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* Christof in ''[[The Truman Show]]'' is an interesting example. Truman is not a fictional character, but every aspect of his life, including the people around him, is controlled by Christof. In the film's climax {{spoiler|Christof ''[[Cue the Sun|makes the sun rise]]'' in order to stop Truman's escape.}}
* The Black Beast in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' vanishes when the animator has a fatal heart attack, implying some combination of this trope with [[No Ontological Inertia]] and a good dose of [[Beyond the Fourth Wall]].
* In ''Delirious'', a soap opera writer gets hit on the head and [[Trapped in TV Land|wakes up as a character inside his own show]]. His typewriter comes with him, and he can use it to alter and plan out events in the show, even affecting other characters' behavior. However, a rival author has been hired to write show scripts as well, leading to a rare case of someone with
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''The Number of the Beast''. Near the end the characters think they may be up against an Author: a truly worrisome thought, because the characters know that the universe is created from the imagination of authors.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in [[Spike Milligan]]'s novel ''Puckoon'', where Dan, the lead character, has frequent arguments with the narrator ("Did you write these legs? Who wrote ''your'' legs?"). At the end of the book the narrator has the last laugh by leaving Dan [[Tethercat Principle|stuck up a tree forever]].
* [[Kurt Vonnegut]] makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Breakfast of Champions]]'', and demonstrates his
* [[Robert Rankin]] sometimes appears in his own [[Far Fetched Fiction]] with
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
** Adventure WG7 ''Castle Greyhawk''. One of the dungeon levels has the author of that level being [[The Omnipotent|omnipotent]] and interacting with the [[PC
** The April Fools section of Dragon magazine #36 has the Dungeon Master (the person who creates an adventure) as a monster who has the power of a deity.
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* In ''[[Bob and George]]''. the Author is [[Author Guest Spot|an occasional cast member]] of the comic. The cast of the comic frequently gets into arguments with him, makes fun of the fact that sprite comics are all he can manage and generally treat him like a normal member of the cast. Never mind that he has been known to raise the dead in order to fix their mistakes and bend reality to suit the needs of the plot.
* In ''[[Books Don't Work Here]]''. the Author is the narrator and takes an active hand in directing the characters. Not that it does him a lot of good most of the time.
* Some of the ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' filler strips feature Dan Shive interacting with the characters and warping reality, usually dishing out [[Gender Bender
* Played with in ''[[Homestuck]]''; while Andrew Hussie does exist in universe (and is even shown physically drawing the strip), he has stated that the extent of his interference in the story proper will be limited to "[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005558 exactly one yard]." {{spoiler|Turns out to be the length between [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|two fourth walls.]]}}
** He has also been shown not to be immune to the [[Psychic Powers]] of his characters, and has to cover up the [[No Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall]] when he's not using it to stop them from seeing him. [[Superpower Lottery|It's safe to say he's got the short end of the stick here.]]
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