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So it turns out we need to have an article about the [[First Person Smartass]], and now I have to tell you everything about the type of narrator who's a first-person narrator (because you obviously didn't get that from the name) and describes events in a consistently [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky or sardonic tone]]. He does this since he knows that, contrary to the popular misconception, narration isn't about letting the reader in on the plot; it's about sharing with them every remotely entertaining half-of-a-train of thought you have.

So it turns out we need to have an article about the [[First-Person Smartass]], and now I have to tell you everything about the type of narrator who's a first-person narrator (because you obviously didn't get that from the name) and describes events in a consistently [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky or sardonic tone]]. He does this since he knows that, contrary to the popular misconception, narration isn't about letting the reader in on the plot; it's about sharing with them every remotely entertaining half-of-a-train of thought you have.

This guy sometimes shows up in the [[Private Eye Monologue]] sort of work, but [[Urban Fantasy]] is where you really can't turn a corner without bumping into a dozen of them. Seriously, just dare to cast a fireball in some otherwise normal city and before you're halfway done, some wannabe-protagonist will jump at you from behind a corner and start throwing pithy remarks at you about how you're being cliché and violating the laws of thermodynamics.