History Main / DiegeticVisualEffects

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* ''Anime/BangBraveBangBravern'' turns this into a RunningGag with the titular robot. As a GenreRefugee of the SuperRobotGenre, he has all the usual trappings, including flashy backgrounds when he transforms or does something cool, a ThemeMusicPowerUp, and all manner of other things. However, all these aspects are diegetic--the background is something he projects, [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn his theme song can be heard by other characters]]. In one scene, it turns out that when he shows up on a MissionControl radar marked by his name and logo, said radar isn't supposed to have the capacity to display that--he somehow hacked into it to add his name and logo.

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* In ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'', a [[HolographicTerminal sign frame]] always appears over Toori's crotch whenever he gets naked. Although it seems to be just a stylized CensorBox, it actually appears in universe as part of his contract with the god of entertainment, allowing him to include nudity in his comedy routines without worrying about public indecency.

* ''Film/TheMuppets'' combines this with LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn in one scene. It's night when Kermit the Frog makes his first appearance, and from the perspective of obsessive Muppet fan Walter, [[HolyBacklight Kermit is spontaneously bathed in light from behind]] while an EtherealChoir sings. Then the light is revealed to be the headlights of a passing bus--with a church choir aboard, practicing. As soon as the bus drives by, the scene returns to normal.

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* One episode ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' anime has Breda dress up like [[LargeHam Alex Louis Armstrong]] as a prank. The costume includes Armstrong's signature {{Bishie Sparkle}}s as little pink diamond shapes attached to wires, which seems to imply that Armstrong's sparkles are also diegetic (though we never get an explanation as to how).

* One episode of the 2003 ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime has Breda dress up like [[LargeHam Alex Louis Armstrong]] as a prank. The costume includes Armstrong's signature {{Bishie Sparkle}}s as little pink diamond shapes attached to wires, which seems to imply that Armstrong's sparkles are also diegetic (though we never get an explanation as to how).

Compare/contrast MetafictionalDevice and NinjaProp, which also allows characters with MediumAwareness to interact with the story's visual elements, but the elements themselves are usually not treated as an "actual" part of the setting. Compare BackgroundHalo and SpreadWingsFrameShot, in which the characters standing in front of a backdrop or other objects that makes them appear to have a HolyHalo or wings for symbolic reasons.

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* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': When Adu Du publicly announces to the residents of Rintis Island that the recent arson incidents were [=BoBoiBoy's=] fault, a DramaticSpotlight is cast over him, drawing everyone's attention to the KidHero. Probe, who's shining a flashlight down on [=BoBoiBoy=], then says "You're done for, [=BoBoiBoy=]."
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': When the town celebrates Pioneer Day in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E8IrrationalTreasure Irrational Treasure]]", its redecorated downtown is shown in sepia at first, but then the men selling "dirty glass" move out of the way of the camera and color returns.