Stepford Snarker: Difference between revisions

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Despite the pronouns used in the description, this trope can be either male or female.

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Hitagi Senjougahara of ''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|Bakemonogatari]]''.

* Shinji Ikari, of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'''s manga adaptation.

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' makes no qualms about the fact that, under the [[Tall Dark and Snarky]] [[Ice King]] persona, Barnaby Brooks Jr. has some [[Broken Ace|serious]] [[Broken Bird|issues.]]

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' makes no qualms about the fact that, under the [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] [[Ice King]] persona, Barnaby Brooks Jr. has some [[Broken Ace|serious]] [[Broken Bird|issues.]]

* Yozora Mikazuki in ''[[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]]''.

* Ai Haibara from ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

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* Marco from ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' gets like this from time to time. He explicitly states several times that he is choosing to see things that upset or scare him as funny, because he has no interest in the alternative.

* Nora Irving of ''[[Stuck (Literature)|Stuck]]'' has a sharp wit in general, but becomes outright spiteful at times when she gets irritated or sad.

* Asher of ''[[Someone ~~Elses~~ War (Literature)|Someone Elses War]]'' is this trope personified.

* Asher of ''[[Someone Else's War (Literature)|Someone Elses War]]'' is this trope personified.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

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* Similarly to Santana, Naomi from ''[[Skins]]'' outright admitted that she "learned how to be a sarcastic bitch" as way to hide her feelings for Emily.

* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', when the Ninth Doctor gets snarky about humanity, it's often a sign that he's very upset and trying hard not to show it. Rose even lampshades this in "The Doctor Dances".

* [[John Munch]], [[Deadpan Snarker]] extraordinaire is confirmed to be this. In one episode of [[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]] he is directly asked [[Armor Piercing Question|"Do you answer every serious question with a joke?"]]. His immediate response is "Do you answer every joke with a serious question?", which, [[Lame Comeback|being somewhat less impressive than his usual quips]], suggests that did actually get to him. Given the fact that he's spent most of his career dealing with brutal murders and horrible sex-crimes, it's not all that surprising that he needs some sort of defence mechanism.

* [[John Munch]], [[Deadpan Snarker]] extraordinaire is confirmed to be this. In one episode of [[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]] he is directly asked [[Armor-Piercing Question|"Do you answer every serious question with a joke?"]]. His immediate response is "Do you answer every joke with a serious question?", which, [[Lame Comeback|being somewhat less impressive than his usual quips]], suggests that did actually get to him. Given the fact that he's spent most of his career dealing with brutal murders and horrible sex-crimes, it's not all that surprising that he needs some sort of defence mechanism.

== [[Video Games]] ==

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Raven, of ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'', is even snippier than usual when she is upset.

* Given what [[Why Couldn't You Be Different|kind of parents]] she has, Sam Manson of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' can easily be considered this.

* Given what [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?|kind of parents]] she has, Sam Manson of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' can easily be considered this.

* [[Daria (Animation)|Daria]], in later seasons of her show, becomes even ''more'' acerbic and sharp-tongued as [[Coming of Age Story|she faces more real-life adolescent challenges.]]