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[[Sister Trope]] to [[This Is Reality]], but with no invocation of the [[Fourth Wall]] (unless, of course, it's being said within a [[Video Game]]). [[You Watch Too Much X]] is a milder [[Sister Trope]]. Compare with [[And You Thought It Was a Game]].

== Anime & Manga ==

{{quote| '''Mrs. Incredible''': Remember the bad guys on those shows you used to watch on Saturday mornings? Well, these guys are not like those guys. They won't exercise restraint because you're children. They ''will'' kill you if they get the chance. Do not give them that chance.}}

* ''[[Megamind]]''. Titan has no use for banter or jibes. He is just a murderous, brutish thug.

{{quote| '''Hopper:''' You think this is a game? Well, guess what: you just lost.}}

* Inverted in "[[Finding Nemo]]" : at one point, the only way that Marlin and Dorey make it out of a dangerous situation without completely dissolving into panic is by pretending that it *is* a game.

* ''[[Chuck]]''. Casey to Chuck, after the latter (a Geek Squad employee) claims he can defuse a bomb:

{{quote| "This is not an [[X Box]]. You are not an [[X-Men|X-Man]]."}}

{{quote| "Best of the best. Counting kills, like it's a game. Like it's just a game. I remember one particularly fun day: A guy in my squad got his stomach blasted open in a fire fight. He spent six hours, holding his own guts in. His buddy carried him on his back to the nearest aid station, just praying that someone could put the dumb son of a bitch together again. The game, Pyle... the game is played with your buddy's life -- with the life of your squad, your platoon. The game is played by you, on behalf of the whole damned human race!"}}

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