History LampshadeHanging / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and especially in the [[NonSerialMovie the first 9 movies]], Piccolo is constantly [[PetTheDog saving Gohan]] in BigDamnHeroes moments. Constantly. So when Gohan is exhausted and about to be consumed by lava in movie 10, and Piccolo swoops in out of nowhere and carries him to safety, no-one thinks anything of it. But then Gohan wakes up and realizes he had been hallucinating: it was Kuririn who saved him... while ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny dressed up as Piccolo.]]''
** In direct reference to Kuririn, it is entirely likely that the man would have (if asked) outright said he was making sure it would work, making the lampshade as glaring as a tie-dyed Kevlar actual lampshade would be.

** When Vegeta learns that kid Trunks and Goten have both gone SSJ, he realizes 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?"

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' 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 ''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''!"

** When Vegeta learns that kid! Trunks and Goten have both gone SSJ, he realizes 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?"

* Meteor Gin, the [[AllThereInTheManual info book]] for ''GingaNagareboshiGin'', hangs ''many'' lampshades over the series' host of unusual things, such as the dogs' ability to use tools, the humans' general unwillingness to do anything about the huge packs of wild dogs roaming around Japan (or the ''giant killer bears'' for that matter) and a certain wolf character's highly improbable attack formation, which is basically a thousand wolves forming a gigantic wolf.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and especially in the [[NonSerialMovie the first 9 movies]], Piccolo is constantly [[PetTheDog saving Gohan]] in BigDamnHeroes moments. Constantly. So when Gohan is exhausted and about to be consumed by lava in movie 10, and Piccolo swoops in out of nowhere and carries him to safety, no-one thinks anything of it. But then Gohan wakes up and realizes he had been hallucinating: it was Kuririn who saved him... while ''[[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} dressed up as Piccolo.]]''

-->'''Keitaro:''' Don't ever do that again, okay? I'd survive, but I doubt you would.

-->'''Keitaro:''' [[MegatonPunch How the hell did that punch connect?!]]

*** This is lampshaded again later in the series by GenreSavvy Haruhi when [[spoiler: seniors Honey and Mori mention their graduation approaching.]]

* In the anime version of Manga/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 [[IdiotBall 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.
* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' is absolutely filled with lampshades. Quite cleverly subverted in one episode, when a piano is suddenly introduced as a DeusExMachina and Haruhi asks if it was always there. The other hosts HandWave this, saying that the club's base of operations is a music room, after all. Even though the piano has never been seen before in the anime.
** The manga scene where Tamaki asks what spring reminds the club members of comes to mind. The twins answer "Promotion in grades!" [[http://www.mangaeden.com/En/Ouran+High+School+Host+Club/4/6/ The two are promptly tied and gagged]] with an author's note stating there will be [[ComicBookTime no promotion in grades]].

*** During one episode of the Ouran anime, Tamaki tells the others of their place in the story. He assures them that he and Haruhi are the main characters and so, by proxy, are love interests, and the rest of them are the "homosexual supporting cast." Kyoya argues this later, telling Tamaki that homosexual or not, [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne he doesn't think he's supporting cast.]]

* In ''{{Scryed}}'', Kazuma lampshades his status as an IdiotHero.

* In ''TubameSyndrome'', when Taiga tries to have a tender moment and confess to Tubame, he suddenly gets interrupted by a kick to the face at the pivotal moment. Afterward, he wonders to himself why he only gets interrupted during the good moments.

* In ''DragonBall'', during the fight between Goku and Piccolo, Goku exclaims "Incredible! How did you make your clothes grow?" directly after Piccolo grows into a giant version of himself but somehow his torn, regular clothing covers him exactly the same.
* In ''DragonBallZ'', and especially in the [[NonSerialMovie the first 9 movies]], Piccolo is constantly [[PetTheDog saving Gohan]] in BigDamnHeroes moments. Constantly. So when Gohan is exhausted and about to be consumed by lava in movie 10, and Piccolo swoops in out of nowhere and carries him to safety, no-one thinks anything of it. But then Gohan wakes up and realizes he had been hallucinating: it was Kuririn who saved him... while ''[[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} dressed up as Piccolo.]]''

** In one episode, 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.

Series with their own pages:

* ''LoveHina'' lampshades itself several times. One of the best examples is that, after Keitaro take countless {{Megaton Punch}}es and completely heals within a few panels over the course of the story, it was stated by characters and ascended into a plot device that he is in fact immortal.

** [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/love_hina/v09/c009/128.html The 9th volume]] also lampshades this.
** And let's not forget that it becomes such a plot device that the characters are more surprised when a very heavy bell falls on Keitaro and he actually gets hurt. (broken leg)

* ''MacrossFrontier'' hangs lampshades in order to help ''subvert'' its {{trope}}s -- the [[{{Bishounen}} pretty boy]] main character is so pretty that his callsign and half-mocking nickname among his friends is Princess (to his chagrin); when Klein, a [[HumanAliens Zentraedi]] who [[SleepModeSize has trouble with her "height"]] when human-sized, is teased by an old friend about it, the old friend jokes that if they ever got romantically involved the friend would probably get arrested for pedophilia.

** In ''PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'', [[ReverseMole Rioka]] guesses that the password to Kodai's files about the Ripple of Time is... [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish "Ripple of Time"]].
-->'''Rioka:''' He's more simple-minded than I thought.

* ''Literature/{{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 ''OnegaiTwins'', Mizuho Kazami, homeroom teacher, fills in for the gym teacher during a swimming class. Miina Miyafuji and Karen Onodera note that there only seem to be two teachers who work at the school.

* In ''GunXSword'', the protagonist's HumongousMecha is able to instantly drop out of {{Hammerspace}} whenever he needs it. In one episode, his sidekick asks how this happens, and in a subversion of PossessionImpliesMastery, he replies that he's kind of vague about that detail.

* ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' episode 38 lampshaded the mascots' {{verbal tic}}s. Mipple and Mepple try to hold a staged conversation for Ryota to overhear while not letting him know that they are present, so they try to avoid saying "mipo" and "mepo", but keep accidentally saying them. Afterwards, Mipple says that "Talking without using 'mipo' is really exhausting, mipo."

* In the second episode of CodeGeass R2, C.C. lampshades Lelouch's LargeHam tendencies after he tricks a Britannian soldier into leaving their Knightmare Frame for the umpteenth time and then gloatingly geasses them. "I understand your geass only works with direct eye contact, but were those theatrics really necessary?"

* ''SuzumiyaHaruhi''. Of course, that is bound to happen when you have normal, GenreSavvy people in a crazy world. Haruhi herself, admits to recruiting people to her club because they fit stereotypes; a moe girl and mysterious transfer student are the basis for any adventure!

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

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

* LampshadeHanging/MahouSenseiNegima
* LampshadeHanging/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows

* ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'': Touma acknowledges his tendency to break into long monologues, ending a speech to some rivals with "Quit getting depressed in this kinda long prologue!"

* CowboyBebop does this during the movie. The police are being filled in by a doctor about a massive bio-terror attack that has just taken place, when the rookie cop starts sneezing. Off the terrified looks of both his superior and the doctor, the rookie comments that it's just hay fever. A short time later, while making small talk with his boss, the rookie muses, "You'd think they would have cured hay fever by now".

--> Usopp: You say that the best opportunity to reach an uncertain location like Sky Island just happens to be TOMORROW!?!?

* In the anime version of Manga/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.

* Yet another {{hentai}} dojinshi, this time of ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''. Initially, Adell and Rozalin are just starting to go at it -- and then one comments how this seems like such a bad porn plot... And then the camera zooms back on the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Prinny Squad]] recording it.

* Yet another {{hentai}} dojinshi, this time of ''{{Disgaea}}''. Initially, Adell and Rozalin are just starting to go at it -- and then one comments how this seems like such a bad porn plot... And then the camera zooms back on the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Prinny Squad]] recording it.