Frame Break: Difference between revisions

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[[File:frame break 618.png|link=The Order of the Stick|frame|And sometimes, you get ''literal'' examples.]]

 

A [[Painting the Medium]] and [[Medium Awareness]] trope, where characters interact with the confines of the scene. For example, interacting with borders around comic strip panels by crashing through the side or falling out the bottom. In live action media, it might be that it is implied that two characters are in a different settings, in different buildings, yet one of them can reach into the other setting.

 

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Odd-Shaped Panel]] and [[Ninja Prop]].

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== Anime & Manga ==

* Obligatory ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' example: Negi, [[Blue with Shock]], holds on to the frame in a "Kilroy was here" pose when he contemplates what Evangeline's going to do to him for losing the ring she gave him.

* When a character is formally introduced in ''[[One Piece]]'', they often stand outside the panel, overlapping it.

 

== Comic Books ==

* One ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' animation had a [[Comic Book]] superhero bouncing off the walls of his panel in an attempt to escape.

 

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* Every so often a character in ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'' would literally lean on the fourth wall this way (or at least against the frame border); on occasion Albert would use it to strike a match for his trademark cigars.

* ''[[Little Nemo in Slumberland]]'' used this on occasion. In [http://www.comicstriplibrary.org/display/417 one strip], Flip tears off the bottom frame of a panel and uses it to knock down letters from the comic's logo.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Comix Zone]]'' makes use of this trope, as it takes place ''in a comic book''. Not a comic book world, the actual pages.

* ''[[Jump Super Stars]]'' - You can punch through the "panels" and then [[Ring Out|do extra damage by hitting enemies out of the "comic"]].

 

== Web Comics ==