Medium Awareness/Quotes

"This is my show, and I'll do what I like with it. Cue the carollers!"

—Basil Brush

Kogoro: With his super speed, Kogoro can don his helmet faster than the eye can perceive!
Keroro: He's talking as if someone else is narrating!

Giroro: Yes!! I was almost fooled by that square balloon!!

—Keroro Gunsou, Encounter 51: Target: The Hinata Household

Ed: End of first sequence, and fade to black.

—Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy, "An Ed in the Bush"

Edd: An iris-in would be appropriate, don't you think?

iris-in to black*

Edd: Thank you.

—Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy, "Here's Mud in Your Ed"

Skippy: I feel airsick. Urp!

Slappy: Dissolve to the next scene, quick!

—Animaniacs

The Warners: Iris out already, please!

—Animaniacs

Miner: What brings you to these parts, sonny?

Yakko: The player with the Controller in their hands, if I'm not mistaken.

—Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt (Ye Old West soundstage)

"The truth was a burning green crack through my brain. Weapon statistics hanging in the air, glimpsed out of the corner of my eye. Endless repetition of the act of shooting, time slowing down to show off my moves. The paranoid feel of someone controlling my every step. I was in a computer game. Funny as Hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of."

—Max Payne

Mille: What is this mysterious enigma of mystery that has been mentioned about 15 times in the story without really telling us what it is?

—Ilivais X, Day 11: Darkened Holy Knight

Skippy: But those were cartoons and this is real life!

Slappy: *Addressing the viewer* Don't tell him. He might break.

—Animaniacs (which has quite a lot of this trope, if you couldn't already tell)

"Being self-aware sure is hilarious!"

—Alpha 5, Truncated Power Rangers