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What is the fourth wall?
Whenever characters in movies/video games/cartoons/other interact with the audience in some way
Guy watching movie: this character sucks
character in movie: *Looks at the guy* No i dont!
Guy watching movie: the f***? thats breaking the fourth wall!
the fourth wall - video
The fourth wall - what is it?
"The fourth wall" is the wall that separates fictional worlds from reality, so breaking the fourth wall is basically saying that you know that there's another universe outside of the fictional one.
Deadpool does this alot
Deadpool: "A message to all the kids out there, cover your eyes if ya don't wanna be scarred for life, eh?" (shoots someone)
Me: Quit breaking the fourth wall, dude
What does "the fourth wall" mean?
"The fourth wall" is an expression stemming from the world of theater. In most modern theater design, a room will consist of three physical walls, as well as a an imaginary fourth that serves to separate the world of the characters from that of the audience.
In fiction, "breaking the fourth wall" often means having a character become aware of their fictional nature. This can range from your character advising you to "Press X" in a tutorial all the way to Psycho Mantis reading your memory card and mentioning the other games you've been playing. However, the most direct violation of the fourth wall would be a character openly acknowledging they are in a video game or even directly speaking to you, the player, instead of to your character.
(Jak 3:)
Monk: This isn't a game!
-Jak and Daxter look toward the player with confused expressions-
(Dragon Age 2:)
Ghyslain (when a quest from him is available:) Does no one see this exclamation mark above my head?
(Other:)
Man: Have you ever wondered why everything we do is controlled by-
Dog: Stop! Breaking the fourth wall is a bad idea!
The fourth wall - what does it mean?
The Fourth Wall is an imaginary "wall" that separates you from the game or movie. This Fourth Wall is If someone or something addresses you; the player or the viewer, directly or indirectly, or when something that is typical for a particular kind of movie or game is addressed, it is known as breaking the fourth wall.
Deadpool: "Superhero landing! She's gonna do it!"
Negasonic Teenage Warhead: *does it*
Deadpool: "Wooo! Superhero landing. That's hard on the knees!"
The Fourth Wall just broke.
The fourth wall - meaning
The fourth wall is usually in reference to video games, in which the main character(s) are making reference to (or sometimes speaking directly to) the player(s).
“Dammit, Monika’s gone and broken the Fourth Wall yet again.”
The fourth wall - definition
A wall that is always being broken so reality meets fantasy. Like in Anime and Cartoons.
Anime like Naruto, Pokémon, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Duel Masters break the fourth wall.
Cartoons Ed, Edd n Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers and Yin Yang Yo break the fourth wall.
They bring up the word "episode" sometimes, too.
They look at YOU directly and they mention their own show!
Every Anime and Cartoon has a fourth wall... It's just that the directors and producers don't have them break it. It's not in their script.
The fourth wall - slang
Something that is frequently broken by Deadpool
Deadpool: *gasp* A fourth wall break inside a fourth wall break. That’s like, sixteen walls.
The fourth wall
In theatre, the side or sides of the set facing the audience that have no physical reality. The audience and actors aknowledge this deliniation as a convention of theatre, unless the director chooses to "break" the fourth wall.
An actor making eye contact with the audience is breaking the fourth wall.
The fourth wall
The thin line that exists between a story and reality. When a character in a story tells the reader in some way that they know that they are a character in a story, that is called 'breaking the fourth wall'.
Character 1: The author is a jackass who can't write me properly.
Crashing noise
Character 2: Well, there goes the fourth wall.
The fourth wall
The fourth wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.
The idea of the fourth wall was made explicit by philosopher and critic Denis Diderot and spread in 19th-century theatre with the advent of theatrical realism, which extended the idea to the imaginary boundary between any fictional work and its audience.
Speaking directly to or otherwise acknowledging the audience through a camera in a film or television program, or through this imaginary wall in a play, is referred to as "breaking the fourth wall" and is considered a technique of metafiction, as it penetrates the boundaries normally set up by works of fiction. This can also occur in literature and video games when a character acknowledges the reader or player.
Deadpool breaks the fourth wall many times in his new video game. One example includes:
Wolverine: What were you doing over there?
Deadpool: Just a little surprise for our player!