History AsYouKnow / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/FailureToExplode'' opens with a representative of the Hero Commission informing Principal Nedzu that they want them to make [[ForWantOfANail a slight adjustment]] to what they require of those challenging their Entrance Exam. When they cite the "Star Heart incident", Aizawa provides a sardonic summary of just what said incident entailed, nearly summarizing things for the reader in the process. The conversation goes on to cover just what rescue points ''are'', and how applicants are [[SecretTestOfCharacter unaware of their existence]], for good measure. Aizawa's part is {{Justified|Trope}} as him taking the shit out of the Commission rep.

* The early chapters of ''Hogwarts Exposed'' are full of [[JustForPun (well)]] {{expospeak}} which often takes this form, even using the actual phrase "As You Know" at one point.

--->'''[[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick Jack:]]''' Yeah, and if I recall correctly, that's all the stuff we already knew.

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* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''.
--->'''[[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick Jack:]]''' Yeah, and if I recall correctly, that's all the stuff we already knew.
** This is later played straight when Calvin describes [[LethalLavaLand Planet]] [[APlanetNamedZok Zok]]'s living conditions.

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* Played with in ''Fanfic/IAmNOTGoingThroughPubertyAgain''. Naruto asks Guy how Lee's training weights work just so everyone else can hear. Naruto already knows, but Guy doesn't know that Naruto knows.

* ''[[Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama Legacy]]'': Heather invokes this trope when she explains to a fellow show alumnus how she happened to be near enough to the camp to drop by on a whim.
--->'''Heather:''' Muskoka is a major summer colony, you know.




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'''Yami:''' (''annoyed'') I know.

* The early chapters of ''Hogwarts Exposed'' are full of [[JustForPun (well)]] {{expospeak}} which often takes this form, even using the actual phrase "As You Know" at one point.
* ''Fanfic/{{Flufferverse}}'': At the start of ''The Countdown'', Rachel starts to describe [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]] in her narration, then says, "but if you didn't know that by now, I'd ask why you're reading something with my name on it."
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** ''Fanfic/TheDearSweetieBelleContinuity'': "Dear Scootaloo" uses this word for word when Feather Duster points out, to his former weather team coworker Rainbow Dash, the storm cloud production engines [[spoiler:that he plans to overload]].
** This is often parodied in ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTotallyLegitRecap'':
*** He says this word-for-word when the Crystal Heart is destroyed in Season 6 Episode 1, but then goes on to explain a concept that no one in the audience could've even ''expected'', especially since the episode had more or less been a straight recap before that.
*** This pretty much turns into a RunningGag in the preceding episodes, either having the characters [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lean on the fourth wall]] by bringing up the possibility of "having an expository conversation", or by Starlight questioning ''why'' everyone is acting like she doesn't know stuff.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'' has several examples:
*** Chris invokes the trope during the orientation, when he grants the contestants amnesty to surrender forbidden electronic gadgets.
*** When two contestants are in urgent need of medical attention, Chef Hatchet reminds a couple of interns that the infirmary can only handle one patient at a time.
*** At a certain elimination ceremony, Chris reminds the contestants and the audience that there is no set procedure for breaking tie votes.
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfShadows'': The ritual for the Queen to create new Shadowkhan starts with [[HighPriest Sanshobo]] reciting the [[InfoDump origins of the race]]. Ikazuki [[LampshadeHanging comments to himself]] that they all know this already, as it's one of the first things they learn.
* Played with in ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' when Malachite tells one of the monsters that he must again tell her the plan he detailed to her before they went to find the Sailor Scouts, because the viewers didn't hear the plan yet, but flashing back to when he said it earlier might feel too jarring. The monster then tells Malachite that he didn't properly explain the plan before.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11237394/8/One-Thread-Pulled One Thread Pulled]]'':
-->'''Blaise:''' You know that after Peter Pettigrew stole your blood from the wizarding blood bank Voldemort came back to power last summer.
* At the start of ''Fanfic/OfBloodAndSteel'', [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Riko "Erwin" Matsumoto's]] [[OriginalCharacter mother]] announces that she got a job as a defense contractor in the U.S., and will have to move there, resulting in Erwin protesting. In response, Mrs. Matsumoto then tells Erwin that the family has barely been making ends meet after Erwin's father died two years ago, and they have been in debt ever since, so she can no longer afford Oarai's tuition. Obviously, Erwin has known this non-canon bit of backstory for some time, but the fic had to establish this for the readers.
* ''Fanfic/MemoriesOfDaysLongPast'': Played with; even though she has access to her ancestor's memories, she's frustrated to discover that while Midnight Star knows what things like the Goddess and the Quota are, she doesn't think about them enough for Twilight to find out. This is significant later.
* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheOtherverse'': In the third chapter of "A World Without Heroes", [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]] reminds [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Mister Fantastic]] that [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]'s soul was rehoused in her clone's body, prompting Reed Richards to retort he is perfectly aware of proceedings he took part in.
-->"I think we are all forgetting that this young woman is not the same Kara Zor-El that died at the hands of the Anti-monitor." Xavier continued. "It is, rather, the clone of that young woman merged with the spirit of that woman."\\
"I think we are all well aware of that, Prof." Reed said, somewhat stiffly. It was his and Dr. Strange's efforts that had accomplished that merger in the first place.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13702884/2/Second-Destiny Second Destiny]]'':
-->'''Silverstone:''' The Potter will, Your Majesty. According to our records, the copy of the will on file with the Ministry of Magic is sealed so that no one can access it. Fortunately, as the Goblin Nation is a sovereign territory thanks to our treaties with the Ministry, our copies of all jointly-filed paperwork can only be sealed by you, sir, rendering this copy to be read, activated and enforceable.

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* ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'' (''Franhcise/BlazBlue'' & ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''): In Chapter 45, this is lampshaded by Glynda when Relius opens his speech with "Now, as you all know..." and proceeds to exposit about things that are common knowledge among Atlas elite. As she puts it, Relius loves to hear himself talk.

* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
** At the beginning of a scene in Episode 21:
--->'''Yugi:''' Your brother's been kidnapped?\\
'''Mokuba:''' Yes, that is exactly what I just finished telling you.
** Episode 25:
--->'''Tea:''' Now we are at the museum!\\
'''Yami:''' (''annoyed'') I know.
** Episode 42 takes the lampshading to new extremes:
--->'''Mai:''' I can't believe Joey is dueling Marik!\\
'''Yugi:''' Yep, that sure is the current situation.
* An interesting variation appears in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' SelfInsertFic ''Fanfic/MassVexations''. AuthorAvatar Art has already heard all of the exposition in the game prior to experiencing it himself; however, the characters giving the exposition aren't aware of this fact, so to them they're just telling the story of the game as it happens. It's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d the first time it happens, and a few times it cuts away before said exposition can be said. It's played straight later to help him prove that he really is from another dimension.
* The early chapters of ''Hogwarts Exposed'' are full of [[JustForPun (well)]] {{expospeak}} which often takes this form, even using the actual phrase "As You Know" at one point.

* ''Fanfic/{{Flufferverse}}'': At the start of ''The Countdown'', Rachel starts to describe [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]] in her narration, then says, "but if you didn't know that by now, I'd ask why you're reading something with my name on it."

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/92428/forever Forever]]'': "Are you ready?" "Are you asking me if I'm ready to leave tomorrow, or are you asking me if I'm ready for this party Colgate's throwing us?" Two As You Know-s in one.
** ''Fanfic/TheDearSweetieBelleContinuity'': "Dear Scootaloo" uses this word for word when Feather Duster points out, to his former weather team coworker Rainbow Dash, the storm cloud production engines [[spoiler:that he plans to overload]].
** Used in ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'', when [[MookLieutenant the Cadet]] begins a report to [[TheDragon General Esteem]] with this exact phrase, and goes on to quickly sum up what happened during the one month TimeSkip. The trope is then lampshaded by the narration, which points out that, yes, Esteem does know all this already.
** This is often parodied in ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTotallyLegitRecap'':
*** He says this word-for-word when the Crystal Heart is destroyed in Season 6 Episode 1, but then goes on to explain a concept that no one in the audience could've even ''expected'', especially since the episode had more or less been a straight recap before that.
*** This pretty much turns into a RunningGag in the preceding episodes, either having the characters [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lean on the fourth wall]] by bringing up the possibility of "having an expository conversation", or by Starlight questioning ''why'' everyone is acting like she doesn't know stuff.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** In ''[[Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama Legacy]]'', Heather invokes this trope when she explains to a fellow show alumnus how she happened to be near enough to the camp to drop by on a whim.

* Lampshaded in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''.
** Their first scene together features [[spoiler:Quirrell]] doing an {{Expospeak}} of their plan for the audience, to which Voldemort replies "Yesss, no one must know any of that." Whenever [[spoiler:Quirrell]] delivers some bit of exposition to Voldemort, Voldemort replies, "I know, [[spoiler:Quirrel]]! I hear everything you hear!"
** Also:
--->'''Hermione:''' Professor Snape, what exactly is the point of this lecture?\\
'''Snape:''' Oh, just important things that ALL of you should know. (''points to a person in the audience'') Especially YOU!
* Repeatedly averted in the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' story ''Fanfic/FlamGush''. Lina and Gourry each run into people run their pasts who know the gruesome story. Each time one of them discusses it alone with the old friend, they keep to oblique references and partial explanations for the most part. Justified both to preserve suspense and because Lina and Gourry each have a troubled past that left them traumatized, and thus they don't want to talk about it.
* ''Webcomic/{{Guardian}}'' has Wakka point out that Yuna's father was a summoner. Lulu cuts him off with an angry "'''I know.'''"
* Played with in ''Fanfic/IAmNOTGoingThroughPubertyAgain''. Naruto asks Guy how Lee's training weights work just so everyone else can hear. Naruto already knows, but Guy doesn't know that Naruto knows.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9283538/7/The-Black-Star The Black Star]]'':
-->'''Sirius:''' Harry, there's something I want to talk about. Since the end of your third year we have met in secret so I could train you both magically as well as regarding pureblood culture and everything you need to know to be a lord of your house.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11995519/9/Harry-Potter-Air-Elemental Harry Potter: Air Elemental]]'':
-->'''Robards:''' As you know, sir, Obliviations can only be overridden and the memories restored by the same caster or by someone who's more powerful magically, a group casting would only cause the patient to go insane as it would essentially shred his mind.
* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/DailyEquestriaLifeWithMonsterGirl''. There are certain fundamental facts about the world of Menajeria (that Celestia and Princess Luna are immortal, that Sun and Moon must be manually raised and lowered and that only the Diarchs can do so, that ponies regulate their weather manually, etc) that are never explained to anyone other than babies, because it's simply not possible to grow up on Menajeria without learning them. It takes a long time before it occurs to anyone that Cerea, who is from another world, doesn't have any of these fundamentals.

* ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt:'' In Chapter 42, Cotton Mouth reminds the lich Malifec that he cannot enter the Counterbalance, which Malifec already knows perfectly well. Of course, Cotton Mouth is actually speaking for the benefit of the two escaped fillies hiding in the Counterbalance, who ''don't'' know that. That, and getting in a jab at Malifec by reminding him of the limits of his lichly existence.
* In Chapter 45 of ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'', this is lampshaded by Glynda when Relius opens his speech with "Now, as you all know..." and proceeds to exposit about things that are common knowledge among Atlas elite. As she puts it, Relius loves to hear himself talk.

* ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'': In the first chapter, Jango Fett summarizes many of the problems that the Republic is currently facing following the five-year TimeSkip from the [[Fanfic/DarthVaderHeroOfNaboo previous story]], causing Vader to note that he knows all this already. Jango admits to just thinking out loud as he tries to figure out what their group's next move is.
* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'': One of Homage's Dj [=P0N-3=] broadcasts begin with this exact turn of phrase to describe the effects of radiation. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as, by this point in the story, the reader and Littlepip really do know.

* ''Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy'': In the first chapter, Jango Fett summarizes many of the problems that the Republic is currently facing following the five-year TimeSkip from the [[Fanfic/DarthVaderHeroOfNaboo previous story]], causing Vader to note that he knows all this already. Jango admits to just thinking out loud as he tries to figure out what their group's next move is.

-->'''Silverstone:''' The Potter will, Your Majesty. According to our records, the copy of the will on file with the Ministry of Magic is sealed so that no one can access it. Fortunately, as the Goblin Nation is a sovereign territory thanks to our treaties with the Ministry, our copies of all jointly-filed paperwork can only be sealed by you, sir, rendering this copy to be read, activated and enforceable.

* In Chapter 45 of ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'', this is lampshaded by Glynda when Relius opens his speech with "Now, as you all know..." and proceeds to exposit about things that are common knowledge among Atlas elite. As she puts it, Relius loves to hear himself talk.

* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
** Lampshaded: