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* ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix'': "My name is Steve Madi/Mark Sheffield/Amber Jury/Nay Oten/[[{{Transgender}} my current name is Tom Blake]]/Alex Murphy/Charlie Trueman/Jamie Davies. I am currently doing something. This is my story".

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZXAdvent'': Ashe says this twice, once after defeating Albert "You're no Mega Man king... You're no god... You were gonna destroy the world... You were gonna end the story... You're not the one to make that decision! This is my life, my story!". And when saying goodbye to Vent at the end "We can meet anytime... Because this is our story!"

---> ''"In case I wasn't clear the first time, this is MY story. But in the beginning, for a short while ... my father played a central role in my story too."''

* ''Manga/Boruto'': Quoted word for word by the title character during the opening narration as we flashback from an apocalyptic future to show how we got there. Subverted in that Boruto notes that his father played an important role in it too, at least for a while.
---> ''"Yes, I am a ninja. But there was a time when I held a deep resentment towards ninjas. The greatest ninja of the village, The Hokage. Lemme tell you this right off the bat. This isn't the story of a boy aspiring to become Hokage. That's my dad's story. Make no mistake, start to finish, this is my story. I am the Hokage's son and whether I like it or not, my dad is part of my story. The ninja who realized his dream, the Hokage and ... my tale begins as I began rebelling against my father for not paying me enough attention. In case I wasn't clear the first time, this is MY story. But in the beginning, for a short while ... my father played a central role in my story too."''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Auron]]''' to [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''

* Played with and ultimately averted in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'':

** While Auron is not the main character, he calls out the usage of it in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' to [[{{Disney/Hercules}} Hades]] in one of his DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu moments.

* ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': "Would you look at that? Pretty pathetic, huh. Well, you're not gonna believe this, but that llama you're looking at was once a human being. [...] The name is Kuzco. Emperor Kuzco."

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'': "So, I know what you're thinking; 'why is [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog that incredibly handsome hedgehog]] being chased by a madman with a mustache from the Civil War?' Well, to be honest, it feels like I've been running my whole life. Is this too much? Am I going too fast? It's kinda what I do. You know what? Let's back up."

* Parodied in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy''. Izuku tries to open his narration with the same dramatic tone used in the opening scene of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', but this ends up just boring his audience and he has to beg to get them to stay.

* Parodied in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy''. Izuku tries to open his narration with the same dramatic tone used in the opening scene of ''Film/SpiderMan'', but this ends up just boring his audience and he has to beg to get them to stay.

If the the story that I am about to tell is not truly mine, and I am telling the story of another person who is the main character of the story, I would be a FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator.

** ''Series/AshesToAshes'': "My name is Alex Drake. I've just been shot and that bullet has taken me back to 1981. I might be one second away from life or one second away from death. All I know is I have to keep fighting, Fight to live, Fight to see my Daughter, Fight to get home."

* ''Literature/MobyDick'': "Call me Ishmael". Probably the most widely-known example of this trope, as well as one of the most well-known lines from classic literature.

* ''Series/NowhereMan'': "My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I'm a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson... friends, a career. In one moment it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; They want it; and they will do anything to get the negative. I'm keeping this diary as proof that these events are real..."

* ''Series/{{Strangers With Candy}}''-- "Hello. I'm Jerri Blank. 32 years ago I dropped out of High School and ran away from home. Oh, I made a lot of friends... did a lot of time. I was a boozer, a user and a loser. I stole the TV. - Did some more time. But now I'm back in school. And though the faces may have changed, the hassles are just the same!"

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has this as a bit of a RunningGag, with every Spider character delivering a short monologue detailing their SuperheroOrigin and [[HowWeGotHere how they got to that point in the narrative]], each of them starting with the same phrase. Peter B. Parker and Gwen Stacy subtly lampshade it, while Peni Parker, Spider-Noir, and Spider-Ham is a DeconstructiveParody where they all rapidly talk over each other in order to get their stories out of the way. The first and last instances of the monologue (done by Blonde Peter and Miles Morales) are played straight, with Miles' closing speech also laying out the film's thesis statement.
--> "Alright, let’s do this one last time. My name is..."

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has this as a RunningGag, with every Spider character delivering a short monologue detailing their backstory and [[HowWeGotHere how they got to that point in the narrative]]. At one point, it's played entirely for laughs, with three of the heroes rapidly talking over each other in order to get their stories out of the way. The gag returns in a more serious capacity at the end of the movie, with Miles' closing speech also laying out the film's thesis statement.

* The final page of the first chapter of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' ends with Izuku's narration.
-->'''Izuku:''' Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it. This is the story of how I became the world's greatest hero.

--> "This is my story, and you're not part of it."

--> '''Auron:''' This is it. This is your story. It all begins here.

--> '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Emperor Mateus]]''': I look forward to seeing this tragedy unfold.
--> '''Yuna''': This is my story. It has a happy ending!

* Parodied in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy''. Izuku tries to open his narration with the dramatic words Peter used in ''Film/SpiderMan'', but this ends up just boring his listener and he has to beg to get them to stay.

->''"...[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu And you're not part of it]]."''

-->'''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Auron]]''' to [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''

* If somebody told you that I was just your average ordinary guy not a care in the world, somebody lied. The truth is there was a time in life when things were less complicated. Who am I? You sure you want to know? I'm ''Film/SpiderMan1''.

* ''[[{{WebOriginal/Takotsubo}} Takotsubo: The story of a superhero.]]'' The tagline itself alludes to this phrase, and Cord's story about his fiance Roland's death is [[ArcWords repeated several times]] throughout the script's prologue.

* ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix'': "My name is Steve Madi/Mark Sheffield/Amber Jury/Nay Oten/[[{{Transsexual}} my current name is Tom Blake]]/Alex Murphy/Charlie Trueman/Jamie Davies. I am currently doing something. This is my story".

* ''KhaosKomix'': "My name is Steve Madi/Mark Sheffield/Amber Jury/Nay Oten/[[{{Transsexual}} my current name is Tom Blake]]/Alex Murphy/Charlie Trueman/Jamie Davies. I am currently doing something. This is my story".

* ''TheConduit'': "My name is Michael Ford. I'm probably the only one left who knows the truth...I know it, because I was there."