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* The events of ''Film/JumpIn'' is revealed to be narrated by Rodney Tyler, the [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] BigBad, to a group of children.
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* ''Film/JourneyToBethlehem'': The film ends with the revelation that the narrator was [[UsefulNotes/TheVirginMary Mary]] telling the story to a young UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, as part of His scripture lessons.
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-->'''Mary''': And that is the story of how You came to us.
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* The final scene of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' reveals that the narrator was Dilios, relating the film's events to a much larger army of Spartans and Greeks prior to a full-scale battle with Persia. This [[HandWave conveniently explains]] the film's historical inaccuracies, fantastical elements, and anti-Persian bias: Dilios is exaggerating for propaganda purposes.
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* The final scene of ''Film/{{The Cat in The Hat}}'' reveals that the narrator is actually The Cat himself using a voice-modulator from his hat.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is [[spoiler:one of the Ooompa-Loompas]].
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is [[spoiler:one of the Ooompa-Loompas]].
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* The final scene of ''Film/{{The Cat in The Hat}}'' ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' reveals that the narrator is actually The Cat himself using a voice-modulator from voice modulator inside his hat.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is[[spoiler:one one of the Ooompa-Loompas]].Ooompa-Loompas.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', the ending shows that Remy has been telling the film's entire story to [[spoiler:his fellow rats at the Le Ratatouille restaurant]].
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** The El Cid campaign is narrated by a woman you met in the Valencia market, who quickly turns out to be the titular character's widow. And while it's not directly this trope, the narrator of the Attila the Hun campaign, who became a priest, reveals at the end that he still misses the thrill of battle. ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' likes playing with its narrators.
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** The El Cid campaign is narrated by a woman you met in the Valencia market, who quickly turns out to be Jimena, the titular character's widow. And while it's not directly this trope, the narrator of the Attila the Hun campaign, who became a priest, reveals at the end that he still misses the thrill of battle. ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' likes playing with its narrators.narrators.
** The Dracula campaign was narrated by a young soldier who meets an old man in the ancient stronghold of Vlad Dracula who gives him and his comrades shelter and tells them a story of Vlad the Impaler. At 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 wished to accompany them, which he accepts. In the HD version, the old man reveals himself as Istvan, one of Dracula's companions, but this was omitted in the Definitive Edition, changing the old man to be one of Dracula's loyal soldiers.
** The Sforza campaign was narrated by an old Condottiero who remembers Francesco Sforza's rise from mercenary to Duke of Milan. In the HD edition, this Condottiero tells Sforza's story to an university student at Florence, in which in the epilogue reveals himself to be Niccolò Machiavelli, who was writing "The Prince" at the time. However, in the Definitive Edition, the Condottiero reveals himself to be Micheletto, Sforza's cousin, both of whom were working for Venice until Sforza betrayed him while Milan and Venice were at war with each other. Machiavelli was omitted, as he wasn't even born around Micheletto's time
** The Pachacuti campaign is narrated by an old man who tells the player of Pachacuti's reign. The epilogue reveals that the man is Apo Mayta, Pachacuti's general during his reign, who retired after the end of the fighting.
** The Le Loi campaign in the HD version is narrated by an old man who tells the player about the Lam Son rebellion, which was under the leadership of the Dai Viet rebel leader, Le Loi. The old man would reveals himself to be Wang Tong, the Ming general that fought against Le Loi. However, this is altered in the Definitive Edition, replacing the narrator with a younger Vietnamese man.
** The Tamerlane campaign is narrated by a Lithuanian nobleman who gives sanctuary to a man escaping Tamerlane's wrath. The man is none other than Tokhtamysh Khan, who was Tamerlane's companion until he betrayed him and tried to take total control of the Horde. Tamerlane defeated Tokhtamysh Khan in retaliation, and he was forced into exile to escape his pursuer. Although the nobleman's name is never revealed, it is likely to be Grand Duke Vytautas.
** The Ivaylo campaign is narrated by a woman, who tells her unnamed daughter about the short reign of Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria. The woman is revealed to be Maria Palaiologina, Ivaylo's wife after he killed her first husband, Tsar Konstantin Tikh.
** The Algirdas and Kestutis campaign is narrated by a prisoner who tells a foreigner of Algirdas and Kestutis's struggle against the Teutonic Knights. The prisoner is revealed to be Jogaila, Algirdas's son who was imprisoned by Kestutis for negotiating with the Knights.
** The Thoros the Great has an unorthodox one in that the narrator is revealed to be a character who appeared in a previous campaign and that TheReveal occurs midway through the campaign. In the opening of the third mission, the narrator reveals himself to be Reynald de Chatillon, the first ArcVillain of the Saladin campaign, and that he had been hired by the Byzantine Emperor to assist the UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar in a dispute with Thoros, making him once again an ArcVillain.
** The Dracula campaign was narrated by a young soldier who meets an old man in the ancient stronghold of Vlad Dracula who gives him and his comrades shelter and tells them a story of Vlad the Impaler. At 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 wished to accompany them, which he accepts. In the HD version, the old man reveals himself as Istvan, one of Dracula's companions, but this was omitted in the Definitive Edition, changing the old man to be one of Dracula's loyal soldiers.
** The Sforza campaign was narrated by an old Condottiero who remembers Francesco Sforza's rise from mercenary to Duke of Milan. In the HD edition, this Condottiero tells Sforza's story to an university student at Florence, in which in the epilogue reveals himself to be Niccolò Machiavelli, who was writing "The Prince" at the time. However, in the Definitive Edition, the Condottiero reveals himself to be Micheletto, Sforza's cousin, both of whom were working for Venice until Sforza betrayed him while Milan and Venice were at war with each other. Machiavelli was omitted, as he wasn't even born around Micheletto's time
** The Pachacuti campaign is narrated by an old man who tells the player of Pachacuti's reign. The epilogue reveals that the man is Apo Mayta, Pachacuti's general during his reign, who retired after the end of the fighting.
** The Le Loi campaign in the HD version is narrated by an old man who tells the player about the Lam Son rebellion, which was under the leadership of the Dai Viet rebel leader, Le Loi. The old man would reveals himself to be Wang Tong, the Ming general that fought against Le Loi. However, this is altered in the Definitive Edition, replacing the narrator with a younger Vietnamese man.
** The Tamerlane campaign is narrated by a Lithuanian nobleman who gives sanctuary to a man escaping Tamerlane's wrath. The man is none other than Tokhtamysh Khan, who was Tamerlane's companion until he betrayed him and tried to take total control of the Horde. Tamerlane defeated Tokhtamysh Khan in retaliation, and he was forced into exile to escape his pursuer. Although the nobleman's name is never revealed, it is likely to be Grand Duke Vytautas.
** The Ivaylo campaign is narrated by a woman, who tells her unnamed daughter about the short reign of Tsar Ivaylo of Bulgaria. The woman is revealed to be Maria Palaiologina, Ivaylo's wife after he killed her first husband, Tsar Konstantin Tikh.
** The Algirdas and Kestutis campaign is narrated by a prisoner who tells a foreigner of Algirdas and Kestutis's struggle against the Teutonic Knights. The prisoner is revealed to be Jogaila, Algirdas's son who was imprisoned by Kestutis for negotiating with the Knights.
** The Thoros the Great has an unorthodox one in that the narrator is revealed to be a character who appeared in a previous campaign and that TheReveal occurs midway through the campaign. In the opening of the third mission, the narrator reveals himself to be Reynald de Chatillon, the first ArcVillain of the Saladin campaign, and that he had been hired by the Byzantine Emperor to assist the UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar in a dispute with Thoros, making him once again an ArcVillain.
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* Irvine Welsh's novel ''Literature/{{Filth}}'' appears to have four narrators: [[AntiHero the main character]] Bruce Robertson, a [[DirtyCop crooked]], [[NobleBigotWithABadge racist]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero misogynistic]], manipulative, and [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]] policeman; his estranged wife Carole, whose chapters are written in bold; the unnamed murderer, whose crime Bruce is investigating, and whose only chapter is also written in bold; and an unusually self-aware tapeworm living in Bruce's intestines, whose narrations are inside tube-like structures that interrupt Bruce's narrations in some places. In the end it turns out that [[spoiler: the "Carole" chapters are in fact narrated by Bruce [[CreepyCrossdresser wearing her clothes and make-up]] as a way of coping with their separation. What is more, the "murderer" was also Bruce dressed as Carole and the victim was the man who had had an affair with the real Carole]].
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* Irvine Welsh's novel ''Literature/{{Filth}}'' appears to have four narrators: [[AntiHero the main character]] Bruce Robertson, a [[DirtyCop crooked]], [[NobleBigotWithABadge racist]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero misogynistic]], manipulative, and [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]] promiscuous policeman; his estranged wife Carole, whose chapters are written in bold; the unnamed murderer, whose crime Bruce is investigating, and whose only chapter is also written in bold; and an unusually self-aware tapeworm living in Bruce's intestines, whose narrations are inside tube-like structures that interrupt Bruce's narrations in some places. In the end it turns out that [[spoiler: the "Carole" chapters are in fact narrated by Bruce [[CreepyCrossdresser wearing her clothes and make-up]] as a way of coping with their separation. What is more, the "murderer" was also Bruce dressed as Carole and the victim was the man who had had an affair with the real Carole]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/BooBoomTheLongWayHome'': Each episode starts with a narrator [[PreviouslyOn giving the viewer a recap of what happend so far]]. In the closing narration of the final episode it's revealed he is the now adult Boo Boom, reflecting back on his adventure.
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* ''Fanfic/KedaborysElmoreChronicles'': [[spoiler:"The Fable" ends with someone in the Void critiquing how unrealistic the plot is, revealing that the whole story was, in fact, a fable made up by Rob.]]
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** At the end of ''Film/Cinderella2015'', the narrator is revealed to be the FairyGodmother.
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* ''[[ComicBook/TheEndMarvelComics Venom: The End]]'' ends by revealing the story was being narrated by [[spoiler:the leader of the [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]]-based artificial intelligences]], explaining the {{Technobabble}} and [[LemonyNarrator sarcasm-heavy narration]].
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* ''[[ComicBook/TheEndMarvelComics Venom: The End]]'' ''ComicBook/VenomTheEnd'' ends by revealing the story was being narrated by [[spoiler:the leader of the [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]]-based artificial intelligences]], explaining the {{Technobabble}} and [[LemonyNarrator sarcasm-heavy narration]].
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* In ''Film/TheWaterHorse'', the old man telling the story to two tourists is revealed to be the young boy in the story.
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* In ''Film/TheWaterHorse'', ''Film/TheWaterHorseLegendOfTheDeep'', the old man telling the story to two tourists is revealed to be the young boy in the story.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Woodland Critter Christmas" is structured like a kiddie Christmas special with a rhyming narrator, which juxtaposes to the [[SubvertedKidsShow incredibly messed-up story]]. Near the end, we suddenly reveal that everything seen so far has [[AllJustADream actually been a Christmas story]] that Cartman is reading to the class. [[TropesAreNotBad This makes the whole thing funnier]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Woodland Critter Christmas" is structured like a kiddie Christmas special with a rhyming narrator, which juxtaposes to the [[SubvertedKidsShow incredibly messed-up story]]. Near the end, we suddenly reveal that everything seen so far has [[AllJustADream actually been a Christmas story]] that Cartman is reading to the class. [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad This makes the whole thing funnier]].
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* The first LightNovel of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' starts with an immortal bespectacled ''[[TheMafia conta e oro]]'' telling a Japanese tourist about his past. [[spoiler:Despite the physical and occupational descriptors, it's actually ''Firo'', not Maiza, telling the story. He has taken to PurelyAestheticGlasses after being promoted some thirty years ago.]]
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* The first LightNovel of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' starts with an immortal bespectacled ''[[TheMafia conta e oro]]'' telling a Japanese tourist about his past. [[spoiler:Despite the physical and occupational descriptors, it's actually ''Firo'', not Maiza, telling the story. He has taken to PurelyAestheticGlasses after being promoted some thirty years ago.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'', it turns out fairly early on that the narrator is [[spoiler:Areelu Vorlesh, the Architect of the Worldwound]]. The context of their narration varies, depending on the player's choices.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/TheEnd'' ends by revealing the story was being narrated by [[spoiler:the leader of the [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]]-based artificial intelligences]], explaining the {{Technobabble}} and [[LemonyNarrator sarcasm-heavy narration]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/TheEnd'' ''[[ComicBook/TheEndMarvelComics Venom: The End]]'' ends by revealing the story was being narrated by [[spoiler:the leader of the [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]]-based artificial intelligences]], explaining the {{Technobabble}} and [[LemonyNarrator sarcasm-heavy narration]].
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-->'''Narrator''': I should know, for I was the one they called "Sleeping Beauty".
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* The teller of the titular ''Literature/ScaryStoriesForYoungFoxes'' turns out to be none other than [[spoiler:Mia, the female co-lead]]. Likewise, ''The City'' features a similar twist with the wounded narrator turning out to be [[spoiler:R-211, who tells a group of kits what happened to his cousin and the others so they'll help]].
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* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
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* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, ''Manga/{{Claudine}}'', the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's [[spoiler:Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
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** And with [[spoiler: Flit Asuno]] in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]'', who [[spoiler: is the "narrator" of the whole first part... that he was the protagonist of]]
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* In the final chapter of ''Manga/{{PandoraHearts}}'', it is heavily hinted that [[spoiler: Gilbert, having survived for another [[TimeSkip 100 years]] until Oz and Alice are reincarnated again, is the narrator of the story all along]].
* The Mega Evolution specials of ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon XY]]'' are all narrated by the same male voice. Only in the second episode do we find out it's actually a character... [[spoiler: BigBad Lysandre.]] Interestingly, he was already present twice in-universe in the first episode: he first speaks on Alain's Holo Caster without being shown nor named, and is later shown but silent. The second episode, in which he finally gets a credited speaking role, revealed him as both the narrator and as Alain's mysterious interlocutor.
* The Mega Evolution specials of ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon XY]]'' are all narrated by the same male voice. Only in the second episode do we find out it's actually a character... [[spoiler: BigBad Lysandre.]] Interestingly, he was already present twice in-universe in the first episode: he first speaks on Alain's Holo Caster without being shown nor named, and is later shown but silent. The second episode, in which he finally gets a credited speaking role, revealed him as both the narrator and as Alain's mysterious interlocutor.
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* In the final chapter of ''Manga/{{PandoraHearts}}'', ''Manga/PandoraHearts'', it is heavily hinted that [[spoiler: Gilbert, having survived for another [[TimeSkip 100 years]] until Oz and Alice are reincarnated again, is the narrator of the story all along]].
* The Mega Evolution specials of''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon XY]]'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' are all narrated by the same male voice. Only in the second episode do we find out it's actually a character... [[spoiler: BigBad Lysandre.]] Interestingly, he was already present twice in-universe in the first episode: he first speaks on Alain's Holo Caster without being shown nor named, and is later shown but silent. The second episode, in which he finally gets a credited speaking role, revealed him as both the narrator and as Alain's mysterious interlocutor.
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* The narrator at the end of the ''Young Black Jack'' anime is revealed to be Black Jack as an adult telling his own origin story. The kicker is that the narrator is voiced by the original actor to have played Black Jack in the original 2004 anime series.
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* The narrator at the end of the ''Young Black Jack'' Manga/BlackJack'' anime is revealed to be Black Jack as an adult telling his own origin story. The kicker is that the narrator is voiced by the original actor to have played Black Jack in the original 2004 anime series.
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* In the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'', the two key things about the narrator are [[spoiler:his identity]] and [[spoiler:his being the murderer]]. In the book, you know the former from the start, the latter being TheReveal; [[Series/{{Poirot}} the TV adaptation]] reverses this, with the FramingDevice of Literature/HerculePoirot reading the journal (so excerpts are read in his voice).
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* In the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'', ''Literature/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd'', the two key things about the narrator are [[spoiler:his identity]] and [[spoiler:his being the murderer]]. In the book, you know the former from the start, the latter being TheReveal; [[Series/{{Poirot}} the TV adaptation]] reverses this, with the FramingDevice of Literature/HerculePoirot reading the journal (so excerpts are read in his voice).
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* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG himself.
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* In the first ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' story, the narrator is [[spoiler: Lupin himself]].
* In ''Bad Day in Blackrock'' by Kevin Power, in the closing pages it is revealed that the narrator is [[spoiler: the brother of the young man killed in the course of the story.]]
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFGhimself. himself.
* Yunior is revealed to be the main narrator of ''Literature/TheBriefWondrousLifeOfOscarWao'' about a third of the way through the book.
* ''Literature/TheBrokenEarthTrilogy'': The end of ''Literature/TheStoneSky'' reveals that the second-person narration is by Essun's [[LivingStatue Stone Eater]] companion Hoa, collecting his thoughts about her story to help her [[spoiler:process her own {{Metamorphosis}} into a Stone Eater.]]
* Creator/MarkTwain's first published story, ''The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'', is about how a man rigged a jumping frog competition. At the end the narrator beats a hasty retreat after he is recognized by someone, implying that the narrator is the man in the story, still on the lam.
* At the end of ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'', the narrator finally reveals himself to be [[spoiler:Radio/TheShadow]]. It makes perfect sense and ''it's awesome''.
* In ''Bad Day in Blackrock'' by Kevin Power, in the closing pages it is revealed that the narrator is [[spoiler: the brother of the young man killed in the course of the story.]]
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG
* Yunior is revealed to be the main narrator of ''Literature/TheBriefWondrousLifeOfOscarWao'' about a third of the way through the book.
* ''Literature/TheBrokenEarthTrilogy'': The end of ''Literature/TheStoneSky'' reveals that the second-person narration is by Essun's [[LivingStatue Stone Eater]] companion Hoa, collecting his thoughts about her story to help her [[spoiler:process her own {{Metamorphosis}} into a Stone Eater.]]
* Creator/MarkTwain's first published story, ''The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'', is about how a man rigged a jumping frog competition. At the end the narrator beats a hasty retreat after he is recognized by someone, implying that the narrator is the man in the story, still on the lam.
* At the end of ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'', the narrator finally reveals himself to be [[spoiler:Radio/TheShadow]]. It makes perfect sense and ''it's awesome''.
* Irvine Welsh's novel ''Literature/{{Filth}}'' appears to have four narrators: [[AntiHero the main character]] Bruce Robertson, a [[DirtyCop crooked]], [[NobleBigotWithABadge racist]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero misogynistic]], manipulative, and [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]] policeman; his estranged wife Carole, whose chapters are written in bold; the unnamed murderer, whose crime Bruce is investigating, and whose only chapter is also written in bold; and an unusually self-aware tapeworm living in Bruce's intestines, whose narrations are inside tube-like structures that interrupt Bruce's narrations in some places. In the end it turns out that [[spoiler: the "Carole" chapters are in fact narrated by Bruce [[CreepyCrossdresser wearing her clothes and make-up]] as a way of coping with their separation. What is more, the "murderer" was also Bruce dressed as Carole and the victim was the man who had had an affair with the real Carole]].
* In Creator/JorgeLuisBorges's short story ''The Form of the Sword'' (also translated ''The Shape of the Sword''), a narrator tells how he was in an Irish revolutionary movement but betrayed to the police by a comrade, who he portrays as a weakling and a coward who lacked the courage of his convictions. Guess what is revealed at the end.
* In Creator/JorgeLuisBorges's short story ''The Form of the Sword'' (also translated ''The Shape of the Sword''), a narrator tells how he was in an Irish revolutionary movement but betrayed to the police by a comrade, who he portrays as a weakling and a coward who lacked the courage of his convictions. Guess what is revealed at the end.
* ''In The House of My Enemy'' is one of the short stories in Charles de Lint's ''Newford'' series. The narrator appears to be the new character Annie, but in the end is revealed to be the recurring character [[spoiler:Jilly]].
* The final sentence of the Literature/MortalEngines quartet is the same as the very first, revealing the narrator to be [[spoiler:Shrike.]]
* In the end of Creator/AlbertCamus' ''Literature/ThePlague'', it is revealed that the main character was the narrator all along.
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Lemony Snicket at first appears to be a standard-issue third-person omniscient narrator, but over the course of the series (in particular, through paratexts like the dedications and "in the next volume..." teasers), he gradually reveals more and more information about how he himself is involved in the story. Not all the questions raised by his hints are answered in the series, but by the end it's pretty clear that [[spoiler:he was the third sibling of Jacques and Kit Snicket, a member of the VFD before the schism (and almost certainly on the opposite side to the Baudelaires), and the lover of Mrs Baudelaire before she got married]]. Though, really, that just raises further questions...
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* At the end of ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'', the narrator finally reveals himself to be [[spoiler:Radio/TheShadow]]. It makes perfect sense and ''it's awesome''.
* ''In The House of My Enemy'' is one of the short stories in Charles de Lint's ''Newford'' series. The narrator appears to be the new character Annie, but in the end is revealed to be the recurring character [[spoiler:Jilly]].
* In the end of Creator/AlbertCamus' ''Literature/ThePlague'', it is revealed that the main character was the narrator all along.
* Creator/MarkTwain's first published story, ''The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'', is about how a man rigged a jumping frog competition. At the end the narrator beats a hasty retreat after he is recognized by someone, implying that the narrator is the man in the story, still on the lam.
* The final sentence of the Literature/MortalEngines quartet is the same as the very first, revealing the narrator to be [[spoiler:Shrike.]]
* In Creator/JorgeLuisBorges's short story ''The Form of the Sword'' (also translated ''The Shape of the Sword''), a narrator tells how he was in an Irish revolutionary movement but betrayed to the police by a comrade, who he portrays as a weakling and a coward who lacked the courage of his convictions. Guess what is revealed at the end.
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Lemony Snicket at first appears to be a standard-issue third-person omniscient narrator, but over the course of the series (in particular, through paratexts like the dedications and "in the next volume..." teasers), he gradually reveals more and more information about how he himself is involved in the story. Not all the questions raised by his hints are answered in the series, but by the end it's pretty clear that [[spoiler:he was the third sibling of Jacques and Kit Snicket, a member of the VFD before the schism (and almost certainly on the opposite side to the Baudelaires), and the lover of Mrs Baudelaire before she got married]]. Though, really, that just raises further questions...
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* Yunior is revealed to be the main narrator of ''Literature/TheBriefWondrousLifeOfOscarWao'' about a third of the way through the book.
* Irvine Welsh's novel ''Literature/{{Filth}}'' appears to have four narrators: [[AntiHero the main character]] Bruce Robertson, a [[DirtyCop crooked]], [[NobleBigotWithABadge racist]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero misogynistic]], {{ma|gnificentBastard}}nipulative, and [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]] policeman; his estranged wife Carole, whose chapters are written in bold; the unnamed murderer, whose crime Bruce is investigating, and whose only chapter is also written in bold; and an unusually self-aware tapeworm living in Bruce's intestines, whose narrations are inside tube-like structures that interrupt Bruce's narrations in some places. In the end it turns out that [[spoiler: the "Carole" chapters are in fact narrated by Bruce [[CreepyCrossdresser wearing her clothes and make-up]] as a way of coping with their separation. What is more, the "murderer" was also Bruce dressed as Carole and the victim was the man who had had an affair with the real Carole]].
* In the first ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' story, the narrator is [[spoiler: Lupin himself]].
* In ''Bad Day in Blackrock'' by Kevin Power, in the closing pages it is revealed that the narrator is [[spoiler: the brother of the young man killed in the course of the story.]]
* Irvine Welsh's novel ''Literature/{{Filth}}'' appears to have four narrators: [[AntiHero the main character]] Bruce Robertson, a [[DirtyCop crooked]], [[NobleBigotWithABadge racist]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero misogynistic]], {{ma|gnificentBastard}}nipulative, and [[AnythingThatMoves promiscuous]] policeman; his estranged wife Carole, whose chapters are written in bold; the unnamed murderer, whose crime Bruce is investigating, and whose only chapter is also written in bold; and an unusually self-aware tapeworm living in Bruce's intestines, whose narrations are inside tube-like structures that interrupt Bruce's narrations in some places. In the end it turns out that [[spoiler: the "Carole" chapters are in fact narrated by Bruce [[CreepyCrossdresser wearing her clothes and make-up]] as a way of coping with their separation. What is more, the "murderer" was also Bruce dressed as Carole and the victim was the man who had had an affair with the real Carole]].
* In the first ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' story, the narrator is [[spoiler: Lupin himself]].
* In ''Bad Day in Blackrock'' by Kevin Power, in the closing pages it is revealed that the narrator is [[spoiler: the brother of the young man killed in the course of the story.]]
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* ''Literature/TheBrokenEarthTrilogy'': The end of ''Literature/TheStoneSky'' reveals that the second-person narration is by Essun's [[LivingStatue Stone Eater]] companion Hoa, collecting his thoughts about her story to help her [[spoiler:process her own {{Metamorphosis}} into a Stone Eater.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' was originally supposed to end with a closing narration that would have revealed Santa was the narrator in the first scene [[spoiler:and he still visits Jack and Sally's family long after the events of the film.]] It's still included on the film's soundtrack.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' was originally supposed to end with a closing narration that would have revealed Santa was the narrator in the first scene [[spoiler:and he still visits Jack and Sally's family long after the events of the film.]] It's still included on the film's soundtrack.
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* ''Film/{{Posse}}'': The onscreen narrator (the elderly Creator/WoodyStrode) tells the story of Jesse Lee and his gang of {{Anti Hero}}es. At the movie's climax, the posse saves a village. Before leaving, Jesse gives his journal to the youngest survivor. Cut to Strode, reading from the book he's kept all these years.
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* ''Film/{{Posse}}'': In the very last scene, ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' turns out to be narrated by TheAtoner. [[AsLongAsThereIsOneMan Also, he has the most badass sword short of]] [[NamedWeapons giving it a name.]]
* Theonscreen final scene of ''Film/{{The Cat in The Hat}}'' reveals that the narrator (the elderly Creator/WoodyStrode) tells the story of Jesse Lee and his gang of {{Anti Hero}}es. At the movie's climax, the posse saves is actually The Cat himself using a village. Before leaving, Jesse gives his journal to the youngest survivor. Cut to Strode, reading voice-modulator from his hat.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with thebook he's kept all these years.revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is [[spoiler:one of the Ooompa-Loompas]].
* In ''Film/{{Chocolat}}'', the narrator turned out to be the daughter.
* ''Film/{{Darling}}'': The film is peppered throughout with narration, actually interacting with the film a couple of times. It can be {{Unreliable|Narrator}}, with BlatantLies contradicted by the action onscreen. We find out at the end that the narration is Diana's interview with ''[[FictionalDocument Ideal Woman]]'' magazine.
* Near the end of ''The Fabulous Filipino Brothers'', it's revealed that the narrator was [[spoiler: Doris, the titular brothers' younger sister.]]
* The
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the
* In ''Film/{{Chocolat}}'', the narrator turned out to be the daughter.
* ''Film/{{Darling}}'': The film is peppered throughout with narration, actually interacting with the film a couple of times. It can be {{Unreliable|Narrator}}, with BlatantLies contradicted by the action onscreen. We find out at the end that the narration is Diana's interview with ''[[FictionalDocument Ideal Woman]]'' magazine.
* Near the end of ''The Fabulous Filipino Brothers'', it's revealed that the narrator was [[spoiler: Doris, the titular brothers' younger sister.]]
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* At the end of the Mad Max film ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', the narrator turns out to be the feral boy whom Max saved who, according to the ending narration, learned how to talk from the people he's leaving with.
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* At the end of the Mad Max film ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', the The narrator turns out to be and main character of ''Film/FightClub'' [[spoiler:and Tyler Durden are one and the feral boy whom Max saved who, according to the ending narration, learned how to talk from the people he's leaving with.same]].
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%%* ''Film/TheNotebook'', of course.
* In ''Film/{{Chocolat}}'', the narrator turned out to be the daughter.
%%* ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' had this.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is [[spoiler:one of the Ooompa-Loompas]].
* The final scene of ''Film/{{The Cat in The Hat}}'' reveals that the narrator is actually The Cat himself using a voice-modulator from his hat.
* In ''Film/{{Chocolat}}'', the narrator turned out to be the daughter.
%%* ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' had this.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with the revelation that the narrator, voiced by Creator/GeoffreyHolder, is [[spoiler:one of the Ooompa-Loompas]].
* The final scene of ''Film/{{The Cat in The Hat}}'' reveals that the narrator is actually The Cat himself using a voice-modulator from his hat.
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%%* ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' had this.
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with
* The
* ''Film/ItCouldHappenToYou'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler: Angel Dupree, a reporter working undercover as a homeless man]]. He was present for significant parts of the narrative, but doesn't have any lines before this is revealed - presumably any scene he couldn't have witnessed himself
* At the end of ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', we learn that the narrator at the beginning is [[spoiler: the same strange man who gave James the "crocodile tongues" that led to the creation of the Peach and transformation of the bugs]].
* In the 1942 film ''Film/JungleBook'', the old man telling the story to the European tourists turns out to be the main villain of the story--Buldeo, the hunter who harassed Mowgli, almost killed his
* In ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'', the narrator turns out to be the son.
* ''Film/LoveTheCoopers'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler:Rags, the family dog]]. There are many scenes he wasn't present for and logically couldn't have heard about, but RuleOfFunny applies.
* At the end of the Mad Max film ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', the narrator turns out to be the feral boy whom Max saved who, according to the ending narration, learned how to talk from the people he's leaving with.
* At the end of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', the narrator is revealed to be Aurora, who now rules as TheHighQueen of the human kingdom [[spoiler: and [[LandOfFaerie the Moors]]]].
%%* ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' had this.
%%* ''Film/TheNotebook''.
* In ''Film/PeterRabbit'', an older [[spoiler:Flopsy]] who has [[spoiler:lost her lisp]] turns out to be the narrator.
* ''Film/{{Posse}}'': The onscreen narrator (the elderly Creator/WoodyStrode) tells the story of Jesse Lee and his gang of {{Anti Hero}}es. At the movie's climax, the posse saves a village. Before leaving, Jesse gives his journal to the youngest survivor. Cut to Strode, reading from the book he's kept all these years.
* ''Film/LoveTheCoopers'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler:Rags, the family dog]]. There are many scenes he wasn't present for and logically couldn't have heard about, but RuleOfFunny applies.
* At the end of the Mad Max film ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', the narrator turns out to be the feral boy whom Max saved who, according to the ending narration, learned how to talk from the people he's leaving with.
* At the end of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', the narrator is revealed to be Aurora, who now rules as TheHighQueen of the human kingdom [[spoiler: and [[LandOfFaerie the Moors]]]].
%%* ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' had this.
%%* ''Film/TheNotebook''.
* In ''Film/PeterRabbit'', an older [[spoiler:Flopsy]] who has [[spoiler:lost her lisp]] turns out to be the narrator.
* ''Film/{{Posse}}'': The onscreen narrator (the elderly Creator/WoodyStrode) tells the story of Jesse Lee and his gang of {{Anti Hero}}es. At the movie's climax, the posse saves a village. Before leaving, Jesse gives his journal to the youngest survivor. Cut to Strode, reading from the book he's kept all these years.
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* In the very last scene, ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' turns out to be narrated by TheAtoner. [[AsLongAsThereIsOneMan Also, he has the most badass sword short of]] [[NamedWeapons giving it a name.]]
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* In ''Franchise/StarWars'' animation director Rob Coleman says that Creator/GeorgeLucas told him that the very last scene, ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' turns out OpeningScroll to be narrated by TheAtoner. [[AsLongAsThereIsOneMan Also, he has each movie is actually [=R2-D2=] explaining the most badass sword short of]] [[NamedWeapons story to the keeper of The Journal of The Whills 100 years after the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', hence the famous text giving it the setting as "a long time ago".
* In ''Film/SuckerPunch'', the audience is led to believe that [[DecoyProtagonist Babydoll is the main character]]. Eventually, it's revealed that the real main character and the person narrating the movie is Sweet Pea.
* A variation occurs in Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'': significant portions of the voiceover cannot be attributed to any of the major characters, and the end shows them to come from the mind of [[spoiler:Pvt. Train, aname.minor character unseen for most of the film.]]
* In ''Film/SuckerPunch'', the audience is led to believe that [[DecoyProtagonist Babydoll is the main character]]. Eventually, it's revealed that the real main character and the person narrating the movie is Sweet Pea.
* A variation occurs in Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'': significant portions of the voiceover cannot be attributed to any of the major characters, and the end shows them to come from the mind of [[spoiler:Pvt. Train, a
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* In the 1942 film ''Film/JungleBook'', the old man telling the story to the European tourists turns out to be the main villain of the story--the hunter who harassed Mowgli, almost killed his mother, and nearly burned down the forest.
* A variation occurs in Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'': significant portions of the voiceover cannot be attributed to any of the major characters, and the end shows them to come from the mind of [[spoiler:Pvt. Train, a minor character unseen for most of the film.]]
* In ''Film/SuckerPunch'', the audience is led to believe that [[DecoyProtagonist Babydoll is the main character]]. Eventually, it's revealed that the real main character and the person narrating the movie is Sweet Pea.
* At the end of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', the narrator is revealed to be Aurora, who now rules as TheHighQueen of the human kingdom [[spoiler: and [[LandOfFaerie the Moors]]]].
* In ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'', the narrator turns out to be the son.
* The narrator and main character of ''Film/FightClub'' [[spoiler:and Tyler Durden are one and the same]].
* At the end of ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', we learn that the narrator at the beginning is [[spoiler: the same strange man who gave James the "crocodile tongues" that led to the creation of the Peach and transformation of the bugs]].
* ''Love The Coopers'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler:Rags, the family dog]]. There are many scenes he wasn't present for and logically couldn't have heard about, but RuleOfFunny applies.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' animation director Rob Coleman says that Creator/GeorgeLucas told him that the OpeningScroll to each movie is actually [=R2-D2=] explaining the story to the keeper of The Journal of The Whills 100 years after the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', hence the famous text giving the setting as "a long time ago".
* In ''Film/PeterRabbit'', an older [[spoiler:Flopsy]] who has [[spoiler:lost her lisp]] turns out to be the narrator.
* ''Film/{{Darling}}'': The film is peppered throughout with narration, actually interacting with the film a couple of times. It can be {{Unreliable|Narrator}}, with BlatantLies contradicted by the action onscreen. We find out at the end that the narration is Diana's interview with ''[[FictionalDocument Ideal Woman]]'' magazine.
* ''It Could Happen To You'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler: Angel Dupree, a reporter working undercover as a homeless man]]. He was present for significant parts of the narrative, but doesn't have any lines before this is revealed - presumably any scene he couldn't have witnessed himself he heard about secondhand.
* ''Film/HobokenHollow'' has what sounds a generic folksy narrator introducing characters and commenting on the action as it unfolds. However, the final scene reveals that the narrator is actually [[spoiler:Weldon Broderick]] without his ObfuscatingDisability.
* Near the end of ''The Fabulous Filipino Brothers'', it's revealed that the narrator was [[spoiler: Doris, the titular brothers' younger sister.]]
* A variation occurs in Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'': significant portions of the voiceover cannot be attributed to any of the major characters, and the end shows them to come from the mind of [[spoiler:Pvt. Train, a minor character unseen for most of the film.]]
* In ''Film/SuckerPunch'', the audience is led to believe that [[DecoyProtagonist Babydoll is the main character]]. Eventually, it's revealed that the real main character and the person narrating the movie is Sweet Pea.
* At the end of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', the narrator is revealed to be Aurora, who now rules as TheHighQueen of the human kingdom [[spoiler: and [[LandOfFaerie the Moors]]]].
* In ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'', the narrator turns out to be the son.
* The narrator and main character of ''Film/FightClub'' [[spoiler:and Tyler Durden are one and the same]].
* At the end of ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', we learn that the narrator at the beginning is [[spoiler: the same strange man who gave James the "crocodile tongues" that led to the creation of the Peach and transformation of the bugs]].
* ''Love The Coopers'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler:Rags, the family dog]]. There are many scenes he wasn't present for and logically couldn't have heard about, but RuleOfFunny applies.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' animation director Rob Coleman says that Creator/GeorgeLucas told him that the OpeningScroll to each movie is actually [=R2-D2=] explaining the story to the keeper of The Journal of The Whills 100 years after the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', hence the famous text giving the setting as "a long time ago".
* In ''Film/PeterRabbit'', an older [[spoiler:Flopsy]] who has [[spoiler:lost her lisp]] turns out to be the narrator.
* ''Film/{{Darling}}'': The film is peppered throughout with narration, actually interacting with the film a couple of times. It can be {{Unreliable|Narrator}}, with BlatantLies contradicted by the action onscreen. We find out at the end that the narration is Diana's interview with ''[[FictionalDocument Ideal Woman]]'' magazine.
* ''It Could Happen To You'' turns out to be narrated by [[spoiler: Angel Dupree, a reporter working undercover as a homeless man]]. He was present for significant parts of the narrative, but doesn't have any lines before this is revealed - presumably any scene he couldn't have witnessed himself he heard about secondhand.
* ''Film/HobokenHollow'' has what sounds a generic folksy narrator introducing characters and commenting on the action as it unfolds. However, the final scene reveals that the narrator is actually [[spoiler:Weldon Broderick]] without his ObfuscatingDisability.
* Near the end of ''The Fabulous Filipino Brothers'', it's revealed that the narrator was [[spoiler: Doris, the titular brothers' younger sister.]]
* In Creator/TomRobbins's ''Another Roadside Attraction'', the narrator reveals that he's [[spoiler:Marx Marvelous, aka Tom Robbins]]. An unusual case, as it is revealed halfway through the book.
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG himself.
* There was a story in ''EQMM'' that had this structure. It opened with the narrator in prison trying to figure out where things went wrong. The narrator had fallen for a neighbor's wife, and had been manipulated into killing said neighbor. The narrator then recounted the events of a few months previous, but told them in the third person "to keep the account neutral". At the end, the story revealed which character was the narrator.
* In Creator/FredSaberhagen's ''The Holmes-{{Dracula}} File'', chapters alternate between Literature/SherlockHolmes' side of the story, told as usual in the first person by Dr Watson, and Count Dracula's story, in the third person. Several chapters in, the narrator of the alternate chapters admits to the reader that he is Dracula, and switches to the first person.
* The end of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (also by Roald Dahl) reveals that it was written by James himself.
* In Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/Millennium1983'' (the book, but not [[Film/Millennium1989 the film of the book]]), the narrator is assumed to be the Big Computer, but reveals himself to be [[spoiler:God]].
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG himself.
* There was a story in ''EQMM'' that had this structure. It opened with the narrator in prison trying to figure out where things went wrong. The narrator had fallen for a neighbor's wife, and had been manipulated into killing said neighbor. The narrator then recounted the events of a few months previous, but told them in the third person "to keep the account neutral". At the end, the story revealed which character was the narrator.
* In Creator/FredSaberhagen's ''The Holmes-{{Dracula}} File'', chapters alternate between Literature/SherlockHolmes' side of the story, told as usual in the first person by Dr Watson, and Count Dracula's story, in the third person. Several chapters in, the narrator of the alternate chapters admits to the reader that he is Dracula, and switches to the first person.
* The end of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (also by Roald Dahl) reveals that it was written by James himself.
* In Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/Millennium1983'' (the book, but not [[Film/Millennium1989 the film of the book]]), the narrator is assumed to be the Big Computer, but reveals himself to be [[spoiler:God]].
* Mawhrin-Skel [[spoiler:/Flere-Imsaho]] in ''Literature/ThePlayerOfGames''.
* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series does this a lot, where the story is {{fram|ingDevice}}ed as being told to someone else, and the narrator is either someone directly involved with the tale, or closely related to/descended from a main character in the plot.
* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series does this a lot, where the story is {{fram|ingDevice}}ed as being told to someone else, and the narrator is either someone directly involved with the tale, or closely related to/descended from a main character in the plot.
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* In Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/Millennium1983'' (the book, but not [[Film/Millennium1989 the film of the book]]), the narrator is assumed to be the Big Computer, but reveals himself to be [[spoiler:God]].
* There was a story in ''EQMM'' not too long ago that had this structure. It opened with the narrator in prison trying to figure out where things went wrong. The narrator had fallen for a neighbor's wife, and had been manipulated into killing said neighbor. The narrator then recounted the events of a few months previous, but told them in the third person "to keep the account neutral". At the end, the story revealed which character was the narrator.
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG himself.
* The end of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (also by Roald Dahl) reveals that it was written by James himself.
* In Creator/TomRobbins's ''Another Roadside Attraction'', the narrator reveals that he's [[spoiler:Marx Marvelous, aka Tom Robbins]]. An unusual case, as it is revealed halfway through the book.
* In Creator/FredSaberhagen's ''The Holmes-{{Dracula}} File'', chapters alternate between Literature/SherlockHolmes' side of the story, told as usual in the first person by Dr Watson, and Count Dracula's story, in the third person. Several chapters in, the narrator of the alternate chapters admits to the reader that he is Dracula, and switches to the first person.
* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series does this a lot, where the story is {{fram|ingDevice}}ed as being told to someone else, and the narrator is either someone directly involved with the tale, or closely related to/descended from a main character in the plot.
* Mawhrin-Skel [[spoiler:/Flere-Imsaho]] in ''Literature/ThePlayerOfGames''.
* There was a story in ''EQMM'' not too long ago that had this structure. It opened with the narrator in prison trying to figure out where things went wrong. The narrator had fallen for a neighbor's wife, and had been manipulated into killing said neighbor. The narrator then recounted the events of a few months previous, but told them in the third person "to keep the account neutral". At the end, the story revealed which character was the narrator.
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG himself.
* The end of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (also by Roald Dahl) reveals that it was written by James himself.
* In Creator/TomRobbins's ''Another Roadside Attraction'', the narrator reveals that he's [[spoiler:Marx Marvelous, aka Tom Robbins]]. An unusual case, as it is revealed halfway through the book.
* In Creator/FredSaberhagen's ''The Holmes-{{Dracula}} File'', chapters alternate between Literature/SherlockHolmes' side of the story, told as usual in the first person by Dr Watson, and Count Dracula's story, in the third person. Several chapters in, the narrator of the alternate chapters admits to the reader that he is Dracula, and switches to the first person.
* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series does this a lot, where the story is {{fram|ingDevice}}ed as being told to someone else, and the narrator is either someone directly involved with the tale, or closely related to/descended from a main character in the plot.
* Mawhrin-Skel [[spoiler:/Flere-Imsaho]] in ''Literature/ThePlayerOfGames''.
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* There was a story in ''EQMM'' not too long ago that had this structure. It opened with the narrator in prison trying to figure out where things went wrong. The narrator had fallen for a neighbor's wife, and had been manipulated into killing said neighbor. The narrator then recounted the events of a few months previous, but told them in the third person "to keep the account neutral". At the end, the story revealed which character was the narrator.
* ''Literature/TheBFG'' by Creator/RoaldDahl uses this, where the narrator is the BFG himself.
* The end of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (also by Roald Dahl) reveals that it was written by James himself.
* In Creator/TomRobbins's ''Another Roadside Attraction'', the narrator reveals that he's [[spoiler:Marx Marvelous, aka Tom Robbins]]. An unusual case, as it is revealed halfway through the book.
* In Creator/FredSaberhagen's ''The Holmes-{{Dracula}} File'', chapters alternate between Literature/SherlockHolmes' side of the story, told as usual in the first person by Dr Watson, and Count Dracula's story, in the third person. Several chapters in, the narrator of the alternate chapters admits to the reader that he is Dracula, and switches to the first person.
* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series does this a lot, where the story is {{fram|ingDevice}}ed as being told to someone else, and the narrator is either someone directly involved with the tale, or closely related to/descended from a main character in the plot.
* Mawhrin-Skel [[spoiler:/Flere-Imsaho]] in ''Literature/ThePlayerOfGames''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'': Episode 6 reveals that the voice narrating the backstories of the villains since episode 2 was none other than the Beyonder.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'': Episode 6 reveals that the voice narrating the backstories of the villains since episode 2 was none other than the Beyonder.[[spoiler:the Beyonder]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoiler: At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoiler: At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and in love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoler:At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoler:At [[spoiler: At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoler: At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoler: At [[spoler:At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'' has Rarity being told a tale about a unicorn and a dragon that fell in love in the past by her "Grandpa Merc", a distant relative of hers, to help her with her own hang ups on a relationship she's not sure of. [[spoler: At the end, it's revealed to be the story about how he and her great-great-great-grandmother met and fell and love, and he's secretly the dragon, Mirage.]]
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* ''Anime/Berserk1997'' has the OpeningNarration and OnTheNext for each episode delivered by a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, sinister voice]], which is revealed in the final episodes to belong to [[spoiler:Void, the de facto leader of the Godhand before Griffith became Femto]].
* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
* At the end of every chapter in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'', a narrator chimes in with encouragement or advice for the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent titular demon girl, Yuko.]] Near the end of the second volume of the manga, and at the end of the {{Animated Adaptation}}, it's revealed that the narrator is Yuko's father, who has been [[SealedGoodInACan sealed into the box of oranges that her family has been using as a table for ten years]], and he has been [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments watching over her the entire time]]. As Yuko gets closer to her {{Friendly Enemy}} the local {{Magical Girl}} Momo, and her sealed ancestor Lilith, the narrator extends his encouragements to them, too.
* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
* At the end of every chapter in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'', a narrator chimes in with encouragement or advice for the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent titular demon girl, Yuko.]] Near the end of the second volume of the manga, and at the end of the {{Animated Adaptation}}, it's revealed that the narrator is Yuko's father, who has been [[SealedGoodInACan sealed into the box of oranges that her family has been using as a table for ten years]], and he has been [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments watching over her the entire time]]. As Yuko gets closer to her {{Friendly Enemy}} the local {{Magical Girl}} Momo, and her sealed ancestor Lilith, the narrator extends his encouragements to them, too.
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* The {{Opening Narration}}s of each episode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' are narrated by [[spoiler: a 41-year-old Simon]], a fact revealed at the very end of the last episode.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' has one, possibly two of these. A [[spoiler:sixteen-year-old Marie]] is revealed to be the narrator of the entire series at the very end of the last episode. The English-language trailers imply another narrator in their voiceover: An elderly-sounding woman who is addressed as "Grandma" by a child offers to tell the story, and might possibly be Nadia herself.[[note]]The point is moot however, since it contradicts the show's aforementioned, actual ending.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/Berserk1997'' has the OpeningNarration and OnTheNext for each episode delivered by a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, sinister voice]], which is revealed in the final episodes to belong to [[spoiler:Void, the de facto leader of the Godhand before Griffith became Femto]].
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' has one, possibly two of these. A [[spoiler:sixteen-year-old Marie]] is revealed to be the narrator of the entire series at the very end of the last episode. The English-language trailers imply another narrator in their voiceover: An elderly-sounding woman who is addressed as "Grandma" by a child offers to tell the story, and might possibly be Nadia herself.[[note]]The point is moot however, since it contradicts the show's aforementioned, actual ending.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/Berserk1997'' has the OpeningNarration and OnTheNext for each episode delivered by a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, sinister voice]], which is revealed in the final episodes to belong to [[spoiler:Void, the de facto leader of the Godhand before Griffith became Femto]].
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* The {{Opening Narration}}s first couple of each episode episodes of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' are narrated by [[spoiler: a 41-year-old Simon]], a fact revealed an unidentified female voice. Only at the very end of the last episode.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' has one, possibly two of these. A [[spoiler:sixteen-year-old Marie]] is revealed to besecond do we learn that it was the narrator of Headless Rider, [[ViewerGenderConfusion whose gender had been somewhat unclear to the entire series at the very end of the last episode. The English-language trailers imply another narrator in their voiceover: An elderly-sounding woman who is addressed as "Grandma" audience]], all along.
** Being headless, she never actually talks in-universe, rather she communicates bya child offers to tell the story, and might possibly be Nadia herself.[[note]]The point is moot however, since it contradicts the show's aforementioned, actual ending.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/Berserk1997'' has the OpeningNarration and OnTheNext for each episode delivered by a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, sinister voice]],typing things out on her phone which is revealed in the final episodes to belong to [[spoiler:Void, the de facto leader of the Godhand before Griffith became Femto]].accompanied with a voice over.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' has one, possibly two of these. A [[spoiler:sixteen-year-old Marie]] is revealed to be
** Being headless, she never actually talks in-universe, rather she communicates by
* ''Anime/Berserk1997'' has the OpeningNarration and OnTheNext for each episode delivered by a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, sinister voice]],
* Another villain example (and an odd example of this) is in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. The opening narration is done by the same actor as the one voicing the Count, who he refers to as "my friend". At first you might think that the narrator is supposed to be Alexandre Dumas (especially since in the sub, the narration is delivered in [[GratuitousFrench French]]), but it eventually becomes clear that the narrator is actually the titular Gankutsuou, the evil split personality of/demon possessing the Count.
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* Another villain example (and an odd example of this) is in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. The opening narration is done by the same actor as the one voicing the Count, who he refers to as "my friend". At first you might think that the narrator is supposed to be Alexandre Dumas (especially since in the sub, the narration is delivered in [[GratuitousFrench French]]), but it eventually becomes clear that the narrator is actually the titular Gankutsuou, the evil split personality of/demon possessing the Count.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' it is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that Koenma's ogre assistant George was the narrator of the show- quite literally, since it is revealed that the show itself is the records of the protagonists' adventures that Koenma kept (hence the title, which, while using the original Japanese name, is nonetheless translated by Creator/{{Funimation}} as "Ghost Files").
* The first couple of episodes of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' are narrated by an unidentified female voice. Only at the end of the second do we learn that it was the Headless Rider, [[ViewerGenderConfusion whose gender had been somewhat unclear to the audience]], all along.
** It's worth noting that, being headless, she never actually talks in-universe, rather she communicates by typing things out on her phone which is accompanied with a voice over.
* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' it is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that Koenma's ogre assistant George was the narrator of the show- quite literally, since it is revealed that the show itself is the records of the protagonists' adventures that Koenma kept (hence the title, which, while using the original Japanese name, is nonetheless translated by Creator/{{Funimation}} as "Ghost Files").
* The first couple of episodes of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' are narrated by an unidentified female voice. Only at the end of the second do we learn that it was the Headless Rider, [[ViewerGenderConfusion whose gender had been somewhat unclear to the audience]], all along.
** It's worth noting that, being headless, she never actually talks in-universe, rather she communicates by typing things out on her phone which is accompanied with a voice over.
* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
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* Another villain example (and an odd example of this) is in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. The opening narration is done by ''Manga/MaguchanGodOfDestruction'' [[PaintingTheMedium paints the same actor as medium]] by giving beings of chaos different kinds of speech bubbles. Yupisusu's speech bubbles are all rectangular--just like the one voicing boxes containing the Count, who he refers series narration. Sure enough, they end up traveling back in time to as "my friend". At first you might think that observe the narrator series' events, implying they provided the narration.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' has one, possibly two of these. A [[spoiler:sixteen-year-old Marie]] issupposed revealed to be Alexandre Dumas (especially since in the sub, the narration is delivered in [[GratuitousFrench French]]), but it eventually becomes clear that the narrator is actually the titular Gankutsuou, the evil split personality of/demon possessing the Count.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' it is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that Koenma's ogre assistant George wasthe narrator of the show- quite literally, since it is revealed that the show itself is the records of the protagonists' adventures that Koenma kept (hence the title, which, while using the original Japanese name, is nonetheless translated by Creator/{{Funimation}} as "Ghost Files").
* The first couple of episodes of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' are narrated by an unidentified female voice. Onlyentire series at the very end of the second do we learn that it was last episode. The English-language trailers imply another narrator in their voiceover: An elderly-sounding woman who is addressed as "Grandma" by a child offers to tell the Headless Rider, [[ViewerGenderConfusion whose gender had been somewhat unclear to story, and might possibly be Nadia herself.[[note]]The point is moot however, since it contradicts the audience]], all along.
** It's worth noting that, being headless, she never actually talks in-universe, rather she communicates by typing things out on her phone which is accompanied with a voice over.
* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].show's aforementioned, actual ending.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' has one, possibly two of these. A [[spoiler:sixteen-year-old Marie]] is
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' it is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that Koenma's ogre assistant George was
* The first couple of episodes of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' are narrated by an unidentified female voice. Only
** It's worth noting that, being headless, she never actually talks in-universe, rather she communicates by typing things out on her phone which is accompanied with a voice over.
* In Manga/{{Claudine}}, the story is narrated by [[spoiler: Claudine's therapist. Claudine himself [[TheHeroDies died several years ago]]]].
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* Episode three of ''LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai'' begins with [[{{Hikikomori}} Sasami]] re-imagining the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_of_Inaba Hare of Inaba]] folktale as we're treated to visuals of her as the "rabbit." This would appear to be an aesthetic choice, if Sasami weren't repeatedly praising of the rabbit for its cuteness and intelligence.
* The narrator in the ''Manga/TheWorldIsStillBeautiful'' anime? [[spoiler:It's Nike's grandmother.]]
* The narrator in the ''Manga/TheWorldIsStillBeautiful'' anime? [[spoiler:It's Nike's grandmother.]]
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* The narrator at the end of the ''Young Black Jack'' anime is revealed to be Black Jack as an adult telling his own origin story. The kicker is that the narrator is voiced by the original actor to have played Black Jack in the original 2004 anime series.
* At the end of every chapter in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'', a narrator chimes in with encouragement or advice for the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent titular demon girl, Yuko.]] Near the end of the second volume of the manga, and at the end of the {{Animated Adaptation}}, it's revealed that the narrator is Yuko's father, who has been [[SealedGoodInACan sealed into the box of oranges that her family has been using as a table for ten years]], and he has been [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments watching over her the entire time]]. As Yuko gets closer to her {{Friendly Enemy}} the local {{Magical Girl}} Momo, and her sealed ancestor Lilith, the narrator extends his encouragements to them, too.
* At the end of every chapter in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'', a narrator chimes in with encouragement or advice for the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent titular demon girl, Yuko.]] Near the end of the second volume of the manga, and at the end of the {{Animated Adaptation}}, it's revealed that the narrator is Yuko's father, who has been [[SealedGoodInACan sealed into the box of oranges that her family has been using as a table for ten years]], and he has been [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments watching over her the entire time]]. As Yuko gets closer to her {{Friendly Enemy}} the local {{Magical Girl}} Momo, and her sealed ancestor Lilith, the narrator extends his encouragements to them, too.
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* The narrator at Episode three of ''Literature/SasamisanAtGanbaranai'' begins with [[{{Hikikomori}} Sasami]] re-imagining the end [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_of_Inaba Hare of Inaba]] folktale as we're treated to visuals of her as the "rabbit." This would appear to be an aesthetic choice, if Sasami weren't repeatedly praising of the ''Young Black Jack'' anime is revealed to be Black Jack as an adult telling his own origin story. The kicker is that the narrator is voiced by the original actor to have played Black Jack in the original 2004 anime series.
* At the end of every chapter in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'', a narrator chimes in with encouragement or advicerabbit for the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent titular demon girl, Yuko.]] Near the end of the second volume of the manga, its cuteness and at the end of the {{Animated Adaptation}}, it's revealed that the narrator is Yuko's father, who has been [[SealedGoodInACan sealed into the box of oranges that her family has been using as a table for ten years]], and he has been [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments watching over her the entire time]]. As Yuko gets closer to her {{Friendly Enemy}} the local {{Magical Girl}} Momo, and her sealed ancestor Lilith, the narrator extends his encouragements to them, too.intelligence.
* At the end of every chapter in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'', a narrator chimes in with encouragement or advice
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* ''Manga/MaguchanGodOfDestruction'' [[PaintingTheMedium paints the medium]] by giving beings of chaos different kinds of speech bubbles. Yupisusu's speech bubbles are all rectangular--just like the boxes containing the series narration. Sure enough, they end up traveling back in time to observe the series' events, implying they provided the narration.
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* ''Manga/MaguchanGodOfDestruction'' [[PaintingTheMedium paints The {{Opening Narration}}s of each episode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' are narrated by [[spoiler: a 41-year-old Simon]], a fact revealed at the medium]] by giving beings very end of chaos different kinds of speech bubbles. Yupisusu's speech bubbles are all rectangular--just like the boxes containing last episode.
* The narrator in theseries narration. Sure enough, they ''Manga/TheWorldIsStillBeautiful'' anime? [[spoiler:It's Nike's grandmother.]]
* The narrator at the endup traveling back in time to observe of the series' events, implying they provided ''Young Black Jack'' anime is revealed to be Black Jack as an adult telling his own origin story. The kicker is that the narration.narrator is voiced by the original actor to have played Black Jack in the original 2004 anime series.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' it is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that Koenma's ogre assistant George was the narrator of the show- quite literally, since it is revealed that the show itself is the records of the protagonists' adventures that Koenma kept (hence the title, which, while using the original Japanese name, is nonetheless translated by Creator/{{Funimation}} as "Ghost Files").
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* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' it is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that Koenma's ogre assistant George was the narrator of the show- quite literally, since it is revealed that the show itself is the records of the protagonists' adventures that Koenma kept (hence the title, which, while using the original Japanese name, is nonetheless translated by Creator/{{Funimation}} as "Ghost Files").
* One issue of ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' reveals that the narrator had been [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Sue Storm]], following ComicBook/IronMan around invisibly, partly as a spy, partly waiting for a chance to try and talk some sense into him. She also points out that [[IfIWantedYouDead she could have killed him easily at pretty much any point]].
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* One issue of ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' reveals that the narrator had been [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Sue Storm]], following ComicBook/IronMan around invisibly, partly as a spy, partly waiting for a chance to try and talk some sense into him. She also points out that [[IfIWantedYouDead she could have killed him easily at pretty much any point]].
