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** One episode has a tie-in to the video games. Meowth says he can't learn Pay Day because he used up all his move slots. It's later established that the only attack Meowth can use is Scratch or Fury Swipes, because he used the rest of his move slots to ''speak human language''.

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** One episode has directly acknowledges a tie-in to mechanic from the video games. Meowth says he can't learn Pay Day because he used up all his move slots. It's later established that the only attack Meowth can use is Scratch or Fury Swipes, because he used the rest of his move slots to ''speak human language''.


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* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': In the manga, Anya's telepathy is frequently depicted as her directly looking at other characters' thought bubbles.
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* This happens constantly in several of Ai Yazawa's works, such as ''Manga/GokinjoMonogatari'' and ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' (manga-version only). Characters complain about lack of lines or comment on other characters' thought bubbles. She has also used it in ''Kagen no Tsuki'' and ''Manga/TenshiNankaJaNai'', albeit in a less over-the-top way.

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* This happens constantly in several of Ai Yazawa's works, such as ''Manga/GokinjoMonogatari'' ''Manga/NeighborhoodStory'' and ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' (manga-version only). Characters complain about lack of lines or comment on other characters' thought bubbles. She has also used it in ''Kagen no Tsuki'' and ''Manga/TenshiNankaJaNai'', albeit in a less over-the-top way.
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* In ''LightNovel/TheCircumstancesLeadingToWaltrautesMarriage'', several characters do this. Some of Waltraute's sisters complain that it's not fair they have less screen time than her. Freyja at one point boasts that she's so sexy she has to be censored.

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* In ''LightNovel/TheCircumstancesLeadingToWaltrautesMarriage'', ''Literature/TheCircumstancesLeadingToWaltrautesMarriage'', several characters do this. Some of Waltraute's sisters complain that it's not fair they have less screen time than her. Freyja at one point boasts that she's so sexy she has to be censored.
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* ''Anime/TheBigO'': In-universe example. Gordon Rosewater, the former ruler of Paradigm City and effectively the ''former protagonist'', became aware that his world was one big TrumanShowPlot. While he was okay with being an actor in his own life, he got sick of the show's 'director' nosediving the show - and his empire - into the ground while she refused to take any input from the people living in her nightmare. He decided to 'negotiate' with her. The ratings-fluctuating robot war ended the world, but defeating his own director was the killing blow. [[spoiler:Quite literally, as the previous series' canon was scrapped entirely, and then a new canon was created that only imported a few characters, like Rosewater - and potentially the 'tomatoes'.]] By the end, Gordon remembers he orchestrated Roger Smith's journey in order to make him a true Negotiator between authors and their characters. Though Roger doesn't quite understand, he eventually breaks the in-universe Fourth Wall and manages to properly negotiate with the Director.

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* In the first season of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', Lina grows so angry with Gourry that she grabs a hold of her own SweatDrop and hits him over the head with it.

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* In the first season of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', Lina grows so angry with Gourry that she grabs a hold of her own SweatDrop and hits him over the head with it.



* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Kyon's narration is sometimes overheard by the characters, leading to the idea that Kyon just mumbles narration to himself everywhere he goes.

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* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Kyon's narration is sometimes overheard by the characters, leading to the idea that Kyon just mumbles narration to himself everywhere he goes.



* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' does this quite straight. Senjougahara compliments her own seiyuu.
** The line also appears in the original light novel, making this further confusing.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' does this quite straight. ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has Senjougahara compliments complimenting her own seiyuu.
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* The characters of ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' begin the first episode arguing how being an anime will affect their story which is being adapted from a series of LightNovels.

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* The characters of ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' begin the first episode arguing how being an anime will affect their story which is being adapted from a series of LightNovels.



* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has several characters exhibit Medium Awareness as dictated by RuleOfFunny; for example, the first episode of the second season practically has Nyarko recap the entire premise of the series and introduce the entire cast...while [[OnlySaneMan Mahiro]] wonders what the hell she's doing. Before that, the episode starts with a [[ShoutOut parody]] of the opening to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', with Nyarko as Samantha and Mahiro as Darrin; we later see it's just a video she's having made. Interestingly, the opening includes credits for their actual voice actresses (Creator/KanaAsumi and Creator/EriKitamura respectively), a fact that not even Mahiro seems to notice.

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* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has several characters exhibit Medium Awareness as dictated by RuleOfFunny; for example, the first episode of the second season practically has Nyarko recap the entire premise of the series and introduce the entire cast...while [[OnlySaneMan Mahiro]] wonders what the hell she's doing. Before that, the episode starts with a [[ShoutOut parody]] of the opening to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', with Nyarko as Samantha and Mahiro as Darrin; we later see it's just a video she's having made. Interestingly, the opening includes credits for their actual voice actresses (Creator/KanaAsumi and Creator/EriKitamura respectively), a fact that not even Mahiro seems to notice.



* Chapter 8 of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' has several girls [[ImagineSpotting look up at the]] ImagineSpot depicting Saito's sexy dream of Louise, and in the next panel Louise is waving her arms through it to dissipate it.

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* Chapter 8 of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' has several girls [[ImagineSpotting look up at the]] ImagineSpot depicting Saito's sexy dream of Louise, and in the next panel Louise is waving her arms through it to dissipate it.
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' not only [[NoFourthWalk never built its fourth wall]], characters regularly interact with things like the narration boxes.

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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' not only [[NoFourthWalk [[NoFourthWall never built its fourth wall]], characters regularly interact with things like the narration boxes.
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' not only [[NoFourthWalk never built its fourth wall]], characters regularly interact with things like the narration boxes.
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* In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part Three]]'', at one point, when it seems like enemy stand user ZZ[[note]]named after Music/ZZTop[[/note]] has burned protagonist Jotaro to death, he declares:

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* In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Adventure Part Three]]'', 3: Stardust Crusaders]]'', at one point, when it seems like enemy stand user ZZ[[note]]named after Music/ZZTop[[/note]] has burned protagonist Jotaro to death, he declares:
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* The 1985 Creator/OsamuTezuka short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FMKlXmboEo Broken Down Film]]'' has the cowboy hero both able to do things like grab a speech balloon and use it as a weapon, but also take advantage of (or be pestered by) things like scratches in the film, a hair stuck in the projector, and jittering frames.
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* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' generally leaves the [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall]] alone, but there are occasions where they breaks just a little bit for laugh.

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* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' ''Manga/CaseClosed'' generally leaves the [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall]] alone, but there are occasions where they breaks just a little bit for laugh.
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** [[LovableCoward Misora]] tries to wave away a BossCaption that introduces her as Misora to the readers after she just denied that she was Misora to Asuna.

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** [[LovableCoward Misora]] tries to wave away a BossCaption [[BossSubtitles Caption]] that introduces her as Misora to the readers after she just denied that she was Misora to Asuna.
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** [[LovableCoward Misora]] tries to wave away a caption that introduces her as Misora to the readers after she just denied that she was Misora to Asuna.

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** [[LovableCoward Misora]] tries to wave away a caption BossCaption that introduces her as Misora to the readers after she just denied that she was Misora to Asuna.

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