History LampshadeHanging / AnimeAndManga

** The entire fight between Gotenks and Super Buu is made of this {{trope}}. Gotenks does every stupid bit from the earlier fights in the show, such as [[InactionSequence taking forever to power up]] and [[IAmNotLeftHanded holding back so much he risks losing the fight]], but draws attention to it.

* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' (despite all of its seriousness) does this when Mikiya comments that Toko's [[ContemplateOurNavels long philosophical lecture]] sounded like "something out of a cheap novel" -- which it is, technically.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Touma acknowledges his tendency to break into long monologues, ending a speech to some rivals with "Quit getting depressed in this kinda long prologue!"

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a scene where Mithril's Andrei Kalinin discusses how even though HumongousMecha exist, he still mentally labels them "science fiction weapons" because by all rights, humanoid combat machines just shouldn't work.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira’s VirtualSidekick is the one most likely to do this. Like pointing out how Akira finding an unexplored ruin and encountering no danger is just too easy, or when Akira is TemptingFate.

** Episode 1 lampshaded MagicalGirlWarrior InTheNameOfTheMoon's speeches post-transformation, as Nagisa was both surprised and confused over how she managed to do their InTheNameOfTheMoon speech after transforming into Cure Black for the first time.

* Yet another {{hentai}} dojinshi, this time of ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''. Initially, [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Adell and Rozalin]] are just starting to go at it -- and then one comments how this seems like such a bad porn plot... And then the camera zooms back on the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Prinny Squad]] recording it.

** In one episode, [[GotVolunteered Yumichika]], [[SweetTooth Rin]] and [[TheHeart Hanatarou]] have to help a ghost complete his UnfinishedBusiness by getting his mother (who believes in ghosts) to taste one of his cake recipes. At the start of the episode, [[ForScience Rin]] has a device that reveals ghosts to humans who can't usually see them. Instead of exposing the ghost to his mother so she could make and taste the cake and therefore solving the issue so quickly there wouldn't have been any episode at all, the three shinigami wind up in a LethalChef meets CarryingACake plotline as they try to make a cake for the ghost, then attempt and fail to convince the mother to try it, then end up exposing the ghost to the mother anyway who directly and successfully convinces her to try the cake. At the end, a disgusted Yumichika points out there was a giant plot hole in the episode.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'':

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' is well known among fans for its constant lampshading and referencing/breaking of the fourth wall, mostly by Team Rocket. It does this in "Hypno's Naptime" where Team Rocket tries to steal Hypno by getting it to hypnotize itself with a mirror. When this fails, they simply tie the Pokémon up and leave with it, which prompts this exchange:

** In "A Poached Ego": A character recalls his Pokemon while it's under the effect of Wrap, which is impossible in the games. Meowth shouts "Hey, that's not fair!" (note that in an earlier episode attempting the same indeed didn't work - the ball's recall beam was hitting the opponent pokemon instead of the intended target)

** In that same conflict, after he's been following her around, acting creepy and asking "HaveYouToldAnyoneElse", Misora ultimately decides to trust Light, stating that he [[NotSoDifferent reminds her of L]].

* In ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'', Kazuma lampshades his status as an IdiotHero.

* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' does this a ''lot'':

** In ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'', [[ReverseMole Rioka]] guesses that the password to Kodai's files about the Ripple of Time is... [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish "Ripple of Time"]].

* ''LampshadeHanging/MahouSenseiNegima''

-->'''Shikamaru:''' That Naruto is completely out of the loop.\\

* ''Manga/{{The Daughter of Twenty Faces}}'' seems to enjoy hanging lampshades on many of its {{trope}}s, such as [[BigBrotherInstinct the relationship between the heroine and a junior member]] of the [[GentlemanThief Gentleman Thief's]] gang, or [[ImprobableAge the fact that the heroine is a bit young]] to be a cat burglar.

* ''LightNovel/{{Kara no Kyoukai}}'' (despite all of its seriousness) does this when Mikiya comments that Toko's [[ContemplateOurNavels long philosophical lecture]] sounded like "something out of a cheap novel" -- which it is, technically.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

-->'''Yumichika''': "If we had used it on him in the beginning, we wouldn't have had to work so hard."
-->'''Rin''': "I see! Yumichika-san, you're so smart!"
-->'''Yumichika''': "Unbelievable!"

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', the way murder follows Conan around in a {{Busmans Holiday}} is often lampshaded by "oh, not ''you'' again" remarks from Inspector Megure (who at first places the blame on Kogoro since he is the one who gets the credit for most of Conan's detective work). Here's a specific example:
--> '''Megure:''' ...and had the misfortune of running into a case yet again... ...you, Mouri-kun... \\

* In the anime version of ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', instead of the manga's motorbikes the Famiglia ends up with ''airbikes'', incredible hovercraft that just happened to be lying around in their base while their genius mechanic/inventor [[IdiotBall forgot about their existence entirely until the necessary episode]]. As with most of the DeusExMachina incidents in the anime, Yamamoto lampshades it with the brilliant observation that "It's almost like these bikes were made just for us to ride them!" Of course, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks judging by the rest of the adaptation]], it's unlikely Yamamoto does this intentionally. Sigh.

-->'''Jessie''': "Prepare for more trouble than you've ever seen!"
-->'''James''': "And make it double, because we're on the big screen!"
-->'''Ash''': "[[DeadpanSnarker I'll have to catch this on video!]]"

* A brilliant example is found in Manga/OnePiece chapter 229. When the Strawhats talk to Montblanc Cricket about getting to Sky Island, it's revealed that the exact conditions necessary to get there happen tomorrow. Usopp calls out on this.

--> [[spoiler:'''Law''']]: Will you be one of the countless many... that have come to regret underestimating them?

** During the first omake, Teru's friend Iko asks her if she becomes naked during her {{Transformation Sequence}} since this kind of thing happens a lot in anime.
-->'''Teru''': "This isn't an anime!"

** The manga scene where Tamaki asks what spring reminds the club members of comes to mind. The twins answer "Promotion in grades!" The two are promptly tied and gagged with an author's note stating there will be [[ComicBookTime no promotion in grades]].

** Of course, that is bound to happen when you have normal, GenreSavvy people in a crazy world. Haruhi herself, admits to recruiting people to her club because they fit stereotypes; a moe girl and mysterious transfer student are the basis for any adventure!

* During the flashback to the Ishvalan war in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', then-Major Roy Mustang is talking to the then-Captain Maes Hughes when the latter receives a letter from his lover Gracia back in the Central City. As the family-enthusiast he is, he gets overly emotional about the letter, to which Roy Mustang [[GenreSavvy warns him that]], in books and movies, the "family-type guy" is always [[FatalFamilyPhoto the first to be killed]]. [[spoiler: And then they get attacked by an Ishvalan, both of them are unarmed, of course.]] Especially blatant since [[spoiler: Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes, who by then also has a three-year-old daughter he is overly passionate about, becomes the first important character to die in the series several issues before this flashback.]]
** Also in ''FMA'', the logic behind Armstrong going [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]], and as to [[HammerSpace where]] his clothing has gone, is sometimes questioned on-screen by his comrades.

** There is at least one H-manga where the guy's penis ''is'' a black bar and she complains about the shape.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' there's a short arc that consists of a long flashback of the Civil War against the Ishvalans. In it, the then-Major Roy Mustang is talking to the then-Captain Maes Hughes when the latter receives a letter from his lover Gracia back in the Central City. As the family-enthusiast he is, he gets overly emotional about the letter, to which Roy Mustang [[GenreSavvy warns him that]], in books and movies, the "family-type guy" is always [[FatalFamilyPhoto the first to be killed]]. [[spoiler: And then they get attacked by an Ishvalan, both of them are unarmed, of course.]] Especially blatant since [[spoiler: Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes, who by then also has a three-year-old daughter he is overly passionate about, becomes the first important character to die in the series several issues before this flashback.]]

** Haruhi has lines in "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya" that show the dangers of ''not'' lampshading when necessary. When Kyon suggests that there's no reason for "combat waitress" Mikuru to be from the future, she says "We can think about it if someone pokes fun at it. We can just ignore the question if we can't think up an excuse for it. [[RuleofCool Anything goes if it's interesting]]!"

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', when Bulma mentions calling up her older sister Tights, Goku (who's known her since they were kids) and Vegeta (who's her husband) both shout "You have a sister?!" incredulously. This likely mirrors the audience's reaction, since Tights was created for the prequel manga ''Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman'', which was written almost a decade after the ''Dragon Ball'' manga ended; [[NoExportForYou since it didn't get released outside of Japan]], many fans had no idea she existed until that moment.

* ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' episode 38 lampshaded the mascots' {{verbal tic}}s. Mipple and Mepple try to hold a staged conversation for Ryota to overhear while not letting him know that they are present, so they try to avoid saying "mipo" and "mepo", but keep accidentally saying them. Afterwards, Mipple says that "Talking without using 'mipo' is really exhausting, mipo."

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and especially in the [[NonSerialMovie the first 9 movies]], Piccolo is constantly [[PetTheDog saving Gohan]] in BigDamnHeroes moments. Constantly. So when Gohan is exhausted and about to be consumed by lava in movie 10, and Piccolo swoops in out of nowhere and carries him to safety, no-one thinks anything of it. But then Gohan wakes up and realizes he had been hallucinating: it was Krillin who saved him... while ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny dressed up as Piccolo.]]''

* ''Manga/Gintama'' is full of these moments, and the line between lampshade hanging and mere [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking]] is sometimes blurred because the characters are painfully self-aware of how fictional they are. In the amnesiac shogun arc for example, as his comrades frustratingly hint him at who the heck he is with and how the heck he's not recognizing he's with the shogun, saying something like "That guy kinda looks like someone important, don't ya think?" as the shogun's face is shown on the TV, Katsura, in his typical absolutely oblivious and stupid fashion, replies, "So you guys all see it too. If you put this topknot wig, every character in this manga looks the same." which is true.

** In an earlier tournament, Krillin ended up fighting Bacterian, a warrior who relies entirely on being utterly disgusting (having horrendous body odor, [[GasHole farting in his opponents' faces]], etc). Krillin almost loses, but then Goku points out "[[TheNoseless You don't even have a nose!]]", at which point Bacterian's stench stops affecting him.

*** Likewise, ''Super'' has an episode where Goku and Vegeta talk about their respective wives, with Goku saying that he kind of likes Chi-Chi's forceful personality and Vegeta responding that for a Saiyan, only a strong-willed spouse will do. Piccolo's jaw practically hits the floor as he thinks "That. Explains. '''Everything!'''" to himself.