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What it says on the tin - a character with some sort of disability and strong sarcastic tendencies. This can be portrayed in a variety of ways - maybe they use snark as a coping mechanism or way to vent, maybe their position as a social outsider has given them an irreverent view of the world, maybe the author is deliberately trying to subvert the [[Magical Differently Abled Person]]-stereotype, or perhaps smartassitude is just endemic to the character's nature. Subtrope of [[Deadpan Snarker]], usually overlaps with [[Emo Teen]] to some extent if the character fits that age group. Compare [[Disability As an Excuse For Jerkassery]].
If the character is physically disabled, they may also be a [[Non
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* Snake of ''[[Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (Visual Novel)|Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]''. Especially when people underestimate him for his blindness.
* Malik from ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Rin]] from ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''. [[H
** Shizune also falls here. Hisao wonders whether she had difficulty learning the concept of sarcasm without the ability to sense tone, though.
* ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'' has {{spoiler|[[G La DOS]] when she becomes temporarily trapped in a potato.}}
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* [[Stephen Hawking]], in [[Real Life]].
* Alexander Pope, the eighteenth century poet. He was an [[Ill Boy|Ill Guy]] for much of his life due to a form of tuberculosis, and wrote several famous satires of the follies of his contemporaries.
* Another Real Life example: [
* [http://community.livejournal.com/dot_gimp_snark/profile This] livejournal community.
* The amputee joke: You can't trust doctors--you give them a foot, they take a leg.
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[[Category:Disability Tropes]]
[[Category:Disabled Snarker]]
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