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* The ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' episode "Mecha-Mouse" is narrated by the usual InteractiveNarrator and his DarkerAndGrittier twin brother. At one point, they muse, "Will [=WordGirl=] be able to stop Dr. Two-Brain's plan to buy his own private island?" "Or will Two-Brains Island become the center of evil and villainy for all eternity?" Later on, as Dr. Two-Brains goes to buy his island, he cackles to himself, "Two-Brains Island will become the center of evil and villainy for all eternity! [[LampshadeHanging The narrator told me so]]."
* Happened a lot in ''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky Luke|1983}}''. Most of the time, it was Luke himself repeating the narration, but now and then, some other character would do it for him...
* Happens in the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, "WesternAnimation/TheScarletPumpernickel"; the Narrator (Daffy Duck), announces, "The Lord High Chamberlain was simply furious."
-->'''Lord High Chamberlain (Porky Pig):''' I'm simply furious!\\
'''Narrator:''' But Milady Melissa was simply delighted.\\
'''Melissa:''' I'm simply delighted!

* The script for the unproduced ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "The Trial" includes this:
-->'''Zim:''' Escape with me to the surface!\\
'''Skoodge:''' ''(terrified but okay)'' Sounds terrifying, but okay!
* Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders''; Toxie, in his role as the narrator, keeps repeating everything Dr. Killemoff says until he's told to shut up.
-->'''Killemoff:''' Soon, hordes of pollution-breathing aliens from the planet Smogula will be arriving to take over Tromaville!\\
'''Narrator:''' Soon, hordes of pollution-breathing aliens from the planet Smogula would be arriving to take over Tromaville!\\
'''Killemoff:''' ''(angrily, towards the camera)'' IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE?!

-->'''Phineas:''' ''(voiceover)'' It all started simply enough. I got up early to help Isabella earn her surf patch.
-->'''Isabella:''' Thanks for helping me earn my surf patch!
-->'''Phineas:''' ''(voiceover)'' And I told her it was no problem.
-->'''Phineas:''' No problem!
-->'''Phineas:''' ''(voiceover)'' It was at that point that I decided to stop narrating.

-->'''Boris:''' (''narrating'') Just then, Pharaoh saw something in the bulrushes.
-->'''Pharaoh (Angelica):''' Hey, what's that in the bulrushes?
* Happens InUniverse in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Laughing Fish" in the Joker's commercial for "Joker Fish":
-->'''Joker:''' (''voiceover'') Say, Mom, wondering what to feed the family tonight?
-->'''Harley Quinn:''' What will I feed the family tonight?
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' does this in the episode "Mr. Mojo's Rising".
-->'''Narrator:''' Oh Mojo Jojo, what are you up to this time?!
-->'''Professor Utonium:''' Oh Mojo Jojo, what are you up to this time?
-->'''Mojo Jojo:''' You'll find out soon enough.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Happens and is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the FilmNoir parody episode "Little Frogtown", with Hop Pop repeating his own internal monologue out loud.
-->'''Hop Pop (internal monologue):''' Looks like someone got tired of askin' and took his recipe by force. Now all I had to do was follow the sauce to find Sal.
-->'''Hop Pop:''' Follow the sauce. Find Sal.
-->'''Hop Pop (internal monologue):''' You don't have to repeat me.
-->'''Hop Pop:''' Sorry, sorry.

* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' was fond of this.

* A regular feature of Creator/ChrisRock's narration in ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' does this in the episode "Mr. Mojo's Rising".//

A stealth version can show up in a script by having the character repeat the stage directions word-for-word (e.g. "Character is sad and confused" '''Character''': I'm sad and confused!).

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-->'''Narrator''': Susan couldn't stand it. She has a keen sense of personal justice.\\
'''Susan''': I can't stand it! I have a keen sense of personal justice!

-->'''Kaine''': ...they'll be coming for me.\\
'''Narration''': Next: They Come For Him!

'''Ron Nasty''': Yeah, stunned.\\

-->'''Ida''': 8660 Hawkins Lane, Apt 9. God am I underpaid.

-->'''Milkman''': Right...well I should definitely say you're suffering from a severe personality disorder, sir, sublimating itself in a lactic obsession which could get worse depending on how much money you've got.\\

'''Dr. Cream''': I would like to take this opportunity of complaining about the way in which these shows are continually portraying psychiatrists who make pat diagnoses of patients' problems without first obtaining their full medical history.\\

'''Milkman''': Mind you, that's just a pat diagnosis made without first obtaining your full medical history.

-->'''Henry''': I'm obviously dim, but why are we bothering to interview Tom when he will simply repeat what I have said?
-->'''Gus''': Yes, but he'll be repeating it live from the scene.
-->'''Henry''': Why?
-->'''Gus''': Because TV's a visual medium, for God's sake! If nothing's happening, you have to show it's not happening, live, as it doesn't happen. Do you know nothing about this business, man?
-->'''Henry''': [furious] I know a great deal more than you, you [[ClusterBleepBomb (bleep)ing, sh(bleep)ing, pi(bleep)ing...]]

-->'''Storyteller''': We were interrupted mid-training swim by a woman from the RSPCA.\\
'''Woman from the RSPCA''': Excuse me, I am a woman from the RSPCA.\\
'''Storyteller''': ...she said, which is how I knew.

-->'''Spoken Stage Direction''': Jidder trips and falls on his own knife.\\
'''June''': Oh, Jidder tripped and fell on his own knife. He's dead.

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': When Aradia's true nature is revealed, the narrator declares that "We are all completely blown away by this stunning revelation. Wow. [[spoiler: Dead.]] Really? [[spoiler: Like a ghost?]] Huh." And, on the chat log on [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004093 the very next page...]]

-->'''Moustachio''': He was the greatest mechanical genius of the age, if not all time.\\
'''Madblood, Count Ximes''': Again I've proven myself the greatest genius of the age, if not all time! BEHOLD!

--->'''Tucker''': Wait a second! How can you beat somebody to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible.\\

'''Narrator''': But Milady Melissa was simply delighted.\\

-->'''George Washington''': And so the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which taxed newspapers, playing cards, and all printed material imported by the colonies. The American colonists were not happy.\\
'''Charity Bazaar''': We're not happy.\\
'''Pule Houser''': Hey, this tax is unfair!\\
'''Froggo''': We won't pay! ''[Redcoats surround them with their guns.]'' Unless they make us.\\
'''George Washington''': Then in 1767, Parliament passed the Townend act, which taxed tea, paper, glass, and lots of other items. Now the colonists were even less happy.\\

'''Charity Bazaar''': Now we're even less happy.

-->'''Zim''': Escape with me to the surface!\\
'''Skoodge''': ''(terrified but okay)'' Sounds terrifying, but okay!

-->'''Killemoff''': Soon, hordes of pollution-breathing aliens from the planet Smogula will be arriving to take over Tromaville!\\
'''Narrator''': Soon, hordes of pollution-breathing aliens from the planet Smogula would be arriving to take over Tromaville!\\
'''Killemoff''': ''(angrily, towards the camera)'' IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE?!

-->'''Phineas''': ''(voiceover)'' It all started simply enough. I got up early to help Isabella earn her surf patch.
-->'''Isabella''': Thanks for helping me earn my surf patch!
-->'''Phineas''': ''(voiceover)'' And I told her it was no problem.
-->'''Phineas''': No problem!
-->'''Phineas''': ''(voiceover)'' It was at that point that I decided to stop narrating.

-->'''Narrator''': Oh Mojo Jojo, what are you up to this time?!
-->'''Professor Utonium''': Oh Mojo Jojo, what are you up to this time?
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': You'll find out soon enough.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}} #1: The Invasion'', when Jake's narrating to the others about his plan to morph into a lizard to spy on Chapman, he says that "Marco didn't like it". Right underneath, Marco says, "I don't like it."
* The last panel of ''Scarlet Spider'' #3:
-->'''Kaine''': ...they'll be coming for me.
-->'''Narration''': Next: They Come For Him!
* ComicBook/GiantDays issue #6

* PlayedWith in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' (and setting the stage for a frequent RunningGag). As Church is describing to Tucker and Caboose how Tex massacred his platoon but left him alive, he mentions that Tex pulled Private Jimmy's skull right out of his head and beat him to death with it.
-->'''Tucker''': Wait a second! How can you beat somebody to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible.
-->'''Church:''' That's exactly what Jimmy kept screaming.\\

* Happened a lot in the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' cartoon. Most of the time, it was Luke himself repeating the narration, but now and then, some other character would do it for him...

* In an early episode of ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'', we see a one of the animals kids put on their cell phone straps lying on the ground, and the narrator gives a quick explanation of what it is and who would have it. [[IdiotHero Yoshii]] picks it up and starts saying the same thing, at which point the narrator angrily points out he already said that.