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'''Alice:''' Yeah! Usually it sounds strained because it's hard to make this kind of dialog sound completely natural.
 
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'''Bob:''' But even if they can't pull it off, it's usually good for a bit of comedy.
 
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** When the series ended there was a similar moment when Maeby was pitching her TV series (based on her family life, making it essentially ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''), to none other than Ron Howard, the show's director and narrator. He replies, "I don't see it as a TV show. Maybe a movie..."
* In the finale of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]],'' [[Trickster Archetype|Q]] talks about "putting an end to your little trek through the stars".
** Near the end of "Ship in a Bottle", [[The Captain|Picard]], [[Corpsing|''just short'' of smirking]], muses about their reality:
{{quote|'''Picard:''' "All this might just be an elaborate simulation running in a little device sitting on someone's table."
''Everyone leaves except Lt. Barclay, who looks contemplative''
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** In addition, the episode "Secrets". Daniel Jackson admitted that he had not succeeded in his original mission, but promises to continue, though he fears that it may take many seasons.
* When [[Stephen Colbert]] [[Intoxication Ensues|accidentally dropped acid]], the ensuing existential crisis could be taken two ways—eitherways: either the character worrying about his insecurities and whether he's lying to himself, or the character briefly [[Tomato in the Mirror|realizing that he ''is'' just a character.]] This was mostly to clue in new viewers to the [[Alter Ego Acting]] thing, since the show had just gone global.
{{quote|"Where does this Stephen end and that Stephen begin?"}}
* [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|The 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'']]: When Roslin finally {{spoiler|tells Adama she loves him}}, his response is "[[UST|'Bout time.]]"
** The [[Arc Words]] "All of this has happened before, and will happen again" seem awfully appropriate for a remake.
* In the second episode of the fifth season of ''[[Angel]]'', Lorne says this about [[Love Triangle|Angel and Spike's mutual love for Buffy]]: