'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope]
* '''Straight''': A character appears to break the fourth wall, but has an in-universe explanation.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob looks directly into the camera and addresses the audience, then Alice replies from behind the camera.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob says something at the camera that might apply to the audience, and is quickly replied to by Alice.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': Bob says something completely reasonable in-universe while looking in the general direction of the camera, then says something along the lines of "EY!  You behind the screen.  Yeah, I'm talkin' to you."
* '''Subverted''': Bob appears to FourthWallPsyche, and gets a HandWave, but then reassures the audience he was in-fact addressing them.
* '''Double Subverted''': The camera then pans-around to a room full of his adoring in-universe fans.???
* '''Parodied''': Bob does a scene in which he does a ScreenTap, addresses the audience, complains to the crew, plays with the subtitles, hides BehindTheBlack, and any other FourthWall trope you can think of, and some contrived explanation crops-up every time to prove each action was in-universe.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob does something that may or may not involve the fourth wall.  It is never explained whether or not he just involved the audience.
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': FourthWallObserver Alice, "For a second there, I thought you saw them, too."  FourthWallPsyche Bob, "Saw who?"
* '''Conversed''': "For a second there, I thought he was talking to us."

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Basic Trope: A character appears to break the fourth wall, but has an in-universe explanation.
Straight: Bob looks directly into the camera and addresses the audience, then Alice replies from behind the camera.
Exaggerated: Bob yells at the director and the stage crew wanders into the shot, but it is quickly revealed Bob is an actor in-universe.
Downplayed: Bob says something at the camera that might apply to the audience, and is quickly replied to by Alice.
Justified: ???
Inverted: Bob says something completely reasonable in-universe while looking in the general direction of the camera, then says something along the lines of "EY! You behind the screen. Yeah, I'm talkin' to you."
Subverted: Bob appears to FourthWallPsyche, and gets a HandWave, but then reassures the audience he was in-fact addressing them.
Double Subverted: The camera then pans-around to a room full of his adoring in-universe fans.
Parodied: Bob does a scene in which he does a ScreenTap, addresses the audience, complains to the crew, plays with the subtitles, hides BehindTheBlack, and any other FourthWall trope you can think of, and some contrived explanation crops-up every time to prove each action was in-universe.
Zig Zagged: Bob does something that may or may not involve the fourth wall and it is never explained whether or not he just involved the audience.
Averted: Bob doesn't do anything that could be misinterpreted as BreakingTheFourthWall.
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: ???
Invoked: ???
Exploited: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

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