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[[File:lampshade-hanging_OotS_5519.gif|link=The Order of the Stick|frame|''The Order of the Stick'' [[Parodied Trope|meta]] '''[[Serial Escalation|lampshades]]''' Lampshade Hanging.]] |
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'''Fabian:''' [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|If this were played upon a stage now]], I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.|'''[[Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|Shakespeare]]''', ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', Act 3, Scene IV}} |
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[[Lampshade Hanging]] is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that threatens the audience's [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] -- whether a very implausible plot development, or a particularly blatant use of a [[Trope]] -- by ''calling attention to it''... and then moving on. |
[[Lampshade Hanging]] is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that threatens the audience's [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] -- whether a very implausible plot development, or a particularly blatant use of a [[Trope]] -- by ''calling attention to it''... and then moving on. |
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On the other hand, Lampshade Hanging done well can make for an entertaining piece of [[Medium Awareness]] or momentary lack of [[Genre Blindness]]. It can also be used to take care of [[Fridge Logic]], without having to actually do anything. |
On the other hand, Lampshade Hanging done well can make for an entertaining piece of [[Medium Awareness]] or momentary lack of [[Genre Blindness]]. It can also be used to take care of [[Fridge Logic]], without having to actually do anything. |
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Lampshade Hanging doesn't just apply to implausible plots: it's also one of the many ways of [[Playing |
Lampshade Hanging doesn't just apply to implausible plots: it's also one of the many ways of [[Playing with a Trope]]. After all, for [[Genre Savvy]] viewers the realization that they've seen this particular plot device in five other movies can pull them out of the story faster than any [[Fridge Logic]]. Considering this wiki's focus, most of the references to Lampshade Hanging throughout the wiki will involve this specific use of the term. |
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This practice is also known as "hanging a clock on it", "hanging a lantern on it", or "spotlighting it". In the film industry it's sometimes called "hanging a red flag" on something, after the screenwriting adage, "To hang a red flag on something takes the curse off of it," meaning that to lampshade something decreases the negative effects it might otherwise have. We went with our title because it's the one used in the [[Mutant Enemy]] bullpen. |
This practice is also known as "hanging a clock on it", "hanging a lantern on it", or "spotlighting it". In the film industry it's sometimes called "hanging a red flag" on something, after the screenwriting adage, "To hang a red flag on something takes the curse off of it," meaning that to lampshade something decreases the negative effects it might otherwise have. We went with our title because it's the one used in the [[Mutant Enemy]] bullpen. |
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Commonly seen in the self-aware shows that make up the [[Deconstructor Fleet]]. If large numbers of lampshades are hung, then the writers believe lampshades are [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]], this [[Trope]]'s [[Logical Extreme]]. |
Commonly seen in the self-aware shows that make up the [[Deconstructor Fleet]]. If large numbers of lampshades are hung, then the writers believe lampshades are [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]], this [[Trope]]'s [[Logical Extreme]]. |
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[[Hypocrisy Nod]] and [[Inspiration Nod]] are specific types of this. [[Meta Guy]] is the fellow who does this all the time. Sometimes takes the form of [[This Is the Part Where]]. Compare [[Discussed Trope]], [[Post Modernism]] and [[Playing |
[[Hypocrisy Nod]] and [[Inspiration Nod]] are specific types of this. [[Meta Guy]] is the fellow who does this all the time. Sometimes takes the form of [[This Is the Part Where]]. Compare [[Discussed Trope]], [[Post Modernism]] and [[Playing with a Trope]]. [[No Fourth Wall]] happens when characters not only discuss [[Trope|tropes]], but the writers as well. |
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Do not confuse with [[Lampshade-Wearing]]. |
Do not confuse with [[Lampshade-Wearing]]. |
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