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* When ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' came out, Disney did a comic advertisement in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' featuring the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' talking about how someone should make a movie or TV show about them. They laugh it off as a crazy idea.

* ''Series/Sherlock'' does this. Watson proposes writing a blog, and Sherlock says "nobody wants to read this". Watson writes the blog and it goes viral. Then at various points in the series Watson "edits" the adventures so that they're better for the blog and Sherlock dislikes the edits. Also, Sherlock gets approached by fans a lot. All of this is an excessively elaborate setup for a moment when Sherlock puts on the famous hunting cap, thinking it will make him inconspicuous. Predictably enough, it becomes his new trademark and he has to start wearing it all the dang time. Sherlock is completely baffled by this whole thing, which is a really really obtuse way of showing why he's the hero despite being well, as he puts it "[[Jerkass Hero I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath]]".

* In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', while talking to budding authoress Jane Gordon, Commander Vimes blurts out an idea for a book about "the relationship between the hunter and the hunted, the policeman and the mysterious killer, the lawman who must think like a criminal sometimes in order to do his job, and may be unpleasantly surprised at how good he is at such thinking, perhaps," which is pretty much what author Terry Pratchett does in the later City Watch books.

* In ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', Sam speculates on what his and Frodo's adventures would look like in songs and tales -- Frodo heartwarmingly insists that Sam and his bravery would be of as much note as him.

** In ''Astérix and the Cauldron'', Astérix and Obélix are in need of money and discuss what to do:

** In ''Astérix and the Roman Agent'', Impedimenta yells at Vitalstatitistix: "If anyone were fool enough to write the story of our village, you can bet they wouldn't call it ''The Adventures of Vitalstatistix the Gaul''!" This is possibly unique among examples on this page in that it is accurate. The previous pitch, where Astérix shoots down the idea for a story about Obélix, is just garden-variety DramaticIrony like almost everything here: the main characters of the series doubting that one of them is interesting enough to carry the series. Impedimenta and Vitalstatistix, though, really are secondary characters, and apparently they realize it!
* ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'':
** "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff": At the end of their adventure, Scrooge's uncle (a writer of dime store novels, mostly grossly distorted retellings of his adventures with Scrooge with himself as TheHero) explains the details of his new project: "[[ItWillNeverCatchOn Imagine this -- my adventures told in a series of drawings, and the dialogue written in some kinda bubbles!]]"

* In the third issue of ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'', Piffany asks Artax if he remembers the evil adventurers they defeated "about two months ago" (ie in #2):
-->'''Artax:''' Why yes, I often mull over that tale! In fact, I wish I had it in a printed form, about 32 pages long, with pictures, clever drawings, and even a letters page. I'd buy as many copies as I could for about three silvers each[[note]]About $2.95[[/note]]. They'd be a great gift for people of all ages!

* The ''Cat Tales'' FanFiction series by Chris Dee spends a great deal of time dismissing any Franchise/{{Batman}}/Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} continuity the author dislikes as fabrication by a scurrilous tabloid or an equally irresponsible "true" crime writer named Creator/FrankMiller. But most recently, one of its spin-off series has had Batman having to protect the makers of a close facsimile of the most recent Batman movie from the Joker, and as usual footage from the resulting fight ends up in the movie.

** In the final episode, "Star Warners", the title characters are re-imagined as robots in a parody of ''Film/StarWars''. When the OnceAnEpisode "AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering" gag comes up, Pinky replies "I think so, Brain, but a show about two talking lab mice? It'll never get on the air!"

Compare the DocumentaryEpisode and IShouldWriteABookAboutThis. Compare and contrast LiteraryAgentHypothesis, in which the book/film/show/etc. about the cast's adventures is the ''actual'' book/film/show/etc. May overlap with FilmFelons if the character is using the production as part of some other plan. May overlap with SelfParody if the in-universe show is {{played for laughs}} or indulges in [[{{Narm}} melodramatic excess]]. See also OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs and OtherMeAnnoysMe for cases where the character doesn't appreciate the way he's being portrayed.

** "Next, on ''Ultimate Spider-Man'': Spidey sues the hell outta Sam Raimi for the mess that was ''Spider-Man 3''!"

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In "Out of the Past", Terry takes Bruce to watch ''Batman the Musical''. [[OtherMeAnnoysMe He is not amused]], not least because it more resembles [[Series/{{Batman}} the '60s TV show]] than his own life.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' the series, an episode ends with the Worm characters shown to have gone to Hollywood to make a movie called ''Men In Black''. The clip of it has a Jay and Kay made to resemble more their movie counterparts. Unlike the real movie, though, the Worms themselves took a lead role....

* ''Series/Sherlock''does this. Watson proposes writing a blog, and Sherlock says "nobody wants to read this". Watson writes the blog and it goes viral. Then at various points in the series Watson "edits" the adventures so that they're better for the blog and Sherlock dislikes the edits. Also, Sherlock gets approached by fans a lot. All of this is an excessively elaborate setup for a moment when Sherlock puts on the famous hunting cap, thinking it will make him inconspicuous. Predictably enough, it becomes his new trademark and he has to start wearing it all the dang time. Sherlock is completely baffled by this whole thing, which is a really really obtuse way of showing why he's the hero despite being well, as he puts it "[[Jerkass Hero I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath]]".

* At the end of ''Film/{{Entourage}}'' ([[Series/{{Entourage}} based on the tv series of the same name]]),Billy Walsh proposes creating a tv show based on Vincent Chase and his entourage of friends and associate's experiences in Hollywood. Ari Gold thinks it's a terrible idea.

* Combined with LiteraryAgentHypothesis in ''Literature/{{Jennings}} Goes to School'':

* A ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode called "And the Molerat Will Be CGI", which was written to poke fun at a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen cancelled]] [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action ''KP'' movie]] which eventually became "So the Drama". Kim is surprised that anyone would want to make a movie about her, and not at all bothered when it gets cancelled at the end of the episode.

* A ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode called "And the Molerat Will Be CGI". Written around the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen then-planned]] [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action ''KP'' movie]], which eventually became "So the Drama". Kim is surprised that anyone would want to make a movie about her, and not at all bothered when it gets cancelled at the end of the episode.

* ''Series/Sherlock''does this. Watson proposes writing a blog, and Sherlock says "nobody wants to read this". Watson writes the blog and it goes viral. Then at various points in the series Watson "edits" the adventures so that they're better for the blog and Sherlock dislikes the edits. Also, Sherlock gets approached by fans a lot. All of this is an excessively elaborate setup for a moment when Sherlock puts on the famous hunting cap, thinking it will make him inconspicuous. Predictably enough, it becomes his new trademark and he has to start wearing it all the dang time. Sherlock is completely baffled by this whole thing, which is a really really obtuse way of showing why he's the hero despite being well, as he puts it "[Jerkass Hero I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath]".

-->'''Ojiro:''' Midoriya, has anybody ever told you that you’re like some kind of shonen protagonist? I can completely imagine it, with you being on the front of a shonen manga… ''[everyone except Izuku bursts out laughing]''

* They do this in ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', where Trevet, using another one of his {{Get Rich Quick Scheme}}s, suggests they make a show about their lives as Texas Rangers. The rest of the cast wave him off. However they do play with the idea of who would play their characters if the show was real, ironically using their actual actors' names.

* Two [=NPCs=] in ''[[DragonAgeOrigins Dragon Age: Origins]]'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGCC40Utnbc a conversation]] about 'sublime, enlightened beings' who have invented their entire world, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall and they are just like 'players in a play']]. One of them is ... not impressed.

* As the page quote demonstrates, Anne Frank wrote that she could not imagine anyone finding much interesting to read about in [[''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl'' her diary]]. Several decades after her death, this has proven not to be the case.

* As the page quote demonstrates, Anne Frank wrote that she could not imagine anyone finding much interesting to read about in [[''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYOungGirl'' her diary]]. Several decades after her death, this has proven not to be the case.