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If games count then all the radio stations in GTA

The lusty argonian maid

The lore books in The Elder Scrolls series, hands-down.

There is an entire universe of conflicting knowledge, personal bias, and unreliable narrators that leave Tamriel's history feeling very real, and very open to interpretation. The fun of it is piecing together the truth somewhere in the middle. But I'll die on the hill that the Arcturian Heresy is absolute horseshit written by a madman, and comparable to the scribbles of a paranoid schizophrenic on an anti-vax forum. Anyone who references that volume in regards to Tiber Septim and the forming of the empire is an impressionable dweeb.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fake old movie that plays in Home Alone. "I'm gonna give you till the count of 10 to get your ugly yeller no good keester off my property before I pump your guts full of lead! One... Two... Ten!" 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

The Princess Bride is one of my favorite examples of this, especially because the "story within the story" is the main story, which is unusual.

McBain in The Simpsons is a classic.

This video stitches the movie together somewhat.

https://youtu.be/BzjfrdcN1Z8?si=G84IdUwMkfPKDm3w

Interdimensional Cable from Rick and Morty is outrageous. GTA's radio stations (VCPR was the best) and TV shows are often really funny. The Pißwasser beer commercial from IV always gets me.

Springtime for Hitler, The Producers https://youtu.be/1zY1orxW8Aw

Tales of the Black Freighter from the Watchmen comics is pretty awesome.

All My Circuits on Futurama is one of my favorites on tv. Dramatic beeping intensifies.

Angels With Filthy Souls

The "adult" movie Kevin watches in Home Alone. Apparently the main dude who was supposed to be in those didn't show up so they just had some janitor or tech fill in and he went full ham on that shit and made it something to remember.

There's also the McBane movie in The Simpsons that shows up in multiple episodes and if you connected them all together they actually make a coherent story line (it's just riffing off Lethal Weapon anyway).

Ow! My balls! from Idiocracy

There's been some stuff coming out lately that makes me think this show isn't far off.

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

by Douglas Adams is a book about a book called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

I'm a big fan of fake brands/products in anime. I don't know why, but they bring me joy.

I haven't finished the book, but I have to give it to the "Navidson record" in "House of leaves".

House of leaves is a book about a guy who finds a manuscript about a movie that doesn't exist. So there are multiple layers on the narrative, from near to far you have:

• The editor who's editing the book
• The writer of the book (Johnny) who tells his story and what he finds in the manuscript
• The person who wrote the manuscript (Zampano) and his views on the movie
• The documentary "The Navidson record" which the manuscript is describing. Filmed by Navidson (who's, as far as Johnny can tell, a fictional character in a fictional movie that never existed)

The reason why I have to give it to that particular piece of media within media is that everyone else in the book is a pain in the ass that feels that you have to drag yourself to in order to get to the next chapter of the Navidson record. So in a way it's a fictional media within a fictional media that's better than the fictional media it belongs to.

And in case you haven't heard of house of leaves, I'll leave you with a page from the book:

Community has Inspector Spacetime and the Kickpuncher movie series.

Teen Girl Squad!

"Ow, My Balls" is a claaaassic.

30 Rock has quite a few good ones:

• M.I.L.F Island
• Bitch Hunter
• TGS
• The satirized version of NBC in the show (lots of 'biting the hand' humor)

Wormhole X-Treme! from Stargate SG-1

"Ya Heard? With Perd!" in parks and recreation.

Tool Time in Home Improvement

Crash Nebula and The Crimson Chin from Fairly Oddparents are both great

Fillory and Further by Christopher Plover

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The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Interdimensional TV on Rick and Morty

Control: Threshold Kids

and Bitch Hunter from 30 Rock

"Sick, Sad World" from Daria

Check out https://nestflix.fun/ for a Netflix-like way to browse popular fictional media like this

Tropic Thunder movie previews

“Scary door” from Futurama

It’s a play on the twilight zone and it’s quite something.

“A casino where I’m always winning? This must be heaven!” “A casino where I always win… I must actually be… IN HELL!”

“No Mr. smith. You’re not in heaven or hell. You’re on an airplane!”

“Help! There’s a gremlin destroying the plane! You’ve gotta believe me!”

“Why should I believe you?! You’re Hitler!”

For those interested: The Scary Door

Three Dog, the radio DJ for "Galaxy News Radio" within Fallout 3, was one of the best parts of the game.

The Fallout series has lots of other media within media too, like the Grognak the Barbarian comic series or Cat's Paw magazine.

the Wall in Solar Opposites.

The "I'd buy that for a dollar!" guy from Robocop.

The Adventures of Captain Proton from Star Trek: Voyager!

Ballfondlers from Rick and Morty

Impotent Rage from GTA V

The Silver Shroud from Fallout 4

"The Wall" in Solar Opposites. It's arguably better than the main story.

"The Deb of Night" radio show from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is consistently hilarious and a great way to relax between the more horrific parts of the game. Bonus points for one of the regular callers guessing the plot of the game by complete chance and one of the main villains calling in to threaten whoever might be listening.

“Invitation to Love”, the soap opera within the show “Twin Peaks”.

Fillory in the magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman is fantastic.