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[[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades hung]] in fanfic and other fan works. include:
 
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* Half the humour in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' is hanging lampshades on ridiculous plot points, poor character traits, [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|screwing the rules due to money]], excesses of [[Serious Business]] and gratuitous use of [[Beam-O-War|ancient Egyptian laser beams]], among other things.
** And in the same vein, [[Sailor Moon Abridged]] regularly points out its plot holes, and one of the scene transitions is Serena saying "plot hole!"
* In the Broken Bow series, book 3, we get this lovely exchange when Ari [[Mc Murphy]]McMurphy, who is incidentally a child of the Goddess of Chaos, keeps saying things like "At least it can't get any worse!" Things, of course, immediately get worse directly afterwards.
{{quote| '''Armani''': Ari, [[Sarcasm Mode|oh, dear, sweet, precious]] Ari...Have you ever heard of the term [[Genre Savvy|''genre-savvy'']]??}}
* Played straight, and then lampshaded in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5474237/2/40k_ToyHammer this chapter] of a ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' fanfic, which has the [[Action Survivor|main character]] bash an Eldar Farseer and Space Marine Terminator with a fire extinguisher in much the same way as he did the previous chapter, gives a snark about the possibility of it becoming a running gag, then goes on to extinguish the smoldering lampshade behind him.
* Chapter 8 of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6095074/8/Takamachi_Nanoha_of_2814 Takamachi Nanoha of 2814]'' by [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20131207173418/https://www.fanfiction.net/u/849822 Shadow Crystal Mage] makes fun of this trope, repeatedly having characters ask where other characters want lampshades hung, or variations thereof. It also plays this trope straight, sometimes in the same paragraph as the gags.
* ''[[Kyon Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' as a [[TV Tropes]]/''Haruhi'' crossover (whatever that means) seems obliged to lampshade everything. Well, when tropes aren't being [[Discussed Trope|discussed]]...
* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' [[Self Insert]] ''[[Troper Works/Mass Vexations|Mass Vexations]]'' does this a ''lot'', particularly as far as the orange paperweight goes.
* In ''[[Aeon Natum Engel (Fanfic)|Aeon Natum Engel]]'', if the situation is lampshadable, it WILL be Lampshaded.
* ''[[A Very Potter Musical|A Very Potter Sequel]]'' has a (seemingly) improvisational instance of this. There is a scene where Ron attempts to pull a poster of Taylor Lautner off the wall in Umbridge's office, but it appears the actor has too much trouble trying to tear it down and ends up returning to the group, saying "it's stuck on with magic!" When they appear in the next room -- which is the same area on the stage they just "left" -- they comment on the fact that "there's a Taylor Lautner poster in here, too!"
* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6758612/1/Ryan_Berry this] ''[[Glee]]'' fanfic, Rachel pretends to be a boy so that she can enroll at Dalton, and ends up being Kurt's roommate. Upon finding out that she'll be rooming with the only person in the place who is in on the secret, she says: "Oh. Well, that's ridiculously convenient."
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2427170/1/bObsessive_b_bLily_b_bDisorder_b Obsessive Lily Disorder] The story is set in the seventies and Sirius is singing a lot of more modern songs. James points this out:
{{quote| "Sirius, for Christ's sake," James sighed, "Will you ever stop singing random songs that probably haven't been written yet and are completely out of this time period?"<br />
Sirius looked at him blankly. "Wha...?"<br />
"Never mind." }}
* In his ''[[Castlevania II: SimonsSimon's Quest]]'' [[With Lyrics]] video, [[BrentalflossBrental Floss]] is stopped partway through by the [[Scrappy Mechanic|infamous]] "What a horrible night to have a curse" box.
* There were a few lampshades to the writer of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120407030033/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6320139/5/Ed_Edd_n_Eddy_The_High_School_Years Ed, Edd N Eddy: The High School Years], particularly in chapter 5 and less so in chapter 4.
* In ''[[Turnabout Storm (Fanfic)|Turnabout Storm]]'', an ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' crossover, Phoenix Wright unintentionally hangs a lampshade on the later series' massive [[Periphery Demographic|non-target audience fanbase]].
{{quote| "Hey! Maybe I should tell [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Twilight]] about [[Show Within a Show|'The Steel Samurai']]. Amazing how a kids' show got so popular outside its targeted demographic."}}
** In another ''Friendship is Magic'' [[Fanfic]], ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6848/Silent-Knight Silent Knight]'', Chapter 3 has Pinkie Pie, the resident [[Genre Savvy]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]], lampshading the possibility that the [[Original Character]] may indeed be a [[Mary Sue]]. It has yet{{when}} to be disproved.
* In ''[[Fantasy Sports League]]'': "It's unprecedented! In the history of literature and sports I don't think there's ever been a case where a group of ne'er-do-wells were able to band together and in the most unlikely of conditions, take on an all-powerful foe! This is amazing!"
 
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