History BreakingTheFourthWall / Chowder

'''Dwight Schultz:''' No, we are ''not'' going home! We've got to save the show!
'''Creator/NickyJones:''' But where are we gonna get the money to pay for it?

It would be an {{Understatement}} to say that ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' completely and utterly '''''[[BreakingTheFourthWall destroyed]]''''' the fourth wall in almost ''every'' episode, so much so that it's like the show denies there's even such a wall to begin with. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCH84s0cxug&t=517s At one point, someone complied all of them]] and found that there were around ''twenty-three minutes'' worth of these types of jokes spread throughout the show's entire run (which equals one full episode with two segments)! Such instances include...

It would be an {{Understatement}} to say that ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' completely and utterly '''''destroyed''''' the fourth wall in almost ''every'' episode, so much so that it's like the show denies there's even such a wall to begin with. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCH84s0cxug&t=517s At one point, someone complied all of them]] and found that there were around ''twenty-three minutes'' worth of these types of jokes spread throughout the show's entire run (which equals one full episode with two segments)! Such instances include...

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[[caption-width-right:350:It should say a lot about this show when its ''own creator'' is a recurring character!]]

* In "Weekend at Shnitzel's," Chowder gets so bored that he lashes out, saying, "This is boring! You're boring! Life is boring and this episode is boring!"

* Perhaps the most infamous instance of the fourth wall breaking happens after Mung, Chowder, and Scnitzel run out of money in "Shopping Spree," Mung points out that they don't have any money left for the animation budget...at which point the show [[MediumShiftGag cuts]] to the live-action voice actors of the four main characters--Creator/DwightSchultz, Nicky Jones, Creator/TaraStrong, and Creator/JohnDiMaggio--sitting in the recording studio lamenting the lack of cash. They then decide to hold a car wash to raise the funds they need, and after a minute of live-action footage of the quartet spraying down various vehicles, Schultz/Mung announces that they've "made enough to get the animation back"; the show becomes a cartoon again.

It would be an {{Understatement}} to say that ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' completely and utterly '''destroyed''' the fourth wall in almost ''every'' episode, so much so that it's like the show denies there's even such a wall to begin with. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCH84s0cxug&t=517s At one point, someone complied all of them]] and found that there were around ''twenty-three minutes'' worth of these types of jokes spread throughout the show's entire run. Such instances include...

It would be an {{Understatement}} to say that ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' completely and utterly '''destroyed''' the fourth wall in almost ''every'' episode, so much so that it's like the show denies there's even such a wall to begin with. At one point, someone complied all of them and found that there were around ''seventeen minutes'' worth of these types of jokes spread throughout the show's entire run. Such instances include...

* Perhaps the most infamous instance of the fourth wall breaking is in "The Brain Grub." Chowder overdoses on the brain grub and becomes so smart that he notices the existence of the fourth wall... and proceeds to change the show into a [[GenreShift dull]], [[FormulaBreakingEpisode educational]] cooking show. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone After realizing what he has done]], Chowder hammers his brain... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero only to send the gang into a white void with an on-off switch]]. Chowder flips the switch, [[SmashToBlack cutting to black]].

* After running out of money in "Shopping Spree," Mung points out that they don't have any money left for the animation budget...at which point the show [[MediumShiftGag cuts]] to the live-action voice actors of the four main characters--Creator/DwightSchultz, Nicky Jones, Creator/TaraStrong, and Creator/JohnDiMaggio--sitting in the recording studio lamenting the lack of cash. They then decide to hold a car wash to raise the funds they need, and after a minute of live-action footage of the quartet spraying down various vehicles, Schultz/Mung announces that they've "made enough to get the animation back"; the show becomes a cartoon again.

* After running out of money in "Shopping Spree," Mung points out that they don't have any money left for the animation budget. The voice actors of the four main characters--Creator/DwightSchultz, Nicky Jones, Creator/TaraStrong, and Creator/JohnDiMaggio--all start a car wash to raise enough money to bring the animation budget back.