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{{quote|''"What do yooooooou think, fourth wall?"''|'''[[Riff Trax]]''', ''[[Troll 2]]''}}
A form of [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|fourth wall breakage]], an Aside Glance occurs when an actor gives a brief, silent glance to the camera as [[Lampshade Hanging|a way of acknowledging]] that their current
It's generally used as a way to acknowledge the audience's assumed reaction and show that the glancing character is just as smart as them and just as aware of the absurdity of the situation. Importantly, the glancer should never speak to the audience, nor should the other characters (if it is fiction) acknowledge that the person just glanced away.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' Tokine is discussing with Tokiko about bridges to dimensions, Tokiko then makes a out of the blue comment that Tokine should not be so hyperactive, when she was acting normally the entire time, Tokine then proceeds to make a
* ''[[Clannad]]'': Kyou and Tomoyo both do this after teasing [[Butt Monkey|Sunohara]] into another outburst.
** Kyou gives Tomoyo one when Tomoyo gives Nagisa her [[Graceful Loser]] line, ''"So you're why he's doing this... I'm so glad it's for someone like you."''
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** Wolf does one himself, after his hyperactive assistant Twitchy claims he doesn't drink coffee.
* In ''The Man Called Flintstone'' Fred does this during the song "Spy Type Guy".
* In ''[[Alpha and Omega]]'', Eve tries to tell her daughter how to handle her date if he gets out of line. Being [[Ax Crazy|Eve]], her advice was to "take those beautiful teeth of yours, go for the throat, and don't stop until the body stops shaking". Kate's response was wide-eyed shock, during which she gives an
* Esmeralda from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' actually winks at the viewers for a few seconds during her dance at the Feast of Fools before poledancing with a spear.
* Ray from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' does one when Louis has an overblown reaction to being pricked by a thorn.
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* During the [[Training Montage]] in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', the villagers are demonstrating their complete lack of skill while trying to draw arrows from their quivers. Robin just looks to the camera with a look of amused despair, then back to his pupils with a snort.
* In ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'', besides [[Address the Audience|narrating to the camera]] several times throughout the film, Ferris gives a few silent acknowledgments to the audience.
* In the ''[[Police Academy]]'' movies, Guttenberg's character would often do
* ''[[Fatal Instinct]]''. Lola Cain turns and looks at the audience after Ned Ravine turns her down.
* Aslan (very briefly) while he is being executed in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''.
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* ''[[Rutland Weekend Television]]'' had a sketch which featured an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THrJrBR0S7Y&feature=related entire group staring into the camera]. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], as they had [[Medium Awareness|become aware]] they were trapped by the writer, and, in an act of protest, decided to be silent. [[You Can't Fight Fate|They failed]] upon realizing he had written that silence in as well.
* In ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', Dorothy gives these a lot, especially after [[Cloudcuckoolander|Rose]] says something stupid.
* In an episode of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' called "Best Man for the Job", Kim and Tommy are having an intense running argument about their respective campaigns for class president. This extends to when they're morphed, to the point that they're delivering [[Offhand Backhand
* In a first season episode of ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'', uber-Christian Robin is commencing a group prayer when the (openly) gay atheist Ebony turns to the camera and rolls her eyes mid-prayer, in a rare example of a reality TV show personality acknowledging the camera during a non-talking head sequence.
* ''[[Community]]'' - Troy and Abed In The Morning! Notably, one instance where Jeff berates someone for appearing on this non-show, pointing out the lack of cameras: Abed looks directly into the camera.
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* ''[[Mad TV]]'''s Jordan Peele, playing as R. Kelly in "Trapped in the Cupboard," is in a grocery store and looks toward the camera during a line. Another customer notices this and looks in the same direction quizzically.
* [[Castle]] does this when his mother asks in bewilderment, "You haven't heard of [[Firefly|the Serenity]]?" in reference to a spiritual retreat she plans to attend. There have been a few [[Firefly]] references in the show to date; it is unclear if Nathan Fillion asks for them or if the writers are just big fans.
* ''[[The Burns and Allen Show]]'':
* In [[Miranda]], the titular character. ''All the time.'' And once hilariously done by her mother Penny when she's imitating her daughter.
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* Donkey Kong does this in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' when one of the Tiki Tak Tribe members tries and fails to hypnotize him.
* In ''[[Spyro]]: A Hero's Tail'', Ember asks Spyro if the dark gem next to her would make a nice engagement ring, flirting with him. Spyro gives an [[Oh Crap]] look directly to the camera in response.
* In [[Sonic Generations]], when Amy is rescued by Classic Sonic, and she gushes over him, Classic Sonic gives [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the most appropriate]]
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* In the middle of one episode of ''[[The Replacements]]'', Sheldon essentially summarizes everything that had happened thus far in the episode, after which he looks directly at the fourth wall and says "What do YOOUUU think [will happen]?" [[Fourth Wall Psych|Cut to Buzz,]] who is standing right in front of him.
** This actually happens with relative frequency; ''[[The Replacements]]'' '''loves''' subverting this trope (generally by having a cut reveal someone standing in the "camera" spot the characters were looking at).
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': Odd winks once or twice directly at the "camera" while in
* On ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Perry the Platypus frequently does this after [[Just Between You and Me|hearing the explanation]] of [[Harmless Villain|Dr. Doofensmirtz]]'s more [[Evil Is Petty|petty]] or inane schemes.
** Other characters pull this off from time to time, including Doofensmirtz himself in "Out of Toon". After his dancing ray hits both him and Perry the Platypus, causing the two to compulsively dance together, he glances at the camera with the remark "And to add insult to injury, ''the platypus'' is leading."
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* ''[[Family Guy]]'' tends to do this a lot. Usually after Peter has just pointed out something using his [[Genre Savvy|Genre Savviness]]
{{quote|'''Peter:''' And since you're black and I'm white, that makes it more a-special for the audience! ''(aside glance)''}}
* Lampshaded to hell and back in ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', where 1987 Raphael does this all the
{{quote|'''Raph''': ''([[No Fourth Wall|to camera]])''Some people just can't handle change.<br />
'''Hun:''' ''(follows his gaze)'' Why do you keep doing that? Who are you talking to?! '''There's no-one there!''' }}
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