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Written and edited by Cohlman from @AandKGames
The most creative 4th Wall Breaks in Cartoons:
Starting off we have SpongeBob who’s committed several wall breaks but our entry comes from Season 3’s Can You Spare A Dime where the show’s narrator straight up quits waiting on SpongeBob, forcing the show to hire a new one.
Up next is another show with a multitude of 4th wall breaks, The Simpsons. One of the most notable comes from the 2007 Simpsons Movie. After a theatrical screening of the Itchy & Scratchy Movie, Homer takes a shot at both the Springfield and real life audience for committing to a movie screening in a pay-to-watch Mockery.
Family Guy has its fair share of wall breaks but a standout one comes from the Season 11 Christmas special ‘Jesus, Mary & Joseph’ where Peter intentionally waits for the opening credits to mention long-time Co-Executive Producer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. Peter then makes an anagram of her name Chemotherapy vanguard vCr, if you don’t count the extra R.
Next up is the Ed, Edd n Eddy episode ‘If it smells like an Ed’. After Ed drops a heavy concrete slab directly onto his own feet, instead of screaming, he smiles through the pain saying the feeling in them will come back after a word from their sponsor. Not only is this a famous example of toon force healing, but it also pokes fun at commercial breaks being tedious & long.
And lastly we have probably the most groundbreaking, or should I say wallbreaking, with Close Enough. Here, Candance straight up stumbles into the studio that actively works on the show she comes from. From confronting storyboards to the voice actors and even the creator himself J.G. Quintel, this causes Candance to have an existential crisis.