History Main / BreakingTheFourthWall

** One time, Team Rocket claimed they would steal Diamonds and Pearls. Meowth then says it is a great name for a game!

** And don't forget the Criminologist, who appears to exist in a reality distinct both from the film itself and the viewers, and aware of both.

* ''AustinPowers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me''. Basil tells Austin that he should stop worrying things and start enjoying himself and then Basil turns to the audience and says “That goes for you all too!” and Austin says "Yes".

* ''AustinPowers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me''. Basil tells Austin that he should stop worrying things and start enjoying himself and then Basil turns to the audience and says “That goes for you all too!” and Austin says "Yes".

* John Belushi in ''Animal House'' turns to give the camera his trademark single raised eyebrow after he climbs the ladder to look into the sorority house window and discovers the girl having a semi-nude pillow fight.

* Jim Belushi in ''Animal House'', at the top of a ladder looking into the window of a sorority house, with a full view of the girls in their underwear. Grinning, he slowly turns to the camera and slowly turns back.

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!!Examples

* In one episode of DNAngel, the eyecatch typically used before and after commercials is farcically placed at major scene changes as well, prompting Riku and Risa to yell, "Enough already!" after half a dozen appearances.
* In an interesting variation, in PrincessTutu, Princess Kraehe breaks the ''internal'' fourth wall at one point by speaking directly to Drosselmeyer. The latter is very put off by this.

* In {{Sketchbook}} Tanabe Ryou and Himuro Fuu seem to have this ability, but it is hard to tell, as their whole school life seems to be a comedy stage to them, and they might just be speaking to an imaginary audiance.

* In an episode of AxisPowersHetalia, Japan comments on the normally slow Italy's sudden burst of speed when he sees England:

* In the 3rd episode of ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlen78nbqg1s73b Rosario+ Vampire]]'', succubus Kurumu does this when she is treating Tsukune in the school infirmary. She suddenly steps to the front of the screen, looks straight at the audience while making a fist and complains ''"Hey, what the hell is this? I just debuted on the previous episode, can't you let me appear earlier?"''

** He even ''turns the page for the reader'' in Emperor Joker, where he breaks not just the fourth wall, but the other three as well.

* One issue of AlphaFlight have a character start talking back to the writer, but [[spoiler: it was a villain's plot to make him ''think'' he was a comic book character]].

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* BasilBrush refers to the 'viewers' frequently, and occasionally shows the studio outside the set and camera crew.

--> '''British Infantry Section:''' Oi! Get your grubby hands off the mouse!
--> '''Panzer Grenadiers:''' Click, click, clickity fucking click! Scheiße...

** So that's what you've been doing. Knock it off, Derek! [[spoiler:Yes, this is an attempt to mess with the heads of every Derek in the world. Don't spoil it]]

* In the ''George of the Jungle'' movie, the Narrator says that the characters react with awe at a mountain, at which they all go "Awwwww". He repeats himself, spelling out the word and they say "Ooooh". Later, the bad guys get into an argument with the narrator after he refuses to help them.

* In The Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy is locked in the Witch's castle, she sees Auntie Em's image in the crystal ball, looking for her. Auntie Em's image is then replaced by the Wicked Witch's image, who mocks Dorothy and then turns to cackle directly at the audience, possibly to secretly taunt/scare the audience as well.

* In ''LeagueOfLegends'', one hero Mordekaiser responds when you click him "One click is enough, fool!".