| 1 | Tropes about the {{Narrator}}-- the helpful invisible person that fills in the blanks of the story. Compare {{Dialogue}}. See also PointOfView, FramingDevice. Do not confuse with NarrativeTropes. |
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| 3 | !!Tropes: |
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| 5 | [floatboxright: |
| 6 | Related to: |
| 7 | + PointOfView |
| 8 | + SpeechesAndMonologues |
| 9 | + {{Exposition}} |
| 10 | + InformationDesk |
| 11 | ] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | [[AC: Main topic:]] |
| 15 | * {{Narrator}}: A character who describes the events of the story as they happen. |
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| 17 | [[AC: Other tropes:]] |
| 18 | * TheAllConcealingI: A first-person narrative is a handy way of keeping the protagonist's identity hidden before revealing it in the twist ending. |
| 19 | * AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists |
| 20 | * AllKnowingSingingNarrator |
| 21 | * AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Someone tells another person a story that they eventually reveal to be about themselves. |
| 22 | * AnonymousKillerNarrator |
| 23 | * AnotherStoryForAnotherTime |
| 24 | * CaptainsLog |
| 25 | * CharacterNarrator: An onscreen character who interacts with the others does the narrating. |
| 26 | * CozyVoiceForCatastrophes: A dark premise is told in a calm tone of voice. |
| 27 | * DelayedNarratorIntroduction |
| 28 | * DirectLineToTheAuthor |
| 29 | * EpistolaryNovel |
| 30 | * FauxlosophicNarration |
| 31 | * FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator |
| 32 | * FirstPersonPerspective |
| 33 | * FirstPersonSmartass |
| 34 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou (nor will it protect the narrator) |
| 35 | * GreekChorus |
| 36 | * HelplessObserverProtagonist: Is usually a first-person narrator in prose. |
| 37 | * HorrorHost: Many works of the horror genre have a framing device where a creepy individual is presenting the story to the audience. |
| 38 | * InfallibleNarrator |
| 39 | * InnerMonologue |
| 40 | * InteractiveNarrator: The narrator and the story's characters directly speak to each other. |
| 41 | * LemonyNarrator |
| 42 | * LetMeTellYouAStory |
| 43 | * LittleDidIKnow: Foreshadowing life-turning events by mentioning the character's initial ignorance of them. |
| 44 | * MrExposition: A character whose purpose is to provide exposition to the other characters in order to move the plot forward. |
| 45 | * MultipleNarrativeModes |
| 46 | * NarratingTheObvious: The narrator points out stuff that should already be obvious to the audience. |
| 47 | * NarratingThePresent |
| 48 | * NarrationEcho |
| 49 | * NarrativeBackpedaling |
| 50 | * NarratorAllAlong: A character within the story turns out to have been the one narrating the story all along. |
| 51 | * NostalgicNarrator |
| 52 | * OpeningMonologue |
| 53 | * OpeningNarration: The opening of the work has a narration describing the work's premise. |
| 54 | * PosthumousNarration: The story is narrated by a character who died in the story. |
| 55 | * PresentTenseNarrative |
| 56 | * PrivateEyeMonologue |
| 57 | * SecondPersonNarration |
| 58 | * SidelongGlanceBiopic |
| 59 | * SnicketWarningLabel: The narrator warns you to stop viewing this story while it still looks like it has a HappyEnding. Now! |
| 60 | * SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved |
| 61 | * TheStoryteller |
| 62 | * SwitchingPOV |
| 63 | * UnreliableNarrator: It's hinted that the narrator isn't telling the complete truth in their story. |
| 64 | * UnreliableVoiceover: What the narrator describes is clearly not the same as what the audience sees. |
| 65 | * UnspokenRetort: A character has a mental retort that is only "heard" by the audience |
| 66 | * WarWasBeginning |
| 67 | * TheWatson |
| 68 | [[/index]] |
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