History Main / NonActionSnarker

* Nenene from ''ROD The TV'' is basically made of this trope. Sarcasm is basically her superpower.

* Noah in ''TotalDramaIsland'' might be the king of this trope, to the point where he was eliminated very early in season one just because [[SeriousBusiness he wouldn't play dodgeball]]. Fortunately, [[CharacterDevelopment he becomes far more active]] in ''World Tour'' but retains his signature snarker nature.
* While [[GalaxyRangers Dr. Hartford]] is quite capable with fisticuffs, a blaster, and a sword, he is a PlayfulHacker and BadassNormal who is grossly underpowered compared to his more combat-oriented teamates. Doc's snark, however, could be licenced as a deadly weapon.

*** No love for Lorne? The man is made out of pure lounge music and snark.

* Noah in ''TotalDramaIsland'' might be the king of this trope, to the point where he was eliminated very early in season one just because [[SeriousBusiness he wouldn't play dodgeball]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Fortunately]], he becomes far more active in ''World Tour'' but retains his signature snarker nature. AndTheFandomRejoiced.

* Ianto on ''{{Torchwood}}'', although he gets more action-y (and no less snarky) as the series progresses.

* Thersites, from ''TroilusAndCressida''. One of Shakespeare's many snarkers, but he's very much a DirtyCoward who shies away from action.

The tendency in fiction for a NonActionGuy to also be a DeadpanSnarker. Often, a character who displays this trait is one of the few non–action-oriented characters in a show full of {{Action Girl}}s and {{Big Guy}}s. One possible explanation for this trope is that sarcasm is one way to show that a character is dissatisfied with his life, and [[UnfortunateImplications of course no guy could be happy if he isn't]] [[{{MANLINESS}} MANLY]] [[UnfortunateImplications enough]]. Another explanation might be that Non Action Guys tend to be {{geek}}s, and geeks [[MostTropersAreYoungNerds tend to be snarky]].

* Dr. Shelton from ''[=~Darwin's Soldiers~=]''' is close to if not the purest example (There's a reason he used to be the TropeNamer). Almost every other character is firearm proficient, MadeOfIron and has NervesOfSteel. Shelton can't shoot a gun, does the [[TheSmartGuy tech stuff]], and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] every [[ActionAdventureTropes action trope]] that comes his way. As the series progressed, a few more [[NonActionGuy non-action]] characters were introduced, but none were as bad as him.

* Alec Hardison on Leverage has this fairly often, espeically with his two main partners: [[TheBigGuy Eliot]] and [[ActionGirl Parker]]

* Daniel Jackson in "StargateSG-1," although he becomes an action-guy after the first few seasons, and he is definitely not the only snarker on the show.

* Noah in ''TotalDramaIsland'' might be the king of this trope, to the point where he was eliminated very early in season one just because [[SeriousBusiness he wouldn't play dodgeball]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Fortunately]], he becomes far more active in ''World Tour'' but retains his signature snarker nature. TheFandomRejoiced.
* While [[GalaxyRangers Dr. Hartford]] is quite capable with fisticuffs, a blaster, and a sword, he is a PlayfulHacker and BadassNormal who is grossly underpowered compared to his more combat-oriented teamates. Doc's snark, however, could be licenced as a deadly weapon.

** It's kind of {{Justified}}, though; he's the only human with no powers.

* Dr. Shelton from ''[=~Darwin's Soldiers~=]''' is close to, if not ''the'', MostTriumphantExample. Almost every other character is firearm proficient, MadeOfIron and has NervesOfSteel. Shelton can't shoot a gun, does the [[TheSmartGuy tech stuff]], and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] every [[ActionAdventureTropes action trope]] that comes his way. As the series progressed, a few more [[NonActionGuy non-action]] characters were introduced, but none were as bad as him.

[[{{Discworld}} Rincewind]] technically qualifies; he's frequently snarky and definitely a NonActionGuy, unless you count running as an action.

** Doyle, from ''{{Angel}}''. Also Cordelia, who's one of the rare female examples of this trope. Subverted brilliantly with Wesley in later seasons, though.

* Noah in ''TotalDramaIsland'' might be the king of this trope, to the point where he was eliminated very early in season one just because [[SeriousBusiness he wouldn't play dodgeball]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Fortunately]], he becomes far more active in ''World Tour'' but retains his signature snarker nature.

* Noah in ''TotalDramaIsland'', to the point where he was eliminated very early in season one just because [[SeriousBusiness he wouldn't play dodgeball]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Fortunately]], he becomes far more active in ''World Tour''.

* Noah in ''TotalDramaIsland'', to the point where he was eliminated very early in season one just because [[SeriousBusiness he wouldn't play dodgeball]]. At least he's much more of a team player in ''World Tour''.

* Chandler in ''{{Friends}}''.