History Main / CombatCommentator

* Common in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', along with {{Exposition Diagram}}s to help the readers understand the complex strategies employed by the heroes.

* Subverted in the first ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' movie, with an overflying helicopter running a blow-by-blow commentary on two mecha wrestling.

** This role first fell to ''Yamcha'' in the original who was stalking the heroes so that he could steal the Dragonballs, and had heard of just about everyone they ran into. It's later picked up by Roshi, then Kami, then Piccolo or Vegeta, who explain to their unknowing peers (and the audience) how amazing it is that Goku can manipulate his energy in whatever way he does. In the very last parts of the Buu arc of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', it's the old [[PhysicalGod Kaioshin]] doing this.

* Spoofed in a side story for ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', where Erika decided to play Combat Commentator to one of Shizuo and Izaya's fights. The catch is that Erika is a YaoiFangirl with ShippingGoggles permanently affixed to her eyes, so the resulting commentary of the fight ends up completely indistinguishable from slash fanfic (complete with MillsAndBoonProse, no less).

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[MakeMeWannaShout voice-based superhero]]/DJ/[[BadassTeacher U.A. English teacher]] Present Mic provides running commentary on the events of the U.A. Sports Festival, including the one-on-one matchups that happen in the final stage. In the anime, he announces every newly-introduced character and their Quirk, except hilariously when he's the focus in the End of Term Test, which is instead voiced over by [[TheEeyore Aizawa]].

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', episode "Champions". A battle takes place at the "Interplanetary Games"; the game commentators happily continue their job.

Who commentates may well change over the course of the series, such as in ''Manga/InitialD,'' where the commentators tend to be replaced by more skilled counterparts as the level of Takumi (and later Project D) continue increasing.

* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' has Howard "Buckshot" Holmes and Kreese Kreely (voiced by Greg Proops and Creator/JohnDiMaggio respectively) giving color commentary over the BloodSport "Deathwatch". Howard is a professional commentator with [[AnythingThatMoves depraved tastes]], while Kreese is a former Deathwatch contestant who opens every boss battle by reciting the injuries that boss inflicted on him when they fought. almost everything they say CrossesTheLineTwice.

* In ''Manga/SoulHunter'', since [[WorldsStrongestMan Shinkouhyou]] isn't actively taking part in the conflict and prefer to watch from the sidelines, he is often seen making commentary or discussing about the events with his AnimalCompanion Kokutenko, who occasionaly act as TheWatson so that Shinkouhyou can explain something about a character.
** During the fight between Taikoubou and Choukoumei, Both Shinkouhyou and Kokutenko, [[TrueCompanions Taikoubou's friends]], and Choukoumei's sisters are watching and making commentary of their own.