History GenreSavvy / LiveActionTv

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Richard Castle is amazingly genre savvy, being a mystery novelist in a PoliceProcedural, and uses this to help the actual police. His partner pokes fun at this, but it works.

* In an episode of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', when Jax [[spoiler:gives young Martin Stein a letter and instructs him to read it in 25 years]], Martin recognizes it as a plot point from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' (he saw it, but didn't like it).

** In season 5, after [[spoiler: (most of) the Oceanic Six end up back on the Island in 1977]], Hurley hilariously attempts genre-savviness concerning [[spoiler: time travel]]. However, it seems that the entirety of his knowledge on the subject comes from [[spoiler:''Film/BackToTheFuture'']], and he has, let's say, a lot of trouble grasping the show's more realistic implications, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments much to Miles' exasperation]].

* In ''Series/CobraKai'', John Kreese is typically able to manipulate pretty much everyone by feigning innocence, pretending he wants to change for the better, or playing the veteran card, and pretty much everyone falls for it at least once. Even ''Johnny'' falls for it at one point, despite knowing just how manipulative this guy is. Dr. Emily Folsom, however, ''immediately'' sees through his bullshit and calls him on it, pointing out that she is a ''doctor'' who deals with criminals every day and can spot from a mile away when someone is telling her what she wants to hear to try and get an early release. [[spoiler:This forces him to take a much more desperate tactic of pickpocketing her ID card and faking his death to escape prison, rather than ever getting an early release out of her.]]

** Another noteworthy example comes from "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire", when Hellfire and the Ghost Rider crash through the wall of the storage facility and into the warehouse next door:
--->'''Mack:''' Did two fire dudes just drop into a warehouse full of fireworks?\\
'''Coulson:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck You had to see that coming.]]

--->'''Ryan:''' You know, if this was a horror movie, we'd be the first to die.\\
'''Esposito:''' Please, we're trained police with rifles.\\
'''Ryan:''' Cocky black guy. [[BlackDudeDiesFirst You definitely die first.]]

** In "And Then There Was Shawn", while the kids are in detention, and things begin looking terrifying, we learn that Shawn is very Genre Savvy when it comes to [[{{Horror}} Horror movies]], quickly pointing out the [[AloneWithThePsycho dangers of splitting up]] and the fact that [[DeathBySex virgins never die]].

* ''Series/LetTheRightOneIn'': Zeke was very helpful when Eleanor first became a vampire, as he's seen a lot of vampire movies and had some idea what was going on. He didn't hesitate after first seeing Eleanor leaning hungrily near her mom with bared fangs, but got her blood (that her dad donated) and gave them other pointers after that.

** On an episode, as Hurley and Charlie bury Ethan, Hurley says that he sees the situation ending badly, with Ethan becoming a zombie and chasing him and Charlie.

** ''Series/StargateSG1'': Jack O'Neill says when dealing with an asteroid heading towards Earth "I've seen [[Film/{{Armageddon}} this movie]]… It hits Paris." It turns out to be headed for a North Atlantic splashdown, which is [[Film/DeepImpact another movie]].

** Another noteworthy example comes from "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire", when Hellfire and the Ghost Rider crash through a wall and into a storage warehouse for fireworks.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Comes up pretty often, with agents lampshading the GenreBlindness of their enemies or fellow agents. Most notable was probably when Radcliffe's robot went crazy and tried to take over the base ([[spoiler:actually he had programmed her to ''seem'' crazy so he could get something without it being suspicious, though she later went crazy for real]]).
-->'''Yo-Yo:''' Someone needs to make Radcliffe watch all the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies.\\

* In the famous ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", Claude Akins' character recognizes the neighborhood is in a Crucible-esque story. He tells his friends and neighbors that if they keep going the way they're going, they'll end up accusing each other of being aliens in a paranoid fit. The Twilight Zone being The Twilight Zone, no one listens.

'''Ryan:''' Cocky black guy. You definitely die first.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': While the series for the most part utilizes WrongGenreSavvy to show how different real life gangster work is compared to the movies, it has played the trope straight on occasion. One of the events that leads AJ to realize his father is in the mafia is watching his [[HonoraryUncle uncle Jackie's]] funeral photographed by men in suits. He correctly guesses that they're the Feds and compares the event to ''Film/TheGodfather''.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Note Buffy's staking of Dracula after he attempts to regenerate -- "You think I don't watch your movies? You ''always'' come back."
** In the MusicalEpisode, Anya is looking forward for someone to sing a "breakaway pop hit" and is the most aware of the genre conventions.

** Henry, who at one point tells Emma that she can't eat the apple turnover that Regina (The Evil Queen) gave her because apples=poison. Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) seems to have at least a bit of this, in stark contrast to Regina's GenreBlindness. (For example, while she is certain that giving the apple to Emma will both get rid of her and strengthen the Curse, Gold is clearly doubtful. [[spoiler: He was right.]])

** In"A Long Walk to Pittsburgh", Cory is upset that Topanga is moving to Pittsburgh and wonders how their relationship will be affected. Shawn tells Cory he's worrying for nothing as he's seen [[TheMovingExperience this plot]] several times on sitcoms and the episode always ends with the character not moving after all. It's {{Subverted}} at the very end, when Topanga says goodbye and rides off in the moving van. Shawn is shocked that the van didn't turn around at the last second and asks "what kind of TV show is this?" Then its DoubleSubverted because Shawn didn't realize that the characters were actually in a MultiPartEpisode and that meant Topanga wouldn't come back until the end of the second part (which she does).