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'''Ricky Lipman:''' ''(pause)'' Dammit, that's true. }}

** Let's not forget the "slow clap" rules.

'''Areola:''' I am here only to serve as object of lust for poor American nerds who cannot get pussy. }}

* Pretty much all of ''[[Galaxy Quest]]''. When the characters [[And You Thought It Was a Game|realize they're in a real space battle]], they try to use sensible, real-life tactics, and fight the tendency to act like the characters they play -- which backfires, because they're ''much'' more effective once they start acting their parts. The [[Plucky Comic Relief]] is the most Genre Savvy of the bunch, leading to him being convinced he's doomed because he used to play a [[Red Shirt]]. He manages to survive and [[Promotion to Opening Titles|gets upgraded to a main character]] with the rank of security chief. Guy actually starts out as the ''only'' [[Genre Savvy]] member of the crew (and [[Only Sane Man]]) before they all wise up.

** Hans virtually accuses McClane to his face of being [[Wrong Genre Savvy]], for expecting to ride off triumphantly into the sunset like a Western hero!

* Nick Cannon's character in the ''Day of the Dead'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZd_OdK1KEo remake]. Could also be considered [[Death By Genre Savvy]], as someone dies moments after he says this (but it's a teaser, so that's up for debate)

* The Operative in ''[[Serenity]]'' shows an awareness of genre conventions while fighting Mal.

{{quote|"Nothing here is what it seems. He is not the plucky hero, the Alliance is not some evil empire, and this isn't the grand arena."

* Jentee of ''[[Magical Legend of the Leprechauns]]'' seems perfectly aware that the circumstances around him are a romantic tragedy waiting to happen -- to the degree that when the protagonists in love come to him for help, he suggests that committing suicide might persuade their warring families to resolve their differences. {{spoiler|Turns out he's right.}}

* In ''[[Time Bandits]]'', Kevin, at least, knows what's up when they meet [[Robin Hood]]. He even tries to explain to the dwarves afterwards that of course Robin is going to hand out the treasure they stole to the poor.

{{quote|'''Ash:''' It's a trick. Get an axe.}}

* In ''[[Road To]] Morocco'', Hope and Crosby try the old "pat-a-cake" routine (used to great success in the series' earlier films) on the villain's henchmen, only to get clobbered:

** M is rather aware of what James Bond is all about in most of her appearances, and not above an [[One-Liner|one-liner or two of her own;]]

{{quote|'''Admiral''': (watching Bond {{spoiler|wage a one-man assault on a massive arms sale to prevent a nuclear incident}}) What does he think he's '''doing?'''|'''M''': His job.}}

** He's also savvy enough to have Bond hand over his watch after capturing him, and asks, "So how is old Q? Still up to his usual tricks? Still press here do I?" before using the watch to deactivate the explosives Bond has placed.

*** However, he isn't savvy enough to {{spoiler|take away Bond's pen grenade}}... or to just kill Bond when he has the chance.

* The Fallen himself from [[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]. He believes (or at least knows) that he could be defeated by a Prime, so he refused to go to Earth until Optimus was taken care of. And when {{spoiler|the Matrix of Leadership revives Optimus, he immediately attacks Optimus and rips the Matrix from his chest and teleports away, leaving Optimus critically injured.}}

** Sam in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' displays these moments throughout the film. The moment he realizes the Decepticons are active, he immediately goes to warn Optimus and the Autobots. He sees through NEST's attempts at hiding in plain sight and when he is dismissed purely because he's a civilan, he contacts Simmons and finds out why the Russians stopped trying to get to the moon. He was the one who figured out that {{spoiler|the Decepticons were going after Sentinel and the remaining pillars.}}

** The Autobots realized that {{spoiler|Sentinel and the Decepticons won't live up to their end of the bargain and likely try to destroy their spaceship to kill them all in one shot. So they sent up their ship empty and sure enough, Starscream obilerates it, declaring them dead. Which would allow the Autobots to pull their [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment later without anyone seeing it coming.}}

* [[Samuel L. Jackson|Elijah Price]] from ''[[Unbreakable]]'' is how someone could use [[Genre Savvy]] to discover the world's first superhero {{spoiler|and become the world's first supervillain}}.

 

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