main character Peanut and three farm horses]] regarding the SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication, with a dash of CarnivoreConfusion toward the end:

# They {{exploit|edTrope}} or {{invoke|dTrope}} the trope directly, either by action ("I'll make my sword more powerful by [[PowerGlows making it brighter]]!") or by anticipation ("His sword is [[PowerGlows glowing]], I suppose that means it's very powerful").

# And then there are the discussions that go something like, "If this were an action movie, talking [[TemptingFate about your family like that]] would mean you'd be [[SortingAlgorithmOfMortality dead in a few minutes]]." or "[[ThisIsReality Unlike]] what you may read in detective stories, [[TheButlerDidIt the Butler is a somewhat unlikely suspect]] in any murder investigation of [[LockedRoomMystery this sort]], for reasons X, Y and Z."

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' used these more than average. Especially common are references to the tropes of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' -- things like RubberForeheadAliens (not used in Animorphs), or FrickinLaserBeams (which is used).

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Carl is telling Major Monogram a story. It cuts to a commercial break as the gang is falling off a cliff. Major Monogram points out that Carl [[{{Cliffhanger}} left him hanging with that cliff scene]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
-->'''Amethyst:''' [[spoiler: I wish that I could say [[TheresNoPlaceLikeHome there's no better place than home,]] but home's a place that I will never know.]]

* This is a staple of the ''Film/[[Scream]]'' franchise.

* In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', when Mary and Adriana are discussing the backstory for Elsa and Anna (this is a CampaignComic covering ''{{Disney/Frozen}}''), Mary notes that estranged people who love each other, and have to overcome what separates them, worked in ''Film/DieHard''.

-->'''Nanase:''' I don't understand how anyone could see what ''she'' saw and just be like "Oh you'll tell me if I need to know something".
-->'''Grace:''' She could be GenreSavvy.
-->'''Nanase:''' GenreSavvy?
-->'''Grace:''' Yeah, like coping with the weirdness by thinking of stories in which similar things happen?

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Carl is telling Major Monogram a story. It cuts to a commercial break as the gang is falling off a cliff. Major Monogram points out that Carl [[CliffHanger left him hanging with that cliff scene]].

'''Made of Win:''' I blame the media--they keep portraying us as [[SapientSteed four-legged bicycles]].\\

'''Peanut:''' (''to Uncle Rueben's horses'') Well, no offense, but you guys ''do'' look delicious.\\

'''Made of Win:''' I blame the media--they keep portraying us as [[SapientSteed four-legged bicycles]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer gets [[ItMakesSenseInContext hammered halfway through an overhang by a trampoline.]]
-->'''Homer:''' If this were a cartoon, the cliff would break off now...
--> ([[{{Beat}} Fade to nighttime.]])
--> '''Homer:''' [[SubvertedTrope I'm thirsty...]]
--> '''*[[DoubleSubversion CRACK!!]]*'''
-->'''Homer: ''WAAAAAAAAARGH!!!...'''''

** In ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', an EvilChancellor actually SAYS of some evil action he is undertaking, "I am the Vizier after all. It is rather expected of me."
** The later City Watch books, like ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', will have Sam Vimes waxing on tropes like conveniently-located clues and the SherlockScan.

** In ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky'', the trope of someone getting ThreeWishes and [[ResetButton having to use the last one to undo the problems]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor caused by the first two]] is brought up as a plot point in regards to [[spoiler: how the Hiver operates.]]