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* Doll in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' does this, along with her MagicalGirl InTheNameOfTheMoon using her name
* ''Literature/AdrianMole'': In ''Cappuccino Years'', Glenn asks Adrian who he thinks Glen will field. Adrian wonders if Glenn is referring to himself in the third person, as UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher used to do; then he learns that Glenn is referring to Glen Hoddle, the England Football manager.
* The real-life teacher Christine Zajac, described in Tracy Kidder's novel ''Literature/AmongSchoolchildren'', always refers to herself in the third person when addressing her class.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Dragons frequently switch between this and grammatically correct speech for no particular reason.
* ''Literature/BeastTamer'': Sora refers to herself in the third person, occasionally introducing herself by saying "Sora's name is Sora." Her twin sister Luna does not share this trait, instead having a VerbalTic of adding "nanoda", or "noda" for short, to the ends of her sentences.
* All wolves in ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' speak using "one" instead of "I", or "me", or "you", or... you get the idea. This is supposed to be because wolves have a HiveMind, but this doesn't bear out in their actual behaviour.
* ''Literature/BewareOfChicken'': In Xianada, formal speech is expressed by referring to yourself in the third person, as in "This Rou Jin pays his respects to the Lord Magistrate''. Ri Zu is notable for speaking like this almost all the time, possibly due to her status as a RogueDrone from Chow Ji's rat swarm.
* Mariana from ''Literature/BloomsOfDarkness'' by Aharon Appelfeld.
* "John Double-u of the Double-us" from ''Literature/TheBookOfTheDunCow''.
* Apachito in ''A Coffin Full of Dollars'' talks this way frequently.
* In ''Literature/CouncilWars'', Bast the Wood Elf seasons this with bits of YouNoTakeCandle and [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker Yoda-like syntax]]. Given the fact that she can, and does, speak normally at other times (as well as [[TheTrickster her mischievous personality]]), [[ElectiveBrokenLanguage this is obviously an affectation]].
* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': In Sacred Valley, it is considered respectful to speak in third-person to your betters, as in "this one humbly begs your forgiveness." Lindon, being an UnSorcerer in a world of MightMakesRight, has to do this a ''lot''. Once he leaves the Valley, most people find this to be very strange, so he doesn't do it as much, but he does still slip into it when dealing with angry authority figures. [[spoiler:When he finally returns to Sacred Valley, he finds all his old bullies and tormentors doing this to him, and admits he can understand why all his friends thought it was embarrassing]].
* Proprietor Tom from ''Literature/DeltoraQuest''.
* Dire, in ''Literature/TheDireSaga'', has found herself completely unable to refer to herself in first-person. This occasionally confuses people around her.
* The title character of ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus''.
* In ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'', insane witch Viola starts to talk about herself in third person when high on her powers. Witkacy notes that it's rather cliche for an insane person.
* Fax from Anne [=McCaffery's=] ''[[Literature/{{Pern}} Dragonflight]]'' does this occasionally as a veiled insult when speaking to F'lar.
* In the young adult science fiction novel ''Literature/{{EVERLASTING}}'' by Holly-Jane Rahlens, a post-disaster future world government suppresses the inconvenience of individualism by abolishing all forms of the first person singular pronoun, replacing them with third-person phrases involving "this _______." For example, a scientist will refer to him/herself as "this scientist." Illeism is actually referenced by name within the plot -- we learn that, earlier in the future society's history, a book written by an unnamed government agency to to teach children this new requirement (and an associated self-repressing philosophy) had been titled "THE ILLEIST'S CODE."
* ''Literature/GoblinsInTheCastle'': Both Igor and Herky do this; neither ever refers to themself as "I", just using their own names.
* In ''Literature/TheGodlingChronicles'' by Brian D. Anderson, the old hermit magician Felsafell has very peculiar speech patterns, [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker often reversing words in sentences in Yoda fashion]], [[CrypticConversation speaking cryptically]], and frequently referring to himself in the third person.
* ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': Muuurgh refers to himself this way at first, before Han corrects him on the use of the personal pronoun. Mrrov though doesn't do this. It seems to be from his just being rusty with Basic. Jalus Nebl also does this however, in his own language.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter''
** "Dobby is a free elf!" All house-elves, actually. This likely stems from the fact that they live to serve others and therefore have no real sense of self. Dobby often refers to Harry in this manner, even when talking to him. "Harry Potter should not go back to school."
** Lord Voldemort occasionally does the egotistical version. ("Worthless and traitorous as you are, you helped me... and Lord Voldemort rewards his helpers...")
* ''Literature/HeIsYourBrother'': One of the autistic boy Orry's speech difficulties is trouble with pronouns. He refers to himself by name most of the time.
* "This Trope thought it could get away with not noticing him, but it failed to account for Literature/HerculePoirot." In an InsufferableGenius way, usually after TheReveal.
* ''Literature/HollowKingdom2019'': A couple of chapters are told from the perspective of a poodle named Winnie, who only refers to herself "in the third poodle".
* Delfina from ''Literature/ILivedOnButterflyHill'' by Marjorie Agosin.
* All the black people in ''Literature/InDesertAndWilderness''. Probably because the conversations are [[TranslationConvention going on in]] [[CommonTongue Swahili]], which doesn't seem to be well known around the Dark Lake.
* Falfa and Shalsha in ''Literature/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' refer to themselves in the third person, i.e. as "Falfa" and "Shalsha". This is one of their childish traits.
* Formal Chinese etiquette requires those who appear before Literature/JudgeDee's bench to use the third person; such as, "This person would like to report a crime." It is generally proper to use the third person when formally addressing a superior.
* The title character of Shakespeare's Theatre/JuliusCaesar does this frequently, as in: 'Shall Caesar send a lie?' This is an indication of his arrogance, which ultimately led to his downfall.
* Livvie from ''Literature/LivvieOwenLivedHere'' would prefer to call everyone by their name and dispense with pronouns. She can remember to use pronouns most of the time, but slips into the third person when she's stresesd.
* Gollum/Sméagol in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. Tom Bombadil as well.
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'': Kruppe, a person of ObfuscatingStupidity and an unending girth, is deeply hurt by the fact that his humble self was not mentioned earlier. [[LemonyNarrator It reminds him of what happened few years ago]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle It begins with Kruppe...]]
* Marcelo from ''Literature/MarceloInTheRealWorld'' often refers to both himself and the person he's talking to in the third person. It's an effort for him to remember to use pronouns.
* ''Literature/MobyDick'':
** Captain Ahab constantly refers to himself in third person, seemingly for dramatic effect. He's not right in the head.
** Pip, after being temporarily abandoned floating in the ocean and going mad, talks about "Pip" as though he were someone else, whom he believes is still lost.
* Tula Rae from ''Literature/NotYourEverydayHousewife'', as a sign of eccentricity.
* Ursula from ''Literature/OliviaLawsonTechnoShaman'' series by M. Terry Green.
* The fortune teller Madame Esme from ''Literature/OrderOfTheBell'' series by Jacob Devlin.
* Magda Digby from the ''Literature/OwenArcher'' series.
* The receptionist Adele Girard from Lori Avocato's ''Literature/PaulineSokolMysteries'' series.
* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'': The Panda and Mr. Wave both mostly speak in third person. Mr. Wave only briefly breaks character to apologize to Ryan for failing to prevent Ryan from being caught in an explosion. Ryan, who has already had [[MentalTimeTravel hundreds of loops]] to be absolutely certain that it's all ''his'' fault, does not blame him.
* Erik in Gaston Leroux's ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. And how.
* In ''Poor Little Bitch Girl'' and ''Goddess of Vengeance'' by Jackie Collins, the beautiful singer Zeena speaks like that.
* Taklit the Blessed from Paula Brackston's novel ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheWitch''.
* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': Glim, the Glyconese ambassador, speaks this way in ''Defender of the Crown''. He refers to himself as "This One."
* The EccentricArtist Boday, from Creator/JackChalker's series ''Literature/RidersOfTheWind''. In her case it's due to quirkiness bordering on insanity.
* In ''Literature/TheSecretOfLostThings'' by Sheridan Hay, the bookstore owner George Pike often speaks in the third person.
* The titular protagonist of ''Literature/{{Shane}}'' does this towards the end of the book. It is in fact a form of BadassBoast; 'No man should be ashamed of being beat by Shane.'
* ''Literature/SheWhoBecameTheSun'': As Buddhist monks, Zhu and Xu Da both speak of themselves with some variant of the humble "this monk" in the presence of laymen. When Zhu [[TheConfidant opens up to Ma]] enough to switch to the first person, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Ma finds it shockingly intimate in contrast]].
* The Unsullied in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are an extreme example. They are slaves who have had their real identities literally beaten out of them since childhood. The Good Masters make them pick their names at random each day from a bag, each a combination between a color and a type of vermin. They are forced to refer to themselves as "this one" instead of "I", and given different names each day in order to ensure they will not have any sense of individuality. Like the house-elves mentioned above, the Unsullied live only for their duty.
** Shagga, son of Dolf, Strong Belwas and Jaqen H'Ghar are also examples, with H'Ghar being a really interesting case. Not only does he forgo using first person pronouns, but also second person ones, and names in general, choosing to refer to everyone by generic nouns complete with indefinite articles. Instead of saying, "I don't like you," he would say, "A man does not like a girl."
** Janos Slynt often does this as well.
--->'''Janos Slynt:''' I will not have it said that Janos Slynt hanged a man unjustly. I will not.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
** Nearly all members of the Gand species refer to themselves in the third person, due to their belief that referring to yourself as "I" assumes everyone knows who you are and is the height of arrogance -- unless a Gand has been officially declared notable enough to warrant it. Young Gand have no names; only after they've done something (say, learning to pilot a ship) do they even get a basic name. Doing something more noteworthy (say, mastering advanced pilot techniques and astronavigation) nets them a personal name, and they have to be truly special to be put through the ceremony that lets them go by "I". Embarrassed Gand use the less specialized names -- to make it clearer, [[Literature/XWingSeries Ooryl Qrygg]] goes by Ooryl normally, Qrygg if he's uncertain or embarrassed, and Gand if he's being really humble or has screwed up massively. Being deemed noteworthy enough for "I" just adds another layer; he slips back into third person from time to time.
** The author of the part of the Literature/XWingSeries that involves Ooryl, Michael Stackpole, wrote this in the "About the Author" blurb at the end of ''The Bacta War''.
---> [...] and hates writing these "About the Author" pieces because they force him to refer to himself in the third person. Being neither a Gand nor a presidential candidate, he finds this awkward.
** The Gand bounty hunter Zuckuss (who appeared for a single scene in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and later became an important supporting character in ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'' and ''Literature/TheBountyHunterWars'') is portrayed as an outcast from Gand culture because he quite freely uses personal pronouns.
** Barabels are hinted to use third person speaking too, not only when referring to themselves but to others as well. Which leads to confusion when "this one" is used to replace both ''I'' and ''you''.
** ''Literature/StarWarsHonorAmongThieves'': Human thief and gunrunner Hunter Maas, unlike the Gand, uses third-person out of arrogance. He has such a serious case of SmallNameBigEgo that he never refers to himself except by his full name.
* In ''Literature/TheTalesOfCoyote'' by David L. Foster, the eponymous heroine always refers to herself as "she".
* Recruits in ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' are required to speak this way (e.g. this recruit is...), as a means of breaking down their sense of self (as do the U.S. Marines; see the [[ThirdPersonPerson/RealLife Real Life]] section.)
* ''Literature/TimeToOrbitUnknown'': Public Universal Friends have given up their individuality, and so never refer to themselves in first-person, instead using phrases such as "this Friend".
* In ''Literature/VenissUnderground'', the Gollux usually refers to itself as "the Gollux" in its speech.
* Noëlla, from Fred Vargas' novel ''Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand'', inexplicably switches between first and third person when referring to herself.
--> '''Noëlla''' : I met a nice chum in Paris, a Canadian. I followed him there. And you know what he did ? He left Noëlla. So now, she waits. She listens to the wind.
* The damane in the ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series are required to say their names instead of the pronoun "I", as a means of humiliating/dehumanizing them.
* ''Literature/TheWhiteBone'':
** She-Soothes likes her name so much that she refers to herself in the third person.
** Mongooses rarely use personal pronouns. Their name for their species is "flawless," and they refer to themselves and others as "this flawless" and "that flawless," respectively.
* Ramona, from'' Literature/WitchesChillers'' series by Silver Ravenwolf.
* Mother Jilo from ''Literature/WitchingSavannah''; it is actually part of her "voodoo doctor" persona.
* Zhenya Leukonovich from ''Literature/AWoodsCopMystery'' series by Joseph Heywood has very quirky speech patterns, and almost always refers to herself in the third person.
* Quid from the ''Literature/XeeleeSequence'' novel ''Raft''.
* In his non-fiction book ''Literature/StrictRules'', about Music/MidnightOil's 1985-86 tour with Warumpi Band, Andrew [=McMillan=] refers to himself as The Hitchhiker until he "kills" this character about a third of the way through, although he only occasionally directly refers to himself either way.
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