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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 Asas an Excuse For Jerkassery]].
 
If the character is physically disabled, they may also be a [[Non-Action Snarker]].
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== Literature ==
* Jenny Wren in the [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Charles Dickens]] novel ''Our Mutual Friend'', who is also an early example of [[Little Miss Snarker]].
* Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf (no, not [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|that kind]]), in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.
* There's one of these in ''[[World War Z]]''. Though you could say he deserves it considering he lived through the zombie apocalypse WHILE being wheelchair bound.
* Philip Durant in ''[[Agatha Christie (Creator)|Ordeal By Innocence]]''.
* Agnes Thatcher in ''Is That You, Miss Blue?''
* Ed Fargo in ''[[Fearless (Literaturenovel)|Fearless]]''
* [[Handicapped Badass|Caine]] after ''[[The Acts of Caine (Literature)|Heroes Die]]''. "It's like having a pair of dead dogs strapped to my ass. Except that I can't eat them."
* Glokta in ''[[The First Law]]''. Being tortured for two years does give you a new perspective.
* The Rat in ''[[The Lost Prince]]''. Rides around on a wooden platform with wheels because his legs are deformed and useless, and leads a street gang with the power of snark.
* Doakes in Dexter (but not in the TV series)
* [[Vorkosigan Saga|Miles Vorkosigan]], though a great deal of his snarking is internal.
* Jayfeather of [[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]: "Oh great. Let's lump all the useless cats together and hope a tree falls on them!"
* Dean Priest from the [[Emily of New Moon]] series. Years of namecalling made him develop a sharp tongue.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Dr. Gregory House, of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.
* Archie Kennedy in the first and third ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' TV movies. He seems to have recovered from his seizure disorder by the fourth movie, but keeps up the snarky commentary.
* Maeby Funke pretends to be one of these in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' to try to prove that an "Inner Beauty Pageant" is only really looking for girls with pretty faces.
* Elayne Boosler as Joy Buscaglia on ''[[Night Court]]'' is blind. At first people were forgiving of her assholery because of her disability, then found out she was like that before she became blind. (I think.)
* Pamela Barnes, the [[Blind Seer]] sarcastic chick in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. Though, yeah, she was already sarcastic before became blind too.
** Bobby in Season 5, as well.
* Gaeta in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' showed a growing level of snark through the series, but he became particularly more sarcastic after losing his leg.
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* Billy Homer in ''[[Press Gang]]''. And then some.
* An episode of ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' features a young boy with heart disease who communicates exclusively in snarks.
* Emmett, the so-called "Deaf James Dean" on ''[[Switched At Birth (TV)|Switched Atat Birth]]''
* Jake, the blind guy at the newsstand in ''[[Becker]]'', one of the few who can take [[Dr. Jerk|Dr. Becker's]] guff and dish it out as well.
 
== Video Games ==
* Joker from ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
* 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-Game POV Character|Hisao]] is also this.
** 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.}}
 
== Webcomics ==
* Davan's sister Dahlia in ''[[Something Positive]]'', although her snark is pretty much a family trait, only amplified by the people who confuse "disabled" with "retarded".
* Ken Spence in ''[[Magellan]]''.
* Dr. Birding, a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] stand-in for Stephen Hawking from ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.
 
== Western Animation ==
* Toph Beifong of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Since she's a [[Little Miss Badass]] with a [[Disability Superpower]], being blind doesn't cause her that many problems, but she's always got a sharp crack on hand for when it does.
** She likes to roundaboutly call attention to the fact by commenting on appearances. She gets Sokka with that one a lot.
{{quote| '''Sokka:''' Toph I was going through town and I saw this. (Shows a Wanted poster of Toph)<br />
'''Toph:''' Well it ''sounds'' like a piece of paper, but I guess it's what's on the paper that's important. }}
* Jimmy in ''[[South Park]]''.
* Alistair Smythe in ''[[Spider-Man: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Spider-Man the Animated Series]]''. After the initial Spider-Slayer arc, he spends most of his time in Crime Central bantering with the Kingpin.
* ''[[Futurama]]'': Leela's blind nemesis from the orphanarium, Kirk.
 
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