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| == Breaking the Fourth Wall == | | == Breaking the Fourth Wall == |
| *Near the end of Rosebud, Homer asks Marge if giving Mr. Burns Bobo is a happy ending or a sad ending which Marge replies that it's an ending. | | *Near the end of Rosebud, Homer asks Marge if giving Mr. Burns Bobo is a happy ending or a sad ending which Marge replies that it's an ending. |
| + | *In Brawl in The Family, Lisa asks if if of the Simpsons series...of events. |
| *In the Telltale Head, Bart says that his story will last 23 minutes and 5 seconds, the episode's length. | | *In the Telltale Head, Bart says that his story will last 23 minutes and 5 seconds, the episode's length. |
| *The ending of Bart Gets Famous has Lisa saying "Now you can go back to just being you instead of a one-dimensional character with a silly catchphrase," setting off a montage of catchphrases. | | *The ending of Bart Gets Famous has Lisa saying "Now you can go back to just being you instead of a one-dimensional character with a silly catchphrase," setting off a montage of catchphrases. |
Revision as of 09:23, August 12, 2019
This is a list of when the fourth wall is broken in the show. Breaking the fourth wall in The Simpsons occurs when the characters acknowledge that they are fictional or acknowledge the audience or sometimes the cast and crew. It can also occur when the cast and crew acknowledge the media and try to affect it.
Breaking the Fourth Wall
- Near the end of Rosebud, Homer asks Marge if giving Mr. Burns Bobo is a happy ending or a sad ending which Marge replies that it's an ending.
- In Brawl in The Family, Lisa asks if if of the Simpsons series...of events.
- In the Telltale Head, Bart says that his story will last 23 minutes and 5 seconds, the episode's length.
- The ending of Bart Gets Famous has Lisa saying "Now you can go back to just being you instead of a one-dimensional character with a silly catchphrase," setting off a montage of catchphrases.
- In Blame It On Lisa, The Simpsons comment on the background music.
- In Barting Over, Lisa says that it's Homer's 300th time doing something stupid which Marge thinks that it's the 302th time, a reference to this being the so-called 300th episode, was actually the 302nd to air.
- In "Bart vs. Thanksgiving, a Bart ballon appears after Homer says "If they start building a balloon for every flash-in-the-pan cartoon character, you'll turn the parade into a farce".
- In Treehouse of Horror VI, Homer says "I feel like I'm wasting a fortune just standing here" is a reference to the cost of computer animation. Earlier, Homer, interrupting Kent Brockman's warning about advertising, says "We'll be right back" then commericals start.
- In Fat Man and Little Boy, Homer dismisses the quality of Korean animation then the "five o'clock shadow" part of his face is drawn a foot away from the rest of his head.
- In Stark Raving Dad, Homer says "I'm Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons".
- In Day of the Jackanapes, Marge says ""It's good for a show to go off the air before it gets stale and repetitive". Smithers bursts in saying that "Maggie shot Mr. Burns again!"
- In Homer Loves Flanders, Bart and Lisa are worried that Homer will stay being Ned Flanders' friend, ending their wacky adventures.
- During Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood, Bart stops an error in an Itchy and Scratchy episode which Lisa replies by saying that television does not have to be 100% accurate. After that, Homer (who was in the house with Bart and Lisa) walks past the window.
- At the end of Grift of the Magi, Gary Coleman asks the viewers "Whatcha talkin' about, everyone?"
- Lenny Leonard tells the viewers that he can make a necklace out of his loose teeth at the end of Sweets and Sour Marge.
- In Bart vs Lisa vs the Third Grade, Skinner says "If this episode has taught us anything...".
- In Today, I Am a Clown, Lisa reads the 'Two Dozen and One Greyhounds' page of The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family.
- In The Way We Weren't, Young Moe tells the viewers "And that's the origin of that!" after Marge prank calls Moe.
- At the end of You Kent Always Say What You Want, Homer tells Lisa something bad Kent Brockman said aboiut the Fox Network and after he gets cut off by the 20th Century Fox Television ending when he tries to tell the viewers about the truth, Homer tries to talk to the audience about it one more time by whispering, "Ok. What I was going to say was-", then being interrupted by the Gracie Films logo.
- In All About Lisa, Sideshow Mel's narration breaks the fourth wall just before the advertisement break.
- In Ned 'N Edna's Blend, Homer at one point says "Let's put it to a vote America". This is in reference to the end of "The Ned-liest Catch" where the country voted whether Ned and Edna should stay together.
- In The Book Job, This episode technically breaks the fourth wall, as one of the titles says "The Commercials".
- In Treehouse of Horror XXVI, Sideshow Bob saying that he's spent 24 years trying to kill a ten year old child. Later, when the family sees the reanimation machine, Homer says the animation looks good.
- During Puffless, Homer mentions the couch gags when Marge says that Patty will sleep on the couch.
- The translation for what Maggie says breaks that fourth (After securing the perimeter, the ground troops will advance and reinforce flanks, as the aerial units will soften their defenses. Then we shall advance in a pincer moment to infiltrate the compound and liberate our friend. If you've read all of this, congratulations, you're a genius!)
- The end of Barthood has Homer saying "Oh, is that what this was?"
- The epilouge of Lisa Gets the Blues has Homer tells the kids that with the next coming episode, the series will have exceeded Gunsmoke in terms of episode length.
Season 1
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"Bart the General"
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Bart sits on a table in a library and talks directly to the camera about the seriousness of war.
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5
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Season 5
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200 px
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"Lady Bouvier's Lover"
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The Simpsons are singing the "Armour Hot Dogs" theme song and Homer shows a sign to the camera which reads "PLEASE BUY ARMOUR BRAND HOT DOGS".
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102
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Season 7
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"The Day the Violence Died"
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Roger Meyers Jr. says Chief Wiggum is a rip-off of Edward G. Robinson.
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146
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Season 9
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"Bart Star"
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Joe Namath talks to the viewers about vaporlock.
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184
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Season 10
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"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
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John Madden and Pat Summerall have a "post-episode analysis", where they come to a conclusion that the episode cheated "the loyal fans who put up with so much nonsense from this franchise".
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215
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Season 11
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"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
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Homer informs the viewers that the show will be back after the commercial break.
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229
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"Saddlesore Galactica"
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Comic Book Guy wears a shirt that proclaims the ongoing episode to be the "worst ever".
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239
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"Missionary: Impossible"
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A Fox pledge-a-thon presented by Betty White interrupts the ending of the episode. When Bart pledges the needed money, he receives a phone call telling him that he's saved the network. He comments that it "wouldn't be the first time".
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241
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"Pygmoelian"
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Carl tells the viewers "You see, that's why I don't talk much", after starting a dialogue which ends in tears.
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242
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Season 12
Season 14
Season 20
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"Lost Verizon"
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When Bart first takes hold of Denis Leary’s phone after he throws it away, he explaims that you can watch commercials on it. He then holds the phone up to the camera as it cuts to commercial.
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422
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"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"
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While solving crossword puzzles, Lisa thinks of B.A.R.T. and describes it as a San Francesco people mover, Bart then looks at the camera and says "Speaking of San Francesco people movers", the scene then cuts to Homer in a gay bar with Julio.
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426
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"Father Knows Worst"
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Homer tells the viewers he's a "great dad to both his kids".
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438
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Season 22
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"The Ned-liest Catch"
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In the cliffhanger ending, Homer and Marge remind the viewer to join TheSimpsons.com and vote on whether Ned and Edna Krabappel should stay together. Note:This scene was extended into the credits in later airings.
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486
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Season 23
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"The Falcon and the D'ohman"
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Comic Book Guy tells the viewers that the result of Nedna will be revealed in the episode.
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487
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When Ned and Edna are in bed together, Edna winks at the camera.
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"Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"
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Moe's bar rag tells the viewers his life story throughout the whole episode
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498
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Season 24
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"Hardly Kirk-ing"
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Homer says that Bart's comment about not wanting to look like his dad is "not a heartwarming thing to end [the episode] on".
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521
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Season 25
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"Four Regrettings and a Funeral"
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The church marquee refers to Chip Davis as "Springfield's most beloved character that you never saw".
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533
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Season 26
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"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
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Kang turns to the camera and says "As if this never happened", referring to the episode being non-canon.
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562
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Season 28
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"The Caper Chase"
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Robert McKee breaks the fourth wall by talking about the time cut that happened after the introduction to the clones.
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615
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"Moho House"
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A hand drawn Gracie Films gag is seen in Homer's flip-book.
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617
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In "Stogie's Song", Stogie sang the line "that's the ending of the show, except for the tag."
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Season 29
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"Do the Bartman"
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Bart tells the viewers about his story of how he invented the Bartman dance moves.
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SPECIAL
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"Deep, Deep Trouble"
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Bart talks to viewers the whole short on how he got in prison.
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SPECIAL
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The Simpsons: Tapped Out
The Simpsons: Tapped Out frequently breaks the fourth wall, with the characters referring to being in a game.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Leaning on the fourth wall is where something almost breaks the fourth wall, only for it to be an in-media effect, such as the camera panning to reveal that the character was talking to another character rather than the audience.
Season 4
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"Duffless"
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When Homer turns down a glass of beer and runs off, Moe says that he will be back and so will several other barflies which whom he points to and he seems to point to the viewer, who is actually Barney.
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75
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Season 6
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"Bart of Darkness"
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Richard briefly appears to be throwing a beach ball at the camera, only for it to then show someone else catching it.
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104
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"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
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Dr. Hibbert, with his trademark chuckle says "Well I couldn't possibly solve this mystery. Can YOU?" pointing at the screen, at what is thought to be the viewer. The camera zooms out to show that he is pointing to Chief Wiggum, who says he will give it a shot, since it is his job.
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128
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Season 10
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"Mom and Pop Art"
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After insulting Matt Groening by saying "What's he doing in a museum? He can barely draw!", Homer is attacked by the eraser of a giant pencil, as if Matt Groening is trying to erase Homer. It is then revealed that two museum employees are carrying the giant pencil, which is actually a work of art by Claes Oldenburg, and trying to put it on its display stand.
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222
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Season 20
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"Gone Maggie Gone"
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After a return to commercial when Lisa is trying to figure out Springfield's biggest ring, she looks at the camera asking "Well? Did you get it?" The scene then changes to show that she was asking Milhouse, who says that he doesn't know.
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433
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Season 27
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"Halloween of Horror"
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During the "Grown-Up Halloween" musical number several characters look like their singing to the audience when they're really addressing Marge and Bart.
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578
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Season 28
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"Moho House"
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Moe said "Me thinks I see my opportunity" to the camera, only to reveal he was talking to Sideshow Mel, who he said he considered his friend.
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617
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