Breaking the 4th Wall

**"Breaking the fourth wall"** refers to a point at which a character acknowledges that they are fictional. Several characters appear to break the "fourth wall" in the anime, manga, and in the games.

There are several ways of breaking the fourth wall; examples include when characters refer to a particular episode or season, when characters stop others from performing an occult or criminal act by referring to the fact that it is a "children's show", when characters respond to a real world person who is not physically present (such as the narrator), when characters talk to the viewer or player directly rather than to their in-game avatar, or when characters crash into the screen and either slide down from it or cause it to crack from impact.

## In the HMVJ franchise

* Elec Man sometimes bumps into the screen.

## In the OGMH franchise

* Elec Man sometimes bumps into the screen.

## In the MH franchise

* In *A New Beginning***,** Nina complains that Dragonet hadn't debuted yet at that point and would be helpful to use Return to purify the monster. Cheren, in annoyance, then slaps her.
* While reading the preview for the final episode of MHB, Nina says "I know it's illegal in the world where this show has been made for an 18-year old to be with a 14-year old, but..."
* In *Wish Upon the Wishcatchers!,* Angel Skylight, upon transforming for the first time along with the other 4 members of the team the Wishcatchers, mentions that the MHA AU is the only universe where she gets full-time powers. Angel Coral then points out that Skylight's costume looks like an ancient Greek chiton, referring to a real-world location.
	+ When Skylight also tests her new super speed, she ends up crashing into the screen (with Shitasakan-chan on her shoulder), causing it to crack and resulting in the two of them sliding down the screen.
	+ Angel Coral does the same, but since she doesn't get as much of a speed boost and instead has increased strength, she ends up smacking into the already-cracked screen and smearing her lipstick on it.
* When Kou accidentally cuts her finger while chopping vegetables, she begs Nemu to transform so she can use her sap to numb the pain, before getting cut off in the middle of saying "transform" by Nemu shoving the Fleur Èlèmen bottle in her face and her saying "This is a kids' show! Don't even ask."
* When Minako and Ichigo both gush over Sugar being born, they both get slapped in the face by her mother, who snaps "The cartoonists didn't show the whole mess onscreen, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist! And more importantly... THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP!!!"
* Rotom asks Sorashi why she wears glasses (due to being naiive since it was sheltered by its abusive former Trainers), to which she snarkily replies "Because the Divinity for some reason made my vision not work properly!" This remark isn't obviously a 4th wall break, but considering the sarcastic tone she uses and the fact she's referring to the original Divinity and not her teenage flesh-and-blood human successor, Sorashi in that scene is most likely actually referring to the show's animators.
	+ Sorashi, in the same episode, also has a thought bubble imagining Nanette (who otherwise doesn't appear in the series) yelling at her for "stealing" the Èlèmen of Faith from the HMVJ version of her.
* After Nanette learns she doesn't have an Elemen of Harmony gem, she says "Do I represent Magic or Faith? If I learn I represent neither, the creators of this show are screwed!"
* When a Nightmare attacks while Shitasakan-chan is in the middle of giving birth, forcing the Angelix Warriors to transform and fight it while leaving her in the Pokémon Center's dorm room to rest, Event Horizon actually agrees to be quiet and orders her Nightmare to not make too much noise. When Angel Skylight asks if she'll do this all of the time and turn nice, Event Horizon says that's not in her voice actress's contract.

## In Shining Bonds a la Mode

* Techie informs Faith Idol that somebody else besides her also shares the Elemental of Faith, causing her to furiously yell that she is the only character who 'deserves' it, making Techie tell her not to be such an entitled brat and the Elementals of Harmony aren't soley owned by her.
* In SBALM027, Nanette becomes extremely annoyed by Dragonet's painful screaming and becomes so annoyed that she beats up Nijiko and tells her to make her shut up. The two then get into a heated argument, with Kou then interrupting with a clapperboard and saying "CUT! Let's get back to the show now!"

## 4th Wall Breaking Gags

* Whether the leader of a main heroic group gets mad, someone calms him/her down quickly and reminds him/her that "It's a kids' show! How many times were you told not to unleash your anger?!"
* Characters with either super speed or super strength will often sometimes end up going too far and end up punching or zooming into the screen.