History Main / LoggingOntoTheFourthWall

* A KitschyLocalCommercial was released for the Mario Bros plumbing company from ''TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' complete with a link to a functional [[https://www.smbplumbing.com/ smbplumming.com]] website.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Before the release of "[[Recap/SouthParkS21E2PutItDown Put It Down]]", ericdontdoit.com was published -- while the URL isn't seen in the episode, Cartman's suicide prvention hashtag is "[=#EricDontDoIt=]". Viewers were invited to show their support for Cartman by signing their email. As of May 2022, you can still visit the site, but the campaign is over.

* Both ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and ''Series/TheColbertReport'' have jokingly mentioned [=URLs=], which actually lead to the sites portrayed. Unfortunately, we still need an active example.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' had a couple of Web sites named off by the game's radio stations, as well as appearing in the game's manual, which was written as a newspaper.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' featured several websites used for its InUniverse Internet. All of them just redirect you to Rockstar Games if you try typing them into your browser, however.

This sometimes succeeds: Most media companies have rules requiring producers to buy any domain name they show on the screen before the movie or TV show is released, so that if someone actually tries to visit it, they get to do some extra marketing ''and'' avoid the risk of getting sued for [=DDoS=]ing some third-party's website. Many producers create a nice Web site designed to promote the show, that usually [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leans on the fourth wall]] by creating the website as it would be in-universe.

** In "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe", Moe and Maya use an instant messaging client at the URL http://single-in-springfield.com/. If you go there, it takes you to a listicle about URLs on the ''Simpsons''.

* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' episode "Argh V" shows the main character looking up something on "search.com", intended to be a [[BrandX]] version of Google. Interestingly, it links to [[https://www.search.com an actual search engine]].

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' had in an episode [[https://red-vs-red.tumblr.com/post/184484880367/what-whats-at-the-bottom-lemme-just-enter-that a barely visible URL]] that led to a "deleted scene".

* In ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'', you can call Konami's customer support number in-game, only for the operator to tell you you're beyond even their help.

* ''VideoGame/TheCave'' has one for the Third Trial of Zenness, a variation on the ThreePlusFiveMakesFour puzzle. [[http://www.monkpuzzle.com/ This is the only page.]] Lampshaded later by The Cave, who states that using exterior sources to help you is unfair (but he'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time).

--->'''This system has been compromised'''\\

** Friendface.co.uk exists, but displays a page showing that Friendface has been "blocked by Reynholm Industries' network": [[http://friendface.co.uk/]]

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' does this constantly. Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother long list]] compiled of them. The only exception so far is a rate-your-teacher website from "Subway Wars", which doesn't exist. [[ProductPlacement They only show Ted searching and finding the site through Bing.]] The Rate-my-teacher website [[http://www.ratemyteachers.com/ted-mosby/2365071-t exists]] and Ted is consistently rated as "Awesome" although his lecture slides are noted to feature drunk chicks on a toilet. Bonus points, he is said to teach at Hogwarts Middle School -- Architecture section.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' does this constantly. Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother long list]] compiled of them. The only exception so far is a rate-your-teacher website from "Subway Wars", which doesn't exist. [[ProductPlacement They only show Ted searching and finding the site through Bing.]] The Rate-my-teacher website [[http://www.ratemyteachers.com/ted-mosby/2365071-t exists]] and Ted is consistently rated as "Awesome" although his lecture slides are noted to feature drunk chicks on a toilet. Bonus points, he is said to teach at Hogwarts Middle School -- Architecture section.

* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' has the porn cam site va-va-va-broom.com. Go ahead, [[http://va-va-va-broom.com try it]].

** Several years ago there was a Spoof Ad for a bank called "clownpenis.fart." They were late getting online and that was the last domain name left in the entire internet.

** And now shop on-line at [=http://www.patnpattisslackssnacksandknickknacks@patnpattisbackpackshack.ack!=]

* A rare variant of this (especially these days) is the use of a real phone number that people can call for a tie-in. Music/MojoNixon in the late 1980s had a hit record with 619-239-KING where he asked listeners -- or, preferably, the man himself -- to call in if they had information about whether Music/ElvisPresley was still alive. The number was real.

** In addition, an actual Wolowizard Website/YouTube account posted the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JwsRg6h28c Physicists Gone Wild]]" video from another episode, but then it disappeared. (thankfully, someone mirrored it)

* A major website within ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' is www.parahumans.net, home to the Parahumans Online forums which discuss the activities of heroes and villains. Initially, it redirected to the Worm homepage, but later it was repurposed as the location for Worm's sequel ''Literature/{{Ward}}''.

A character in a TV show or movie hops onto his computer, and begins to type in a URL into a Web browser as part of the plot. Or perhaps you spot a URL in a panel of a comic book, or hear a friendly voiceover in a video game, telling you to visit their site.

** [[http://www.mrxswebpage.com/ Mr. X's Webpage]] from the episode "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"

** Lisa Simpson's email address, which was some variation of "smartgirl 6 3 underscore backslash at yahoo dot com." (Which wouldn't be legal, because email addresses can't contain backslashes.)

** [[http://www.thesimpsons.com/badgers/index.htm WhatBadgersEat.com]] also happens to exist.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 2'' had the player receiving e-mail from the characters' families, which was sometimes replaced with spam mail. The spam would refer to a website - either nintendo.com or pikmin.com.
* ''[[Videogame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]]'' has maxforpresident.org[=,=] a site promoting Max as president. In canon, Max becomes the president of the United States, running against Abraham Lincoln. The site has a free download for "Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!!" as well.

Cue every geek who saw it attempting to open up his Web browser and check the website in real life.

** sexymugshots.com (redirects to McElroy [=YouTube=])

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had Cordelia joking about [[http://www.oh-by-the-way-we-have-darla-stashed-here.com/ a handy website used to find Darla]]
* ''Series/{{Jericho}}'' set up [=JenningsandRall.com=], supposedly the in-universe Web site of Jennings and Rall, the corporation with a significant role in the second season of the series. It offered hints as to events on the show. The domain name has since lapsed, but the site can be seen [[http://jenningsandrall.tomtooman.com/ here]].