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7	->''"This is like one of those sitcoms where somebody says something that's misconstrued and the snooty next door neighbor got the wrong package delivered after his in-laws come to visit, somebody has two dates at one night and they have to paint white lines on the middle of the room, but this isn't a sitcom, Perry the Platypus, this is real life."''
8	-->-- '''Doofenshmirtz''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
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10	'''Alice:''' What's "conversational troping"?
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12	'''Bob:''' It's when characters in a work talk to each other about tropes.
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14	'''Alice:''' That sounds like a lot of other "[[MetafictionDemandedThisIndex meta tropes]]" I've heard of.
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16	'''Bob:''' Sure, but there's certain things that make it unique. The characters aren't talking about tropes from their own series, so it's not LampshadeHanging. They're not talking about tropes in a way that goes "[[BreakingTheFourthWall hey, we're aware that we're fictional]]", so it's not MetaFiction. They're not actively involving the viewer, so it's not PostModernism. They're not tearing down the tropes, so it's not {{Deconstruction}}. They're just talking, in a SeinfeldianConversation kind of way, about conventions found in media in general. Pointing them out, going, "Huh, that's interesting," idly coming up with possible reasons for them. Starting to sound real familiar, right?
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18	'''Alice:''' Huh, that's interesting. But what's the point in using this trope?
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20	'''Bob:''' It's often used as a ShoutOut, in a similar vein as an AffectionateParody — or not. Sometimes it's subtle LampshadeHanging, describing tropes that occur later in the work, or earlier, but not talking about those events. Either that, or the writers or characters just found some time to kill.
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22	'''Alice:''' Neat. Speaking of time, aren't you supposed to be working at the [[TropeCo/TropeCo Trope Co.]] factory right now?
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24	'''Bob:''' If I [[OneHourWorkWeek went to work]], I wouldn't be able to tell you about similar tropes -- like DiscussedTrope, IAlwaysWantedToSayThat, and ThisIsThePartWhere. Now, why don't we go over some examples?
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26	'''Charlie:''' '''May contain spoilers!'''
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28	!!Examples:
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31	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
32	* All over the place in ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', which is a manga about {{mangaka}}s making manga and therefore frequently discusses the contents of the fictional mangas inside it.
33	* In ''Manga/ChroniclesOfTheGoingHomeClub'' they frequently talk about tropes. Sometimes as LampshadeHanging, sometimes BreakingTheFourthWall, but mostly they just talk about various tropes.
34	* A surprising amount of characters in ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' do this. Besides Kyōtarō always likening Anna's antics with her GirlPosse to a {{Moe}} manga come to life (and trying very hard to convince himself he isn't a participant himself), Chii thinks a lot of Anna's goofball moments are put on and is seemingly chagrinned that she's constantly playing the role of her StraightMan. Moe also seems to be surprisingly aware of event flags for someone [[ClosetGeek who claims to not play many video games.]]
35	* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' is a tad more meta about it, with the ShowWithinAShow, and then them narrating the previews when ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' became its own show.
36	* ''Manga/ILoveYuriAndIGotBodyswappedWithAFujoshi'': Considering the series partly functions as an exploration of [[YuriFan Yuri]] and [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi]] fandoms, there is a LOT of this, usually in the form of one character explaining some aspect of their fandom culture to the other.
37	* The cast of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' occasionally indulge in this, usually [[TakeThat to look down upon common romance manga tropes]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome that wouldn't work the same way in real life]]. A notable instance is in Chapter 181 when Ishigami and Iino discuss OutdoorBathPeeping and the common scenarios that accompany it.
38	* In episode 38 of ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'', when discussing on the "defection" of the young Kaiser Erwin Josef II to the Free Planets Alliance, Walter von Schönkopf mentioned that enthusiasm amongst the Alliance public would be even higher if the defector was a [[PrincessProtagonist pretty teenage princess]] instead, and Alex Cazerne added that by fairytale conventions then, [[EvilChancellor the minister would be the evil one]].
39	* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' largely consists of the characters [[SeinfeldianConversation having rambling conversations about mundane things]], and that includes tropes. Konata, being a huge {{Otaku}}, is usually the one who brings them up:
40	** Why crimes in mystery-themed anime and manga are AlwaysMurder.
41	** Comments about how chatspeak appears to have invaded Japanese talk shows.
42	** Wondering why all the pretty girls in a DatingSim are [[EveryoneIsSingle single]] and [[TheUnwantedHarem want to be attached to the male hero]].
43	** Discussing the NecktieHeadband and why drunk people carry takeout boxes.
44	* ''Manga/MedakaBox'': In one chapter Zenkichi demonstrates to the others that Medaka's [[TheAce perfection]] doesn't extend to artistic endeavors by having her play the drums; while her performance is technically perfect, it's utterly devoid of self-expression or emotion. Akune and Mogami compare it to the UncannyValley, but Zenkichi says it's more like [[InvertedTrope the opposite of that]], since a human playing something with such mechanical precision is disturbing in its own way.
45	* ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'':
46	** One time, Nyarko catches a human cold and tells a confused Mahiro that even powerful aliens can have {{Weaksauce Weakness}}es, delivering a few {{Shout Out}}s to famous movies [[CulturalCrossReference like]] ''Film/MarsAttacks''. [[spoiler:Which becomes a ChekhovsGun later when the invading aliens have the same [[YourHeadAsplode explosive weakness]] to music that the Martians did.]]
47	** In the first episode of the second season, Nyarko brings up the fact that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall all the recent sequels have the main heroine become pregnant]] before telling Mahiro [[LovableSexManiac they might as well jump on the bandwagon]]. Of course, it doesn't work.
48	** In the FreakyFridayFlip arc of the first season, while tracking down a time-traveling criminal, Nyarko suggests that the classmate who called in sick that day might have been [[GrandTheftMe body-snatched]], referring to it as "[[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail the Law of Important Characters]]". However, Mahiro says it'd be [[ContrivedCoincidence way too convenient]], and he and Nyarko both laugh it off. So naturally, she was right all along, and their classmate really was body-snatched.
49	* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'' episode "A Pokémon of a Different Color", Iris's Dragonite meets Clair's Dragonite and they immediately come into conflict. Iris and Clair are annoyed, but Cilan deduces that Clair's Dragonite is female and launches into his film buff explanation, complete with images, of exactly how their initial hatred will vanish when new conflicts test them and love will eventually blossom between the two. The girls don't buy it for a second, and despite the Dragonites getting one more scene later, his prediction doesn't come to pass.
50	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * One of the main highlights of ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion''.
51	* ''Literature/WelcomeToTheNHK'' has a lot of conversations like this between Yamazaki and Sato, since they're trying to make a HGame together and Sato isn't an otaku like Yamazaki. For example, one scene has Yamazaki scolding Sato for trying to write the main heroine like a realistic girl, and then discussing the "patterns" found in games like {{Childhood Friend Romance}}s, {{Meido}}s and {{Robot Girl}}s, explaining that these all work because [[SatelliteLoveInterest she has no ulterior motive and simply is devoted to serving the protagonist]]. These conversations also serve to set up Sato thinking of Misaki as something of a soft-spoken ManicPixieDreamGirl, which gets {{deconstructed}} as the series continues.
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55	* Calvin of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' frequently discusses the ways his snowmen demonstrate ArtTropes. He and Hobbes also discuss ComicBooks, as in this iconic dialogue, which named a trope:
56	-->'''Calvin''': Mom doesn't understand comic books. She doesn't realize that comic books deal with serious issues of the day. [[DarkerAndEdgier Today's superheroes]] face tough moral dilemmas. Comic books aren't just [[{{Escapism}} escapist]] fantasy. They're [[AnAesop sophisticated social critiques]].\
57	'''Hobbes:''' Is [[MostCommonSuperPower Amazon Girl's super power]] the ability to squeeze that figure [[TropeNamer into that suit]]?\
58	'''Calvin:''' [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Nah]], they all can do that.
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61	[[folder:Fan Works]]
62	* Varric does a bit of this in ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]'', most notably when talking to Josephine about what kind of story he would write for [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition the Inquisition]]. It's especially humorous because the story credits him as its editor.
63	** He does it again in the side story ''The Skyhold Runner's Guide to Survival,'' where he's credited as the author instead - and this time he does it a ''lot''. Many, many tropes are invoked by name, including DistaffCounterpart, TheHeart, and PercussiveTherapy, to name but a few.
64	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6931946/1/Apocalypse-Now Apocalypse Now]]'' Harry and his friends discuss what they'd do during a ZombieApocalypse.
65	* In ''Fanfic/TheBankCalledYourRealityCheckBounced'', Kyouya explains what a PortmanteauCoupleName is and why it's used. There's also an outright mention of CornerOfWoe, with no explanation offered.
66	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples * There are lots of this in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' episodes "Hypercube" and "Camping Trip Part 1".
67	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10588283/40/Came-Out-of-the-Darkness Came Out of the Darkness]]'' Seamus is concerned about the Yule Ball.
68	-->'''Seamus:''' I'm going to end up going alone.\
69	'''Dean:''' Quit whining, I don't have a date either. It's not like we're going to die two old men alone [[CrazyCatLady surrounded by cats]].
70	* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In chapter 22, when talking about her previous experience with Prince Blueblood at the Grand Galloping Gala, Rarity refers to him as a PrinceCharmless.
71	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11357426/1/Fortune-Favors-the-Bold Fortune Favors the Bold]]'' Harry and Blaise discuss whose grave they'd [[ExcrementStatement take a piss on]] if they had a chance.
72	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7793520/2/Girl-in-the-War Girl in the War]]'' Rose feels somewhat paranoid after Colin and Justin are petrified.
73	-->'''Rose:''' You know how in horror movies the serial killer picks off the heroine's friends one by one until she's the [[FinalGirl only one who's left]]? That's how I feel.\
74	'''Lavender:''' My, don't we have an inflated sense of self?
75	* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Happens several times, including Spark and Arlo discussing cliche YaoiGenre relationship dynamics and how they don't quite fit their situation, Candela pointing out the use of SheIsNotMyGirlfriend in RomanticComedy, and Arlo infodumping to Spark about {{Isekai}} during the movie they watch at the park, which we don't get to see.
76	* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''/''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheManyWorldsInterpretation'', Leonard Hofstadter fends off the Dungeon Dimensions things and explicitly references DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station goes looking for a towel to cover the window with, to explicitly and knowingly block out the sight of [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 six impossible things happening before breakfast]].
77	* In Kyon and Sasaki's backstory in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', their usual conversation was about any trope Kyon could remember at the moment, a trope that was appropriately deconstructed by Sasaki. That's how Kyon's optimism and interest in the supernatural vanished in middle school.
78	** Haruhi, who reads the in-universe TV Tropes website, also lapses into this on occasion.
79	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13962010/10/Like-Tenfold-Shields Like Tenfold Shields]]'':
80	-->'''Hermione:''' What?\
81	'''Harry:''' Er, nothing. There's a snake out there. Sounds like Hagrid when he's in his cups.\
82	'''Hermione:''' A drunken hairy snake?\
83	'''Harry:''' Sounds like [[AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse the name of a seedy pub]], doesn't it?
84	* ''Fanfic/MiraculousTalesOfScarletBeetleAndIkatiBlack'': During "Horrificator", when Denise [[ImpliedDeathThreat brings up to Chloe how the unlikeable petty blonde is the first to die in horror movies]], Nino brings up that it's usually the BlackDudeDiesFirst and the blonde dies either 3rd, 4th or last, admittedly [[JustifiedTrope because talking about movie tropes helps him calm down]]. Simon and Alya also share a few horror tropes to help ease the mood.
85	* Done in the PeggySue fic ''FanFic/TheSecondTry'' during the post-Third Impact chapters (examples include AdamAndEvePlot to IHatePastMe) between Shinji and Asuka. Justified, what with both being the only two people left on earth and needing to pass the time.
86	* ''Fanfic/YourMoveInstigatorDrawYourWeaponAndHoldYourTongue'': At one point, Sakura, Kiba and Tenten observe that their situation feels a lot like a story, speculating about who the BigBad might be. They decide that while Danzo is an obvious candidate, the Sandaime is just as bad for [[HeadInTheSandManagement enabling Danzo to have his way]].
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89	[[folder:Film — Animation]]
90	* In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', when the characters are wondering who the masked villain really is, Fred passes out various ComicBooks and points out that the villains are all traditionally {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, to suggest that Alistair Krei is the BigBad. [[spoiler:He's wrong. It's actually the father-substitute EvilMentor. But he was supposed to be dead at the time, so it's a reasonable mistake.]]
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93	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
94	* ''Film/BreakingAway'': "You know how, in cartoons, when somebody gets hit in the head with a {{frying pan\|OfDoom}}, and their head ''[[AmusingInjuries looks]]'' [[AmusingInjuries like the frying pan]], with the handle and everything; then they go ''boing'', and their head goes back to normal? Wouldn't that be great?"
95	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples * ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' prominently features this as the ending reveals that [[spoiler:there are evil Gods forcing people to invoke tropes or else they'll destroy the world]].
96	* In ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', the main characters discuss a lot of pop culture. For example:
97	-->'''Randal Graves''': Which did you like better? ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jedi]]'' or ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Empire Strikes Back]]''\
98	'''Dante Hicks''': ''Empire''.\
99	'''Randal''': Blasphemy.\
100	'''Dante''': ''Empire'' had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of [[DownerEnding down endings]]. All ''Jedi'' had was a bunch of {{Muppet}}s.
101	** Other movies in ''Film/TheViewAskewniverse'' also tend to feature this, if only a little.
102	** The beginning of the double-AffectionateParody, ''Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot'' (which, of course, was a two-parter):
103	-->'''Trooper Randal''': Which did you like better: ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' or ''Film/ChasingAmy''?\
104	'''Trooper Dante''': ''Chasin' Amy''.\
105	'''Randal''': Blasphemy!\
106	'''Dante''': ''Chasing Amy'' had the better story! Guy likes girl... girl likes girls... girl has sex with guy, then dumps guy for more girls -- it ends on a dark note. That's what life is: A series of dark notes. All ''Mallrats'' had was a bunch of... sex jokes.
107	* ''Film/DontTell'': Andrea the film director's passion project is a movie about two garbage workers who find a DoorstopBaby, or rather a Dumpster Baby, as they're emptying a dumpster. Franco (an actor attached to star in the movie) says that's unrealistic as anyone who found a dumpster baby would just call the police rather than take the baby home, to which Andrea says that Franco has been watching too much TV.
108	* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' is practically made of this, as the characters were actors on a cheesy sci-fi TV show, and wind up on a real spaceship that aliens designed to be like the one on the show. Gwen objects to having to navigate a SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom, and says that there's no reason for it to even exist, only for Jason to remind her that the trope featured in an episode of the show. Soon after, they disarm the self-destruct mechanism, only for the clock on the device to tick several more seconds down to 0:01 before stopping, because on the show bombs were always defused JustInTime.
109	* ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'': Before Maximus fights Commodus in the arena, Commodus talks about how Maximus's epic life story can honestly be called the stuff of legend. He considers just killing Maximus to be anticlimactic, so the only fitting conclusion to the story would be a final showdown in the great arena between the two, although Commodus obviously [[WrongGenreSavvy considers himself the hero in this story]].
110	* ''Film/HotFuzz'' has the lead pair discussing various cop movie tropes, with Butterman feeling that he's missed out and Angel denying that they exist in RealLife. Of course, all of them are gloriously invoked by the end.
111	* In ''Film/KillBill Vol 2.'', when the Bride finally confronts Bill, he monologues about the nature of the SecretIdentity in superhero comics. Bill points out that whereas most heroes have to put on the costume to become their alter egos, since Superman was born as the alien Kal-L, his alter ego is in fact Clark Kent. Bill theorizes that Clark Kent is Superman's critique of humanity, comparing him to the Bride trying to blend in as a normal citizens when she was really born to be an assassin.
112	* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Valentine discusses various tropes of TuxedoAndMartini SpyFiction with various characters over the course of the film, showing how he is a MetaGuy on top of being a DiabolicalMastermind.
113	* The film "Film/LoveAndOtherDisasters" is frequently punctuated by the cast discussing romance tropes, without noticing how they might apply to their present situations.
114	* The ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series has this as a constant. The killers deliberately invokes slasher movie cliches while their targets try to survive by attempting to guess which horror movie tropes the killers would invoke next — a move that [[DeathByGenreSavviness just as often got them killed as it did save them]]. Most notably, [[MetaGuy Randy Meeks]] gives [[RuleOfThree three rules]] to surviving a horror movie ([[SexSignalsDeath don't have sex]], don't drink or use drugs, and [[TemptingFate never say "I'll be right back."]]), and expands his rules to sequels and trilogies warnings in the later films.
115	* ''Film/StandByMe'' has the characters talk about [[FurryConfusion what Goofy is]] and whether or not [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny Mighty Mouse could beat Superman]].
116	* ''Film/{{Swingers}}'' features a scene where the leads are sitting around a table discussing the films of Martin Scorsese and the inherent difficulty of filming in a casino as well as their love of the one take restaurant entry shot in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''. They later emulate this shot when when entering a club and one of the first parts of the film is shot in a casino.
117	* In the opening scene of ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'', Gabriel is discussing EndingTropes with Stanley and Agent Roberts. He compares the hostage situation he is leading with the one in ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'', and argues that it would be [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome more realistic]] if the hostage takers in that movie would have been [[KickTheDog much more cruel]], killing multiple hostages from the start, and [[TheBadGuyWins getting away with the money]]. Stanley and Roberts argue that audiences will expect a HappyEnding, and that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin the bad guy can't win]] to force home AnAesop that crime doesn't pay. Of course, they're trying to invoke it because they don't want Gabriel to do just that to his hostages. [[spoiler:It's all foreshadowing to this film's ending, in which Gabriel does get the money and wins.]]
118	* ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'':
119	** Elijah talks about the LanternJawOfJustice and other stylistic traits and conventions.
120	** At the end, David and Elijah's mother talk about VillainTropes at Elijah's art gallery. She says that Elijah believes there are two main types of villains. There's the [[TheDragon soldier villain]], who fights the hero with his hands, but there's also the brilliant and evil ArchEnemy, the really dangerous one, who fights the hero with his mind. [[spoiler:Elijah is revealed to be the latter.]]
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124	* It's possible to do this without LampshadeHanging and still accidentally discuss your own story. In a {{thriller}} novel entitled ''Beauty'', the love interest talks about how all the fish in her fish tank were chosen because they reminded her of characters in a book, then adds that she originally planned to use fish for Literature/{{Lolita}} and Humbert Humbert but changed her mind. The hero goes into an aside about how ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'' is his favorite book, because of its skillful use of an UnreliableNarrator who seems nice at first but is in fact evil. Said "hero" is a plastic surgeon trying to sculpt the perfect face, so you can guess where this is going.
125	* ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld'': While enjoying a RomanticComedy at home with Tia, Hiro points out that [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality a lot of the protagonists would look be colossal assholes if they weren't framed as the main characters]], specifically the love interests who [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace crash the wedding]], the {{Disposable Fiance}}s who're meant to be worse by comparison, and the brides who gravitates to such men.
126	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Happens quite a bit. For example, Glenda in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' talks (albeit to herself) about how preposterous and formulaic her romance novels are. On a practical level this is quite an important skill on a world where storytelling conventions are more binding than the laws of physics.
127	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
128	** One of the novels has a discussion of which member of the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Fellowship]] everyone is. Harry objects to not being assigned Gandalf, until it is explained that Sam is the real hero of the story. And there's a throwaway line about a certain person being Boromir--said person later betraying the group.
129	** When Harry sends a young man to Father Forthill for some food, a shower, and new clothes, Forthill casually asks the man to get any PedophilePriest jokes out of the way early on.
130	* ''Literature/EndlessNight'': Ellie says "There's a saying by some great writer or other that [[NoHeroToHisValet no man is a hero to his valet]]." (It was Hegel.) The context is her husband Michael saying of his mother, and their uncomfortable relationship, that "She knows the worst of me"--which turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}}.
131	* Some of Lawrence Block's novels:
132	** ''Burglars Can't Be Choosers'':
133	--->'''Bernie:''' Most of Peter Alan Martin's clients are ladies who came in third in a country-wide beauty contest a whole lot of years ago. I think he's the kind of agent you call when you want someone to come out of the cake at a bachelor party. Do they still have that sort of thing?\
134	'''Ellie:''' What sort of thing?\
135	'''Bernie:''' [[JumpingOutOfACake Girls popping out of cakes]].\
136	'''Ellie:''' You're asking me? How would I know?\
137	'''Bernie:''' That's a point.
138	** ''The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams'':
139	*** Carolyn tells Bernie that she hid her owning a third cat for three months because she was afraid it would lead to her eventually becoming a CrazyCatLady.
140	*** Bernie and a customer discuss what might have happened if [[AlternateHistory the Dutch hadn't lost New York]].
141	** ''Tanner on Ice'':
142	*** Evan's cellmate comments that Mandalay beer tastes like piss.
143	---->'''Stuart:''' S'funny how people will say that. 'Tastes like piss.' [[TastesLikeFeet But how would they know?]]
144	*** Evan mentions his time in a Turkish jail.
145	---->'''Evan:''' Before I knew about ''Film/MidnightExpress''. They fed me the same meal every day. Pilaf, pilaf, and pilaf.\
146	'''Stuart:''' Sounds like [[TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay a Russian law firm]].
147	* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'': In the first major story arc, Sousuke, Kaname and Kurz are caught in enemy territory and surrounded. Kaname and Kurz realize they're in a BolivianArmyEnding situation, specifically referencing the TropeNamer ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' (without actually naming it), with Kaname adding that she prefers happy endings. Of course, since this is only the first arc, they do get out of the situation just fine.
148	* ''Literature/TheKaijuPreservationSociety'': Jamie calls TheMasquerade maintained by the KPS a "reverse lampshade", and then has to explain to Tom what LampshadeHanging is.
149	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples * ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey''.
150	* In ''Literature/ReapersGale'', book seven of the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' series, Udinass at one point launches into a lengthy rant about DungeonCrawling, deconstructing the whole thing in great detail. It comes out of nowhere, disappears into nowhere, and borders on {{Anvilicious}}, as he seems to be trying to rile up Fear Sengar and his perceived obsession with being on a noble quest - except the two tropes are far from being the same thing and Udinaas had much more subtle LampshadeHanging moments earlier in the book.
151	* ''[[Literature/TheAnderssons Spränga gränser]]'' by Solveig Olsson-Hultgren: FieryRedhead is conversed about apropos Cecilia, when one of her friends excuses Cecilia's fiery attitude due to the fact that she's a redhead.
152	* A major part of ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga.'' The characters live in a CapePunk world and protagonist Gary is a GenreSavvy character who is always trying to figure out which rules from fiction apply and which don't. {{Deconstructed}} a bit as everyone thinks he's ''completely insane'' for this and only the fact he's a BunnyEarsLawyer and NotSoHarmless keeps him alive. Website/TVTropes.org itself gets a few shout-outs in the book.
153	* ''Literature/WhenItHappensToYou'': There's a short discussion of RockStarParking in Kojak.
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156	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
157	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': "How come there ain't no Puerto Ricans on ''Franchise/StarTrek''?! They got every race and life-form in the galaxy, except for Puerto Ricans! What's up with that?!"[[note]]For the record, B'Elanna Torres from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has a Latino-American father, although he might not be Puerto Rican.[[/note]]
158	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' does this a lot with ScienceFiction tropes.
159	* Since comic book evil (and other things) exist in the world of ''Series/TheMiddleman'' a lot of conversations revolve around tropes and [[OurTropesAreDifferent how their in-universe equivalents deviate from them]].
160	* ''Series/{{Bosch}}'': In "[[Recap/BoschS3E02 The Four Last Things]]", movie director Andrew Holland calls Harry Bosch his "InspectorJavert" and mentions he's a "SonOfAWhore". One of his party guests asks if he's thinking about this for his next movie. Holland pauses for a second and says "It's too tropey, who would believe it?"
161	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' does this a bit in general, but when the Trio become the villains in season six, their conversations almost solely consist of this.
162	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples * Everyone on ''Series/{{Community}}'', especially Abed.
163	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "Trapped," a reclusive millionaire is found dead inside his own panic room. Flack questions all of the man's help, then lists them for Stella, who bemoans that there's no butler because "in a mansion like this, [[TheButlerDidIt it's always the butler]]."
164	* In one scene from ''Series/DeadLikeMe'', George, the viewpoint character for the series, informs her fellows of the roles they play in the [[{{Ensembles}} ensemble cast]]. Later in the episode, the oldest and wisest of the troupe casually "breaks trope", much to George's surprise.
165	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E8SilenceInTheLibrary "Silence in the Library"]] has the Doctor and Donna discussing how TimeTravel can lead to {{Spoiler}}s if you're not careful, with him admitting that he tries to keep her away from "major plot developments" of the future.
166	* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' features an episode where the B plot has Topher programming one of the Dolls to be an [[IJustWantToHaveFriends ideal best friend]] for himself so he can have a day of [[WishFulfillment perfect geeky socialization]] on his birthday. Since he programs her to be a geek, there winds up being a scene where they're playing video games and talking about ScienceFiction tropes; among other things, they come to a mild friendly disagreement over whether {{Green Skinned Space Babe}}s are a hideously stupid {{cliche}} or not (he claims that she's just dissing "good art").
167	* In one episode of ''{{Series/Eureka}}'', Vincent and Fargo are fairly GenreSavvy while watching a "reality show" [[spoiler:that is actually a live feed from a biosphere experiment at Global Dynamics]]. Unfortunately, the GenreSavvy doesn't apply to their own crazy town.
168	* About 25% of the total runtime of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' consists of either the "freaks" group discussing music or the "geeks" talking comedy or sci-fi.
169	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' has little side-jokes about this sometimes. In one episode, Chandler discusses {{Half Dressed Cartoon Animal}}s with Phoebe.
170	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has this happen with, of course, Hiro, the series' AscendedFanboy. He even goes so far as to point out to his SideKick Ando where in the story he is at certain crucial moments. Hiro firmly believes himself to be the most GenreSavvy guy around, he just doesn't quite realise he's [[WrongGenreSavvy not actually living in the genre he's an expert on]]. It's more than a little adorable.
171	* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' lampshades, discusses, and converses telenovela and other romance tropes through the social circles of its aspiring romance writer protagonist Jane and her father Rogelio, who is a telenovela star.
172	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
173	** Boone and Locke discuss {{Red Shirt}}s in "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues".
174	** In "Some Like It Hoth", Hurley presents his thoughts on ''Franchise/StarWars'': "Ewoks suck, dude". This is far from the only ''Star Wars'' discussion in the series.
175	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
176	-->'''Tony''': Ah, let me guess... You're that person in horror movie that decides that since [[FinalGirl all your friends are dead]], you really need to go check out the demonic, breathing noise down in the [[CreepyBasement basement]].\
177	'''Kate''': Well, it beats being the girl who twists her ankle and gets everybody else killed.
178	* Occurs in Series H "History" on ''Series/{{QI}}'' with Stephen, Alan, David Mitchell, Sandi Toksvig, and Rob Brydon digitally edited into a photo of a combat squad. David (whose face was in a somewhat goofy expression) mused that he would be [[{{Redshirt}} killed off early]], while Sandi supposed she would be the woman brought along [[MissionControl just to work the radio]], but gets [[ActionSurvivor forced into flying a plane]]. Stephen would be [[ShellshockedVeteran the hero]] [[OldSoldier from]] the First World War, Rob gets [[{{Retirony}}killed off right before the end]] (just when you think he'll make it), and Alan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OFXL0jIMR4 survives the whole thing.]]
179	* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
180	** In "Orpheus", Carter picks apart the poor planning on the part of the aliens in ''Film/{{Signs}}''.
181	** In "200", she calls ''[[ShowWithinAShow Wormhole X-Treme!]]'' creator Martin Lloyd on a particularly absurd use of UnrealisticBlackHole. In fact, because the FramingDevice for the {{Troperiffic}} episode in question is a discussion with him about how the hell he can adapt ''Wormhole X-Treme!'' into a [[TheMovie feature film]] (in what WordOfGod says is a nod to ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and its sequel film), there's plenty of other references too, such as Martin explaining that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it's okay to skip over how the heroes actually transitioned from one scene to the next so that you can move on with the plot]], so long as you give a quick nod to it in the dialogue with them acknowledging how "convenient" their escape had been; he even goes so far as to accurately define the practice out loud as "[[LampshadeHanging Hanging a Lantern On It]]". Heck, the episode as a whole includes so many [[AffectionateParody Affectionate Parodies]] of other works generated by the team's competing ideas about how he could do it that it's almost harder to find a moment in the episode that ''doesn't'' include Conversational Troping. Those are just the most notable examples.
182	* After Tuvok and Paris escape from the ShowWithinAShow holodeck program ''Insurrection Alpha'' in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' following Seska's evil alterations of it, they and the rest of the senior staff chat about the program in the mess hall, including Captain Janeway's use of DeusExMachina to rescue them.
183	* ''Series/Warehouse13'':
184	** They discuss {{Red Shirt}}s, when Myka feels that Artie's secrecy about their current mission could prove life-threatening for them.
185	--->'''Myka''': He thinks we're...\
186	'''Pete''': Redshirts?\
187	'''Myka''' (nodding sadly): Yeah.\
188	'''Pete''': First of all, we're not redshirts. And second of all... It's ''so'' cool that you knew what I meant!
189	** This dialog in Season 3, Episode 3:
190	--->'''New Agent Jinx ''(after missing during Tesla Target practice):''''' "Firing a Ray Gun isn't as easy as it looks in the movies."\
191	'''Pete:''' "Hey, No. It is very hard to fire ray guns in the movies. How many times have you seen a [[ImperialStormTrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Storm Trooper]] hit what he's firing at? Not once.
192	** Pete also admonishes himself for missing an obvious video game trope (even using the term "trope") when he and Claudia are trapped in a virtual reality world.
193	* In ''Series/YoureTheWorst'', Jimmy (a novelist) has a bunch of comments on ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'':
194	-->'''Jimmy:''' Edgar, I think I know a little something about [[THeHerosJourney Campbellian storytelling]]. Ferris is the [[TheHero hero]]. Creator/JenniferGrey is the [[ButtMonkey foil]]. Principal Rooney is the [[TheFool fool]]. Sloane is the {{sidekick}}. Cameron's the {{villain\|s}}.
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197	[[folder:Video Games]]
198	* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': Commonly seen throughout the series.
199	** Characters constantly reference game mechanics, freely discussing their own levels and character titles, along with poking fun at expected tropes like [[SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity being able to save]] before taking on a boss.
200	** In ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', Etna [[BagOfSpilling loses all her levels]] thanks to a botched summoning, much to her ire. Her entire motivation for joining the party is to become a playable character and regain her strength that way.
201	** The Episode Previews, rather than actually previewing what comes next, constantly go OffTheRails into a variety of trope-happy parodies.
202	* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'': {{Invoked\|Trope}} by Mae during a conversation with her Aunt Molly, a policewoman.
203	-->'''Mae:''' Are you ''trying'' to kick off a horror movie?! [[CassandraTruth Nobody believes the girl who saw a ghost!]] Well, I've got bad news for you... [[PoliceAreUseless the cop always dies]]!
204	* Characters in ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'' are fond of this. Especially the [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} prinnies and Etna]].
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206
207	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
208	* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Monokuma occasionally comments how much he enjoys using tropes and playing with the narrative structure (which is justified, since [[spoiler:he means the narrative of the ImmoralRealityShow]]), and in one translation he actually name drops a particular trope he enjoys: [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]].
209	* ''VisualNovel/SweetFuseAtYourSide'' is a visual novel set entirely in a theme park in which all of the attractions are based on video games, in which the seven main characters are obligated to participate in "games" that have been made from the attractions. As a result, there's a ''lot'' of discussion about video game tropes, especially in scenes featuring Meoshi, a video game otaku.
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212	[[folder:Web Comics]]
213	* ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'':
214	-->'''Blitz''': So what's your schtick? Do you have a [[DarkAndTroubledPast Dark Past that's driven you mad!?]]\
215	'''Gear''': Unfortunately, no. [[AllergicToRoutine I'm just here for the same reason you are.]]\
216	'''Blitz''': Oh? [[NotSoDifferentRemark Is this the we're-both-the-same card already?]]\
217	'''Gear''': Something wrong with that?\
218	'''Blitz''': Only one thing... that's more of a line for my [[ArchEnemy Arch Rival.]] [[ShadowArchetype And my rival would have a Mech!]]
219	* In [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2859#comic this]] ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', a son and father analyse the trope MechaMooks. Well, the father does anyway. Turns out the son actually just wants a robot toy for his birthday.
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221
222	[[folder:Web Original]]
223	* Website/TVTropes [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/topics.php has a forum]].
224	** The Trope of the Week series ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' does this rather often, which is to be expected in a series ''about tropes''.
225	** TV Tropes have a podcast ''On the Tropes''. Every week one trope is discussed extensively and the hosts talk about their favourite examples.
226	* In Q&A #1 of ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'', Adele mentions she's learning about opera ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'' and that [[EveryoneDiesEnding everybody dies at the end]]. Then she sings an aria. She's brilliant if bit weirdly over-educated. She likes showing off her knowledge.
227	* Basically the entire point of the ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' web series ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5CC44F2C10A8415C After Hours]]''.
228	* ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'' parodies much of significant tropes in many franchises, often with LampshadeHanging.
229	-->'''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Scyther]]:''' What is it Boss? A Trope from ''Pokemon'' that warrants a deeper analysis?
230	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
231	** Episode 17 has a pair of {{mooks}} discuss the [[StockScream Wilhelm Scream]]. While trying to imitate it, they fail until Vegeta kills them, which makes them do it for real.
232	** Episode 48 brings Semi-Perfect Cell discussing {{Final Speech}}es with Tien right before trying to kill him.
233	--->'''Cell:''' You know, if you want my personal opinion, "Kikōhō" is [[LameLastWords a pretty sad choice of last words]]. But to be fair, [[ImpliedDeathThreat it's far from the worst decision you've made today!]]\
234	'''Tien:''' [[DefiantToTheEnd Ki…kō...]][[PrecisionFStrike f*ck yourself...!]]\
235	'''Cell:''' Aw, see? That's the spirit.
236	* ''From the Balcony'', a [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] web series, has JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf discuss a trope and give it a {{neologism}} OnceAnEpisode: TrailerJokeDecay (Dej-hah-vous), IncurableCoughOfDeath (Cough-in), EvilDetectingDog (Doggie-dar), CareerResurrection (Travolted), NeverTrustATrailer (Con-mercial), SpontaneousChoreography (Coinci-dance), {{Fanservice}} (Run-derwear), SequelGap (Weak-quel), PoorMansSubstitute (Hack-tors), DyeingForYourArt (Fluctu-weight), {{Narm}} (Laughter-math), MilitariesAreUseless (Armed farces, no relation to [[ArmedFarces the trope]]), and many more.
237	* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': During their playthrough of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', Arin discusses on how he visited TV Tropes and read how he was described as BookDumb for dropping out of high school.
238	* In episode 21 of ''WebVideo/PrincessTutuAbridged'', this is the only way Autor speaks, leading Fakir to the conclusion that he's crazy. He's really crazy.
239	* The LetsPlay group ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning'' once discussed the ShinyNewAustralia trope during the climax of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
240	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Team Kimba in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' is a group of mutants with superpowers who go to a SuperheroSchool and live in a world with superheroes and supervillains. Plus they're GenreSavvy. Naturally they do this, sometimes in the middle of a superhero fight. In the battle against superpowered ninjas during Parents' Day, Generator (half-Japanese) tropes all over her battle with a Japanese ninja who is a gravity Warper.
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242
243	[[folder:Western Animation]]
244	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' called "The Test" featured Gumball taking a sitcom personality test online and being dissatisfied with being "The Loser". Later, Tobias starts becoming the main character and Sarah continually complains about everything becoming a ClicheStorm. They explicitly mention AllJustADream, ChristmasSpecial, ClipShow, and TwoTimerDate.
245	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' episode "Spider-Sprig", Polly points out after watching [[ShowWithinAShow Tarantu-Lad]] that the film had predictable tropes and cliches that were too dense to understand. In her introductory episode, Marcy also calls the Plantars Anne's FoundFamily and remarks that she loves that trope. This is the first hint of Marcy's FatalFlaw, that she doesn't take the world or people of Amphibia seriously and treats them more as characters in a story.
246	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Bugged" opens with "The Brain" doing this as he and Binky watch a ''Bionic Bunny'' episode. He criticizes the use of the RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts plot utilizing a ConveyorBeltODoom the supervillain uses (to which "The Brain" gives a "WhyDontYouJustShootHim"-type comment) and the EvilPlan and LatexPerfection devices, and his criticism and LampshadeHanging annoy Binky in the process.
247	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'''s episode "The Firebending Masters" has Zuko realize his firebending powers have diminished, and he wonders if it might be because [[HeelFaceTurn he has]] [[RedemptionDemotion changed sides]].
248	* Every installment of the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' series following the original series does every few episodes.
249	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' often makes use of it for the sake of {{Take That}}s or NonSequitur humor. So far, they've managed to touch on everything from classic literature to [[Film/SupermanII "What's the deal with Superman throwing that cellophane 'S'?"]]
250	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
251	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Doofenshmirtz rambles about the JackassGenie in "The Lake Nose Monster".
252	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Happens fairly often, especially when Doofenshmirtz is explaining his plans or motivations for said plans.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
254	** When discussing the ending of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Spirit Morph Saga]]'' in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E2OpenBook "Open Book"]], Connie talks about how she thought the book series was, in her own words, "subverting these witch tropes", and was really self aware, only for none of that to seemingly matter in the end.
255	** Steven's favorite cartoon, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Crying Breakfast Friends]]'', often acts as a parallel to his life, such as in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E8Reformed "Reformed"]], where he takes an online survey to find out which characters from CBF the people in his own life most resemble; or [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp "Cry for Help"]], where snippets of an episode match up to the interpersonal issues of the Gems.
256	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2003}}'', Michaelangelo does this all the time. In "Night of Sh'okanabo", he lists a bunch of horror movies tropes, marking him as a "scholar" of film (the [[IdiotHero only kind]] of scholar he is). He also discussed horror tropes in season 1's three-parter "Notes from the Underground".
257	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', this is pretty much the basis of the characters 21 and 24. They're also very GenreSavvy.
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