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List of animated shows of the 2010s that feature fourth wall breaking.

The other sub-page for the succeeding decades can be found here:

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Main article: Breaking the Fourth Wall/2020s Animated shows

Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]

  • Jake, Izzy, Cubby, and Skully interact with the audience throughout each episode, asking to help them out on their missions, similar to the way the main characters from Little Einsteins did.
  • "Tick Tock Trap" - At the very end of the episode, Tick-Tock is seen wearing the golden crocodile tooth in his jaw as he smiles at the viewers while laughing, but not before chasing Captain Hook and his crew away.
  • "Captain Hook's Crocodile Crew" - At the very end of the episode, Tick-Tock is seen wearing the Crocodile Crown as the other crocs worship him and looks toward the camera while chuckling.

Gravity Falls[]

  • "The Legend of the Gobblewonker" - Soos briefly worries that he might be a side character, and thus would be more likely to be the first to get killed off. In the show, Soos actually is a side character.
  • "Irrational Treasure" - The third paragraph in the Northwest Cover-up is a bunch of random politics-related sentences, among them a sentence reading "Writing jokes for cartoons is more important than sleep."
  • "Little Dipper" - At the ending of the cold open, Dipper and Mabel decide to watch TV. Right as they walk offscreen, Mabel says "my favorite part is the theme song", right before the intro starts playing.
  • "Boss Mabel" - The host of Cash Wheel says "Cut to commercial !" right as the actual show reaches a commercial break.
  • "Fight Fighters" - When Dipper and Rumble McSkirmish are fighting, Soos waves his arm in front of Rumble's life meter, attempting to change it.
  • "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" - In this episode, the audience is treated as a character in the show, who arrived at the Mystery Shack after their car broke down at night. As a result, Stan is seen speaking directly to the audience, telling them stories and asking them to buy his merchandise. Towards the end of the episode, when the viewer refuses to buy anything, Stan offers them a free sample of a potion, which knocks them unconscious. They later wake up in an attraction in the Mystery Shack, and Mabel can be seen playing tic-tac-toe with them.
    • In the same episode, Stan tries to console Mabel by telling her that the monsters in the movie are just "tiny clay figures moved around one frame at a time by an anti-social shut-in". Soos responds, "Those people are called animators."
  • "Not What He Seems" - On the recording, Stan realizes that he can swear for real because "[he's] alone now". While this refers to not having to censor himself around other characters on the show, it also likely refers to how he hasn't been allowed to swear due to being on a show for children.
  • "A Tale of Two Stans" - Before Ford starts to tell his story, Soos tells him "This better match up with my fanfiction," referencing the fan theories/fanfictions that much of the audience was coming up with in the real world.
  • "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons" - When Stan prepares to watch Ducktective with the kids, his bother Ford criticizes him for "being keyed up to watch some kids' show". Stan retaliates by telling him that Ducktective has a strong mystery element and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads, alluding to the reason why Gravity Falls has become so popular with older audiences in the real world.
    • Later in the episode, Ducktective revealed that the titular character has a twin brother, which Stan and the kids were disappointed by due to predicting it all along. A few episodes earlier, this exact twist was used in the real show when it was revealed that Stan has a twin brother.

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja[]

  • "Fudge Factory" - At the end of the episode, Randy looks at the camera after he learns his lesson about lying.
  • "Happy Hanukkah, Howard Weinerman!" - Randy and Howard frequently break the fourth wall during this episode.
  • "Debbie Meddle" - Debbie discovers Randy Cunningham is the Ninja! and also how ridiculous the idea of name of the show staring him and Randy looks at the camera.
  • Several bloopers from the show also feature Randy and Howard breaking the fourth wall.


Ultimate Spider-Man[]

  • Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man) usually breaks the fourth wall in every episode. Before he begins, the background darkens and Peter makes comments on some moments he has experienced.

Sofia the First[]

Henry Hugglemonster[]

  • In every episode, Henry Hugglemonster speaks to the audience about what he and/or his friends and family are doing, including explaining details during each plot.

Sheriff Callie's Wild West[]

  • The Prairie Dog Trio always recap the events of every episode through singing. They appear during the plot twist, the climax, and the ending of each episode.

Wander Over Yonder[]

  • "The Gift" - While delivering presents, Wander says they are giving them to "everyone we've met over the past season...of our lives!"
  • "The Void" - Sylvia rapidly opens and closes a door that contains, among other things: Wander's original design, a photo of Jack McBrayer, a photo of The Two-Man Gentlemen Band, Sylvia's original design, a black-and-white photo of Craig McCracken, and a personal message from him that reads: "Thanks for watching Wander Over Yonder and for taking the time to still frame this!"
    • When McBrayer's photo is shown, Wander is seen looking very shocked as if he saw his voice actor.
  • "The Matchmaker" - When Wander is encouraged by Sylvia to fight Something the So and So as a diversion to stop him from giving Lord Dominator the love letter, he suddenly declines and tells him, "Normally, I'd spend, like, eleven minutes on this thing," referring to the length of a normal episode.
  • "The Waste of Time" - In one scene, Sylvia mentions, "I know you're having fun reminiscing, but we can't just waste our time watching past episodes…of our lives!"
  • "The Cartoon" - At one point, Lord Hater looks at the audience and says: "Animation is so hard! People who do this for a living deserve more credit and respect!"
  • "My Fair Hatey" - As Dominator starts singing "I'm the Bad Guy", she shakes her buttocks at the screen, to which Wander and Hater share a disturbed glance with each other.
  • "The End of the Galaxy" - Peepers quips on Hater's return as, "Where has this guy been all season...of our lives?"
  • In some of the between season shorts, Hater points out that he had been chasing after Wander for "like, a year and a half," which is the runtime of the first season.

The 7D[]

  • The dwarfs and one of the supporting characters announce the title episodes at the beginning of the show. They also, along with the supporting characters, tell the viewers about what’s happening in the story while taking part in the plot in documentary confession style.
  • "Buckets" - At one point, Happy says, "I love this running gag!" when the seven dwarfs jump into Starchy's arms after being scared.

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero[]

The Lion Guard[]

Elena of Avalor[]

Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures[]

  • Cuckoo-Loca breaks the fourth wall several times in the series by reading the episode's title aloud (which other characters also do) or talking directly to the audience at the end of certain episodes.
  • "Mickey's Ukulele Jam" - When Mickey and Donald race to the volcano to get his ukulele back, Mickey states that his pal Walt gave it to him. Walt Disney was the original creator of Mickey Mouse and certain other characters.
  • "Donald's Dilemma" - Donald breaks the fourth wall by closing the scene.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil[]

  • "Cheer Up Star" - When Star fantasizes herself with Oskar, Marco asks her to keep her fantasies out of his flashback.
  • "Conquer" - When Glossaryck speaks then leaves, Star asks, "Is his voice different?", as Glossaryck was voiced by Jeffrey Tambor in seasons one through three; now, starting from this episode and season four, he is voiced by Keith David.
  • "Out of Business" - When Janna takes a bite out of the unicorn cake's neck, jam comes out, and the cake tells the audience: "Don't pay that no mind. It's only raspberry."

Milo Murphy's Law[]

Season 1[]

  • "The Undergrounders" - When Milo, Melissa, and Zack crash thought the museum's wall with the Undergrounders, Bradley looks at the audience and says, "And we're back."
  • "Smooth Opera-tor" - Amanda states that the play will be "two hours and eleven minutes," referencing how the average Milo Murphy's Law episode length is around eleven minutes.
  • "Worked Day" - Milo reads that one of the options for a his future career is an animator, which he appears to not know what an animator is.
  • "The Island of Lost Dakotas" - When Zack asks about Milo's encounter with the first Hamosaur, Milo replies, "It's a long story." When Zack then asks how long it would take specifically, Milo replies with, "About eleven minutes," again referencing how long the average episode is.
  • "Fungus Among Us" - After Cavendish states that he thinks the call Milo got from Dakota was from the past, Melissa looks at the screen and mimics an explosion to her head.

Season 2[]

  • "The Phineas and Ferb Effect" - At one point, Phineas and Ferb state that it's been a long time, referencing how their show ended already.
  • "The Ticking Clock" - When Perry knocks repeatedly on the door of "Doofenshmirtz Good Incorporated", Doof opens the door and says he's sorry that he didn't answer him sooner, and that he couldn't hear Perry's knocking over the musical sting that played over it.
  • "Sick Day" - When Doof points to the new "Doofenshmirtz Good Incorporated" sign, his new "Good Jingle" plays, and he states that he doesn't know where that came from.

Tangled: The Series[]

DuckTales (2017 series)[]

  • "Woo-oo!" - When Huey and Louie are on the boat, Dewey starts the boat and Donald asks where Dewey is. Huey inquires, "Who's Dewey?" and points out that he hadn't been introduced yet. Louie remarks sarcastically, "Who's Dewey?"
  • "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" - When Lena questions the Beagle Boys about who gets the credit for handing the ducks over to Ma, Bigtime says they should do it because they're "the main guys."
  • "Quack Pack!" - A meta-example would entail the plot and title of the episode, as it is based off and references the actual 1996 show Quack Pack. Also, Huey is the only one who hears the audience laughing before the climax of the episode. At one point, Huey asks why he's dancing and why he's also in the screen transition. He then dares Scrooge, Della, and Louie to look directly at the fourth wall, causing them to finally notice the audience. When Gene talks about the sitcom that Donald wished for, he estimated the sitcom will have three seasons, spin-offs, and a reboot, the last one has Gene holding a DuckTales reboot poster, a nod to the reboot show itself.
  • "Let's Get Dangerous!" - Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie get transported to the 1987 series of DuckTales, and Scrooge is seen re-enacting the infamous scene from "Catch as Cash Can" of him throwing a temper tantrum about how "A sea monster ate [his] ice cream." When Scrooge and the boys return, Louie questions what does "Quack-a-rooney" mean, which happens to be a catchphrase the boys did in the original series. Dewey also asks why were their heads round, referencing Huey, Dewey, and Louie's original designs.

Fancy Nancy[]

  • In every episode, whenever Nancy mentions a French or rather fancy word or phrase, she would tell the audience what it means.

101 Dalmatian Street[]

  • "A Summer to Remember" - When Dolly tells D.J. to start the music for "Dogs are Out for Summer Sun", Dylan tries telling Dolly that they do not have time for a musical number. Both Dolly and Dylan then look at the audience as the number begins.
    • At the beginning of Part 2, as the episode recaps the (literal) cliffhanger of Part 1 with the Dalmatians' puppy bus having run out of control, Dante dramatically narrates, "Previously on 101 Dalmatian Street..." before he resumes screaming.
  • "The Curse of the Ferrydog" - When Triple-D and Dante start performing "It's a Prank", Portia remarks, "This isn't what we rehearsed!" in regards to the musical number.
  • "D-Factor" - Dylan narrates throughout the episode about how he ended up getting coated in pink, as it started with him trying to have a personality. At the end, Clarissa tries to narrate in a similar fashion, but Dylan puts a stop to it.

Big City Greens[]

  • "Cheap Show" - Just about every gag in the episode has the characters slightly subverting this. For example, Bill Green mentions having a "production budget" when referring to his produce, and later states that the damage that Cricket Green supposedly caused "shouldn't be too hard to draw." Also, Tilly Green adds that Cricket "did break the fourth wall," then has everyone direct their attention towards the camera, only to reveal that she was referring to a literal wall in the house with a hole in it.
  • "Quiet Please" - At the very end, the librarian is shown reading a book of the episode's events, then looks up and shushes the viewer.

Amphibia[]

  • "Reunion" - After Captain Grime captures Hop Pop, the latter looks toward the audience and says nonchalantly, "Pretty cool, huh?"
  • "Swamp and Sensibility" - When Anne asks Wally how long he kept his accordion hidden in her hair, the latter responds, "A season, at least."
  • "Wax Museum" - Frog Soos theorizes that he and the Curator exist in multiple parallel universes while being completely unaware of the other's very existence.
    • When red ooze comes out from under the door, the Curator says to the viewers, "Calm down, everyone, it's just wax."
  • "Maddie & Marcy" - When Anne and Sprig are watching something on Anne's phone, the latter mentions the main characters not being in an episode, unknowingly referring to Maddie and Marcy being in the main plot while he, Anne, Polly, and Hop Pop have minor roles in this episode.
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