History ThirdPersonPerson / Literature

** 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 embarassed, 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 XWingSeries that involves Ooryl, Michael Stackpole, wrote this in the "About the Author" blurb at the end of ''The Bacta War''.

** 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, [[XWingSeries Ooryl Qrygg]] goes by Ooryl normally, Qrygg if he's uncertain or embarassed, 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 artist Boday, from JackChalker's series "Literature/RidersOfTheWinds". In her case, it's not egoism, but rather quirkiness bordering on insanity.

* Tula Rae, from ''Literature/NotYourEverydayHousewife''.

* 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.

* Janos Slynt from George R. R. Martin's book series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' often does this.
---> ''' Janos Slynt ''' "I will not have it said that Janos Slynt hanged a man unjustly. I will not."

* "This Trope thought it could get away with not noticing him, but it failed to account for HerculePoirot." In an InsufferableGenius way, usually after TheReveal.

** The Gand bounty hunter Zuckuss (who appeared for a single scene in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and later became an important supporting character in ''Literature/TalesOfTheBountyHunters'' and ''BountyHunterWars'') is portrayed as an outcast from Gand culture because he quite freely uses personal pronouns.

* The artist Boday, from JackChalker's series "Riders of the Winds". In her case, it's not egoism, but rather quirkiness bordering on insanity.

* All wolves in ''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.

* Ramona, from WitchesChillers series by Silver Ravenwolf.

* Erik in Gaston Leroux's ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. And how.

* Proprietor Tom from ''DeltoraQuest''.

** The Gand bounty hunter Zuckuss (who appeared for a single scene in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and later became an important supporting character in ''TalesOfTheBountyHunters'' and ''BountyHunterWars'') is portrayed as an outcast from Gand culture because he quite freely uses personal pronouns.

* ''MalazanBookOfTheFallen'': [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Kruppe is deeply hurt by the fact, that his humble self was not mentioned earlier. It reminds him of what happened few years ago. It begins with Kruppe...]]

* Formal Chinese etiquette requires those who appear before 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.