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* At one point in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2: Sons of Liberty'', Raiden asks Solid Snake why he never seems to run out of ammunition. In answer, Snake simply touches his bandanna and says "Infinite ammo." In the game, the bandanna is a secret item which does indeed grant infinite ammunition. While Snake is most likely referring to his mind, the joke is not lost on the player. (It also implicitly said that the "good" ending of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' was canonical, which was later confirmed in ''4''.) The ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series is famous for repeatedly [[Fourth Wall|breaking the fourth wall]].
** In the original ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', a lengthy description by Snake's mentor about how to walk without making noise ends with Snake frustratedly saying "I... can't do it!" referencing the fact that even though the game was designed for use with the Playstation's analog joystick-equipped [[Dual Shock]] controller, it's not possible to walk slowly in the game. In the Gamecube remake ''Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes'', it was possible to walk slowly and thus Snake's response to the instruction is changed accordingly.
** ''MGS3'' perhaps features the most breakages of the fourth wall and lampshading, exemplified by a conversation with Sigint regarding Snake's possession of The Boss's unique Patriot gun (acquired by starting a [[New Game
*** In an earlier optional radio conversation with The Boss, she tells Snake that he will have to rely on all his senses, and not to underestimate his sense of smell to stay aware. Snake replies to her that he cannot smell at all. The Boss then says, "Oh...well, you'll just have to rely on your instincts as a gamer then."
*** One of the best Lampshade Hanging moments occurs when Snake finds a Russian Glowcap mushroom and gives [[Mission Control]] a call asking whether or not eating glowing mushrooms will recharge the batteries on his equipment - which it does, and upon calling back about this discovery, his [[Mission Control]] personnel figure that Snake's just being delusional, but eating the mushrooms is essentially harmless, so they tell Snake to keep eating them.
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** ''Project Origin'' also does this, when Snake Fist introduces his ridiculous codename. Stokes' response is a blunt "... you've got to be fucking kidding me." Made all the more amusing by the fact that the characters would ''recognize'' the Snake Fist codename; apparently, its a popular series of action movies in the setting.
** Snake Fist was originally one of the entries in a competition Monolith ran when licensing problems were stopping them from using ''F.E.A.R.'' (someone at the Monolith offices even made a drawing of a snake with it's mouth wide open and a fist coming out of it). Guess it was a bit of a favourite for the devs.
** Stokes is way too [[Genre Savvy]]. Toward the end of the game, on the way to the confrontation with Alma, she remarks that "I hope she doesn't do one of those horror movie things, and throws [["What Do They Fear?" Episode|your biggest fears]] against you. That would suck."
** Colonel Vanek lampshades Becket's [[One-Man Army]] status: "You sure did kill a lot of my guys. You're a goddamn killing machine!"
* In what seems to be a prime example of a Message from Fred, the protagonist of the notorious ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]'' often complains about annoying [[NPC|NPCs]], how boring walking through endless tunnels is, etc.
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* The trope itself was lampshaded in the first season of the episodic ''[[Sam and Max]]'' series. A particular puzzle requires you to improvise your way through an episode of a popular television sitcom called "Midtown Cowboys". (As the theme song informs the audience, "They're probably hiding a cow!") Part of the solution to the puzzle is to take a nearby lampshade and stick it on the cow's head.
** If that's the only disguise you can think of. You can also use a plate and shaving cream.
** Also in Sam & Max, a [[
*** Max: "It must be one of those stupid 555 phones."
*** Sam: "Yes, actually - 555-1984."
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* In ''Smackdown vs Raw 2010'' there is a storyline for a created superstar in which your character enters in a feud with Santino Marella. During one exchange, Santino says your character is what an idiot would create in a wrestling game.
** And then he looks directly at the camera.
* ''[[Disgaea]]''. All forms, all the time. The games THRIVE on this. A particularly good example is ''Disgaea DS'', Where after getting [[New Game
* ''[[Postal]] 2'''s version of the [[Level Editor|Unreal Editor]] has help messages that lampshade how ridiculously easy it is to cause the program to crash.
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** Tyrell responds to one such request for help by launching into a lecture about how he hates that the popular impression of Adepts is a bunch of all-powerful schemers who control everything from behind the scenes. [[Irony|As we are being strung along by the bad guys from behind the scenes.]]
** Names get lampshaded left and right; the best example is probably Passaj, former travel stop of the ancients. {{spoiler|"Passage"}}
** "[[It Makes Sense in Context|How did we get into this situation again?]]" "[[Chronic Hero Syndrome|Matthew]] [[But Thou Must!|can be talked into anything]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|that's how]]."
** Matthew's [[Heroic Mime]] tendencies get played around with and lampshaded a lot, which is absurd because compared to [[Golden Sun|Isaac and Felix]], he's [[Symbol Swearing|downright chatty]].
** "So, you're from Ayuthay, right? [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Never thought I'd see one of those wearing real clothes.]]"
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