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* The ''entire movie'' of ''Film/LastActionHero'' is essentially this to a T. The main character (and sidekick of Arnold) continually points out that he and Arnold's character of Jack Slater are in a movie. Perhaps ironically, the trope is also subverted and applied at the same time when Jack Slater finds himself in a real world and keeps acting like he's in a movie -- making references and so forth without being in a movie... making the trope's execution decidedly meta at that point. The whole thing is one big LampshadeHanging of the concept of an action movie.
** And then we have the ending of the film, where Jack Slater returns to the movie world with full knowledge of being a movie character and begins to refer to everything around him much like the main once did.

--> '''Connor''': What's with this game and cutting me o--

* The star of the ''WebVideo/FantasyHeroine'' series knows she's a character in a fantasy novel. But the author who talks to her doesn't know she's in a TikTok series.

''(No, this isn't about when [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant a character realizes they've met an oracle]], or [[{{Pun}} pays the usual]] [[LiteralMinded amount of attention]].)''

* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'' hilariously {{invert|edTrope}}s this with Schlatt. Often other characters will be quite aware of the medium they're in and mention it, while Schlatt will be very distressed by this.
--> '''Michael:''' Did I take the roleplay too far...?\\
'''Schlatt:''' ''Roleplay??''

* Shows up a number of times in ''Literature/TheStinkyCheeseMan and Other Fairly Stupid Tales''. For starters, Chicken Licken finds out that it's not the sky that's falling, it's the table of contents. (RuleOfFunny since none of the book's pages are even numbered.) The characters are not only perfectly aware they're in a book that's going wrong, they comment and complain about the front matter, table of contents, typography, endpapers, and even the UPC and ISBN on the cover.
-->"Could you please stop talking in uppercase letters? It really messes up the page."

* Shows up a number of times in ''Literature/TheStinkyCheeseMan and Other Fairly Stupid Tales''. For starters, Chicken Licken finds out that it's not the sky that's falling, it's the table of contents. (RuleOfFunny since none of the book's pages are even numbered.)

* Some of the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' characters sarcastically poke fun at the series being a fictional ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' roleplay during the Manberg arc.
--> '''Schlatt''': "Let's remember this is all roleplay"? No it's not. \\
'''Fundy''': A few people will believe that. \\
'''Quackity''': ''[laughs]'' Oh, you're an ''asshole''. \\
'''Schlatt''': This is real. Minecraft is real life. \\
'''Quackity''': Minecraft is real life, yeah.

* The star of the ''WebVideo/FantasyHeroine'' series knows she's a character in a fantasy novel. But the author who talks to her doesn't know she's in a Youtube shorts series.

* ''Film/BugsyMalone'': Fat Sam says something in Italian. But his henchman, Knuckles, is Jewish and doesn't understand Italian. He is told to read the translation as the subtitle appears onscreen.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', the heroic ogre palms the camera's lens for privacy before kissing ogre-Fiona.

--->'''Colin:''' Ladies and Gentlemen I'm sorry if you had somewhere to be later on tonight but we have to do this show properly and the only way we're going to do the show properly, is to START THE SHOW AGAIN!

---> '''Nemo''': (''as panel 17 collapses on top of him'') [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Oh Mama! Look what the artist has done to me! Oh!]]

--> '''Chief Cat''': Did you notice that this herd was really only one bison filmed many times?\\

--> '''Cartoon!Sokka:''' Clearly we are all stuck in some fanfic parody with no real logical basis to it at all.

---> '''Cartoon!Mai:''' Try to be careful about breaking the fourth wall around Zuko, okay? He doesn't know, and it tends to freak him out a little.

---->'''Statler:''' We're heroes! We saved the pig and frog!
---->'''Waldorf:''' Well, it was too late to save the movie!

--->'''Robin:''' I lost! I lost? Wait a second, I'm not supposed to lose... Let me see the script."

-->'''Max''': Thor! Were you arguing with the narrator?
-->'''Thor''': Well he started it.
-->'''Narrator''': Did not.

-->'''Narrator''': Wait a minute, you're not George!
-->'''George 2''': Me new George! [[BitingTheHandHumor Studio too cheap]] to pay Brendan Fraser.

-->"Should we go after them?" "No, they'll be gone for about twelve and a half minutes, the average length of time of an adult movie sex scene."
-->"As you can see, there are ''many'' corridors on the ship, not just one shot from different camera angles."
-->"We'll find you some clothing out of the ship's stores, something trashy with strappy high heels. You know, like a female porn star wears."

--> "Imagine we're in a book. You two WILL fall in love but separate because society will never accept you, your baby will turn out fine thanks to the fact fiction is, well, fiction and you two will go on to live your own happy lives while carrying a torch for each other 'til the day you both die. END OF STORY!"

---> "He looked like Creator/TomCruise, or, if he is available, Creator/AlPacino."

---> '' 'But aren't we videogame characters anyway?' asked Tails, who had joined them by the ailing rabbit.\\
'Well normally, yes' Sonic agreed, 'but at the moment we're characters in a book. Look, this talk is all getting very complicated, and we've got a real problem to deal with here.' ''

--> "Could you please stop talking in uppercase letters? It really messes up the page."

--> I write the same old song with a few new lines\\

--> [scream]
--> '''Voskovec:''' What was that?
--> '''Werich:''' It's wolves!
--> '''Voskovec:''' Wolves in a record player? That's nonsense!

-->'''Mr. Conklin''': Just what is your destination, young man?
-->'''Steve Allen''': Hollywood, California. My name is Creator/SteveAllen.
-->'''Audience''': ''lengthy applause''
-->'''Miss Brooks''': Well, judging by the hand you got on this porch, you must be famous!

-->'''[[TheStinger Naruto]]:''' These black bars make our show look really awesome. Believe it!

--> "Wait, why am I still in split screen? There's more {{music video}}?"