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If the character intentionally says this "out loud" to an empty room (the audience), then it is a simple [[Soliloquy]]. If another character responds or reacts, even though they shouldn't be able to, that's [[Inner Monologue Conversation]]. |
If the character intentionally says this "out loud" to an empty room (the audience), then it is a simple [[Soliloquy]]. If another character responds or reacts, even though they shouldn't be able to, that's [[Inner Monologue Conversation]]. |
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Compare with [[Narrator]], [[Captain's Log]], and [[Sounding It Out]]. A specific example is the [[Private Eye Monologue]]. Contrast [[Surrogate Soliloquy]], when the thoughts are forced out at an inanimate or nonsentient target to avoid voiceover. A closely related [[Video Game]] trope is [[ |
Compare with [[Narrator]], [[Captain's Log]], and [[Sounding It Out]]. A specific example is the [[Private Eye Monologue]]. Contrast [[Surrogate Soliloquy]], when the thoughts are forced out at an inanimate or nonsentient target to avoid voiceover. A closely related [[Video Game]] trope is [[Adventure Narrator Syndrome]]. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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''See also [[Adventure Narrator Syndrome]].'' |
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* The two ''[[Touch Detective]]'' games make excellent use of this as the titular detective, MacKenzie, runs commentary on the chaos around her. This, like most uses of Inner Monologue, cements her as the [[Deadpan Snarker]] and the [[Only Sane Man|only sane girl]] of the cast. |
* The two ''[[Touch Detective]]'' games make excellent use of this as the titular detective, MacKenzie, runs commentary on the chaos around her. This, like most uses of Inner Monologue, cements her as the [[Deadpan Snarker]] and the [[Only Sane Man|only sane girl]] of the cast. |
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** Even more interestingly, it's often done simultaneously on the top screen of the DS while the normal conversation is on the bottom screen (or vice versa, can't remember). |
** Even more interestingly, it's often done simultaneously on the top screen of the DS while the normal conversation is on the bottom screen (or vice versa, can't remember). |
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[[Category:Externalizing Internal Monologue]] |
[[Category:Externalizing Internal Monologue]] |
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[[Category:Speeches and Monologues]] |
[[Category:Speeches and Monologues]] |
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