[[LampshadeHanging Lampshades hung]] in fanfic and other fan works.
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* ''Fanfic/AscendXTSGx'': The ''Oddly Specific'' in Chapter Ten's book, ''So You've Been Subpenaed to Testify Before Parliament: An Oddly Specific Book on How to Handle a Visit Before Equestria's Legislature''.
* ''Fanfic/AlwaysYou'': DreamWithinADream is lampshaded when Strange asks if she's going to be going through the whole "waking up twice" cliche, just before it actually happens in the story.
* ''Fanfic/ButIWroteTheWordsToTheSwanSong'': Juliet Capulet lampshades how obvious that her "Juliet Brontë" alias was partly her real name when Natasha Romanov asks about it.
--> ''"That obvious, huh?" she laughs. "Well, half of it is."''
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' does this a lot, and it's part of [[Creator/NimbusLlewelyn the author's]] heavily ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' influenced SignatureStyle. For instance, the first chapter of the sequel, a standard BreatherEpisode, has [[WeirdnessMagnet Harry]] thinking that it's all going to be fine. The last line disputes this.
--> Really, you'd think he'd know better by now.
* ''Fanfic/CodePonyEvolution'' does this tons. Heck, [[{{Tropers/Reterusu}} reterusu]] just loves lampshading stuff in general.
* ''Fanfic/{{Contraptionology}}'': In the epilogue, Applejack mentions this is the third time this year they've had to rebuild Ponyville and adds that "we're kind of getting a rhythm for it".
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'' : Jade lampshades the [[spoiler:squid Shadowkhan mask ending up on Finn by accident]].
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
** Half the humour is hanging lampshades on ridiculous plot points, poor character traits, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney screwing the rules due to money]], excesses of SeriousBusiness and gratuitous use of [[BeamOWar ancient Egyptian laser beams]], among other things.
** The series also lampshade its own jokes, such as in Episode 63, during flashbacks, multiple characters say "I don't understand why it's called that" when the abridged versions of the God Cards are played and are met with the reply "Nobody does, it isn't funny"
* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' regularly points out its plot holes, and one of the scene transitions is Serena saying "plot hole!"
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' does this from time to time as well. In episode 38 Android 17 asks how Gero made himself into an android. When Gero responds that he made himself a new body and put his own brain into it Android 18 asks how he managed to do that. Gero responds with a bewildered "How ''did'' I do that?"
* In the ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5888288/1/Broken-Bow-Book-3-Counterpart Broken Bow]]'' series, Book 3, we get this lovely exchange when Ari [=McMurphy=], who is incidentally a child of the Goddess of Chaos, keeps saying things like [[TemptingFate "At least it can't get any worse!"]] Things, of course, immediately get worse directly afterwards.
-->'''Armani''': Ari, [[SarcasmMode oh, dear, sweet, precious]] Ari...Have you ever heard of the term [[GenreSavvy ''genre-savvy'']]??
* Played straight, and then lampshaded in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5474237/2/40k_ToyHammer this chapter]] of a ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' fanfic, which has the [[ActionSurvivor main character]] bash an Eldar Farseer and Space Marine Terminator with a fire extinguisher in much the same way as he did the previous chapter, gives a snark about the possibility of it becoming a running gag, then goes on to extinguish the smoldering lampshade behind him.
* Chapter 8 of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6095074/8/Takamachi_Nanoha_of_2814 Takamachi Nanoha of 2814]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/849822 Shadow Crystal Mage]] makes fun of this trope, repeatedly having characters ask where other characters want lampshades hung, or variations thereof. It also plays this trope straight, sometimes in the same paragraph as the gags.
* The real-life author of [[FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed Equestria: A History Revealed]] tends to lampshade some of the [[LemonyNarrator narrator's]] more erratic behavior and her [[InsaneTrollLogic tremendous leaps of logic]].
* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' as a Website/TvTropes/''Haruhi'' crossover (whatever that means) seems obliged to lampshade everything. Well, when tropes aren't being [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]...
* The ''Franchise/MassEffect'' SelfInsert ''TroperWorks/MassVexations'' does this a ''lot'', particularly as far as the orange paperweight goes.
* In ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'', if the situation is lampshadable, it WILL be Lampshaded.
* ''[[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical A Very Potter Sequel]]'' has a (seemingly) improvisational instance of this. There is a scene where Ron attempts to pull a poster of Taylor Lautner off the wall in Umbridge's office, but it appears the actor has too much trouble trying to tear it down and ends up returning to the group, saying "it's stuck on with magic!" When they appear in the next room -- which is the same area on the stage they just "left" -- they comment on the fact that "there's a Taylor Lautner poster in here, too!"
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6758612/1/Ryan_Berry this]] ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fanfic, Rachel pretends to be a boy so that she can enroll at Dalton, and ends up being Kurt's roommate. Upon finding out that she'll be rooming with the only person in the place who is in on the secret, she says: "Oh. Well, that's ridiculously convenient."
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2427170/1/bObsessive_b_bLily_b_bDisorder_b Obsessive Lily Disorder]] The story is set in the seventies and Sirius is singing a lot of more modern songs. James points this out:
--> "Sirius, for Christ's sake," James sighed, "Will you ever stop singing random songs that probably haven't been written yet and are completely out of this time period?"
--> Sirius looked at him blankly. "Wha...?"
--> "Never mind."
* In his ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' WithLyrics video, Music/{{Brentalfloss}} is stopped partway through by the [[ScrappyMechanic infamous]] "What a horrible night to have a curse" box.
* There were a few lampshades to the writer of [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6320139/5/Ed_Edd_n_Eddy_The_High_School_Years Ed, Edd N Eddy: The High School Years]], particularly in chapter 5 and less so in chapter 4.
* In another ''Friendship is Magic'' FanFic, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6848/Silent-Knight Silent Knight]], Chapter 3 has Pinkie Pie, the resident {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, lampshading that the OriginalCharacter might be a SelfInsert. It has yet to be disproved.
* In ''Fantasy Sports League'': "It's unprecedented! In the history of literature and sports I don't think there's ever been a case where a group of ne'er-do-wells were able to band together and in the most unlikely of conditions, take on an all-powerful foe! This is amazing!"
* ''Fanfic/TheKingNobodyWanted:'' Tytos tells his free-riders about the War of the Ninepenny Kings in a way that pokes fun at how it's presented in ''Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire.'' He notes how storytellers focus almost solely on Barristan Selmy's duel with Maelys the Monstrous and don't even mention what happened to most of the other Ninepenny Kings. In this universe, four of the other warlords died in the conflict, which dragged out for six months after Maelys died.
--> '''Tytos:''' [T]o hear the singers tell of it, all that happened was we landed, Lord Ormund died, Maelys and Barristan fought, Maelys fell, and then we went home .
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6818097/1/Adventures_of_the_Writer Adventures of the writer]] does this do pretty much every trope it uses.
* ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'' is, without a doubt, the single most lampshade-riddled fanfiction ever. It takes the time to bring up anything and everything ever done by a fanfiction writer who wrote about Kingdom Hearts and Organization XIII, and proceeds to mock it and deconstruct it in every single way possible.
* There are a ''[[BetterThanABareBulb lot]]'' of these in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''.
* ''FanFic/JewelOfDarkness'': Jinx gets what may be one of the funniest examples of lampshade hanging ever when, after a string of failed attempts to find of method of flight, she utters this gem:
-->"How hard can it be to defy the laws of physics? Everybody does it."
** While explaining to [[MookLieutenant Ai]] how she intends to [[DividedWeFall turn the Titans against each other]], Midnight points out how heroes normally use the same tactic [[EnemyCivilWar against villains]].
** Beast Boy lampshades the CollapsingLair trope when Midnight's lair begins to self-destruct after the FinalBattle of the first arc:
-->"And there's the post big fight self destruct."
** Same chapter, Robin explains why he thinks Midnight survived:
-->"[[NeverFoundTheBody No body, no death,]] in our line of work."
** When Terra expresses surprise that Jump City has a diamond mine, Cyborg states that the city has a lot of stuff, and that he sometimes still gets surprised. This most likely is in reference to the fact that the city's layout on the show often seemed to change depending on the needs of each episode.
** Jinx at one point wonders why buildings always end up on fire when they're attacked by villains.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' story, ''[[Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama Legacy]]'', Heather comments on the seeming absurdity of her decision to [[spoiler: [[DeadGuyJunior name her baby after]]]] a former enemy.
* The protagonist of ''FanFic/SophisticationAndBetrayal'' has a habit of doing this, particularly any time Pinkie Pie does something weird.
* The 24 fanfiction "24: The Parody" constantly lampshades, especially with the scenes with the writer and the editor. In fact, lampshading is probably the reason WHY this story exists.
* ''Fanfic/TheAdventuresOfIrvingAndFriends'' has plenty of it:
-->--'''Buford''': Ugh! How come whenever someone is about to say something important they get [[TheUnReveal cut off?]] That gets annoying.
* The ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' ElsewhereFic ''FanFic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'' has a character, Bill Gelinas, who has developed a strange knack of pointing out when things are too convenient, or of thinking that he sees unlikely patterns in the lives of himself and his fellows. His declarations of such have even developed a stock response of, "Shut up, Bill!" that has been so ingrained in his fellows that they have been known to shout it out almost like a Pavlovian response even if Bill is not present when something too convenient occurs. (Or, to ''really'' [[{{Main/BreakingTheFourthWall}} break the fourth wall]], on rare occasion a scene with such an occurrence without him present has cut away to him for him to randomly declare the convenience of something he'd logically not know is happening.)
* FanFic/SonicEvilRebornZero revolves around this trope. A character who's just a bit too cool and important mostly of melee combat drops in out of nowhere? He even has his own light saber, despite the heroes usually using melee combat? Must be some 8 year old's WishFulfillment come to life or something. ''Another hedgehog?'' And the big evil guy's a hedgehog too? [[SelfParody Why is it that hedgehogs are the pinnacle of anything? Why can't it be something more original, like a mink? Or an aquatic type?]] [[ChosenOne Sonic]] is the chosen one? [[BaitAndSwitch Nooo...]] Really? Who'da thunk.
** Also used to dramatic effect. Why exactly do the [[SuperMode super forms]] need 50 rings? And if you used more than one ring a second, do you get some sort of power boost?
-->'''Bystander:''' "Cinos? [[SdrawkcabName It's Sonic spelled backwards!]] Cinos is... evil Sonic... Because he's... Cinos. ''Who comes up with this stuff?'' I'd expect better from a teenager's first attempt at a novel!"
* Navarone spends half the story lampshading events in ''FanFic/DiariesOfAMadman'', from the strange nature of the world, to the crazy nature of Equestrian villains. He's also quite fond of ranting on about the inexplicable uses of hooves ponies are capable of.
* You can trust Discord to get a major one in for the [[FanFic/TriptychContinuum Triptych Continuum]] (even if you can't trust him for anything else), complete with appropriate accessory. His description of the mission in the [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/101769/triptych main story]] comes out like this: '"You're going to go do something that I, with all my power, could seemingly accomplish ''all'' by myself with practically ''no'' effort on my part. But instead, I'm sending a bunch of ''considerably'' lesser strengths out there for reasons which I will not explain and allowing my quasi-omnipotent self to take a nap while everypony ''else'' deals with all the trouble." He glanced back at Celestia, adjusted the lampshade resting on his head. "That's about right, isn't it?"'
* In ''FanFic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'', the characters are constantly questioning everything that happens to them and there are quite a few jokes about them and the stories they inhabit.
* A major part of the story in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''. The four, especially John and George, almost constantly lampshade the craziness they discover after returning to C'hou after almost six years. At first John handwaves everything with “Lennon's Law”: “Everyone's crazy except us.” But that glib statement doesn't really answer anything, as Paul points out. Still, they have no basis for thinking that anything's truly wrong... until they discover at the end of the book that [[spoiler: they've been in a giant MMORPG. And what they've been lampshading has been standard conventions of {{Role Playing Game}}s and other types of games, and also of fantasy and science fiction.]] Suddenly, everything makes a ''lot'' more sense.
* ''FanFic/LoadedBones'' generally pokes fun at and lampshades ''Anime/YuGiOh'''s tropes and conventions.
** Zorc's second head and Diabound's generally phallic design are made fun of, with Ryou wondering how Zorc could even walk.
** Yami Bakura notes that Yugi got rid of Dartz, with "winning card games and shouting about friendship turning out to be yet another mastermind's fatal weakness."
* Done in ''Fanfic/TheLoneTraveler''. Various plot holes from the Traveler's [[Literature/HarryPotter canon universe]] are mentioned in-story. So, too, are the author's occasional errors where [[IHaveManyNames one of the protagonist's names]] is concerned.
* Done by Pinkie Pie in ''Fanfic/TheMeaningOfHarmony'', when she mentions the convenient timing of the letters Princess Celestia sends them, usually just after a plot-relevant conversation.
* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' WesternAnimation, [[{{Series}} TV Series]], and ComicBooks.): Since he's gone out with girls who are far from normal as he is, Danny outright questions what kind of dating service he's agreed to.
* ''Fanfic/CaptainsCrash'': Launchpad comments on the frequency of the MeaningfulName within Equestria, and notes that if his own world followed the same kind of rule, he'd have been a ''lot'' more cautious about accepting an invitation to see a new invention by somebody called "Gearloose".
* At one point in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13545968/1/Wilhuff-Tarkin-Hero-of-the-Rebellion Wilhuff Tarkin, Hero of the Rebellion]]'', Tarkin declares "Though I'm starting to wonder [[OpenSecret how bad Skywalker was at hiding his relationship with Senator Amidala]]" after [[RunningGag one of the many people knowing of it]] turned out being ''Gilad Pellaeon''-and years before finding out just how many people know.
* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In the third chapter of the fourth story, ''The Diplomat's Life'', Night Light points out that Sunset Shimmer's singing voice sounded like Twilight's singing voice, but pitched differently. As fans of the series know, Rebecca Shoichet is the singing voice (and speaking too, in Sunset's case) for both characters.
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/399427/the-sunlight-bride The Sunlight Bride]]'': [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sunset Shimmer]] asks why the human world uses all sorts of horse puns for naming things, despite having no real special association with horses.
-->'''Twilight:''' This coming from the walking talking unicorn from a dimension of horses.\\
'''Sunset:''' Yeah, and when we name everything a pony pun of some sort it's cute and cheeky. When you humans do it, it's ''weird''.\\
'''Twilight:''' I'm failing to see the problem here.\\
'''Sunset:''' What do you call that thing in the street, the hole that leads down to the sewer?\\
'''Twilight:''' A horsehole.\\
'''Sunset:''' ''WHY!?''
* ''Fanfic/UnityPinkShoes'': The overall goofiness of the fic and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers its source material]] is poked fun at when Megatron is unsure whether he's imagining an uptick in strange events following the Cybertronians' awakening on Earth.
* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'':
** After being in denial at first over learning that Naruto is the Fourth Hokage's son, it doesn't take that long before Sasuke realizes that this is something everyone should have noticed long ago given that Naruto looks a lot like Minato.
** To make [[ShipperOnDeck Mina]] stop asking her to ask Sai out on a date, Kei asks Mina if she had sex with Kiba yet. This makes her blush and she remains silent for a moment before deciding to ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject by saying they should continue eating their ice cream. Kei then says she somehow thought her friend would say that.
** In Chapter 122, [[spoiler:it seems like at first that Evil Sasuke has been defeated by the real Sasuke. However, one moment later, Karin points out he hasn't been defeated. This causes Naruto to wonder out loud "Why is it never easy, for us?"]]
** In one of the Mini-sodes, during a sleepover at Naruko's home, Hinago tells her he didn't want to assume they were sharing the same bed, hence why he brought a sleeping bag:
--->'''Naruko:''' ''[smiling]'' Oh come now Hinago, you know [[ThatCameOutWrong you can sleep with me whenever you want]].\\
'''Hinago:''' ''[blushing and having BlankWhiteEyes]'' R-Really?! Wait... You do mean just sleep... right?\\
'''Naruko:''' ''[also blushing and having blank white eyes]'' Huh?! Oh! I err... I-I guess that did come out a little awkward, heh-heh!
* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'':
** Shikamaru comments on how often C-Rank missions end up becoming more dangerous than they should be due to somehow ending up involving fighting against a high-level missing-nin (as it happened to Team 3, Team 7, and Team 10), to the point that he thinks that the "C" of the C-Rank stands for "Curse".
** A similar conversation happens when they find out about [[spoiler:Akatsuki's plan to invade Kumo during their Chūnin Exams, which is similar to the Sand-Sound Invasion that happened during Konoha's]].
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