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* Subverted in ''[[CROSS†CHANNEL]]''. In two different scenes, Taichi insists he can drive cars because he's seen how it works in manga. Naturally, this leads to hilarious results.
* Played straight but justified in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. Trying to interpret the game board's story as a mystery rather than a fantasy story, various characters use knowledge gained from reading mystery novels.
* Chuck Greene from [[Dead Rising]] can learn new combo weapons by, among other things, looking at movie posters. Namely movies by [[Clint Eastwood|Clint]] [[The Rock|Rockfoot]].
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' has Rayne bust out a [[Big No]] at goofing a chance with a girl. She calls him on being [[Narm|a bit dramatic]] and he says he Saw It in a Movie Once.
* ''[[Cyanide
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' many of [[Gadgeteer Genius|Molly's]] engineering feats are inspired by pop culture. [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20111101.html When she activated her] [[Transforming Mecha|transforming]] [[Snowlems|snow]] [[Siege Engines|ballista,]] she managed to include [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] to ''Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, [[Robotech]], [[Battle of the Planets]], [[Sailor Moon]],'' and ''[[Ultraman]].''
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* A less modest version happens in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''. Julie does the [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]] with {{spoiler|her pet, Ship}} and when Ben is surprised she pulled it off, she says, "You're not the only one who's seen 'Brain Stealers from Outer Space'."
* ''"It came to me in a dream. And I forgot it in another dream." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth''
* In an episode of ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', Cosgrove [[No Fourth Wall|tells the audience]] to [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]] (and throw in some [[Inherently Funny Words|Hugbees]]) to save Freakazoid's life after having seen it work in [[Peter Pan|a movie]] once.
* In the pilot episode of ''[[Storm Hawks]]'', Aerrow briefly breaks the fourth wall when he tells a rightfully worried Radarr that "it's okay, I saw this before in a cartoon" right before jumping off his Skimmer to perform a [[Final Fantasy]]-esque stunt.
* In ''[[Shrek]]'':
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