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Breaking the Reviewer's Wall
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There are a lot of reviewers of video games, movies, cartoons and other media. Some of the comedic reviewers have unique gimmicks that go beyond simply reviewing the work in question, but instead take it a step further, coming up with unique ways to show off the work or interact with it. One of these ways is to actually enter the work in question or interact with its characters! This is Breaking the Reviewer's Wall. Instead of Breaking the Fourth Wall and talking to the audience, which he's already doing, the reviewer breaks another wall — the notional wall separating the reviewer from the work reviewed. It's kinda like Trapped in TV Land, except the reviewer is usually not trapped, and in many cases, they're doing it to mock the work in question. In order to be this trope, the reviewer has to directly interact with the work in question, either by the character exiting the work to meet the reviewer, the reviewer entering the work, or some other direct interaction. Simply talking to a character who doesn't talk back doesn't count. |
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His review of Street Fighter 2010 shows himself exiting his house and seeing the aliens and other creatures from the game having taken over the world. After all, isn't that what's supposed to happen in 2010? | |
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Harry Hill in Harry Hill's TV Burp in some way manipulates the TV shows he reviews frequently. Often, he even has access to the sets and actors used. | |
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Linkara in Atop the Fourth Wall has also occasionally faced off against characters from the comic books he's reviewed. Neutro was one of the first. Along with characters from the franchise fighting him as above, a Silent Hill fog started engulfing Linkara's room while he was reviewing In Name Only comics written by Scott Ciencin. |
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Once, he interacted with a clip show of himself and Ma-Ti from Captain Planet and the Planeteers. | |
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Lenny and Shinko's Disney-See: The house was blown up after Lenny called out the Blue Fairy for being the TRUE villain of Pinocchio. Nega-Lenny shot Bambi mid-review. | |
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JesuOtaku reveals in a vlog that his Schedule Slip of "Digimon Month" was apparently due to being consumed by Digimon Tamers' D-Reaper. | |
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Along with characters from the franchise fighting him as above, a Silent Hill fog started engulfing Linkara's room while he was reviewing In Name Only comics written by Scott Ciencin. | |
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The Nostalgia Critic: He sometimes uses his gun to shoot characters inside the movie or cartoon he's reviewing. He's also called characters from movies on the phone and had direct conversations. Usually the phone voice is either from the actor who played the Critic or his brother, but the Critic once conversed with stock footage of Christian Bale's rant on the set of Terminator Salvation, used in a way to imply he was hating on the newer Batman movies. Once, he interacted with a clip show of himself and Ma-Ti from Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He conversed on screen with Terl from Battlefield Earth (portrayed by Spoony, complete with Dutch Angle). |
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In a crossover with The New Adventures of Captain S, the Nerd and Captain S both find themselves trapped inside Wrath of the Black Manta. | |
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RedLetterMedia plays with this quite a bit in one form or another: Palpatine (next to Jar-Jar and Boss Nass) is a frequent player in the misgivings of Plinkett, primarily in the review trailers or crossover videos. A Mauve Shirt from Star Trek: First Contact (affectionately known as the "Star Trek Guy") became a full-on Expy Watson of sorts, even cutting off Plinkett with his own questions outside the Star Trek reviews. |
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Many characters from films mocked on Mystery Science Theater 3000 turn out to be real in their universe, and visit the crew. These conversations rarely ended well. Torgo, of Manos: The Hands of Fate infamy, stands as with the most appearances. | |
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Extra Credits frequently assimilates video game characters in the unique art style. | |
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The Angry Video Game Nerd: Several times the Nerd gets into fights with characters from games and shows, such as Bugs Bunny in his review of The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout and a Klingon in his Star Trek review. His review of Street Fighter 2010 shows himself exiting his house and seeing the aliens and other creatures from the game having taken over the world. After all, isn't that what's supposed to happen in 2010? The Atari Jaguar logo comes to life and attacks him. A re-review of Top Gun has the airplane fly out of his TV and exit his house through the window. In a crossover with The New Adventures of Captain S, the Nerd and Captain S both find themselves trapped inside Wrath of the Black Manta. In the Action 52 review, the ugly sprites from "Ooze" turn into Shit Pickles and pop out of the screen to torment the Nerd. |
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Magic: The Gathering: This is done in an article by Matt Carvotta on the Izzet guild in the Ravnica block, written as an interview of Izzet mages Trivaz and Quizl. | |
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The Nostalgia Chick's review of Don Bluth's Anastasia was repeatedly interrupted by phone calls from the characters (and Yakov Smirnov) to complain. Rasputin in particular wouldn't leave her alone. Although Rasputin was later revealed to have Chicago caller ID, so it may have been an in-character joke. | |
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An episode of Reading Rainbow in the early 1990s had LeVar Burton visit the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation, on which he was playing Geordi LaForge at the time. The episode showed some behind the scenes stuff, and a few bloopers. At the end of the episode, he gave his typical sign off, "I'll see you next time." and disappeared with the transporter animation, as if he had been beamed away. | |
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The Fanfic Critic was once possessed by Cartman when she reviewed a bad South Park fanfic. | |
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The Gaming Pixie enters the video games she reviews or has them spill over to the real world. For example, when reviewing Shadowgate, she enters the game itself and the narration changes to include her sarcastic musings on the game's flaws. | |
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Slowbeef is taken over by a Snatcher during his screenshot Let's Play of Snatcher. | |
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DesuDesBrigade reviewer, Hitch (the character), frequently interacts with the villains from a hentai anime (possibly Chains of Lust). | |
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That Dude in the Suede was killed by Benzaie using his Death Note. | |
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One YouTube review of the Silent Hill movie had Silent Hill's infamous "curse" affect the reviewer, showing his house changing between its normal self, and a Dark World self. | |
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Spoony has occasionally encountered characters from the works he's reviewed. In fact, in the conclusion of his Final Fantasy VIII review, Dr. Insano hired Squall to kill Spoony. | |
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In the Action 52 review, the ugly sprites from "Ooze" turn into Shit Pickles and pop out of the screen to torment the Nerd. | |
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Honest Trailers: Unsurprisingly, Deadpool interrupts the Narrator in his own movie's Honest Trailer. Played by Ryan Reynolds, too! | |
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While Yahtzee doesn't necessarily enter the games he's reviewing, his Author Avatar almost always interacts with characters from the game, like getting sliced in half by Kratos, having a drink with Akiyama, or giving Batman a playful tousle. | |
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He conversed on screen with Terl from Battlefield Earth (portrayed by Spoony, complete with Dutch Angle). | |
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Several times the Nerd gets into fights with characters from games and shows, such as Bugs Bunny in his review of The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout and a Klingon in his Star Trek review. | |
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1990's Gremlins 2: The New Batch features a scene with film critic Leonard Maltin note who in real life gave Gremlins 1 a negative review discussing Gremlins 2 on a TV station. After expressing his disappointment with the sequel, a horde of Gremlins attack him. | |
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