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Line 10: Sometimes overlaps with [[Miles Gloriosus]] and [[The Munchausen]]. Could conceivably be made to overlap with [[Intrepid Reporter]]. For the Jim Henson series, see [[The Storyteller (TV series)\|~~here~~''The Storyteller'' (TV series)]]. {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga ]] ==▼ ▲== Anime and Manga == * Jun Kudo from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'', especially a master of the [[Tear Jerker]] tales. Of course, [[Cut Short\|we hardly ever get to hear any of his stories]]... == [[Comic Books ]] ==▼ ▲== Comic Books == * Kitty Pryde in the classic ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)\|X Men]]'' issue "Kitty's Fairy Tale", made up a bedtime story for young Illyana Rasputin, casting herself as the heroine and other members of the X-Men as characters. Notably, Kitty cast Cyclops as a prince and Jean Grey as a princess cursed by the evil Phoenix, and gave the Scott and Jean in her story the [[Happy Ending]] their counterparts were denied. == [[Fairy Tales]] == Line 26 ⟶ 23: ** [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft08.htm Conal Yellowclaw] has the same plot, though he is the father of the men he's saving. == [[Film]] == * Dilios, in ''[[300\|Three Hundred]]'', though [[Word of God\|according to the film's director]] Zack Snyder, he [[Unreliable Narrator\|"knows how not to wreck a good story with truth."]]▼ * Ed Bloom, in ''[[Big Fish]]''.▼ * Uncle Garth, in ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''.▼ * Wendy, to a degree, in all adaptations of ''[[Peter Pan]]'', but especially in the 2003 film.▼ * The Grandfather character in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)\|The Princess Bride]]''.▼ * C-3PO, relating the heroes' story to the Ewoks in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', which actually [[Fridge Brilliance\|justifies his presence]] in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''Jedi's'' prologue: He had to witness the story to tell it later.▼ == [[Literature ]] == * Scheherazade in ''[[Arabian Nights]]''. * Fflewddur Fflam in ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]'', doing part-time as a [[Spoony Bard]]. Line 37 ⟶ 41: ** Also the two [[Intrepid Merchant]]s in Ballad of the King's Jest by the same author. * Belgarath in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' has masqueraded as a traveling storyteller, and his storytelling abilities are genuinely good. * The Minstrel in ''[[~~Discworld/The Last Hero\|~~The Last Hero]]'', who is dragged along by the Silver Horde to chronicle their last great act of heroism. It is revealed at the end that he is only The Minstrel - no name other than that - and his ''entire purpose'' is to be the one that tells the tale. Despite his battered appearance by the end of it all, he seems to be a pretty good sport about the whole thing. [[Alternate Character Interpretation\|Or else he has been driven insane by the ordeal and forgotten whatever name he had before.]] * Taleswapper (aka [[Historical Domain Character\|William Blake]]) from the Alvin Maker series * Chronicler from ''[[The Name of the Wind]]'' Line 53 ⟶ 57: * Poul Anderson's version of ''[[The Saga of Hrolf Kraki\|Hrolf Krakki's Saga]]'' is put in the mouth of a woman visiting the court of Athelstane of England with some tales from the Baltic. == [[Live-Action ~~Film~~ TV]] == ▲* Dilios, in ''[[300\|Three Hundred]]'', though [[Word of God\|according to the film's director]] Zack Snyder, he [[Unreliable Narrator\|"knows how not to wreck a good story with truth."]] ▲* Ed Bloom, in ''[[Big Fish]]''. ▲* Uncle Garth, in ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''. ▲* Wendy, to a degree, in all adaptations of ''[[Peter Pan]]'', but especially in the 2003 film. ▲* The Grandfather character in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)\|The Princess Bride]]''. ▲* C-3PO, relating the heroes' story to the Ewoks in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', which actually [[Fridge Brilliance\|justifies his presence]] in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''Jedi's'' prologue: He had to witness the story to tell it later. ~~== Live Action TV ==~~ * ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Andrew, starting in Season 7, with him endeavoring to educate the {{spoiler\|[[Redshirt Army\|Slayer Potentials]]}}. [[Played for Laughs]] due to him being a bit of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] at best and suffering the occasional [[Critical Research Failure]] in regards to the show's continuity. * ''[[Numb3rs]]'' : Interestingly enough Charlie Eppes, who constructs entertaining parables to illustrate math. Line 69 ⟶ 64: * Stella from ''[[Barney and Friends]]''. == [[Oral Tradition]], Folklore, Myth and Legend == ~~== Religion and Mythology ==~~ * [[Older Than Feudalism]]: In ''[[The Bible]]'', Jesus was known for illustrating religious points with parables. * [[The Talmud]] has also has several examples. Line 76 ⟶ 70: * Anansi the Spider, who even challenged the gods (or Tiger, depending on the version you're reading), so that he would be considered king of all stories. == [[Theatre ]] ==▼ ▲== Theatre == * In the [[Backstory]] of ''[[Othello]]'', this is how Othello won Desdemona. {{quote\|''Her father loved me, oft invited me,'' ''Still questioned me the story of my life'' ''From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes,'' ''That I have passed.'' ''I ran it through, even from my boyish days,'' ''To th' very moment that he bade me tell it,'' ''Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances,'' ''Of moving accidents by flood and field,'' ''Of hair-breadth ’scapes i' th' imminent deadly breach,'' ''Of being taken by the insolent foe'' ''[[Made a Slave\|And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence]]'' ''And portance in my traveler’s history.'' }} * Wendy in ''[[Peter Pan]]''. The fact that she knows "lots of stories" is what makes Peter take her to Never Land in the first place, since the Lost Boys don't know any stories. In early drafts of the script, even the Indians listen in. == [[Video Games ]] ==▼ * Manari from the [[Samurai Shodown]] [[Spin-Off]] ''Nakoruru: Ano Kara no Okurimono''. She's actually from a whole clan of these.▼ * Homeros in [[Fire Emblem Jugdral]]'s ''Thracia 776.''▼ * Vernon from ''[[Psychonauts]]'' is an limitless warehouse of incredibly long and boring stories.▼ == [[Web Comics ]] == * Theopholous Dumedd of ''[[Girl Genius]].'' * Koark from ''[[Order of Tales]]''. The eponymous Order is devoted to telling and preserving tales; Koark is the last of their kind. * Fuschia in ''[[Sinfest]]''. When she leaves Hell, the damned notice that storytime is come and no story has. == [[Western Animation ]] ==▼ ▲== Video Games == ▲* Manari from the [[Samurai Shodown]] [[Spin-Off]] ''Nakoruru: Ano Kara no Okurimono''. She's actually from a whole clan of these. ▲* Homeros in [[Fire Emblem Jugdral]]'s ''Thracia 776.'' ▲* Vernon from ''[[Psychonauts]]'' is an limitless warehouse of incredibly long and boring stories. ▲== Western Animation == * From [[Disney Fairies]]: Spinner in the books and Lyria in the movies are Story-Teller talent fairies. * Gerald from [[Hey Arnold!]] tells a lot of [[Urban Legends]]. Line 113 ⟶ 103: * An episode of the ''[[X-Men (animation)\|X Men]]'' animated series puts Jubilee in this role. When she and a bunch of non-powered children are trapped in a cave, she cheers them up via telling them stories where she cast herself as an [[Action Girl]], Gambit and Wolverine were her teammates, Professor Xavier was [[The Mentor]]... == [[Real Life ]] ==▼ ▲== Real Life == * Scottish Clans will often have an official clan bard. In times passed this could be hereditary or perhaps a close relation of the chief. They would follow close behind the chief in battle to make sure the clan's glorious deeds were recorded. The clan's inglorious deeds were of course [[Moral Myopia\|treated differently]]. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Characters As Device]] [[Category:Narrator Tropes]] [[Category:Archetypal Character]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Storyteller, The}} ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]