Breaking The Fourth Wall - Urban Dictionary

Skip to main content Breaking the Fourth Wall Listen to pronunciation Share definition "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! by Dante Hawke September 23, 2012 Flag Get the Breaking the Fourth Wall mug.

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Listen to pronunciation Share definition 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! by JTube March 25, 2019 Flag Get the Breaking the Fourth Wall mug.

Breaking the fourth wall

Listen to pronunciation Share definition "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 by Lolliepuff December 25, 2014 Flag Get the Breaking the fourth wall mug.

Break the fourth wall

Listen to pronunciation Share definition In a piece of fiction, eg. a comic, novel, or theatre, for a character to acknowledge the fact that they are fictional. looks like <comic author's name> finally learned how a 16 year old girl should look by A guy called James January 17, 2005 Flag Get the Break the fourth wall mug.

how to break the fourth wall

Listen to pronunciation Share definition You have to spin jump then backflip in a corner at 4:20 and you will clip into the shadow realm then type in the chat debug/remove wall:4 then debug/leave and then boom its gone guy 1 dude i just broke the fourth wall Guy 2 do i fucking care Guy 1 i got it from a book called “how to break the fourth wall” Guy 2 i can tell im from a video game dumbass by Johnathan Jostar April 21, 2021 Flag Get the how to break the fourth wall mug. More random definitions © 1999-2025 Urban Dictionary ®

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