The ability to be aware that one's Universe is fictional, and potentially use this to act in otherwise impossible ways within their fictional universe.
Also Called
- Comic Awareness
- Fourth Wall Breaking
- Medium Awareness
- Metacognition
- Metaknowledge
Capabilities
User is aware that one's Universe is a fictional/false one, allowing them to carry out acts that, within the Universe, would otherwise be impossible. Depending on the extent of the user's power, one could potentially gain the powers of Reality Warping and/or Omniscience within the context of their own false Universe.
Applications
Associations
Limitations
- Users may appear to be abnormal to every one else.
- Increased likelihood of being driven insane.
- May be linked to normal senses.
Known Users
See Also: Medium Awareness.
- Marty Kaan (House of Lies)
- Various Characters (Yongbi the Invincible)
- Michael J. Caboose (Red vs. Blue)
- Mr. Freeman (Mr. Freeman)
- Julie Matahimik-Valentino (Home Sweetie Home)
- Providence (Bravely Second)
- Bean the Dynamite (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Lincoln Loud, Clyde McBride, Mr. Loud, and Ronnie Anne Santiago (The Loud House)
- Luan Loud (The Loud House); On April Fool's Day
- Kyu (Huniepop)
- Harley Diaz (Stuck in the Middle)
- Martin Payne (Martin)
- Neo (The Matrix)
- Pop Fizz (Skylanders)
- Chill Bill (Skylanders)
- Kaos (Skylanders)
- Rango (Rango)
- The Joker (DC Comics)
- Ambush Bug (DC Comics)
- Animal Man (DC Comics)
- Lyssa Drak (DC Comics)
- Control Freak (Teen Titans)
- Charile B.Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven)
- The Author (Comix Zone)
- Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy series)
- Daishi Kobayashi (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
- Hikaru Hibino (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
- Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
- Gwen Poole/Gwenpool (Marvel Comics)
- Professor Paradox (Ben 10)
- Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Bell (Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi)
- Gir (Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi)
- Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Louise Mason (Marvel Comics)
- Uatu the Watcher (Marvel Comics)
- Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Rick Jones (Marvel Comics)
- Wyatt Wingfoot (Marvel Comics)
- Howard the Duck (Marvel Comics)
- Eddy (Ed, Edd, n' Eddy)
- Edd/Double D (Ed, Edd, n' Eddy)
- Ed (Ed, Edd, n' Eddy)
- Rolf (Ed, Edd, n' Eddy)
- Gregory West (The Twilight Zone)
- Various Characters (Looney Toons)
- Various Characters (Animaniacs)
- Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)
- Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
- Tiny Tiger (Crash Bandicoot)
- Ebenezer Von Clutch (Crash Bandicoot)
- Most Characters (Pearls Before Swine)
- Most Characters (Order of the Stick)
- Most Characters (0/1)
- Various Characters (Phineas and Ferb)
- Mr. Allen and Mr. McDonald (South Park)
- Cranky Kong (Donkey Kong Series)
- Amy Wong (Futurama)
- Freakazoid (Freakazoid)
- Rallo Tubbs (The Cleveland Show)
- Various Characters (Family Guy)
- Lister (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
- Rimmer (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
- Cat (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
- Kryten (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
- QT (Space Dandy)
- Harold Crick (Stranger than Fiction)
- Dora (Dora The Explorer)
- Kai-Lan (Ni Hao, Kai-Lan)
- Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)
- Garfield (Garfield, The Garfield Show)
- Marcela/Princess Gum Drop (Great Greed)
- Pinkamena Diane "Pinkie" Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Edd (Edd Egg)
- Shaun (AnimaShaun)
- Calum (Toon)
- Various Characters (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- The Powerpuff Girls (TPPG's)
- The Storm King (My Little Pony The Movie)
- Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
- Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
- Kodos and Kang (The Simpsons)
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
- Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box)
- Mine (Akame Ga Kill)
- Most Characters (Randomverse)
- Various Characters (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
- Lucky (101 Dalmatians: The Series)
- Perdita (101 Dalmatians: The Animated Storybook)
- Weeping Angels (Doctor Who)
- Mosley "Mo" Mobile (Mobile Mysteries)
- Ren Homura (Monster Strike); when in narrator mode
- Sonic The Hedgehog (Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog)
- Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell)
- Batman (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
- Slade (Teen Titans: Calling All Titans game)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Ultimate Spider-Man TV series)
- Junko Enoshima/Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa)
- Several Characters (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
- Several Characters (Bastard!!)
- Player Character (Dragonfable)
- Fry, Bender, Leela, and Professor Farnsworth (Futurama: The Game)
- Various Characters (Dr. Slump)
- Cassie (Animorphs)
- Bat-Mite (DC Comics)
- Ice King (Adventure Time)
- Don Knotts (Johnny Bravo)
- Weird Al Yankovic (Johnny Bravo)
- Blue Falcon (Johnny Bravo)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Kirihime Nastuno (Dog & Scissors)
- Pit (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Palutena (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Viridi (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Hades (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Various Characters (Gintama)
- Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove)
- Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
- Lionet Ban (Saint Seiya)
- Alba (Senyuu)
- Ruki (Senyuu)
- Scott Pilgrim (Oni Press)
- Madeline Hatter (Ever After High)
- Kitty Cheshire (Ever After High)
- Callie (Splatoon)
- Marie (Splatoon)
- First, Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors (Doctor Who)
- Tlotoxl (Doctor Who)
- The Valeyard (Doctor Who)
- Oswin Oswald (Doctor Who)
- K9 (Doctor Who)
- Sam Serious Stone (Serious Sam Series)
- Capp'n (Animal Crossing)
- Mr. Ressetti (Animal Crossing)
- Flowey (Undertale)
- Sans (Undertale)
- Gerson (Undertale)
- Akari Akaza (Yuru Yuri)
- Snail (Adventure Time)
- Cthulhu (Cthulhu saves the world)
- Some Characters (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Beelzebub
- Card Collector
- Coach Frank (Skate 3)
- Phil Eggtree (Riddle School)
- Gideon Fell (John Dickson Carr novels)
- Neptune (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
- Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa)
- Wander (Wander Over Yonder)
- Lord Dominator (Wander Over Yonder)
- Sardonyx (Steven Universe)
- The Narrator/Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
- Most characters (Sonic Boom)
- Nozomi Yumehara (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Komachi Akimoto (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Rin Natsuki (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Karen Minazuki (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Urara Kasugano (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Bunbee (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
- Mucardia (Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!)
- Lala (Ojamajo Doremi)
- Tamatoa (Moana)
- Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
- Squid Baron (Shantae series)
- Various Characters (Sunset Overdrive)
- Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
- Go Shijima (Kamen Rider Drive)
- Rosencrantz (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
- Guildenstern (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
- The Player King (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
- Senua (Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice)
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
Gallery
Deadpool (Marvel Comics) shows awareness that he is in an illustrated story.
She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Loki (Marvel Comics)
Loki (Marvel Comics)
Uatu the Watcher (Marvel Comics)
Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Frendship is Magic) can view and shatter the fourth wall.
Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), like Pinkie Pie, is capable of breaking the 4th wall.
The Storm King (My Little Pony The Movie) is happy to demonstrate this while being inside a comic book.
Ajimu (Medaka Box) is aware that she is in a manga and will be animated.
Neo (The Matrix) is aware that The Matrix is a false existence, and as such can manipulate its reality, stopping bullets in their paths.
The title character of the film Rango is aware of the fact that he's a fictional character in the film.
Many Kid Icarus: Uprising characters like Pit and Viridi, often break 4th wall by making video games references or mentioning that they're in a video game themselves.
Sonic talking to the audience in the show's segment "Sonic Sez".
Lyssa Drak (DC Comics)
The Joker (DC Comics)
Kirihime Nastuno (Dog & Scissors) - "The protagonist has enter the story."
Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove)
Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim comics) frequently shows an awareness that he's in a fictional universe, telling many other characters to "read the book" when they ask questions regarding the events of previous chapters or volumes.
The Squid Sisters (Splatoon), Callie (left) and Marie (right), are aware that they are in a video game and occasionally reference that fact.
The Twelfth Doctor (Doctor Who) tells the viewers to Google the Bootstrap Paradox.
Neptune (Hyperdimension Neptunia) breaks the fourth wall.
Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa) is shown to be aware of the fact that he is in a cartoon, and would sometimes acknowledge the fictional world around him and the viewer.
Sardonyx (Steven Universe) is implied to have a limited awareness of the fictional nature of her show, making references to it as she gets to know Smoky Quartz, such as refering to one of the voice actors and to Cartoon Network itself.
Tamatoa (Moana) is slightly aware that he is in a Disney film.
Control Freak (Teen Titans) is completely aware that he is in an animated series and has even found a way to reboot it which resulted in the creation of Teen Titans Go!
Mine's (Akame Ga Kill!) Wheel of pain (With Gangan Joker's Mangas)
Card Collector (Valkyrie Crusade) is aware she is in a game, and even thinks that her power should be used on it.
Lincoln Loud (The Loud House) frequently speaks to the viewer as a means of coping with his large family, and eventually passed the secret on to his friend, Ronnie Anne Santiago.
On April Fools' Day, Luan Loud's (The Loud House) comedy becomes strong enough to break the Fourth Wall.
The Squid Baron (center) (Shantae series) is aware he lives in a videogame, which often rubs off on Shantae.
Frank Underwood (House of Cards) frequently blurts his ambitions to the audience, and no one's the wiser.
Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot) often likens the audience to an imaginary friend.
While not fully conscious of their fictional nature, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) do possess a limited awareness of the absurd nature of the events that surround them.
From his actions and words, it is made clear that the Player King (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) is aware that he, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are fictional characters acting out a story on repeat.
Due to her mental instability, Senua (Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice) can see and speak to the player.
Deadpool (Marvel Comics).
Sans (UNDERTALE) frequently acknowledges gameplay devices, such as LV and EXP.
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