History LampshadeHanging / AnimeAndManga

* ''{{The Daughter of Twenty Faces}}'' seems to enjoy hanging lampshades on many of its {{trope}}s, such as [[BigBrotherComplex the relationship between the heroine and a junior member]] of the [[GentlemanThief Gentleman Thief's]] gang, or [[ImprobableAge the fact that the heroine is a bit young]] to be a cat burglar.

* A brilliant example is found in OnePiece chapter 229. When the Strawhats talk to Montblanc Cricket about getting to Sky Island, it's revealed that the exact conditions necessary to get there happen tomorrow. Usopp calls out on this.

* There's a point in ''DeathNote'' when Light pulls in all his remaining coincidence karma at once -- namely, when he runs into Naomi Misora, the only person in the world who could expose him, [[JustInTime just as she's about to do so]]. It's [[YourMileageMayVary rather]] [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse badly]] [[IdiotBall done]], and Light comments to himself that "a god besides the {{Shinigami}} is on his side".

* ''{{Gintama}}'': It's so full of lampshades that taking account of all the lampshades would be time-consuming.

* ''DarkerThanBlack'' seems to lampshade its use of the TinMan {{trope}} in the episode with Bertha and Itzhak. Itzhak's PowerAtAPrice involves a compulsion to write poetry, and as Bertha notes, his ability to do this is completely at odds with the idea that he is emotionless.

* ''Anime/{{Kara no Kyoukai}}'' (despite all of its seriousness) does this when Mikiya comments that Toko's [[ContemplateOurNavels long philosophical lecture]] sounded like "something out of a cheap novel" -- which it is, technically.

* ''{{Gintama}}'': FULL STOP

* A brilliant example is found in OnePiece chapter 229. When the Strawhats talk to Montblanc Cricket about getting to Sky Island, it's revealed that the exact conditions necessary to get there happen tomorrow. Usopp calls him out on this.
--> "Usopp:" You say that the best opportunity to reach an uncertain location like Sky Island just happens to be TOMORROW!?!?

* In ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'', the fact that Protagonist Juudai seems to expand his {{Nakama}} without effort is commented on in both versions, among [[DeconstructorFleet other tropes]]. The dub takes this further with many [[HurricaneOfPuns rapid-fire pun-fests]] and characters [[MetaGuy commenting on the ridiculousness of the situation]].

* ''MahouSenseiNegima!'' does this a lot, especially after Jack Rakan shows up. [[PlayfulHacker Chisame]] in particular fills the MetaGuy role often. Then we have Haruna, who reads a lot of manga and is incredibly GenreSavvy.
-->'''Chisame:''' You can't just throw stuff like this into the story out of nowhere. Where's the foreshadowing? I-I mean, okay, so [[spoiler: Zazie has been the most suspicious member of our class since god-know-when]] but still...
* The remade series (''[[NegimaSecondSeason Negima!?]]'') does this also pretty often.
-->'''Setsuna:''' Something's going on.\\
'''Kaede:''' Or he's just in the bathroom.\\
'''Haruna:''' Anime kids don't go to the bathroom.

* In ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]'', [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Krory]] [[HeroicResolve springs back]] after being crushed by [[CreepyTwins Jasdevi.]] They wonder how he was able to do it.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint I wouldn't call $12 cheap]].

** The 2008 special hangs a massive lampshade on the ridiculous PowerLevel growth and [[CantCatchUp gaps]] of the series by having two opponents appear who are "as strong as Freeza" to which Goku responds that he wasn't much of an opponent in retrospect and they're perfect [[LamarckWasRight for the kids]].
** In the original dub, one of Bibidi's minions claims (as they all do) that he'll easily end Goku and Vejita where they stand. Goku's response: "Heh. This guy doesn't realize there are still 60 more episodes"
** When Vegeta learns that kid! Trunks and Goten have both gone SSJ, he realises that the once-legendary transformation just isn't as legendary anymore. Translations range from "Is there a Super-Saiyan bargain sale on?" to "When did it become a child's plaything?"

* LampshadeHanging/MahouSenseiNegima

* This {{trope}} basically comprises all of the content in one episode of ''LuckyStar''.

* ''{{Kara no Kyoukai}}'' (despite all of its seriousness) does this when Mikiya comments that Toko's [[ContemplateOurNavels long philosophical lecture]] sounded like "something out of a cheap novel" -- which it is, technically.

** In that same conflict, Misora ultimately decides to trust Light, stating that, after he's been following her around and acting creepy, he [[NotSoDifferent reminds her of L]].

* The remade series (''Negima!?'') does this also pretty often.

** Original already sounds as a mix of OrgasmicCombat and DissonantSerenity. [[YourMileageMayVary May be even better]], as anime adaptation plays on the subtle alien-ness of Witchblade.

* In the ''FullmetalAlchemist'' manga there's a short arc that consists of a long flashback of the Civil War against the Ishvalans. In it, the then-Major Roy Mustang is talking to the then-Captain Maes Hughes when the latter receives a letter from his lover Gracia back in the Central City. As the family-enthusiastic he is, he gets overly emotional about the letter, to which Roy Mustang [[GenreSawvy warns him that]], in books and movies, the "family-type guy" is always [[FatalFamilyPhoto the first to be killed]]. [[spoiler: And then they get attacked by an Ishvalan, both of them are unarmed, of course.]] Especially blatant since [[spoiler: Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes, who by then also has a three-year-old daughter he is overly passionate about, becomes the first important character to die in the series several issues before this flashback.]]

** The manga scene where Tamaki asks what spring reminds the club members of comes to mind. The twins answer "Promotion in grades!" [[http://www.onemanga.com/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club/4/07/ The two are promptly tied and gagged]] with an author's note stating there will be [[ComicBookTime no promotion in grades]].