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7	->''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?"''
8	-->-- ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse: Merry Descent into Madness''
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10	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. That character does the narration, and everything the reader takes in comes directly from his own PointOfView. The character is usually also the protagonist, although there are exceptions (such as a FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator telling the story of a NonPOVProtagonist).
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12	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 tension between them and the narrator, not only will you be in the dark about their purpose or morality, but all the info you get about them will be biased. Similarly, for a person who the narrator especially admires, they will be portrayed as much more heroic and generally better than they really are. In some cases, the narration could be even [[UnreliableNarrator delusional,]] and the challenge is to understand the actual situation behind your referent's words.
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14	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 occasionally and generally more poetic. Rare outside {{literature}}.
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17	!!Examples
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21	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
22	* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Episodes/chapters usually open with narration from its protagonist Kyōtarō Ichikawa, who's the only character who's thoughts are explicitly presented to the audience. Even the character profiles of each volume are described by him personally. Sometimes the kid narrates for ''himself.''
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25	[[folder:Comic Books]]
26	* ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'': "Two of a Kind", in which Harvey "Two-Face" Dent is cured and tries to rebuild his life, is told in a FilmNoir style, complete with narration by Harvey. [[spoiler:The final panel reveals that he's telling the story to Batman after his life falls apart again.]]
27	* ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': ''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superman: The Man of Steel]]'' Annual #5 is narrated by its protagonist Kaleb.
28	* ''ComicBook/StarTrekEarlyVoyages'': "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" is narrated by Yeoman Colt through the medium of her personal log.
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30
31	[[folder:Fan Works]]
32	* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', lulls in the action get narrated by Izuku's future self. Peter gets narration privileges while going over his life's story to Izuku.
33	* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': "[[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS1E9TheTimePauser The Time Pauser]]" is narrated by Hobbes.
34	* The ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic ''Fanfic/CourtneysCrusadeForRedemption'' is narrated entirely from Courtney's point of view.
35	* ''Fanfic/FortuneLoverTGSBetaSaruRipTPlusEng0Point75SincereDotZip'' is written in the form of a {{creepypasta}} discussion board post. It is first-person narrated by a female American gamer, only known as Parasite_Ib, who reports her experience on playing the titular RomHack.
36	* ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' is told primarily from Leviathan's perspective, with occasional switches to third-person where necessary. From time to time she addresses "those who are viewing my memories", implying that she's anticipating that someone in the future will have the means of getting a hold of them.
37	* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku narrates interludes in the first part of the story. All Might gets privileges during "The Übermenschen" arc and Bakugou gets them during "Deku's Pal, Katsuki Bakugou", which covers their first days at U.A.
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40	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
41	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' opens with narration by Pongo.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingMaurice'' is mostly narrated by Malacia from her room, where she appears to be writing the story after the event (which doesn't stop her from occasionally breaking the fourth wall in the scenes as well). Maurice also narrates occasionally, including reminding Malacia that her name isn't in the title. While Malacia's narration starts the film, Maurice concludes it.
43	-->'''Malicia''': What? Who's to say a narrator can't also appear in the story she's telling?
44	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel narrates the story's events, filling in the viewers on his family's backstory as well as de la Cruz's. It is eventually revealed that he's talking to the mariachi guitarist in the city's plaza.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' has Plio, one of the lemurs, narrating the opening scene and the epilogue.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' plays with this. Kuzco serves as narrator, giving his version of events and [[FirstPersonSmartass snarking about the onscreen action]]. Eventually, he is told to shut up by the ''onscreen'' Kuzco, who by this time [[HeelRealization has realized that it's his own fault he's in this mess]], and the narration stops for the rest of the movie.
47	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', Bagheera, one of the main characters, provides the opening narration.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' has opening and closing narration from Flynn Rider, one of the two protagonists.
49	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the main character, Mei narrates the opening scene and the epilogue.
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52	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
53	* The narrator of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is revealed to be Dilios, who has been narrating the events of the film to his fellow Greek soldiers as they prepare to attack the Persians.
54	* ''Film/AChristmasStory'' has an adult version of little Ralphie narrating, and he's quite SophisticatedAsHell.
55	* ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'' is entirely from the perspective of Henry Wiggens; the entire tetralogy of books with Henry is written in this way.
56	* ''Film/BloodyMama'' shows the passage of time by having Kate narrate over news footage and newspaper headlines from the time period.
57	* ''Film/Deadpool2016'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'' are narrated by the titular character in frequent, trademark [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaks]]. In-universe, it is implied that Deadpool is mentally unstable and the audience is the imaginary friend he constantly talks to.
58	* ''Film/DonJon'' is narrated by the titular character, who is the protagonist.
59	* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' has Papa Elf, Buddy's adoptive father, narrating portions of the film.
60	* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'' and its sequel are narrated by Chance, one of the canine protagonists.
61	* ''Film/IF2024'': The film begins and ends with narration from Bea.
62	* In ''Film/KennyAndCompany'', Kenny's voice-over provides background information, as well as his inner monologue.
63	* In ''Film/LikeNormalPeople'', Roger's older brother Bobby narrates at the beginning and end.
64	* In ''Film/Mandy1952'', Mandy's mother Kit narrates the first few scenes, up until the present day.
65	* The man narrating the opening scene of ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' ("I was Flint's first mate, that voyage...") is revealed to be Billy Bones in the next scene.
66	* ''Film/MurderIsMyBeat'' has Patrick narrating as he explains HowWeGotHere.
67	* In ''Film/NathansKingdom'', Nathan's sister Laura provides occasional narration.
68	* ''Film/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower'' is narrated by the titular wallflower and protagonist, Charlie.
69	* ''Film/ThePhenixCityStory'' is narrated by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Malcolm_Patterson John Patterson,]] son of Alabama Attorney General Nominee [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Patterson Albert Patterson.]]
70	* ''Film/PreludeToAKiss'': Peter addresses the audience directly several times.
71	* ''Film/TheRainbowExperiment'': After Matty is badly burned in a chemistry accident, his body lies comatose in the hospital while his spirit haunts the school, talking to the camera to provide commentary and information nobody else has.
72	* In ''Film/SonRiseAMiracleOfLove'', Barry narrates roughly the first ten minutes and some scenes after that.
73	* The titular character of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' has some narration, usually at the beginning of each film.
74	* Morgan Freeman narrates ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' as his character Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding.
75	* ''Film/StandByMe'': Richard Dreyfuss narrates as the adult version of Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton).
76	* In ''Film/TerrorAtBlackFalls'', Sheriff Cal narrates throughout the movie.
77	* Bruce from ''Film/{{Whitewash}}'' narrates his inner monologue as he tries to think of what to do next.
78	* In ''Film/TheWildChild'', Itard narrates passages from his diary, describing Victor's progress.
79	* [=ZigZag=] narrates many scenes of ''Film/ZigZag2002''.
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82	[[folder:Literature]]
83	* Creator/DanAbnett uses this in some of his ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novels:
84	** The ''Literature/{{Eisenhorn}}'' trilogy is narrated to the reader by the titular Eisenhorn.
85	** The ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'' trilogy is a downplayed example. Parts of it are narrated by the titular Ravenor in first-person, but the bulk of it is in third-person, with the point-of-view cycling between various characters.
86	** The ''Literature/{{Bequin}}'' trilogy is narrated by the titular Beta Bequin.
87	* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
88	** "{{Literature/Flies}}": This story occurs in third person, but from Dr Polen's perspective, complete with his JadeColoredGlasses and [[FlashBack memories of the past]].
89	** "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]].
90	** "Literature/ImInMarsportWithoutHilda": [[OnlyOneName Max]] is telling this story, about the time he visited his friend Flora without his wife, to an unknown audience. Much of the {{exposition}} is delivered directly to the audience in a relaxed, dialogue-like style.
91	** "Literature/NobodyHereBut": The story is told from the first-person perspective of Bill Billings to an undescribed audience.
92	** "{{Literature/Sally}}": The story is told from the first-person perspective of Jacob Folkers, who is the manager of a Farm for Retired Automobiles.
93	* Quite a few Creator/AgathaChristie novels use this trope:
94	** Hastings is the viewpoint protagonist who narrates the Literature/HerculePoirot novels that he's featured in.
95	** Some of the Hercule Poirot novels not featuring Hastings have a suspect doing the narration:
96	*** ''Literature/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd'' is narrated by Dr. Sheppard, [[spoiler:who is the killer and has been an UnreliableNarrator the whole time]].
97	*** ''Literature/MurderInMesopotamia'' is narrated by Nurse Amy Leatheran, [[spoiler:who is innocent]].
98	** ''Endless Night'' has a similar narrator to the one in ''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd''.
99	* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
100	** Every regular novel in the series is narrated by one of the six titular characters in a rotating order, though some (such as "The Departure") have two Animorphs narrating different chapters.
101	** All six Animorphs narrate the ''Megamorphs'' novels (and the last regular novel, "The Beginning") in a similar way with different chapters, but without any specific order. However, in two ''Megamorphs'' novels and in "The Beginning", a character dies, and while they are resurrected at the end (but not in the case of "The Beginning"), they don't get to narrate for the rest of the novels.
102	** The prequel novels also have this, usually with a framing device:
103	*** ''The Ellimist Chronicles'' has the Ellimist narrate the major events of his life to a dying Animorph, who's eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:Rachel]] in "The Beginning".
104	*** In ''Visser'', the former Visser One narrates the story of her invasion of Earth as part of her testimony during her trial by the Council of Thirteen.
105	*** ''The Hork-Bajir Chronicles'' is narrated by its three protagonists (Aldrea, Dak Hamee, and [[VillainProtagonist Esplin 9466]]). The framing device involves Jara Hamee narrating the story to Tobias.
106	*** ''The Andalite Chronicles'' is narrated through a flashback by Elfangor, who is uploading his memory into his ship's computer before his final confrontation with Visser Three in "The Invasion".
107	* ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'':
108	** Each regular book or ''Mysteries'' book in the series is narrated by whichever club member is the protagonist of said book.
109	** The ''Super Specials'' have multiple character narrators, with each chapter being told from the POV of a different club member (or in some cases, one of their sitting charges).
110	** The spin-off series, ''Baby-Sitter's Little Sister'', is narrated by its protagonist Karen Brewer.
111	* ''Literature/{{Bubble2016}}'' is narrated from [[TheProtagonist Joe's]] perspective.
112	* ''Literature/CampX'': The story is told from the perspective of George Braun.
113	* ''Literature/{{Cape}}'' is narrated by [[TheProtagonist Josie O'Malley]].
114	* ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'': All of the books are narrated by Clifford's owner Emily Elizabeth.
115	* ''Literature/{{Crabbe}}'': The story is narrated by the title character, Franklin Crabbe.
116	* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', Dante is the author, narrator, and main character.
117	* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Harry Dresden narrates his adventures.
118	* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheVampire'': The story is framed as an autobiography which Gabriel narrates to Jean-Francois, one of the vampires keeping him prisoner.
119	* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is narrated by Nick, the cousin of Daisy (who the titular character Gatsby pines for).
120	* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya:'' Kyon is both the main character and the narrator, and he [[FirstPersonSmartass likes talking about the weirdness around him]] a lot.
121	* In ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', Ted is an UnreliableNarrator.
122	* ''Literature/HouseOfRobots'' is narrated from the perspective of TheProtagonist Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez.
123	* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' is narrated by Jean Louise "Scout" Finch.
124	* ''Literature/KingdomOnFire'': [[Literature/AShadowBrightAndBurning All]] [[Literature/APoisonDarkAndDrowning the]] [[Literature/ASorrowFierceAndFalling books]] in the series are narrated from the POV of [[TheProtagonist Henrietta Howel]].
125	* ''Literature/TheLandMine'': The story is told from the perspective of [[TheProtagonist Derek]].
126	* ''Literature/TheLastHuman2019'' is narrated from the [=POV=] of [[TheProtagonist [=XR=]_935]].
127	* ''Literature/TheLeagueOfSecretHeroes'' books tend to be narrated by Josie O'Malley.
128	* In Creator/MalbaTahan's book, ''Literature/TheManWhoCalculated'', the narrator is an [[NoNameGiven anonymous]] traveler who meets the Man who Calculated.
129	* ''Literature/MoonBaseAlpha'': [[Literature/SpaceCase All]] [[Literature/SpacedOut2016 three]] [[Literature/WasteOfSpace books]] are narrated by [[TheProtagonist Dashiell Gibson]].
130	* ''Literature/MrsSmithsSpySchoolForGirls'' is narrated by [[TheProtagonist Abigail Hunter]].
131	* ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'' is told from the perspective of [[TheProtagonist Ivan]].
132	** The sequel, ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyBob'', is told from the perspective of Bob.
133	* ''Literature/TheProudestBlue'': The story is told from the perspective of Asiya's little sister, Faizah.
134	* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' franchise, Watson is the typical narrator, though there are stories that don't use him.
135	* ''Literature/Surfacing1972'': The story is told from the perspective of [[NoNameGiven the unnamed female]] [[TheProtagonist protagonist]].
136	* ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' and its spinoff ''Genie Team G Jiken Note'' are narrated in the voice of Aya Tachibana and her sister Nako respectively.
137	* ''Literature/ThebeAndTheAngryRedEye'' is about an ill-fated space voyage. As Thomas the protagonist is the SoleSurvivor of the disaster, the entire story is seen through his eyes.[[spoiler:.. and the moment he dies is the moment the story ends.]]
138	* ''The Ultimate Gift'' is narrated by Mr. Hamilton, a colleague of Jason's deceased grandfather Red Stevens unlike [[Film/TheUltimateGift the film adaptation]].
139	* ''Literature/UnbelievablyBoringBart'': Bartholomew Bean is both TheProtagonist, and the narrator of the story.
140	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Most, if not all, are narrated by their protagonists.
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143	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
144	* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' eventually did this. Narrator Creator/RonHoward [[DelayedNarratorIntroduction didn't appear onscreen until the very end of season three]] (also the end of the show's run on Fox). He becomes a recurring guest character in season four.
145	* Michael Westen is both the main character and narrator of ''Series/BurnNotice''. His narration mostly explains why spies do what they do in the course of their operations.
146	* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' features a running narration from the eponymous main character explaining a variety of things from his feelings about what's currently happening to his motivations for the next actions he plans to take.
147	* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': The series is narrated by its protagonist Marshall Teller.
148	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is narrated by an older version of the central character, Ted Mosby.
149	* ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' changes their narrator based on the arc of the show.
150	** In the 'Encounter' arc, the narrator is Keiwa Sakurai/Kamen Rider Tycoon. He primarily does this through recording a video diary. [[spoiler:Due to his elimination from the Desire Grand Prix at the end of episode 8, this role is picked up by Neon Kurama/Kamen Rider Na-Go for the final episode of the arc.]]
151	** During the 'Scheme' arc, Tsumuri fills the role, taking a page from Keiwa and doing so via video blogs.
152	** For the 'Divergence' arc, [[spoiler:due to the revelation of the entire DGP being a [[RealityShow reality show]], most of the core cast take turns filling this role, in the form of [[ConfessionCam Confession Cam]] moments.]]
153	** For the 'Lamentation' arc, [[MakerOfMonsters Archimedel]] handles this role until episode 29. From episode 30 until episode 33, [[ArcVillain Beroba]] takes over recapping duties.
154	** For the 'Yearning' arc, Tsumuri, Ace Ukiyo/Kamen Rider Geats, and Ziin/Kamen Rider Ziin share the role, although Tsumuri is the primary narrator.
155	* ''Series/MoneyHeist'' is narrated by the character Tokyo.
156	* ''Series/MoneyHeistKoreaJointEconomicArea'', like its parent show ''Series/MoneyHeist'', is narrated by the Tokyo character.
157	* Earl Hickey is the main character and narrator of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''. In one RashomonStyle episode, Randy, Joy, Darnell, and a local librarian get in on the act.
158	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': After a brief introduction by the announcer, Miss Brooks provides her own brief introduction and a few lines of narration after the sponsor breaks or sets up the scene for the episode. This is mostly confined to the radio, however Miss Brooks occasionally provides narration on television as well. Most notably "Who's Who" in the fourth season.
159	* Five episodes of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' feature narration from a character within the story as well as the usual opening and closing narration from the Control Voice. Only "What Will the Neighbors Think?" features character narration outside of TheTeaser of the relevant episode.
160	** "The Grell" features narration from the Grell slave Jesha explaining that his master High Secretary Paul Kohler's plane was shot down by the Grell rebels, which marked the beginning of a struggle for survival for Grell and human alike.
161	** Mona Bailey's narration is heard throughout "What Will the Neighbors Think?".
162	** "Starcrossed" features narration from Michael Ryan explaining the war with the Hing, an alien race who invaded Earth in 2050, and its aftermath.
163	** "Abaddon" features narration from Gwen Hutchinson explaining the manner in which the North American Corporation has controlled the lives of its shareholders, previously called citizens, since its foundation in 2102.
164	** "Alien Shop" features narration from the alien shopkeeper explaining that he was sent to Earth as penance and that his mission is to help humans by giving them an item in the shop that they need to improve their lives.
165	* In a carry-over from the books, Claire is the voice-over narrator of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'' - a choice that initially makes sense, as the series follows her as a 1940s FishOutOfWater in 1740s Scotland. Oddly, one episode of season one features Jamie narrating instead of Claire, presumably in order to show the viewer events that Claire is not around to witness. In later seasons, Claire remains the narrator despite episodes frequently featuring action she doesn't know about.
166	* In the first episode of ''Series/TheSandman2022'', "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E01SleepOfTheJust Sleep of the Just]]", the titular character aka Dream narrates some portions of it, mainly by describing things that happen during his imprisonment.
167	* The sitcom ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' is narrated by main character Zac Morris in frequent fourth wall breaks to the audience which the other characters ignore.
168	* If we look at the CaptainsLog from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' as a form of narration, then they also count as this as they are recorded by the ship's Captain. ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' expanded this to other crew members as well.
169	* ''Series/TheSummerITurnedPretty'':
170	** Belly narrates her thoughts and feelings, at times corresponding to her experiences in real-time, on occasion throughout the series. She also provides exposition.
171	** In 2x05, Jeremiah takes over as narrator, providing glimpses into his thoughts and feelings, and what compels his decisions. This includes the flashbacks.
172	* ''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 Clarke and Jesse Keys.
173	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' narrates her show. Like ''Burn Notice'' above, she mostly explains why private investigators do what they do in their investigations.
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176	[[folder:Radio]]
177	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': After a brief introduction by the announcer, Miss Brooks provides her own brief introduction and a few lines of narration after sponsor breaks or sets up the scene for the episode. This is mostly confined to the radio, however Miss Brooks occasionally provides narration on television as well. Most notably "Who's Who" in the fourth season.
178	* ''Radio/DimensionX'':
179	** In "[[Recap/DimensionX36Nightmare Nightmare]]", adapted from Creator/StephenVincentBenet's poem "The Revolt of the Machines", the main character, Samson Gurney, narrates the events of the episode and [[InnerMonologue his internal thoughts]].
180	** "[[Recap/DimensionX37PebbleInTheSky Pebble in the Sky]]": In this [[AudioAdaptation adaptation]], the third-person omniscient is replaced by making the archeologist, Bel Arvardan, the narrator of all events.
181	* ''Radio/JourneyIntoSpace'' is narrated by Doc Matthews through the medium of his diary.
182	* ''Radio/XMinusOne'':
183	** In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE095MartianSam Martian Sam]]", Joe, one of the ball club players, acts as narrator for the story, telling the audience about what he had seen and monologuing his opinions about the characters and settings.
184	** In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE037TheCChute The C-Chute]]", Stuart, one of the SupportingProtagonist characters, is the one narrating the events of this story.
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186
187	[[folder:Theatre]]
188	* ''Theatre/PreludeToAKiss'': Peter addresses the audience directly several times.
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	[[folder:Video Games]]
192	* ''VideoGame/AllIsDust2015'': The game is narrated by [[PlayerCharacter Thomas Joad]] during cutscenes.
193	* ''VideoGame/BuckSaturdayMorningCartoonApocalypse'' is narrated by Buck's father.
194	* Almost the first three quarters of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' includes occasional narration from main character Tidus as the story goes along. Eventually the story catches up to Tidus' present, and it's shown that he's actually been telling the story to the rest of the party on TheQuest, only now he's being completely honest and giving them his own perspective on what happened.
195	* ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfCamelot'' is narrated by Merlin.
196	* ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfTheLongbow'' has the Troubadour narrating the introduction [[spoiler:and ending]]; during the game, Robin Hood is his own narrator.
197	* ''VideoGame/ConradStevensonsParanormalPI'''s titular character is a fully-voiced protagonist and will provide a briefing on every location the player visits on arrival, as well as commenting on anything noteworthy that takes place throughout the investigation, such as successful acquisition of evidence.
198	* The ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' games are presented as flashbacks of the title character, who narrates his (past self's) thoughts over the gameplay.
199	* The title character on ''Skippy and the Curse of the Temple of Ock'' (based on the [[WesternAnimation/SkippyAdventuresInBushtown TV series]]) narrates as the story goes along.
200	* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' games are narrated by the protagonist Geralt of Rivia's troubadour friend Dandelion.
201	* In ''Videogame/{{Bastion}}'', the narrator is an old man named Rucks that The Kid encounters early on who stays in the hub area.
202	* In ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', the game is presented as Athena retelling the events of [[StartOfDarkness Handsome Jack's rise to power]] to the Crimson Raiders.
203	* ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' has the unnamed VillainProtagonist update us every so often as he carries out his long-planned mass murder.
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205
206	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
207	* ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' has the protagonist (whom the player names during the game) as the narrator.
208	* ''VisualNovel/{{Misericorde}}'' is narrated by its protagonist, Sister Hedwig, who is sharing her story with an unnamed listener a year after the events she describes.
209	* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'': While the true narrator isn't the viewpoint character [[spoiler:in the present-day scenes]], the flashback to [[spoiler:the first Nonary Game]] uses this. [[NarratorAllAlong The narrator's reveal]] as [[spoiler:Akane Kurashiki from nine years ago contacting Junpei via MentalTimeTravel]].
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212	[[folder:Web Animation]]
213	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In the pilot episode, "[[Recap/RWBYV1E1RubyRose Ruby Rose]]", a female narrator describes the world of Remnant; her cynicism and bitterness are countered by a more positive and optimistic male narrator, who is quickly revealed to be [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]]. Her own response is narrated at the conclusion of Volume 3, which leads to [[BigBad Salem's]] on-screen reveal. Both of them narrate episodes from the world-building ''World of Remnant'' mini-series; Salem takes the Volume 2 segments and Ozpin, the Volume 3 ones. Ozpin also narrates the world-building ''WebAnimation/RWBYFairyTales'' episodes, appearing on-screen in the fifth episode to conclude his role in the mini-series.
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216	[[folder:Webcomics]]
217	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
218	** A fictionalized version of Creator/AndrewHussie appears in the comic as its narrator. He purports to be the author as well, but this doesn't stop the other characters from interacting with him in ways he doesn't like, [[spoiler:up to and [[RageAgainstTheAuthor including killing him]]]].
219	** This concept is ''weaponized'' in ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues''. [[spoiler:In the Meat timeline, Dirk's ascent to his Ultimate Self has given him the power to control the narration. He can't directly control what other characters say and do, but when he narrates what they're thinking in the second person, that makes them think it. Alternate Calliope has a stronger version of this ability that doesn't require use of the second person and nullifies Dirk's power when they're in the same space. To rerail his plans, he's forced to incapacitate her.]]
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223	* ''WebOriginal/BosunsJournal'': The entries are narrated by the Bosun, the ''Nebukadnezar''[='s=] shipboard AI, who endures through the long ages of the ship's journey and carefully records the histories and misfortunes of the ship's passengers and their bestial descendants.
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227	* [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Art Garfunkel]] appears as a character in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "The Ballad of Buster Baxter". For the most part, he simply sings events off to the side, away from the main characters, but at one point, Buster criticizes his happy music as not being very sad, when he's singing about Buster being in a sad mood. At the end of the episode, the characters then uncomfortably realize they have no idea who this person who has been stalking them was.
228	* ''WesternAnimation/BigTim'': While Tim is both TheProtagonist and the Narrator of the cartoon, he doesn't narrate the story directly. Rather, he does so in voiceover mode.
229	* In ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'', there's Bump Bumperman, the announcer of the race competitions in Axle City, that serves as narrator for the crowd about the events that happen to Blaze and his friends to get into the race.
230	* The travails of John Pettybone in Creator/TexAvery's ''WesternAnimation/DixielandDroopy'' are remarked upon by a narrator who goes unseen until the closing scene. It's Pee Wee Runt, the lead musician of a band of performing fleas that took up residence in John's fur.
231	-->...for you see, he, that flea, Pee Wee, is me. See?
232	** A similar reveal is used for "The First Bad Man", where the narrator of the story of Dinosaur Dan, the first Texas outlaw, is none other than Dinosaur Dan himself, still in prison after a million years, asking his fellow Texans to let him out.
233	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' has our eponymous protagonist narrating most of his misadventures and experiences during his residence at his new home in Bluffington, and everything is all written in his trusty journal.
234	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
235	** The series is [[BookEnds bookended]] by narration from one of the main characters, Dipper Pines.
236	** The episode "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" has the FramingDevice of Stan narrating three tales (which form the episode's mini-plots) to a late-night customer.
237	* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'''s ''Life with Loopy'' has her older brother Larry as the narrator.
238	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'': "In the Rainforest" is narrated by Dorothy Ann via voiceover.
239	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': Tour guide Rube Goldfish narrates "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E15UncredibleJourneyHostAPalooza Uncredible Journey]]," telling the story of the Star family pets Tinkle, Ouchie, and Pinkeye getting taken away and journeying back home. When they're tired and can't find a way home, Rube breaks into the story (despite acknowledging that he shouldn't) to point them in the right direction.
240	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Mindy's Mystery", Sydney narrates most of the episode, describing Mindy's efforts to solve the mystery.
241	* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': Aerrow narrates the opening sequence.
242	* The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "Blue Cat Blues" is told from Jerry's narrative as he tells of how Tom's heart was captured and subsequently broken by a girl cat who found greener pastures with the more affluent Butch.
243	%%* The title character on ''WesternAnimation/TraceyMcBean''.
244	* ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTonkaTown'': The opening to "Race Day In Tonka Town" is narrated by Chuck, the series' protagonist.
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