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* In ''[[Film/AirBuddies Super Buddies]]'', the main characters have read comics about "Kid Courageous and Captain Canine", which they assume to be fictional. It turns out that their author, [[Creator/JasonEarles Jack Schaeffer]], was just writing about his own adventures with Captain Canine. He says as much at the end of the film:
-->"You think I could make this stuff up?"
-->"You think I could make this stuff up?"
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* ''ComicBook/TomStrong'':
** Tom has an in-universe comic based on his adventures. The first issue shows a kid reading a comic with the same cover as Issue #1. Most of the issue is Tom's origin story that the kid is reading.
** Characters will occasionally [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lean on the fourth wall]] and mention earlier stories under the issue number they occurred in, but here referring to the in-universe comic book.
** In reality, Creator/KirkAlyn played ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' in two serials. [[DifferentWorldDifferentMovies Here]], he played Tom in two serials based on his adventures.
** Tom has an in-universe comic based on his adventures. The first issue shows a kid reading a comic with the same cover as Issue #1. Most of the issue is Tom's origin story that the kid is reading.
** Characters will occasionally [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lean on the fourth wall]] and mention earlier stories under the issue number they occurred in, but here referring to the in-universe comic book.
** In reality, Creator/KirkAlyn played ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' in two serials. [[DifferentWorldDifferentMovies Here]], he played Tom in two serials based on his adventures.
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* The action sequence at the start of ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'' turns out to be an in-universe "Austinpussy" movie based on Austin's adventures with Creator/TomCruise playing Austin.
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* The action sequence at the start BatmanColdOpen of ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'' turns out to be an in-universe "Austinpussy" movie based on Austin's adventures with Creator/TomCruise playing Austin.
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* In ''Film/FatAlbert'', the titular protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' is based on a boy that Creator/BillCosby grew up with. Elderly friends who inspired the other characters show up for the memorial service at the end.
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** In ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'', Dario Agger intends on buying them out in order to turn them into effectively a propaganda machine that he'll use to tell ''his'' version of the superheroes' stories.
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** In ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'', Dario Agger intends on buying them out Marvel Comics in order to turn them into effectively a propaganda machine that he'll use to tell ''his'' version of the superheroes' stories.
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* ''ComicBook/Millarworld'': ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' says the world used to be a StandardSuperheroSetting until the villains teamed up and built a machine that altered reality, turning the superheroes into actors in movies and TV shows. Superhero media is written by people who subconsciously remember the old world. The superheroes are unnamed [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lawyer Friendly Cameos]] of the [=DC=] heroes though WordOfGod later retconned the SupermanSubstitute to being the Utopian from ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy''.
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* ''ComicBook/Millarworld'': ''ComicBook/{{Millarworld}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' says the world used to be a StandardSuperheroSetting until the villains teamed up and built a machine that altered reality, turning the superheroes into actors in movies and TV shows. Superhero media is written by people who subconsciously remember the old world. The superheroes are unnamed [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lawyer Friendly Cameos]] of the [=DC=] heroes though WordOfGod later retconned the SupermanSubstitute to being the Utopian from ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy''.
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* A 2020 "Hook Jaw" story in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', a Cornish village is using the legend of the monster shark as a tourist attraction. The pub at the centre of the tourism industry has a framed copy of ''ComicBook/{{Action}}'' on the wall.
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* A ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': In a 2020 "Hook Jaw" story in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', story, a Cornish village is using the legend of the monster shark as a tourist attraction. The pub at the centre of the tourism industry has a framed copy of ''ComicBook/{{Action}}'' on the wall.
* ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}'': Many Hunter Rose stories include excerpts from, or outright are, publications by Christine Spar or Wiggins. The text sections of "Devil's Reign" are supposedly excerpts from a biography of Orion Assante by his stepdaughter Crystal Kennedy.
* In the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' {{Homage}} ''Zarter Schmelz'' [[GuestStrip made by]] Creator/RalfKoenig, ''Lucky Luke'' comics exist in-universe, so there are also people who are fans of Luke just from reading the comics. They also give his fans in-depth knowledge about his past.
** The ''ComicBook/MarvelBoyTheUranian'' miniseries reveals that the original Marvel Boy tales are ''in-universe'' comics published by the comic book company Atlas, fictionalizing Robert Grayson's adventures.
** In ''ComicBook/SheHulk2004'', Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg, and Holliway's law library contains nothing but boxes of Marvel comics. It is explained that, within the Marvel Universe, Marvel comics are all true, and are licensed by the superheroes who star in them, and, prior to 2002, were certified by The Comics Code Authority, a government agency, and are therefore admissible in any courtroom in the United States.
** In ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'', Dario Agger intends on buying them out in order to turn them into effectively a propaganda machine that he'll use to tell ''his'' version of the superheroes' stories.
* ''ComicBook/Millarworld'': ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' says the world used to be a StandardSuperheroSetting until the villains teamed up and built a machine that altered reality, turning the superheroes into actors in movies and TV shows. Superhero media is written by people who subconsciously remember the old world. The superheroes are unnamed [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lawyer Friendly Cameos]] of the [=DC=] heroes though WordOfGod later retconned the SupermanSubstitute to being the Utopian from ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'': Elijah Snow's first big adventure was in 1919, where he hunts down a conspiracy of 19th-century geniuses/monsters;
** "The Baron and his creature" aka Literature/{{Frankenstein}}.
** John Griffin, Literature/TheInvisibleMan.
** Literature/RoburTheConqueror.
** Literature/CarnackiTheGhostFinder.
** {{Dracula}}.
** Others included Creator/HGWells...
** ...and their leader, Franchise/SherlockHolmes.
*** Notably, once defeated, Holmes admits that their conspiracy had gone '''way''' past the MoralEventHorizon; the theories they championed - eugenics, re-education, controlled economies - would go on to create the evil empires that soaked the 20th century in blood. He's such a GracefulLoser he spends his final years teaching Elijah all his methods, in the hopes his successor would correct his mistakes.
** The Gun Club from Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon'' also make an (obviously posthumous) appearance in one strip, when their primitive spacecraft crashes to Earth, containing the skeletons of three members. It's revealed that their bullet-ship fell into a stable orbit around the Earth and the moon for over a century before finally falling out of the sky.
** In ''ComicBook/SheHulk2004'', Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg, and Holliway's law library contains nothing but boxes of Marvel comics. It is explained that, within the Marvel Universe, Marvel comics are all true, and are licensed by the superheroes who star in them, and, prior to 2002, were certified by The Comics Code Authority, a government agency, and are therefore admissible in any courtroom in the United States.
** In ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'', Dario Agger intends on buying them out in order to turn them into effectively a propaganda machine that he'll use to tell ''his'' version of the superheroes' stories.
* ''ComicBook/Millarworld'': ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' says the world used to be a StandardSuperheroSetting until the villains teamed up and built a machine that altered reality, turning the superheroes into actors in movies and TV shows. Superhero media is written by people who subconsciously remember the old world. The superheroes are unnamed [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lawyer Friendly Cameos]] of the [=DC=] heroes though WordOfGod later retconned the SupermanSubstitute to being the Utopian from ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'': Elijah Snow's first big adventure was in 1919, where he hunts down a conspiracy of 19th-century geniuses/monsters;
** "The Baron and his creature" aka Literature/{{Frankenstein}}.
** John Griffin, Literature/TheInvisibleMan.
** Literature/RoburTheConqueror.
** Literature/CarnackiTheGhostFinder.
** {{Dracula}}.
** Others included Creator/HGWells...
** ...and their leader, Franchise/SherlockHolmes.
*** Notably, once defeated, Holmes admits that their conspiracy had gone '''way''' past the MoralEventHorizon; the theories they championed - eugenics, re-education, controlled economies - would go on to create the evil empires that soaked the 20th century in blood. He's such a GracefulLoser he spends his final years teaching Elijah all his methods, in the hopes his successor would correct his mistakes.
** The Gun Club from Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon'' also make an (obviously posthumous) appearance in one strip, when their primitive spacecraft crashes to Earth, containing the skeletons of three members. It's revealed that their bullet-ship fell into a stable orbit around the Earth and the moon for over a century before finally falling out of the sky.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' says the world used to be a StandardSuperheroSetting until the villains teamed up and built a machine that altered reality, turning the superheroes into actors in movies and TV shows. Superhero media is written by people who subconsciously remember the old world. The superheroes are unnamed [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lawyer Friendly Cameos]] of the [=DC=] heroes though WordOfGod later retconned the SupermanSubstitute to being the Utopian from ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy''.
* In the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' {{Homage}} ''Zarter Schmelz'' [[GuestStrip made by]] Creator/RalfKoenig, ''Lucky Luke'' comics exist in-universe, so there are also people who are fans of Luke just from reading the comics. They also give his fans in-depth knowledge about his past.
* In the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' {{Homage}} ''Zarter Schmelz'' [[GuestStrip made by]] Creator/RalfKoenig, ''Lucky Luke'' comics exist in-universe, so there are also people who are fans of Luke just from reading the comics. They also give his fans in-depth knowledge about his past.
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* Creator/DCComics exist in the DCU. They use superheroes' status as public figures to publish "true crime" stories about their adventures.
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' gives all the profits of his comics to charity.
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' gives all the profits of his comics to charity.
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* Creator/DCComics exist in the DCU.Franchise/TheDCU. They use superheroes' status as public figures to publish "true crime" stories about their adventures.
**''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' gives all the profits of his comics to charity.
**
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** Batman does appear in the DCU's DC Comics; a late 1960s Batman comic's plot revolves around the (DCU) Batman comic and its writer.
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** Batman ComicBook/{{Batman}} does appear in the DCU's DC Comics; a late 1960s Batman comic's plot revolves around the (DCU) Batman comic and its writer.
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** Franchise/WonderWoman has had a chance to show her bemusement at a sexualized figurine of herself, and a bit of annoyance when the vendor says that for whatever reason Wondy's comics have never sold as well as ''Batman'' and ''Superman'' in ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Wonder Woman Vol 3]]''.
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** Franchise/WonderWoman ComicBook/WonderWoman has had a chance to show her bemusement at a sexualized figurine of herself, and a bit of annoyance when the vendor says that for whatever reason Wondy's comics have never sold as well as ''Batman'' and ''Superman'' in ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Wonder Woman Vol 3]]''.
** ''The Mysterious Motr Of Doov!'' has ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' TrappedInAnotherWorld in an OffToSeeTheWizard adventure. At the end, the Motr is revealed to be Creator/LFrankBaum himself who based his ''Franchise/LandOfOz'' series on the world of Doov.
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* ''ComicBook/Marvel1985'' is about a portal to the Franchise/MarvelUniverse bringing supervillains to our world. It ends with the protagonist growing up and writing for Creator/MarvelComics. In ''ComicBook/KickAss'', Chris buys ''Marvel 1985'' and the clerk tells him the author claims it was based on a true story.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Goody Two-Shoes was a supervillain. Kinda. He appeared only once, had nuclear-powered shoes, and kicked the hell out of the Thing by himself. Then the Thing managed to defeat his terrible foe. ''Then'', the "real" Thing read the comic-book and went to the editorial [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry absolutely pissed]]. We realize then that Goody Two-Shoes was defeated with [[OneHitPointWonder a flick from the Thing]], and they made up the whole fight to make the story interesting. Then the Thing does them something... uh... ''interesting''.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Goody Two-Shoes was a supervillain. Kinda. He appeared only once, had nuclear-powered shoes, and kicked the hell out of the Thing by himself. Then the Thing managed to defeat his terrible foe. ''Then'', the "real" Thing read the comic-book and went to the editorial [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry absolutely pissed]]. We realize then that Goody Two-Shoes was defeated with [[OneHitPointWonder a flick from the Thing]], and they made up the whole fight to make the story interesting. Then the Thing does them something... uh... ''interesting''.
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* In Marvel Universe continuity, there is a "Marvel Comics" company that re-tells the exploits of various heroes as comic books. They're quasi-journalists, and their work is thus used as historical research in legal comedy series ''She-Hulk.'' In continuity, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Fantastic Four]] regularly popped by the Marvel offices to lambast the staff who were supposed to be telling their stories over plot elements that they didn't like. Similarly, [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] not only lectured writers and editors for making him too violent, but also at one point ''penciled his own comic.''
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* ''ComicBook/Marvel1985'' is about a portal to the Franchise/MarvelUniverse bringing supervillains to our world. It ends with the protagonist growing up and writing for Creator/MarvelComics. In ''ComicBook/KickAss'', Chris buys ''Marvel 1985'' and the clerk tells him the author claims it was based on a true story.
* InMarvel Universe continuity, the Franchise/MarvelUniverse there is a "Marvel Comics" "Creator/MarvelComics" company that re-tells the exploits of various heroes as comic books. They're quasi-journalists, and their work is thus used as historical research in legal comedy series ''She-Hulk.'' In continuity, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Fantastic Four]] regularly popped by the Marvel offices to lambast the staff who were supposed to be telling their stories over plot elements that they didn't like. Similarly, [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] not only lectured writers and editors for making him too violent, but also at one point ''penciled his own comic.''
* In
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** Both the ''ComicBook/PatsyWalker'' humour book and the original version of ''The ComicBook/TwoGunKid'' are explained as being works of fiction in the Marvel Universe based very loosely on the canonical characters, making them a sort of Untrue Story in My Universe.
* Most citizens of Marvel Earth believe the Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Monster to be a fictional character, and don't realize Shelley's novel was based on real events. Ditto for almost every character from [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Norse]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Greek]] mythology.
* Most citizens of Marvel Earth believe the Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Monster to be a fictional character, and don't realize Shelley's novel was based on real events. Ditto for almost every character from [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Norse]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Greek]] mythology.
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** Both the ''ComicBook/PatsyWalker'' humour book and the original version of ''The ComicBook/TwoGunKid'' the ''ComicBook/TwoGunKid'' are explained as being works of fiction in the Marvel Universe based very loosely on the canonical characters, making them a sort of Untrue Story in My Universe.
* ** Most citizens of Marvel Earth believe the Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Monster to be a fictional character, and don't realize Shelley's novel was based [[ComicBook/TheFrankensteinMonster on real events. events]]. Ditto for almost every character from [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Norse]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Greek]] mythology.mythology.
** In ''ComicBook/TheThing'' #7, Goody Two-Shoes was a supervillain. Kinda. He appeared only once, had nuclear-powered shoes, and kicked the hell out of the Thing by himself. Then the Thing managed to defeat his terrible foe. ''Then'', the "real" Thing read the comic-book and went to the editorial [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry absolutely pissed]]. We realize then that Goody Two-Shoes was defeated with [[OneHitPointWonder a flick from the Thing]], and they made up the whole fight to make the story interesting. Then the Thing does them something... uh... ''interesting''.
** In ''ComicBook/TheThing'' #7, Goody Two-Shoes was a supervillain. Kinda. He appeared only once, had nuclear-powered shoes, and kicked the hell out of the Thing by himself. Then the Thing managed to defeat his terrible foe. ''Then'', the "real" Thing read the comic-book and went to the editorial [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry absolutely pissed]]. We realize then that Goody Two-Shoes was defeated with [[OneHitPointWonder a flick from the Thing]], and they made up the whole fight to make the story interesting. Then the Thing does them something... uh... ''interesting''.
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* ''The Mysterious Motr Of Doov!'' has ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' TrappedInAnotherWorld in an OffToSeeTheWizard adventure. At the end, the Motr is revealed to be Creator/LFrankBaum himself who based his ''Franchise/LandOfOz'' series on the world of Doov.
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* ''Literature/SheWokeToDarkness'' has Brett Halliday, writer of the Michael Shayne series of detective novels, [[AuthorAvatar insert himself as a character]]. This book, the 25th in the Michael Shayne series, establishes that they are true crime stories with Halliday writing about his good friend and HardboiledDetective Michael Shayne. Naturally, when Halliday finds himself mixed up in a murder, he calls Michael Shayne for help.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': In-universe, there are comics and movies based on Jade Armor and the Crimson Lord, though only Jade Armor retains her name and looks in the comics, too.
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** Some later games say the [[WesternAnimation/{{Battletech}} cartoon series]] is an InUniverse propaganda holovid.
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** Some later games say the [[WesternAnimation/{{Battletech}} [[WesternAnimation/BattleTech1994 cartoon series]] is an InUniverse propaganda holovid.
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* In ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' Young Neil apparently writes a script in his sleep for a movie that follows the plot of the [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim original comics]]. It's even directed by Edgar Wrong (a parody of Creator/EdgarWright who directed ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld). The movie gets cancelled but made into a stage musical. It turns out to [[spoiler: be written by a future version of Ramona adapted from a book that Old Young Neil wrote about she and Scott's lives in the original timeline.]]
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* In ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' Young Neil apparently writes a script in his sleep for a movie that follows the plot of the [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim original comics]]. It's even directed by Edgar Wrong (a parody of Creator/EdgarWright who directed ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld).''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''). The movie gets cancelled but made into a stage musical. It turns out to [[spoiler: be written by a future version of Ramona adapted from a book that Old Young Neil wrote about she and Scott's lives in the original timeline.]]
