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* "The Princess and the Queen", a novella connected with the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series, is framed as [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis a work of in-universe history]], written by a [[TheProfessor Maester]] with a dry tone. For instance, the author talks about how the dynastic struggle he's describing is popularly known as "The Dance With Dragons", which he describes as exactly the kind of stupid name for a bloody civil war that a minstrel would think up (this is a TakeThatMe since that conflicted is referenced in the title of the novel ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'').
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* Kate [=McMullan=]'s ''Literature/{{Myth-O-Mania}}'' books have Hades tell {{Fractured Fairy Tale}}s of ClassicalMythology in a rather snarky manner, doing things like insulting his dishonest and egotistical AnnoyingYoungerSibling Zeus, and scolding the reader for expressing impatience with a ProlongedPrologue.
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* Cecil from ''WelcomeToNightVale'', who at first seems like a typical carefully neutral and reserved public radio host but then goes off on tangents like how he doesn't believe in mountains and fell in love with [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Carlos]] [[LoveAtFirstSight the minute he saw him]].
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* Cecil from ''WelcomeToNightVale'', ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', who at first seems like a typical carefully neutral and reserved public radio host but then goes off on tangents like how he doesn't believe in mountains and fell in love with [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Carlos]] [[LoveAtFirstSight the minute he saw him]].
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* Cecil from ''WelcomeToNightVale'', who at first seems like a typical carefully neutral and reserved public radio host but then goes off on tangents like how he doesn't believe in mountains and fell in love with [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Carlos]] [[LoveAtFirstSight the minute he saw him]].
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* Creator/DavidWeber is not above this, at least in his ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novels. Though less overt than most examples, the narration can take on a distinctly snarky twist about whatever is currently going on plot-wise.
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* The narrator of Felix J. Palma's ''The Map of Time'' frequently rolls his eyes at the characters' behavior, complains about how inane the dialogue is, and spends a lot of time PaintingTheMedium.
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* The opening narration of ''Film/{{Ted}}'' starts out like a typical family feel-good movie but goes off the rails rather spectacularly within minutes.
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* The opening narration of ''Film/{{Ted}}'' starts out like a typical family feel-good movie but goes off the rails rather spectacularly within minutes. During the ending narration, the narrator pauses to [[TakeThat mock]] ''Film/SupermanReturns''.
* ''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh The Book Of Pooh]]''[='=]s narrator often talked regularly with the characters, even to the point of having his own story in the series.
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* ''WordGirl'' has a narrator who constantly breaks the fourth wall and strikes up conversations with the characters, often pointing out plot holes, obvious flaws in plans, and occasionally reading ahead in the script (and being called out for it as well).
* ''TheBookOfPooh''[='=]s narrator often talked regularly with the characters, even to the point of having his own story in the series.
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* ''TheBookOfPooh''[='=]s narrator often talked regularly with the characters, even to the point of having his own story in the series.well).
* ''TheBookOfPooh''[='=]s narrator often talked regularly with the characters, even to the point of having his own story in the series.
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* Frequent in the ''[[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look Series]]'' especially in Link's New Look. ''"And she was right; he did feel pretty. Pretty sure he was going to vomit..."''
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* Frequent in the [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look Series]] especially in Link's New Look. ''"And she was right; he did feel pretty. Pretty sure he was going to vomit..."''
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* Frequent in the [[FanFic/NewLookSeries ''[[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look Series]] Series]]'' especially in Link's New Look. ''"And she was right; he did feel pretty. Pretty sure he was going to vomit..."''
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** Also, the semi-popular (at least on the official forums) [[http://www.youtube.com/user/HomestuckColab Let's Read Homestuck]] series has [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperBlueBadger SuperBlueBadger]] doing the voiceover. As the series would be awkwardly worded if he constantly said things like 'forward arrow', he sometimes rewords the commands to be sillier in a way.
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** Also, the semi-popular (at least on the official forums) [[http://www.youtube.com/user/HomestuckColab com/user/CoLabHQ Let's Read Homestuck]] series has [[http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperBlueBadger SuperBlueBadger]] doing the voiceover. As the series would be awkwardly worded if he constantly said things like 'forward arrow', he sometimes rewords the commands to be sillier in a way.
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* TheStoryteller in ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'' narrates in a somewhat archaic style, as befits the story's [[Literature/ArabianNights structural model]]. Her narration is peppered with {{catch phrase}}s that serves as both narrative flourishes and narrative devices.
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* The My Little Pony fanfiction "Ascension" definitely has one of these, as she frequently snarks about things going on in the story. Especially noticeable in the Royal Ruckus Arc.
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* The My Little Pony fanfiction "Ascension" [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30978/ascension Ascension]] definitely has one of these, as she frequently snarks about things going on in the story. Especially noticeable in the Royal Ruckus Arc.
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* In ''10-8'', a TooGoodToLast 'light drama' about trainee cops in LA, the protagonist (trainee Deputy Rico Amonte) does a lot of this, [[DeadpanSnarker often ruefully commenting on his own shortcomings]] in the process.
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* In ''10-8'', a TooGoodToLast 'light drama' about trainee cops in LA, the protagonist (trainee Deputy Rico Amonte) does a lot of this, [[DeadpanSnarker often ruefully commenting on his own shortcomings]] in the process.
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* {{DavidFosterWallace's}} ''InfiniteJest'' has a third-person narrator who drops phrases like "batsoid," "the howling fantods," and "tear-assing" amid conventional narration, as well as frequently using the word "like" as filler.
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** While the narrator's presence in Episode 3 is somewhat subdued, he makes a comeback in Episode 4: [[spoiler:as the last Old God and hence the Final Boss]].
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' example. Haku-men's Arcade Mode ending for ''Calamity Trigger'' features Rachel Alucard telling Haku-men's heroic backstory in the means of a bedtime story. You can see it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihebCo0dnpE here]].
** Rachel also provides the narration for the tutorial mode. However, being [[DeadpanSnarker Rachel]], she is prone to stopping and insulting the player, especially early on. She eases up quite a bit (but not entirely) once the player has cruised through the easy stuff.
** Rachel also provides the narration for the tutorial mode. However, being [[DeadpanSnarker Rachel]], she is prone to stopping and insulting the player, especially early on. She eases up quite a bit (but not entirely) once the player has cruised through the easy stuff.
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** Spinoff ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'' is also narrated by Jenna's avatar, who came to Town after the world ended.
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* RonHoward in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' "[[LampshadeHanging Hey! That's the]] [[TitleDrop name of the show!]]". In one episode, he criticizes the LemonyNarrator of a ShowWithinAShow.
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* RonHoward in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' "[[LampshadeHanging ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', who often replies to statements by the characters as if he was there ("[[LampshadeHanging Hey! That's the]] [[TitleDrop name of the show!]]". show!]]"). In one episode, he criticizes takes any opportunity insult the LemonyNarrator narrator of a ShowWithinAShow.
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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has a narrator prone to leaving out excessive details, making brief asides, questioning bits of FridgeLogic, and [[BreakingTheFourthWall personally addressing the readers.]]
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* The narrator of ''Literature/HyperFightingMachineMarmalade'' often attempts to engage the reader in conversation, when he isn't exaggerating the (school-aged) protagonists' romantic troubles in full-on SarcasmMode.
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* The narrator in ''[[Fanfic/MarieDSuesseAndTheMysteryNewPirateAge Marie D Suesse And The Mystery New Pirate Age!]]'', so very much. He even starts off with a SnicketWarningLabel, and follows up saying that a normal narrator would have started this story by launching into [[PurpleProse a detailed description of the main character]] before noting that they really can't be bothered with descriptions at that stage because it was not important and how they would rather provide a picture of the OC if it was.
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* Jim Dale in ''PushingDaisies''.
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* Jim Dale in ''PushingDaisies''. He rhymes.
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* BruceCampbell, the voice of the tutorial in the ''SpiderMan'' games, insults the player and leaves mid-tutorial to get a sandwich. When he comes back, he talks with his mouth full.
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* BruceCampbell, Creator/BruceCampbell, the voice of the tutorial in the ''SpiderMan'' games, insults the player and leaves mid-tutorial to get a sandwich. When he comes back, he talks with his mouth full.
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* This ''KingdomHearts'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgla3fZ2jxs animation]] features Sora dealing with one during the tutorial, who insults him throughout it, makes him select the sword weapon rather than the shield or wand, and attempts to be as much of a [[LargeHam ham]] as possible with Sora repeatedly calling him out the whole time.
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* Drosselmeyer from ''PrincessTutu'' is an unusual case since [[spoiler: he is an actual character in the show whose special ability to bring stories to life means in addition to being the narrator of the story he is also able to manipulate events in it.]]
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* Drosselmeyer from ''PrincessTutu'' ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is an unusual case since [[spoiler: he is an actual character in the show whose special ability to bring stories to life means in addition to being the narrator of the story he is also able to manipulate events in it.]]
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-->"And, the Francie Brady Not A Bad Bastard Award goes to... be God, I think it's Francie Brady!"
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---> "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts compared to space. Listen - " (Apparently it goes on like that for some time.)
* Adams uses narration style similar to that of ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' when narrating ''DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', frequently making odd references to things that seem either irrelevant or that don't even exist in our world. [[spoiler: In a brilliant subversion, every single little idiosyncrasy turns out to be central to the main plot.]] Only Adams never makes this explicit and leaves it to the reader to figure it out for himself.
* Adams uses narration style similar to that of ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' when narrating ''DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', frequently making odd references to things that seem either irrelevant or that don't even exist in our world. [[spoiler: In a brilliant subversion, every single little idiosyncrasy turns out to be central to the main plot.]] Only Adams never makes this explicit and leaves it to the reader to figure it out for himself.
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---> "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big mind-bogglingly huge it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, chemist, but that's just peanuts compared to space. Listen - " (Apparently it goes on like that for some time.a while.)
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* Adams uses narration style similar to that of ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' when narrating ''DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', frequently making odd references to things that seem either irrelevant or that don't even exist in our world. [[spoiler: In a brilliant subversion, every single little idiosyncrasy turns out to be central to the main plot.]] Only Adams never makes this explicit and leaves it to the reader to figure it
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* The Cave from, ugh, ''VideoGame/TheCave'' is one. Yes he's a talking cave and he wishes you wouldn't laugh, getting a date is hard enough already. He spends the whole game laughing at the characters, giving subtle hints and occasionally spoilers.
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* The Cave from, ugh, ''VideoGame/TheCave'' is one. Yes Yes, he's a talking cave cave, and he wishes you wouldn't laugh, laugh - getting a date is hard enough already. He spends the whole game laughing at the characters, giving subtle hints and occasionally spoilers.
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---> "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts compared to space"space. Listen - " (Apparently it goes on like that for some time.)
