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{{quote|'''Narrator:''' A common rat. I was of course referring to the animal and not the bard.}}
*** Hell, the Narrator (voiced by the fantastic late [[Tony Jay]]) is just hilarious in general, in his own [[Deadpan Snarker]] way. Especially when he and the Bard (as voiced by [[Cary Elwes]]) [[Lampshade Hanging|start]] [[Medium Awareness|bickering]].
{{quote|'''Narrator:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|All hail the Bard, Rat Killer and Rodent Bane, who has bravely made the cellars once again safe for buxom barmaids and wanton widows!]] ...Or has he?<br />
{{spoiler|A giant rat sneaks up from behind and [[Breath Weapon|breathes fire]], engulfing the Bard and forcing him to retreat}}<br />
''(later)''<br />
'''Narrator:''' All hail the Bard, Rat Killer and Rodent Bane, who has bravely ma-<br />
'''Bard:''' ''[snappily]'' How 'bout you tell the story and leave the sarcastic patronising to me? }}
** The little exchange betwen them when you kill your first encounter with a standard wolf is a gem, too:
{{quote|'''Narrator:''' The Bard having slain the random wolf found that it had digested not only the contents of a small treasury but also various household goods... Wait, am I reading that correctly? That can't be right.
'''Bard:''' You'd be surprised. I find all kinds of things inside these beasties. Did I ever tell you about the time I killed this rat and [[Hammerspace|out popped an entire chest...]]<br />
'''Narrator:''' Well, I'm just going to skip those passages in the future.<br />
'''Bard: What?''' That's a major source of income! You cheap, good for nothing horse's...<br />
'''Narrator:''' [[Curse Cut Short|Ahem.]] And so the Bard continued on his journey. }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbv3-QGRhfg "You got served!"]