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This article is about the comedy device used in various Disney properties. For the WandaVision episode, see Breaking the Fourth Wall (WandaVision).

Breaking the fourth wall is an often (but not always) comedy device used in fictional literature and media in which a character acknowledges the fact they are a character in said fiction and media, and are actually aware of being such.

There are several ways of breaking the fourth wall: examples include when a character refers to a particular part in a movie or television episode; when a character stops others from performing an occult or criminal act by referring to the fact that it is a "children's/family movie/show"; when a character responds to a real-world person who is not physically present (such as the narrator), or when a character looks toward the camera and often talks to or interacts directly with the viewers. This last method is commonly used for shows or movies aimed at younger viewers to promote and encourage audience participation, especially when a main or supporting character asks the viewers for help to solve problems or engage in conversations by asking questions.

Listed here are scenes in Disney movies, shows, video games, etc., where such characters break the fourth wall.

• In the very first panel of the Bonkers comic "Blame That Toon!" (published in Volume 7, Number 6), when Bonkers arrives at Fantastic Park, the narration points out that he doesn't work here, to which Bonkers replies, "Ah, whadda you caption boxes know, anyway?"

• In the Joe Books retelling of "The Kitty Cat Kaper", when Darkwing resumes narrating the story following Gosalyn's interruption, it shows the same panel from before, with Darkwing telling Launchpad: "Take note, L.P.! No caption, no scene transition, and the artist gets to reuse a panel! Everyone wins!"
  • Later in the same story, when Darkwing starts yelling, "BLANKETY-BLANKETY-BLANK!", Launchpad cautions him, reminding him that children may be reading the comic.
  • On the very next page, when Launchpad says "Now I know what Megavolt's prom date felt like!", Darkwing responds, "We've used that joke before." (What makes this a fourth-wall break is that this is a flashback and the "previous occurrence" he's referring to occurs later chronologically.)

• During the "Land of Dragons" portion of the manga, Mushu is visibly shocked when he realizes Sora, Donald, and Goofy do not recognize him (although in the first game, the heroes are already familiar with the dragon due to his appearance as a summon, a role which was cut from its respective manga adaptation). Mushu then produces his own copy of the original Kingdom Hearts manga, and is annoyed to discover that he doesn't appear.

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