History Main / BreakingTheFourthWall

** Taken UpToEleven by [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]], who outright makes references to events taking place "pages away," indicating that he is aware of the game's nature as a forum game.

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' deconstructs this, by revealing that [[spoiler:the various fourth wall breaks of Monokuma are actually because the series have been turned into a reality TV show. When the characters discover this, they are utterly shocked as they realize all of their memories and emotions were fiction. This reveal almost entirely cripples the surviving members, until Shuichi comes to the realization that even if everything is fictional, their experiences and pain are real. The final battle is against the embodiment of the TV audience itself.]]

* Then there's ''Ride/MickeyAndMinniesRunawayRailway'' at Disney's Hollywood Studios, where a boiler explosion in the titular engine blows a hole in the movie screen itself, causing the rodent duo and Goofy to invite riders into the short through that hole to experience it from the ''inside''.

* Then there's ''Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway'' at Disney's Hollywood Studios, where a boiler explosion in the titular engine blows a hole in the movie screen itself, causing the rodent duo and Goofy to invite riders into the short through that hole to experience it from the ''inside''.

** The spin-off series ''Pleasant Goat Fun Class'' is designed to be educational, and it often accomplishes this by having the characters directly talk to the audience about various topics.

** BreakingTheFourthWall/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou

* ''WebVideo/TacticalCupcakes'': Meta humor is used often in the videos, with almost everyone able to see past the fourth wall when it's appropriate.

->'''Major Monogram:''' Oh! Wow! What are the odds? \\
'''Carl:''' Well, it ''is'' a cartoon, sir. \\
'''Major Monogram:''' What did I tell you about breaking the fourth wall, Carl?\\
'''Carl:''' Sorry, sir.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "Make Play"

* Deconstructed in ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''. [[spoiler: Monika, a side character meant to introduce you to the game, possesses MediumAwareness and was driven insane by the knowledge that neither she, her world, nor her friends really exist. This caused her to become obsessed with ''the actual player'' since they are the only part of her world that's real.]]

* Wrestling/TripleH is the patron saint of this, especially when teaming with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and DX. From addressing his real life romance, marriage, and baby to the mantra of his heel Authority run being, "best for business" to flubbing a line on live TV and addressing it he does not let up, not even in video game form.
-->"Put down the controller, get off the couch, and hit the gym fatass!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', Tamatoa does this twice in his VillainSong 'Shiny'. He first does so when taunting Maui, saying "Get the hook" before turning the audience to ask "Get it?" (ironically, with several jokes he could be making, it's unclear which). And then after beating Maui, he tells the audience to 'look it up' in regards to crabs being decapods.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Moana'', Tamatoa does this twice in his VillainSong 'Shiny'. He first does so when taunting Maui, saying "Get the hook" before turning the audience to ask "Get it?" (ironically, with several jokes he could be making, it's unclear which). And then after beating Maui, he tells the audience to 'look it up' in regards to crabs being decapods.

* In ''Film/Moana'', Tamatoa does this twice in his VillainSong 'Shiny'. He first does so when taunting Maui, saying "Get the hook" before turning the audience to ask "Get it?" (ironically, with several jokes he could be making, it's unclear which). And then after beating Maui, he tells the audience to 'look it up' in regards to crabs being decapods.

* In ''Film/Moana', Tamatoa does this twice in his VillainSong 'Shiny'. He first does so when taunting Maui, saying "Get the hook" before turning the audience to ask "Get it?" (ironically, with several jokes he could be making, it's unclear which). And then after beating Maui, he tells the audience to 'look it up' in regards to crabs being decapods.

** Wolffy breaks the illusion of storytelling when he says, "I'm the best actor in this cartoon!"

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* This is part of Guise's power in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse''. In the video game adaptation, he's shown editing his own character bio, and most of his cards are themed around parodying various comic book trends and genres.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', when [[spoiler:Turbo]] is giving his MotiveRant to Vanellope, he [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130703184119/scratchpad/images/5/57/Turbo_Thumbs_Up.jpg mugs for your attention]] right the hell out of nowhere [[FreezeFrameBonus in one single frame]].

* "WesternAnimation.Uglydolls",

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', when [[spoiler:Turbo]] is giving his MotiveRant to Vanellope, he [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130703184119/scratchpad/images/5/57/Turbo_Thumbs_Up.jpg mugs for your attention]] right the hell out of nowhere [[FreezeFrameBonus in one single frame]].