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[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell Mark Russell]] is ironically both this trope ''and'' the TeamPrimaDonna -- he's technically being brought ''back'' into Monarch, but he's been [[ScrapHeapHero out of the loop]] long enough for this trope to be in effect. Mark shares in the audience's surprise at the many developments in Monarch that the [[TheTeam top brass]] introduce; such as Emma recreating the ORCA, there being dozens more living Titans besides Godzilla around the world at clandestine Monarch containment outposts, and Monarch having a fancy new base of operations in Bermuda.

* Soah from ''Manhwa/TheBrideOfTheWaterGod'', a CountryMouse now living at court with the Water God, and dealing with the intrigues of the Emperor.

[[folder: Fan Works]]

A SuperTrope to RookieRedRanger (the newcomer is also TheHero and/or TheLeader), EnsignNewbie (the newcomer is an officer presiding over a more experienced enlisted crew), and TheWatson (the newcomer's purpose is to get information for the audience by proxy).

* ''Webcomic/PMDAnotherPerspective'': ZigZagged with Purry, who has just arrived in the world of Pokemon for her mission. While she has a lot of knowledge on how battles work and her reaction to becoming a Pokemon implies she knew it would happen ahead of time, she lacks information on how various things in the new world work, like rescue team badges. She also doesn't know about the presence of towns or the existence of Mystery Dungeons until Blazy mentions them.

* ''VideoGame/FateExtra'': Hakuno Kishinami wakes up with no memories ([[spoiler:because [[TomatoInTheMirror they are actually an NPC character who gained awareness due to an error]]]])and is immediately dragged into a Holy Grail War and has to fight for survival. Their Servant and allies like Rin and Rani have to teach them everything about both life and combat.

* ''VideoGame/FateSamuraiRemnant'': Miyamoto Iori was given a little bit of training in Magecraft, but he barely knows anything about the supernatural and nothing about Servants and the Waxing Moon Ritual when he gets dragged into it. He needs his Saber and others to explain everything to him.

* Luffy tends to get most of these moments in ''Manga/OnePiece'', as he honestly doesn't care how the world works unless it's directly relevant to him somehow. The other members of the Straw Hat crew also occasionally get moments of it, being among the very few denizens of the relatively tame East Blue to travel the considerably deadlier Grand Line, and thus having heard precious little about it beforehand. This is enforced with the TimeSkip, as Luffy was kept out of the loop for two years, so he could focus solely on his training. All the news that occured within those two years were slowly revealed to Luffy and the audience after the TimeSkip.

* ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo: Mick Moss, undergraduate intern to [[ForcedTransformation Adventurer turned duck]] Cliff Carlson, is rather naive when he joins Cliff on his search for the titular Eye.
%%* Agent J in incarnations of ''Men In Black'': [[Comicbook/MenInBlack comics]], and in [[Film/MenInBlack the first movie]].

* [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Artemis]] in ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/its-an-unliving-young-justice-si.865009/page-53#post-71133412 It's An Unliving]]'' is the portrayed as the most naive of the team when it comes to heroics. Unlike the team's other [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} non-powered member]], Artemis not only doesn't wear armor, but leaves roughly half her torso exposed. Even after getting a suit of [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle scarab armor]], Artemis spends some time trying to configure it into resembling her original costume. Not helping matters is that Artemis's chosen hero alias is her first name.

* Arthur Dent in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', particularly since he was in space for the first time owing to Earth's destruction.

They may be TrappedInAnotherWorld, new additions to a WizardingSchool, [[NewMeat the fresh recruit]], or just TheIntern, but the device is the same.

%%* Mikado Ryugamine in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. [[spoiler:Or is he?]]

* Priestess from ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' started out as this, and it resulted in her team getting raped and murdered by a horde of goblins they underestimated and were ill-equipped to deal with. After she was saved by Goblin Slayer, she learned how to be a better fighter and spell caster.