History LampshadeHanging / AnimeAndManga

* During the rasenshuriken training in ''{{Naruto}}'', Sai lampshades Naruto's tendency to exert a ridiculous amount of effort in training. Sai, while reading a book on friends, comes across Naruto practicing. After reading that "when a friend is engaged in strenuous work or play, the thoughtful thing to do is to bring him refreshment.", he looks up to see Naruto using 1000 shadow clones to learn a new technique. Noting "lack of refreshments is the least of his worries right now" he then bites into the apple he had been bringing for Naruto.
** The manga gives us this particular exchange right after the fight with the Sound Ninja in the 2nd Chunin Exam:

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' is well known among fans for it's constant lampshading and referencing/breaking of the fourth wall, mostly by Team Rocket. It does this in "Hypno's Naptime" where Team Rocket tries to steal Hypno by getting it to hypnotize itself with a mirror. When this fails, they simply tie the Pokémon up and leave with it, which prompts this exchange:

* In a recent episode of ''{{Naruto}}'', Sai lampshades Naruto's tendency to exert a ridiculous amount of effort in training. Sai, while reading a book on friends, comes across Naruto practicing. After reading that "when a friend is engaged in strenuous work or play, the thoughtful thing to do is to bring him refreshment.", he looks up to see Naruto using 1000 shadow clones to learn a new technique. Noting "lack of refreshments is the least of his worries right now" he then bites into the apple he had been bringing for Naruto.

** In "A Poached Ego": A character recalls his Pokemon while it's under the effect of Wrap, which is impossible in the games. Meowth shouts "Hey, that's not fair!"

** Upon seeing Light and L, the [[BlandNameProduct To-oh University]] tennis club president wonders what kind of {{Marty Stu}}s he has run into: "Is this a sick joke? On top of entering Todai with hundred percent scores, they're both great athletes?"

* In ''FairyTail'' manga, Cana ask Levy from where did the book, which conveniently explains Erza's Nakagami armor, came from.

* In ''FairyTail'' manga, Cana ask Levy from where did the book which conveniently explains Erza's Nakagami armor come from.

** [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/love_hina/v09/c009/128.html The 9th volume]] of the manga also lampshades this.

** [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/love_hina/v09/c009/128.html Chapter 9]] of the manga also lampshades this.

* [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/love_hina/v09/c009/128.html Chapter 9]] of the manga also lampshades this.

** In one episode, [[GotVolunteered Yumichika]], [[SweetTooth Rin]] and [[TheHeart Hanatarou]] have to help a ghost complete his UnfinishedBusiness by getting his mother (who believes in ghosts) to taste one of his cake recipes. At the start of the episode, [[ForScience Rin]] has a device that reveals ghosts to humans who can't usually see them. Instead of exposing the ghost to his mother so she could make and taste the cake and therefore solving the issue so quickly there wouldn't have been any episode at all, the three shinigami wind up in a LethalChef meets CarryingACake plotline as they try to make a cake for the ghost, then attempt to convince the mother to try it, then end up exposing the ghost to the mother anyway. At the end, a disgusted Yumichika points out there was a giant plot hole in the episode.

* In the anime version of KatekyoHitmanReborn, instead of the manga's motorbikes the Famiglia ends up with ''airbikes'', incredible hovercraft that just happened to be lying around in their base while their genius mechanic/inventor [[PlotInducedStupidity forgot about their existence entirely until the necessary episode]]. As with most of the DeusExMachina incidents in the anime, Yamamoto lampshades it with the brilliant observation that "It's almost like these bikes were made just for us to ride them!" Of course, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks judging by the rest of the adaptation]], it's unlikely Yamamoto does this intentionally. Sigh.

* ''{{The Daughter of Twenty Faces}}'' seems to enjoy hanging lampshades on many of its {{trope}}s, such as [[BigBrotherInstinct 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.

* In ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', Mokona mentions that it is getting very, very confused with the plot. Anyone following said plot since the beginning agrees.

* ''{{Bleach}}''

* 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 [[GenreSavvy 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.]]

** In episode 57 of ''[[FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'', even Edward admits there is a limit to one's fighting skills. "I get it, this guys are all super-humans, but ''come on''! This is just ''ridiculous''!"

* In ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'', the fact that Protagonist Juudai seems to expand his TrueCompanions 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]].

* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' uses a lot of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic pretentious philosophic symbolism]] and [[MindScrew intentionally confusing]] plots. So, at various points characters will reference how pretentious some naming is, and in a notable example on the {{mind screw}} front (where for no reason at all, the characters find themselves on a gameshow), they are shown commenting that they have no idea what the hell is going on.

* ''ErgoProxy'' uses a lot of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic pretentious philosophic symbolism]] and MindScrew plots. So, at various points characters will reference how pretentious some naming is, and in a notable example on the [[MindScrew mind screw]] front (where for no reason at all, the characters find themselves on a gameshow), they are shown commenting that they have no idea what the hell is going on.

** In episode 57 of ''[[FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'', Edward and the others are fighting a group of super-soldiers seemingly impossible to defeat. He lampshades this: "I get it, this guys are all super-humans, but ''come on''!"

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjFZ9e6vw9I 2nd episode]] of [[SakigakeCromartieKoukou Cromartie High School]] has so much fun with this trope. The whole cast, with the exception of Kamiyama and Hayashida, perceive Mechazawa as a regular (''human'') high-school delinquent.

** In one episode, [[GotVolunteered Yumichika]], [[SweetTooth Rin]] and [[TheHeart Hanatarou]] have to help a ghost complete his UnfinishedBusiness by getting his mother (who believes in ghosts) to taste one of his cake recipes. At the start of the episode, [[ForScience Rin]] has a device that reveals ghosts to humans who can't usually see them. Instead of exposing the ghost to his mother so she could make and taste the cake and therefore solving the issue so quickly there wouldn't have been any episode at all, the three shinigami wind up in a LethalChef meets CarryingACake plotline as they try to make a cake for the ghost and then attempt to convince the mother to try it. At the end, a disgusted Yumichika points out there was a giant plot hole in the episode.

* In an episode of ''{{Bleach}}'', Kon ends up being a hapless SuperSentai parody, who makes jibes against a monster saying he'll be able to kill him before the commercial break. There's even reference to the ridiculous FX, which turns out to be generated by one of the other characters.

* In ''DetectiveConan'', the way murder follows Conan around in a {{Busmans Holiday}} is often lampshaded by "oh, not ''you'' again" remarks from Inspector Megure (who at first places the blame on Kogoro since he is the one who gets the credit for most of Conan's detective work). Here's a specific example:

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

* There's a point in ''Manga/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".

* ''ExcelSaga'' took this and ran with it.

* In a recent episode of ''{{Naruto}}'', Sai lampshades Naruto's tendency to exert a ridiculous amount of effort in training. Sai, while reading a book on friends, comes across Naruto practicing. After reading that "when your friends are working unusually hard on the job, it is nice to casually bring them a snack", he looks up to see Naruto using 1000 shadow clones to learn a new technique. Noting "Seems normal to me," he then bites into the apple he had been bringing for Naruto.

-->'''Shikamaru:''' [Naruto] is totally clueless.\\
'''Chouji:''' He must be the type that could never become a [[SpotlightStealingSquad main character in a story]].