History ThirdPersonPerson / LiveActionTV

* Elmo on ''Series/SesameStreet''. (ducks)

* On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' the ship is hijacked by a sentient bomb.
-->'''Tom Paris:''' When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried.

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* In the season 2 episode of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' called "Hurry", George works with a guy named Ted who incessantly refers to himself as "the Ted", "Tedmeister", and "Tedster".

** Slaves from Slaver's Bay, including the Unsullied, are required to refer to themselves as "this one" to help destroy their sense of identity. Like all slaves, Missandei refers to herself as "this one" — at least until Daenerys frees her, and she rediscovers her first-person pronouns. Of the Unsullied, Grey Worm has grown out of it, and presumably so have others.

* Chris Rock's "Terry Armstrong" routine from ''Bring The Pain''.

* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Terry [[RunningGag often]] refers to himself in the third person whenever he mentions his favorite things (or even just things he likes), usually phrased as "Terry ''loves'' [X]".

* Elmo on ''Series/SesameStreet''. (ducks)
* Possibly the earliest television example... in an episode of ''Series/DennisTheMenace'' called "Dennis and the TV Set", Fix-it Man Opie continually does this.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Syrio Forel speaks like this.
** Jaqen H'ghar refers to everyone in indefinite third-person, calling himself "a man" and Arya "a girl".
** Slaves from Slaver's Bay, including the Unsullied, are required to refer to themselves as "this one" to help destroy their sense of identity. Like all slaves, Missandei refers to herself as "this one" — at least until Daenerys frees her, and she rediscovers her first-person pronouns. Of the Unsullied, Grey Worm has grown out of it, and presumably so have others.
* In ''Series/{{Psych}}'', Shawn, who's been shot and is locked in a trunk, accidentally calls a woman he'd dated once. When she ignores his requests of help and asks him why he never called her back, he said it was because she spoke about herself in the third person.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
** Used in the episode "The Jimmy", featuring the titular Jimmy who always refers to himself in the third person. This causes Elaine to accidentally agree to go on a date with him because she thought he was talking about the attractive, muscular guy she had been [[EatingTheEyeCandy blatantly staring at all day]] ([[IncompatibleOrientation who as it turns out was gay anyway]]).
** George's [[GotMeDoingIt exposure to Jimmy]] causes him to start referring to himself in the third person as well. It takes him a while to even realize he's doing it, and it causes a lot of confusion at his job, [[OneSteveLimit since his boss is also named George]]. In later episodes, he stops, but slips back into it whenever he gets angry ("George is gettin' upset!").

* ''Series/MendolIkemen'' has Hinata, who constantly refers to herself as "Hinata" rather than "I."
* Many a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series has a {{Kawaiiko}} girl who fits this trope.
** The most recent (as of 2007) of these was Natsuki Mamiya/[=BoukenYellow=] in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger''.
** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' also had Sanyo, a (presumably) male villain who did this.
* Todd from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' sometimes refers to himself as "The Todd". Try [[{{Flanderization}} ALL THE TIME]].
* ''Series/ICarly'': At times, Sam refers to herself as ''Mama''. ''Mama knows her fat cakes.'' ''Mama came at the right time!'' and ''Mama wins!''

* ''Series/{{Monk}}''. Adrian Monk, in the episode where he takes mood control medicine, starts referring to himself as The Monk.
* Fez from ''Series/That70sShow'' referred to himself as Fez, but this wasn't his real name. Eventually, his friends asked him to stop it.
* Fonzie from ''Series/HappyDays''! Eeeeeeeyyyyyyy!
* Bobby Hobbes of ''Series/TheInvisibleMan''.
* Zathras, Zathras, and Zathras from ''Series/BabylonFive''. Presumably, they're brothers -- Zathras and Zathras did the same thing.
** Zathras told you that he and Zathras were brothers. And that Zathras has seven more brothers named Zathras. [[CatchPhrase No one listens to Zathras.]]
** Captain Jack is also a ThirdPersonPerson, though he does give his real name at one point.

* In Season 5 of ''Series/ProjectRunway'', Suede referred to Suede quite a bit in third-person. Whether this is charming or profoundly irritating is open to debate.
* Warlord Shank, the BigBad from ''Series/SpaceCases'' does this... of course, he's arguably [[AxCrazy insane]].
* On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' the ship is hijacked by a sentient bomb.
-->'''Tom Paris:''' When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried.
* [[TheWoobie River]] on ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' sometimes lapses into this. But not nearly as often as fanfics would have you believe.
-->'''River:''' She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
** Mind you, this example was in reference to Mal yelling at Simon about the ''gun'' River mistook for a stick. "Does she understand how dangerous this is?!"
* ''Series/TheUnusuals'' has a detective named Eddie Alvarez who says things like, "Eddie Alvarez works alone."
* [[TwoferTokenMinority Original Cindy]] of ''Series/DarkAngel''.
* ''Series/TheWire''
** Bunk "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Bunk]]" Moreland occasionally indulges in this.
** Omar lives by this trope. [[CatchPhrase Oh indeed.]]
* In the season 2 episode of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' called "Hurry", George works with a guy named Ted who incessantly refers to himself as "the Ted", "Tedmeister", and "Tedster".
* Season 9 auditions for ''Series/AmericanIdol'' have introduced an odd character who spouts his nickname, "Skii Bo Ski" (emphasis on the second syllable), much the way [[Series/BostonLegal Denny Crane]] spouts his name. Time will tell if he'll make it long enough for the public to vote on him.
* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Duane Barry", the character Duane Barry often refers to himself in the third person.
* In the RealityShow ''Series/JerseyShore'', Mike Sorrentino violates the first rule of nicknames, [[SpellMyNameWithAThe spells his nickname with a the]], and uses his nickname to refer to himself in the third person. These three facts tell you everything you need to know about his [[ItsAllAboutMe personality and character]].

* "You know, Creator/{{Ghoulardi}} hates nostalgia. Ghoulardi knows nostalgia ain't what it used to be."
* Rich from ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior 2'' does this randomly in Boot Camp. Even gets a LampshadeHanging:
-->'''Host:''' Does Rich always refer to himself in the third person?\\
'''Rich:''' Rich does today.
* ''Series/FallingSkies'': Dai.
-->'''Weaver:''' Does Dai speak of himself in the third person now?\\
'''Dai:''' Dai does!
* ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}'': Tully, lampshaded later in the episode when George tries on the device and is promptly mocked by his housemates for being so impressionable.
* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' features the bootlegger George Remus, who ''constantly'' refers to himself in the third person. "Remus finds you petty and resentful." This annoys most of the people Remus deals with, as well as being a source of hilarity, not least when Al Capone can't figure out whether Remus is talking about himself or another person. And turns into a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when Remus is busted, and is trying to insist that Remus's bribes should keep him safe: "Remus has paid! ''Remus kept receipts!''" TruthInTelevision: The real Remus was known for doing this.
* In one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPGc9lYFyZ0 sketches]] of ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'', Julius Caesar is instructed to talk about himself in this way. It doesn't work at all.
* Chris Keller on ''Series/OneTreeHill''
** "Chris Keller feels like Chris Keller's dates sometimes."
* In ''{{Series/Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen refers to himself as "Oliver Queen" when referring to his civilian persona.
-->'''Diggle:''' Do you think you can do it?\\
'''Ollie:''' The Arrow can't... but Oliver Queen can.\\
'''Diggle:''' I've been meaning to tell you, it weirds me out to no end when you refer to yourself in the third person like that.
* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Terry [[RunningGag often]] refers to himself in the third person whenever he mentions his favorite things (or even just things he likes), usually phrased as "Terry ''loves'' [X]".
* FunnyForeigner Balki from ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' sometimes does this.

-->'''Foggy Nelson''': All right, I'm just gonna say this once and we can move on. You don't necessarily show the best judgement when beautiful women are involved, Matt.
-->'''Matt Murdock''': [[BlindJustice How would I]] even ''know'' if she's a beautiful woman?
-->'''Foggy Nelson''': I don't know! It's kinda spooky, actually. All I know is that if there's a stunning woman of questionable morality in the room, [[TheCasanova Matt Murdock]] is going to find her, and Foggy Nelson is going to suffer.
-->'''Matt Murdock:''' All right, I don't disagree with anything you're saying.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' ''[sigh of relief]'' Thank you...
-->'''Matt Murdock:''' But I need you to back me anyway.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Mutants", the initially [[TheQuisling subservient to humans]] Solonian leader Varan refers to himself in the third person. This is either a personal affectation or something traditionally exclusive to the leader, as no other Solonian character does.