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* Common in the web fiction serial ''[[Dimension Heroes]]''.
{{quote|"Oh, again with the alleyways! I'm getting sick of them!"}}
* The punchline for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1ZMbQs9PVY this] video.{{context}}
* [[The Defrosters]] have a bunch. The fourth wall may as well not exist.
** "This is the worst dialogue ever."
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{{quote|"Who's going to be interested in a female character who's pretty shamelessly a knock-off of her already male counterpart? ...heh." (pouting)}}
* In [[Tasakeru]], two characters, a Paladin Grand Mistress and her daughter, both use [[Big Freaking Sword]s with [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]. It's stated that they're just that good and never mentioned again.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NY6QR38Jo This video].{{context}}
* Discussed in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-video-games-still-have-terrible-stories/ 6 Storytelling Problems Video Games Still Can't Fix]. When explaining why the [[Heroic Mime]] is the #4 problem, Mark Hill notes: "Also note that winking references to the problem don't actually solve it."
* The page about [[Metasyntactic Variable]]s on [[This Very Wiki]] is filled with blatant references to placeholders both verbal and visual.
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