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[[File:Rowlet Fourth Wall Break SM055.png|thumb|250px|A literal fourth wall break]] | |||
"'''Breaking the {{wp|fourth wall}}'''" refers to a point at which a character acknowledges that he or she is fictional. In the [[Pokémon|Pokémon franchise]] several characters appear to break the "fourth wall" in the {{pkmn|anime}}, {{pkmn|manga}}, and in the {{pkmn|games}}. | "'''Breaking the {{wp|fourth wall}}'''" refers to a point at which a character acknowledges that he or she is fictional. In the [[Pokémon|Pokémon franchise]] several characters appear to break the "fourth wall" in the {{pkmn|anime}}, {{pkmn|manga}}, and in the {{pkmn|games}}. | ||
There are several ways of breaking the fourth wall; | There are several ways of breaking the fourth wall; examples include when characters refer to a particular episode or season, when characters stop others from performing an occult or criminal act by referring to the fact that it is a "children's show", when characters respond to a real world person who is not physically present (such as the [[narrator]]), when characters talk to the viewer or player directly rather than to their in-game avatar, or when characters crash into the screen, causing it to crack. | ||
==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
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| style="text-align:center"| ''[[SM013|Racing to a Big Event!]]'' | | style="text-align:center"| ''[[SM013|Racing to a Big Event!]]'' | ||
| Jessie pushes apart | | [[Jessie]] pushes apart James and Meowth's split screens to make room for her own. | ||
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| style="text-align:center"| ''[[SM016|They Might Not Be Giants!]]'' | | style="text-align:center"| ''[[SM016|They Might Not Be Giants!]]'' | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| [[SM055]] | | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| [[SM055]] | ||
| Rowlet falls out of Professor Kukui's house and hits the screen, which breaks on impact. | | {{AP|Rowlet}} falls out of [[Professor Kukui]]'s house and hits the screen, which breaks on impact. | ||
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