History Main / ExploitingTheFourthWall

* ''Comicbook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool'' always had shades of this by having the knowledge of a real world comic-book nerd fairly up to date on the Marvel Universe up until ''Comicbook/SecretWars2015'', but then she gained full on RealityWarper levels by way of EnlightenmentSuperpower. Access to ''gutter space'' (space between, and behind panels and pages), all the NinjaProp, PerspectiveMagic tricks etc., in theory [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower whatever the heck she can think of]] that you can pull off by playing with the comic-book layout basically. She even ''ripped'' the page to get on the other side once.

* In ''Webcomic/Jojopolis'', Fred Gherkin uses [[spoiler:his evolved stand, Everywhere At The End Of Time, to move between panels, stand on them and even use them as weapons.]]

* An Italian Disney comic features a scene where Mickey and Goofy have to cross a lava river. How they manage to do it? Goofy complains to the artist that he is making their quest too hard and he draws a bridge for them.

* In ''Webcomic/Jojopolis'', Fred Gherkin uses [[spoiler:his evolved stand, Everywhere At The End Of Time, to move between pannels, stand on them and even use them as weapons]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Each of the Heroes has a "sylladex", a kind of {{Hammerspace}} in which they can stash objects. However, most sylladexes have various convoluted or esoteric conditions for getting stuff back out, often requiring heroes to engage in various forms of shenannigans to get at the item they need. Gamzee, however, is on one occasion able to reach into the visual representation of his sylladex arrangement and just grab out the item he wants.

* In ''Fanfic/InaccurateLegends'', [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Sir Not Appearing In This Film]] takes advantage of his story medium by changing his name to "Sir Not Appearing In This Fanfic", allowing him to avoid detection from Sir Bedevire.

** in "WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck", a mysterious animator uses the FourthWall to torment Daffy Duck. At the end of the episode we discover the animator is [[spoiler:Bugs Bunny]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}'' has GenreSavvy Slappy making use of this at times, such as a scene from "Bumbie's Mommy" where her and her nephew Skippy are on an airplane and Skippy is having a bad case of airsickness. When he looks ready to throw up, Slappy hastily calls for a dissolve to the next scene to make him better.

* "WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}" has GenreSavvy Slappy making use of this at times, such as a scene from "Bumbie's Mommy" where her and her nephew Skippy are on an airplane and Skippy is having a bad case of airsickness. When he looks ready to throw up, Slappy hastily calls for a dissolve to the next scene to make him better.

* "WesternAnimation/Animaniacs" has GenreSavvy Slappy making use of this at times, such as a scene from "Bumbie's Mommy" where her and her nephew Skippy are on an airplane and Skippy is having a bad case of airsickness. When he looks ready to throw up, Slappy hastily calls for a dissolve to the next scene to make him better.

* ''WesternAnimation/Anamaniacs'' has GenreSavvy Slappy making use of this at times, such as a scene from "Bumbie's Mommy" where her and her nephew Skippy are on an airplane and Skippy is having a bad case of airsickness. When he looks ready to throw up, Slappy hastily calls for a dissolve to the next scene to make him better.

* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs'' has GenreSavvy Slappy making use of this at times, such as a scene from "Bumbie's Mommy" where her and her nephew Skippy are on an airplane and Skippy is having a bad case of airsickness. When he looks ready to throw up, Slappy hastily calls for a dissolve to the next scene to make him better.

* ''WesternAnimation/Animaiacs'' has GenreSavvy Slappy making use of this at times, such as a scene from "Bumbie's Mommy" where her and her nephew Skippy are on an airplane and Skippy is having a bad case of airsickness. When he looks ready to throw up, Slappy hastily calls for a dissolve to the next scene to make him better.

* In Screw Attack's Death Battle between Deadpool and Pinkie Pie, Deadpool, in response to Pinkie pie summoning a horde of clones, reaches outside the video panel, grabs the thumbs up/down meter, and uses it as a lightsaber to fend off the clones. Pinkie Pie's original, desperate to find some means of defending herself, grabs an ad that conveniently appears and blocks Deadpool's strike... causing Deadpool to suddenly stop the fight to ask, "You see those things too?"

* ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' presents the stories like they're being read from a book. When Tigger gets stuck at the top of a tree, the InteractiveNarrator gets him down by turning the book sideways so Tigger can stand on the text, then tilting the book so Tigger can slide down to the ground.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' utilizes this concept quite a bit, primarily through Monika. At various points, she gradually reprograms the game to be more to her liking, mainly attempting to break out of her role as TheNotLoveInterest. One particular point has her present a poem to the player that is just a glitched display of red and green boxes, followed by her apologizing for it and awkwardly having the game proceed to the poem-sharing gameplay. If this scene is viewed in a fullscreen display, the glitched poem would [[PaintingTheMedium seemingly crash the computer]] until Monika reappears to put everything back on track. The game's developer deliberately avoided looking at any media related to the aforementioned ''Undertale'' during development due to the similar use of metafictional concepts.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' utilizes this concept quite a bit, primarily through TheNotLoveInterest, [[MetaGuy Monika]]. At various points, she gradually reprograms the game to be more to her liking. One particular point has her present a poem to the player that is just a glitched display of red and green boxes, followed by her apologizing for it and awkwardly having the game proceed to the poem-sharing gameplay. If this scene is viewed in a fullscreen display, the glitched poem would [[PaintingTheMedium seemingly crash the computer]] until Monika reappears to put everything back on track. The game's developer deliberately avoided looking at any media related to the aforementioned ''Undertale'' during development due to the similar use of metafictional concepts.