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** During the special memorial program for Jim Henson, one of the Muppets asks about including "those other people" in the memorial. "What other people?" is asked, and the first replies, "Them, down there", while gesturing toward the unseen puppeteers below the lower edge of the screen. After a few moments, he then adds, "On second thought, don't look. It's too weird" to general agreement.
* In ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' there is a scene early on where Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is being pursued by a city cop. He escapes by pulling his Firebird into a used car lot, then pulls away, slowly, as he checks to make sure the police car is gone. Just for a moment, he stops the car, then turns and looks directly at the camera. He flashes this most WONDERFUL "Ain't I Something?" grin, and then turns away and proceeds with the movie.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter
{{quote|'''Hermione:''' It's not going to work!}}
** Though it could be argued that it is the usual "I know this so well that I'm not going to turn around to talk to you" thing that mothers do all the time and girls start at an early age.
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* Dr. Frank N. Furter of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' seems to be aware of the audience, throwing a drink at the camera during ''Sweet Transvestite'' and meeting the audience's gaze at other times. He even addresses them directly at least once, when he says, "It's not easy having a good time! Even smiling makes my face ache!" None of the other characters seem to share his knowledge.
** Kinda hard ''not'' to notice [[Audience Participation|a bunch of screaming and yelling fans in costume, throwing things at you.]]
*** It helps that Frank is [[Ax Crazy|completely and utterly insane]] as well. If his final song
** And the Criminologist, who appears to exist in a reality distinct both from the film itself and the viewers, and aware of both.
* An 'in-universe' example in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Purple Rose of Cairo]]''. The lead character watches the eponymous movie so many times that the lead actor in the movie falls in love with her and breaks out through the cinema screen to join her. The rest of the characters in the movie have to wait around since the plot cannot continue without him.
* In another [[Woody Allen]] movie, ''[[Annie Hall]]'', a puffed up character: Man-In-Theatre-Line, spouts nonsense about Marshall McLuhan's theories of media. Allen's character Alvy argues with him, and then pulls the real Marshall McLuhan into the shot to back up his argument. Once that is done, Alvy faces the audience and says something like "Don't you wish that happened in real life?"
* At the end of ''[[Secretary]]'', [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]]'s character looks directly at the camera and practically smirks as her new husband drives away. Considering her behavior and decisions are, shall we say, unorthodox throughout the film, it comes off as a direct challenge.
* In ''[[Fatal Instinct]]'', after Ned Ravine finds his skunk missing the camera follows him. As it does so it runs into a tree and the lens breaks.
* In a rare horror version, [[John Carpenter]]'s movie ''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]'' has the premise that breaking the fourth wall lets the [[Eldritch Abomination
{{quote|''Yes, but what about people who don't read books?''
''There'll be a movie.'' }}
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