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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Dead End: Paranormal Park (TV Series)| Paranormal Park]]'' reveals that Temeluchus the Demon King of all characters is this in the musical episode. He has a musical spell that Pugsley uses to turn the whole park into a musical as a distraction, and literally steals the show from Pauline Parker when it's his turn to sing. And yes, he loves [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] during this duet with Pugsley.

* ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' shows with Bill Cipher that if you make a character like the Genie into the [[Big Bad]], he will be a crowd-pleaser. Bill shows repeatedly that [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]], that he knows Time Baby from a [[Bad Future]] for humanity, and that people love his hammy nature. Also, he will possess your body and use it to fall down a flight of stairs, [[For the Evulz]], if you make a deal with him.

* ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' shows with Bill Cipher that if you make a character like the Genie into the [[Big Bad]], he will be a crowd-pleaser. Bill shows repeatedly that [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]], he can duplicate himself in the Mindscape, that he knows Time Baby from a [[Bad Future]] for humanity, and that people love his hammy nature. Also, he will possess your body and use it to fall down a flight of stairs, [[For the Evulz]], if you make a deal with him.

* Discord from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''. As the God of Chaos, he not only has complete [[Medium Awareness]], but his potent [[Reality Warping]] abilities extend to the fourth wall, meaning he can ''manipulate'' the fourth wall itself. Not only can he address the viewers as easily as he does the Mane Cast, he can change the art style (to say, anime or CG-animation), change the genre, rewind or fast-forward the story, or (in comic book adaptations) rewrite captions. Thank goodness he was only a [[Villain of the Week]] in Season 2, and Fluttershy succeeded in reforming him. ''And'' much like Genie himself does, he tends to make jokes with pop culture references that, by all logic, should be unknown in Equestria, like to [[Bob Ross]] and ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''. But hey, such are the ways of Chaos.

* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' had a Genie parody (while also making references to [[Robin Williams]]' past roles) in "Gay Bash", where Xandir tries to wish to not be gay. The Genie is insulted by this, which leads him to run off while telling Xandir he is better off accepting his gay feelings. After talking it out, the Genie reveals himself to be gay as well, and they fall in love, becoming boyfriends. However, Lord Slashstab (Xandir's [[Arch Enemy]]), takes his lamp and leads him into a neverending quest to save his boyfriend.

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** Alastor and Vox in seem to be battling for this role when Vox roasts Alastor for being away for a long time, only for Alastor to turn the tables and knock him off the air. Alastor also addresses the audience that the status quo is changing.

** Then Alastor faces off Lucifer, showing jealousy about the latter's relationship with Charlie. Both of them mess with the fourth wall, with Lucifer summoning puppet duplicates, but it ends in a draw. {{spoiler|The season finale shows that Lucifer ''could'' have thrashed Alastor more thoroughly if he had been vexed enough, considering what he does to Adam}}. Voice actor Jeremy Jordan has even stated that he was inspired by the Trope Namer when portraying the character.

* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' has the Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister!) enact this trope from time to time. They messed with the first Thanksgiving ever because a pilgrim was hunting their turkey friend, and opted to drop him in a void when he asked to be left alone; during "The Monkey Song" they frequently drop in on Dr. Scratchensniff to mess with him.

== [[Other Media]] ==