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[[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades hung]] in films.

 

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== Live-Action Film ==

* The 2012 film ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' is one huge lampshade-hanging exercise.

* In the 2011 film ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]'' after the exposition of the characters' seemingly insurmountable obstacle, Amy Adams' character quips, "This is going to be an awfully short movie."

* In the [[Johnny Depp]] [[The Movie|version]] of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]'', Charlie asks Willie Wonka, "Do you remember the first candy you ever ate?", prompting a [[Flash Back|flashback scene]] to Willie's childhood. When the scene returns to the present, the factory visitors are staring at Wonka, who shrugs and says "Sorry, I was having a flashback."

* In "Gremlins 2: A New Batch" the writers respond to critics of the 3 Mogwai Rules set in the first film by having a Clamp Corp control room worker obnoxiously point out, "It's always midnight somewhere!", right before a gremlin bursts through his monitor panel and kills him.

{{quote|'''Mcgonagall:''' Why is it that when something happens it is always you three?

'''Ron''':Believe me Professor, I've been asking myself the same question for six years. }}

* "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" features George Lazenby in his only outing as James Bond, following Sean Connery in the series. During the opening sequence he fails to get the girl, prompting the line:

{{quote|This never happened to the other fellow!}}

 

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