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Characters involved in production

  • The Disney film Bolt is about a dog who's convinced he has superpowers, because he's actually the star of a TV show whose director believes strongly in Enforced Method Acting.
  • Or in this case, a Movie Within a Movie, according to Chicken Little. Once originally a story about the title character and his "sky is falling" incident, it was eventually remade into an action-packed science fiction flick.

Characters are fans

  • The Disney animated 101 Dalmatians has two. The dogs watch the dog-hero show Thunderbolt, and the criminal sidekicks watch What's My Crime?
  • Cars 2 has The Mel Dorado Show, which is a talk show hosted by a brown Cadillac who for some reason wears glasses over his windshield (eyes) and Tire Talky, a Japanese talk show sponsored by a purple truck who constantly carries a giant Jumbotron on his trailer (the episode shown on the truck's screen is one where Francesco Bernoulli is shown demonstrating his soccer skills in front of the show's host (a Scion XB)).
  • In The LEGO Movie, Emmet and the other citizens of Bricksburg are all fans of a show called Where Are My Pants?. Later on, Wyldstyle "cancels" it when she hijacks the channel to broadcast a message, flinging a pair of LEGO legs at the male actor as she shoos him away.
    "Honey, where are my paaaaaaaaants?"
  • In Turning Red, Mei and her mother Ming are seen watching a Chinese drama called Jade Palace Diaries on TV.
  • In TMNT, Master Splinter is shown to be a fan of an unnamed soap opera.
    Splinter: If anyone needs me, I'll be watching my stories. Cody is going to break up with Donna, I just know it.

Show is plot point

  • Toy Story
    • Co-hero Buzz Lightyear has his own show, as well as a film, that was Defictionalized. The show's pilot movie starts with the toys getting the movie to watch, and the opening credits of the series feature Buzz rushing to get to the TV to watch the show.
    • Woody, Jessie, Stinky Pete, and Bullseye from Toy Story 2 are all merchandise of the main characters of an old puppet show called Woody's Roundup.

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