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== Blocking the Fourth Wall ==
=== Film ===
* [[Paparazzi]] in general.
* It was said by Bree in an episode of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', after she tried decorating a croquembouche on a TV interview and failed miserably. Specifically, she said, "Turn off the damn camera."
* This is also used in [[Mockumentary]] [[Blair Witch]]-type movies, and the cameraman always has some feeble answer, like "People will want to know" or "It keeps me sane," to justify the inevitable payoff of his 1st-person death scene.
* Appears in Reality Show outtakes when someone is upset. Probably after someone says, "[[I'm Not Here to Make Friends]]".
* In the fictional documentary "Under the Hood", part of the ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' movie universe, the Comedian says to get the camera out of his face, and the voiceover says he is unavailable for comment.
* Used on several occasions by Terrence in ''[[Kate Modern]]'', and memorably by Rupert in "The Last Work".
* On ''[[Top Gear]]'''s Polar Special, Clarkson tells May to turn off the in-car camera just after they've hit a large ice block and are getting out to look at the damage, presumably to make room for a whole heckuva lot of profanity.
* Brock Lovett says it in ''[[Titanic]]'', after failing to find the diamond in the safe at the beginning of the film.
 
* Interview With a Cat: Bobo, An Intimate Potrait [https://web.archive.org/web/20140629234554/http://maniacworld.com/interview-with-a-cat.html]
=== Live-Action TV ===
* [[Family Guy|Meg Griffin]] says it once she's had her fill of the family's reality show.
* It was said by Bree in an episode of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', after she tried decorating a croquembouche on a TV interview and failed miserably. Specifically, she said, "Turn off the damn camera."
* [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] does it in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjZamTkBEs this] cutscene.
* Appears in Reality Show outtakes when someone is upset. Probably after someone says, "[[I'm Not Here to Make Friends]]".
* Used on several occasions by Terrence in ''[[Kate ModernKateModern]]'', and memorably by Rupert in "The Last Work".
* On ''[[Top Gear]]'''s Polar Special, Clarkson tells May to turn off the in-car camera just after they've hit a large ice block and are getting out to look at the damage, presumably to make room for a whole heckuva lot of profanity.
 
=== Video Games ===
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' does it in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjZamTkBEs this] cutscene.
 
=== Web Original ===
* Interview With a Cat: Bobo, An Intimate Potrait [https://web.archive.org/web/20140629234554/http://maniacworld.com/interview-with-a-cat.html Interview With a Cat: Bobo, An Intimate Potrait]
 
=== Western Animation ===
* ''[[Family Guy|]]'': Meg Griffin]] says it once she's had her fill of the family's reality show.
 
=== Real Life ===
* [[Paparazzi]] in general.
 
== Something to Hide ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Said during ''[[Lucky Star]]'' by the in-universe director when "Lucky Channel" was airing a shot of their destroyed set.
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* ''[[30 Rock|]]'': Liz Lemon]] and Tracy Jordan go through gymnastics trying to keep their feuding off Angie's reality show.
 
=== Real Life ===
* Used by the CEO of Little Chef when [http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/heston-blumenthal/big-chef-takes-on-little-chef/ Heston Blumenthal confronted him] about his 'nationwide' rollout of Heston's new menu... over ''three'' cafés.
* [[30 Rock|Liz Lemon]] and Tracy Jordan go through gymnastics trying to keep their feuding off Angie's reality show.
 
== Have Some Decency ==
=== Film ===
* Invoked by [[Terry Pratchett]] in [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7560713.stm a BBC documentary about his Alzheimer disease].
* Used in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Heroes" when {{spoiler|Dr. Frasier}} dies.
* In ''[[Die Hard 2]]'', the reporter pushes the camera down when the McClanes reunite, partly to highlight that she is better than the guy from the first movie.
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
* Used in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Heroes" when {{spoiler|Dr. Frasier}} dies.
 
=== Real Life ===
* Invoked by [[Terry Pratchett]] in [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7560713.stm a BBC documentary about his Alzheimer disease].
 
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