Fourth Wall

The Fourth Wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. The idea of the fourth wall was made explicit by philosopher and critic Denis Diderot and spread in nineteenth-century theatre with the advent of theatrical realism, which extended the idea to the imaginary boundary between any fictional work and its audience. Speaking directly to or otherwise acknowledging the audience through the camera in a film or television program, or through this imaginary wall in a play, is referred to as "breaking the fourth wall" and is considered a technique of metafiction, as it deconstructs the boundaries normally set up by works of fiction.

Fourth Wall Breaks

 * In Who Did It to Trina? right before Robbie tells his version of the story Andre complains by saying, "Oh, no, no. Now we gotta hear another version of the story from a unique point of view?"
 * In Tori Tortures Teacher, Andre asks why they don't sit on the end of the table that faces the camera.
 * In Terror on Cupcake Street, Sikowitz says that the other kids in class never talk, and Tori agrees and says they just sit there and react.

Possible Fourth Wall Breaks

 * In Sleepover at Sikowitz's Beck mentions Dan Schneider while in character at Sikowitz's house.
 * In Beggin' on Your Knees a girl tells Robbie that guys don't ask her out, and he smiles and looks toward the camera.


 * In Prom Wrecker, when Tori says they're calling it a prome, she looks right into the camera.

Cast Reactions
Matt Bennett said, “We don’t break the fourth wall yet. But I feel like there’s room to do it. I think we’re gonna get really post-modern. Really strange.” in the last part of this video.