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13* In ''WebVideo/AdultWednesdayAddams'', Wednesday always has some biting remarks for whatever situation she finds herself in.
14* Website/TheAgonyBooth's Mr. Mendo does this in his reviews, but ''really'' shines when dealing with hostile commentors. For example, after someone took issue with him trying to prove that ''Film/ForrestGump'' was a bad movie, he responded:
15-->'''Mr. Mendo''': You're right, I should ''never'' have the courage of my own convictions. It's bad manners, you know...
16* Angus of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' packs some serious sarcasm beneath his polite exterior. Most of it is in response to Tres Horny Boys underestimating his intelligence and abilities.
17--> '''Angus''': "I did detective good enough to see through your horseshit, so I can’t be too bad."
18* Joey from WebVideo/TheAnimeMan can hardly make a video without some sort of dry sarcasm. He actually made an entire video about this revolving around people saying that his personality changes when he's speaking Japanese, and his realization that this is because the Japanese language doesn't lend itself to sarcasm like English does.
19* Jeff Cavaliere from Youtube bodybuilding channel [[https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCe0TLA0EsQbE-MjuHXevj2A Athlean-X.]]
20* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd is famous for the sarcastic remarks he use when he's reviewing bad games. Half the fun of the show is his very deadpan personality.
21* ''WebVideo/ArtificialAceAttorney'': [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Kristoph Gavin]] gets in on this in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CATbF3u579Q Hotel Turnabout]]," after a witness described the shooter who killed the two victims as supposedly looking like "a real life Santa Claus."
22-->'''Kristoph''': A Santa Claus who happened to kill two women.
23* The ''WebVideo/BadCreepypasta'' crew is know for their deadpan and sarcastic remarks they throw in while MST'ing poor-written creepypastas.
24* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BikdipOnABus BikdipOnABus]] can be this sometimes, especially to stupid commentors.
25* Andrew Rea, the host of ''WebVideo/BingingWithBabish'', has this tendency, though he's more on the deadpan side.
26* WebVideo/BrandonFarris can easily turn into this on the gaming channel, often due to being stuck in the same location where he dies/gets jump scared for a while.
27** Meanwhile, on the regular channel, Cameron and Gloria can both become deadpan when dealing with Brandon's regular antics.
28* In his podcasts and website, skeptic [[http://skeptoid.com/ Brian Dunning]] actively uses deadpan snarking in his articles.
29--> I have no idea whether a single atom of magnesium restores sex hormones, whatever that means, but if so that's one hell of an atom. If you want magnesium, take a vitamin pill. If you want oxygen, take a breath. If you want sex hormones, get a girlfriend. ''-Wheatgrass article''
30* [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]]. His field of expertise (arthouse movies) provide ample material.
31* Podcast/TheBugle is what happens when you put three British [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]] on a trans-Atlantic call once a week.
32* Website/ChannelAwesome. A large portion of all the site's reviewers have a Snarker tendency.
33-->'''[[Film/StreetFighter Guile]]''': I'm going to get on my boat, and I'm going to kick that son-of-a-bitch Bison's ass...
34-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''': [[SarcasmMode Heart of a poet.]]
35** The ''Film/SurfNinjas'' review. A whole episode of snarkiness. WOW.
36** WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob has such a great voice for it, too. Case in point from his ''Island of Death'' review, when he sees a character get brutally slaughtered with a knife and a gun, then another character says that they don't know how he died.
37--> '''Snob:''' If only the stab wounds and bullet holes had given us more clues!
38** In the fourth anniversary movie, ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', the award for this goes to Sad Panda, who achieves a sort of stoic nirvana in which his face does not budge an inch and he does not utter a single non-sarcastic line.
39* Moose from ''WebAnimation/ChickenAndMoose''.
40* Most of the players (and several {{NPC}}s) in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' have their moments. [[TheGunslinger Percy]] in particular has a sarcastic quip for almost every situation.
41* LetsPlay/{{Critikal}}'s common commentary traits involves his deadpan and sarcastic observations (usually leaning towards [[TheStoic the former]]) along with his dry and crude humor.
42* Pixel Girl of WebOriginal/TheDefrosters actually claims to be this in the first episode of the new season. She also claims to be a troper.
43* The title character of Creator/JossWhedon's ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. (See the page quote)
44** His sidekick Moist...
45--->'''Dr. Horrible:''' I have a [=PhD=] in ''Horribleness''.\
46'''Moist:''' Is that the new catchphrase?
47* ''WebVideo/DumbLawyerQuotesIRLButInAceAttorney'' has many witnesses who act the part, such as this exchange between a doctor(played by Gregory Edgeworth) and a lawyer(played by Apollo Justice).
48-->'''Gregory''': ''(on why he knows the autopsy patient was dead)'' Because his brain was sitting on my desk [[BrainInAJar in a jar]].\
49'''Apollo''': I see, but could the patient have been alive, nevertheless?\
50'''Gregory''': Yes, it is possible that he could have been [[StealthInsult alive and practicing law]].
51* [[OnlySaneMan Dana]] from ''WebVideo/EchoChamber''.
52-->'''Shannon''': Shut up! ''You'' just don't know ''anything'' about ''love''!
53-->'''Dana''': Oh no. My heart. She breaks.
54* Janel Comeau from ''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'', in contrast to Jessica's LargeHam, has a low-key, deadpan style.
55-->"I’m 90% sure I got into Columbia through a clerical error, and I’m just riding it to the top."
56* Jeff Andonuts, hands down, in ''Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange''.
57-->'''Jeff:''' Isn't your mom's name Rosie?\
58'''Paula:''' Well, yeah...\
59'''Jeff:''' Rosie the robot. He took the name from the Jetsons. Your mother is a robot, Paula.
60* Ferr of the LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts, though most of them (aside from pipes!) have their moments.
61* On ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', contrasting Arin's more emotional and bombastic personality is Dan's quieter and more sarcastic remarks. It's not to say he ''doesn't'' [[NotSoAboveItAll get pretty loud and worked up]] ([[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes just see any horror game he's made to play]]) but when it comes to getting a remark in edge-wise on a game or Arin, his sass game is ''on point''. As seen when they're playing ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword:''
62--> '''Arin:''' Alright, so check this out. Watch this. Point the Wiimote and--
63--> ([[EpicFail He fumbles the controls, accidentally places a bomb down, picks it up, and it blows him and the rest of the patch of bomb flowers up]])
64--> '''Dan:''' Mm-hmm. Teach me, Arin. Teach me.
65* ''Blog/GaryLandlordOfTheFlies'': Gabe tends to make sarcastic comments and quips about Gary's dubious sense of logic. [[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/136606726/july-4-defining-cowardice This post]] provides a good example, where he spends a full paragraph breaking down Gary's inexplicable formality in a simple written note about not going to jail: "I am amazed he didn’t take the time to get it notarized."
66* Hila from ''{{WebVideo/H3h3productions}}'' is very quiet, but when she does speak up it is usually to deliver a perfectly-timed, dry snark.
67* ''Website/HectorsWorld'': Ming the clam scoffs a lot and makes snide remarks. Even if she isn't being snide, her voice tends to give the impression of a snarky know-it-all.
68* Alucard in ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'':
69--> '''Luke''': You must be the great Alucard.
70--> '''Alucard''': 'Suuuuup.
71--> '''Luke''': I've heard quite a lot about you.
72--> '''Alucard''': Oh, really?
73--> '''Luke''': The nightwalker, who glides through oceans of blood, beyond human, a monster whose power radiates with a darkness that casts a shadow upon darkness itself!
74--> '''Alucard''': [[IllTakeThatAsACompliment Oh, you dirty bitch, work the shaft!]]
75--> '''Luke''': Excuse you?
76--> '''Alucard''': Oh, I'm sorry, I like to dirty talk when someone's ''sucking my dick.''
77--> '''Luke''': Perhaps I should just skip to my point. My name is Luke Valentine.
78--> '''Alucard''': And I'm Carmen Sandiego! Guess where I am!
79--> '''Luke''': I'm trying to have a serious conversation with you here.
80--> '''Alucard''': Oh, so am I. And I'm failing... and I'm sorry for that. It's just that I'm so agitated, because this blond little shit strolled into my room, destroyed my ''70" plasma TV,'' and is trying to impress me like I'm his alcoholic father!
81--> ''(Luke and Alucard point their guns directly at each other's head)''
82-->'''Alucard''': Be a sport and grab daddy another beer, would you?
83* WebVideo/HeroHouse has everyone getting in on the action, though Red Hood is the prime example.
84* Papa Burch, from ''WebVideo/HeyAshWhatchaPlayin'', makes snarky comments at his children (especially [[ButtMonkey his son, Anthony]]) on a regular basis, his voice never going any higher than a disinterested monotone.
85* While [[https://www.youtube.com/c/KingsandGenerals Kings and Generals]] is typically a serious series of historical documentary videos, the narrators are not above snarking at certain events, such as quipping that Paris rioting is 'Paris doing what Paris does best', and how a Norman siege in Sicily being lifted due to a swarm of venomous tarantulas was a perfectly acceptable reason to do so.
86* Derek Lowe, author of pharmacology and chemistry blog ''[[http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/ In The Pipeline]]'' is a fine example. He is perhaps most well known for his "[[http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/category/things-i-wont-work-with Things I Won't Work With]]" articles, wherein he describes a variety of chemical compounds and their dangers (which can often be summed up as "[[PoisonIsCorrosive this hellaciously toxic chemical can dissolve human tissue]]" or "[[MadeOfExplodium this compound explodes with comical ease]]") in a well-mannered but sarcastic tone.
87-->''"I’d call for all the chemists who’ve ever worked with a hexanitro compound to raise their hands, but that might be assuming too much about the limb-to-chemist ratio."''
88* WebVideo/DrewGooden is ''very'' snarky, whether he's making fun of himself, his friends, or weird stuff on the internet; most of his humor comes from being blunt and sarcastic.
89* John, and to a lesser extent, Dave, from ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd''.
90* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1uVi41I1oc&playnext_from=TL&videos=4eVUgeX2Tg0 Left 4 Speed 2's]] Nick. "A mall. How original."
91* In ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'' the cast always has its moments, but Lizzie deserves a mention as a creative and StepfordSnarker DeadpanSnarker, as does Charlotte for her especially dry and pragmatic wit, which aligns well with her personality.
92* Sarah in ''WebVideo/{{lonelygirl15}}'' and, to a much lesser extent, ''WebVideo/LG15TheResistance''.
93* In ''Literature/LovelaceOneTwo'', the protagonist, Andi, tends to makes jokes this way. For example, in [[http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2013/08/07/lovelace-12-part-9/ Part 9:]]
94-->'''Andi:''' So, want me to write a computer program for you longhand? Best to give me a topic -- I couldn't think of one. I'm not entirely sure what people write computer programs ''about''. The book suggests it should just output 'hello, world,' but I’m not one to make that kind of unambiguous welcome to a planet I've barely even seen before.
95* Alex from WebVideo/MarbleHornets.
96-->'''Alex''': (after his house had been broken into) Hey Jay, you forgot your flashlight.
97* ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark'': Despite the energy he provides to most of the episodes, Martin does have the occasional deadpan moment.
98* [[WebVideo/MatthewSantoro Matt Santoro]] often makes sarcastic comments, like this one in his video ''Allergies'':
99--> Matt: And not only am I limited to things I can do outside, but - lucky me! - I'm also allergic to cats and some animals inside.
100* Curt, from Literature/MirrorFall definitely counts. In response to being teleported with Stef into the infirmary where the resident [[TwinCest twin doctors]] are engaging in some, ah, 'creative healing' he covers Stef's eyes and says when she protests, "‘Newbie, don’t ask unless you want to see a very explicit answer to the question “what’s up doc?”
101* [[WorldOfSnark Just about everyone]] in ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'', but Bridget Tice really deserves a special mention:
102-->'''Judith:''' H-hey, Bridget. H-how's it going?
103-->'''Bridget:''' ''(completely monotone and deadpan throughout)'' Well, I'm 27 and I'm still living with my parents in Overland Park, [[ADegreeInUseless I have an art history degree from a night school]], my cat just died, I've lost twenty-five percent control of my sphincter muscles, I get a clicking sound in my jaw when I eat, I drive a 91 Dodge Neon, I have ovarian cysts, sometimes I pee the bed still, I have alopecia. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick The only man who wants to fuck me is my 48 year-old manager at Pizza Street. PS: He only has one ball.]] So I guess... better than you.
104* The brackets guy, and the annotations try very hard to be snarky in ''WebVideo/TheMostStupidDeathsInSuperMario64'', but the {{Engrish}} kind of undermines it.
105* Nicholas Moran AKA "The Chieftain" is a former tanker who now serves as part of the historical committee for ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks.'' In his free time he conducts talks about the history of armored warfare (no, not [[VideoGame/ArmoredWarfare that one]]) and is known for his dry and sarcastic observations. He describes getting shot at as "a Significant Emotional Event" and demonstrates the easedifficultyoccasional futility of escaping a knocked-out tank with by facing the camera with a perfectly unflappable "Oh my god, the tank is on fire." He also doesn't mind [[InterserviceRivalry taking the occasional snarky jab at pilots]].
106--> "Let's say the aircraft actually does connect with your tank and your tank gets knocked out. Chances are you will survive this interaction, and then you simply get out, then you drop the six feet to the ground, you walk back, and get another tank. If the aircraft is hit by the .50-caliber round you are shooting at him, the pilot is now going through a Significant Emotional Event, because he is now thinking very hard about the pending earth-air interface and its nearly infinite coefficient of friction that he is about to demonstrate in a very violent physics lesson. He would like to avoid this as much as possible."
107* ''WebVideo/MrCoat'': More deadpan than snarky, but he still makes a few sarcastic quips.
108* After finding himself trapped in a fantasy world and having to make the best of it, [[Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister Paul Twister]] is constantly snarking about the silly fantasy tropes he keeps running across.
109* The host of [[WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow The Music Video Show]] is this trope, when she's not [[Main/AxCrazy Ax-Crazy]]. The Kevin Federline [[https://youtu.be/YfQSiubYULA episode]] is definite proof of this.
110--> "I live in a regular house and I have more money than you."
111** This is especially evident since season four onward, especially in the Jake Paul episodes. Taken up to 11 in the season six finale, where she calls out the Paul Brothers and their fans when she [[spoiler:is doing a fake memorial service for Jake Paul]]. She doesn't even emote AT ALL but the sarcasm is [[Main/TranquilFury very apparent.]]
112--> "[[spoiler:Rest in Hell, Jake Paul. You were taken from us too soon...but not soon enough.]]"
113* From Website/TheOnion: "[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/awful-man-offers-witty-acerbic-take-on-everything,2750/ Awful Man Offers Witty, Acerbic Take On Everything He Sees]]".
114* ''WebVideo/{{Pikasprey}}'': Christian's commentary is always extremely dry and sarcastic, with lines such as:
115--> "Point is, I proved someone wrong on the internet. And at the end of the day, isn't that what really matters?"
116* ''WebVideo/PokemonPals'': Brock is a perfect example of this.
117* [[Website/DesuDesBrigade Professor Otaku]] frequently uses this, but it's also aided by the fact that he lacks any sort of smiling facial expression. Growing up on Spider-Man comic books probably didn't help.
118* WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum use this trope as a survival mechanism.
119* Creator/SamAndMickey depict [[Franchise/{{Barbie}} Barbie, Skipper, and Chelsea]] as having sarcastic senses of humor.
120* Danny Brady in ''Literature/ShadowUnit'' often fills this role, and so does Daphne Worth from time to time--usually when she's trying to outdo Brady.
121* Every commentator for pie Letsplay/TheStrawhatNO
122* ''WebVideo/StuffYouLike'''s [[PunnyName Sursum Ursa]] usually leaves the sarcasm to her [[FunWithSubtitles subtitles]]. Usually.
123-->'''Sursum Ursa''': Because we cannot ever, [[SarcasmMode ever,]] have [[HollywoodHomely ugly people]] on our screens.
124* Shadow the Hedgehog in ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'', compared to in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the actual Sonic franchise.]]
125* The Brooklyn Guy from ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' is this, as shown in the ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' spinoff, as well as "The Pizza Delivery!", "Bowser's House Fire!" and "The Grilled Cheese".
126** Chef Pee Pee can also be snarky, especially towards Bowser Junior.
127** Cody has started becoming more sarcastic in the 2016 videos towards Junior. Taken full swing in "[[BirthdayEpisode Cody's Birthday!]]" in response to Junior and Joseph's teasing.
128* Website/TeamNightSaturn has a couple of those:
129** WebVideo/WorstMusicOfTheYear
130** Barnabas Thade from WebVideo/TrailerJailor
131** Danny from WebVideo/YourCharacterSucks
132** WebVideo/EddMasterZero
133** WebVideo/MalaCritico
134* ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter'': Oh good God! Where do we even begin with this guy?! To put it shortly, he has such a sarcastic streak, especially in his Animated Atrocities videos.
135* In ''Literature/{{These days}}'', Lilly progressively becomes more like this the longer she hangs with Ayase, despite trying to keep most of it to herself.
136* John Bain AKA Totalbiscuit. They don't call him ''Creator/TheCynicalBrit'' for nothing.
137* Podcast/TheStrangeCaseOfStarshipIris: Arkady Patel
138* Both friends from ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' fluctuate between this and open hostility at whatever they are playing.
139** And now, [[ThePollyanna Liam]] is also known for it.
140--> '''Pat:''' Liam's deadpan delivery cannot be topped.
141* Belle of WebVideo/UniversityEverAfter is prone to making saracastic comments, especially when talking to [[BelligerentSexualTension Ben.]]
142** Snow likes to snark, too.
143* As ''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}'''s premise is based off of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', it's only expected that the two hosts play this role to a T.
144* Peristrixalo from ''Website/TheWanderersLibrary''. “Just once, I would like to meet something beautiful that tries to kill me, but I suspect that's asking far too much.”
145* ''Series/TheWeather'': One skit had a real sarcastic caller, who had to put up with Robby's antics:
146--> '''Robby''': I just don't want any letters. From anyone.
147--> '''Caller''': ...You don't want any mail?
148--> ''(later)''
149--> '''Robby''': This isn't ''my'' letter.
150--> '''Caller''': I know. I'm Dan.
151* The narrator of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', [[CozyVoiceForCatastrophes Cecil]], with a heavy emphasis on the "deadpan". It's hard to say [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation exactly when]] he's being sarcastic, but it's clear he does engage in snark.
152* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
153** Phase does this with references most of the rest of the cast doesn't get. [[SmallReferencePools They return the favor]]. Girlfriend [[StuffedInTheFridge stuffed in a fridge]], anyone?
154** Prince Vlad Brâncoveanu/Lord Fredrick Paramount in response to one critic, bemoaning the fact that they had originally hoped to simply outlive him lamented, "He will bury us all!" To which, Lord Paramount asked whether the critic had a preference to a shovel with an ash handle or a pine handle for the job.
155* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the protagonist's supervillain team, the Undersiders, has three: [[BatDeduction Tattletale]], [[PeoplePuppets Regent]], and [[PerceptionFilter Imp]]. Perhaps not coincidentally, each of them have powers that are well-suited to screwing with people's heads.
156* Either the titular [[TheMuse Muse]] from ''Blog/WorstMuse'' (a blog that only gives ''[[PlayedForLaughs hilariously]]'' bad writing advice) honestly thinks that her suggestions are worthwhile, or she's toying with bad writers. And judging by the blog's name, it's probably the latter.
157* The reporters for Yahoo's Odd News, especially Creator/GregProops, make humorous comments on everything they report about.
158* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' is full of delicious snarkiness, especially Kaiba, Yami Yugi and Bakura, though everyone gets their snarky moments
159* [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben Croshaw]] very rarely feels the need to be deadpan--his humor's most often very blatant. Every so often, though...
160* [[http://xninjared.deviantart.com/art/Cho-reads-My-Immortal-152293752 This guy]] is pretty sarcastic to his father while he's making himself ready to hang himself with his tie. Then again, that's pretty understandable after reading ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''.
161%% * Benjamin Cook of WebVideo/BecomingYouTube.
162* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'' features many characters who slip into this, in a perfect contrast with the server's many {{LargeHam}}s.
163** Cooper tends to go into sarcasm mode very frequently, especially when around Travis or Mikey.
164** Connor frequently plays this to Schlatt's LargeHam. "I don't think they call you that" is a common response to Schlatt's [[IHaveManyNames self-assigned nicknames]].
165** Ted Nivison's tendency towards this is on full display when dealing with a very drunk Cooper in "Drinking and Killing [=CaptainSparklez=]", acting as his [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder minder]].
166** Technoblade falls into this to an extreme degree -- he tends to have a monotone voice in general, and can't seem to go five minutes without making a snarky comment.
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168!!New media
169* The website Website/{{Cracked}}.com is the ''epitome'' of this archetype.
170** So, it comes as no surprise that [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd David Wong]] writes for that site.
171* The ''[[http://www.imfdb.org Internet Movie Firearm Database]]'' is a website dedicated to documenting the appearances of various real-life weapons and vehicles in fictional media. The site is usually fairly straightforward, but every so often, certain articles are written by amazingly sarcastic editors, most notably [[http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Far_Cry_2 this article]] documenting the shockingly ReliablyUnreliableGuns of ''VideoGame/FarCry2''.
172* Website/PlatypusComix author Peter Paltridge works a number of sarcastic and/or smartass remarks into his articles.
173* [[CatsAreSnarkers Sylvester]], from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFMQEdWU6NQ this]] Website/YouTube video.
174* Snark has a certain cathartic or ego-stroking value for many people especially if it seems to go over the heads of their targets. For this reason and also because of the [[ForumSpeak G.I.F.T]], many netizens will snark as much as possible at anything they come across. Attempts are often made to veil genuine anger at [[{{Troll}} someone else's snark]] with one's own cutting wit, usually with cringe-worthy results.
175** Admit it. We Tropers are a snarky bunch.
176** People on Website/{{Facebook}} either ignore utterly pointless or vague statuses, or deliberately make fun of them. There really is no in-between.
177** Many Website/YouTube commenters will show up on a video that does not interest them at all just to snark at the fans (or the fans' comments).
178* Chris "Rowdy C" Moore of WebVideo/TVTrash is probably the only person who can pull off DeadpanSnarker and NoIndoorVoice at the same time.

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