"conscious of living in a video game" . . . . . . . . . "Metafiction" . "six kids who conspire to steal the answers to the SAT" . "metafictional novel" . "meta-literary novel" . . . "\\\"others\\\" are following Bastian's" . . "self-reflexive narration" . . "meta concept" . . "metafictional" . "self-referential parody" . "metaliterature" . . . "cartoon show" . . . "metatextual" . . "metastory" . . "if he is actually a protagonist" . . "as a character inside one of his stories" . . "meta-fictional" . "metafiction" . . "meta-storylines" . . . . . . "fictitious" . "metafictional techniques" . . . "meta-narrative" . "Metafiction" . . . . "self-reflexivity" . . . . "meta-" . . . . "metafictional character" . . "self-referential stanza" . . . "conscious of its own creation" . "interacting directly with the characters" . "fiction" . . . . . . "Meta" . . . . "metafictional elements" . "meta-literary" . "ultra meta direction" . . "meta-theater" . . "references himself" . "written in a story" . "real world" . . . "nature of authorship" . . "metafictive" . "metadrama" . "meta-referenced" . "reflexivity" . "meta-reference" . "metatext" . . "metasequel" . "meta-fiction" . "already seen the cartoon they are in" . "self-referentiality" . . "meta" . "metacinematic" . . .