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* ''Oh-so-very-used'' by Kyon, resident [[Deadpan Snarker]], during episode #0 of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', except it's more along the lines of "Who wrote this crap? Oh yeah, Haruhi."
** It happens again in a normal episode when Kyon is thinking about how crazy his life has become and says "Who wrote this scenario? Was it Haruhi?"
* A variant from the [[
{{quote| '''Meta Knight:''' Oh! It is Fire Dedede, our hero! ''(as an aside)'' ... I would ''never'' say that...}}
** In the original, he says something like "I can't make that sound cool" after losing his enthusiasm towards the end of his line.
* Lord Ryuu says exactly this during a battle in ''[[RG Veda]]''. Kind of jarring considering it's a ''Fantasy'' series.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'', during a duel between Chazz and Adrian Gecko, Adrian retorts to Chazz's lame comebacks with "The sooner I beat you, the less bad dialogue I have to hear!"
** That whole episode had many a [[Shout
* In ''[[Sgt Frog]]'', the Funimation Dub gives the narrator a few lines. Even the CHARACTERS take notice of how he hates the show, and is only doing the job due to being in debt from too much gambling.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', [[Meta Guy|Chisame]] is vocally annoyed by the lack of foreshadowing for {{spoiler|Zazie's appearance in the Magic World.}}
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* ''Cat's Eye'': A character played by James Woods complains "Who writes this crap?" while watching David Cronenberg's ''The Dead Zone'' on TV. ([[Stephen King]] wrote the screenplay for ''Cat's Eye''.)
* In the highly self-referential indie film ''Killer Flick'', the main characters, who are making the film itself as they go along, try to audition a woman to be [[The Chick]]. Looking at the script, she gets into an argument with them about the film's sexist and adolescent writing. In the end, the guys cheer and give her the role, since their whole argument was actually written in the script.
* ''[[My Name Is Bruce]]'' starring [[Captain Obvious|Bruce]]... [[Bruce Campbell|Campbell]], to [[Adam Westing|self-deprecating effect]] has a kid coming to the drunken "[[Small Name, Big Ego|star]]" and extolling his need for help and explaining what is effectively the movie's plot. Bruce takes it as an indie film pitch, tells him to keep the budget under $500,000 and get one named actor, then gives himself an aside saying it's the [[Stupidest Thing
* ''Delirious'' has a show-within-a-show example: the repairman fixes John Candy's cable, allowing them to see the lurid soap opera his TV producer character spends the movie [[Trapped in TV Land|trapped in]], prompting this exchange: "You watch this crap?" "No, I write this crap."
* ''[[Singin in The Rain (Film)|Singin in The Rain]]'': At the test screening of the [[Show Within a Show|movie within the movie]], when in a love scene the leading man makes a romantic speech consisting of saying "I love you" over and over again, one viewer sarcastically remarks, "Did somebody get paid for writing that dialogue?"
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** The episode "Normal Again" had several lines of this nature during the [[Cuckoo Nest]] scenario -- such as the psychologist saying that Dawn's existence created "inconsistencies," and commenting almost snidely that Buffy went from fighting a god to a bunch of losers from high school.
** In the episode ''Shadow'', Glory comments on the writing of a magic spell she's performing: "Dark incantations. Always overwritten."
** In "Tabula Rasa", after everyone loses their memories, Buffy has to tell Spike that he's a vampire and they're both pretty confused that he seems to be one of the good guys. This leads to a playful [[Take That]] to both [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]] and [[Angel]] and a [[Shout
{{quote| '''Spike''': I must be a noble vampire, a good guy on a mission of redemption. I help the helpless. I'm a vampire with a soul.<br />
'''Buffy''': A vampire with a soul? Oh my God! How lame is that? }}
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* Inverted in the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode "Soultaker", thanks to the fact that the riffed movie's female lead was also its writer.
{{quote| '''Mike:''' Hey, look, you wrote this crap!}}
* A variation in ''[[
* At least one suspect on ''[[CSI]]'' has said the situation seemed like "something from a bad TV show".
* ''[[Frankie Howerd]]'' practically made his career out of breaking the fourth wall, and many of his quips were about the bad writing, or that he knew that joke wouldn't work, or that the writers gave all the best lines to others.
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* There was a moment on New Zealand TV when Leighten Smith, the "colour" presenter for the then relatively new [[TV 3]] channel, interrupted a lead-in to say, without changing his serious tone of voice; "Who writes this stuff? [Long Pause] I did". He then went on as though nothing had happened.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAuGI0pxyHQ&list=QL&playnext=8 This] behind-the-scenes video of rehearsal footage from ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien''. The look on Conan's face and the tone in his voice as he reads the name "Yakov Smirnoff" is absolutely laced with contempt.
* A famous example of 'celebrities at their worst' is an [[MP 3]], originating from the BBC's Classic ''[[
* The infamous ''Frozen Peas'' tape, featuring outtakes from Orson Welles' readings of various commercials where he complains about the directors, the inane pronunciations, and the writing.
{{quote| '''Wells''': Because it's full of--of--of things that are only correct because they're grammatical, but they're tough on the ear. You see, this is a very wearying one, it's unpleasant to read. Unrewarding.}}
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