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* In ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'', the protagonist tells the reader in the first chapter that if they are "a normal kid [[DirectLineToTheAuthor reading this because they think it's fiction", they are free to keep reading.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/WordParty'': The babies and narrator address you as the ''big kid''.
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* An episode of Johnny Test did this as well. Johnny and his talking dog Dukey are trapped in an action movie (through the use of VR helmets created by his genius sisters), and when they realize how the movie's supposed to end (think Thelma & Louise) Dukey screams at Johnny "You couldn't have just stayed home and watched cartoons like normal kids!". [[BreakingTheFourthWall Johnny and Dukey then pause and look at the viewer]] before continuing to panic about getting out of the movie.

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* An episode of Johnny Test ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' did this as well. Johnny and his [[TalkingAnimal talking dog dog]] Dukey are trapped in an action movie (through the use of VR helmets created by his genius sisters), and when they realize how the movie's supposed to end (think Thelma & Louise) Dukey screams at Johnny "You couldn't have just stayed home and watched cartoons like normal kids!". [[BreakingTheFourthWall Johnny and Dukey then pause and look at the viewer]] before continuing to panic about getting out of the movie.
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An episode of Johnny Test did this as well. Johnny and his talking dog Dukey are trapped in an action movie (through the use of VR helmets created by his genius sisters), and when they realize how the movie's supposed to end (think Thelma & Louise) Dukey screams at Johnny "You couldn't have just stayed home and watched cartoons like normal kids!". [[BreakingTheFourthWall Johnny and Dukey then pause and look at the viewer]] before continuing to panic about getting out of the movie.

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* An episode of Johnny Test did this as well. Johnny and his talking dog Dukey are trapped in an action movie (through the use of VR helmets created by his genius sisters), and when they realize how the movie's supposed to end (think Thelma & Louise) Dukey screams at Johnny "You couldn't have just stayed home and watched cartoons like normal kids!". [[BreakingTheFourthWall Johnny and Dukey then pause and look at the viewer]] before continuing to panic about getting out of the movie.
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An episode of Johnny Test did this as well. Johnny and his talking dog Dukey are trapped in an action movie (through the use of VR helmets created by his genius sisters), and when they realize how the movie's supposed to end (think Thelma & Louise) Dukey screams at Johnny "You couldn't have just stayed home and watched cartoons like normal kids!". [[BreakingTheFourthWall Johnny and Dukey then pause and look at the viewer]] before continuing to panic about getting out of the movie.
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''"Don't try this at home son, this is movie magic."''

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''"Don't try this at home son, this is movie magic."''
-->--Website/{{IMDB}}, on the Goofs page for ''Film/{{Fandango}}''
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* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': Garfield whenever he tells the viewer DontTryThisAtHome.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The opening theme starts with a pirate painting saying "Are ya ready, kids?"
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': The characters always address the audience as kids.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': Garfield whenever he tells the viewer DontTryThisAtHome.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The opening theme starts with a pirate painting saying "Are ya ready, kids?"
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': The characters always address the audience as kids.
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Compare FakeInteractivity.

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Compare FakeInteractivity.
FakeInteractivity. Related to TargetAudience.
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* The teenage protagonist of ''Literature/TheLastOfWill'' assumes the reader is an adult, even saying in the first that the reader probably isn't going to take her seriously because of her young age.

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* The teenage protagonist of ''Literature/TheLastOfWill'' assumes the reader is an adult, even saying in the first that chapter the reader probably isn't going to take her seriously because of her young age.



* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': A rather odd example where a fictional version of your voice will chime in just in case you don't respond to Steve's questions. The voice is childlike.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': A rather odd example where a fictional version of your voice will chime in just in case you don't respond to Steve's questions. The Your fake voice is childlike.sounds like a toddler or preschooler.
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* ''VideoGames/FreddiFish'': In the second game the title character treats the player as a classmate at her school.

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* ''VideoGames/FreddiFish'': ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'': In the second game the title character treats the player as a classmate at her school.
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Hey, there, youngster. I don't know if you've ever seen this trope in your short life, but {{Fourth Wall Observer}}s and characters in works with NoFourthWall have a tendency to assume the viewer/reader/player's age.

In {{Edutainment}} shows and games, they will assume the viewer/player to be a child. In first-person novels, this can go either way -- the narrator might assume the reader to be an adult, or might assume the reader to be a child. Or maybe a teenager.

Compare FakeInteractivity.

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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'': Ebony assumes the reader to be old enough to be sexually aroused, calling you a "sicko".
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The teenage protagonist of ''Literature/TheLastOfWill'' assumes the reader is an adult, even saying in the first that the reader probably isn't going to take her seriously because of her young age.
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* ''VideoGame/AdibooMagicalPlayland'': No matter what birth date you put in at the beginning of the game, the title character treats you as a playmate.
* ''VideoGames/FreddiFish'': In the second game the title character treats the player as a classmate at her school.
* Naturally happens in the ''VideoGame/{{Jumpstart}}'' games, with the characters assuming the player to be an elementary schooler.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': A rather odd example where a fictional version of your voice will chime in just in case you don't respond to Steve's questions. The voice is childlike.
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