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* In the 2004 version of ''TheBardsTale'', the events of the game are narrated by the man who's reading the tale (as voiced by the late TonyJay). He and the eponymous Bard (as voiced by Cary Elwes) frequently bicker throughout the game, discussing issues like [[KleptomaniacHero the morality of claiming items from chests for one's self]], or [[MoneySpider the absurdity of finding money]] [[RandomlyDrops or sellable goods from killing various creatures]].

** Also, in the movie, the French narrator started talking, only for ''the Fish announcer to speak up and state it was his job to narrate''. He does this, then the two converse until they realize they [[IsThisThingStillOn left the mike on.]]

* Internet Example: the Flash animation "[[http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=707 It's Dr. Tran]]" ({{NSFW}} for language) has a a movie trailer narrator harass and fluster a small child.

* In ''[[http://www.golcoincomics.com Gold Coin Comics]]'', Lance complains about having to narrate about his past.

* In ''WelcomeToNightVale'', public radio host Cecil is always the narrator (we rarely even hear other characters speak), often a bystander to events, and occasionally a protagonist in them. And hooboy is he [[LemonyNarrator Lemony]] at times, although he tries to maintain at least the pretence of journalistic distance.

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Peter Jones.

-> And so, on that note of -- triumph? ends our description. I hope you'll join me again for out next episode of ''{{TV Tropes}}.''

* ''LittleChildren'' plays this oddly straight, with a narrator explicitly saying what the characters are thinking at a given moment. It's surprisingly effective, though frequent PBS viewers will be rather weirded out, as the narrator they use is Will Lyman, the voice of ''Frontline'' and many an episode of ''Nova''.

->''" (speaking to [[TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Tigger]]) Why, I'm the Narrator!"'

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

* ''Manga/MurasakiiroNoQualia'' has Hatou narrating every now and again, increasingly so after a certain point.

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->'' And so, on that note of -- triumph? ends our description. I hope you'll join me again for out next episode of ''{{TV Tropes}}.

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->'' And so, on that note of -- triumph? ends our description. I hope you'll join me again for out next episode of ''{{TV Tropes}}''.

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->'' And so, on that note of -- triumph? ends our description. I hope you'll join me again for out next episode of ''TV Tropes''.

And so, on that note of -- triumph? ends our description. I hope you'll join me again for out next episode of ''TV Tropes''.

* In WesternAnimation/WordGirl, other than opening and closing each episode, the disembodied narrator oftentimes interacts with the tittular hero to help her and sometimes the villains, also.

->''" (speaking to Tigger) Why, I'm the Narrator!"'
--> the Narrator from WinnieThePooh

->''"I am the narrator. A generic voice that doesn't actually exist, but moves the plot along for your convenience. Don't I sound irresistibly sexy?"''
-->-- ''Machinima/{{Smashtasm}}'', Season 2 Episode 1.

* ''PrincessTutu'' begins every show with a Narrator telling the audience a fairytale. Sometimes it's from the (fictional) fairytale that one of the characters is from, sometimes it concerns a character's backstory, and sometimes it's a story that's somehow related to the episode. Drosselmeyer also serves as an odd narrator in some scenes, appearing on-screen to question details about the characters and the scene, and to occasionally tell the characters (who can rarely hear him) what they ''should'' do. [[spoiler:Considering he's actually writing the story, it makes sense for him to be the narrator.]]

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* ''{{Bastion}}'' has Rucks, an old man who narrates your adventures as you go through the game. [[spoiler: The ending subverts this, as it turns out that Rucks's narration is him telling the story to Zia, and at the very end he doesn't know what the Kid will decide to do.]]