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* AdaptationalNonsapience: When a character who was smart enough to talk in the source material no longer is in an adaptation.

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* AdaptationalNonsapience: When a character who was smart enough to talk communicate in the source material no longer is can in an adaptation.
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* QuirkyDoctor: A doctor that is weird in a comedic way, and is often very incompetent.

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I can alphabet.


* FirstStepFixation: A character has a goal, and a plan to accomplish that goal--then stupidly fixates ''that plan specifically'', to the extent that it overrides their original goal.



* FirstStepFixation: A character has a goal, and a plan to accomplish that goal--then stupidly fixates on accomplishing that plan specifically, to the extent that it overrides their original goal.
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* FirstStepFixation: A character has a goal, and a plan to accomplish that goal--then stupidly fixates on accomplishing that plan specifically, to the extent that it overrides their original goal.
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crosswicked lust makes you dumb

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* LustMakesYouDumb: Letting Your Libido do the thinking for you makes you do stupid things.
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crosswicked aroused by idiocy

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* ArousedByIdiocy: A character considers stupidity an attractive trait.
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* DevilInPlainSight: A minority of characters [[OnlySaneMan can tell]] that an ObviouslyEvil character is, well, evil; but the majority [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe they're trustworthy]].

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* DevilInPlainSight: A minority of characters [[OnlySaneMan can tell]] that an ObviouslyEvil character is, well, evil; [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin evil]]; but the majority [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe they're trustworthy]].
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Although the trope exercises poor judgment, I think it's unfair to outright call those who Fell Asleep Driving "stupid", especially regarding the majority of the real life examples.


* FellAsleepDriving: Here's a hint: if you ever feel exhausted, do ''not'' drive.
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* ObliviouslySuperpowered: A character has powers but is either so stupid or in so much denial that they simply aren't aware of them - even while using them.

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* ImThinkingItOver: Having to think over a situation that could ''save your freakin' life'' shows tremendous density.



* ImThinkingItOver: Having to think over a situation that could ''save your freakin' life'' shows tremendous density.
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* IncompetenceInc: A company that's ineffectual because of idiotic employees and/or management.
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** DrunkDriver: Extra stupidity points are awarded to those who get really drunk and then drive.


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* FellAsleepDriving: Here's a hint: if you ever feel exhausted, do ''not'' drive.
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* DevilInPlainSight: A minority of characters can tell that an ObviouslyEvil character is, well, evil; but the majority [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe they're trustworthy]].

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* DevilInPlainSight: A minority of characters [[OnlySaneMan can tell tell]] that an ObviouslyEvil character is, well, evil; but the majority [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe they're trustworthy]].

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* DevilInPlainSight: A minority of characters can tell that an ObviouslyEvil character is, well, evil; but the majority [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe they're trustworthy]].



* FeigningIntelligence: An stupid person that pretends to be smart in order to impress people & fails at it.

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* FeigningIntelligence: An stupid person that pretends to be smart in order to impress people & people, and fails at it.
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Better wording


* DumbMuscle: TheBigGuy tends to be the least intelligent of the FiveManBand.

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* DumbMuscle: TheBigGuy tends Brawny characters tend to be the least intelligent of the FiveManBand.lacking in brains.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: They think their strength is good, but the smart ones are actually {{evil|Genius}}.
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* DumbassDJ: A loud and obnoxious DJ.

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* DumbassDJ: A loud and obnoxious DJ.They're not good at being top class [=DJs=].
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* ComicalOverreacting: They overreact too much, even at the most ''slightest'' of problems.
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* DumbassDJ: A loud and obnoxious DJ.
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* NerdsAreNaive: Nerdy and geeky characters are portrayed as being SuperGullible and ignorant of the world around them outside of their hobbies and interests.
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* DugInDeeper: When one is too stupid, to tell the truth about their friend's talentlessness and a whole disaster ensues.
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* VaryingCompetencyAlibi: A character is proven innocent when they're shown to be too competent or incompetent to do.
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Capitalization was fixed from Main.Simpleminded Wisdom to Main.Simple Minded Wisdom. Null edit to update index.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Idiotic guards either suffering from Genre Blindness or simply Too Dumb To Live.

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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Idiotic guards either suffering from Genre Blindness GenreBlindness or are simply Too Dumb To Live.TooDumbToLive.
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* PlanetOfDunceCaps: An extraterrestrial species is of inferior intellect.
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* WeWantOurIdiotBack
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* DumberThanTheyLook: Despite having a smart-looking appearance, this character is actually dumb.

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* DamselFightAndFlightResponse: She had the upper hand on the villain and could've killed him right then, but she ran away like a moron instead.
* DamselScrappy: They constantly get themselves in danger because they're too dumb to take care of themself thus nobody likes them because of this.

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* DamselFightAndFlightResponse: She had the upper hand on the villain and could've killed him right then, then and there, but she ran away like a moron instead.
* DamselScrappy: They constantly get themselves in danger because they're too dumb to take care of themself themselves, thus nobody likes them because of this.


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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Why bother maintaining success when you can just [[VillainBall stop to do something evil]] right when things are going well for you?
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* SunkCostFallacy: A character continues to pursue an unworkable strategy because if he stops, he feels it will mean all his previous effort was for nothing.
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* IgnoranceIsBliss: An common phrase that means if you don't know about something, you don't worry about it.

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* IgnoranceIsBliss: An A common phrase that means if you don't know about something, you don't worry about it.

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