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Perhaps you know me well. Perhaps I [[Omnipresent Tropes|need no introduction]]. Perhaps you've even used me once or twice. But chances are you have seen me before, a silent face in the crowd, never guessing my true nature, never knowing what I really am. I'm here today to tell you everything I know, before it's too late. They're coming for me. By the time you get this message, I might already be dead. [[Posthumous Narration|I may even already be dead right now.]]

* ''[[Inside Man]]'': "My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself."

* ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'': "In 1945, on the night of September 21, I died."

* ''[[Army of Darkness]]'': "My name is Ash, and I am a slave."

* In ''[[Gremlins]]'', Randall Peltzer says he has a story like nobody's, though it's actually the story of his son, Billy.

 

== Literature ==

* ''[[Hyperion|Endymion]]'' is written while the eponymous character is trapped inside a "Schrodinger's Cat Box" and could die at literally any moment.

* About half of ''[[House Of The Spirits]]'' is put together by {{spoiler|Alba}} who eventually writes it down when released from prison.

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'': "My name is Mary Alice Young. If you read this morning's papers, you might know about the [[Driven to Suicide|unusual day]] I had last week."

* ''[[Nowhere Man]]'': "My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I'm a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson... friends, a career. In one moment it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; They want it; and they will do anything to get the negative. I'm keeping this diary as proof that these events are real..."

* ''[[Life On Mars]]'': "My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home."

** ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'': "My name is Alex Drake. I've just been shot and that bullet has taken me back to 1981. I might be one second away from life or one second away from death. All I know is I have to keep fighting, Fight to live, Fight to see my Daughter, Fight to get home."

* ''[[Burn Notice]]'': "My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy."

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': "This is the story of how I died."

 

== 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."

* ''[[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."

{{quote| "This is my story, and you're not part of it."}}

** Yuna uses the line in the climax of ''Dissidia Duodecim''.

{{quote| '''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Emperor Mateus]]''': I look forward to seeing this tragedy unfold.<br />

'''Yuna''': This is my story. It has a happy ending! }}

* Averted by ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'': "I am Dr. Edward Roivas. I am a clinical psychiatrist. [[Dead to Begin With|I am also dead]]. This is not my story, nor even the story of the Roivas family. It is the story of humanity."

* ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent'': Ashe says this twice, once after defeating Albert "You're no Mega Man king... You're no god... You were gonna destroy the world... You were gonna end the story... You're not the one to make that decision! This is my life, my story!". And when saying goodbye to Vent at the end "We can meet anytime... Because this is our story!"

 

 

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Khaos Komix]]'': "My name is Steve Madi/Mark Sheffield/Amber Jury/Nay Oten/[[Transsexual|my current name is Tom Blake]]/Alex Murphy/Charlie Trueman/Jamie Davies. I am currently doing something. This is my story".

 

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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