Line #33 LampshadeHanging/ComicBooks


1	[[LampshadeHanging Lampshades hung]] in SequentialArt.
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3	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
4	** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] has often [[EraSpecificPersonality fluctuated from harmless prankster to larcenous loon to homicidal harlequin of hate]]. Creator/GrantMorrison took note and made it part of his canon personality that, well, he doesn't really have a personality -- a ''consistent'' personality, that is. He just reinvents himself every single morning. They first mentioned it in ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', and revisited the concept throughout [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison their stint]] that began with ''Batman and Son''.
5	** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': One comic has ComicBook/TheAtom (along with someone else) [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrink down smaller than an atom]]. The person asks how it's possible for them to survive, seeing as how the air molecules are too large for them to breathe. Atom basically replies, "I don't know. It's better if you don't think about it too much."
6	** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': When Kara first picked "Linda Lee" as an alias for life on Earth, Superman has a brief moment where he reflects on how a lot of important women in his life seem to have {{Alliterative Name}}s starting with L -- both his former girlfriend and his current share the same initials.
7	--->'''Kara:''' ... Linda Lee! How's that?\
8	'''Superman:''' Er... as good as any! ''[in his head]'' Lana Lang was my girlfriend when I was Superboy, and Lois Lane replaced her when I became Superman! By sheer coincidence, she picked the same initials... L.L.!
9	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Angle Man is rather fond of [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] despite their being on opposite sides of the law, but this doesn't stop him from pointing out her current superhero name "Troia" is rather crude and inappropriate in Italian.
10	* ''ComicBook/ExMachina'': The main character of the series decides to release a biography of himself in graphic novel form. Brian K Vaughn, the writer of the series, appears in the comic as one of the prospective writers for the biography, and in a conversation says that he dislikes meta, as it takes him out of the story.
11	* ''ComicBook/FishPolice'': A good portion of the dialogue is dedicated to lampshading that the characters are fish ("Just give me five minutes with the genius who decided that fish should use stairs!") and/or WaterIsAir.
12	* ''ComicBook/KickAss'', at one point, tries to traverse the New York City skyline, but finds that the buildings are too far apart, and notes that, in comics, said buildings seem to be much closer and less high...
13	* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
14	** ''ComicBook/AvengersBackToBasics'':
15	*** In the second issue, when Fenris takes on a humanoid form, he also manifests a breechcloth around his private parts and a mace to fight with. The Hulk wonders where exactly this stuff came from; Thor questions his priorities.
16	---->'''Hulk:''' Where'd the breechcloth and weapon come from?\
17	'''Thor:''' Seriously? ''That'' is what concerns you?\
18	'''Hulk:''' Just wondering.
19	*** When the modern Avengers are magically placed back in the older uniforms, they have quite a bit to say about them -- Captain America wonders why he ever thought that a cape was a good idea after tripping over the one in his Nomad outfit, and when Captain Marvel pokes fun at Black Panther's T-shaped CleavageWindow the latter asks what was the point of having an outfit that leaves her legs bare but her arms covered.
20	---->'''Carol:''' Uh, T'Challa? What the hell is ''that'' outfit?\
21	'''T'Challa:''' It's... it's what I wore before I inherited the mantle the Black Panther.\
22	'''Carol:''' What's the "T" for?\
23	'''T'Challa:''' T'Challa, obviously.\
24	'''Carol:''' Oh, sure. "Obviously".\
25	'''T'Challa:''' ''You'' don't get to criticize, Carol. Long sleeves but bare legs and midriff? So you get to be equally uncomfortable in hot or cold weather?
26	*** After [[spoiler:the Maestro]] steps into the fight between the Magus and the Avengers, he complains about the former speaking almost entirely in exposition.
27	*** When using Doom's time machine, Kamala notes that it also accounts for spatial travel in order to match the Earth's motion in space and muses that the titular device in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'' should logically have left its creator stranded in deep space, before snapping herself out of this tangent.
28	** ''ComicBook/DamageControl'': In Marvel's second mini-series, which featured ComicBook/SheHulk (who at that time was [[MediumAwareness 100% aware she was in a comic]] and often did things like making comments on the art or talking directly to her editor) as one of the cast, during a typical Marvel-smashing-empty-buildings fight Damage Control's construction foreman is keeping a count: "That's one... that's two... that's three..." ''[the building falls down]'' "I keep telling them -- when you break the fourth wall, the whole thing falls down."
29	** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Creator/PeterDavid tells a story about how, while writing a particular issue, he had Bruce and Betty Banner escape from a damaged Skrull ship just moments before the ship exploded, but forgot to do the same for Rick Jones, whom he had technically just killed in the explosion without meaning to. Rather than rewrite the scene, he had the Banners watch incredulously as Jones floated down to the ground on a parachute. Knowing that the readers will see it for a shuck-and-jive, David then included the lampshading:
30	--->'''Rick Jones:''' Don't look so shocked. [[CrazyPrepared I always carry a miniature parachute with me in case I have to jump from an exploding Skrull saucer]].\
31	'''Bruce Banner:''' That's... that's ridiculous.\
32	'''Rick Jones:''' Why? I needed to, didn't I?
33	** ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'': Issue #22 of the second run lampshades the ubiquitous superhero DominoMask after Kamala reveals her identity to another character. The latter comments that in hindsight a part of them had always known, since a domino mask isn't precisely heavy-duty concealment.
34	--->''"That mask doesn't exactly cover a whole lot, you know?"''
35	** ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'':
36	*** Taryn O'Connell describes her adventures with Ulysses Solomon Archer as "like a story right out of a comic book".
37	*** When U.S. crashes his truck, resulting in a great deal of damage, She-Hulk declares it is a miracle that no one was killed.
38	** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
39	*** ''The Amazing Spider-Man #46'': Just as Spider-Man is wondering where to start looking for the Shocker (a vibration-based villain), he spots a cop in a police call box reporting strange tremors, causing Peter to say "Boy! if it had happened that easy in a movie, I'd say it was too [[StealthPun phony]]!"
40	*** ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Annual 21, which depicts the wedding of Peter Parker and MJ Watson, has J. Jonah Jameson help finance their wedding reception on behalf of the Daily Bugle. Since Jameson is generally regarded as the biggest [[TheScrooge tight-wad]] in comics who isn't [[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck an anthropomorphic duck with a Scots accent]], there is a bit of lampshading;
41	---->'''JJJ:''' Eat, drink and be merry, people. The Daily Bugle is proud to be sponsoring this wedding reception. Why, I'd want you to have a good time even if this shindig ''wasn't'' covered by the new tax laws!
42	*** The writers for the arc "The Other" made a glaring continuity error during the story; in one issue, the villain Morlun broke Mary Jane's arm, but in the next issue her arm is unbroken. After the arc, Creator/JMichaelStraczynski wrote a scene in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' where Peter Parker asks Tony Stark about MJ's arm. Tony provides an elaborate AppliedPhlebotinum explanation (involving injecting a material in MJ's arm that acted like a cast but allowed her full movement of her arm). In the next frame, Peter and Tony appear to be [[AsideGlance looking directly at the reader]] with expressions on their faces as if daring the reader to challenge Tony's explanation. In the frame after ''that'', the scene is forgotten, and they return to the main plotline.
43	*** ''ComicBook/SpiderManBeyond'': In the ''Black Cat & Mary Jane'' special, Felicia comments on how her ubiquitous DominoMask works even though it hides only a very small portion of her face. Generally, people aren't anywhere near as analytical as they think they are, and the mind tends to focus on a limited set of obvious traits when recognizing things -- in her case, her striking white hair, domino mask and black suit (she doesn't mention the [[MostCommonSuperpower other things]] that would distract attention [[MyEyesAreUpHere from her face]]). This is what allows [[spoiler:Mary Jane to pass herself off as the Black Cat -- Tombstone takes in the obvious traits, concludes that she's the actual Cat, and doesn't look past them to tell that she's a different person]].
44	*** The final issue of the mini-series ''Spider-Man/[[ComicBook/FantasticFour Human Torch]]: I'm With Stupid'' has the latter pointing out that after decades of the two meeting up at the Statue of Liberty's torch, he's finally noticed the PlotHole that there are no buildings around for Spider-Man to web onto, so he'd have no way of getting up there. Spidey explains that he catches a ride on any passing ferries or helicopter or, in the worst-case scenario, [[MythologyGag makes a web-boat to get there]]. He then claims he assumed the reason the 'Torch picked the spot in the first place was to give him a hard time.
45	*** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Ultimate Venom attacks an art museum, Spider-Man fights him off, and (as usual) the NYPD [[HeroWithBadPublicity tries to arrest him for the trouble]]. Spider-Man angrily points out that they're being idiots for pointing their guns at him when he just saved who knows how many museum patrons from being eaten. When a nearby woman chimes in with "Spider-Man saved my baby!" Spider-Man's response is "You know what? '''THANK YOU!''' No one ever says anything nice, I appreciate that."
46	** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2002'': Nick Fury was [[ComicBookFantasyCasting drawn to look like]] Creator/SamuelLJackson, which got Marvel in legal trouble with the man himself for using his likeness without his knowledge or consent. In the end, Jackson allowed Marvel to use his likeness for Fury, on the condition that he could have the part in the movies ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs Jackson is a big comic book fan]]). Thus, in Issue 4, Nick Fury is asked who he would expect to play him in a movie featuring the Ultimates, and responds with: "Why, Mister Samuel L. Jackson, of course. That's not even open for debate."
47	** ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} ''has openly acknowledged that his real mutant power is [[WolverinePublicity multi-tasking]].
48	*** In ''ComicBook/XMen'' #157, Wolverine says to [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]]: "Listen, bub, I appreciate the faith in me, but I can't be on ALL the teams"-- a nod to Marvel's tendency to put him in an unbelievable amount of titles.
49	*** Just after the Avengers discover that Skrulls have been infiltrating Earth's superhuman community in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', Wolverine admits it would explain how and why a famously self-declared loner such as himself was on so many teams at once.
50	** ''ComicBook/XMen'':
51	*** ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'': Creator/JossWhedon's final issue has one of the characters say something to the effect of, "Your big plan was [[spoiler:to bring back the destroyer of your world from the dead and then shoot the Earth with a giant bullet. Is everyone on the planet a complete idiot?]]" In an earlier arc, when the Mansion is attacked by a Sentinel, Wolverine comments on the number of times the mansion was destroyed; "Next time we should just rebuild the mansion out of Legos!"
52	*** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': In Mark Millar's run, every time a plot device doesn't make sense (the U.S. Army sending ''robots'' to fight ''Magneto'', the Brotherhood goons not recognizing Cyclops, Professor X not noticing that the Hellfire Club was plotting against him, etc.), someone in the cast points this out.
53	*** In Creator/ScottLobdell's ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' run, Jean Grey was introduced to Sunpyre, the younger sister (who had [[RememberTheNewGuy conveniently never been seen or mentioned before]]) of her old teammate Sunfire. Immediately after meeting her, Jean said that she'd known Sunfire for years and he'd never mentioned having a kid sister.
54	*** ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'':
55	*** The entire first three issues feature pretty much everyone -- Kitty Pryde, Xavier, Iceman and especially Wolverine himself -- pointing out how ridiculous the post-''Schism'' situation is.
56	*** It seems that Wolverine's students also learn the art of lampshading at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, as Quentin Quire makes frequent remarks of this kind. For instance, on a field trip to the [[LostWorld Savage Land]] where the class become stranded, Quentin tells Hellion to "learn his history. Being stuck in a pre-historic jungle is practically an X-Men rite of passage."
57	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
58	** In the early limited-edition mini-series (that has been collected in ''Sonic Beginnings''), Princess Sally has blonde hair in the first issue, and in the next, she's a brunette. When she says she has something to tell him, Sonic asks, "You mean why you changed from a blonde to a brunette?" This is also referenced in a later story where Sally goes on an angry rant and someone will be punished... because someone published a story that she dyed her hair from blonde to black.
59	** A previously unpublished story had an ending where the MonsterOfTheWeek was shrunk down to a microscopic size, which Sonic finds he can't joke about. NICOLE then notes that, by her analysis, "Planet Mobius is about to get very complicated. New faces, complex relationships, entire worlds opening up!" This was referencing the CerebusSyndrome the comic was undergoing at the time. Sonic, however, insists that StatusQuoIsGod. The story was finally published in ''Sonic Archives: Volume 5''
60	** When the comic began drifting away from being farcical to mirroring ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]]'', it still had TheArtifact of Boomer's name, who in the show was named Rotor. The editors pointed this out in the letters column in one issue and stated they would be changing it to match the show. The next several issues have various visual lampshades hung on this, such as the character wearing a "Hello, my name is Rotor" pin, and nailing a crude plank of wood with "Rotor" written on it over the "Boomer" part of his "Boomer's Shop" sign.
61	** During the "Endangered Species" arc, the end of one part has Sonic fighting Lien-Da and the Dark Egg Legion in Albion. The beginning of the next has Sonic coming to from being knocked out, realizes ''no one'' is there outside of him, Tails and Amy and comments that an entire population can't disappear like that. [[note]]It was because of the [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal problems]] between Archie and former writer Creator/KenPenders.[[/note]]
62	* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'':
63	** [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMKYTSROL8A/UOiEuLFFDmI/AAAAAAABOE4/yGHNA_FAJ3k/s1600/Twilight.jpg Third Eye Comic's variant cover]] for the first Twilight Sparkle micro-cover points out the fact that there are a ''lot'' of variant covers for the series. This had led to some [[EarlyBirdCameo Early Bird Cameos]] in the sense that there are covers that, at the time of that cover's reveal, had yet to be seen. At least one (Hot Topic #3 variant) has proven that some of these yet-unseen covers are real.
64	** Issue #3: When Twilight asks Spike to take a letter, he immediately objects since they're in Canterlot and Princess Celestia is literally forty feet away. [[ObsessivelyOrganized Twilight justifies the letter because it can be saved and properly indexed]]. Celestia comments, when reading the letter, that she was just right there and they could have told her then.
65	** When Rarity comments that the Hippie Ponies leave a mess during the bottling process of their beauty products, Flax Seed says that's because filling tiny bottles is really hard when you don't have '''thumbs'''.
66	** As Rarity starts to explain business principles to the crew, one comments to another that this would be a perfect place for a montage. The other replies that "Uncle Montage" left years ago.
67	* ''ComicBook/PoetAndersonTheDreamWalker'': Jonas does a fair amount in the first issue, asking Alan and Ayo they're taking bikes instead of more conveniently flying themselves. When they travel to the mouth of a waterfall, Jonas adjusts the lampshade further, saying "So, we can't fly, but we can walk on water?"
68	* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' explains the changing of Slag's name to Slug in recent toys in a funny way; Slag ''insists'' that he changes his name to Slug after Arcee points out the double meaning of the name (that being slang for a promiscuous woman).
69	* ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'': Several characters comment on the impossibility of there being [[ArtisticLicenseGeography headhunters in Africa]], since they [[RunningGag only live in the Amazon]].

Context LampshadeHanging / ComicBooks