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* ''[[The Lovely Bones]]'': "My name is Salmon, like the fish, first name Susie. I was 14 years old when I was murdered..."
* A tricky subvertion to This Is His Story As He told It To Me that opens Tim Burton's ''[[Big Fish]]'': "In telling the story of my father's life, it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is to tell it the way he told me."
* "Hello, my name is Forrest, ''[[Forrest Gump]]''. Would you like a chocolate?"
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* ''[[Never Let Me Go]]'': "My name is Kathy H. I'm thirty-one years old, and I've been a carer now for over eleven years. That seems long enough, I know..." She goes on to tell the story of her life, beginning in early childhood and ending right where the book began.
* ''Brain Jack'': "Right now, as you read this prologue, I am sifting through the contents of your computer." The protagonist goes on to tell you that he tracked you when you bought the book, citing the actual ISBN number of the book to tell how he did it.
* [[The Name of the Wind|My name is Kvothe.]] I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. [[Baddass Boast|You may have heard of me.]]
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[The Conduit]]'': "My name is Michael Ford. I'm probably the only one left who knows the truth...I know it, because I was there."
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'': "My name is Alex Mercer. I'm the reason for all of this. They call me a killer, a monster, a terrorist. I'm all of these things."
* ''[[Oblivion]]'': "I was born 87 years ago. For 65 years I've ruled as Tamriel's emperor, but for all these years, I've never been the ruler of my own dreams. I have seen the gates of Oblivion, beyond which no waking eye may see. Behold, in darkness, a doom sweeps the land. This is the 27th of Last Seed, the year of Akatosh, 433. These are the closing days of the third era, and the final hours of my life."
* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]] and starts with Tidus saying a variation of the trope name (the naming comes later in the game). The sequel, ''[[Final Fantasy X
** While Auron is not the main character, he calls out the usage of it in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' to [[Hercules (Disney film)|Hades]] in one of his [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]] moments.
{{quote|"This is my story, and you're not part of it."}}
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