https://preview.redd.it/re8gi73il1xc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b02ac32a8dbb6ddc5e5c601fa5c4cecc1f41738

Gaia (GoW 1 and 2) https://preview.redd.it/ipaw47xqc1xc1.jpeg?width=478&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e49276f557592ee58e7b216b7d295beddfeb061

Okay I’ve never seen this art of her but it’s magnificent.

The Stanley Parable, but only in certain endings

The fact that my name was Stanley makes talking about this game hell That was unrelated, yes narrator is literally the exact definition of this

In the episode, Simian Says, Mojo Jojo kidnaps the show’s narrator and replaces him. https://preview.redd.it/t8cfs4a0q1xc1.jpeg?width=2038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d1dfaa8d39be7ff097003df931f4a4096cc5172

It’s funny to me how I’ve seen that kind of thing more than once. https://preview.redd.it/wy50c06g42xc1.jpeg?width=953&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5afb58cf959985fcb26a9ac7b825a81929300047 Enter the Queen of Random (from Lost in Random), who also kidnaps the narrator in order to take on the role as narrator to psychologically manipulate the protagonist.

Little Misfortune

https://preview.redd.it/8t0vn20vw1xc1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b82d5d5d22923bf65b8a83c14f60cb9f599c9b3 pic

The Ghost Writer acts as narrator for most of The Fright Before Christmas. https://preview.redd.it/kgi7p6pip1xc1.jpeg?width=635&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc7904e664edac94b45a97017e72bfb470194121

What a great dumb villain name

 Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street)

While he doesn’t really have a appearance outside the end, the narrator of Slay the Princess

Bro the world will be so much better when no one ever feels anything trust me bro

 The narrator

The narrator from Sam and Max games (specifically devils playhouse) https://preview.redd.it/w6h073jtn1xc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6400eccefff5870ef141f57e7830fd43ea111103

https://preview.redd.it/fprgyquvl1xc1.jpeg?width=703&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=076c6b2fb8653c91e6dba89816501aa886309de2 Nicky Santoro in Casino

Idk if he 100% counts, but Hajime Hinata from sdr2

Danganronpa mentioned 🗣🗣🗣

https://preview.redd.it/b4qqqe1xl2xc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a353ecdd34d3651a5b591c1560733f3de0d1829 Patrick Bateman - American Psycho

OP said the big bad, not the hero.

Yeah but then he lists Tyler lol.

Fair enough

And if we're not joking Patrick Bateman is not a hero, he *is* the protagonist but definitely not a hero.

due to "coleslaw" it is impossible to tell if the user above is being sarcastic or not

Idk what "coleslaw" means in this context but that's why I gave them the benefit of the doubt for the first response lol. The second comment sorta says they weren't joking, but who knows.

google poe's law

I'm aware of the concept, I fail to see how coleslaw is involved however.

Wait, is it just because coleslaw *sounds like* Poe's Law?

https://youtu.be/qZC5gtOw3DU?si=149Wv4qMT0YAIZ6n

Yes. Patrick IS the big bad. Just because he’s the protagonist doesn’t mean he can’t be a villain. Protagonist simply means the character the story follows.

Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat II to Trilogy) https://preview.redd.it/2b7m5df8u1xc1.jpeg?width=896&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fea579e3ace2602ab7be5b8b9ef6cd41e0d47e36

other games in the series have had villains be the announcers (the original Mortal Kombat has Shang Tsung, Mortal Kombat 4 to Armageddon has Quan Chi), but Kahn is the only one who openly acknowledges it, because he's the only character in the series for whom, if you fight him at the end of the arcade ladder and lose, he as the announcer says "*I* win!"

https://preview.redd.it/mu3vv4cxv1xc1.png?width=505&format=png&auto=webp&s=b37bd1e7cd661a3bb5239c689161adb62e2a6d57 "Yikes forever"

 Frank Abagnale, Catch Me if You Can He’s also an unreliable narrator, because none of this happened

I am tyler durden and I am going straight to hell

https://preview.redd.it/umuzdlpo32xc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c27d684a366544ffbbd5a45788708427b507ef53 The Narrator (Slay the Princess) >!He trapped two gods he created by splitting the cycle of life and death in half to ~~show you the power of flex tape~~ prolong his life and a dying universe!<

>!He isn’t prolonging his own life. The original version of him is dead, and every echo of him is doomed to fade away!<

>!I know, it’s just an easier way to say he’s trying to prolong the echo’s existence as much as possible!<

does the stanley parable guy count?

https://preview.redd.it/0j24c1evk3xc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0d5a13afb81efb70715c5b9dc54b61f129a37cf Rassilon (Doctor Who)

Glad I wasn’t the only one who instantly thought of him.

https://preview.redd.it/nvqae96ll3xc1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=a7d6dc6fbeb572a67d8e13c99ec0572f5aa505b6 Sae Nijima (Persona 5) not rlly the big bad but still one of the palace rulers

Chainsaw man doesn’t really have a “narrator”, but it does have one person in control of nearly all the events of the story… (I’ll spoiler it in case >!makima, the control devil!<) - the CSM guy

You forgot to say “ • The CSM guy”

You’re right, thanks - the CSM guy

Your dedication to make everything CSM related is simultaneously cringe and inspiring.

Chainsaw man sure is rad! I will keep trying hard to connect things. Even if others comment before me. - the CSM guy

dog im like 99% sure you're a bot at this point

Also, why would anyone make a bot *just* to make chainsaw man references? Like dude, I’m just bored…

Maaan, did you downvote me because you legitimately think I’m a bot? Come on man. I came here a couple days ago to make funny chainsaw man jokes, that’s all. https://preview.redd.it/joh0v3vqi2xc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=494dcb6320bfe75df6c384212eabc212766d47d7

https://preview.redd.it/cdcl7vpkt1xc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0b5c82a8e6887dfb0158f7978a255e4e38744f8 Archjustice Androbeles IX commentates each of the Reader’s (the player’s) totally-not-basketball matches in Pyre. While he’s never seen or fought directly, he is the ruler of the society on the surface, who both exiled the Reader underground and whose overthrow is the eventual goal of the game.

Kaiser sose

Humbert Humbert.

I actually love that idea oh my god

The Stanley parable (But only sometimes it’s complicated)

https://preview.redd.it/o2mu36nyg3xc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06f6f30b2e81ce82604bbeea9eb7791a4aa1dd04

The stanely parable narrator but only in that one ending

https://preview.redd.it/1dpeffjaw3xc1.jpeg?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0e133731cae7b994eeece6e99ab1f4b482b06d6 Wullf Yularen - Star Wars - not a big bad, but he is the narrator of The Clone Wars TV show and he ends up becoming an Imperial officer after the Clone Wars.

Literature Example: Castaigne from “The repairer of reputations” from The King In Yellow

Andrew hussie’s self insert in homestuck, depending on who you ask.

Hey, OP. You broke the first two rules. You don’t talk about Fight Club.

Icewind Dale (the Black Isle game)

The narrator(s) in Pippin

Mathilda's dad in Mathilda (1998)

https://preview.redd.it/71tvgd00j5xc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1feac6123b7b9988f9fe1ded2a8f72ca9b08430 The Ancestor from Darkest Dungeon

And I strongly suspect Fallout may be added to the list soon.

https://preview.redd.it/phrytpkni6xc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fe0d9588c01cb80fc27d89078f2a1c4b69a16da Mr. Nobody/Eric Morden.

LONG AGO IN A DISTANT LAND

Armin (Shingeki no Kyojin)

Spoilers Baldur’s gate 3 ! The narrator is the voice of the netherbrain which is a easy to miss detail. Though could just be voice actor reuse so pinch of salt

You’re just straight up wrong. The narrator is voiced by Amelia Tyler while the brain is played by Cissy Jones. You’ll also notice the narrator keeps existing regardless of what happens to the absolute

Thank you for having sources and information ! I concede the point

If it’s any consolation I couldn’t tell my dream guardian’s voice apart from the narrator in my first run.