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* The narrator in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' appears to be [[TheSmartGuy Armin]], based on also being voiced by Creator/MarinaInoue in Japanese, and Creator/JoshGrelle in English. He primarily narrates the opening to an episode, recounting important past events or narrating important pieces of information.

* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' has a dramatic subversion of this. Norman [=McKay=] has been chosen by the Spectre, embodiment of {{God}}'s vengeance, to be the one who witnesses the downfall of the world. As they look, separate from reality but able to observe it, upon the members of the Justice League debating the ethics of what they've done, suddenly the Flash, who exists on all dimensional levels at once, turns around and plucks a very surprised Norman [=McKay=] out of the air.

* One of Creator/FrankMiller's signature tropes is his usually hard-boiled style narration.

** “Nextwave is in your room and touching you stuff”
* For the Frankenstein segments of Creator/GrantMorrison’s ComicBook/SevenSoldiers the narrator was also a LargeHam.
* One of '''Creator/StanLee's''' key tropes, True Believers!
* Virtually all of Creator/KurtBusiek's stories use narration, sometimes by a character in the story and sometimes by an omniscient narrator.

*** The ''Prithviraj'' campaign was narrated by Chand Bhai, a Brahman of the caste system, telling about reign of King Prithviraj of India.

** ''The Rise of the Raja'' campaign:

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* William Conrad's omniscient narrator on ''Series/TheFugitive''.

* Who could forget the narrator from ''Anime/SpeedRacer''? [[CatchPhrase Unknown to Speed, Racer X is secretly his older brother, Rex, who ran away from home years ago!]]

* The ''Manga/DragonBall'' series has a narrator who recaps the previous episodes, previews the next, occasionally narrates in the middle of episodes, and closes the final scene. In the Japanese version, Creator/JojiYanami was the narrator for all of the series until Naoki Tatsuta replaced him, both sounding like an elderly man telling a folk story. In the Funimation dub, Brice Armstrong narrates ''Dragon Ball'', Creator/KyleHebert does ''Z'', Andy Chandler does ''GT'' and Doc Morgan does ''Kai''. The second one is rather infamous for his gravely-voiced delivery of "Last/next time, on Dragon Ball Z!"

* ''LightNovel/OkamiSan'' has Shirai Kuroko as a LemonyNarrator who also makes frequent observations about the main heroine's [[ACupAngst lack of endowments]].

* ComicBook/TheSandman would occasionally make use of narration. Sometimes it would be by one of the series’ characters and other times it would be anonymous but fairly poetic.
* One of Creator/FrankMiller’s signature tropes is his usually hard boiled style narration.

* ''Manga/MurasakiiroNoQualia'' has Hatou narrating every now and again, increasingly so after a certain point when she is the only person who can observe the story being told.

* Chaucer's narrator in the ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''.

* Alphonse Elric in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. In ''Brotherhood'', it's implied to be [[spoiler:Father]].

* Tidus is technically the narrator of the entirety of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX;'' the introduction actually takes place [[HowWeGotHere near the end of the game]], and Tidus tells us "his story".
** Yuna narrates the sequel.
* Marquis Ondore narrates, via his memoirs, several key points in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII.''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''
** Count Edmont de Fortemps narrates the introduction of each location introduced in ''Heavensward''.
** Lyse Hext fills the role of narrator for ''Stormblood'' locations.
** Ardbert narrates ''Shadowbringers'' location introductions.
** Emet-Selch narrates ''Endwalker'' locations.
* Alazlam is technically the narrator of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics.'' Though he doesn't get involved in the actual story scenes, his "Brave Story" menu allows you to replay any of them, and gives his description of what happens. Plus, he has the final words in the ending, not counting the last "bonus" scene. Daravon, who runs the Tutorial menu, appears sneakily in the game via the Mediator skill "Mimic Daravon" -- which puts enemies to sleep!
** It's also implied Alazlam Durai is getting this information from the "Durai Reports", written by his ancestor Olan Durai (who hangs around at the periphery of the plot through much of the game, only actually appearing in battle once)

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins,'' the voice of Duncan provides narration at the very beginning, explaining how the Grey Wardens first began to fight the darkspawn, and again near the end, announcing the heroes' victory and the joy of the people at the coronation of whomever the {{player character}} chose to rule Ferelden.
* After his successful tenure as one in ''Dragon Age II'', Varric becomes the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' ''Franchise/DragonAge'' franchise's official narrator, as his voice actor Brian Bloom provides the narration in ''Dragon Age Keep''.
* The FramingDevice of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' features The narrator, Varric Tethras, being interrogated by a person who is after the true story of Hawke, the PlayerCharacter and Varric's old friend/rival. Notably, every now and then Varric lapses into {{Tall Tale}}s, making the interrogator interrupt him and demand to return back to the truth. [[UnreliableNarrator How much more exaggeration Varric manages to sneak in without her noticing remains open.]]
** He even, at one point during the game, narrates Hawke's actions ''to Hawke,'' prompting him/her to remind him how much s/he hates it when he does that - suggesting he does it a lot.
** Unsurprisingly, Varric's voice actor Creator/BrianBloom was drafted to reprise this role when Creator/BioWare established the ''Dragon Age Keep.'' After the player establishes the choices they made (or wish they had made) in the first two games, they have the option of sitting back and listening to Varric narrate their adventures.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Woodland Crittr Christmas"

*** The ''El Dorado'' campaign in the HD version was narrated by a conquistador who accompanied Francesco de Orellana's expedition in finding the lost city of gold deep within the Amazon rainforest.

* PlayedForLaughs in the short film ''Film/TheGunfighter'' (2014). The unnamed gunfighter walks into a Western saloon, only to find a mysterious voice describing everything that's about to happen, such as an impending gunfight. When the gunfighter urges everyone not to listen to the voice because he has no intention of killing anyone, the narrator starts describing embarrassing secrets everyone in the bar is hiding until the gunfight breaks out anyway.

* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' features Joseph O'Conor as the narrator.

* PlayedForLaughs in the short film ''The Gunfighter'' (2014). The unnamed gunfighter walks into a Western saloon, only to find a mysterious voice describing everything that's about to happen, such as an impending gunfight. When the gunfighter urges everyone not to listen to the voice because he has no intention of killing anyone, the narrator starts describing embarrassing secrets everyone in the bar is hiding until the gunfight breaks out anyway.

*** The ''Attila the Hun'' campaign is narrated by a Frankish monk named Armand, who reminiscences about the destruction and death brought about by Attila's reign.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' had Donut narrate his play to explain how the Reds and Blues would up in the future. He calls his role as "a faceless voice used by poor writers".

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* The narrator of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', starting out every episode with, "The City of Townsville," and ending every episode with a variation of, "[[SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved So, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!]]" In the FreakyFridayFlip episode, the Narrator ended up sounding like Bubbles at the end.

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