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1An Index, and a frequent SuperTrope.
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3In text, providing internal monologue is easy; the author simply writes down the character's thoughts.
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5In theater, movies, and television, giving internal monologue is trickier. These are the various methods of Externalizing Internal Monologue.
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9* AsideComment (a character speaks directly to the audience)
10* CaptainsLog
11* ConverseWithTheUnconscious
12* {{Flashback}}, when seen through the eyes of one character.
13* FloatingAdviceReminder
14* GoodAngelBadAngel
15* InnerMonologue
16* InnerMonologueConversation
17* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack
18* MirrorMonologue
19* PictorialSpeechBubble
20* PrivateEyeMonologue
21* TheRashomon requires either this, or wildly different events.
22* RebusBubble
23* SurrogateSoliloquy
24* SpeakingInPanels
25* TalkingToTheDead
26* TauntingTheUnconscious
27* ThinkingOutLoud, in which a character seems to have chronic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud Syndrome.
28* WholeEpisodeFlashback when seen and narrated through one set of eyes.
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