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* '''Exaggerated''': Oscar isn't just ''smart'', but omnipresent.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Oscar isn't just ''smart'', but omnipresent.omniscient.
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* '''Enforced''': Orangutans are well-known in some myths for being highly intelligent, so the creators wanted to add a bit of ShownTheirWork.

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* '''Enforced''': Orangutans are well-known in some myths and [[TruthInTelevision even in real life]] for being highly intelligent, so the creators wanted to add a bit of ShownTheirWork.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"[[IntelligentPrimate I feel like primates in general are often depicted as smart]], but orangutans are the most prone to that."
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* '''Subverted''': Oscar was ObfuscatingIntelligence.

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* '''Subverted''': Oscar was ObfuscatingIntelligence.FeigningIntelligence.
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'''Basic Trope''': An orangutan who is smart.
* '''Straight''': Oscar the orangutan is TheSmartGuy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Oscar isn't just ''smart'', but omnipresent.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Oscar is somewhat smarter than average.
** Oscar is the smartest in his gang of [[KillerGorilla killer apes]], but considering [[DumbMuscle the other members' intellect]], that's not saying a whole lot.
* '''Justified''': TruthInTelevision - many primates, including orangutans, are well-known for their intelligence.
* '''Inverted''': Oscar is a DumbMuscle, possibly even to the point in being LethallyStupid.
* '''Subverted''': Oscar was ObfuscatingIntelligence.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, his twin brother Orville ''is'' actually smart.
* '''Parodied''': Oscar [[PowersuitMonkey works at a science lab]], even though he's in a setting where anthropomorphic animals are otherwise nowhere to be found. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight His colleagues don't even bat an eye]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Oscar is often portrayed as a DumbMuscle, but occasionally there are hints that he's a GeniusBruiser [[ObfuscatingStupidity that he's not as dumb as he acts]].
* '''Averted''': Orangutans don't appear in the work.
* '''Enforced''': Orangutans are well-known in some myths for being highly intelligent, so the creators wanted to add a bit of ShownTheirWork.
* '''Lampshaded''': "An orangutan is smarter than me?"
* '''Invoked''': Orangutans are used as subjects in an UpliftedAnimal experiment.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Back to EruditeOrangutan. Did you know that it's very possible that an orangutan wrote this very page?
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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