Lampshade Hanging/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

** In 'Road To Rupert, Brian and Stewie have this exchange:

{{quote|'''Brian:''' Besides, aren't you getting a little old for a teddy bear?

'''Stewie:''' What? }}

** In Season 6, Stewie brought up this point upon meeting Brian's son, "How can you have a 13 year old son when you yourself are only 7?" Brian immediately lampshades it with, "Well Stewie, if you don't like it, [[Internet Backdraft|go on the internet and complain.]]"

** Bart becomes a "Junior Camper" (a Boy Scout): Lisa, Bart and Homer are watching an episode of Itchy and Scratchy, Bart notes that the scene was unrealistic. Lisa defends the cartoon, reminding Bart that cartoons don't need to be 100% accurate all the time. Though Homer is watching with them in the living room, as Lisa speaks, an intentionally mis-edited Homer is seen clearly walking outdoors past the window. This is an acknowledgment of the many inconsistencies that crop up throughout the show's history, and how the authors don't intend to make the show consistent.

** In "Homer Loves Flanders", Bart is starting to wonder if Homer's newfound friendship with Ned Flanders will really last.

By the end, it seems like Ned and Homer will remain friends and Lisa's convinced that their wacky adventures will end. Cut to a scene taking place next week, Homer tells Ned Flanders to get lost. }}

** Homer makes a comment about 'lousy Korean animation.' As he's saying it, his mouth disappears and reappears a few inches from his face, hanging in midair. There is a scene where Homer makes a comment about how bad at drawing Matt Groening is. A giant eraser appears and starts to rub him out. He yells that he 'takes it back' and then it is revealed that the eraser is just a sculpture being carried past. There is also an episode where a news report gives Homer an idea about how to solve a problem. He tells Lisa it's a good thing she turned the TV on at that moment. She says she didn't turn it on. They look back to the TV, which is now switched off, and say that neither of them turned it off either. Eerie music plays.

* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', "Foster's Goes to Europe": The show addresses why Mac should be going to Europe with his imaginary friends instead of his family. Coco gives the explanation, which makes it [[The Unintelligible|unintelligible]].

* A hilarious one from ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'': in "The Junkman Cometh", as Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl are flying to the Moon, Sheen goes, "Hey Jimmy, how come we can fly through space in this rocket with our heads exposed? Shouldn't we not be able to breathe?" and Jimmy responds with "That's an excellent question, Sheen! Well, you see..." and as he explains it, the camera shifts to Carl, singing a song and drowning out Jimmy's explanation. Happens again on the return trip with another question.

** From the episode where Usagi is introduced; "He's from ancient Japan in an alternate reality. So naturally, he speaks English."

** In the movie ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', jokes poke fun at [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]. For three times the 87 cartoon Raphael breaks the 4th wall, a villain from the 03 series, Hun, looks at the screen with a look that says "WTF" on his face. The 3rd time he gets mad and grabs Raphael and shouts "Why do you keep doing that? Who are you talking to? There's no one there!" Similarly, as an in-joke as to how the original Mirage turtles narrated certain story arcs, the 87 and 03 turtles actually hear the Mirage Leonardo narrating a fight and ask who he's talking to.

* ''[[Futurama]]'' almost takes pride in doing this:

** In "The Deep South", Zoidberg's house burns to the ground... underwater. Zoidberg wails "How could this have happened?" and Hermes notes, "That's a very good question." Implicitly claiming responsibility, Bender picks his still-lit cigar out of the ruins and puffs on it ? eliciting a cry of, "That just raises further questions!"

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

{{quote|'''Katara:''' I need to borrow Appa.

'''Aang:''' Oh... }}

** In the series finale, Toph hangs her own lampshade on this by wanting to go with Zuko for her [[Character Development]] "field trip". And after trying to do so, but having Zuko out-angst her parent-wise, she mutters, "Worst. Field trip. Ever."

** "The Ember Island Players", to the extent of ''lampshading the lampshade.'' When Katara asks if it's really wise to go see a play about themselves, Sokka responds, "Come on, a day at the theater? This is the kind of [[Breather Episode|wacky, time-wasting nonsense]] I've been missing!"

Sokka: "Ya know, [[No One Could Survive That|it was really unclear.]]" }}

** The main characters get invited to a party for the Earth King's bear, and are surprised that it is just a bear and not a bear [[Mix-and-Match Critters|crossed with another animal]].

** [[Hammerspace]] does not make sense to Katara. "Where'd you get that?"

* ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' had a scene where after two of the six main characters have been captured by the Villain of the Week and a third has been sucked through the TV into an alternate dimension, one of the remaining characters says, If we keep losing teammates, this show's gonna be called ''The Mighty '''Duck'''''. (Or words to that effect.) Nosedive also tends to cross the line into [[No Fourth Wall]] territory, as he?s been shown to hear flashback music and have enough [[Genre Savvy|Genre Savviness]] to recognize a really friggin' [[Obvious Trap]].

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''

{{quote|'''Kim:''' Like that would ever happen. It would end the series!}}

** Team Impossible questioned about Ron's lack of [[Badass]] [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum|Mystical Monkey Power]]:

'''Ron:''' You know, it's funny. It comes and goes. }}

** [[Loony Fan]] Joss Possible both commented about [[Chickification|Ron's hero-ness]] and [[The Dragon|Shego's]] [[Harmless Villain|lack of evilness]]:

'''Joss:''' Ron here is afraid of practically everything, but does he let his fears keep him from sidekickin'? Let's face it, Kim. [[Girls Need Role Models|You can do anything]]. So facing all those dangers and villains, well, [[Broken Aesop|it's just like you say. No big. A fella filled with that much fear always chargin' into action with you? Seems to me that's a true hero]]. }}

{{quote|'''Ron:''' Are all girls like this? Or just the ones I know?!}}

** The lampshading of the "[[The Men in Black|Government hiding evidence of]] [[Area 51|aliens]]" is quite hilariously done by Ron.

** Shego, from [[The Movie]]: "You know, one of these days, we reeeeally need to take that [[Shoe Phone|hair]] [[Grappling Hook Pistol|dryer]] from her."

** Kim gets her own in "A Sitch in Time" when she corners the villains, but they boast they have a advantage against her, being she's outnumbered (as Drakken sneaks up from behind her). Drakken has his own Lampshade to this too.

'''Drakken:''' How does she always do that?? }}

** Another lampshade from the same movie, Kim shows up to stop the villains and...

'''Drakken''': [[Kim Possible/Funny|I don't know]]. }}

** When Drakken explains his [[Death Trap]] to Kim:

'''Drakken''': "IT'S VERY VERY DEEP, ALL RIGHT?!?" }}

** Kim lampshades her habit of [[Collapsing Lair|blowing up Drakken's lair]] in the episode "Bad Boy". The episode's main conflict - [[Personality Swap|Ron absorbing Drakken's evil]] - is resolved with Drakken's lair and Ron's [[Doomsday Device]] still intact. Drakken crows about this, but Kim just says "I think we both know what happens next." Cut to Kim and Ron flying away from the exploding lair.

** Dark Danny pointing out how obvious his [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] was. Also in the same one where Clockwork points out Dark Danny (in disguise as his younger, non-evil self) and says something like "See? He's back to his proper time and ''apparently'' not evil." David Carradine, you rock.

** At the end of "Reign Storm", Danny is confused about several things, but when he questions them, Sam tells him that it doesn't matter.

* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' occasionally uses this trope.

** In "A Mile In My Shoes", Cosmo and Wanda (while in goldfish form, inside their bowl) are preparing for a romantic dinner, and Cosmo attempts to light the candles on the dinner table by rubbing two magic wands together. Timmy walks into the room and asks the couple, "What's new?" just as Cosmo succeeds in lighting the candle. Wanda glances at the flame skeptically, then answers, "Um, the laws of physics?" To be fair, he was using [[A Wizard Did It|magic wands]].

{{quote|'''Archer:''' God, I SAID the cap slips off the poison pen for no reason, didn't I?!

'''Cyril:''' I know, I know, but I just assumed that if anything bad happened it-it would've been--

'''Wodehouse:''' Also woefully esoteric. }}

* ''[[KaBlam!]]'' does this a lot with their stars, Henry and June. From explaining the "anvil accordion squash", "the bongo run", "cartoons not feeling pain (except Henry)", and so many others that we lost count.