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* ''Series/{{Taken}}'': The series is narrated by the nine-year-old Allie Keys in 2002. The identity of the narrator does not become entirely clear until the final scene of the sixth episode "Charlie and Lisa" but it was hinted at in several previous episodes. For instance, in "High Hopes", "Acid Tests" and "Maintenance", she speaks about her grandfathers during scenes showing Jacob and Jesse.

* ''ComicBook/StarTrekEarlyVoyages'' "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" is narrated by Yeoman Colt through the medium of her personal log.

* The title character on ''WesterAnimation/TraceyMcBean''.

Subtrope to FirstPersonPerspective. Likely to be a LemonyNarrator. Also likely to invoke TheAllConcealingI. If excessively snarky, it's a FirstPersonSmartass. This person may be NarratingThePresent. If they are the narrators but this only is discovered during TheReveal, this becomes NarratorAllAlong or a DelayedNarratorIntroduction. Compare InteractiveNarrator, who is known by and converses with the characters, but never appears onscreen, and PrivateEyeMonologue, which is this, but ocassional and generally more poetic. Rare outside {{literature}}.

* "Literature/TheCallistanMenace": The entire story is told from the perspective of Jenkins, an average crew member of the ''Ceres'' in their effort to find out what happened to the previous seven attempts to explore [[UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfJupiter Callisto]].

* Most if not all of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' are narrated by their protagonists. Check the page quote. ]

** The first episode has some narration from one of the main characters, Dipper Pines.
** In another episode, "Little Gift Shop of Horrors", Stan narrates three tales (which form the episode's miniplots) to a late-night customer.

Subtrope to FirstPersonPerspective. Likely to be a LemonyNarrator. Also likely to invoke TheAllConcealingI. If excessively snarky, it's a FirstPersonSmartass. This person may be NarratingThePresent. If they are the narrators but this only is discovered during TheReveal, this becomes NarratorAllAlong or a DelayedNarratorIntroduction. Compare InteractiveNarrator, who is known by and converses with the characters, but never appears onscreen, and PrivateEyeMonologue, which is this, but ocassional and generally more poetic. Rare outside {{Literature}}.

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* [[NarratorAllAlong The narrator's reveal]] as [[spoiler:9 years old Akane Kurashiki contacting Junpei via MentalTimeTravel]] in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''. While she for obvious reasons isn't onscreen, the flashback to [[spoiler:the first Nonary Game]] uses this.

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* Most if not all of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' are narrated by their protagonists. Check the page quote.

-->-- ''Literature/WhateleyAcademy: Merry Descent into Madness''

* Most if not all of the Literature/WhateleyAcademy are narrated by their protagonists. Check the page quote.

-> --Literature/WhateleyAcademy: Merry Descent into Madness

To further the reader into the environment, the characters, and the {{Aesop}} of a story, what some do is to have the story be narrated by one of its own characters. This means that the protagonist of the story ([[NonPOVProtagonist with occasional]] [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator exceptions]]) does the narration, and everything the reader takes in comes directly from his own PointOfView.

This can make the story more challenging to understand, since you only get to know what this character thinks: if there are other characters, and there is a tension between the protagonist and them, not only you'll be in the dark about their purpose or morality, but every info you get about him or her will be biased. Similarly for a person who the narrator specially admires, who will be portrayed as much more heroic and generally better than (s)he really is. In some cases, the narration could be even [[UnreliableNarrator delusive,]] and the challenge is to understand the actual situation behind your referent's words.

Subtrope to FirstPersonPerspective. Likely to be a LemonyNarrator. Also likely to invoke TheAllConcealingI. If excesively snarky, it's a FirstPersonSmartass. This person is surely NarratingThePresent. If they are the narrators but this only is discovered during TheReveal, this becomes NarratorAllAlong or a DelayedNarratorIntroduction. Compare InteractiveNarrator, who is known by and converses with the characters, but never appears onscreen, and PrivateEyeMonologue, which is this, but ocassional and generally more poetic. Rare outside {{Literature}}.

** All six Animorphs narrate the ''Megamorphs'' novels in a similar cyclic pattern with different chapters.

To further the reader into the environment, the characters, and the {{Aesop}} of a story, what some do is to have the story be narrated by one of its own characters. This means that the protagonist of the story ([[NonPOVProtagonist with escase]] [[FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator exceptions]]) does the narration, and everything the reader takes in comes directly from his own PointOfView.

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* NarratorTropes
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-> I did manage to find a few jumpsuits, and a few shirts, mostly of the touristy T-shirt type. You know the kind; "My dad went to the Caribbean and all I got was this crummy t-shirt?"