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[[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades hung]] in anime and manga.
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== Other Lampshades ==
* Meteor Gin, the [[All There in the Manual|info book]] for ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]'', hangs ''many'' lampshades over the series' host of unusual things, such as the dogs' ability to use tools, the humans' general unwillingness to do anything about the huge packs of wild dogs roaming around Japan (or the ''giant killer bears'' for that matter) and a certain wolf character's highly improbable attack formation, which is basically a thousand wolves forming a gigantic wolf.▼
▲* Meteor Gin, the [[All There in the Manual|info book]] for ''[[Ginga Nagareboshi Gin]]'', hangs ''many'' lampshades over the series' host of unusual things, such as the dogs' ability to use tools, the humans' general unwillingness to do anything about the huge packs of wild dogs roaming around Japan (or the ''giant killer bears'' for that matter) and a certain wolf character's highly improbable attack formation, which is basically a thousand wolves forming a gigantic wolf.
* [[Cowboy Bebop]] does this during the movie. The police are being filled in by a doctor about a massive bio-terror attack that has just taken place, when the rookie cop starts sneezing. Off the terrified looks of both his superior and the doctor, the rookie comments that it's just hay fever. A short time later, while making small talk with his boss, the rookie muses, "You'd think they would have cured hay fever by now".
* ''[[Witchblade (
** The original already sounds like a mix of [[Orgasmic Combat]] and [[Dissonant Serenity]]. May be even better, as the anime adaptation plays on the subtle alien-ness of the Witchblade.
* This [[Trope]] basically comprises all of the content in one episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga there's a short arc that consists of a long flashback of the Civil War against the Ishvalans. In it, the then-Major Roy Mustang is talking to the then-Captain Maes Hughes when the latter receives a letter from his lover Gracia back in the Central City. As the family-enthusiastic he is, he gets overly emotional about the letter, to which Roy Mustang [[Genre Savvy|warns him that]], in books and movies, the "family-type guy" is always [[Fatal Family Photo|the first to be killed]]. {{spoiler|And then they get attacked by an Ishvalan, both of them are unarmed, of course.}} Especially blatant since {{spoiler|Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes, who by then also has a three-year-old daughter he is overly passionate about, becomes the first important character to die in the series several issues before this flashback.}}
** Also in ''FMA'', the logic behind Armstrong going [[Shirtless Scene|shirtless]], and as to [[Hammerspace|where]] his clothing has gone, is sometimes questioned on-screen by his comrades.
** When Edward comments that Father Cornello trying to create a [[Mook]] army cult to take over the world is generic and boring.
* A hentai manga, one of Saigado's ''Yuri and Friends'' series, actually has a character point out the "censorship black dots" that covered the "goods", commenting that "it would feel even better if the black dot wasn't in the way!!"
** There is at least one H-manga where the guy's penis ''is'' a black bar and she complains about the shape.
* Yet another [[Hentai]] dojinshi, this time of ''[[Disgaea]]''. Initially, Adell and Rozalin are just starting to go at it -- and then one comments how this seems like such a bad porn plot... And then the camera zooms back on the [[Everything's Better
* In ''[[Tubame Syndrome]]'', when Taiga tries to have a tender moment and confess to Tubame, he suddenly gets interrupted by a kick to the face at the pivotal moment. Afterward, he wonders to himself why he only gets interrupted during the good moments.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', the fact that Protagonist Juudai seems to expand his [[True Companions]] without effort is commented on in both versions, among [[Deconstructor Fleet|other tropes]]. The dub takes this further with many [[Hurricane of Puns|rapid-fire pun-fests]] and characters [[Meta Guy|commenting on the ridiculousness of the situation]].
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', and especially in the [[Non
** In direct reference to Kuririn, it is entirely likely that the man would have (if asked) outright said he was making sure it would work, making the lampshade as glaring as a tie-dyed Kevlar actual lampshade would be.
** The entire fight between Gotenks and Super Buu is made of this [[Trope]]. Gotenks does every stupid bit from the earlier fights in the show, such as [[Inaction Sequence|taking forever to power up]] and [[I Am Not Left
** The 2008 special hangs a massive lampshade on the ridiculous [[Power Level]] growth and [[Can't Catch Up|gaps]] of the series by having two opponents appear who are "as strong as Frieza" to which Goku responds that he wasn't much of an opponent in retrospect and they're perfect [[Lamarck Was Right|for the kids]].
** In the original dub, one of Bibidi's minions claims (as they all do) that he'll easily end Goku and Vegeta where they stand. Goku's response: "Heh. This guy doesn't realize there are still 60 more episodes"
** When Vegeta learns that kid! Trunks and Goten have both gone SSJ, he realizes that the once-legendary transformation just isn't as legendary anymore. Translations range from "Is there a Super-Saiyan bargain sale on?" to "When did it become a child's plaything?"
* ''[[
* In a recent episode of ''[[Naruto]]'', Sai lampshades Naruto's tendency to exert a ridiculous amount of effort in training. Sai, while reading a book on friends, comes across Naruto practicing. After reading that "when a friend is engaged in strenuous work or play, the thoughtful thing to do is to bring him refreshment.", he looks up to see Naruto using 1000 shadow clones to learn a new technique. Noting "lack of refreshments is the least of his worries right now" he then bites into the apple he had been bringing for Naruto.
** The manga gives us this particular exchange right after the fight with the Sound Ninja in the 2nd Chunin Exam:
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'''Chouji:''' So far out of the loop he doesn't even know there is a loop. He's not gonna be [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|the hero of this little story]]. }}
** In the Chuunin Exam arc Might Guy made use of a tortoise summon. Said summon was not seen again until roughly four years later story-time and several hundred chapters of the manga. On appearing, the tortoise chewed Guy out for not summoning him for so long, only to do so again in ''mid air''.
* ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'' seems to enjoy hanging lampshades on many of its [[Trope|tropes]], such as [[Big Brother Instinct|the relationship between the heroine and a junior member]] of the [[Gentleman Thief|Gentleman Thief's]] gang, or [[Improbable Age|the fact that the heroine is a bit young]] to be a cat burglar.
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' hangs lampshades in order to help ''subvert'' its [[Trope|tropes]] -- the [[Bishounen|pretty boy]] main character is so pretty that his callsign and half-mocking nickname among his friends is Princess (to his chagrin); when Klein, a [[Human Aliens|Zentraedi]] who [[Sleep Mode Size|has trouble with her "height"]] when human-sized, is teased by an old friend about it, the old friend jokes that if they ever got romantically involved the friend would probably get arrested for pedophilia.
* ''[[Kara no Kyoukai
* In ''[[
* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. Of course, that is bound to happen when you have normal, [[Genre Savvy]] people in a crazy world. Haruhi herself, admits to recruiting people to her club because they fit stereotypes; a [[moe]] girl and
** Kyon's [[First-Person Smartass]] narration lampshades just about everything.
** Haruhi has lines in "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya" that show the dangers of ''not'' lampshading when necessary. When Kyon suggests that there's no reason for "combat waitress" Mikuru to be from the future, she says "We can think about it if someone pokes fun at it. We can just ignore the question if we can't think up an excuse for it. [[Rule of Cool|Anything goes if it's interesting]]!"
* ''[[
* In the second episode of [[Code Geass]] R2, C.C. lampshades Lelouch's [[Large Ham]] tendencies after he tricks a Britannian soldier into leaving their Knightmare Frame for the umpteenth time and then gloatingly geasses them. "I understand your geass only works with direct eye contact, but were those theatrics really necessary?"
** Upon meeting Lelouch/Zero for the first time, one of the members of the Shinjuku [[La Résistance|resistance cell]] comments that he "didn't expect the master strategist to be such a ham."
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* ''[[Love Hina]]'' lampshades itself several times. One of the best examples is that, after Keitaro take countless [[Megaton Punch|Megaton Punches]] and completely heals within a few panels over the course of the story, it was stated by characters and ascended into a plot device that he is in fact immortal.
** Keitaro himself gets in on it in Volume 12. Naru had just leapt off a cliff after him (he fell), and he managed to stop their fall partway down by snagging a branch.
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** Keitaro gets caught peeking at Naru in the bath (again), this time from the "safety" of a second floor balcony.
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** In the manga, Keitaro takes a bowling ball full force to the back of the head. He gets up and apologizes, prompting Naru to ask "ARE YOU A ZOMBIE?!"
** And let's not forget that it becomes such a plot device that the characters are more surprised when a very heavy bell falls on Keitaro and he actually gets hurt. (broken leg)
* In ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', Mokona mentions that it is getting very, very confused with the plot. Anyone following said plot since the beginning agrees.
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* In an episode of ''[[Bleach]]'', Kon ends up being a hapless [[Super Sentai]] parody, who makes jibes against a monster saying he'll be able to kill him before the commercial break. There's even reference to the ridiculous FX, which turns out to be generated by one of the other characters.
* In ''[[
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'''Kazuma:''' Tell me something I don't already know! }}
* In ''[[D
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* In ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', the protagonist's [[Humongous Mecha]] is able to instantly drop out of [[Hammerspace]] whenever he needs it. In one episode, his sidekick asks how this happens, and in a subversion of [[Possession Implies Mastery]], he replies that he's kind of vague about that detail.
* ''[[Darker
** The bonus episode is a somewhat [[Lighter and Softer]] self-parody and with its heroine's fetish for Hei's collar-bone, lampshades the [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]. At least twice during the series, characters see Hei in costume and then immediately after see his civilian identity, but don't make a connection between the two. The heronie's fetish indicates that a moderately perceptive person should make the connection.
* ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'' uses a lot of [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|pretentious philosophic symbolism]] and [[Mind Screw]] plots. So, at various points characters will reference how pretentious some naming is, and in a notable example on the [[Mind Screw
* In ''[[
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'''Kogoro:''' Yes, Inspector!
'''Megure:''' Don't you find this absolutely strange? It isn't a continuous mystery how you run into cases all the time by convenience? Guess I'll stop this... it's becoming silly...
'''Kogoro:''' G-guess so... }}
** Also, Conan tends to give a lengthy recital of knowledge that no normal 7 year old would or could ever possibly know, generally resulting in him saying he heard it on TV. At one point, Kogoro interrupts him saying something along the lines of 'I suppose you heard about that on TV too?'
** At one point, Inspector Megure and Takagi discuss things that happen that result in cases being solved. [
* In the anime version of [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]], instead of the manga's motorbikes the Famiglia ends up with ''airbikes'', incredible hovercraft that just happened to be lying around in their base while their genius mechanic/inventor [[Plot Induced Stupidity|forgot about their existence entirely until the necessary episode]]. As with most of the [[Deus Ex Machina]] incidents in the anime, Yamamoto lampshades it with the brilliant observation that "It's almost like these bikes were made just for us to ride them!" Of course, [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|judging by the rest of the adaptation]], it's unlikely Yamamoto does this intentionally. Sigh.
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' is absolutely filled with lampshades. Quite cleverly subverted in one episode, when a piano is suddenly introduced as a [[Deus Ex Machina]] and Haruhi asks if it was always there. The other hosts [[Hand Wave]] this, saying that the club's base of operations is a music room, after all. Even though the piano has never been seen before in the anime.
** The manga scene where Tamaki asks what spring reminds the club members of comes to mind. The twins answer "Promotion in grades!" [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430205112/http://www.mangaeden.com/En/Ouran+High+School+Host+Club/4/6/ The two are promptly tied and gagged] with an author's note stating there will be [[Comic Book Time|no promotion in grades]].
*** This is lampshaded again later in the series by [[Genre Savvy]] Haruhi when {{spoiler|seniors Honey and Mori mention their graduation approaching.}}
*** During one episode of the Ouran anime, Tamaki tells the others of their place in the story. He assures them that he and Haruhi are the main characters and so, by proxy, are love interests, and the rest of them are the "homosexual supporting cast." Kyoya argues this later, telling Tamaki that homosexual or not, [[I Take Offense to That Last One|he doesn't think he's supporting cast.]]
* There's a point in ''[[
** In that same conflict, after he's been following her around, acting creepy and asking "[[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]", Misora ultimately decides to trust Light, stating that he [[Not So Different|reminds her of L]].
** Upon seeing Light and L, the [[Bland-Name Product|To-oh University]] tennis club president wonders what kind of [[Marty Stu|Marty Stus]] he has run into: "Is this a sick joke? On top of entering Todai with hundred percent scores, they're both great athletes?"
* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' episode 38 lampshaded the mascots' [[Verbal Tic|verbal tics]]. Mipple and Mepple try to hold a staged conversation for Ryota to overhear while not letting him know that they are present, so they try to avoid saying "mipo" and "mepo", but keep accidentally saying them. Afterwards, Mipple says that "Talking without using 'mipo' is really exhausting, mipo."
* ''[[Pokémon (
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'''Jessie:''' We have to fill a half hour! }}
** And again, in a scene in the movie ''Spell of the Unown'' in which they swim in an underwater room.
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'''Jessie:''' There are some questions that it's better not to ask. }}
** Also in Spell of the Unown, after Team Rocket saves Ash, Ash asks why, to which Meowth replies: "If anything happened to you, we'd be out of showbusiness!"
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** In "When Pokémon Worlds Collide!": When Team Rocket blasts off, James says, "Aren't we supposed to leave our audience wanting more?" Meowth responds, "You go tell that to the writers!".
** In the Special "Mewtwo Returns": James comments that "this feels like a sequel to a movie I missed". This is the sequel of the first movie, ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', the events of which were erased from the characters' memories.
** In ''[[Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'', [[Reverse Mole|Rioka]] guesses that the password to Kodai's files about the Ripple of Time is... [[The Password Is Always Swordfish|"Ripple of Time"]].
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** In an episode in the first series, the episode where Ash battles Erika, Meowth says "Ah, the stench is burning off my nose! No, wait. The animators never gave me one."
** Team Rocket again, in the second movie:
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'''James''': "And make it double, because we're on the big screen!"
'''Ash''': "[[Deadpan Snarker|I'll have to catch this on video!]]" }}
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjFZ9e6vw9I 2nd episode] of [[
* A brilliant example is found in [[
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