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1->''"A fourth wall break inside a fourth wall break? That's like... sixteen walls!"''
2-->--'''Wade Wilson''', ''Film/Deadpool2016''
3
4->''"The fourth wall is the imaginary wall that separates the audience from the actors on stage, and by removing it, even momentarily, you force people to stop feeling immersed in the fiction, waking them from the spell you’ve cast on them, and generally [[MST3KMantra making them feel silly]] for getting so carried away with the fiction."''
5-->--'''[[http://metagearsolid.org/2012/06/part-iv-mgs2-a-complete-breakdown/ Terry Wolf]]'''
6
7->'''Creator/StephenColbert''': I sometimes feel that my movements are being watched by otherworldly beings just beyond the veil of my perception. \
8'''Creator/NeilGaiman''': Possibly on the other side of a giant television screen? I have that too.
9-->-- ''Series/TheColbertReport''
10
11->'''Carl:''' This ''is'' a cartoon, sir.
12->'''Major Monogram:''' Carl, what have I told you about breaking the fourth wall?
13-->--''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
14
15->''We'd better let that poor, abused '''FourthWall''' recover from all the '''breakage''' we've inflicted on it...!''
16-->-- ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''
17
18-> ''Hey! Yeah, you! I'm down here, busting my ass, while you sit on yours watching me jump around? How is ''that'' fair?''
19-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''
20
21-> ''I love what you've done with the place. Had the wall removed and all these people put in!''
22-->-- '''Creator/ShaunMicallef''', ''Series/ThankGodYoureHere''
23
24-> ''The truth was a burning green crack through my brain. Weapon statistics hanging in the air, glimpsed out of the corner of my eye. Endless repetition of the act of shooting, time slowing down to show off my moves. The paranoid feel of someone controlling my every step. I was in a computer game. Funny as Hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.''
25-->-- '''VideoGame/MaxPayne'''
26
27->'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 80s Raphael]]''': ''(to the camera)'' Some people just can't handle [[KarmicTransformation change]].\
28'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Hun]]''': ''(follows his gaze) [[LampshadeHanging Why do you keep doing that?]] ''Who are you talking to?! '''[[AudienceWhatAudience There's no one there!]]'''
29-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''
30
31->'''Orihime''': Okay, seriously, Mr. Toshiro? You need to quit breaking the fourth wall. That's twice in two chapters.
32->'''Toshiro''': Don't blame me, [[SelfDeprecatingHumor blame the hack writing the dialogue!]] Um... oh, crap, i mean... blame... God?
33->'''Orihime''': That's three times! That's it, go sit in the corner until you learn to start respecting the laws of the fictional universe.
34-->-- ''FanFic/UninvitedGuests''
35
36->'''Bear:''' “I’m so happy to be with all of you for the holidays. Oh, and with all of you out there, too!”
37->'''Kynan:''' I find it vaguely unsettling when the entire cast suddenly looks up and addresses the viewers. It’s like, at some level, they’re aware of our constant surveillance, but they choose not to acknowledge it - until we least suspect it!
38->'''Danny:''' [[WaxingLyrical They see us when we’re sleeping...]]
39->'''Kynan:''' I may be overthinking it. But can they see me picking my nose?
40-->-- '''[[http://www.toughpigs.com/my-week-with-more-christmas-1/ This]] [=ToughPigs=] review''' of the ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' ChristmasEpisode
41
42->''Ah, welcome back. You may have noticed that this room has begun to deteriorate as a result of narrative contradiction.''
43-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
44
45->''See, [[{{Gorn}} that's the kind of shit]] that got us an M-rating.''
46-->-- '''The Terror Mask''', ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}''
47
48->''I'd make a joke about this, but [[http://www.pixton.com/ Pixton]] would probably just censor it.''
49-->-- '''Ally''', ''Webcomic/EternalNight''
50
51->''Fourth wall! YOU'RE BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!!!''
52-->-- '''Chris Griffin''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
53
54->''Ya know, folks, dis is da scariest part of da picture!''
55-->--'''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny''', ''WesternAnimation/InvasionOfTheBunnySnatchers'' (1992)
56
57->'''Colonel''': Raiden, [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds turn the game console off right now]]!\
58'''Raiden''': What did you say?\
59'''Colonel''': The mission is a failure! Cut the power right now!\
60'''Raiden''': What's wrong with you?\
61'''Colonel''': Don't worry, it's a game. It's a game just like usual.\
62'''Rosemary''': You'll ruin your eyes playing so close to the TV.
63-->-- ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''
64
65-> ''ALL THE KING'S HORSES AND ALL THE KING'S MEN, COULDN'T PUT THE 4TH WALL BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!''
66-->-- The Fourth Wall Gag from '''''WebVideo/LuigiFan00001'''''.
67
68-> ''And this instrumental break is also mine.''
69-->-- '''Stingy''' from ''Series/LazyTown'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dTh3iI0is8 The Mine Song]]''
70
71->'''Handsome Jack:''' I'll remember that.
72->'''UI Text: ''Handsome Jack will remember that.'''''
73->''(Jack looks up at the UI text and points at it in confusion)''
74->'''Handsome Jack:''' What the hell is ''that?''
75-->--''Videogame/TalesFromTheBorderlands''
76
77->'''James:''' I don't get it, why didn't we do this from the start?\
78'''Jessie:''' We ''have'' to fill a half-hour.
79-->--''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries''
80
81->'''Jill:''' ''(aloud, to herself)'' "Wait a second: big empty room, [[ItsQuietTooQuiet no background music...]] I just entered a boss chamber, didn't I?"
82-->--''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged''
83
84->''"Often enough there are a number of individuals in a crowd peering back at [the painter]. They invite us momentarily into their world, like characters on a stage sometimes do, breaking the fourth-wall illusion in favour of a direct communication between subject and artist, performer and audience."''
85-->--'''Creator/IanMcKellen''', "[[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8467565/Sir-Ian-McKellen-My-lifelong-passion-for-LS-Lowry.html My lifelong passion for LS Lowry]]"
86
87->'''Noa:''' "I'm a country girl! I can't keep track of all this geographical data!"
88->'''Asuma:''' ''(calmly)'' "Don't worry, [[MrExposition I'll explain two pages later."]]
89->''(exactly two pages later, Asuma pulls out a map of Tokyo and a pointer)''
90-->--''Manga/MobilePolicePatlabor'', during police pursuit in chapter 1
91
92-> ''Play that one!''
93-->-- '''Guise''', ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse The Videogame''
94
95-> ''Get those Japanese words off of me.''
96-->-- '''Geha the Gale''', ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''
97
98->'''Freakazoid:''' Who are you? What have you done with the others?!
99->'''Dr. Mystico:''' There’ll be time for questions later.
100->'''Freakazoid:''' No there won’t! The show’s over in ten minutes.
101->'''Dr. Mystico:''' [[SuddenlyShouting WELL, IF YOU HADN’T WASTED ALL THAT TIME IN THE PLANE, I]]--! ''(cuts himself off and smiles awkwardly at the camera)''
102-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''
103
104-> ''No breaking the fourth wall in the halls.''
105-->--'''The Principal of the Thing''', ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning''
106
107->''This is [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]]. I've infiltrated the theater.''
108-->--''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52M3EfVZTGo Joker's announcement at the 2018 Video Game Awards]]'''
109
110->''"Stop repeating what I just said! You've been doing that for a while now! YOU'RE JUST WASTING PANELS!!! It's already bad enough that we've got tons of things that need to be drawn for the first chapter!!"''
111-->-- '''God of Love''', ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou''
112
113-> ''Won't open, huh? I bet [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} they]] [[MissingSecret didn't even put anything on the other side]]. Bah! Patch in the rest of the castle, [[SelfDeprecation you cowards!]]''
114-->-- '''Bowser''', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing''
115
116->'''Dingo''': Do you think this scene should have been cut? We were so worried when the boys were writing it, but now we're glad! It's better than some of the previous scenes I think.\
117'''Left Head''': At least ours was better visually.\
118'''Dennis''': At least ours was committed, it wasn't just a string of pussy jokes.
119-->--''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''
120
121->''"There's one thing you're better at than I am: And that's kissing Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's ass. You're as good as kissing Vince's ass as Wrestling/HulkHogan was. I don't know if you're as good as 'Wrestling/{{Dwayne|Johnson}}', though. He's a pretty good ass kisser. Always was and still is. Whoops, I'm breaking the fourth wall..."''
122-->--'''Wrestling/CMPunk''''s pipe bomb promo 3 weeks before Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank 2011
123
124->'''Master Hand:''' IS EVERYONE ON DRUGS?!\
125'''[[AuthorAvatar SMG4]]:''' ''[Appearing out of nowhere]'' No, you're just in an [=SMG4=] video.
126-->-- ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'', "[[Recap/SMG4StupidSmashBros Stupid Smash Bros.]]"
127
128->'''Mario:''' Luigi? What are you doing here?\
129'''Luigi:''' This is like my 53rd part-time job. Who do you think pays for [[IdiotHero all your damages]], and why do you think I'm not in a lot of episodes?
130-->-- ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'', "[[Recap/SMG4WildWildMario Wild, Wild Mario]]"
131
132->''"Run, run, run, as fast as [[TheHorde you]] can. You can't catch me, I'm—" ''[He runs out of the beacon's range and loses his SuperSpeed]'' "-wondering how many more times we're gonna milk [[TheyKilledKennyAgain this joke]]..."''
133-->-- The '''Gingerbread Man''', ''WebAnimation/FiftyWaysToDieInMinecraft''', "50 Ways to Expire in Minecraft Four"
134
135->''"I'm gonna get to you."''
136-->-- '''Cecille''', ''Series/SesameStreet''
137
138->'''Villager Scout:''' We are the Villager Scouts. We serve under the Villager King.\
139'''Boop:''' Who's the Villager King?\
140'''Villager Scout:''' What? You don't know what's going on? Ah, I guess I can explain it to you.\
141'''Boop:''' That'd be great! Me and the rest of the viewers don't really know what's happening.
142-->-- ''WebAnimation/AnnoyingVillagers''
143
144->''"Lincoln was right; it *does* help talking to you guys."''
145-->-- '''Ronnie Anne Santiago''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos"
146
147->''"Too bad my [[ArtificialStupidity AI is shit]]."''
148-->-- '''Sylvester''' if you lose him during a chase, ''VideoGame/DaveEXE''
149
150->'''Larry''': Oh golly...! Uh, what's your name?\
151'''Scallion 1''': They've never given me a name. I've been around since [[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode1WheresGodWhenImSScared show one]] and I still don't have a name!
152-->-- ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', "Larry's High Silk Hat"

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