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* ''Manga/IGotMyWishAndReincarnatedAsTheVillainessLastBoss'': Unlike most works of the RebornAsVillainessStory genre, Elizabeth never actually played ''[[FictionalVideoGame The Saint and the Four Knights]]''. As a result, Luna has to provide the {{Infodump}}s to the reader, explaining the content of the game.
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has a couple of examples:
** The first is [[spoiler:Eren Kruger]], whose exposition is given via [[spoiler:Grisha Yeager's flashbacks]]. He's essentially a case of a [[PosthumousCharacter Posthumous]] Mr. Exposition.
** Secondly we have [[spoiler:Willy Tybur]]. He shows up for a few chapters to deliver a speech about [[spoiler:the supposed ''true'' history of Paradis Island and how Eren holds evil powers and could destroy the world]]... and is then promptly killed by [[spoiler:Eren, who was listening to all the exposition.]]
** Another minor example is [[spoiler:Kiyomi Azumabito]]. Her main purpose seems to be providing exposition about [[spoiler:Mikasa's mother's homeland, Hizuru, and the nation's role in supporting Paradis]].
* Dew Yamamoto from ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'' describes how different Bottleman attacks and other parts of Bottleman battles work.
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'':
** Subverted at the beginning. One of the characters is a scientist who had been working on the Gate. She gives us a rather hefty dose of {{Expospeak}} to explain the Contractor-related weirdness; however it turns out [[spoiler:she doesn't even know who ''she'' is.]] As such, [[UnreliableNarrator 90% of anything anyone says]] in the first two episodes is misinformed at best and BlatantLies at worst.
** Later the trope is played straight with [[MadScientist Dr. Schroeder]], who appears to be the only person on ([[MindScrew or off]]) the show who both has some idea [[GainaxEnding what's going on]] and is inclined to share.
* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' has Laios dumping info on monsters, Senshi on cooking and proper nutrition, and Marcille on magic.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'': Since the first three films are astoundingly tight-lipped on just what the hell is going on, in the fourth the Mysterious Man and Hackmon take turns explaining things, the former as he's trying to kill the main characters.
* ''Anime/DragonballZ'' often has exposition but this particular line spoken by Krillin in ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' recapping what happened moments prior is particularly egregious, especially considering he delivered it while lying on the ground in pain, speaking to absolutely no-one but himself.
-->'''Krillin:''' No! Earth's energy was sucked up by the Tree of Might and Goku couldn't find enough power to form a Spirit Bomb to defeat Turles! Now we're dead for sure...
* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' had a very interesting method of revealing its backstory: the characters ended up in a bizarre gameshow, where most questions and answers were directly related to the plot. The gameshow host MCQ played the part of Mr. Exposition.
* Reversed in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' in the form of Yamamoto Onihei, ace lineman of the Hashiritani Deers. More than any other player on the sideline, this is Onihei's role, and a running gag is formed around the fact that his analysis has yet to be accurate. It doesn't help that the team he usually tries to predict is one of the most unpredictable teams in the whole of Japan....
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' had Klodoa, a sentient staff who spends about three chapters explaining the Oracion Seis's plans. Once he's explained everything he's fulfilled his plotline purpose and promptly dies. He's insignificant enough that that's not worth a spoiler tag.
** Happy tends to be this when everyone's caught up in battle, and Lucy's also played this at the beginning of the series.
* Subverted in ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' by Commander Amarao. He tells Naota (and the audience) that Haruko is searching for her lover Atomsk, the pirate king (the scene is accompanied by a humanoid fire creature). Amarao was just guessing, Haruko really wants [[spoiler:to eat him]].
* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Saya]] [[NerdsAreSexy Takagi]] was the smartest girl at Fujimi High and possesses near encyclopaedic level intellect. So she'll often provide the reader and the other characters with detailed analysis of their current situation.
** During the outbreak at the school, she explained why going to [[DeathByPragmatism the staff room for help was a bad idea.]] She was also able to accurately assess why the police weren't responding and why they hadn't heard any sirens yet, when Hirano brought it up.
** When all the electronics at the Takagi Estate went dead in Chapter 15, she was able to deduce it'd been the work of an EMP blast and gave a detailed summation of how they worked, to Takashi and the others.
** And during Chapter 28, she tells them about the JGSDF's evacuation plan, after finding a report about it (albeit, with help from Alice) on one of the computers at the police HQ, where Rei's father was stationed.
** It was even lampshaded by [=WatchMojo=].com, during their countdown of the Top 10 'Anime Cliches'. No.8 on the list, was: "overuse of exposition" where they specifically singled out Saya (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2aY0iFWi7A at 2:20-2:31]]):
-->'''[=WatchMojo=]:''' "An example of this is Saya Takagi, from ''Highschool of the Dead'', who -- [[TheSmartGuy due to her outstanding intellect]], will often analyze the group's condition and sum it up for the audience."
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Kurapica filled this role early on, before being PutOnABus. In later arcs, the exposition is usually provided by whoever's training Gon and Killua.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': Perhaps one of the most memorable examples from the series, Robert E. O. Speedwagon narrates almost every single fight that Jonathan take part in, some perceive it as annoying, but most older fans like him.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Pericolo is the one who informs Bucciarati's group of Trish's identity as The Boss' daughter, provides a brief explanation of Trish's mother and informs the group that she is being targeted by La Squadra.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Through Mountain Tim, the audience learns the way of obtaining a Stand, and that's by passing through the Devil's Palm and surviving.
* Kotetsu and Onikiri from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss.'' Their main purpose in the story is to provide infodumps when needed.
* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'': [[RobotBuddy Lucky Beast]] will provide information on geography and [[LittleBitBeastly Friends]] as they're encountered. Does ''not'' (directly) provide much information regarding the show's main mysteries.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
** Aikuro (Ryuko's homeroom teacher) combines this with MrFanservice, as he will start seductively taking off his clothes while delivering exposition for absolutely no discernible reason.
** Inumuta also explains a lot of things going on in the story, such as some of Ryuko's powers like Senketsu Mubyoshi. Though unlike most examples, he needs data to explain what's going on, leading to some times where he can't explain the situation itself. Nonon lampshades this in "I'm Not Your Cute Woman".
--->'''Inumuta:''' A Three-Star Goku Uniform unravelled by pulling out a single thread! How can that be?!\\
'''Nonon:''' Isn't it your job to explain how these things work?\\
'''Inumuta:''' Impossible. I cannot analyze anything without data.
* Terryman from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' would often explain the various attacks and holds used by the characters. [[GenerationXerox His son]] sometimes takes up the role in ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'', especially on matters of science and technology. When he is not busy yelling at Suguru/Mantaro or [[DistressedDude torn to pieces]], Meat does a fair share of this as well.
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': The ''author'' himself is this, as he tends to shortly describe what characters are doing and why, also often saying what they want to do next. Later on, a character named Kometani is introduced, whose sole purpose is to fulfill this role.
* Akiyama in ''Manga/LiarGame'' spends a lot of time doing this as he explains various strategies throughout. A rare example where this is completely [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because unless you're well-versed in game theory, studying every panel, and calculating everything with a pen and paper, you'd be left with no idea of what is going on. [[ViewersAreGeniuses And even then...]]
* For the first half of ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'', Lupin has to explain what's going on to Jigen so that the audience is aware of what's going on with the plot and what treasure the gang is after.
* ''[[Anime/LupinIIIThePursuitOfHarimaosTreasure The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]]'': Lupin and Sir Archer take turns providing the audience with exposition about [[PlotCoupon the three bronze statues]], the Loyd Insurance Co., and the eponymous [[TheFaceless Harimao]], himself.
* Dr. Inez Fressange of ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' abuses this trope to the point of parody: she is actually acknowledged as the "explanation woman" by ''the whole crew'' of the ''Nadesico'' battle spaceship. There have been cases where she senses her explanations are needed from several rooms/decks over, and she once uses exposition as her talent in a beauty contest. One episode has several of the crew, including Inez, find [[PersonalitySwap their personalities inverted from their normal ones]] and are all in desperate need of an explanation? She's shown in her room quietly enjoying a glass of fruit juice, not saying a word.
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Professor Yumi is both TheProfessor and TheMentor, so he frequently explains to the characters -- and the audience -- plot points. He was the one guessed first what was Mazinger-Z and who had created it. He explained how Dr. Kabuto had discovered [[{{Phlebotinum}} Photon Atomic power]] and [[{{Unobtainium}} Alloy-Z]] and built Mazinger-Z with them. He narrated how Dr. Kabuto met Dr. Hell and what happened in Bardos Island. He recognized Minerva-X and explained what she was and how she worked. He explained what were the Mykene and where they came from... And often during the series he explained what strategy the enemy or Kouji was using, how worked the Mechanical Beasts' weapons... or simply what kind of training Kouji was undergoing. In ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' he retained that role (he recognized Mazinkaiser as soon as he saw it, he explained how they had modified to Mazinkaiser in the movie...)
* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'': In the DatingSim Nozaki plays in Chapter 8/Episode 4, Tomoda is supposed to be this. Due to an InUniverse case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading, he is seen by Nozaki and Mikoshiba as a GayOption.
* Tobi in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. He's got a tendency to drop in and explain the plot as needed. [[UnreliableExpositor Of course, whether or not he's telling the truth at any given time is another matter.]]
* Yue Ayase in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', usually due to her innate [[TheSmartGuy smarts]] or her GreatBigBookOfEverything. She tends to indulge in WallsOfText, but isn't usually heard.
-->'''Yue:''' [long explanation about Celtic mythology, the "other world" and paradise]\\
'''Nodoka:''' Yue, they're not listening.\\
'''Yue:''' Say what!? This is important background information!
** Kamo's usual functions are [[DeadpanSnarker snarky commentary]] and exposition at a moment's notice. With diagrams! Whether or not anybody is listening!
* On the too few occasions when TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' told anyone anything, they have been told "But I already know all of this" by the person they were speaking to. It serves solely to inform the audience, [[CrypticConversation and yet it doesn't]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' lampshades this with the character of Sentomaru. He considers himself "the most tight-lipped man in the world," as he is a member of a highly secretive government branch and as such is privy to hundreds of secrets. The thing is, he's constantly blabbing those secrets and often without the slightest provocation. Whenever he does, he'll start by saying something to the effect of "I'm the most tight-lipped man in the world! You'll get no information from me!" and then proceeding to inform everyone.
%%** Jango is also a prime example. (Weblinks are not proper context. Scansites are also illegal)
** Hatchan went from DumbMuscle in Arlong Park to this trope in the Sabaody Archipelago soon after meeting Camie.
* In ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'', this is usually Asuma's job:
** During the police pursuit in chapter 1, he [[BreakingTheFourthWall broke the 4th wall]] when Noa complained she couldn't keep up with all the geographical data, by saying he'd explain two pages later. Sure enough, he whipped out a map and pointer to explain where their units were positioned and how they intended to set up the dragnet!
** And whenever Noa goes up against enemy Labor units, he usually gives her a brief analysis of their make and model, as well as any design flaws they may have. Highlighted during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKFtPdCysR4 the tunnel scene]] near the climax of ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'', when Asuma provides intel on the Ixtl units and devises how to systematically take them down.
* Brock from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (and later Cilan) became this more as the series has gone by. [=RotomDex=] also serves as this in ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]]''.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'':
** This is Autor's main function in the final episodes. Well, that and putting Fakir through the TrainingFromHell.
** Edel's entire function in the first season, [[spoiler: until she dies. Sort of.]]
* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': After being introduced to the [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Infinity Library]], Yuuno [[DemotedToExtra was reduced from being]] TheLancer to this.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': At first, it appears that Dr. Tôfû Ono is going to fulfill this role, but it fails to happen, partially because of his tendency to become a [[LoveMakesYouDumb bumbling idiot]] when Akane's sister, Kasumi is around (to the point where he actidentally destroys potential cures for their problems), and partially because of the introduction of the and TricksterMentor Cologne. To lesser extent, [[OldMaster Happôsai]]. In fact, the manga gave him ChuckCunninghamSyndrome; he vanished by the end of the first Cologne story arc. The anime kept him on as a bit-character and an excuse for {{filler}} episodes.
* Reborn in ''Manga/Reborn2004'' does this ''almost every time'' a battle is plot-important and he happens to be watching. Most of the rest of the cast is guilty of this at various occasions as well, but it's usually Reborn that does the exposition. In fact, it's consistent enough that one can tell if a fight is plot-important when Reborn is nearby by whether he's beating people up or currently being Mr. Exposition. For everything not related to the most recent level-up, there's Ranking Futa, who seems to be a recurring character primarily for random exposition.
* Meteora in ''Anime/ReCreators'' is often heard dumping infos and explaining what's happening.
* The Invid Regess in ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' seems to have an almost compulsive need to [[LargeHam dramatically]] explains what is happening and what she's doing. This gives us a rather funny scene in ''The Sentinels'', where the one scene she shares with her estranged husband has her insulting him and ''give detailed justifications for each insult''.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Sanosuke is often relegated to [[CombatCommentator providing commentary during Kenshin's fights]], to either explain Kenshin's attacks, or his opponent's, or simply how the fight is progressing insofar as which of them has the upperhand at the moment.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Luna and Artemis tended to work as the ones to deliver exposition, but Ami in particular liked to inform them of their situation during battle... as more of a CaptainObvious than anything. Early on, [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Umino]] fills this role as well, talking particularly about current events and telltales around the school which usually leads the main characters into [[MonsterOfTheWeek their weekly adventure.]]
* Hakkai in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' sometimes plays this role, explaining things from plot points to random background information on specific items to puns. On one occasion, when the ikkou are trying to escape from the scorpion youkai's underground trap and the ceiling starts to collapse on them, he goes into this mode to point out that they've just escaped their cell by breaking one of the walls (something Hakkai apparently tried to warn them against) and so the remains of the lair can no longer hold the weight of the sand above, prompting Goku and Gojyo to yell that [[NowYouTellMe he should be saying this sort of stuff sooner]].
* ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'': [[WizardClassic Alabaster]] is a wise old sage who traveled the world extensively in his youth. Whenever [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Satou]] needs some aspect of the fantastical world of Arnulus explained to him, nine times out of ten it will be Alabaster who shoulders the burden.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Washu]] usually is Miss Exposition in the manga, popping in to explain one concept another character mentions to a third character... so when Yoshi uses Big Words when talking to a villain, Yoshi stops ''his'' exposition to wait for her. Both he and the villain just stands there awkwardly until Yoshi remembers Washu is on a mission in space, and excuses himself.
* [[spoiler:The cloned head of Lordgenome]] is one in the second arc of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Ryou and sometimes Keiichiro. A hilarious example of this occurs with Masaya in the first episode of ''WebAnimation/TokyoCrystalMew''. He even feels the need to describe what he looked like in his Deep Blue form.
* In ''Anime/TomicaHyperRescueDriveHeadKidouKyuukyuuKeisatsu'', Munakata usually serves this role, when she explains the incident of the week to the drivers as they're launching.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'': Yuko Ichihara ends up becoming the Ms. Exposition, before she is temporarily removed from the story. When she returns in Chapters 216 and 217, these chapters were pretty much her exclusively explaining what the hell's been going on.
* Elsie of ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' starts as this, explaining to Keima the nature of Hell and the escaped spirits. Of course, most of what she says is ''[[UnreliableExpositor wrong]]'', so when her friend Haqua starts coming around, Keima is quick to go to her for more accurate information.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Every single character in the 4Kids dub, often to downright [[CaptainObvious ridiculous lengths]]. Everyone feels compelled to remind one another (i.e. the viewers) of the continuous effects of every card in play, the effect of a card that has [[AsYouKnow already been played before]] in an episode (especially "Monster Reborn"), all the way to what happened ''two minutes ago''. This expo-speak always happens at the start of episodes, (referencing previous events), which wouldn't be a bad thing if not for the fact that each episode includes a "last time, on ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''" opening bit. Also always occurs after a commercial (because, well, [[ViewersAreGoldfish you know]]), but sometime even ''for no reason at all''. As an example of the last type, pick any duel in the Battle City finals/semi-finals and count how many times the fact that one of the characters possesses an Egyptian God Card is mentioned. For the truly ambitious, [[DrinkingGame drink every time it's mentioned]], and kiss your liver goodbye.
** Subverted in the movie when Kaiba interrupts Pegasus' exposition of a card-effect with "Do you ever shut up?"
** Also Lampshaded in one episode where an opponent starts to explain the effects of Painful Choice before Kaiba cuts him off with "I know what the card does, you fool."
*** ... And then he explains it anyway.
** Misawa in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', to the point that it's the sole reason he occasionally [[PutOnABus takes a bus trip back]].
*** GX is especially bad with card exposition. For example, Pot of Greed is used, and explained, in nearly ever single duel. Sometimes more than once.
*** And that's with a card anybody who's played the card game for some time already knows the effect of. Meanwhile, we only get skimpy explanations of more interesting cards' effects...
** Rex Goodwin in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''. There's a reason fans of 5D's use the term "Rexposition"
** ZEXAL really loves this, at least in the first few episodes. ''Everyone'' that isn't dueling is only present to explain the rules to the viewers. Even Yuuma gets this treatment in the first episode, when he sees Shark Exceed Summoning a monster. Yuma then proceeds to explain how Exceed Summoning works to Kotori, who already knows how it works (but the viewers don't since it's a new game-mechanic added in ZEXAL). Later in the next episode, Shark explains with almost the same wording how Exceed Summoning works, right after having summoned his Levice Dragon. And then there's all the other Game Mechanics... Needless to say, the duels in the first few episode almost use more time explaining how to play the game than actually playing the game.
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** The first is [[spoiler:Eren Kruger]], whose exposition is given via [[spoiler:Grisha Yeager's flashbacks]]. He's essentially a case of a [[PosthumousCharacter Posthumous]] Mr. Exposition.
** Secondly we have [[spoiler:Willy Tybur]]. He shows up for a few chapters to deliver a speech about [[spoiler:the supposed ''true'' history of Paradis Island and how Eren holds evil powers and could destroy the world]]... and is then promptly killed by [[spoiler:Eren, who was listening to all the exposition.]]
** Another minor example is [[spoiler:Kiyomi Azumabito]]. Her main purpose seems to be providing exposition about [[spoiler:Mikasa's mother's homeland, Hizuru, and the nation's role in supporting Paradis]].
* Dew Yamamoto from ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'' describes how different Bottleman attacks and other parts of Bottleman battles work.
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'':
** Subverted at the beginning. One of the characters is a scientist who had been working on the Gate. She gives us a rather hefty dose of {{Expospeak}} to explain the Contractor-related weirdness; however it turns out [[spoiler:she doesn't even know who ''she'' is.]] As such, [[UnreliableNarrator 90% of anything anyone says]] in the first two episodes is misinformed at best and BlatantLies at worst.
** Later the trope is played straight with [[MadScientist Dr. Schroeder]], who appears to be the only person on ([[MindScrew or off]]) the show who both has some idea [[GainaxEnding what's going on]] and is inclined to share.
* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' has Laios dumping info on monsters, Senshi on cooking and proper nutrition, and Marcille on magic.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'': Since the first three films are astoundingly tight-lipped on just what the hell is going on, in the fourth the Mysterious Man and Hackmon take turns explaining things, the former as he's trying to kill the main characters.
* ''Anime/DragonballZ'' often has exposition but this particular line spoken by Krillin in ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' recapping what happened moments prior is particularly egregious, especially considering he delivered it while lying on the ground in pain, speaking to absolutely no-one but himself.
-->'''Krillin:''' No! Earth's energy was sucked up by the Tree of Might and Goku couldn't find enough power to form a Spirit Bomb to defeat Turles! Now we're dead for sure...
* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' had a very interesting method of revealing its backstory: the characters ended up in a bizarre gameshow, where most questions and answers were directly related to the plot. The gameshow host MCQ played the part of Mr. Exposition.
* Reversed in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' in the form of Yamamoto Onihei, ace lineman of the Hashiritani Deers. More than any other player on the sideline, this is Onihei's role, and a running gag is formed around the fact that his analysis has yet to be accurate. It doesn't help that the team he usually tries to predict is one of the most unpredictable teams in the whole of Japan....
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' had Klodoa, a sentient staff who spends about three chapters explaining the Oracion Seis's plans. Once he's explained everything he's fulfilled his plotline purpose and promptly dies. He's insignificant enough that that's not worth a spoiler tag.
** Happy tends to be this when everyone's caught up in battle, and Lucy's also played this at the beginning of the series.
* Subverted in ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' by Commander Amarao. He tells Naota (and the audience) that Haruko is searching for her lover Atomsk, the pirate king (the scene is accompanied by a humanoid fire creature). Amarao was just guessing, Haruko really wants [[spoiler:to eat him]].
* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Saya]] [[NerdsAreSexy Takagi]] was the smartest girl at Fujimi High and possesses near encyclopaedic level intellect. So she'll often provide the reader and the other characters with detailed analysis of their current situation.
** During the outbreak at the school, she explained why going to [[DeathByPragmatism the staff room for help was a bad idea.]] She was also able to accurately assess why the police weren't responding and why they hadn't heard any sirens yet, when Hirano brought it up.
** When all the electronics at the Takagi Estate went dead in Chapter 15, she was able to deduce it'd been the work of an EMP blast and gave a detailed summation of how they worked, to Takashi and the others.
** And during Chapter 28, she tells them about the JGSDF's evacuation plan, after finding a report about it (albeit, with help from Alice) on one of the computers at the police HQ, where Rei's father was stationed.
** It was even lampshaded by [=WatchMojo=].com, during their countdown of the Top 10 'Anime Cliches'. No.8 on the list, was: "overuse of exposition" where they specifically singled out Saya (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2aY0iFWi7A at 2:20-2:31]]):
-->'''[=WatchMojo=]:''' "An example of this is Saya Takagi, from ''Highschool of the Dead'', who -- [[TheSmartGuy due to her outstanding intellect]], will often analyze the group's condition and sum it up for the audience."
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Kurapica filled this role early on, before being PutOnABus. In later arcs, the exposition is usually provided by whoever's training Gon and Killua.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': Perhaps one of the most memorable examples from the series, Robert E. O. Speedwagon narrates almost every single fight that Jonathan take part in, some perceive it as annoying, but most older fans like him.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Pericolo is the one who informs Bucciarati's group of Trish's identity as The Boss' daughter, provides a brief explanation of Trish's mother and informs the group that she is being targeted by La Squadra.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Through Mountain Tim, the audience learns the way of obtaining a Stand, and that's by passing through the Devil's Palm and surviving.
* Kotetsu and Onikiri from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss.'' Their main purpose in the story is to provide infodumps when needed.
* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'': [[RobotBuddy Lucky Beast]] will provide information on geography and [[LittleBitBeastly Friends]] as they're encountered. Does ''not'' (directly) provide much information regarding the show's main mysteries.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
** Aikuro (Ryuko's homeroom teacher) combines this with MrFanservice, as he will start seductively taking off his clothes while delivering exposition for absolutely no discernible reason.
** Inumuta also explains a lot of things going on in the story, such as some of Ryuko's powers like Senketsu Mubyoshi. Though unlike most examples, he needs data to explain what's going on, leading to some times where he can't explain the situation itself. Nonon lampshades this in "I'm Not Your Cute Woman".
--->'''Inumuta:''' A Three-Star Goku Uniform unravelled by pulling out a single thread! How can that be?!\\
'''Nonon:''' Isn't it your job to explain how these things work?\\
'''Inumuta:''' Impossible. I cannot analyze anything without data.
* Terryman from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' would often explain the various attacks and holds used by the characters. [[GenerationXerox His son]] sometimes takes up the role in ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'', especially on matters of science and technology. When he is not busy yelling at Suguru/Mantaro or [[DistressedDude torn to pieces]], Meat does a fair share of this as well.
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': The ''author'' himself is this, as he tends to shortly describe what characters are doing and why, also often saying what they want to do next. Later on, a character named Kometani is introduced, whose sole purpose is to fulfill this role.
* Akiyama in ''Manga/LiarGame'' spends a lot of time doing this as he explains various strategies throughout. A rare example where this is completely [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because unless you're well-versed in game theory, studying every panel, and calculating everything with a pen and paper, you'd be left with no idea of what is going on. [[ViewersAreGeniuses And even then...]]
* For the first half of ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'', Lupin has to explain what's going on to Jigen so that the audience is aware of what's going on with the plot and what treasure the gang is after.
* ''[[Anime/LupinIIIThePursuitOfHarimaosTreasure The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]]'': Lupin and Sir Archer take turns providing the audience with exposition about [[PlotCoupon the three bronze statues]], the Loyd Insurance Co., and the eponymous [[TheFaceless Harimao]], himself.
* Dr. Inez Fressange of ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' abuses this trope to the point of parody: she is actually acknowledged as the "explanation woman" by ''the whole crew'' of the ''Nadesico'' battle spaceship. There have been cases where she senses her explanations are needed from several rooms/decks over, and she once uses exposition as her talent in a beauty contest. One episode has several of the crew, including Inez, find [[PersonalitySwap their personalities inverted from their normal ones]] and are all in desperate need of an explanation? She's shown in her room quietly enjoying a glass of fruit juice, not saying a word.
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Professor Yumi is both TheProfessor and TheMentor, so he frequently explains to the characters -- and the audience -- plot points. He was the one guessed first what was Mazinger-Z and who had created it. He explained how Dr. Kabuto had discovered [[{{Phlebotinum}} Photon Atomic power]] and [[{{Unobtainium}} Alloy-Z]] and built Mazinger-Z with them. He narrated how Dr. Kabuto met Dr. Hell and what happened in Bardos Island. He recognized Minerva-X and explained what she was and how she worked. He explained what were the Mykene and where they came from... And often during the series he explained what strategy the enemy or Kouji was using, how worked the Mechanical Beasts' weapons... or simply what kind of training Kouji was undergoing. In ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' he retained that role (he recognized Mazinkaiser as soon as he saw it, he explained how they had modified to Mazinkaiser in the movie...)
* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'': In the DatingSim Nozaki plays in Chapter 8/Episode 4, Tomoda is supposed to be this. Due to an InUniverse case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading, he is seen by Nozaki and Mikoshiba as a GayOption.
* Tobi in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. He's got a tendency to drop in and explain the plot as needed. [[UnreliableExpositor Of course, whether or not he's telling the truth at any given time is another matter.]]
* Yue Ayase in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', usually due to her innate [[TheSmartGuy smarts]] or her GreatBigBookOfEverything. She tends to indulge in WallsOfText, but isn't usually heard.
-->'''Yue:''' [long explanation about Celtic mythology, the "other world" and paradise]\\
'''Nodoka:''' Yue, they're not listening.\\
'''Yue:''' Say what!? This is important background information!
** Kamo's usual functions are [[DeadpanSnarker snarky commentary]] and exposition at a moment's notice. With diagrams! Whether or not anybody is listening!
* On the too few occasions when TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' told anyone anything, they have been told "But I already know all of this" by the person they were speaking to. It serves solely to inform the audience, [[CrypticConversation and yet it doesn't]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' lampshades this with the character of Sentomaru. He considers himself "the most tight-lipped man in the world," as he is a member of a highly secretive government branch and as such is privy to hundreds of secrets. The thing is, he's constantly blabbing those secrets and often without the slightest provocation. Whenever he does, he'll start by saying something to the effect of "I'm the most tight-lipped man in the world! You'll get no information from me!" and then proceeding to inform everyone.
%%** Jango is also a prime example. (Weblinks are not proper context. Scansites are also illegal)
** Hatchan went from DumbMuscle in Arlong Park to this trope in the Sabaody Archipelago soon after meeting Camie.
* In ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'', this is usually Asuma's job:
** During the police pursuit in chapter 1, he [[BreakingTheFourthWall broke the 4th wall]] when Noa complained she couldn't keep up with all the geographical data, by saying he'd explain two pages later. Sure enough, he whipped out a map and pointer to explain where their units were positioned and how they intended to set up the dragnet!
** And whenever Noa goes up against enemy Labor units, he usually gives her a brief analysis of their make and model, as well as any design flaws they may have. Highlighted during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKFtPdCysR4 the tunnel scene]] near the climax of ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'', when Asuma provides intel on the Ixtl units and devises how to systematically take them down.
* Brock from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (and later Cilan) became this more as the series has gone by. [=RotomDex=] also serves as this in ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]]''.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'':
** This is Autor's main function in the final episodes. Well, that and putting Fakir through the TrainingFromHell.
** Edel's entire function in the first season, [[spoiler: until she dies. Sort of.]]
* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': After being introduced to the [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Infinity Library]], Yuuno [[DemotedToExtra was reduced from being]] TheLancer to this.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': At first, it appears that Dr. Tôfû Ono is going to fulfill this role, but it fails to happen, partially because of his tendency to become a [[LoveMakesYouDumb bumbling idiot]] when Akane's sister, Kasumi is around (to the point where he actidentally destroys potential cures for their problems), and partially because of the introduction of the and TricksterMentor Cologne. To lesser extent, [[OldMaster Happôsai]]. In fact, the manga gave him ChuckCunninghamSyndrome; he vanished by the end of the first Cologne story arc. The anime kept him on as a bit-character and an excuse for {{filler}} episodes.
* Reborn in ''Manga/Reborn2004'' does this ''almost every time'' a battle is plot-important and he happens to be watching. Most of the rest of the cast is guilty of this at various occasions as well, but it's usually Reborn that does the exposition. In fact, it's consistent enough that one can tell if a fight is plot-important when Reborn is nearby by whether he's beating people up or currently being Mr. Exposition. For everything not related to the most recent level-up, there's Ranking Futa, who seems to be a recurring character primarily for random exposition.
* Meteora in ''Anime/ReCreators'' is often heard dumping infos and explaining what's happening.
* The Invid Regess in ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' seems to have an almost compulsive need to [[LargeHam dramatically]] explains what is happening and what she's doing. This gives us a rather funny scene in ''The Sentinels'', where the one scene she shares with her estranged husband has her insulting him and ''give detailed justifications for each insult''.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Sanosuke is often relegated to [[CombatCommentator providing commentary during Kenshin's fights]], to either explain Kenshin's attacks, or his opponent's, or simply how the fight is progressing insofar as which of them has the upperhand at the moment.
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Luna and Artemis tended to work as the ones to deliver exposition, but Ami in particular liked to inform them of their situation during battle... as more of a CaptainObvious than anything. Early on, [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Umino]] fills this role as well, talking particularly about current events and telltales around the school which usually leads the main characters into [[MonsterOfTheWeek their weekly adventure.]]
* Hakkai in ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' sometimes plays this role, explaining things from plot points to random background information on specific items to puns. On one occasion, when the ikkou are trying to escape from the scorpion youkai's underground trap and the ceiling starts to collapse on them, he goes into this mode to point out that they've just escaped their cell by breaking one of the walls (something Hakkai apparently tried to warn them against) and so the remains of the lair can no longer hold the weight of the sand above, prompting Goku and Gojyo to yell that [[NowYouTellMe he should be saying this sort of stuff sooner]].
* ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'': [[WizardClassic Alabaster]] is a wise old sage who traveled the world extensively in his youth. Whenever [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Satou]] needs some aspect of the fantastical world of Arnulus explained to him, nine times out of ten it will be Alabaster who shoulders the burden.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Washu]] usually is Miss Exposition in the manga, popping in to explain one concept another character mentions to a third character... so when Yoshi uses Big Words when talking to a villain, Yoshi stops ''his'' exposition to wait for her. Both he and the villain just stands there awkwardly until Yoshi remembers Washu is on a mission in space, and excuses himself.
* [[spoiler:The cloned head of Lordgenome]] is one in the second arc of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Ryou and sometimes Keiichiro. A hilarious example of this occurs with Masaya in the first episode of ''WebAnimation/TokyoCrystalMew''. He even feels the need to describe what he looked like in his Deep Blue form.
* In ''Anime/TomicaHyperRescueDriveHeadKidouKyuukyuuKeisatsu'', Munakata usually serves this role, when she explains the incident of the week to the drivers as they're launching.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'': Yuko Ichihara ends up becoming the Ms. Exposition, before she is temporarily removed from the story. When she returns in Chapters 216 and 217, these chapters were pretty much her exclusively explaining what the hell's been going on.
* Elsie of ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' starts as this, explaining to Keima the nature of Hell and the escaped spirits. Of course, most of what she says is ''[[UnreliableExpositor wrong]]'', so when her friend Haqua starts coming around, Keima is quick to go to her for more accurate information.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Every single character in the 4Kids dub, often to downright [[CaptainObvious ridiculous lengths]]. Everyone feels compelled to remind one another (i.e. the viewers) of the continuous effects of every card in play, the effect of a card that has [[AsYouKnow already been played before]] in an episode (especially "Monster Reborn"), all the way to what happened ''two minutes ago''. This expo-speak always happens at the start of episodes, (referencing previous events), which wouldn't be a bad thing if not for the fact that each episode includes a "last time, on ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''" opening bit. Also always occurs after a commercial (because, well, [[ViewersAreGoldfish you know]]), but sometime even ''for no reason at all''. As an example of the last type, pick any duel in the Battle City finals/semi-finals and count how many times the fact that one of the characters possesses an Egyptian God Card is mentioned. For the truly ambitious, [[DrinkingGame drink every time it's mentioned]], and kiss your liver goodbye.
** Subverted in the movie when Kaiba interrupts Pegasus' exposition of a card-effect with "Do you ever shut up?"
** Also Lampshaded in one episode where an opponent starts to explain the effects of Painful Choice before Kaiba cuts him off with "I know what the card does, you fool."
*** ... And then he explains it anyway.
** Misawa in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', to the point that it's the sole reason he occasionally [[PutOnABus takes a bus trip back]].
*** GX is especially bad with card exposition. For example, Pot of Greed is used, and explained, in nearly ever single duel. Sometimes more than once.
*** And that's with a card anybody who's played the card game for some time already knows the effect of. Meanwhile, we only get skimpy explanations of more interesting cards' effects...
** Rex Goodwin in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''. There's a reason fans of 5D's use the term "Rexposition"
** ZEXAL really loves this, at least in the first few episodes. ''Everyone'' that isn't dueling is only present to explain the rules to the viewers. Even Yuuma gets this treatment in the first episode, when he sees Shark Exceed Summoning a monster. Yuma then proceeds to explain how Exceed Summoning works to Kotori, who already knows how it works (but the viewers don't since it's a new game-mechanic added in ZEXAL). Later in the next episode, Shark explains with almost the same wording how Exceed Summoning works, right after having summoned his Levice Dragon. And then there's all the other Game Mechanics... Needless to say, the duels in the first few episode almost use more time explaining how to play the game than actually playing the game.
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