History Main / UnreliableVoiceover

* ''JonathanCreek'' uses a variation during TheSummation, which Jonathan is explicitly advancing as a hypothetical version of events. It usually turns out to be correct in BroadStrokes, but some details can be off. The [[StylisticSuck laughably implausible]] "dramatic reconstruction" of the case in an episode of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Eyes and Ears]]'' may also fall under this one.

* On ''KingOfTheHill'', Lucky is telling the guys about buried treasure in a forest, and how his grandfather left it there in his youth. He talks about how his grandfather, a "pastor" (really an inmate) found the treasure while on a "church trip" (while WorkingOnTheChainGang), and that he later "went on to be with the Lord" (got fried in the Chair).

* Don's narrative on how he became a Hollywood star in ''Film/SinginInTheRain''. His words paint his journey as a smooth and comfortable one. The flashback that accompanies them show that it was actually an arduous and often undignified struggle to the top.

* The CBC TV series ''CornerGas'' does this a lot, especially with Oscar. For example, Oscar says he didn't do something and it immediately cuts to a flashback of Oscar doing exactly that.

* Early in ''AbstractGender'', [[http://rayneshikama.deviantart.com/gallery/26497595?offset=96#/d2yifld Brian recounts how he woke up as a girl]].

* A variation in ''HerAlibi'', when Tom Selleck's character, a writer, voices over his ongoing spy novel inspired by the on-screen reality.

* Don's narrative on how he became a Hollywood star in ''SingingInTheRain''. His words paint his journey as a smooth and comfortable one. The flashback that accompanies them show that it was actually an arduous and often undignified struggle to the top.

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* Used extensively in the new ''DoctorWho'' episode "The Unicorn and The Wasp", when the suspects are giving their alibis. A GenreSavvy viewer can spot that [[spoiler: the culprit is the one person who ''isn't'' shown doing something shady in flashback.]]

** Fezzik is actually violently dunking Inigo, alternating between two vats of water, one cold and one hot.

* Early in ''AbstractGender'', [[http://www.abstractgender.com/index.php?comic=29 Brian recounts how he woke up as a girl]].

* In ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'' the UnreliableNarrator at one point mentions that the Spartan's armor was heavy. Right during a shot loving exposing in slow-mo their naked torsos. Is it invisible?
** Subversion? The narrator is (historically) more accurate. Heavy armor was one of the major advantages of Greek troops.
*** No, he says the ''shield'' is heavy. Which they do have even in the movie.

* [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-05-24 Tedd's story of meeting Elliot]] in ''ElGoonishShive''.

-->--'''Kuzco''', "narrating" ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''

* As indicated by the page quote, Kuzco in ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'' tends to wander obnoxiously off the rails while narrating, to the point that the sadder-but-wiser Kuzco-on-screen finally tells Kuzco-as-narrator to shut up.

* On ''KingOfTheHill'', Lucky is telling the guys about buried treasure in a forest, and how his grandfather left it there in his youth. He talks about how his grandfather, a "pastor" (really an inmate) found the treasure while on a "church trip" (while working in the chain gang), and that he later "went on to be with the Lord" (got fried in the Chair).

* The obscure comedy ''Sorority Boys'' used this when one of the characters is describing how he found some tapes or something (it's been a while). He explains how the safe just opened, while it shows him struggling with various power tools to get it open.

*In the film ''Walker'', which details the 1856 conquest of Nicaragua by an American soldier sponsored by a cadre of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive industrialists]] (most prominent of whom is Cornelius Vanderbilt), the protagonist's narrations--which sound a lot like quotes from an official log or report--are blatantly contradicted by the action of the scenes they introduce.