History SelfDeprecation / Film

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' is basically Disney making fun of all its earlier Disney Princess films, like the over-reliance on TrueLovesKiss as a plot device and the fact that most of their princesses [[FourthDateMarriage marry men they barely know]].
* In ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', when Chief Bogo [[WhatTheHellHero chews out Judy for disobeying orders and causing a ruckus in Little Rodentia trying to catch a criminal]], he also takes the time to poke fun at Disney's reputation for sentimental, idealistic musicals (with a ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' reference, to boot).

* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' takes the time to poke fun at the Disney Princess franchise some more. When Moana takes offense to Maui calling her "princess", he retorts "If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess!" Later, as Moana stares out at the sea contemplatively, Maui snarks "If you start singing, I'm going to throw up."

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', when Zazu is asked by Scar to sing a more upbeat song while imprisoned, Zazu sings the first few words of "[[EarWorm It's A Small World]]", to which Scar vehemently shouts, "No! No! Anything but that!" In the Broadway stage version, Zazu instead sings [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "Be Our Guest"]], and gets the same reaction from Scar. This doubles as a MythologyGag, since ''Beauty and the Beast'' the first Disney animated film that became a musical and paved the way for Lion King to come on Broadway. When ''Beauty and the Beast'' closed, it got replaced with [[Film/MaryPoppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"]], and at least one performance has him sing [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Let It Go]].. [[InsistentTerminology Cast Members]] at Ride/DisneyThemeParks also love taking pot shots at "It's A Small World" in general.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', when Zazu is asked by Scar to sing a more upbeat song while imprisoned, Zazu sings the first few words of "[[EarWorm It's A Small World]]", to which Scar vehemently shouts, "No! No! Anything but that!" In the Broadway stage version, Zazu instead sings [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "Be Our Guest"]], and gets the same reaction from Scar. This doubles as a MythologyGag, since ''Beauty and the Beast'' the first Disney animated film that became a musical and paved the way for Lion King to come on Broadway. When ''Beauty and the Beast'' closed, it got replaced with [[Film/MaryPoppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"]], and at least one performance has him sing [[Disney/Frozen Let It Go]].. [[InsistentTerminology Cast Members]] at Ride/DisneyThemeParks also love taking pot shots at "It's A Small World" in general.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', when Zazu is asked by Scar to sing a more upbeat song while imprisoned, Zazu sings the first few words of "[[EarWorm It's A Small World]]", to which Scar vehemently shouts, "No! No! Anything but that!" In the Broadway stage version, Zazu instead sings [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast "Be Our Guest"]], and gets the same reaction from Scar. This doubles as a MythologyGag, since ''Beauty and the Beast'' the first Disney animated film that became a musical and paved the way for Lion King to come on Broadway. When ''Beauty and the Beast'' closed, it got replaced with [[Film/MaryPoppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"]]. [[InsistentTerminology Cast Members]] at Ride/DisneyThemeParks also love taking pot shots at "It's A Small World" in general.

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' is basically Disney making fun of all it's earlier films, mainly the fact that most of their princesses marry men they've only just met.

* ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' movie ''[[TheMovie Apocalypse]]'' is a TakeThat to the League themselves, displaying them as petty, spiteful and childish. Ironically, [[spoiler: the characters from the actual programme become more developed as they realise their behaviour is based solely on the way they're written and not on themselves as people]].

* In the ''RockyAndBullwinkle'' movie, Karen Sympathy comments that Bullwinkle's jokes have gotten really corny. Bullwinkle's response? "No they haven't. They were ''always'' this bad. [[NostalgiaFilter When you were a kid you didn't notice.]]"

* In ''{{Roxanne}}'', C.D. is unimpressed by a heckler's insult of "big-nose" and one-ups him by delivering twenty superior insults.[[hottip:*:He actually lists 25.]]

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'' is basically Disney making fun of all it's earlier films, mainly the fact that most of their princesses marry men they've only just met.

** There's also the Jackie Chan version of ''AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'', in which [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger]] plays a self-obsessed sheikh. How self-obsessed? He has a statue of himself displayed on a pedestal in his hallway. When the plucky heroine is running away from his unwanted marriage proposal, she bumps into the pedestal, causing it to tilt dangerously. Arnold's reaction: "No! My statue of me!" The heroine then gets away from him by ''holding the statue hostage'' until he agrees to let her go. [[note]]By this point, Arnold had already been elected Governor of California.[[/note]]

** A similar gag appears in ScaryMovie 4, where he needs to make a basket as part of one of [[{{Saw}} Jigsaw's]] schemes. Dr. Phil is also in the room with him, and has a self depreciation moment of his own, eventually having an emotional breakdown over not actually being a doctor.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjvrtS7PZA In this old scene,]] from a film adaptation of ''"Duffy's Tavern,"''BingCrosby assembles a group of peers and friends in the industry, all actors/actresses and performers, and they "rehearse" a rendition of "Swinging On A Star" - but with the animal types describing hackneyed actor personas rather than types of people. The joke, of course, being that each of the "hack actor/actress" types they describe are themselves, or roles they're known for playing - including Bing.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjvrtS7PZA In this old scene,]] from DuffysTavern, BingCrosby assembles a group of peers and friends in the industry, all actors/actresses and performers, and they "rehearse" a rendition of "Swinging On A Star" - but with the animal types describing hackneyed actor personas rather than types of people. The joke, of course, being that each of the "hack actor/actress" types they describe are themselves, or roles they're known for playing - including Bing.

* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXFsrp6WBs second trailer]] for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Vernon asks if [[DevelopmentGag the Turtles are aliens]], only for April to reply, "No, that's stupid. They're turtles."

* An early concept for the 2014 TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles movie involved the turtles actually being aliens instead of mutated Earth turtles. When this idea was leaked, the fanbase reacted predictably. The second trailer for the movie includes someone asking April if the turtles are aliens, to which she replies "No, that's stupid."

* In ''{{Roxanne}}'', C.D. is unimpressed by a heckler's insult of "big-nose" and one-ups him by delivering twenty superior insults.

* An early concept for ''Film/{{TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014}}'' involved the turtles actually being aliens instead of mutated Earth turtles. When this idea was leaked, the fanbase reacted predictably. The second trailer for the movie includes someone asking April if the turtles are aliens, to which she replies "No, that's stupid."

** There's also the Jackie Chan version of ''AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'', in which [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger]] plays a self-obsessed sheik. How self-obsessed? He has a statue of himself displayed on a pedestal in his hallway. When the plucky heroine is running away from his unwanted marriage proposal, she bumps into the pedestal, causing it to tilt dangerously. Arnold's reaction: "No! My statue of me!" The heroine then gets away from him by ''holding the statue hostage'' until he agrees to let her go. [[note]]By this point, Arnold had already been elected Governor of California.[[/note]]

* In one of UweBoll's better movies, ''Postal'', the German director has an appearance as himself in a theme park he created called "Lil Germany", which is full of Nazi themes. During an interview, he makes jokes at his own expense, such as funding his terrible movies with Nazi gold and being aroused by all of the little children around him. A little later, Vince Desi, the creator of the ''Postal'' games, tackles Uwe Boll and attempts to strangle him for what he's done to his games.