History Main / FourthWallShutInStory

* The director Captain Blue of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' fits this trope when he gets trapped in the MovieLand he had filmed. Although he isn't the hero of the actual video game.

Related to TrappedInTVLand.

* In "Manhwa/AsYouWishPrince", the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.

* In Webcomic/AsYouWishPrince, the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.

* In ''Webcomic/AsYouWishPrince'', the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.

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* In the manhwa ''Manhwa/AsYouWishPrince'', the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.
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* This was the kickoff for a ''Wizard of Oz'' parody in ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' once.

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* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': Twinbuilder got summoned into the game. He's still updating, but his power is limited- he's basically (canonically at least) just informing us what happened. He isn't actually powerful enough to take on some of the other entities on the field. This is played for laughs a lot with twinbuilder flipping out whenever someone shoots him.
** Played for drama in that twinbuilder has been prophesied by an allegedly omniscient character to die.

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* Classic old-school platformer ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' (yes, it's from back when XtremeKoolLetterz was in vogue), about an artist who gets dragged into a comic book he's writing, and has to take the place of the hero in order to stop the villain who dragged him in there, and who hopes to take the artist's place in the real world by killing him.
* The director Captain Blue of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' fits this trope when he gets trapped in the MovieLand he had filmed. Although he isn't the hero of the actual video game.

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* ''{{Avallanath}}'' is a webcomic about a writer of thick fantasy novels who has long since succumbed to hackdom being summoned (along with several thousand fans) to the fantasy world so the characters can get their hands on him.
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* In the manwha ''Manwha/AsYouWishPrince'', the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.

* In the manwha ''Manga/AsYouWishPrince'', the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.

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In the web-novel TheAdministrator, a [[IllGirl sick girl]] spends years in the hospital creating a detailed Fantasy setting in order to stave off boredom - and after she dies, she gets reincarnated in that very setting (with, as the title implies, Admin powers). She resolves to make the best of her new life, though she is less than enthusiastic about the parts of the world that she designed when she was [[OldShame eight years old]].
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* In the manwha ''{{As You Wish Prince}}'', the author gets kidnapped by the villain of her Fantasy story.

* ''Film/{{Mirrormask}}''
* ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}''

* In Pamela Dean's ''Secret Country'' trilogy, a group of young cousins create a fantasy world together and end up stuck there for real.

* Classic old-school platformer ''ComixZone'' (yes, it's from back when XtremeKoolLetterz was in vogue), about an artist who gets dragged into a comic book he's writing, and has to take the place of the hero in order to stop the villain who dragged him in there, and who hopes to take the artist's place in the real world by killing him.
* The director Captain Blue of ''{{Viewtiful Joe}}'' fits this trope when he gets trapped in the MovieLand he had filmed. Although he isn't the hero of the actual video game.

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* ''TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl in 3-D''. Max creates Planet Drool and its inhabitants in his imagination and records the information in his dream journal. The villain steals the dream journal, uses it to make the world come into existence and takes control of it. Max has to go to Planet Drool on a quest to stop him.

* ''{{Monkeybone}}''

* The music video to the song "Take on Me" by {{a-ha}} illustrates this, with a much more carefree attitude than usual. Given its medium 1980s pop music, carefree is to be expected.

Subtrope of TrappedInAnotherWorld, but the hero has intimate knowledge of the world he's in... because he's the one that created it, perhaps moreso a variation of PygmalionPlot. For this to have conflict, however, not everything is as it appears, he no longer has [[JustForPun author...ity]], or he didn't realize the problems he was creating, and is as bound to the rules of the world as those he created. The author might be seen as a god of his own world, and worshiped for it, or hated for the problems he made.

* ''{{Mirrormask}}''

* KurtVonnegut's ''BreakfastOfChampions'': The character Kilgore Trout is supposed to be a stand-in for Vonnegut, and toward the end of the story, Trout has conversations with Vonnegut (who is the third-person omniscient narrator). The content of these conversations is Trout (fictional) demanding changes to his world from Vonnegut (real), but the underlying subtext is of Vonnegut (real), in futility, demanding impossible changes to his own life.

* ''{{Delirious}}'', a 1991 film: John Candy plays a SoapOpera writer who get trapped in his own series, but he can use his typewriter to edit the events the way he wants.

* This was the kickoff for a ''Wizard of Oz'' parody in ''{{Dilbert}}'' once.

* ''TheInkworldTrilogy'': The main characters are simply fans of the story, but the author himself got trapped in his own writing, too. He wasn't doing too badly there... for a time.

Subtrope of TrappedInAnotherWorld, but the protagonist has intimate knowledge of the world he's in... because he's the one that created it, perhaps moreso a variation of PygmalionPlot. For this to have conflict, however, not everything is as it appears, he no longer has [[JustForPun author...ity]], or he didn't realize the problems he was creating, and is as bound to the rules of the the world as those he created. The author might be seen as a god of his own world, and worshiped for it, or hated for the problems he made.

* ''TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl in 3-D''. Max creates Planet Drool and its inhabitants in his imagination and records the information in his dream journal. The {{villain}} steals the dream journal, uses it to make the world come into existence and takes control of it. Max has to go to Planet Drool on a quest to stop him.
* ''{{Delirious}}'' A 1991 Film: John Candy plays a SoapOpera Writer who get trapped in his own series but he can use his typewriter to edit the events the way he wants.

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* This was the kickoff for a Wizard of Oz parody in ''{{Dilbert}}'' once.

* Vonnegut's BreakfastOfChampions, arguably. The character Kilgore Trout is supposed to be a stand-in for Vonnegut, and towards the end of the story, Trout has conversations with Vonnegut (who is the 3rd person omniscient narrator). The content of these conversations is Trout (fictional) demanding changes to his world from Vonnegut (real), but the underlying subtext is of Vonnegut (real), in futility, demanding impossible changes to his own life.
* ''TheInkworldTrilogy.'' The main characters are simply fans of the story, but the author himself got trapped in his own writing, too. He wasn't doing too badly there... for a time.
* In Pamela Dean's ''Secret Country'' trilogy, a group of young cousins create a make-believe fantasy world together and end up stuck there for real.

* This is the trap in The Land Of Fiction in the Classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]''. Defeat the (supposed) BigBad by writing yourself into a story as the hero.

* The music video to the song "Take On Me" by {{A-ha}} illustrates this, with a much more carefree attitude than usual. Given the medium it's in, 80's pop music, carefree is to be expected

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* Classic old-school platformer ''ComixZone'' (yes, it's from back when XtremeKoolLetterz was in vogue), about an artist who gets dragged into a comic-book he's writing, and has to take the place of the hero in order to stop the villain - who is the one who dragged him in there, and who hopes to take his place in the real world by killing him.
* The director Captain Blue of {{Viewtiful Joe}} fits this trope when he gets trapped in the MovieLand he had filmed. Although he isn't the protagonist of the actual video game.

* ''{{Avallanath}}'': a webcomic about a writer of thick fantasy novels who has long since succumbed to hackdom being summoned (along with several thousand fans) to the fantasy world so the characters can get their hands on him.

* This is the trap in The Land Of Fiction in the Classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]". Defeat the (supposed) BigBad by writing yourself into a story as the hero.