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When a character looks at the audience and comments on what is going on in the work they are in, but does not explicitly acknowledge there is an audience. One of the mildest forms of Breaking the Fourth Wall; often seen in works where the Wall is otherwise quite solid and it would seem odd for the characters to really acknowledge it. It's even possible for an Aside Comment to leave the Fourth Wall entirely intact if characters are interpreted as talking to themselves (see Thinking Out Loud) or to an imaginary audience. This type is sometimes done in a quiet voice (called sotto voce) to indicate that other characters cannot overhear what is said. Usually, the interpretation is left open unless there are other kinds of Breaking the Fourth Wall going on; it would be odd, to say the least, to comment on the matter if the Fourth Wall is solid, after all. Sometimes used as a form of exposition where the character thinks out loud about what they're doing so that the audience will know, too; this can be done without even looking at the Fourth Wall, however. At other times, just used to deliver a punchline and/or snarky comment. In a non-visual medium, where the characters obviously can't look at the audience, seeming to address the audience without making it explicit may suffice for this. However, the speaker visibly not looking at the audience disqualifies a piece of dialogue from being an instance of the trope. Closely related to the Aside Glance, just taking it a step further. Compare and contrast with Fourth Wall Psych, where the idea of Breaking the Fourth Wall by addressing the audience is presented and then disproved. See also Leaning on the Fourth Wall. |
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Bleach: Anime episode 298. While Ichigo is being shanghaied into making a movie, he turns to the camera and says "I need an agent." Anime episode 346. Riruka Dokugamine says that wearing contact lenses makes her eyes dry out as soon as she puts them in, then turns to face the camera in a close-up and says "It's because my eyes are so ginormous." (a reference to the large eyes of anime characters). |
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The Empire Strikes Back: When Han and Leia apparently leave C-3PO behind, he turns to the camera and remarks, "How typical." | |
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Invoked twice in The Dover Boys First, when Dan Backslide is ranting about the Dover Boys. Later, when the Dover Boys arrive to rescue Dora. |
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Parks and Recreation was created by veterans of the American version of The Office, and includes the same "talking head" segments that both the British and American versions of that show used. However, unlike both versions of The Office, there's never any reference to a documentary being filmed (beyond one joke in the first episode where Ron asks how they're funded) and the crew filming the talking heads never impacts the action. In practice, the talking heads function very much like Aside Comments. | |
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Herman Toothrot does this all the time in The Secret of Monkey Island. Guybrush eventually asks him who he's talking to, and Herman replies "The people watching at home, of course!" | |
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WandaVision: In episode 6, the Sitcom premise has evolved into an homage of Malcolm in the Middle. Billy, taking the analagous role to Malcolm, makes a few aside comments. "Pietro" notices in one instance, and not seeing who Tommy is talking to, glances at Tommy to see if he notices this as well. Tommy doesn't respond. Though this segment serves well enough as a one-off gag, it's also a laconic bit of foreshadowing. | |
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One of the many popular gags in Looney Tunes. One of the better examples is in "Drip-Along Daffy" where Daffy Duck pulls this when confronting Nasty Canasta: | |
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Raphael did this a lot in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987). This was lampshaded in the crossover special Turtles Forever when Hun called him out on it: "Why do you keep doing that? Who are you talking to?! There's no one there!" | |
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The TV version of Lovejoy would have Lovejoy do this in a vaguely Shakespearean way, delivering either his internal snark or a bit of trivia about the antique, as a way of showing how his thought processes worked. | |
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Airplane II: The Sequel. After Simon takes an escape capsule from the shuttle, Ted Striker says "Simon was a fool to eject now". Elaine asks "You mean...?" Ted turns slightly to look at the audience and says "That's right - premature ejection." | |
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In City of Angels, the first two verses of "Double Talk" are sung respectively by Stone and Alaura to show the thoughts that run through each head while the other goes on talking. Later verses are contributed in a similar manner by Buddy (about Stine and, in a second-act reprise, Del) and Buddy's guests (about Buddy). | |
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The protagonist consistently talks to the audience of both the British and American versions of House of Cards, offering his thoughts for what has just happened in the series. | |
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Airplane!. Early in the movie after Elaine has rejected Ted, Ted turns to the camera and says "What a pisser." | |
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Journey Through the Jungle of Words: We often see Groucho Barx turning to the audience and speaking to them, usually making a snarky comment. | |
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Another Looney Tunes example occurs in "Hare Trimmed": Yosemite Sam and Granny, whom he is marrying for her money (not realizing it's Bugs Bunny in disguise) decide to elope and take along some furniture and household items with them. After collecting several such items, Sam does this: | |
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Young Frankenstein. When his attempt to re-animate the dead body apparently fails, Dr. Frankenstein makes a speech about how "science... teaches us to accept our failures as well as our successes with quiet dignity and grace." A few moments later he goes into a rage and tries to strangle the dead body. As Inga and Igor restrain him, Igor turns to the camera and sarcastically says "Quiet dignity and grace." | |
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Animaniacs made liberal use of aside comments, being a Spiritual Successor to the Looney Tunes. In fact, one of the show's Running Gags was Yakko Warner lampshading a crude or risque joke by quipping to the audience "Goodnight, everybody!", implying that the joke might get them cancelled. | |
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Space Ghost: "The Cyclopeds". At the end of the episode, Cyclo runs into his own Maze of Terror. "Space Sargasso". After Blip retrieves Space Ghost's power bands and returns them to him, Jace says (while facing the camera) "Space Ghost has his power bands again!" The title character Zorgat does this in "Ruler of the Rock Robots". |
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In "A Bird in the Hoof", Fluttershy gives an uncharacteristically cunning look to the audience and says "Always works!" during a Road Runner Shout-Out scene where she tries to feed a bird a pill by hiding it under some seeds. | |
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Dr. Robotnik sometimes did this in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. | |
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Top Secret!. While the protagonists are in the "Der Pizza Haus", Nigel accuses Nick Rivers of being Mel Tormé, and therefore a traitor. To prove he isn't, Nick sings and dances to the tune "Straighten Out the Rug". After he finishes, one of the Resistance members turns to the camera and says "This is not Mel Tormé!" | |
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Done by Sonic in Sonic Colors when he learns his new alien pals are called "wisps". | |
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In Turning Red, during the epilogue, Mei comments on Ming's and Grandma Wu's new talismans this way. | |
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In Let It Ride, Trotter does this once; when Vicki propositions him near the end of the movie, he looks at the camera and asks, "Am I having a good day or what?", before turning back to Vicki and gently turning her down. | |
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Birds of Prey While Harley is talking to Roman Sionis, she turns to look at the audience and says "I agitate his already delicate sense of mental equilibrium. That and his obsessive-compulsive need to be the center of attention." After Harley defeats several opponents who are trying to kill or capture her, she climbs a rope up to the second story of a building. She looks at the audience and says, as a voiceover, "Fine. It was dumb luck. But still..." and then says out loud "That felt pretty great." At the end of the movie, Harley Quinn and Cassandra are driving away in a car together. Harley turns to the camera and says " I know what you're thinking. You think I'm a dick after all that. But you heard what the cop said. Sionis is gone. And those guys? They're gonna be just fine." At the very end of the movie, Harley looks into the camera and says via voiceover "Yeah, yeah. I made the kid my apprentice. Call me a softy." Then she says aloud "I dare you." |
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Young Samson and Goliath episode "The Colossal Coral Creature''. After the title monster shoves Samson down a chimney and puts his hands over the top, Samson looks at the audience and says "He's got the chimney blocked!" | |
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Annika: Annika, a police chief solving murders, is always addressing the camera and the audience directly. She is usually making reference to some work of literature (her coworkers tease her about this) which has relevance to the story of a particular episode. She is also sometimes talking to the audience about her own life, and her challenges as a single mother to a Bratty Teenage Daughter. | |
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Our Miss Brooks: Miss Brooks makes aside comments sometimes, under the guise of talking to herself. This is more prevalent on the radio than on television. | |
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The Flintstones: The animals used as part of the Bamboo Technology are likely to do this, most famously "It's a living." | |
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service. In the opening scene, after James Bond (George Lazenby) rescues a woman from drowning and fights a group of mooks, the woman drives away. He faces the camera and says "This never happened to the other fella", a reference to the previous James Bond actor, Sean Connery. | |
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Agent Hugo: RoboRumble: Hugo tends to look at the camera and make some kind of comment whenever he collects pickups, destroys robots, or does other stuff. | |
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Janda Kembang Rais turns to the camera when expressing his happiness in episode 26 after Neneng admits she loves him too. In episode 30, Jufri peeks at Salmah, Kemal, Malik and Ella's argument in the salon and speaks his comment when facing the camera, partly because he is alone in that scene. |
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Heathcliff did this often in Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats. | |
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Repeatedly done in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, until the end, when he tells the audience to go home, the show's over. | |
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In the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club, after Tamaki gets red-faced when he finally realizes Haruhi is a girl, Kyoya (who knew from the beginning) looks at the viewer and says "Now I could be wrong, but I think we may be witnessing the beginnings of love here." | |
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Star Trek: The Original Series: In a singular example in this otherwise-serious series, Doctor McCoy looks directly into the camera at the end of "Journey to Babel" and happily declares, "I finally got the last word.". | |
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Malcolm in Malcolm in the Middle would often talk to the audience to comment on the goings-on around him or explain the background of certain events. | |
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This is done in Sunset Overdrive when Sam tells the Player Character (who is searching for a propeller to fix one they accidentally broke) that one of his spoiled friends is skilled with aerodynamics. | |
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Pocket Princesses: Aurora tries on Elsa's ice gown, and Elsa explains she can wear the freezing garment because she's an ice queen. At the same time, Anna lifts the hem of her dress and whispers "Thermals." at the audience. | |
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BoBoiBoy: In Season 3, Episode 24, Adu Du and Probe propose another Enemy Mine with the team of heroes because their common foe, Ejo Jo, revealed that he is returning to Earth via his Spacebook profile. Probe then looks to the audience and advises them against sharing secret or important information online, and no one appears to notice, as Adu Du simply swipes the tablet showing Ejo Jo's profile away from Probe. | |
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Mimpi Metropolitan increasingly likes to outright break the fourth wall, but sometimes it holds itself just to this trope. In episode 24, Alan turns to the camera when commenting that Saodah is just as weird as Pipin. In episode 37, Wawan faces the camera (and away from Pipin) when he comments how easy it is to win over a woman. In episode 61, Nando looks at the camera when he ponders whether he could get someone like Ayu Azhari if Bambang can get someone like Faradilla Yoshi. In his last scene in the last episode, Alexi ponders while facing the camera about how he is only there to watch the dorm residents one-by-one leave. |
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The theatrical variety is portrayed in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Robert Ford is the main character and narrator of his story. In the middle of a scene, he'll occasionally look at the audience and stage-whisper exposition. The artificiality of the trope highlights the inaccuracy of the plot. | |
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Super Friends: 1973/74 episode "Dr. Pelagian's War". Dr. Pelagian has captured Wendy and Marvin and is planning his next move. 1973/74 episode "The Mysterious Moles". Superman is examining the cooling unit on the roof of the power plant. While talking to himself, Superman faces the camera and says "It's my hunch the thieves will try to lift this with a powerful crane copter." |
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Danger Mouse: DM does this in "Penfold B.F." As he's in flight in his Mark III car and talking to Colonel K via his videophone: | |
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Spider-Man: The cover of The Spectacular Spider-Man #246 has 4 bizarre-looking villains called the Legion of Losers. It also has Spider-Man turning to look at the reader and saying "You've gotta be kidding!" See it here.◊ | |
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Frosty the Snowman when Frosty, Karen, and Hocus are on the train. Karen sneezes and Frosty asks if she's cold, prompting him to turn to the audience and remark, "Now, that's a silly question!" | |
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In The 3 Little Pigs: The Movie, Throughout the film, characters occasionally look towards the audience and comment on the situation. | |
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In The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "The Ghostly Creep from the Deep" with the Harlem Globetrotters, Meadowlark tricks Curly into volunteering being the first watch while everybody else gets some sleep. As Curly marches, he turns to us and says "Sometimes I wish Meadowlark would learn to keep my big mouth shut!" | |
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Undercover Brother: While Undercover Brother is talking to Sista Girl in his apartment: While Undercover Brother is at a golf course: After White She Devil's first Heel–Face Turn: |
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In Delusions of Grandeur, Blaze's comment that the Queen of Spain is Bavarian is directed straight at the audience, as there's nobody else in the room when he says it. | |
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3-2-1 Penguins!: In the episode "Give and Let Give", Zidgel looks straight at the camera and asks if he mentioned that he was on a peaceful mission. In "Oh, Mercy!", the Gator King asks the audience if he knows his Bible. |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The peddler in "A Pal For Gary" after SpongeBob leaves with Puffy Fluffy: | |
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Blazing Saddles. Several examples of Breaking the Fourth Wall don't explicitly acknowledge the audience. After Sheriff Bart takes himself hostage, he retreats to his new office and says, "Oh, baby you are so talented...(looks into the camera) and they are so dumb." When Bart hears the Waco Kid moaning in his bunk, he turns to the camera and says "The drunk in number two must be awake." After boring the Waco Kid to sleep, Sheriff Bart looks at the camera and says, "I like to keep my audience riveted." As two thugs assault a little old lady, she turns to the audience and asks, "Have you ever seen such cruelty?" Harvey Korman as the villain, is pondering his next move out loud and looks to the camera and says "Why am I asking you?" |
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Last Action Hero has a "dramatic" scene where The Starscream is declaring himself the new villain of the picture and ends with him staring at the camera and saying "If God were a villain, he'd be me." | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: In the episode "Bridle Gossip", Spike seems to be looking at the audience directly when commenting he can't come up with a pun from Twilight Sparkle's name. In "Sonic Rainboom", both Rainbow Dash and Rarity say out loud to no one in particular what they're going to do next at some point, but only on one occasion each do they look at the audience while doing so, demonstrating the vague relationship such comments can have to Breaking the Fourth Wall. In "A Bird in the Hoof", Fluttershy gives an uncharacteristically cunning look to the audience and says "Always works!" during a Road Runner Shout-Out scene where she tries to feed a bird a pill by hiding it under some seeds. In "Keep Calm and Flutter On", after Discord brainwashes a colony of beavers behind everypony's backs, he turns to the camera and whispers, "Oopsie!" Immediately afterwards, when he announces he's moving in with Fluttershy, she looks towards the audience and mutters, "Oh dear." In "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone", Pinkie manages to convince a grudging Gilda to go help Rainbow Dash who's stuck down a deep canyon — Gilda claims this doesn't make them friends again. Pinkie duly notes it to Gilda, then waits for her to walk by before turning to the audience and gleefully saying, "Except it doooooes!" |
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Doctor Who: The opening of "The Face of Evil" starts with the solo-travelling Fourth Doctor - previously established as being a profuse self-talker - looking straight at the camera while chatting about his situation, in a sequence highlighted enough to edge into Fourth-Wall Observer. It's quite amusing but it does make it clear why they wouldn't let Tom Baker go around without a companion for very long. There's also the Fourth Doctor's notorious fourth-wall-breaking "even the Sonic Screwdriver won't get me out of this one" line in "The Invasion of Time". Corrupt Corporate Executive Morgus in "The Caves of Androzani". The first incident happened due to the actor misunderstanding the stage directions, but it was kept and done several more times because it gave the character an air of Shakespearean villainy and fit in with the story's similarity to Jacobean revenge tragedy. At the very end of "The Caves of Androzani", the Sixth Doctor faces the camera and delivers the line "Change my dear, and it seems not a moment too soon." After finally getting to pull the Bigger on the Inside gag, and not so much Chewing the Scenery as absolutely devouring it, life-long fanboy and Twelfth Doctor actor looks at the camera and remarks, "Sorry. I've always wanted to see that done properly." |
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: When Dr Larch says that his identity crisis as a psychiatrist drives him mad, Mr Notlob appears on a separate backdrop and says to us "A mad psychiatrist. That'll be new!" | |
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In The Legend of Total Drama Island, the Storyteller occasionally makes comments during a tale that are ostensibly directed at her son, but are in fact also directed at the reader. | |
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Birdman (1967): "The Quake Threat". After Birdman destroys several of Dr. Kiroff's robots: "The Brian Thief". When Doctor Shado sees Birdman approaching his laboratory: "Meets Reducto". The title villain does this after completing his Reduction Machine Shrink Ray device. |
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In the Jonny Quest TOS episode "Monster in the Monastery'', Jonny turns and looks right into the camera, then tells the viewers "I hope Hadji and Bandit made it." | |
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Detective Fish on Barney Miller often stops just short of facing the camera with his sarcastic asides. | |
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An important part of the Shakespearean RPG Forsooth!, where each character gets one Aside and one Soliloquy. | |
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Joked about with during The Exiled Prince DLC of Dragon Age II. | |
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Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude is famous for its frequent use of often lengthy asides. It inspired numerous parodies, of which Groucho Marx's in Animal Crackers is merely the most famous. | |
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Dragon Ball Z usually keeps its fourth wall unbroken, but late in the manga Gohan abruptly looks at the camera and explains why Krillin suddenly has hair. | |
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Flander's Company: In the season 2 finale, Hippolyte's Bond One-Liner after he kills Kevin is addressing the latter. However, he then gets back to add "Just kiddin'..." straight at the camera. In season 4 episode 4, Caleb looks straight at the camera and says "I can't miss this!" (about Hippolyte tearing a new one to the marketing guys). |
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StacheBros: In "Episode 1-3 - Lost Luigi" of "Mario & Luigi! Stache Bros", Petey Piranha explains to Mario that he's building a contraption and he requires a plumber to construct the pipes it has. However, Mario is the only plumber that Petey knows, which causes Mario bring up his brother Luigi. When Petey asks who Luigi is, Mario whispers to the audience that Luigi wasn't in Super Mario Sunshine. | |
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Used a lot in The Goon Show, usually to allow characters to lampshade the absurdity of its plot. | |
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Happens in The Phantom of the Opera during "Poor Fool He Makes Me Laugh". The husband explains to the wife that he is going on a trip and leaving her with the maid, and as an aside "Though I would happily take the maid with me". | |
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Deadpool: Deadpool is very guilty of this, and in his case there's little doubt as to whether he would really talk to the audience. | |
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In the animated adaptation of The Hobbit, as all the other characters chant war slogans while marching into battle, Bilbo comments "Personally, I'd rather be back in Hobbiton." | |
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