History PlayingWith / TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou

* '''Parodied''': Crimson tries to stab through the screen, only to have his knife stopped by the glass:

** Crimson taunts the viewer that even though he can't kill him/here, there's also nothing he/she can do to help his victims.

** Crimson taunts the viewer that even though he can't kill them, there's also nothing they can do to help his victims.

* '''Exaggerated''': Not only does the above happen, but if you are a registered member of the show's website, you get [[AlternateRealityGame email and voice messages]] from "Crimson" in which he threatens to murder you.

* '''SerialEscalation''': Crimson actually does kill you.

* '''SerialEscalation''': HE DOES.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Subverted''': The way Crimson faces the camera when he talks, we think he's referring to us, but he's actually talking to another one of his victims in the show...

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Justified''': Crimson is a HumanoidAbomination of immense power and extreme cruelty. As such, he is not limited by the walls between different planes of reality.

* '''Inverted''': Crimson verbalizes his concern that the viewer is "spying" on him and that he could be ambushed at any moment.

* '''Deconstructed''': A lot of viewers find the whole "breaking the fourth wall" scene gimmicky and trite, and [[{{Narm}} think that it actually took the drama out of the episode]].
** Crimson went insane because he had NoFourthWall, realising that he isn't real.
* '''Reconstructed''': But actually, the entire point of the scene is to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct the premise of slasher flicks]]. If we think it's fun to see [[YouBastard innocents butchered from the comfort of our bedrooms]], would we enjoy it as much if the roles were reversed?

* '''Invoked''': Crimson was a real life criminal who was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] [[TrappedInTVLand within a work of fiction]]. He is now trying to get out and murder you for enjoying this fiction.

Get back to TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou, before the BigBad crashes through your computer monitor.

* '''Justified''': Crimson is a HumanoidAbomination of immense power and [[CompleteMonster extreme cruelty]]. As such, he is not limited by the walls between different planes of reality.

* '''Enforced''':

* '''Conversed''': ???

Get back to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]], before the BigBad crashes through your computer monitor.

'''Basic Trope''': The antagonist(s) break the fourth wall to threaten or attack the audiene.

* '''Exaggerated''': Not only does the above happen, but if you are a registered member of the show's website, you get [[AlternateRealityGame email and voice messages]] from "Crimson" [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel in which he threatens to murder you]].

* '''BeyondTheImpossible''': Crimson actually manages to get out of the TV screen and into RealLife, then kills you.

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* '''Parodied''': Crimson tries to stab through the screen, only to have his knife stopped by the glass. Crimson: DIE! *KLINK* Heh. That's new. Oh yes, where was I? DIE!!! *KLINK* *KLINK* *KLINK* Gah! Dammit! This is really [[NightmareRetardant killing the mood!]]. YOU. Don't you dare change the channel! We're not done here! No, wait! Not the [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Oprah netwo-]] *STATIC*.

* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Invoked''': Crimson was a real life criminal who was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] within a work of fiction. He is now trying to get out and murder you for enjoying this fiction.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???