Exposition fairy is the term for any character in a Tiradesverse movie that exists solely for the purpose of info-dumping to the audience. These characters are staples of M. Night Shyamalan and Uwe Boll.
Examples in the Tiradesverse[]
- Random wise, old Asian woman in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
- Julio Martin in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
- Dr. Jones and random hippie in Birdemic
- Sam Fisher in Alone in the Dark
- Literally every single character in The Last Airbender
- Jetfire in Revenge of the Fallen
- Arthur Frayn and Friend in Zardoz
- The unnamed wife at the wedding chapel in The Crow: Wicked Prayer
- Grandpa Yuleson in Santa's Slay
- The fortune teller in Bloodrayne
- Every character that Heather talks to in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
- Gossip Gerty in Batman Forever and Batman and Robin
- Darla Slaughter in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
- Joshua Joyce in Transformers: Age of Extinction
- The Elder in Highlander: The Source
- Hot dog guy in The Happening
- Zordon in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
- Walter Jenning in Howard the Duck
- The bizarre gay waiter in Samurai Cop
- The random Brimstone guy that was in jail with Rayne in Bloodrayne 2
- Kalique Abrasax and Titus Abrasax from Jupiter Ascending
- Beth Johnson in An Easter Bunny Puppy
- The random rich guy in the beginning of Elektra
- The guard who reads off Ricky Ho's rap sheet in Riki-Oh
- Suarez in The Apocalypse (1997)