List of animated shows of the Pre-1990s that feature fourth wall breaking.
The other sub-page for the succeeding decades can be found here:
- Main article: Breaking the Fourth Wall/1990s Animated shows
- Main article: Breaking the Fourth Wall/2000s Animated shows
- Main article: Breaking the Fourth Wall/2010s Animated shows
- Main article: Breaking the Fourth Wall/2020s Animated shows
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color[]
- "An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland" - Von Drake breaks the fourth wall multiple times while singing "The Spectrum Song".
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh[]
- "Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures" - At the very end of the song "'Cause It's Make Believe", Tigger says, directly to the audience, "See you in the Hundred Acre Wood!"
- "There's No Camp Like Home" - As Papa Heffalump goes after the honey pot reeled in by Tigger and Pooh, Papa Heffalump remarks to the audience, "I love it when honey plays hard to get."
- "Trap as Trap Can" - At one point, Eeyore tells Papa Heffalump that he's standing on a thistle bush, which is one of his allergies. Eeyore then remarks to the audience, "I said, excuse me." Later in the episode, when Rabbit wonders what else could possibly go wrong and then hears Papa Heffalump coming this way, Rabbit tells the viewers, "I had to ask."
- "My Hero" - At the end of the episode, when Piglet runs away screaming after Tigger offers to still be Piglet's servant, Tigger wonders what his problem is and then turns to the audience and remarks, "Doesn't he know good help is hard to find?" He then purrs as he twitches his eyebrows.
- "Lights Out" - After Gopher gets startled by Eeyore and faints, Eeyore remarks to the audience, "Can't say I like my face, either." Later in the episode, when Gopher mentions the dark without expressing any fear, he looks at viewers and happily declares that he said the word "dark", but then carelessly falls into one of his own tunnels.
- "Tigger, Private Ear" - When Tigger attempts to steal Pooh's honey pot but accidentally breaks it after tripping on a log, he asks, "Now who else would have a honey pot?" He then glances at Rabbit's house, to which he turns to the audience and purrs as he twitches his eyebrows.
- "The Old Switcheroo" - At the end of the episode, Tigger, after learning that taking a bath isn't as bad as he thought it would be, remarks: "But I was right about one thing. It is the end." He then twitches his eyebrows at the audience as the screen irises-out and says, "See?"
- "To Catch a Hiccup" - At one point, in an attempt to scare Piglet's hiccups away, Rabbit and Owl disguise themselves as a scary creature. Then, when they leave, Tigger tells the audience, "Piglet's hiccups won't know what hit 'em!"
- "The Monster Frankenpooh" - As Piglet panics from seeing Pooh as a giant monster while Tigger is telling the story, Piglet remarks to the audience, "Oh dear! This is so very terrifying!" Later in the episode, Pooh reaches to the top of the film celluloid while Tigger was making him really big.
- "Pooh Moon" - As Tigger gets in his sleeping bag, he remarks to the audience: "Well, I guess that's why he's called a 'Grab-Me-Gotcha' instead of 'Please-and-Excuse-Me'. Pleasant dreams! TTFN!" Then, at the end of the episode, as Tigger is hugging Piglet, Tigger comments, "Bouncing, beady-eyed bees?" He then looks at the viewers and states, "Nah, it couldn't be," during which the the screen irises out. Piglet falls out and exclaims, "Oh dear!" before Tigger reopens the iris-out, grabs Piglet, and says, "Gotcha!"
- "Tigger's Houseguest" - When Tigger gets home, worried about his "new friend" lost out there in the woods, he adds to the audience, "And nobody watching where they're stepping."
- "Pooh Skies" - When Tigger leaves after saying, "Or my name isn't T-I-Double-Guh-Er, Tigger!", he returns and adds to the audience, "Which, by the way, it is."
- "A Pooh Day Afternoon" - After Tigger tells Piglet that a magician never reveals his secrets, he adds to the audience, "Especially when he isn't too sure about 'em himself."
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too - As Tigger was sleeping, he wakes up and tells the audience, "You're supposed to be asleep when Santy Claus comes, ya know."
- Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh - At the very end of the song "I Wanna Scare Myself", Tigger says to the audience, "Oh, by the way...BOO!"
DuckTales (1987)[]
- "Metal Attraction" - When Robotica has Fenton Crackshell in her grasp and erotically describes (in family-friendly robotic metaphors) her feelings for him as he struggles to free himself from her aggressive advances, Gizmoduck cries: "Lady, please! Kids are watching!" accompanied by a brief rimshot sound effect in the background.