“ | Don't let your kids watch it! Before you know it, they're gonna be eating sports candy and moving and running and jumping and dancing, and being healthy! | „ |
~ Robbie Rotten warning parents to not let their kids watch Lazytown. |
“ | I wasn't explaining it to you, I was explaining it to them! | „ |
~ Shredder on the audience. |
Self-Aware villains are often depicted as having "Heightened Awareness", which is popularly known as "breaking the fourth wall" and was very common in the early days of media but became less popular when works tried to suspend belief; however, it is still extremely common in less serious or more surreal works and is also a very common device for certain types of characters.
Often, these characters are seen as insane by those in-universe or exist in such a manner that they are fully aware of being "fictional". Advanced reality-warpers as well as extremely unstable and alien beings are likely to have this trait, depending on the writer and/or setting.
In other universes (usually comedy or cartoon-based), it is very common for characters to break the fourth wall and it is accepted as part of everyday life.
Basically, characters who either know they are "fictional" or can interact with their worlds in ways that are impossible (such as taking text from a title screen (Bill Cipher), interacting with the audience (Glitchtrap), or stealing paint brushes from their animators (Most of the Stick Figures), etc.) without being full-on reality-warpers can be added here.
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- Aaron Burr (Hamilton)
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- Abigail Fairfax
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- Abu Hassan
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- Ada Mason
- Adam Levine (Bart Baker)
- Addison Dewitt
- Admin T. Irving
- Adolf Hitler (Jojo Rabbit)
- Adolf Hitler (Popeye the Sailor Man)
- Adolf Hitler (The Cleveland Show)
- Adu Du
- Aeon
- Agatha Harkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Agatha Harkness (Marvel)
- Agent Clappers
- Agent Dunbar
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- AI Warehouse
- AIA
- Aisrehdar
- Akemi Nakajima
- Akomaru
- Aku
- Al-G Rhythm
- Aladdin (Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier)
- Alameda Slim
- Alana Fitzgerald
- Albearto
- Albert Simon
- Alejandro Burromuerto
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- Alexander Graham Wolf
- Alfred Alfer
- Allura (My Little Pony)
- Aloysius Pig
- Alpha (Men in Black)
- Alpha Vampire
- Alric (Wolfblood)
- Alternate Reality Mr. Krabs
- Amanda the Adventurer
- Amelia (Amelia's Cafe)
- Amoeba Boys
- Amy (Total Drama)
- Amy Elliot-Dunne
- Ana
- Andrew (2019 Blacklist)
- Andrew Glouberman
- Andrewoids
- Android 21
- Angela Jitrenka
- Angry Kid
- Angry Video Game Nerd
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- Animdude
- Anorak
- Anti-Christ (American Dad!)
- Anti-Pops
- Antisepticeye
- Antonio Salieri
- Ants (Garfield)
- Apollyon (The Pilgrim’s Progress)
- Aran Ryan
- Archerina
- Argana Kalif
- Art the Clown
- Asagi Asagiri
- Asmodeus (Kamen Rider Saber)
- Asmodeus.exe
- Astaroth (Catherine)
- Audrey II
- Azazel (Fallen)
- Azrael (The Smurfs)
- Azwel
- Baby Dan & Phil
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- Bad Mitten
- Badeline
- Baldi
- Barbie Wire
- Baron Ashura (Shin)
- Baron Draxum
- Baron Silas Greenback
- Baron Von Boredom
- Baron Von Sheldgoose
- Baros lol
- Barry (Amphibia)
- Barry Barris
- Bartok
- Basco ta Jolokia
- Bastion (Marvel)
- Batman (Spider-Plant Man)
- Bazarack Killdiedeath
- BB (Fate/stay night)
- Beaky Buzzard
- Beanie the Bison
- Beatrice (Umineko)
- Bebop and Rocksteady (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)
- Beetlejuice (Teen Titans Go!)
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- Benedict Arnold (America: The Motion Picture)
- Benny (Benny's Video)
- Benson Dunwoody
- Bernie Bernbaum (Miller's Crossing)
- Bernkastel
- Beyonder (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)
- Bezel
- Big Sis (Shimeji Simulation)
- Bill Cipher
- Bill Clinton (Paradise P.D.)
- Billy (Black Christmas)
- Billy Kane
- Billy the Kid (Popeye the Sailor Man)
- Bilocyte
- Binjpipe
- Bishop of Aquila
- Biskit Twins
- Black Cuervo
- Black Hat (Villainous)
- Black Knight (Monty Python)
- Black Lady
- Black Shadow (F-Zero)
- Black Suit
- Black Widow (Poptropica)
- Blaine DeBeers
- Blaster-Tron
- Bletch
- Blitzo Buckzo
- Blue (Bullet Head)
- Blue Border
- Blutarch Mann
- Bluto
- Bob (DAAS Kapital)
- Bob Sheldon
- Bobble the Clown
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- Bobby Possumcods
- BoDean Lynn
- Bogey Man
- Boggis, Bunce and Bean
- Boingo (Hoodwinked!)
- BoJack Horseman
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- Bomber Ghost
- Bone Chompy
- Bonnie (Bonnie's Bakery)
- Boogersnatchers
- Boomer Kuwanger
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- Boris (Supernatural)
- Boris Badenov
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- Bowser Jr.
- Bowyer
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- Bradford Buzzard
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- Brain Freeze
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- Broccoli Guy
- Brony
- Bruce Robertson
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- Bugbo
- Bull Demon King (Journey to the West)
- Burger-Beard
- Burn Dinorex
- Butch (Pokémon)