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[[File:Kyon_Melancholy_Part_2_7484.png|link=Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|rightframe|"I'd sorta like to know what you consider 'normal,' but I'm almost afraid to ask."]]
 
* Keaton Yamada, the narrator of ''[[Chibi Maruko Chan (Manga)-chan|Chibi Maruko Chan]]''.▼
 
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''▼
▲* Keaton Yamada, the narrator of ''[[Chibi Maruko Chan (Manga)|Chibi Maruko Chan]]''.
** Kyon fits this perfectly, as well as being the main character ''and'' the [[Narrator]]. We aren't always sure if he's keeping a running commentary [[Inner Monologue|in his head]] or [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|saying it out loud]]. However, the other characters reply accordingly. Kyon is the ''king'' of sarcasm! Just ''Listen'' to him!▼
▲* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
▲** Kyon fits this perfectly, as well as being the main character ''and'' the [[Narrator]]. We aren't always sure if he's keeping a running commentary [[Inner Monologue|in his head]] or [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud|saying it out loud]]. However, the other characters reply accordingly. Kyon is the ''king'' of sarcasm! Just ''Listen'' to him!
** It appears that in the novels, Koizumi is developing into one .
* Norway from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. Whenever speaking with Denmark, he'll fit in as many insults as possible, but with his emotionless attitude and Denmark's obliviousness, they don't really get through.
** Romano has some shades of this as well.
** Austria can come across as this when he's irritated.
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* ''[[Karneval]]'' 's worst offenders are Gareki and Hirato, but Tsukumo can start drilling it into cheerful Yogi's skull when he starts irritating or astounding her with his quirky actions
* [[Key Visual Arts]] LOVES this [[Trope]].
** ''[[Kanon (Visual Novel)|Kanon]]'' (2006 [[Anime]]) has Yuuichi Aizawa. Many comparisons are made between Kyon and Yuuichi, especially because of a few similarities in appearance and having [[Tomokazu Sugita|the same seiyuu.]] However, both characters are vastly different; whereas Kyon makes such comments to himself, or intends only himself to hear, since he is usually bored or silently shocked at the "stupidity" around him, Yuuichi openly states such comments to tease his friends. Yuuichi's snarky commentary usually translates into good-natured fun and flirting rather than disdainful commentary.
** Yukito from ''[[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]'' also demonstrates snarkiness but it may just be that since he is quite mature, his attitude of common sense and practicality contrasts even more when he is surrounded by childish females.
** Tomoya Okazaki of ''[[Clannad (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|Clannad]]'' likes playing pranks on anyone gullible enough to fall for them (Sunohara in particular - it's implied he does it just to see if he'll fall for them). He does this with a completely straight face, which makes it all the funnier. However, he seems to make such comments aloud only to mock others, once again differentiating himself from other [[Kyo Ani]] leads. He's not above making wry comments either:
{{quote| '''Sunohara:''' When the time comes, Okazaki, I trust you to watch my back.<br />
'''Okazaki:''' ''(Enthusiastically)'' Lucky! I'll be sure to stab you well. }}
** Otonashi from ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats!]]'', in a more [[Meta Guy]] sense.
* Despite being one of the two leads, Duzell in the manga ''[[Vampire Game]]'' exemplifies this [[Trope]].
* [[Anti -Hero|Seto Kaiba]] has more than a few moments in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
{{quote| '''Kaiba:''' Anyone who is late to my tournament will be disqualified. Mokuba, make sure Wheeler's late.}}
** Or...
{{quote| '''Gozaburo:''' I treated you better than my own son!<br />
'''Kaiba:''' Thanks for nothing. }}
** [[Big Bad|The Spirit of the Millenium Ring]] and [[Knight Templar|Dartz]] do pretty well for themselves.
*** So does Yami/Atem, at least in the dub.
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|Kaiser Ryo]] is quite snarky. It's more obvious in the dub, but he gets in a few in the original.
{{quote| '''Aster''': Something's happening. (as a massive beam of light explodes from the sky)<br />
'''Zane''': You think? What gave it away, genius? }}
* ''[[Naruto]]'s'' [[Brilliant but Lazy|Shikamaru]]. Possibly [[The Mentor|Kakashi]] (he is so constantly deadpan it's questionable as to whether he's this or [[The Comically Serious]]).
{{quote| '''Kakashi:''' Naruto, you can't ''kill'' the client. That's not how it works.}}
** Tenten has shades of this too..
** Gaara becomes one in the Five Kages Conference responding to the Tsuchikage:
{{quote| '''Tsuchikage:''' The makeup of the Five Kages sure has changed. It's hard to believe someone as young as yourself can become a Kazekage. Your father must have trained you very well, but you seem to be lacking in manners, boy.<br />
'''Gaara:''' You're right. And yet here I am, as the Kazekage. }}
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Kai Shiden]] from [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] likes to do this to either ruin everyone's moods, or make a bad situation feel worse. He gets better.
* Caren in ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', until she [[Good Is Dumb|joins up with Lucia for good]].
* Hiroyuki Fujita, the [[Main Character]], from ''[[To Heart]]'' seems to fit in this category, although it seems to be a result of his laziness and the fact that he wants to "eat, play arcade games, and sleep the rest his life away". Despite his dry attitude, laziness, and tendency to tease girls who annoy him at times, he shows his sympathy through his actions rather than his words, no matter who it is.
{{quote| '''Nagase:''' In any case, if she does come out, we'll have to do something.<br />
'''Lemmy:''' Okay! The Astral Busters are on the job, right?<br />
'''Hiroyuki:''' Why do you have to attack her? When she appears we're going to talk to her.<br />
'''Lemmy:''' Is that so?<br />
'''Hiroyuki:''' Were you even listening to us before? }}
* Domeki in ''[[Xxx Holic (Manga)|Xxx Holic×××HOLiC]]'', who seems to have the unusual ability to ''always'' maintain a deadpan and monotone expression no matter what happens in order to add to his snarking ability. {{spoiler|Unless, that is, Watanuki is actually being serious and introspective, at which point he can't think of anything to say. Such as when Watanuki stupidly trades his eye away to help him or announces that he is taking of the shop until Yuuko (presumed dead, but there's reincarnation and stuff) returns.}}
* Okara from ''[[Samurai Seven|Samurai 7]]''.
* Helen from ''[[Claymore]]''.
* Terriermon from ''[[Digimon (Franchise)|Digimon]]'' fits this [[Trope]], but in ''[[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]]'', like whoa.
* Jin from ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.
* Spike Spiegel from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' is an unusual example in that he is a [[Deadpan Snarker]] given the role of the [[Main Character]] of an action show and is a defining [[Badass]] in [[Anime]]. He retains his hero status despite his snark because Faye fits the role of [[The Lancer|Lancer]] in most episodes.
* Kurama and Hiei in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', with Hiei being an out-and-out jerk and Kurama being a bit more subtle. They're at their best when they're snarking at each other.<br /><br />In the manga-only ending, when {{spoiler|Kurama is mistaken for a female several times, then asked to help with a case at an all girls' school, and he asks if he need to do something as a disguise (Yusuke was already snuck in once) or just go as is, Keiko remarking to Yusuke about how scary Kurama was. Each time you can't see his face, making the mood even weirder.}}
* Ruri Hoshino of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' does this so often that she, just like the examples in Western Animation and Live-Action TV, [[Little Miss Snarker|used to]] have a trope named after her.
* Tsuyuri from ''[[Doujin Work]]'' keeps a straight face while saying the most outrageous things, mostly to pit other characters against each other and see what comes forth out of all the confusion she causes.
* Alice from ''[[Aria (Manga)|Aria]]'' tends to fulfill this role, especially in the first season.
* Ryoma Echizen from ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' is a preteen version of this (and arguably, one of the few ''male'' examples of [[Little Miss Snarker]]). Sadaharu Inui also exhibits [[Deadpan Snarker]] traits sometimes.
* C.C. from ''[[Code Geass]]''. Her caustic remarks are about the only thing which can rein in Lelouch's overinflated ego.
** Lelouch himself dishes out the snark as well towards C. C.'s more insouciant tendencies, among other things.
* [[Nora|Magari Kazuma]]: [[Insufferable Genius|model student]], [[Training Fromfrom Hell|all-around athlete]], [[Student Council President]], [[Surrounded Byby Idiots|surrounded by freaking idiots]].
* Riza Hawkeye in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. A high-ranking aide to Roy Mustang, she acts as both [[The Conscience|his conscience]] and the [[Straight Man|voice of reason]] on his staff, despite sometimes seeming to exist only to keep the other characters (including Mustang) in line and point out their shortcomings. She does snark in the manga, but always politely.
** [[The Hero|Ed]] gets his share of snarkiness as well, often towards Mustang.
*** And vice versa.
* Akira Takano from ''[[School Rumble]]'' tends to be the [[Straight Man|voice of reason]] among her [[Four -Girl Ensemble|girl squad (with Tenma, Eri and Mikoto)]], and is able to make astute observations about the romantic hijinks of her friends while keeping a straight face the whole time.
* Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara from ''[[Detective Conan (Manga)|Detective Conan]]''. Does [[Fountain of Youth|APTX-4869]] always make [[Teen Genius|Teen Geniuses]] to act like this?
* Sven from ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'' is the [[Deadpan Snarker]] in Train's group.
* Fujioka Haruhi from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' is a magnificently brutal snarker, especially where Tamaki is concerned. It helps that she often doesn't seem to realize that the things she says tend to hurt people's feelings. It also helps that she's apparently unaware of how fond the rest of the host club are of her.
* Chisame of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' acts like this a lot, as she's one of the only girls in her class who lacks a [[Weirdness Censor]].
** [[Cynical Mentor|Evangeline]] gets in on it too from time to time.
* Kiyomaro Takamine tends to fill this role often in ''[[Gash Bell]]'' due to his genius and the outright oddity of other characters' plans (usually Folgore's) that somehow work.
* Arguably, the (almost) eternally-deadpan Kobushi Abiru of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]''. She usually wears a neutral, bored expression on her face (or as much of it as can be seen under the bandages), occasionally uttering a cutting line to another of the students in her class while they're talking about something. In chapter 19 of the manga (volume 2 in tankobon), when Kotonon the heavily-photoshopped net idol is outraged over being called a fat-ass and nobody-has-ever-been-so-mean-as-to-call-me-that, Abiru quips "What? Not even once?" with a perfectly straight face (and tone of voice in the anime, IIRC). Many of her lines can be interpreted as being snarky; occasionally Nozomu-sensei receives some of this snark too, though more recent episodes have depicted Abiru to be more often smitten with him.
* In his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB-deYsf9ZM&fmt=18 image song], Keiichi from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'' plays this role. In the actual series, he's more of a comedy person than a [[Deadpan Snarker]]. Rika plays the role in the series, when her persona isn't [[Obfuscating Stupidity|showing]].
* Fran from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. It's even funnier since his teammates are all complete [[Snark Bait]]. He's also [[Genre Savvy]].
* Although in the first season of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' Fakir was much more of a [[Jerkass]], in the second season he calmed down a bit and started to swing into this [[Trope]].
{{quote| '''Ahiru:''' Good morning, Fakir! You're up early!<br />
'''Fakir:''' Early for ''you'', anyway. }}
* Misaki Matsuya from ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'' manga is a powerful example. Once she renders Iwata and Watanabe into howling fits of laughter with a single deadpan sentence. It's made pretty clear that under her [[The Stoic|stoic]] exterior lies the heart of a master humorist. Unfortunately her [[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|anime]] counterpart didn't get a chance to test her skills in this field. Excel herself also shows signs of this trope.
* The manga version of [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Ranma]] from ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'' is a [[Deadpan Snarker]]; his [[Anime]] incarnation is not really one. Nabiki from the same series has her moments, though it is a much larger trait for her in [[Fanon]] than [[Canon]] and in the [[Anime]] than the manga.
* Ash's Pokédex from ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', at least early on, such as in the first episode when a Rattata tries to steal [[The Chosen One|Ash's]] food.
{{quote| '''Ash:''' What is that doing here? This isn't a forest, it's an open field!<br />
'''Pokédex:''' It also comes out into open fields to steal food from ''stupid'' travelers. }}
** [[The Rival|Gary Oak]], one of the show's resident [[Jerkass|jerkasses]]. [[Large Ham|Every]]. [[Draco in Leather Pants|Damn]]. [[Jerkass Dissonance|Time.]] [[Eccentric Millionaire|He.]] [[Badass Boast|Appears.]] And Max -- mostly directed at his sister or [[The Lancer|Brock]], but has been known to take shots at anyone.
** Meowth also qualifies, usually aiming his jabs at [[Goldfish Poop Gang|Jessie and James]].
{{quote| '''Jessie and James (wearing ridiculous dance outfits):''' This has to be our greatest plan yet!<br />
'''Meowth:''' Dat's what worries me. }}
** And now in ''Best Wishes'' Ash's new rival [[Kuudere|Trip]] is a very snarky individual. However, most of his comments goes toward Ash only and given [[Hot -Blooded|Ash's]] [[Keet|personality]], it's no wonder he makes them.
{{quote| '''Trip:''' "That voice can be heard on the opposite side of the street..." (after Ash demands that he battle him completely ignoring the comment made)<br />
'''Trip''': "Humans usually don't try to capture themselves in a Pokeball." (after Ash gets in the way of him trying to catch a Palpitoad causing Trip to accidentally hit Ash in the face with said Pokeball) }}
** Ash himself actually has a lot of Snarky lines throughout the original series.
{{quote| '''Misty''' (about Snorlax): It looks like it's going to be sick!<br />
'''Brock''': Well how would you feel if you got kissed by Meowth?<br />
'''Ash''': I'd get a new mouth... }}
* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Fate Stay Night]]'''s Archer.
* Lots of characters from ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'', especially Yorozuya trio, since good deal of the comedy is based on deadpan comments. But the snarkiest of them all has to be Okita Sougo. Almost everything that comes out of this guy's mouth is deadpan iced with lots of snark.
* Madarao and Hakubi from ''[[Kekkaishi (Manga)|Kekkaishi]]'' almost constantly take jabs at Yoshimori and each other.
* [[Tsundere|Kagami Hiiragi]] from ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'' is considered to be the [[Gender Flip]] version of [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Kyon]]. She makes very cynical and sarcastic comments about [[Otaku Surrogate|Konata]]'s [[Otaku]] hobbies and her inability to put more focus on her academic studies. Kagami is supposed to be the most rational character of the [[Four -Girl Ensemble]]. In the dub, Kagami sounds [[Superlative Dubbing|snarkier and angrier when it comes to these moments]].
* Leeron plays this role some of the time in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.
{{quote| ''Dai-Gurren begins filling up with {{color|blue|wwater}}''<br />
'''Leeron''': So much for the quick fix... }}
* Kokage from ''[[Sketchbook]]'', which doesn't prevent her from doing awfully things herself from time to time.
* R. Dorothy Wayneright from ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' with massive emphasis on deadpan due to being a (supposedly) [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionless]] [[Robot Girl]].
* Serpico of the ''[[Berserk]]'' manga.
** [[The Hero]][[Byronic Hero|Guts]] is quite the [[Deadpan Snarker]], too.
* [[Bifauxnen|Otto]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', who didn't lose her [[Emotionless Girl]] personality after her [[Heel Face Turn]]. She did, however, gain a snarky streak.
{{quote| '''Vivio:''' [[Ordinary High School Student|I am a normal third grader]]! Not "{{spoiler|[[They Call Me Mister Tibbs|Your Majesty]]}}"! <br />
'''Otto:''' If I may say so, [[Improbable Age|I do not believe there are any other normal third graders with the title librarian at the Infinite Library]]. }}
* Yomi from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]''. It comes from being [[The Straight Man]] to Tomo's [[Jerkass|jerkassness]].
* [[Anti -Hero|L]] from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' certainly had his moments.
{{quote| '''Misa:''' We catch Kira! I can't imagine a world without Light!<br />
'''L:''' Yes, that would be dark… }}
* Rukawa Kaede from [[Slam Dunk]].
* Most of the time it's hard to tell though the biggest snarker in ''[[Spider Riders]]'' is. Shadow, Magma, Lumen, and Hunter get in on the action. Honestly I think Shadow is number in that regard.<br />
* Saito from [[Rurouni Kenshin]] has plenty of these moments. Kenshin himself often fits this trope; more so in the manga than the anime, as the anime is often dangerously close to [[Flanderization|overusing]] his [[Obfuscating Stupidity|oblivious act]].
* There are three types of characters in [[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]: [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]], [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]], and Total Idiots. Sometimes characters will wear different hats (e.g. Usopp, who occasionally plays the fool, or plays snarker to Luffy's idiocy). Many characters share multiple roles, switching back and forth between them, and there are very few characters who are completely serious such that they display neither any ounce of stupidity or some snarker tendencies at some point.
* [[Kanamemo]] has Hinata and Saki.
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' franchise:
* [[Anti Hero|Vegeta]] from ''[[Dragonball]]'' fits this trope better than the rest of characters, with Piccolo most likely being 2nd.
{{quote|** '''[[Anti -Hero|Vegeta]]:''' Welcomefits tothis trope better than the endrest of your life... andcharacters, Iwith promisePiccolo it'smost goinglikely tobeing hurt2nd.}}
{{quote|'''[[Anti-Hero|Vegeta]]:''' Welcome to the end of your life... and I promise it's going to hurt.}}
::*Or...
{{quote| '''[[Anti -Hero|Vegeta (to Android 18)]]:''' If you give up now I promise to turn you into something practical, like a toaster or a washing machine.}}
*:* Even more then him [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome|Yamcha]].
 
{{quote| '''[[Anti -Hero|Vegeta (to Krillin and Yamcha)]]:''' Whatever. Just stay out of my way when I tear [[Big Bad|Cell]] apart.}}
 
{{quote| '''[[Overshadowed Byby Awesome|Yamcha]]:''' This coming from the guy who was beat senseless by Cell?}}
 
**:* Tien too. When Android 18 came to Kami's Lookout Yamcha tries to scare her off (While keeping his distance).
{{quote| '''[[The Chick|Yamcha]]:''' Gohan's here, and he's stronger then Cell so why don't you get out of here.<br />
'''[[Sixth Ranger|Tien]]:''' Um... why don't you come a little closer and say that? }}
:* Speaking of Android 18, her sarcasm is one of her most defining traits. When asked if her real name is legitimately "No. 18", she responds "My father was pretty dull". (In the original version, she replies "It doesn't matter" before tossing the number at the World Tournament Announcer). She was kidding, by the way, her birth name ({{spoiler|Lazuli}}) had not been revealed at the time.
* From [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], There's [[Hot Scientist|Ritsuko]], [[Shrinking Violet|Shinji]], [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Rei]] and [[Handsome Lech|Kaji]].
* [[Black Lagoon]] has several, but the most prevalent are [[Genius Bruiser|Dutch]], [[Anti -Villain|Benny]], [[Magnificent Bitch|Balalaika]] and [[Faux Affably Evil|Mr. Chang]].
* From [[Hellsing]]: There's [[Badass Normal|Integra Hellsing]], [[Redheaded Hero|Pip Bernadette]], [[Badass Bookworm|Walter C. Dornez]], [[Mad Scientist|The Doctor]] and [[Bifauxnen|Hienkel Wolfe]] and [[Badass Adorable|Seras Victoria]].
* Souchiro's biological father, [[Hot Dad|Reiji]] from [[Kare Kano]]
* The ''[[Persona 4: (Anime)The Animation|Persona 4]]'' anime turns the main character (named Yu Narukami) into this one, looking deadpan even if he's being kicked to a waterfall, or giving this line about one arguably homosexual underclassman after 'accepting' him.
{{quote| '''Kanji''': Sempai, didn't you accept me!?<br />
'''Yu''': Not at night. }}
** Actually, most of the humor involving Yu comes from the fact that ''it's hard to tell when he's kidding or being serious.''
* Kuroko, the [[The Stoic|eternally deadpan]] titular character of ''[[Kuroko no Basuke (Manga)|Kuroko no Basuke]]'', is this.
* About half the cast of ''[[Bleach]]'' trade off doing this. ''Especially'' [[The Snark Knight|Ichigo.]]
* A good number of characters in the ''[[Monogatari (series)|Monogatari]]'' series. Hitagi is seemingly incapable of speaking in a manner other than this.
 
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