Citations:lampshade

Verb: "(narratology) to intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself"

 * 2011 — Corinne Gaston, "Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power", Daily Trojan, 21 June 2011:
 * Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.
 * 2011 — Corinne Gaston, "Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power", Daily Trojan, 21 June 2011:
 * Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.
 * 2011 — Corinne Gaston, "Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power", Daily Trojan, 21 June 2011:
 * Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.
 * Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.