History Main / ScoldingTheFourthWallBreaker

->'''Major Monogram:''' Oh! Wow! What are the odds? \\

!Examples

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfiction "Child of Mew" has Ash and Mew sometimes breaking the fourth wall. One instance has Ash calling Mew out by saying, "What did we say about breaking the fourth wall?"
* in ''{{Fanfic/Curse of the Dualshock}}'', [[spoiler: Rocky did this to Shelly after [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking it]] in Chapter 2]].

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
** When the series featured ''Film/ManhuntInSpace'', Tom looked at a planet and quipped "Look, it's the [=MST3K=] logo." Joel promptly whispers "You're not supposed to know that!"
** In the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E02Gamera Gamera]]'' episode, when they see Gamera lured into a rocket ship, Crow says "Hey Joel, [[CloseToHome remind you of anything?]]" followed by Servo singing the theme song "''In the not too distant future...''". Joel responds by pulling Crow's arm off and hitting Servo on the head with it. "I'm gonna sue you for using that song!"

--> '''Milton:''' It's a fair cop.\\

* While ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' usually has a strong fourth wall, the non-canon side stories break it causally. In [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2017-09-13 this strip,]] when Rhoda and Catalina acknowledge that they're in a non-canon story, Hanma criticizes their disregard for the fourth wall. This comes with a dose of HypocriticalHumor, as Hanma's [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2017-07-31-goonmanji-2-01 first appearance]] had her arguing with the narration.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' provides the page quote when Major Monogram chews out Carl in one such instance. [[note]] In case you are wondering, Monogram was wondering what were the odds that Candace and [[IdenticalStranger Princess Baldegunde]] looked ''exactly'' alike.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': During a trip to Korea in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E10StevensDream Steven's Dream]]", Greg and Steven [[RecursiveCanon walk into their own show's animation studio, in the middle of animating the current episode]]. Steven is [[AudienceWhatAudience genuinely confused]], while Greg [[OhCrap gets really nervous]] once he sees the model sheets, immediately ushering Steven and himself out.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "[[Recap/TeenTitansGoS3E9TheFourthWall The Fourth Wall]]" uses this as a running gag, where the Titans interact with the audience, much to the chagrin of Control Freak.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when Chris tries warning Meg that she's breaking the fourth wall, despite the fact that [[ShowWithinAShow they're already being filmed for a reality show]].

* in {{Fanfic/Curse of the Dualshock}}, [[spoiler: Rocky did this to Shelly after [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking it]] in Chapter 2]].

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "Make Play"

* In the GagDub of ''Anime/ShinChan'', Shin once called the dubbers lazy for leaving some on-screen text untranslated, causing Georgie to reply "Stop referencing the show!"

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' provides the page quote when Major Monogram chews out Carl in one such instance.

* When ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' featured ''Film/ManhuntInSpace'', Tom looked at a planet and quipped "Look, it's the [=MST3K=] logo." Joel promptly whispers "You're not supposed to know that!"
** In the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E02Gamera Gamera]]'' episode, when they see Gamera lured into a rocket ship, Crow says "Hey Joel, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything remind you of anything?]]" followed by Servo singing the theme song "''In the not too distant future...''". Joel responds by pulling Crow's arm off and hitting Servo on the head with it. "I'm gonna sue you for using that song!"

Because the medium-aware character is thereby breaking the established rules of the setting, it is frequent for other characters not to share their fellow's insight, and involuntarily add weight to the joke by asking, "AudienceWhatAudience" However, perhaps funnier still is another character knowing perfectly what the wall-breaker is talking about, but immediately shushing him because the characters aren't ''supposed'' to know as far as the viewer is concerned. A variation will have the characters complain to the ''author'' for writing a fourth-wall-breaking character in the first place.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has Major Monogram chewing out Carl for one such instance.
-->'''Major Monogram:''' What did I tell you about breaking the fourth wall, Carl?