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1	!!Characters involved in production
2	* The Disney film ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' is about a dog who's convinced he has superpowers, because he's actually the star of a TV show whose director believes strongly in EnforcedMethodActing.
3	* Or in this case, a Movie Within a Movie, according to ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. Once originally a story about the title character and his "sky is falling" incident, it was eventually remade into an action-packed science fiction flick.
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6	!!Characters are fans
7	* The {{Creator/Disney}} animated ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' has two. The dogs watch the dog-hero show ''Thunderbolt'', and the criminal sidekicks watch ''What's My Crime?''
8	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'' has ''The Mel Dorado Show'', which is a talk show hosted by a brown Cadillac who for some reason wears glasses over his windshield (eyes) and ''Tire Talky'', a Japanese talk show sponsored by a purple truck who constantly carries a giant Jumbotron on his trailer (the episode shown on the truck's screen is one where Francesco Bernoulli is shown demonstrating his soccer skills in front of the show's host (a Scion XB)).
9	* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie The LEGO Movie]]'', Emmet and the other citizens of Bricksburg are all fans of a show called ''Where Are My Pants?''. [[spoiler: Later on, Wyldstyle "cancels" it when she hijacks the channel to broadcast a message, flinging a pair of LEGO legs at the male actor as she shoos him away.]]
10	-->"''Honey, where are my paaaaaaaaants?''"
11	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her mother Ming are seen watching a Chinese drama called ''Jade Palace Diaries'' on TV.
12	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'', Master Splinter is [[Main/NotSoAboveItall shown to be a fan]] of an unnamed soap opera.
13	--> '''Splinter:''' If anyone needs me, I'll be watching my stories. Cody is going to break up with Donna, I just ''know'' it.
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16	!!Show is plot point
17	* ''Franchise/ToyStory''
18	** Co-hero Buzz Lightyear has [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand his own show]], as well as [[WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}} a film]], that was {{Defictionaliz\|ation}}ed. The show's pilot movie starts with the toys getting the movie to watch, and the opening credits of the series feature Buzz rushing to get to the TV to watch the show.
19	** Woody, Jessie, Stinky Pete, and Bullseye from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' are all merchandise of the main characters of an old puppet show called ''Woody's Roundup''.

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