The Snark Knight: Difference between revisions

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'''Helen:''' Not even ''you'' live up to them all the time. |''[[Daria]]'', "Monster"}}

 

** She's also voiced by the same actress who does Rin (see above) in the English dub of ''Spirited Away''. Coincidence? We think not.

* Hiccup in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' is a male example, taking advantage of his position at the bottom of the pecking order to dish out some beautiful snark.

 

 

* [[Takeshi Kovacs]] often adopts a Snark Knight-like act when feeling particularly cynical; deep down, though, he's a [[Knight in Sour Armor]].

* Bernice Summerfield in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Expanded Universe]]:

'''Benny:''' No, I'm an idealist who's been wrong on too many times. }}

* Christina Light in Henry James's first novel ''Roderick Hudson''. Speaking to Rowland Mallet, she says:

* Dominil finds herself firmly in Snark Knight territory in ''[[Curse of the Wolfgirl]]''. Daniel ''likes'' to think of himself as one, but he is too firmly mired in the chaos to be one.

* [[Author Avatar|The unnamed author]] in ''"Sideshow", and Other Stories'' by [[Thomas Ligotti]].

* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. If House weren't a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|genius diagnostician]], he'd fall into [[Loners Are Freaks]] territory.

* Kat Warbler from the short-lived sitcom ''[[The Class]]''.

"You ARE a bitter cake." }}

* In ''[[Torchwood]]'', Owen is a textbook example.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor has a very [[Darker and Edgier|dark and twisted]] version of this in the Dream Lord, from ''Amy's Choice''. Even as he traps the heroes in a dream and toys with them, he snipes at all of their character flaws, with particular venom reserved for the Doctor. {{spoiler|He's actually an extension of the Doctor's psyche, particularly his darkness and self-loathing, which qualifies him, and possibly the Doctor, for this trope.}}

* [[Sherlock]] can be quite the Snark Knight, mainly since most of the other characters aren't as smart as he is.

* Dan from ''[[Nathan Barley]]'' is a [[Deconstruction]] of the trope, penned by [[Charlie Brooker]] (himself arguably a [[Real Life]] example). He's a caustic depressive who writes withering articles about "the idiots" (who themselves respect him as "the Preacher Man"), growing more and more cutting and vicious as he falls in with them. However, when he's offered a job for a more reputable magazine, he realises he cannot write anything ''but'' cheap sarcasm, and it's hinted that his self-deprecation forms a self-destructive cycle; the show offers him plenty of get-outs, but he never ends up taking them.

* DS Barbara Havers of ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''. That poor, dear girl.

* Tristan of ''[[Angel Moxie]]''. A pretty cynical youth -- especially of anything she perceives as "girly", thanks to her extreme tomboyishness. Her mother is utterly desperate for Tristan to display even average teenage behavior.

* Haley Starshine of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' certainly isn't one... but, on the other hand, her brain is hosting "[[Darkness Von Gothickname|Mistress Shadowgale]]", a.k.a the [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0311.html imaginary personification of her self-loathing], which surely has several levels of Snark Knight.

'''Haley:''' Good point. }}

* The main idea behind this is explained in [http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-11-06 this] ''Rock Paper Cynic'' comic.

* Sam(antha) from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Also alternates between this and [[Soapbox Sadie]].

* Raven from the animated incarnation of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' (not so much in [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|the comic]]).

* Mandy from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', also with ''[[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]'' elements.

* Lydia Deetz in ''[[Beetlejuice (animation)|Beetlejuice]]''.

** Kyle can be another male example.

** Craig also qualifies, perhaps moreso. Snarking makes up the majority of his dialogue, especially in "Pandemic".

* Nikki from ''[[Sixteen|6teen]]'' is her group's version of the Snark Knight.

* June from ''[[Ka Blam!|KaBlam!]]'' sometimes fell into this trope.