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* ''FanFic/BringMeAllYourElderly'' is all about the animated characters of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' going into [[TheLastAirbender The Movie]] and correcting their live-action counterparts, all fully aware that they are in a fanfic (except Zuko). At one point, the characters read and discuss the comments section.

** Neither silly nor surreal, Deborah Goldsmith's excellent ''Ranma'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7603977/1/Genmas-Daughter Genma's Daughter]]'' inspired its author to play with the same idea in her ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7606351/1/Genma-s-Daughter-The-Cutting-Room-Floor Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor]].''

* Frequently seen in the sillier or more surreal ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' fanfic of the late 1990s, especially those written as part of, or in the orbit of, the fanfic cycle known as "[[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/superhighway/Bet/bet.html The Bet]]", where the characters were portrayed as being "hired" by fanfic writers to recreate the roles they created for Rumiko Takahashi, and were sometimes ''very'' different when "off-camera".

* ''BooksDontWorkHere'' lives and breathes this trope even though it's an original. There is NoFourthWall and the characters are actors paid (not much mind you) to act out the plot of the comic. That's how it works in theory, at least - in practice, there is a lot of ad-libbing, backtalk, and complaining about the budget.
* ''CassToons'', a parody [[FanWebComics Fan Web Comic]] originally started as a response to the FaceHeelTurn of Cassandra Cain's ComicBook/{{Batgirl| 2000}}, is a Meta Fic of TheDCU and to a lesser extent the MarvelUniverse.

* [[http://amethyst-angel.com/nadesico_main_tt.html Nadesico Thumbnail Theater's]] "Nagare Akatsuki's Guided Tour of [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]] Fanfiction". NTT and its progenitor [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] Thumbnail Theater sometimes lapse into this in their actual episode "summaries". As does Five Minute [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]], their live-action counterpart ([[http://www.fiveminute.net found here]]).

* FIM also has ''Fanfic/{{Human}}'' by [=DannyJ=], which while indulging in HumansAreCthulhu and DarkerAndEdgier, involves a former animator using his knowledge of the show to take over Canterlot, and Celestia working to become a main character to defeat the villain, as families explode and motives are revealed.

* FIM also has "Human" by Dannyj, which while indulging in HumansAreCthulhu and DarkerAndEdgier, involves a former animator using his knowledge of the show to take over Canterlot, and Celestia working to become a main character to defeat the villain, as families explode and motives are revealed.

* The ''KingdomHearts'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', while ostensibly self-contained, mercilessly skewers the dark side of every aspect of fanfiction, including High School AlternateUniverse, {{yaoi}} fanfiction, the {{flanderization}} of all the "hot" characters (Xaldin, Vexen, and Lexaeus are the heroes of this fic because they are unaffected by TheVirus that turns their comrades into shadows of their former selves), poorly done crossovers, [[CrackFic random]] and {{wangst}} fanfiction, and {{Mary Sue}}s.

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* The ''KingdomHearts'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', while ostensibly self-contained, mercilessly skewers the dark side of every aspect of fanfiction, including High School AlternateUniverse, {{yaoi}} fanfiction, the {{flanderization}} of all the "hot" characters (Xaldin, Vexen, and Lexaeus are the heroes of this fic because they are unaffected by TheVirus that turns their comrades into shadows of their former selves), poorly done crossovers, [[CrackFic random]] and {{wangst}} fanfiction, and {{Mary Sue}}s.

** To make matters more confusing. The characters here are not actors but LivingDreams and they know the verse is still a story so they have vested interest in [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality keeping the story going]] and the [[{{Fanservice}} fan wishes satisfied]]... if they don't want two both of those things are SentientCosmicForces and they CantFightFate, so in the darker installments cross over to DeconstructionFic routinely.

Not to be confused with MetaFiction or RecursiveFanfiction. Can be combined with a DeconstructionFanfic.

Not to be confused with MetaFiction or RecursiveFanfiction.

* The ''Manga/SailorMoon Expanded'' fanverse has a series of stories which deal with the everyday lives of the various characters. They operate with the conceit that all of the characters, original and fan created, are actors on a vast movie set, with the various authors as the directors. This would lead to a number of instances where segments of "actual" stories would be transcribed, only to veer off track when a completely unrelated character wanders "on screen" with some actor-related grievance.

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* [[FanFic/BringMeAllYourElderly Bring Me All Your Elderly]] is all about the animated characters of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' going into [[TheLastAirbender The Movie]] and correcting their live-action counterparts, all fully aware that they are in a fanfic (except Zuko). At one point, the characters read and discuss the comments section.

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6988840/1/ Bring Me All Your Elderly]] is all about the animated characters of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' going into [[TheLastAirbender The Movie]] and correcting their live-action counterparts, all fully aware that they are in a fanfic (except Zuko). At one point, the characters read and discuss the comments section.

* It's apparently quite common for [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]] [[{{Batman}} Fans]] to have the Joker starring in a MetaFic where he meets up with the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold many]] [[{{Batman}} different]] [[{{DCAU}} versions]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight of]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman himself]], often with the objective of exploring certain traits about him (why ''does'' the guy keep coming BackFromTheDead?) or of simply exploring the different ways the character can be portrayed. Of course, since the Joker regularly [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall and leans on]] the Fourth Wall pretty much all the time in canon, MetaFic involving him can get rather complicated...

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6988840/1/ Bring Me All Your Elderly]] is all about the animated characters of WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender going into [[TheLastAirbender The Movie]] and correcting their live-action counterparts, all fully aware that they are in a fanfic (except Zuko). At one point, the characters read and discuss the comments section.

* In the {{crossover}} fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7769780/1/The-Bank-Called-Your-Reality-Check-Bounced "The Bank Called, Your Reality Check Bounced]]," the main cast of ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' gets dropped into the world of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist.'' Most of the characters are at least slightly distressed; however, Kyoya not only takes the whole thing in stride, he corrects some of Tamaki's mistaken notions by explaining that "We're not in an anime. We're in a ''fan fiction''." He also comments on the concepts of a PortmanteauCoupleName and {{shipping}}.

* In the {{crossover}} fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7769780/1/The-Bank-Called-Your-Reality-Check-Bounced "The Bank Called, Your Reality Check Bounced]]," the main cast of ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' gets dropped into the world of ''FullmetalAlchemist.'' Most of the characters are at least slightly distressed; however, Kyoya not only takes the whole thing in stride, he corrects some of Tamaki's mistaken notions by explaining that "We're not in an anime. We're in a ''fan fiction''." He also comments on the concepts of a PortmanteauCoupleName and {{shipping}}.

* FanFic/BHF5 is super guilty of this, sometimes [[NoFourthWall REFFERING to the fourth wall they just broke (could we get a janitor in here?)]].

* Clell65619's ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4070610/8/Thrilling_Tales_of_the_Downright_Unusual Harry Potter and the Read Through]]'' mixes this and AnimatedActors, as the cast of the ''HarryPotter'' novels critique the new fanfic script they've just been handed.

* The Avatar fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7300974/1/I-Love-Bad-Fanfiction I Love Bad Fanfiction]] is about the characters being aware they are in a fanfiction and being forced to act out bad fanfiction clitches at the "director's" (read author's) "bad fanfiction party". It's implied that all other fics from other fandoms are acted out as well by each fandoms respective characters (although the HarryPotter output is so large the characters have no choice but to use body doubles).

* In the short WildKratts fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8448120/1/Oh-Crap-There-Are-Fanfics-Of-Us Oh Crap! There Are Fanfics Of Us]], the Kratt brothers and company discover the disturbing world of fanfiction and fanart. What makes the story real interesting is that the references are to actual fan works you can find, such as the Kitty/Martin fics on Fanfiction.net and [[IncestYayShipping Incest Yay]] art of the bros.

* The Avatar fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7300974/1/I-Love-Bad-Fanfiction I Love Bad Fanfiction]] is about the characters being aware they are in a fanfiction and being forced to act out bad fanfiction clitches at the "director's" (read author's) "bad fanfiction party". It's implied that all other fics from other fandoms are acted out as well by each fandoms respective characters (although the HarryPotter output is so large the characters have no choice but to use body doubles).

* FIM also has "Human" by Dannyj, which while indulging in HumansAreCthulu and DarkerAndEdgier, involves a former animator using his knowledge of the show to take over Canterlot, and Celestia working to become a main character to defeat the villain, as families explode and motives are revealed.

* FIM also has "Human" by Dannyj, which while indulging in Humans are Cthulu and Darker and Edgier, involves a former animator using his knowledge of the show to take over Canterlot, and Celestia working to become a main character to defeat the villain, as families explode and motives are revealed.

* Played straight and very dark by Creator/StephenKing in the ''DarkTower'' series. Roland and his ka-tet find themselves in a world that's realer than theirs, where time never runs backward, and which is critical to saving the multiverse--specifically, they have to make sure Creator/StephenKing lives to finish the series.