History Main / ThirdPersonperson

* Though [[PuppetKing Oblivion]] doesn't speak like this anymore in ''FanFic/ResonanceDays'', she apparently used to, as a further signifier of her childish status. This foreshadows her true identity as one of the Third Person People to appear in the [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica original material]].[[spoiler:.. though [[PuellaMagiOrikoMagica which one is anyone's guess.]]]]
** Also Ticky Nikki who is just plain nuts.

On the other hand, in some Eastern religions, like Hinduism or Buddhism, this may be a sign of enlightenment. Some, like Ma Yog Laxmi and Swami Ramdas, referred to themselves in this way in order to detach their true selves from temporary ones (Jnana Yoga actually encourages its practitioners to do this).

** The idea that Trixie falls back on first-person speech when she loses her cool is common in fanfiction.

On the other hand, a Western character who refers to himself in the third person will usually either be vain, egotistical, or self-absorbed -- the implication being that he is so in awe of himself that even ''he'' views himself objectively. Or the character is a {{Hulk Speak}}ing primitive. Or the character could be just a CloudCuckoolander with a [[VerbalTic weird speech mannerism]]. An [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical villain]] will especially refer to himself in this fashion if he has a [[TheMagnificent cool or impressive-sounding name or title]]. Sometimes a character with AcquiredSituationalNarcissism will temporarily become a ThirdPersonPerson as a sign of his suddenly expanded ego. There are examples of this trope used in the Japanese way, though, such as Elmo from SesameStreet.

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* Irina in the reboot and Sasha in the original versions of ''Webcomic/RasputinCatamite'' speak in third-person for completely different reasons. Irina does so because she's cute and insane. Sasha does so out of sarcasm and to fake being a submissive out of laziness and to indulge in his masochistic tendencies.
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See also HulkSpeak and VerbalTic. Almost as bad as [[SpellMyNameWithAThe people who insist their name has a "The" in there somewhere.]]

-->--''Series/{{Poirot}}'', "The Labours of Hercules"

->''"Oh, no, Johnny Steps is losing! And that's me!"''
-->-- '''Johnny Steps''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

In Japanese media, this is a standard tic of very young children. As a result, girls who are childish or [[TheCutie cutesy]] may be seen referring to themselves in this manner. In older characters, however, it may be a sign of [[HollywoodPsych psychological issues]], such as a very traumatic event in their past. It also may be a sign of humility, so {{samurai}} and noblewomen usually refer to themselves in the third person when talking to their lords. If a character ''transitions'' into a Third-Person Person over the course of the series, watch out for signs of {{Yandere}}, and keep tabs on all [[KnifeNut pointy]] [[AxCrazy objects]].

[[labelnote:(hidden linguistic note)]] Note also that in the Japanese language there is no ''grammatical'' distinction between first-, second-, and third-person (verb endings do not depend on person or singular/plural as in Indo-European languages like English), and the subject often gets omitted. Therefore, the difference between first and third-person is not as ''sharply'' obvious in original Japanese texts as it is in English texts where the subject ''always'' has to be mentioned (except in the rare cases where it's inferred from context). This can be a headache for the translators, and so translations are, consequently, often inconsistent.[[/labelnote]]

On the other hand, a Western character who refers to himself in the third person will usually either be vain, egotistical, or self-absorbed -- the implication being that he is so in awe of himself that even ''he'' views himself objectively. Or the character is a {{Hulk Speak}}ing primitive. Or the character could be just a CloudCuckoolander with a [[VerbalTic weird speech mannerism]]. An [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical villain]] will especially refer to himself in this fashion if he has a cool or impressive-sounding name or title. Sometimes a character with AcquiredSituationalNarcissism will temporarily become a ThirdPersonPerson as a sign of his suddenly expanded ego. There are examples of this trope used in the Japanese way, though, such as Elmo from SesameStreet.

See also HulkSpeak. Almost as bad as [[SpellMyNameWithAThe people who insist their name has a "The" in there somewhere.]]

In Japanese media, girls who are childish or [[TheCutie cutesy]] may refer to themselves in this manner. In older characters, however, it may be a sign of [[HollywoodPsych psychological issues]], such as a very traumatic event in their past. It also may be a sign of humility, so {{samurai}} and noblewomen usually refer to themselves in the third person when talking to their lords. If a character ''transitions'' into a Third-Person Person over the course of the series, watch out for signs of {{Yandere}}, and keep tabs on all [[KnifeNut pointy]] [[AxCrazy objects]].

[[labelnote:(hidden linguistic note)]]Note also that in Japanese language there is no ''grammatical'' distinction between first, second and third person (the verb endings do not depend on person or singular/plural as in English), and the subject often gets omitted. The difference between first and third person is not so ''sharply'' obvious in original Japanese texts, therefore, as it is in the English ones where the subject ''always'' has to be mentioned. This can be a headache for the translators, and the translations are, consequently, often inconsistent.[[/labelnote]]

On the other hand, a Western character who refers to himself in the third person will usually either be vain, egotistical, or self-absorbed -- the implication being that he is so in awe of himself that even ''he'' views himself objectively -- or a {{Hulk Speak}}ing primitive. Or, the character could be just a CloudCuckoolander with a weird speech mannerism. An [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical villain]] will especially refer to himself in this fashion if he has a cool or impressive-sounding name or title. Sometimes a character with AcquiredSituationalNarcissism will temporarily become a ThirdPersonPerson as a sign of his suddenly expanded ego. There are examples of this trope used in the Japanese way, though, such as Elmo from SesameStreet.

* Tsukey from ''{{Fanfic/Hivefled}}. She's not childish or arrogant, just a little odd.

On the other hand, a Western character who refers to himself in the third party will usually either be vain, egotistical, or self-absorbed -- the implication being that he is so in awe of himself that even ''he'' views himself objectively -- or a {{Hulk Speak}}ing primitive. Or, the character could be just a CloudCuckoolander with a weird speech mannerism. An [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical villain]] will especially refer to himself in this fashion if he has a cool or impressive-sounding name or title. Sometimes a character with AcquiredSituationalNarcissism will temporarily become a ThirdPersonPerson as a sign of his suddenly expanded ego. There are examples of this trope used in the Japanese way, though, such as Elmo from SesameStreet.

* ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'': The '''GREAT''' and '''POWERFUL''' [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Trixie]], of course. To the point when she doesn't do this [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Twilight knows something is up]].