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

* Ron Howard's voiceovers in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

* Richard Dean Anderson sometimes serves as a narrator in ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', either to reveal a chunk of backstory or to describe the principles of his BambooTechnology.
** Lucas Till does the same thing in the [[Series/MacGyver2016 reboot series]].

*** The ''Jan Zizka'' campaign is narrated by the eponymous character, who started his exploits as a mercenary before becoming a Hussite leader, who leads the Hussites against Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund's crusades.

*** The ''Jan Zizka'' campaign is narrated by the eponymous character, who started his exploits as a mercenary before becoming a Hussite leader, fighting against crusades from Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.

"''[[DescribeTopicHere I want you to describe me.]]''"

* ''VideoGame/{{Inked}}'': There's a narrator in the game who describes the events taking place. He is established as a separate entity from The Artist.

* ''VideoGame/Inked'': The Narrator for the game is a male voice describing the events of the game as they happen. His identity isn't exactly given, but he is an independant entity from the Artist.

* ''VideoGame/InkedATaleOfLove'': The Narrator for the game is a male voice describing the events of the game as they happen. His identity isn't exactly given, but he is an independant entity from the Artist.

* ''VideoGame/Inked'': The Narrator for the game is a male voice describing the events of the game as they happen. His identity isn't exactly given, but he is an independant entity from the Artist.

* ''VideoGame/InkedATaleOfLove'': The Narrator for the game is a male voice describing the events of the game as they happen. His identity isn't exactly given, but he is an independant entity from the Artist.

* ''Series/{{Narcos}'' has a rotating cast of narrators, each of whom is also a main character. For the first two seasons, Agent Murphy narrated and in the third season, his partner Peña takes over. [[spoiler:Walt Breslin]] narrates ''Narcos: Mexico'' seasons one and two. Andrea Nuñez takes over for season 3.

"''[[DescribeTopicHere I want you to discribe me.]]''"

"''[[DescribeTopicHere Describe Narrator here.]]''"

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle That's what the sign had said, anyway.]] And so, [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife as if compelled to do so]], [[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Stanl-]] I mean the Troper sat down at [[TroperDemographics their]] computer screen and began to type...

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'': The Narrator was the only voice on the show until season 13 and provided all the voices for all the characters. When season 13 arrived, all the characters got their own voices, but the narrator remained.

** ''The Last Khan'' campaign:
*** The ''Tamarlane'' was narrated from the perspective a nobleman giving shelter to a man escaping Tamerlane's wrath. [[spoiler:This man that he was giving refuge is none other than Tokhtamysh Khan, who was friend of Tamerlane until he betrayed him and tried to take power but was driven back by Tamerlane and was forced into exile to Lithuania to escape his wrath. Though the narrator never reveals his name, it is implied to be Duke Vytautas.]]
*** The ''Ivaylo'' campaign is narrated by a woman telling her unnamed daughter about the short reign of Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria. The end of the campaign reveals that the woman [[spoiler:was Maria Palaiologina, the wife of Ivaylo after he overthrew Tsar Konstantin Tikh, telling her daughter about her father's life]].
*** The ''Kotyan Khan'' campaign was narrated by a Cuman chieftain who follows Kotyan Khan's journey to escape the Mongolian invasion [[spoiler:until Kotyan was assassinated by the Hungarian, in which the chieftain assumed leadership]].
** ''Lord of the West'' campaign:
*** The ''Edward Longshanks'' campaign was narrated by his son, Edward II, who studied his father's accomplishment so that he could be inspired to become a good king of England. [[spoiler:Studying on his father's life made him very indecisive of how he should follow his example, and if you read up on Edward II's reign, you'll find that he became a failure of a king.]]
*** The ''The Grand Dukes of the West'' campaign starts with a Burgundian nobleman showing his son the execution of Joan of Arc, with him retelling [[HowWeGotHere the Burgundian side of the Hundred Year War]].
*** The ''Hauteville'' campaign was narrated by a Muslim tutor of the young Frederick Roger, telling the story of his ancestors, starting with Roger Guiscard, to inspire him into greatness. [[spoiler:The young boy, in history, become the Holy Roman Emperor as Frederick II.]]

*** The Pachacuti campaign in the Definitive Edition is narrated by an old man who tells the player of Pachacuti's reign. The epilogue reveals that the man is [[spoiler:Apo Mayta, Pachacuti's general during his reign, who retired after the end of the fighting]].

*** The ''Tariq ibn Ziyad'' campaign was narrated by an anonymous Berber warrior, detailing the conquest under Tariq ibn Ziyad [[spoiler:and his successor, Abd ar-Rahman al-Ghafiqi]]. In the end of the campaign, [[spoiler:the Berber warrior end his story with the Moors needing to defeat one Frankish king before they can truly conquer all of Europe. That king was Charles Martel, who was the protagonist of the "Tours" scenario in the Battle of the Conquerors, who defeated the Berbers and ended their war in Europe]].
*** The ''Sundjata'' campaign was narrated by a griot named Bala Faséké Kouyaté telling the Epic of Sundiata to the player. [[spoiler:He also mentioned in the end of the campaign that he stolen Sumanguru's magical balafon before the Battle of Kirina (which was the fourth scenario in the campaign) that allowed Sundjata's army to be victorious]].
*** The ''Francisco de Almeida'' campaign begins with Francisco already dead and the narrator, an anonymous Portuguese soldier in Francisco's expedition, retelling [[HowWeGotHere events that lead up to his death]].
*** The ''Yodit'' campaign was narrated by an Ethiopian trader telling Yodit's story to his son at Aksum. Incidentally, in the final scenario, another older trader named Tariku joined into the tale to tell of Yodit's [[spoiler:brutal and bloody overthrowing of her nephew, Gidajan]].

*** The ''Gajah Mada'' campaign was narrated by the eponymous character in his elderly age, telling the player of his glory day in the Majapahit empire [[spoiler:before his downfall at Battle of Bubat]].
*** The ''Suryavarman I'' campaign was narrated by Sangrama, general of Suryavarman's successor Udayadityavarman II, who is leading an army to suppress a rebellion. He tells one of his captains of Suryavarman's story to inspire their men.
*** The ''Bayinnaung'' campaign was narrated by the eponymous character telling the story of his life [[spoiler:until the last outro of the campaign, where it is narrated by his son, due to Bayinnaung dying during the last scenario.]]
*** The ''Le Loi'' campaign in the HD version was narrated by an old man about the story of the Dai Viet rebel leader, Le Loi. The old man would reveal himself to be [[spoiler:Wang Tong, the Ming general that fought against Le Loi during the Lam Son rebellion]]. However, this is omitted in the ''Definitive Edition'', replacing the narrator with a younger man.

* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'': In each campaigns, there will be a narrator telling the story of the focus character, telling the player about their exploits in history. Several of the campaigns often has twist of [[AndThatLittleGirlWasMe revealing themselves of being part of that history]].

*** The ''William Wallace'' campaign is narrated by a Scotsman rallying their warrior in fighting against Longshanks's conquest of Scotland.
*** The ''Joan of Arc'' campaign is narrated by Guy Josselyne, who tells the exploit of Joan and her battles in the Hundred Year War. Interestingly, he appears in the last scenario as a hero and though his survival is optional, he will still be the narrator despite dying in the same scenario.

*** The ''Genghis Khan'' campaign is narrated by an anonymous Mongolian author of the "The Secret History of the Mongol" as Genghis Khan leads the horde in a conquest of forming the largest empire in the world.
*** And the ''Barbarossa'' campaign is narrated by a local customer in a German bar, telling the player about the reign of Barbarossa as he ruled the Holy Roman Empire. At the end of the campaign, the narrator is revealed to be [[spoiler:Henry the Lion, a German prince that fought both alongside and against Barbarossa throughout the campaign.]]

*** The ''Attila the Hun'' campaign is narrated by a Frankish monk named Armand, who reminiscence the destruction and death during Attila's reign.
*** The ''El Cid'' campaign is narrated by a woman in the city of Valentia. In the second scenario, she reveal herself as El Cid's wife, Jimena, telling the player about her husband's exploits.

*** There is also the Battle of the Conquerors, which has a generic narrator with no relation to the scenarios in question.

*** The ''Alaric'' campaign in the HD version was originally narrated by a wife of Alaric, but in the ''Definitive Edition'', she was replaced by Athaulf, Alaric's brother-in-law.
*** The ''Dracula'' campaign was narrated by a young soldier, who meets an old man in the ancient stronghold of Vlad Dracula who allow him and his comrades shelter and tells them a story of Vlad the Impaler. In the end of the campaign, where the young soldiers were planning to go to the monastery at Snagov to pay respect to Dracula's grave, asking the old man if he wish to accompanied them, which he accepts. In the HD version, the old man reveals himself as [[spoiler:Istvan, one of Dracula's companions]] but this was omitted in the ''Definitive Edition'', making the old man just one of Dracula's loyal soldier.
*** The ''Bari'' campaign was narrated by Andreas Nautikos, where he tells a story of how his Byzantine family, starting with his ancestor Panos, has defended the city of Bari for 200 years from Lombards, Normans, and Muslims.
*** The ''Sforza'' campaign was narrated by an old Condottiero who remembers Francesco Sforza's rise from mercenary to [[spoiler:Duke of Milan]]. In the HD edition, this Condottiero tells Sforza's story to an university student at Florence, in which in the end of the campaign reveals himself to be [[spoiler:Niccolò Machiavelli, who was writing "The Prince" at the time]]. However, in the ''Definitive Edition'', the Condottiero reveals himself to be [[spoiler:Micheletto, Sforza's cousin who was betrayed by him when Milan and Venice were at war with each other with Sforza switching sides to Milan when they were both hired by Venice. Machiavelli was omitted, as he wasn't even born around Micheletto's time.]].

*** The ''Prithviraj'' campaign was narrated by Chand Bhai, a Brahman of the caste system telling the reign of King Prithviraj of India.
*** Like the Battle of the Conquerors, the Battle of the Forgotten has a generic narrator with no relation to the scenarios.
*** The ''Pachacuti'' campaign in the ''Definitive Edition'' was narrated by an old man who tell the player of Pachacuti's reign. The end of the campaign reveals that the man was [[spoiler:Apo Mayta, Pachacuti's general during his reign, who retired since the end of the fighting.]]

* Time personified narrates the opening and occasionally narrates mid-scene in the Indian TV show ''Series/{{Mahabharata}}''

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has two narrators. Antimony does the bulk of the narration from some unspecified point in time. (According to [[WordOfGod Tom Siddell]], [[DirectLineToTheAuthor she's telling the whole story]], even the bits without narrator-text boxes.) And Tea (that white-haired girl) serves as a fourth-wall-breaking [[MrExposition Miss Exposition]] on a few of the end-of-chapter bonus pages.