4th Wall Awareness

"Hey! Yeah, you! I'm down here, busting my a** while you sit on yours, watching me jump around? How is that fair?!"

- Deadpool, Marvel vs. Capcom 3

"Do you know how many characters there are in the Simpsons Morty? There's like a-a BILLION CHARACTERS, M-Morty. There was an episode where Former President BUSH was their neighbor!"

- Rick Sanchez (Rick And Morty)

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

 * 4th Wall Interaction

Associations

 * Plot Device Techniques
 * Reality Perception

Limitations

 * Increased likelihood of being driven insane.
 * Read Computer Data / Place Files
 * Users may appear to be abnormal to everyone else.
 * May be linked to normal senses.

Known Users
See Also: Medium Awareness.

Anime/Manga
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 * Yuzuki Fuwa (Assassination Classroom)
 * Various characters (Bastard!!)
 * Various characters (Case Closed)
 * Junko Enoshima/Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa)
 * Various characters (Dr. Slump)
 * Kirihime Nastuno (Dog & Scissors)
 * Various characters (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Various characters (Gintama)
 * Hackadolls (Hackadoll: The Animation)
 * Daishi Kobayashi (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
 * Hikaru Hibino (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
 * Choco (Last Period)
 * Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box)
 * Various characters (Nanbaka)
 * Lala (Ojamajo Doremi)
 * Jessie, James, and Meowth (Pokemon)
 * Various other characters (Pokemon)
 * Lionet Ban (Saint Seiya)
 * Saiki Kusuo (Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan)
 * Most characters (Sgt. Frog)
 * Alba (Senyuu)
 * Ruki (Senyuu)
 * QT (Space Dandy)
 * 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!)
 * Various characters (Yongbi the Invincible)
 * Akari Akaza (Yuru Yuri)

Television/Movies

 * Charile B. Barkin (All Dogs Go To Heaven)
 * Allegra (Allegra's Widow)
 * Barney (Barney's Great Adventure)
 * Baby Bop (Barney's Great Adventure)
 * Steve (Blue's Clues)
 * Joe (Blue's Clues)
 * George Beard (Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie)
 * Harold Hutchins (Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie)
 * Most characters (Dani's House)
 * Bernie Mac (The Bernie Mac Show)
 * Deadpool (Deadpool 2016)
 * First, Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors (Doctor Who)
 * K9 (Doctor Who)
 * Oswin Oswald (Doctor Who)
 * Tlotoxl (Doctor Who)
 * The Valeyard (Doctor Who)
 * Weeping Angels (Doctor Who)
 * Most characters (Don't Blame Me)
 * Grinch (Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas 1966 and 2000)
 * Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat 2003)
 * Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove)
 * Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
 * The Narrator/Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
 * Various characters (Gullah Gullah Island)
 * Martin Kelly (Hey Dad...!); formerly
 * Julie Matahimik-Valentino (Home Sweetie Home)
 * Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
 * Marty Kaan (House of Lies)
 * Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle)
 * Martin Payne (Martin)
 * The Mask (The Mask 1994)
 * Neo (The Matrix)
 * Tamatoa (Moana)
 * Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
 * Agnes Brown (Mrs. Brown's Boys)
 * Shelby Woo (The Mystery Flies of Shelby Woo)
 * Fran Fine (The Nanny)
 * Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
 * Saskia Litras (Noah and Saskia)
 * Jack Parker (Pants on Fire)
 * Various characters (Pee-Wee's Playhouse)
 * Jamie Grover (Quints)
 * Rango (Rango)
 * Cat (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
 * Kryten (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
 * Lister (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
 * Rimmer (Red Dwarf, Back to Earth)
 * Bronson Twist (Round the Twist); one off
 * Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell)
 * Harold Crick (Stranger than Fiction)
 * Harley Diaz (Stuck in the Middle)
 * Cryptkeeper (Tales from the Crypt)
 * Niles Talbot (Tales from the Crypt)
 * Janet/Jeremy McKay (Tales from the Crypt)
 * Gregory West (The Twilight Zone)
 * Shante Smith (Two Can Play That Game/Three Can Play That Game)
 * Zack Greenburg (The Zack Files)
 * Zeke Falcone (Zeke and Luther)
 * Luther Waffles (Zeke and Luther)
 * Tia Andrea Landry and Tamera Ann Campbell (Sister Sister)
 * Ghostwriter Team (Ghostwriter)
 * Mr. Peabody and Sherman (Mr. Peabody & Sherman)
 * Woody Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker 2018)
 * Fleetwood Yak (Rock Dog)
 * Otis the Dog (Son of the Mask)
 * Geroge Jetson (The Jetsons Movie)
 * Allyson Miller (Now You See It)
 * Phil Diffy (Phil of the Future)
 * Clarissa and Ferguson Darling (Clarissa Explanins It All)
 * Al Bundy (Married with Children)
 * Captain Neweyes (We're Back a Dinosaur's Story)
 * Various Characters (Secret Girlfriend)
 * Various Characters (Power Rangers)
 * Protector Killbots (Chopping Mall)
 * Raptor (Raptor Ranch)
 * Cynthia (The Feeding 2006)
 * Ranger Bob (Grizzly Park)
 * Crocodile (Lake Placid 3)
 * Razorteeth (Razorteeth)
 * Earl Sinclair (Dinosaurs)
 * Claire Dearling (Jurassic World)
 * Kevin McCallister (Home Alone)
 * Bryan Brown (Twisted Tales)}}

Literature
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 * Cassie (Animorphs)
 * George Beard (Captain Underpants)
 * Harold Hutchins (Captain Underpants)
 * Neptune (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
 * Several Characters (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
 * Gideon Fell (John Dickson Carr novels)

Web Comics

 * Most characters (Order of the Stick)

Other

 * Most characters (0/1)
 * Shaun (AnimaShaun)
 * Mechakara (Atop the Fourth Wall)
 * Luna (Bio-Cats RP)
 * Sarah (The Chosen 5 RP)
 * Edd (Edd Egg)
 * Most characters (Randomverse)
 * Rosencrantz (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
 * Guildenstern (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
 * The Player King (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
 * Most characters (Stupid Mario Brothers)
 * Calum (Toon)
 * Mabel "Madea" Simmons (various Tyler Perry plays, movies, and TV shows)
 * Various Characters (Disney)
 * Lisa Loud and Lynn Loud (The Science House)
 * Slender Man (Slender Mythos)}}