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===Original series===
===Original series===
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''
| [[James]] says ''"Drat! We wasted this episode cheering the good guys!"''  
| [[James]] says ''"Drat! We wasted this episode cheering the good guys!"''
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]''
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| Misty orders the narrator not to congratulate her for "capturing" her {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}.
| Misty orders the narrator not to congratulate her for "capturing" her {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''
| [[James]] tells [[Jessie]] ''"I hate to interrupt your internal dream sequence, but..."'', meaning that he was aware of her fantasy scene.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP030|Sparks Fly for Magnemite]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP030|Sparks Fly for Magnemite]]''
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|''[[EP049|So Near, Yet So Farfetch’d]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|''[[EP049|So Near, Yet So Farfetch’d]]''
| When {{ka|Keith}} tricked Team Rocket by giving them some {{p|Voltorb}}, Meowth said, ''"He tricked us twice in one episode.''"
| When {{OBP|Keith|EP049}} tricked Team Rocket by giving them some {{p|Voltorb}}, Meowth said, ''"He tricked us twice in one episode.''"
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| During the ending, when the narrator credits Psyduck with saving the rest of Misty's Pokémon from Keith, Psyduck, in its own language, happily replies to him.
| During the ending, when the narrator credits Psyduck with saving the rest of Misty's Pokémon from Keith, Psyduck, in its own language, happily replies to him.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP113|Viva Las Lapras]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP113|Viva Las Lapras]]''
| When Team Rocket states that they were attacked by the pirates, Meowth says "It's flashback time."  
| When Team Rocket states that they were attacked by the pirates, Meowth says "It's flashback time."
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP128|The Whistle Stop]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP128|The Whistle Stop]]''
| When the bridge is about to collapse, Meowth says, ''"We usually don't wash out this early in the episode!"''  
| When the bridge is about to collapse, Meowth says, ''"We usually don't wash out this early in the episode!"''
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]''
| When Ash and Misty are about the throw their {{ball|Lure}}s to catch {{AP|Totodile}}, they both push the split screen that's between them when telling each other to back off.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP154|Fowl Play!]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP154|Fowl Play!]]''
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| When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will, ''"...be the new stars of this cartoon."''
| When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will, ''"...be the new stars of this cartoon."''
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| style="text-align:center; background:#fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" |''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''  
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" |''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|10px}}" | Jessie says to {{TP|Clair|Dratini}}: ''"If you don't cool it, the show's over for all of us!"''
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|10px}}" | Jessie says to {{TP|Clair|Dratini}}: ''"If you don't cool it, the show's over for all of us!"''
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===Advanced Generation===
===Advanced Generation===
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[SS015|Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[SS015|Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!]]''
| When {{an|Crystal}} states [[Butch]]'s name wrong, Butch pushes the split screens featuring {{an|Professor Oak}} and Crystal apart to state his name correctly, meaning that he is aware of the existence of the split screens.
| When {{OBP|Crystal|SS015}} states [[Butch]]'s name wrong, Butch pushes the split screens featuring {{an|Professor Oak}} and Crystal apart to state his name correctly, meaning that he is aware of the existence of the split screens.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]''
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===Diamond & Pearl series===
===Diamond & Pearl series===
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis]]''
| After Jessie realizes she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy.  
| After Jessie realizes she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy.
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|''[[DP046|A Maze-ing Race!]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|''[[DP046|A Maze-ing Race!]]''
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP094|Doc Brock!]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP094|Doc Brock!]]''
| Ash interrupts the narrator's closing speech saying he forgot about {{AP|Gliscor}}.
| Ash interrupts the narrator's closing speech saying he forgot about {{AP|Gliscor}}.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP104|Sleepless In Pre-Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP104|Sleepless In Pre-Battle!]]''
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===Best Wishes series===
===Best Wishes series===
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| style="text-align:center; background: #fff" | ''[[BW009|The Bloom Is On Axew!]]''
| style="text-align:center; background: #fff" | ''[[BW009|The Bloom Is On Axew!]]''
| style='background: #fff;" | Ash and Pikachu lean away from the split screen divider when Iris is yelling at them.
| style="background: #fff;" | Ash and Pikachu lean away from the split screen divider when Iris is yelling at them.
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff" | ''[[BW013|Minccino - Neat and Tidy!]]''
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===XY series===
===XY series===
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| As the narrator prepares to conclude the episode, {{an|Serena}} pipes up, realizing that they hadn't rescued {{an|Clemont}} yet, prompting the others to gasp at her prompt, including the narrator. Upon Clemont's return, the narrator finishes his conclusion, beginning with ''"As I was saying..."''
| As the narrator prepares to conclude the episode, {{an|Serena}} pipes up, realizing that they hadn't rescued {{an|Clemont}} yet, prompting the others to gasp at her prompt, including the narrator. Upon Clemont's return, the narrator finishes his conclusion, beginning with ''"As I was saying..."''
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY037|The Cave of Mirrors!]]''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY055|A Slippery Encounter!]]''
| At the very end, the episode concludes with [[Mirror Team Rocket|Mirror Jessie and James]] saying ''"Team Rocket, good night!"''
| When Team Rocket is performing comedy for each other, Meowth mentions that he is ''"out of material"'' because ''"the writers left me high and dry."''
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY055|A Slippery Encounter!]]''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY075|Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!]]''
| When Team Rocket is performing comedy for each other, Meowth mentions that he is ''"out of material"'' because ''"the writers left him high and dry."''
| When Jessie fantasizes about marrying Steven Stone, James and Meowth tear out Steven and the background respectively.
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY081|Rotom's Wish!]]''
| The episode concludes with [[Weston]]'s {{p|Rotom}} smirking and winking at the audience.
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY085|Mending a Broken Spirit!]]''
| When James tells Jessie and Meowth how he knows how [[Serena's Braixen]] must feel like after having its wand stick broken, he looks at the screen and asks the audience if they know the same feeling too. Jessie and Meowth also turn to look at the screen in confusion of who James is talking to.
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY088|A Trip Down Memory Train!]]''
| As Team Rocket blasts off at the beginning of the episode, Jessie yells that she wants more screen time.
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY105|Party Dancecapades!]]''
| After Ash, Serena, [[Miette]], and James are chosen to participate in the [[Multi Battle|Tag Battle]], [[Monsieur Pierre]] says ''"The battle begins next!"'' right before it goes to the [[Who's That Pokémon?]].
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| [[XY114]]
| In one scene, {{an|Bonnie}} directly talks to the audience.
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===Specials===
===Specials===
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===Movies===
===Movies===
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| {{OBP|Slowking|M02}} tells Team Rocket that lots of people saw them risk their lives to save the world. All four of them then look at the audience, and the Rocket trio realizes that it's true.
| {{OBP|Slowking|M02}} tells Team Rocket that lots of people saw them risk their lives to save the world. All four of them then look at the audience, and the Rocket trio realizes that it's true.
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff;" | ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff;" | ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''
| style="background: #fff;" | Meowth asks Jessie whether or not she thinks they will get a bigger part in [[M04|the next movie]].
| style="background: #fff;" | Meowth asks Jessie whether or not she thinks they will get a bigger part in [[M04|the next movie]].
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" | ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" | ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''
| style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|10px}}" | When Jessie mentions diamonds and pearls, Meowth says they would be a "[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|good name for a game]]", a nod to the Generation IV games.
| style="background: #fff" | When Jessie mentions diamonds and pearls, Meowth says they would be a "[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|good name for a game]]", a nod to the Generation IV games.
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| When James mentions diamonds and pearls again, Meowth says they should at least get through this season first. [[S10|The next season]] starts the Sinnoh arc.
|style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|10px}}"| When James mentions diamonds and pearls again, Meowth says they should at least get through this season first. [[S10|The next season]] starts the Sinnoh arc.
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==In the games==
==In the games==
===Main series games===
===[[Core series]]===
* [[Trainer Tips]] signs and message boards provide advice to the player in using the game's control scheme. Similar instructions are also given by NPCs, such as the player's [[Mom|mother]], the regional [[Pokémon Professor]], and NPCs telling the player that they are [[saving]].
* [[Trainer Tips]] signs and message boards provide advice to the player in using the game's control scheme. Similar instructions are also given by NPCs, such as the player's [[mother]], the regional [[Pokémon Professor]], and NPCs telling the player that they are [[Save|saving]].
* In the [[Generation I]] games and {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there is a sign on {{Rt|17|Kanto}} that says "Don't throw the game, throw [[Poké Ball]]s instead!".
* In the [[Generation I]] games and {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there is a sign on {{Rt|17|Kanto}} that says "Don't throw the game, throw [[Poké Ball]]s instead!".
* The [[Game Freak]] office can be found in [[Celadon City]] and [[Castelia City]]. The characters there will announce their role in the game when the {{player}} speaks to them:
* The [[Game Freak]] office can be found in [[Celadon City]] and [[Castelia City]]. The characters there will announce their role in the game when the {{player}} speaks to them:
** "I'm the game designer!"
** "I'm the game designer!"
** "I wrote the story!"
** "I wrote the story!"
** "I'm the graphic artist! I drew you!" or "I'm the graphic designer! I'm a skilled dot artist!"
** "I'm the graphic artist! I drew you!" or "I'm the graphic designer! I'm a skilled dot artist!"
** "Me? I'm the programmer!".
** "Me? I'm the programmer!".
** In addition, examining the computers gives this message: "It's the game program! [[Cheating|Messing with it]] could bug out the game!"  
** In addition, examining the computers gives this message: "It's the game program! [[Cheating|Messing with it]] could bug out the game!"
*** The game designer will personally award the player the [[diploma]] after completion of the [[regional Pokédex|regional]] or [[National Pokédex]].  
*** The game designer will personally award the player the [[diploma]] after completion of the [[regional Pokédex|regional]] or [[National Pokédex]].
** In other games, Game Freak employees are seen on vacation. A group stays in the [[Cove Lily Motel]] in [[Lilycove City]] and a single member stays at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]].
** In other games, Game Freak employees are seen on vacation. A group stays in the [[Cove Lily Motel]] in [[Lilycove City]] and a single member stays at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]].
* In the [[Pokémon Communication Center]] a staff member receives an email stating Game Freak's desire of linking at worldwide level without link cable barriers.
* In the [[Pokémon Communication Center]], a staff member receives an email stating Game Freak's desire of linking at worldwide level without link cable barriers.


===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon===
===[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]===
* In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]] both {{OBP|Sunflora|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}} and {{OBP|Bidoof|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}} break the fourth wall at 4th entry of their diaries, mentioning the Y and A buttons, respectively.
* In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]] both {{OBP|Sunflora|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}} and {{OBP|Bidoof|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}} break the fourth wall at 4th entry of their diaries, mentioning the Y and A buttons, respectively.
* In the demo version of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity]], some characters mention that certain features will be available in the full version.
* In the demo version of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity]], some characters mention that certain features will be available in the full version.
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* At the end of the {{p|Heatran}} Mission in [[Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]], the [[Capture Styler]] breaks the fourth wall, telling the player themselves to wait a moment during [[Nema]]'s explanation of how Heatran learned {{m|Eruption}}.
* At the end of the {{p|Heatran}} Mission in [[Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]], the [[Capture Styler]] breaks the fourth wall, telling the player themselves to wait a moment during [[Nema]]'s explanation of how Heatran learned {{m|Eruption}}.


===Pokémon Rumble series===
===[[Pokémon Rumble series]]===
* In [[Pokémon Rumble World]], if the Toy Pokémon in use does not have a second move, pressing B will cause it to look at the screen for a short period of time.
* In [[Pokémon Rumble World]], if the [[Toy Pokémon]] in use does not have a second move, pressing B will cause it to look up at the screen for a couple of seconds.
** In the castle courtyard, pressing A will cause it to look out at the screen as before, while pressing B will cause it to jump up and down.


==In the manga==
==In the manga==