History GenreSavvy / FanWorks

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/WhatYouWishFor'', Lori calls Lucy stupid for playing with a ouija board as she's seen horror movies where this leads to bad things happening.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' fan fic ''Fanfic/SpectacularSeven'', Moondancer ThinksLikeARomanceNovel due to partaking in high-class entertainment like operas, romance novels, classical music, and theater plays. As such, she thinks of herself and Twilight Sparkle as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, with Moondancer occasionally referring to herself as "the leading actress" in what she sees as a grand love story of two lovers driven apart by time and reunited by fate. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset Shimmer wasn't in their way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. [[WrongGenreSavvy Actually]], Moondancer is a {{Yandere}} who wants Twilight to herself as an obsession, Twilight genuinely loves Sunset for who she is [[WartsAndAll even in spite of Sunset's dark past]], and Moondancer is the villain who acts out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting what her rival has]], gradually JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[IgnoredEpiphany ignoring pangs of conscience and guilt that she feels]].
** Moondancer tries to invoke a RescueRomance, thinking that she as the "leading actress" will win Twilight's heart when she tries it. Twilight [[DefiedTrope doesn't buy it]], knowing that's what Moondancer was trying to do thanks to her own love of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and nerdy culture, and tries to let Moondancer down gently.

* ''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly'': Rikku applies knowledge from video games to figure out certain scenarios. The comic where Rikku accurately guesses that the explosion during the first Rayshift was sabotage just based off of the specific circumstances being so unnatural uses the trope name as its title.

* ''Fanfic/HarbingerFinmonster'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''): Danny assumes that the key to understanding what's coming and how to stop it lies in Blithe Hollow's history, given how that tends to be the case in movies and the like. Unfortunately, as Tucker points out, Blithe Hollow, even excluding the whole witch mess, has a ''lot'' of dark history to go through.

* In the ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' fan fic ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'', Moondancer ThinksLikeARomanceNovel due to partaking in high-class entertainment like operas, romance novels, classical music, and theater plays. As such, she thinks of herself and Twilight Sparkle as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, with Moondancer occasionally referring to herself as "the leading actress" in what she sees as a grand love story of two lovers driven apart by time and reunited by fate. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset Shimmer wasn't in their way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. [[WrongGenreSavvy Actually]], Moondancer is a {{Yandere}} who wants Twilight to herself as an obsession, Twilight genuinely loves Sunset for who she is [[WartsAndAll even in spite of Sunset's dark past]], and Moondancer is the villain who acts out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting what her rival has]], gradually JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[IgnoredEpiphany ignoring pangs of conscience and guilt that she feels]].

* Buffy demonstrates this in ''Finding Joy''- the sequel to ''[[Fanfic/WorldsApartBuffy Worlds Apart]]''- when she observes to Angel that they have to talk about issues in their relationship before some supernatural event takes advantage of them, such as when [[spoiler:Angelus temporarily took control and started suggesting that Angel would prefer Buffy as the 'bad girl']].

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Jirou reads Izuku's face and asks if he's having some kind of dramatic monologue in his head. She's right.
* ''Fanfic/HarbingerFinmonster'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''):
** Danny assumes that the key to understanding what's coming and how to stop it lies in Blithe Hollow's history, given how that tends to be the case in movies and the like. Unfortunately, as Tucker points out, Blithe Hollow, even excluding the whole witch mess, has a ''lot'' of dark history to go through.
** When Danny tries to tell Norman and not to go with them when they’re checking out the school at night, Neil asks to just skip that, since they’re going to ignore them and show up anyways. Danny is forced to agree when Ember points out that there's not much they can really do to stop them, but stresses that they be careful.

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Jirou reads Izuku's face and asks if he's having some kind of dramatic monologue in his head. She's right.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10789369/6/Potter-Inverted Potter, Inverted]]'' Lina comments that Quirrell has Surprise Evil Dude written all over him, while Snape is more of a Blatantly Obvious Red Herring Evil Dude.

* As a fan of videogames, Ichigo in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12913821/1/Game-and-Bleach Game and Bleach]]'' immediately pegs the god awful Asauchi as being the weapon that starts off terrible but has no LevelCap and becomes a GameBreaker over time. Sure enough, the Asauchi goes from doing less damage than a punch to hitting for thousands of points of damage.

** Part of the explanation is, she's a fan of TurnOfTheMillennium Earth science fiction (although not ''Franchise/StarTrek'' because [[CelebrityParadox that would be silly]]). In ''Literature/TheWarOfTheMasters'', Eleya is explicitly stated to borrow ideas from hard science fiction especially, such as powering down her ship and using gravity assists to aid in surprise attacks in lieu of a cloaking device.

* Due to his fondness for videogames (especially [=RPGs=]), Literature/HarryPotter is quick to spot important plot points in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11669575/5/For-Love-of-Magic For Love of Magic]]'', such as referring to Hagrid's mention of "You-Know-What in Vault 713" as being a "side quest note", correctly guessing there was a prophecy regarding himself and Voldemort, and figuring out Voldemort has a SoulJar.

** Ulysses Klaue thinks that today will be a good day, then instantly tenses up when he realises he just [[TemptingFate tempted fate]]. After nothing happens, he relaxes... [[InstantlyProvenWrong a moment too early]].

* As a [[SelfInsertFic self-insert]] who knows he's in a [[MarvelCinematicUniverse superhero universe]], the main character of ''Fanfic/{{Dial}}'' often uses his familiarity with the superhero genre to his advantage.

* The protagonist of the "''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon''" fan work "''Fanfic/MyTransDimensionalOverpoweredProtagonistHaremComedyIsWrong''," [[CynicalMentor Hikigaya Hachiman]], is an [[TrappedInAnotherWorld isekai hero]] who believes he's been transported into a badly written [[LightNovels Light Novel]]. (He's completely correct, although "badly written" is just his opinion.) Not only does this enable him to avoid "[[TropeTelegraphing tripping flags]]" (doing or [[YouJustHadToSayIt saying things]] that usually have bad consequences in Light Novels) and recognize when other people do it or are in danger of doing it, it enables him to try to move the plot by acting in ways that are associated with certain Light Novel tropes. Of course, it only works [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow when the author wants it to]], but since [[LampshadeHanging that's a big part of the point of the work]], it usually does.

* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'' has [[WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury Beth Lestrade]] is quite firmly OneOfUs, an obsessive Sherlockian and a [[{{Fangirl}} geek]] for several more fandoms, with a habit of making [[FandomNod Fandom Nods]] and inducing Holmes to deliver a few [[TakeThat Take Thats]].

* In ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', everybody knows that they are in a book, who the hero and villain are, and they act accordingly. [[CardCarryingVillain Cao Cao]] manages to take advantage of this anyway.

* The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AsDreamsAreMadeOn'' starts from the premise of a fictionalized version of the author landing in the body of Bella Swan on the day of her arrival in Forks. Having read the books (and supplementary material), and seen the films, she knows ''exactly'' what sort of story she's in, even if it's not precisely the one she knows. As she's also, generally, an SF/fantasy fangirl, she frequently draws on other books, comics, TV shows, etc. to explain things or provide a frame of reference.

* In the ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' fan fic ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'', Moondancer ThinksLikeARomanceNovel due to partaking in high-class entertainment like operas, romance novels, classical music, and theater plays. As such, she thinks of herself and Twilight Sparkle as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, with Moondancer occasionally referring to herself as "the leading actress" in what she sees as a grand love story of two lovers driven apart by time and reunited by fate. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset Shimmer wasn't in their way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. Actually, Moondancer is a {{Yandere}} who wants Twilight to herself as an obsession, Twilight genuinely loves Sunset for who she is [[WartsAndAll even in spite of Sunset's dark past]], and Moondancer is the villain who acts out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting what her rival has]], gradually JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[IgnoredEpiphany ignoring pangs of conscience and guilt that she feels]].

* The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AsDreamsAreMadeOn'' starts from the premise of a fictionalized version of the author landing in the body of Bella Swan on the day of her arrival in Forks. Having read the books (and supplementary material), and seen the films, she knows ''exactly'' what sort of story she's in, even if it's not precisely the one she knows. As she's also, generally, an SF/fantasy fangirl, she frequently draws on other books, comics, TV shows, etc. to explain things or provide a frame of reference.
* Cao Cao is the grand master of this in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', although everyone else is, to some degree.

* The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AsDreamsAreMadeOn'' starts from the premise of a fictionalized version of the author landing in the body of Bella Swan on the day of her arrival in Forks. Having read the books (and supplementary material), and seen the films, she knows ''exactly'' what sort of story she's in, even if it's not precisely the one she knows. As she's also, generally, an SF/fantasy fangirl, she frequently draws on other books, comics, TV shows, etc. to explain things or provide a frame of reference.

* In ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'', Moondancer ThinksLikeARomanceNovel due to partaking in high-class entertainment like operas, romance novels, classical music, and theater plays. As such, she thinks of herself and Twilight Sparkle as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, with Moondancer occasionally referring to herself as "the leading actress" in what she sees as a grand love story of two lovers driven apart by time and reunited by fate. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset Shimmer wasn't in their way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. Actually, Moondancer is a {{Yandere}} who wants Twilight to herself as an obsession, Twilight genuinely loves Sunset for who she is [[WartsAndAll even in spite of Sunset's dark past]], and Moondancer is the villain who acts out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting what her rival has]], gradually JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[IgnoredEpiphany ignoring pangs of conscience and guilt that she feels]].

-->'''Dib:''' Nope. No way. I've seen enough comedies to know how that works. Especially since [[ButtMonkey my luck sucks at the best of times]].

-->'''Dib:''' Nope. No way. I've seen enough comedies to know how that works. Especially since [[TheChewToy my luck sucks at the best of times]].

Harry almost laughed at the statement. ''If there's ever a way to cause a problem, that's it. It's like saying "Hey, watch this!" or "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong?" I'm so screwed, it's not even funny.''

** Part of the explanation is, she's a fan of TurnOfTheMillennium Earth science fiction (although not ''Franchise/StarTrek'' because [[CelebrityParadox that would be silly]]).

* In ''Fanfic/WontTellASoul'', Nino is stated to be this on the topic of superhero stories, even referring to himself as the "Alfred" to Ladybug's (and later Cat Noir's) "Batman."