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* Specifically in the 2010s many commercials had characters and spokespeople saying they are in commercials. Dennis Quaid in Esurance couldnt stop talking about him being in them.



* Specifically in the 2010s many commercials had characters ans spokespeople saying they are in commercials. Dennis Quaid in Esurance couldnt stop talking about it.

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* Specifically in the 2010s many commercials had characters ans spokespeople saying they are in commercials. Dennis Quaid in Esurance couldnt stop talking about it.

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* Specifically in the 2010s many commercials had characters ans spokespeople saying they are in commercials. Dennis Quaid in Esurance couldnt stop talking about it.
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--> '''Bud:''' I can [[CreatorThumbprint feel the power!]]

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--> '''Bud:''' I can [[CreatorThumbprint [[AuthorCatchphrase feel the power!]]


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* ''Pinball/{{Deadpool}}'' unsurprisingly uses ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} as a MetaGuy.
--> [[SelfDeprecation "At least it's not another movie-themed pin!"]]
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** In general, this trope is a large part of the play's structure and story, and as such comes up on a fairly regular basis throughout the show.
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--> "Wait, why am I still in split screen? There's more [[music video]]?"

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--> "Wait, why am I still in split screen? There's more [[music video]]?"{{music video}}?"
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* In ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms,'' characters generally refer to past events by chapter. They are all fully aware that they are in a book, and occasionally argue or bargain with the narrator.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Dammit, Deadpool, [[BreakingTheFourthWall we just fixed the fourth wall]]!]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:Dammit, [[caption-width-right:250:Goddammit, Deadpool, [[BreakingTheFourthWall we just fixed the fourth wall]]!]]
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* Music/FallOutBoy, "Sugar, We're Going Down":
-->I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song.
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* In ''Fanfic/MustLoveNedFlanders'', a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Naomi informs the Simpsons and Ned that they're in a cartoon. Ned doesn't believe this, even after watching it, until he temporarily ends up in our world.
** Naomi's aware she's in a "book" when she mentions her frequent {{fainting}} and one instance of being knocked out that she's probably "been unconscious for at least half this book."
** Even though nobody told Edna she's in a cartoon, she's aware that America voted for her and Ned to stay together.
** At least two characters not from the real world seem aware of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''.

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* In ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'' Sonic mentions the reader and the fact he's in the book several times, with the added bonus that he knows he's normally a videogame character too, commenting that the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Mystic Cave Zone]] had great background music.

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* In ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'' ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'':
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Sonic mentions the reader and the fact he's in the book several times, with the added bonus that he knows he's normally a videogame character too, commenting that the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Mystic Cave Zone]] had great background music.
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-->'''Jeff:''' What're you doing?
-->'''Peanut:''' A-speaking in Jose's tongue!
-->'''Jeff:''' Well, don't do that.
-->'''Peanut:''' Why not?
-->'''Jeff:''' It makes me feel left out.
-->'''Peanut:''' [looks at Jeff] Huh?
-->'''Jeff Dunham:''' I don't speak Spanish!
-->[Peanut and Jose look at him. Jose turns from Jeff, imitating the theme music from The Twilight Zone.]
-->'''Peanut:''' "Picture, if you will..."

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-->'''Jeff:''' --->'''Jeff:''' What're you doing?
-->'''Peanut:'''
doing?\\
'''Peanut:'''
A-speaking in Jose's tongue!
-->'''Jeff:'''
tongue!\\
'''Jeff:'''
Well, don't do that.
-->'''Peanut:'''
that.\\
'''Peanut:'''
Why not?
-->'''Jeff:'''
not?\\
'''Jeff:'''
It makes me feel left out.
-->'''Peanut:'''
out.\\
'''Peanut:'''
[looks at Jeff] Huh?
-->'''Jeff
Huh?\\
'''Jeff
Dunham:''' I don't speak Spanish!
-->[Peanut
Spanish!\\
[Peanut
and Jose look at him. Jose turns from Jeff, imitating the theme music from The Twilight Zone.]
-->'''Peanut:'''
]\\
'''Peanut:'''
"Picture, if you will..."



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[[folder:Theater]][[folder:Theatre]]
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* The titular character of ''Theatre/{{Baddy}}'' harasses the conductor and steals his baton during the title song.
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* During the newsprint shortage of the 1970s, several characters in ''ComicStrip/{{Conchy}}'' made reference to the crisis and what a threat it posed to their existence.
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* In the former Ride/UniversalStudios ride, ''Ride/TheFuntasticWorldOfHannaBarbera'', each of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters not only know full well that they're animated characters as well as Hanna-Barbera properties, but they also know of each other and their respective worlds.
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** On other occasions, he's slept through most of the day's strip only to wake up just in time to [[LampshadeHanging acknowledge nearly missing today's strip]], and even been caught ''picking his nose'' only to remark, "I'm on, aren't I?"
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* On the title page of ''[[Literature/PigeonSeries The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!]]'', the Pigeon urges readers "WAIT! Don't read that title!" and is seen dropping his head and stating "Too late. Rats..." at the start of the story.
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*** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', thanks to a single point-of-view shot, the Joker is the only one in the films to look right into the camera.

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*** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', thanks to a single point-of-view shot, the Joker is the only one in the films to look right into the camera.
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** The series in general is all too aware of the trope and will exploit it whenever possible, which gets characters to react with predictable results.

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** The series in general is all too aware of the trope and will exploit it whenever possible, which gets characters to react with predictable results. Likewise, whenever you have to take a risk in a trial that could carry a stiff penalty or someone proposes to give you a bigger penalty than usual, they'll "show" you via your LifeMeter appearing on screen and showing how much it'll cost you if you make a mistake.
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** The series in general is all too aware of the trope and will exploit it whenever possible, which gets characters to react with predictable results.
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* Schroeder considers putting in a transfer to a new comic strip in a ''{{Peanuts}}'' strip from 1952, after Charlie Brown thinks he's talking about baseball when he comments that he has perfect pitch.

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* Schroeder considers putting in a transfer to a new comic strip in a ''{{Peanuts}}'' ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip from 1952, after Charlie Brown thinks he's talking about baseball when he comments that he has perfect pitch.
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* There is a brilliant [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender ATLA]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6988840/1/Bring_Me_All_Your_Elderly fanfic]] in which the (original) Gaang, after seeing the live-action adaptation, travel to the movie world and fix all the problems.

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* There is a brilliant [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender ATLA]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6988840/1/Bring_Me_All_Your_Elderly fanfic]] in which Fanfic/BringMeAllYourElderly has the (original) original (ie. animated) Gaang, after seeing the live-action adaptation, travel to the movie world and fix all the problems.problems. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensues, up to and including]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall itself, full of holes, shows up in one chapter]].

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* During a sung debate in ''Theatre/Hamilton'', Alexander Hamilton tells his faltering opponent "Don't modulate the key, then not debate with me!"

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* During a sung debate in ''Theatre/Hamilton'', ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', Alexander Hamilton tells his faltering opponent "Don't modulate the key, then not debate with me!"


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* In ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Tsukishiro Kanato (2018, Takarazuka)'s Lucheni asks the audience if they've noticed a camera today, says he too has noticed a camera, and then asks the cameraperson to come closer and make sure he looks handsome.
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** In an issue of Grant Morrison's run on JLA, Martian Manhunter seeks Animal Man out for some plot related reasons. AM is hiding out in an empty white room spiralling into depression over his 4th wall awareness and when he realizes why J'Onn is there he breaks down in despair and screams "Oh God I'm relevant to the plot!" and just starts sobbing. After J'Onn reads his mind and leave J'Onn thinks to himself that AM has some very odd ideas about how the universe works.
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* MediumAwareness/{{Anime and Manga}}

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* MediumAwareness/{{Anime and Manga}}MediumAwareness/AnimeAndManga
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-->-- '''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''', ''Sticks and Amy's Excellent Staycation''

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-->-- '''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''', ''Sticks ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', "Sticks and Amy's Excellent Staycation''
Staycation"
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* ''Film/BlackMirrorBandersnatch'':
** If you "screw up" at a certain decision, you hit the dead end pathway and are forced to start again. From this point on, Stefan and Colin are aware of the actions they performed and the choices you made on the last run. Sometimes, they're very aware, for others they just think they have DejaVu.
** Throughout the story, Stefan notices certain actions that the viewer makes on his behalf. [[spoiler:He even begins to defy actions that would otherwise derail the story]].
** It even gets to the point where [[spoiler:''Netflix itself'' is heavily involved in two of the routes]].
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* In a GEICO advertisement, Mrs. Butterworth is aware that her face is being obscured by the GEICO logo.

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* In a GEICO Advertising/{{GEICO}} advertisement, Mrs. Butterworth is aware that her face is being obscured by the GEICO logo.
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* In Tim Shaw's Pizza Hut [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPobhSvXtDQ commercial]], he repeatedly uses his ButWaitTheresMore schtick until Dougie cuts him off, saying "Not in a thirty second commercial, there's not," before signalling to the camera.
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*** In [[Film/{{Batman}} the movie]], he talked to himself a few times, serving the same narrative purpose, but preserving the [[SeriousBusiness seriousness]]. On the other hand, he sometimes did so while looking straight-ahead, 'coincidentally' right at the camera, sooo...

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*** In [[Film/{{Batman}} [[Film/Batman1989 the movie]], he talked to himself a few times, serving the same narrative purpose, but preserving the [[SeriousBusiness seriousness]]. On the other hand, he sometimes did so while looking straight-ahead, 'coincidentally' right at the camera, sooo...

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