Breaking the fourth wall | Smurfs Wiki | Fandom
Breaking the fourth wall refers to a situation in which a character reveals his or her awareness of the audience (this can also be called metatheatre) or the fact that he or she is in a fictional story. The technique has been used for millennia: it was standard practice in Greek comedy. For instance, at one point in the Greek playwright Aristophanes' play Peace, the hero Trygaeus (who is being ...