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* As a dark example, ''[[Dexter]]'' somewhat fits this type, being a surprisingly charming and cheerful [[Serial Killer]].
* John Taylor from [[Simon R. Green]]'s ''[[Nightside]]'' series is like a more pessimistic [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]].
* [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain]] ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' novels are [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|excerpts from his private memoirs]]. In them, Cain reveals that he is very much a [[Deadpan Snarker]] at heart, regardless of how well he hides it in public.
* Bartimaeus of ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]'' in the chapters he narrates, and even more so in the footnotes.
** In the last book of the trilogy, he even manages to snark chapters ''another character narrates'' {{spoiler|because he and Nathaniel are sharing a body.}}
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** "Yes, he had one arm and he taught unarmed combat. Sometimes life is like that."
* Bob Howard in the "Laundry" novels by [[Charles Stross]] is Harry Palmer as a computer geek. Who has to deal with [[Cosmic Horror]].
* [[Fight Club|Pick]] [[Survivor (novel)|a]] [[Chuck Palahniuk]] [[Invisible Monsters (novel)|book]]. [[Choke|Any]] [[Lullaby|Chuck]] [[Haunted 2005|Palahniuk]] [[Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey|book.]]
* Subverted by Betsy Taylor, the heroine and narrator of the ''[[Undead and Unwed]]'' series. She's got the tone right, but she takes the "smart" out of "smartass".
* Bella from ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''
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