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* HistoricalCharacterConfusion (when used to show the character doing it is an idiot)
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Sometimes characters are just not that bright. This is an index of tropes related to stupidity, absentmindedness, and forgetfulness.
See ContrivedStuidityTropes for a specific set of these tropes dealing with unrealistic stupidity driving the plot. Compare AntiIntellectualism and contrast IntelligenceTropes.
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!!Tropes:
[[index]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance
* AdultsAreUseless
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy
* ApatheticCitizens
* ArtificialStupidity
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety
* BeliefMakesYouStupid
* BlatantLies
** WildCardExcuse
* BullyingADragon
* ButThouMust
** StupidityIsTheOnlyOption
* CannotSpitItOut
* CannotTalkToWomen
* ChaoticStupid
* ClosedCircle
* CreditCardPlot
* CultureBlind
* CuriosityKilledTheCast
* {{Damsel Fight and Flight Response}}
* DamselScrappy
* DeusExitMachina
* DidntThinkThisThrough
* DitchTheBodyguards
* TheDitz
* DramaticSlip
* DugInDeeper
* DumbBlonde
* DyingLikeAnimals
* EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy
* FeigningIntelligence
** IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt
* TheFool
** FearlessFool
* ForgotAboutHisPowers
* ForgotICouldntSwim
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* ForgotToFeedTheMonster
* GenreBlindness
** ContractualGenreBlindness
** RealityShowGenreBlindness
* GullibleLemmings
* GunsInChurch
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum (sometimes)
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation
* HumansAreMorons
* IdiotBall
** ConflictBall
** DistressBall
** HeroBall
*** OutOfSightOutOfMind
*** VillainExitStageLeft
** ThirdActStupidity
** VillainBall
*** BondVillainStupidity
*** CutLexLuthorACheck
*** GeneralFailure
*** JustBetweenYouAndMe
*** RevealingCoverup
* IdiotPlot
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou
* ImThinkingItOver
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime
* JugglingLoadedGuns
* JustEatGilligan
* JustEatTheMacGuffin
* KindheartedSimpleton
* LawfulStupid
* LeftYourLifesaverBehind
* MercyLead
* TheMillstone
* NeverRecycleYourSchemes
* NobodyEverComplainedBefore
* NoMeansYes
* NoPeripheralVision
* NotAZombie
* ObliviousToHints
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription
* PaperThinDisguise
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity, when used for the purposes of the plot.
* PingPongNaivete
* PlotSensitiveSnoopingSkills
* PoorCommunicationKills
* RecognitionFailure
* ReedRichardsIsUseless
* RememberedICouldFly
* SanityHasAdvantages
* SeeminglyProfoundFool
* SelectiveObliviousness
* SelectiveStupidity
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy
* StatingTheSimpleSolution
* StopDrowningAndStandUp
* StrangerSafety
* StupidCrooks
* StupidEvil
* StupidGood
* StupidityInducingAttack, when someone's actually trying to create and weaponise this in-story.
* StupidNeutral
* StupidSacrifice
* StupidScientist
* StupidSurrender
* SuicidalOverconfidence
* StrategySchmategy
* TheyJustDontGetIt
* TooDumbToFool
* TooDumbToLive
* TookALevelInDumbass
* TreacherousSpiritChase
* ViolationOfCommonSense
* WhatAnIdiot
** ChainedToABed
** HaveYouToldAnyoneElse
** MistakenForIndex
** OnceIsNotEnough
* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal
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See ContrivedStuidityTropes for a specific set of these tropes dealing with unrealistic stupidity driving the plot. Compare AntiIntellectualism and contrast IntelligenceTropes.
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!!Tropes:
[[index]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance
* AdultsAreUseless
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy
* ApatheticCitizens
* ArtificialStupidity
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety
* BeliefMakesYouStupid
* BlatantLies
** WildCardExcuse
* BullyingADragon
* ButThouMust
** StupidityIsTheOnlyOption
* CannotSpitItOut
* CannotTalkToWomen
* ChaoticStupid
* ClosedCircle
* CreditCardPlot
* CultureBlind
* CuriosityKilledTheCast
* {{Damsel Fight and Flight Response}}
* DamselScrappy
* DeusExitMachina
* DidntThinkThisThrough
* DitchTheBodyguards
* TheDitz
* DramaticSlip
* DugInDeeper
* DumbBlonde
* DyingLikeAnimals
* EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy
* FeigningIntelligence
** IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt
* TheFool
** FearlessFool
* ForgotAboutHisPowers
* ForgotICouldntSwim
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* ForgotToFeedTheMonster
* GenreBlindness
** ContractualGenreBlindness
** RealityShowGenreBlindness
* GullibleLemmings
* GunsInChurch
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum (sometimes)
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation
* HumansAreMorons
* IdiotBall
** ConflictBall
** DistressBall
** HeroBall
*** OutOfSightOutOfMind
*** VillainExitStageLeft
** ThirdActStupidity
** VillainBall
*** BondVillainStupidity
*** CutLexLuthorACheck
*** GeneralFailure
*** JustBetweenYouAndMe
*** RevealingCoverup
* IdiotPlot
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou
* ImThinkingItOver
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime
* JugglingLoadedGuns
* JustEatGilligan
* JustEatTheMacGuffin
* KindheartedSimpleton
* LawfulStupid
* LeftYourLifesaverBehind
* MercyLead
* TheMillstone
* NeverRecycleYourSchemes
* NobodyEverComplainedBefore
* NoMeansYes
* NoPeripheralVision
* NotAZombie
* ObliviousToHints
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription
* PaperThinDisguise
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity, when used for the purposes of the plot.
* PingPongNaivete
* PlotSensitiveSnoopingSkills
* PoorCommunicationKills
* RecognitionFailure
* ReedRichardsIsUseless
* RememberedICouldFly
* SanityHasAdvantages
* SeeminglyProfoundFool
* SelectiveObliviousness
* SelectiveStupidity
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy
* StatingTheSimpleSolution
* StopDrowningAndStandUp
* StrangerSafety
* StupidCrooks
* StupidEvil
* StupidGood
* StupidityInducingAttack, when someone's actually trying to create and weaponise this in-story.
* StupidNeutral
* StupidSacrifice
* StupidScientist
* StupidSurrender
* SuicidalOverconfidence
* StrategySchmategy
* TheyJustDontGetIt
* TooDumbToFool
* TooDumbToLive
* TookALevelInDumbass
* TreacherousSpiritChase
* ViolationOfCommonSense
* WhatAnIdiot
** ChainedToABed
** HaveYouToldAnyoneElse
** MistakenForIndex
** OnceIsNotEnough
* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal
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