Breaking the fourth wall

"**Breaking the fourth wall**" refers to a point at which a character acknowledges that they are fictional. In the *Guardians of Harmony* and *Harmony Heroes* franchises, several characters appear to break the "fourth wall" multiple times.

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, when a character is aware of effects such as thought balloons, iris-outs, or censor boxes, when characters express awareness of being inside transformation spaces, or when characters crash into the screen and either slide down from it or cause it to crack from impact.

## In the main series (Guardians of Harmony)

### Season 1

* Trio Magic
	+ When Arcturus says he's going to shoot Mirage and the Windigos and is about to whip out a gun, Victoria stops him and says "One, this is a family show, and two, guns don't even exist in the era this season takes place!"
		- It should be noted that it also serves as a shipping hint, as Victoria is seen blushing out of fury.
	+ Mirage tells the heroes "I was a last-minute addition, because you can't have this stupid, pathetic show at all without ME!"
* Peaceful Ellis and Cheerful Joy!
	+ Kyubey says she's not like her original counterpart, referring to *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*, but can still grant positive wishes when needed.
	+ Joy gets so excited over her new powers that she flies right into the screen and slides down it with her cheeks comically smooshed against the camera, much to Ellis's annoyance.
	+ After Victoria says "Good thing the battle's over, or else I'd... I'D BECOME A WITCH!", Kiara says "Ooh, that's sp-" only to be sushed by Victoria, who shouts "NO SPOILERS!"
		- This is also the first "Please Stand By" moment of the series.
* Kyubey flat-out says that she doesn't make witches, causing Joy to say "You're unlike Puella Ma-" only to be slapped by Victoria. As a bonus, this is the second "Please Stand By" scene. (The Princess and the Kanto Warrior)
* When everycreature is healed and revived by the Fire of Friendship, and Twinkle becomes an Alicorn as a result, Sparkle starts to (off-key) sing "Enchan-", only for Arcadia to look exteremly confused and stop her, asking what "Enchantix" is. This confirms that in GoH, Fairy Forms don't exist, not even in the Magic Dimension. (Helping the Destiny's 6)
	+ To top it off, Victoria claps her hands and says "TIMEOUT! WE'RE GETTING OFF-TOPIC HERE!"

### Season 4

* The Journey Begins
	+ When meeting Event Horizon, Black Hat, Demencia, and Necrosis for the first time, Pudding demands that they stop "being baddeey evil meanies noweey!", only for Event Horizon to reply, "That's not in my voice actress's contract."
	+ Nina says to the villains "Well, in my origin world, I dealt with \*bleep\*ing pesks like you jerks!"
	+ When Nina gushes after realizing Dragonet is pregnant, which she confirms, she says "Keep any questions you have PG, please."
	+ When Jim flips the villains off, he grabs the black censor box covering his finger and tosses it away. This makes Nanette ***VERY*** pissed, even saying "FOR ONE JIMMY-SAN, DOING THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR KIDS! AND SPEAKING OF KIDS, \*looks at the audience\* DON'T EVER THINK ABOUT DOING THIS OR EVEN SWEAR!"
		- Everyone but Mami, Mikey and Marina laughs after Nanette says that, thinking she already found a boyfriend (when she didn't even do so just yet).
	+ Necrosis says "Some of our philosophy may not be agreeable to young viewers."
	+ In the dub, Nanette asks Elizabeth why she wears glasses, as if she is aware she doesn't wear glasses in any other series. The following that then happened was not seen in the original: Marina asks if *she* forgot her glasses (referencing her sister's canon character of the day counterpart), causing Mami to slap all three girls.
* Nanette says to Mikey "EXCUSE ME, SAVE THAT WORD FOR ANOTHER EPISODE!", making the latter embarrassed. (Sayaka's Magic Awakens)
* While breaking up an argument between Mami and Jim, Marina comments that they're running late and snidely says they have to start the show. (School of Hard Knocks)
* The narrator asks Nanette to name her Pokémon, to which she does. (Mystery at the Lighthouse)
* After she is born, at the end of the episode, Sugar happily smiles and waves to the audience as the iris-out closes. (A New Baby Pokémon Is Born!)
* James says "Drat! We wasted this episode cheering the good guys!" (Electric Shock Showdown)
* Meowth complains that Gloom's horrible stench must have melted his nose from his face. He then remembers, and points out to the audience, that the show's cartoonists never gave him one. (Pokémon Scent-sation)
* Hypno's Naptime
	+ Jessie remarks that their early arrival in the episode is based on the half-hour time constraint involving the show.
	+ James asks why they didn't just fly away with the Pokémon from the start after their Mirror scheme fails. Jessie responds they have to fill a half hour.
	+ Marina orders the narrator not to congratulate her for "capturing" her Psyduck Aquas, only for Mami to slap her.
* James tells Jessie "I hate to interrupt your internal dream sequence, but...", meaning that he was aware of her fantasy scene. (The Punchy Pokémon)
* When Team Rocket appears with a new mecha without the Guardians of Harmony noticing, Jessie and James introduce their new plan to the audience (Jessie even says "Tell them, James!"), and Meowth asks who they are talking to. (Sparks Fly for Magnemite)
* Team Rocket mentions that their evolved Pokémon are being shown "for the first time on TV". (Dig Those Diglett!)
* After Team Rocket finishes their motto, James says "We'd like to thank all of our fans for their loyalty and support. This victory is for them." (Thunders' Goodbye)
* At the end, when the kids were saying good-bye, *all* of the Guardians thought they were asking for their signatures, when they were really wanting only Nanette's. Mami snarkily answers with "Oh well, Miss Nanette IS the star." (Showdown at Dark City)
* The last lines of Team Rocket's theme song are "We want to capture everyone we hope to do it soon / and when we do we'll be the new stars of this cartoon!" Mami, however, seems to be directly insulted by them. (The Song of Jigglypuff)
* So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd
	+ When Keith tricked Team Rocket by giving them some Voltorb, Meowth said "He tricked us two times in one episode."
	+ During the ending, when the narrator credits Aquas with saving the rest of Marina's Pokémon from Keith, she happily replies to her.
* When Jessie and James start to say the motto, Meowth is seen about to use a remote to fast-forward it, but Mami stops them just in time. (To Master the Onixpected!)

### Season 5

* Nina says "I was originally going to live here...", but is suddenly stopped by the witch Charlotte, who ends up being the fault for the Trainer's sanged arm. (Winds Of A New Journey)
* The Totodile Duel
	+ When Ash and Marina are about the throw their Lure Balls to catch Totodile, they both push the split screen that's between them when telling each other to back off.
	+ Marina admits that she forgot about her own Totodile at the end of the episode. Nanette then gives out a life lesson that ends up becoming important in season 12.
* While inside Team Rocket's Noctowl mecha, Meowth exclaims "And we're gonna capture that colorful Noctowl right after we get back from the break!" (Fowl Play!)
* While Jessie is escaping via unicycle, she hums along with a few bars of the chase music. (The Stolen Stones)
* After the narrator introduces Rikishii Town as "an intriguing little village", Nina asks the others where they are. Madoka quotes the narrator "It's an intriguing little village, Nina!" (Ring Masters)
* James says "For you folks at home, here's a play-by-play." (The Perfect Match)
* Jessie and Cassidy are aware that there is a split in the screen between the two of them, as they shove it back and forth. (The Mystery is History)
* Meowth tells Jessie and James to hurry up with the motto, saying "Just give 'em the short version!" "Them" refers to the audience. (Throwing in the Noctowl)
* Meowth is knocked into the screen by Jessie and slides down from it after the ladder realized they're missing an Espeon to complete the set of Eeveelutions. (Espeon, Not Included)
* Jessie, James, and Meowth are off-screen and appear in speech bubbles right next to Sayaka, who cowers because of them. (For Ho-oh the Bells Toll)
* When Team Rocket blasts off, they all say "Cue the blast off lights!" (A Tyrogue Full of Trouble)
* Jessie tells James to explain their mecha to the "viewing audience." (As Clear as Crystal)
* When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will "...be the new stars of this cartoon." Mami, however, is once again insulted by them. (Same Old Song and Dance)
* Jessie says to Dratini "If you don't cool it, the show's over for all of us!" (Beauty is Skin Deep)

### Season 6

* Some of the Guardians of Harmony fight Team Rocket for control of the larger portion of a split screen, meaning they are aware of its existence. (You Never Can Taillow)
* Jessie shatters an image of Cassidy. (Zig Zag Zangoose!)
* Early in the episode, instead of the usual "We're blasting off again", Team Rocket cries, "We're blasting off already!" (All Torkoal, No Play)
* Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!
	+ When Crystal states Butch's name wrong, Butch pushes the split screens featuring Professor Oak and Crystal apart to state his name correctly, meaning that he is aware of the existence of the split screens.
	+ Jim deliberately mispronounces Butch's name as "B\*\*\*\*" (which is bleeped)," causing Butch to yell "THAT IS NOT MY NAME IN THE SCRIPT!" Nanette then says he might accidentally attract "those once-per-episode buffoons" if he uses that insult. As soon as she says that, the villainous quartet suddenly shows up.
* Jessie states that even if she were to write the script it would not be any better. (Vanity Affair)
* Max says "Lucky for Miss Nanette this is her fantasy, or she'd b-" (meaning that he is aware of Nanette's fantasy scene) before getting slapped by a furiously blushing Nanette. (Berry, Berry Interesting)
* Meowth turns to the audience and says "...and you guys might want to cover your eyes!" (Sweet Baby James)
* Meowth says that James is giving him a pain, but he cannot say where because there are kids ("minors") watching the show. (May's Egg-Cellent Adventure)
* Jessie and James ask "We're in reruns already?" when Meowth accidentally trips one of their own traps. (Ka Boom with a View!)
* Upon seeing Solana in action, James comments that maybe Solana should have her own show. (Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 2))
* At the end, Jessie takes over as the narrator and says "Stay tuned!" (New Plot, Odd Lot!)
* After becoming frustrated in her attempt to explain a plan to James and Meowth, Jessie turns to the audience and says "I'm sure you're all one step ahead of these clowns, so you know that's exactly what we're going to do!" (Grating Spaces)
* Meowth says "Save it for another cartoon show!" and "May I remind you it's not like we're watching reruns?" (Aipom and Circumstance!)
* James, upon blasting off, asks if Team Rocket will ever learn. Meowth responds that they'll find out next season. (Home Is Where the Start Is!)

### Season 7

* When Different Worlds Collide!
	+ When Madoka starts gushing over seeing an Equestrian pony for the first time in person, Nanette states that adding ponies early wasn't part of the original series plan.
	+ When Team Rocket blasts off, James says "Aren't we supposed to leave our audience wanting more?" Meowth responds "You go tell that to the writers!"
* Meowth, Jessie and James respectively say "You can't do that!", "The kids are still getting used to our new motto!", and "Next thing you know they'll think we've been replaced by Butch and Cassidy!" (Different Strokes for Different Blokes)
* Meowth rushes Jessie and James, saying that they "only have three minutes left!" (Gymbaliar!)
* When Nina suggests that the group rests, the narrator takes over and says that Nina's idea is great. (The Grass-Type is Always Greener!)
* An Angry Combeenation
	+ Meowth speaks directly to the "kids" in the viewing audience.
	+ James says "It's not like we're in a cartoon, silly!"
* After Meowth gets confused by Teeter Dance, he says "First the Witch, then the Guardian, and now this!" Madoka laughs and says that if the series were a rip-off of her origin anime, she'd wish to stop others from being affected by confusion. (All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go)
* Team Rocket references the "kids" (viewing audience). (Steamboat Willies)
* Meowth speaks directly to the "kids" (viewing audience). (Top-Down Training!)
* After Jessie realizes she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy. (Mass Hip-Po-Sis)
* A Maze-ing Race!
	+ When Team Rocket gets blasted off by an Onix, Jessie says "But this is only act one!"
	+ During their motto, Jessie states that they "blasted off early".
* Jessie says to start up the show in style with the old get-up-and-go strategy. (Once There Were Greenfields)
* When Meowth begins to explain his boss fantasy, Jessie says "I'm sensing a scene change." (Fighting Fear with Fear!)
* When Team Rocket shows off their mecha, they say "Introduce it to the kids." "The kids" refers to the viewers that are watching the show. (A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine)
* Ash interrupts the narrator's closing speech, shouting that he forgot about Gliscor. (Mami the Healer!)
* As a running gag, when Adam has his Berserk Button pressed, he kicks the screen and the glass breaks when Pudding tries to ship him with Hilbert.
* As Team Rocket blasts off in the daytime, Jessie says that if they can't let them sleep, at least they could let them get more air time, with they possibly being those who work on the show. (Sleepless In Pre-Battle!)
* When Josie asks what became of Hunter J. after her ship sinks, Dawn is about to ask "Maybe she-" when Gary (since a few Guardians had gotten separated from the main group with him at the lake) cuts her off and says "Keep it family-friendly." (The Needs of Hope)
* As Team Rocket sneaks into the Canalave Gym, Meowth addresses the audience, saying "Look kids, since you know what comes next, let's cut to the chase, so sing along." Also, when Wobbuffet enters the screen, Meowth tells him to be quiet as "You'll hurt their ears." (Dealing With Defensive Types!)
* Team Rocket says at the end of the episode after Metagross blasts them off with Gyro Ball "Hey kids, so dream with us!" Like A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine and Dealing With Defensive Types!, "kids" refers to the viewers that are watching the show. (Noodles! Roamin' Off!)
* When Team Rocket blasts off for the second time in the episode, James comments that it is "...awfully early for a blast off!" (Pillars of Friendship!)
* When Azure insults Team Rocket, James makes a split in the screen and shoves it at Azure's face. (Beating the Bustle and Hustle!)
* While Team Rocket does the motto, James and Meowth hum along to the background music as Jessie says "Putting the do-gooders in their place!" (The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!)
* When Meowth begins to explain his boss fantasy, James says "I smell a fantasy scene." (Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!)

### Season 8

* Nanette says that a year has passed since the previous season ended. (In the Shadow of Zekrom!)
* Childhood Friends Reunited!
	+ Bianca waves at the screen after introducing herself.
	+ Homura mutters to herself "Cheren, there may be a time when you'll lose your dear Gina..." She then gets slapped.
* Dreams by the Yard Full!
	+ Almost example: Nanette wanted to say that if Katrina was around, she'd revive her, but Marina slaps her little sister before she can even say it.
	+ Example with a punishment: When Kyoko swears over why Gina had to die, Kazmar shouts "HEY! HER ORIGIN COUNTERPART NEVER SWORE LIKE YOU DO!", only for Cheren to have to recall him as punishment for rudely making a reference to something else.
* Ash and Thunders lean away from the split screen divider when Iris is yelling at them. (The Bloom Is On Axi!)
* Bianca's Chronicles
	+ When Nevaeh wills herself into transforming just so she can sabotage Bianca and Cheren's date, she says "I know the writers don't want me to transform in this episode... but (focuses extremely hard, clenches her fists, and strains, looking exhausted) I HAVE TO TRANSFORM! SHE WILL NOT STEAL CHERRY-CHAN ON MY WATCH!" When the date actually gets sabotaged, Cheren gets VERY pissed and says "Who gave an 18 year-old woman a crush on a 15 year-old?!"
	+ Glorysia looks at the audience and says "Kids, don't end up like Nevaeh."
	+ After Rosa teases them, Bianca says that her nickname for Cheren does *not* relate to the Cherry Factor.
* At the end of the episode, when the narrator pronounces Stephan's name incorrectly, Stephan cuts in, yelling that she's saying it wrong. (Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!)
* Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!
	+ In a scene in which Moira and Iris are arguing, Moira pushes the split screen divider out to chime in.
	+ When Iris swears at Moira and the insult is bleeped, Julia asks what that sudden beeping sound was. Kyoko, in annoyance, then slaps all three girls.
	+ Bluey tells Moira that if she was one of the writers, she would "kick you out of this franchise, you arrogant snob." Moira pretends that all she can hear is her saying her name, until when the villains show up and the trio reveals their performance hairstyles and costumes are actually their Guardian outfits and that they are truly nice deep down. After hearing that, Bluey then says "Those characters sure are jerks with a heart of gold after all!"
* Twice during the episode, Homura pushes the split screens featuring Soren and Rocko apart from each other. (A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!)
* At one point during the battle with Team Plasma, Jim says that the creators of the series banned him from using nukes (or any superweapons GDI has) all they want, but it still won't change the fact that he's about to use them to get rid of Ghetsis and said team in the first chance he has. Nanette overhears this, and while she notes that nukes are unnecessary for a kids' show, she then quickly shuts him up before he can do anything.

### Season 9

* When Nanette tells Team Rocket and the villainous quartet that the Guardians will always stand up to them, Jessie tells her and an offended Mami that all they will end up with is reruns. (Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!)
* As the narrator prepares to conclude the episode, Serena pipes up, realizing that they hadn't rescued Clemont yet, prompting the others to gasp at her prompt, including the narrator. Upon Clemont's return, the narrator finishes her conclusion, beginning with "As I was saying..." (Awakening the Sleeping Giant!)
* When Team Rocket is performing comedy for each other, Meowth mentions that he is "out of material" because "the writers left me high and dry." (A Slippery Encounter!)
* When Jessie fantasizes about marrying Steven Stone, James and Meowth tear out Steven and the background respectively. Stevie overhears this, however, and yells that her creator never intended to make Jessie a stepmother. (Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!)
	+ The creators of the franchise admitted that Stevie was talking about her deceased owner, a Deviant named BC-LS.
* The episode concludes with Weston's Rotom smirking and winking at the audience. (Rotom's Wish!)
* When James tells Jessie and Meowth how he knows how Trixie (Serena's Braixen) must feel like after having her wand stick broken, he looks at the screen and asks the audience if they know the same feeling too. Jessie and Meowth also turn to look at the screen in confusion of who James is talking to. (Mending a Broken Spirit!)
* As Team Rocket blasts off at the beginning of the episode, Jessie yells that she wants more screen time. (A Trip Down Memory Train!)
* After Ash, Serena, Miette, and James are chosen to participate in the Tag Battle, Monsieur Pierre says "The battle begins next!" right before it goes to the break. (Party Dancecapades!)
* In one scene, Bonnie directly talks to the audience. (A Keeper for Keeps?)

### Season 10

* When asked by James to translate what Mimikyu said, Meowth comments "This is a family show." (Loading the Dex!)
* After Nina criticizes Ash and Mallow's fishing skills, they push in split screens to squish Nina. In the next scene, her cheeks are brusied. (Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!)
* Jessie pushes apart James and Meowth's split screens to make room for her own. (Racing to a Big Event!)
* Poppy opens up the bubble that she is talking in and then hangs on it with her flippers. (They Might Not Be Giants!)
* Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!
	+ A fantasy sequence ends with Ash getting flung at the screen, which breaks on impact, ending the fantasy.
	+ Julia (being a troublemaker) tears through the screen when an outraged Kiawe is about to use Turty's Inferno Overdrive on Ash when he found out the latter had lost his Electrium Z.
* Thunders looks at the bubble containing Kiawe's bubble as he comments that the pose Ash is doing is not an actual pose. (A Team-on-Team Tussle!)
* When Sophocles thinks about getting some malasadas, Togey looks at Sophocles's thought balloon and reaches out for the malasadas inside it. (So Long, Sophocles!)
* Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!
	+ Oluolu splits two sides of the screen apart when Jessie is getting angry with the Guardians and some of their Pokémon.
	+ When Meowth is about to throw his Meowth Ball, James speaks directly to the audience to explain it.
* Mallow cuts off the detective monologue with a director's clapboard while shouting "CUT!" The clapboard has the number 29 on it, referencing the episode's number. Mami then states that *she* should do it due to being more experienced, only for Nanette to cut them off when the two girls fight, saying "CUT! Let's get back to the show now!" This is also a "Please Stand By" moment. (Lulled to La-La Land!)
* Sophocles pushes away a split screen featuring Lana to get the whole screen for himself. (Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!)
* Jessie pushes away the thought balloon of Matori when mentioning her. (Alola, Kanto!)
* When Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet announce their engagement to Ash and his Pokémon, Rowlie falls out of Professor Kukui's house in shock and hits the screen, which breaks on impact. (The Professors' New Adventure!)
* The Young Flame Strikes Back!
	+ Ash shoos away an image of Viren in the background. Mallow and Mami are even looking at the image as Ash shoos it away.
	+ Marie briefly imagines a golden statue of herself on Viren's imagined Rainbow Happy Resorts building, only for Madoka to transform and use her bow and arrow to shoot the thought bubble away, meaning she was aware of her fantasy.
* James mentions that Ash and the Masked Royal's battle against the Revengers will be back after the upcoming messages, right before the break in the show proper. (A Young Royal Flame Ignites!)
* When Dragonet catches Bouncee licking the spoon and putting it back in the container, she proceeds to explode at her and shout how that could kill somecreature, and then imagines a thought bubble with a hammer in it. She then takes the hammer out of the thought bubble and whacks Bouncee's head with it. (Heck's Kitchen)
* When Ash crashes into the vaulting box, and later into Stakataka, his tears stay on the screen both times. (The Long Vault Home!)
* Lillie tells the viewers not to jump into hot springs too quickly after her Ride Altaria forces her to do so. (I Choose Paradise!)
* In one scene, Ash shoos away Rotom's flashback of himself. (Bright Lights, Big Changes!)
* Living on the Cutting Edge!
	+ Kartana slices the background in two at the end of Team Rocket's motto.
	+ At the end of the episode, as the screen fades to black, Kartana cuts a hole into the black background and appears through it, speaking the line "As the journey continues..." backwards. This hints that something might end up taking a dark turn, which will luckily end up having a good end.

### Season 11

* When Nina asks why exactly did Nanette leave all of her Pokémon at the Juniper Labratory, Nanette says she's following game directions. (Land of Hope and Glory)
* Throughout each episode where the Gyms are challenged, a different baby of Dragonet's will always try and fail to exactly imitate Ash. This always annoys him.
* Aurea realizes that "I'm going to get an upgrade soon enough." (The Championship Battle!)
* Marina looks at the audience and says "Please stand by! We forgot something!". The camera then switches to the girl and shows her looking at her hands in surprise before showing her new appearance. (Sword and Shield - Part 4: A New Life Begins!)

### Season 12

* When Event Horizon arrives, sees the green-haired human girl, and is appalled that the heroes managed to convince her to join their side, she says "You've been with us for 11 whole seasons, so you're gonna stay that way and that purple-haired moron and especially that rainbow-haired moron are gonna pay!" (The Royal Guardians (Part 2))
	+ She somehow counted the first three seasons, the seasons where she didn't even exist yet, so the number of seasons Necrosis appeared in seems to be wrong. In fact, EH's statement was made to be incorrect on purpose to show she's overconfident, refuses to admit she's wrong, and thinks she's perfect. She did manage not to count the twelfth season, however.
* Isabelle says to Kyubey that she already made a contract 3 seasons ago. (Starting Fresh Once More!)
* Meowth and Cheren become narrators, recounting over what happened in the island when they arrived. They sometimes face the viewers both directly and indirectly. At one point, Jessie even asks Meowth who he is talking to. (The Path That Leads To Goodbye!)
* When Ash asked what the Beheeyem were doing, Meowth replies "If I knew the answer to that, this show would be over." (Capacia Island UFO!)

### Season 13

* When Bloom appears in the transformation space and starts to shout "Magic W-", Kyubey appears inside the space, comically gets a remote, and presses the rewind button while shouting "CUT! Let's try that again. You say 'Miracle Engage' to transform!'" (The Beginning of The End)
* Meowth looks at the audience while explaining the rules of "Evil Things Name Game". (Kicking It from Here Into Tomorrow!)
* Goh pushes away a thought bubble of two Beautifly relaxing on a beach, explaining to Ash that they're here to watch the Beautifly migrating, not hydrating. (Goodbye, My Friends...!)
* Splash, Dash, and Smash for the Crown!
	+ When James gets a Slowking in the Rocket Prize Master at the beginning of the episode, he speaks to the audience by mentioning that the episode will be a "double-feature", referencing the fact the episode features two segments.
	+ Ash reads the closing lines of the first part of the episode from a script and winks at the audience, while Goh gets frustrated that Ash got to read his lines.
* Chloe squeezes into Ash's split screen to tell him that the Friendship Festival has nothing to do with battling, and Nanette snidely adds that this isn't the first time the Guardians went to the festival itself, referencing the two-part premiere of the previous season. (The Cuteness Quotient!)
* The Rocket Prize Master gives Team Rocket the episode's two titles, and they realize one of them is for the part of the episode that had just ended. (Pikachu Translation Check...)
* Ash and Goh look and speak directly towards the bubble where the Curator was located instead of talking through the Rotom Phone at the end of the episode. (A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!)

### Season 15

* When Stargazer loses her cool over Jim starting a riot in the afterlife, Melody looks at the screen and says "Kids, don't try this at home. We'll be right back!" The scene then cuts to a five-second "Please Stand By" screen, and then cuts to a severely wounded Izzy being treated by Sunny. (Stargazer's Chaotic Day)

## In the AUs

(Other sections yet to be added in and are WIPs!)

### My Little Pony: Guardians of Harmony

* When Applejack says "I can buck like a 5-bit snakeherder in an Appleloosa ranchhouse again!", Rainbow Dash puts a hoof over her snout and says "THERE ARE MINORS HERE!", referring to both the teenage ponies *and* the audience, as that line is heavily implied to be a prostitution joke even in the canon episode. (The Cutie Map (Part 2))

### My Little Pony (Gloryverse)

#### The Harmony Crystal

* Rainbow Flare angrily says to Queen Brightstar that Humans do not exist in Equestria after she mentions a backstory to the Harmony Heroes, only for Starry Light Heart to say "HOLD IT! This is headcanon! Humans DO exist in Equestria as the baby Rainbow Angels! Rainbow Flare, what did you expect?" when showing the unused script that the staff Robbie wrote. (The Sacrifice)

### Synchronicity

* Hope Wing gets angry at Flareous for eating her sweet buns, telling him "DID YOU JUST EAT MY BUNS?! IT WAS 2 EPISODES AGO THAT MISS KAGAMINE MADE THOSE BUNS FOR EATING DURING OUR JOURNEY!" (Episode 5)
	+ During the (yet-to-be-made) reaction video, Cheerful herself snaps.

### Puella Magi Harmonia Magica

* Kyubey says she's not like her original counterpart, referring to *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*. (Season 8 Episode 1)
* Mami is quickly saved by Minori, but the latter ends up getting a minor injury. The former says "If anyone didn't save me at that moment, I'd be a goner!" (Season 8 Episode 3)
* Homura, after shooting Kyubey, realizes that she forgot the Incubator's 4th-wall-breaking words from the first episode and admits "I must have thought this was the original version of the show! Must have been acting stupid..." (Season 8 Episode 8)
* During the scene with Madoka and Homura sharing their last moments together, the former tells the latter that "while it's true that all Harmony Heroes don't die when witching out, [she] still [knew] that witches shouldn't exist any longer." (Season 8 Episode 12)

## In GoH:FiM

* Pinkie Pie breaks the fourth wall from time to time in early episodes, and it's a self-imposed rule by the writers that she's the only character within the main cast that's allowed to do so. This begins in "Friendship is Magic, Part 2", where she interrupts the Iris Out and babbles to the audience about how excited she is to have Twilight Sparkle living in Ponyville, and playing with the Iris Out became becomes a minor running gag for her after this, such as in "Swarm of the Century" and "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows"; in the former, she even plays a closing Sad Trombone. This is largely limited to closing credit gags, however, and mostly occurs in early seasons — later episodes make much more sporadic use of this..
	+ At the end of "Over a Barrel", Pinkie does a similar thing while Twilight Sparkle is reading aloud her letter to Princess Celestia. When Twilight quotes Pinkie's song from earlier in the episode by saying "you've got to share. You've got to care", Pinkie, annoyed, pops out of the closing iris and says "Hey! That's what I said!"
	+ In "Magic Duel", Pinkie Pie breaks through the iris-out again, angry about her lack of a mouth. Twilight joins in on the action, creating a portal into the black screen and using her magic to give Pinkie her mouth back. Pinkie happily opens her mouth to say something right before the end credits start playing. Earlier in the same episode, Trixie removes Pinkie's mouth by dragging the Flash file with the mouth into a computer's trash bin.
	+ In "Make New Friends But Keep Discord", Pinkie makes an excited Aside Comment about how Discord wants "all the cakes" at Sugarcube Corner. She doesn't just *look* at the camera; she grabs it and starts shaking it up and down.
	+ In "The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone", Gilda agrees to help Pinkie save Rainbow Dash, and insists that it doesn't make them friends. Pinkie waits for Gilda to walk off before turning to the camera and gleefully exclaiming, "Except it doooooes!"
* Applejack gets in on it once or twice as well. During "Wonderbolts Academy", when Pinkie Pie is going off on one long protracted tangent about how Rainbow Dash has forgotten them, Applejack spends the entire time looking *right at the audience* as if to say "Can you believe this?"
* Discord is a fan of this. During "Keep Calm and Flutter On", he brainwashes some beavers and then grins right at the screen and whispers "Whoopsie!" In "Princess Twilight Sparkle, Part 2", while eating some popcorn, he looks at the camera and says he'll need more popcorn. In "To Where And Back Again", he comments on the episode's cast by saying "Well, isn't this quite the combination of secondary characters?"
* Sweetie Belle gets one in during Fandom Nod-loaded "Slice of Life". She, along with a large group of other secondary characters, are watching the main six "stars" of the show gathered together and discussing something. Sweetie suggests, "Maybe it's a friendship problem and it'll be wrapped up in half-an-hour or so."

## Notes

* In Season 1, the scene where a character shouts "CUT!" while holding a clapperboard is replaced with a character clapping twice and then shouting "TIME OUT!"