Editing Breaking the fourth wall

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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 ==
=== Season 1 ===
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{{TB|"[[Bart the General]]"}}
{{TB|[[Bart]] sits on a table in a library and talks directly to the camera about the seriousness of war.}}
{{TB|5}}
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=== Season 5 ===
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{{TB|"[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]"}}
{{TB|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".}}
{{TB|102}}
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=== Season 6 ===
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{{TB|"[[A Star Is Burns]]"}}
{{TB|[[Jay Sherman]] invites the [[Simpson family]] to visit his show, referring to ''[[The Critic]]''. However, Bart shoots the idea down.}}
{{TB|121}}
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=== Season 7 ===
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{{TB|"[[The Day the Violence Died]]"}}
{{TB|Roger Meyers Jr. says Chief Wiggum is a rip-off of Edward G. Robinson.}}
{{TB|146}}
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=== Season 9 ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Joe Namath - Bart Star.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Bart Star]]"}}
{{TB|{{Ch|Joe Namath}} talks to the viewers about vaporlock.}}
{{TB|184}}
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=== Season 10 ===
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{{TB|"[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]"}}
{{TB|{{Ch|John Madden}} and {{Ch|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".}}
{{TB|215}}
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=== Season 11 ===
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{{TB|"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"}}
{{TB|Homer informs the viewers that the show will be back after the commercial break.}}
{{TB|229}}
{{TBT|[[File:BABF09 Fourth wall.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Saddlesore Galactica]]"}}
{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] wears a shirt that proclaims the ongoing episode to be the "worst ever".}}
{{TB|239}}
{{TBT|[[File:BABF11 Fourth wall.png|200 px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Missionary: Impossible]]"}}
{{TB|A [[Fox]] pledge-a-thon presented by {{Ch|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".}}
{{TB|241}}
{{TBT|[[File:BABF12 Fourth wall.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Pygmoelian]]"}}
{{TB|[[Carl Carlson|Carl]] tells the viewers "You see, that's why I don't talk much", after starting a dialogue which ends in tears.}}
{{TB|242}}
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=== Season 12 ===
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{{TB|"[[New Kids on the Blecch]]"}}
{{TB|[['N Sync]] talks to the camera about the navy.}}
{{TB|262}}
{{TBT|[[File:CABF14 Fourth wall.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Trilogy of Error]]"}}
{{TB|[[Mr. Teeny]] murmurs in monkey language "this plot made no sense" to the camera.}}
{{TB|266}}
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=== Season 14 ===
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{{TB|"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]"}}
{{TB|A promo for [[Joe Millionaire]] appears on the screen, which Homer picks up and eats, then spits it out.}}
{{TB|305}}
{{TBT|[[File:EABF14 Fourth wall.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Old Yeller-Belly]]"}}
{{TB|Homer remarks to the camera about how the plan to get [[Santa's Little Helper]] back is working.}}
{{TB|310}}
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=== Season 20 ===
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{{TBT|[[File:LostVerizon Commercial.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Lost Verizon]]"}}
{{TB|When Bart first takes hold of {{ch|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.}}
{{TB|422}}
{{TBT|[[File:No image.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]"}}
{{TB|While solving crossword puzzles, Lisa thinks of [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|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]].}}
{{TB|426}}
{{TBT|[[File:LABF08 Fourth wall.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Father Knows Worst]]"}}
{{TB|Homer tells the viewers he's a "great dad to both his kids".}}
{{TB|438}}
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=== Season 22 ===
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{{TB|"[[The Ned-liest Catch]]"}}
{{TB|In the cliffhanger ending, Homer and Marge remind the viewer to join TheSimpsons.com and vote on whether [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] and [[Edna|Edna Krabappel]] should stay together.<br>''Note:This scene was extended into the credits in later airings.''}}
{{TB|486}}
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=== Season 23 ===
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{{TRs|"[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]"|2}}
{{TB|Comic Book Guy tells the viewers that the result of [[Nedna]] will be revealed in the episode.}}
{{TRs|487|2}
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{{TB|When [[Ned]] and Edna are in bed together, Edna winks at the camera.}}
{{TBT|[[File:MGFRTR promo 1.jpg|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Moe Goes from Rags to Riches]]"}}
{{TB|Moe's bar rag tells the viewers his life story throughout the whole episode}}
{{TB|498}}
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=== Season 24 ===
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{{TB|"[[Hardly Kirk-ing]]"}}
{{TB|Homer says that Bart's comment about not wanting to look like his dad is "not a heartwarming thing to end [the episode] on".}}
{{TB|521}}
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=== Season 25 ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Four Regrettings and a Funeral marquee.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]"}}
{{TB|The church marquee refers to Chip Davis as "Springfield's most beloved character that you never saw".}}
{{TB|533}}
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=== Season 26 ===
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{{TB|"[[The Man Who Came to Be Dinner]]"}}
{{TB|[[Kang]] turns to the camera and says "As if this never happened", referring to the episode being non-canon.}}
{{TB|562}}
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=== Season 27 ===
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{{TB|"[[Much Apu About Something]]"}}
{{TB|Homer appears in a memory bubble, and when Bart looks like he’s not going to listen, Homer says “Do you know how much imagination to appear in one of these?”}}
{{TB|562}}
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===Season 28===
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{{TB|"[[The Caper Chase]]"}}
{{TB|[[Robert McKee]] breaks the fourth wall by talking about the time cut that happened after the introduction to the clones.}}
{{TB|615}}
{{TBT|[[File:Moho House Gracie Films.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|"[[Moho House]]"|2}}
{{TB|A hand drawn [[Gracie Films gags|Gracie Films gag]] is seen in Homer's flip-book.}}
{{TRs|617|2}}
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{{TB|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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{{TB|"[[Singin' in the Lane ]]"}}
{{TB|[[Lenny]] says "This episode has a lot of music."}}
{{TB|625}}
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=== Music videos ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Do the Bartman - Fourth wall.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Do the Bartman]]"}}
{{TB|Bart tells the viewers about his story of how he invented the Bartman dance moves.}}
{{TB|SPECIAL}}
{{TBT|[[File:Deep Deep Trouble - Fourth wall.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Deep, Deep Trouble]]"}}
{{TB|Bart talks to viewers the whole short on how he got in prison.}}
{{TB|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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{{TB|"[[Duffless]]"}}
{{TB|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 Gumble|Barney]].}}
{{TB|75}}
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=== Season 6 ===
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{{TB|"[[Bart of Darkness]]"}}
{{TB|[[Richard]] briefly appears to be throwing a beach ball at the camera, only for it to then show someone else catching it.}}
{{TB|104}}
{{TBT|[[File:2F16 Fourth Wall.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]"}}
{{TB|[[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.}}
{{TB|128}}
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=== Season 10 ===
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{{TB|"[[Mom and Pop Art]]"}}
{{TB|After insulting {{Ch|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.}}
{{TB|222}}
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=== Season 20 ===
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{{TBT|[[File:GoneMaggieGone Fourth Wall.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Gone Maggie Gone]]"}}
{{TB|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.}}
{{TB|433}}
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=== Season 27 ===
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{{TBT|[[File:HalloweenOfHorror - Kirk.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}}
{{TB|During the "[[Grown-Up Halloween]]" musical number several characters look like their singing to the audience when they're really addressing Marge and Bart.}}
{{TB|578}}
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=== Season 28 ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Moho House Fourth Wall Lean.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|"[[Moho House]]"}}
{{TB|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.}}
{{TB|617}}
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