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** Bob is an Omnniglot.
** Bob just happens to have learned Latin.

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** Bob is an Omnniglot.{{Omniglot}}.
** [[YouDidntAsk Bob just happens to have learned Latin.Latin]].



* '''Parodied''': Bob is skilled at Pig Latin.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob is skilled at Pig Latin. Latin.
** Bob is "fluent" in OminousLatinChanting.



* '''Enforced''':

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* '''Enforced''': Bob's [[IvyLeagueForEveryone prestigious school]] required him to learn Latin for his degree.
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* '''Justified''': Bob does it to show that he is a GentlemanAndAScholar.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob does it to show that he is a GentlemanAndAScholar.



* '''Inverted''': Alice, the Ditz or BrainlessBeauty, is the only one [[HiddenDepths fluent in Latin]].

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice, the Ditz or BrainlessBeauty, is the only one [[HiddenDepths fluent in Latin]].

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*** Bob is an Omnniglot.
*** Bob just happens to have learned Latin.

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*** ** Bob is an Omnniglot.
*** ** Bob just happens to have learned Latin.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Where did you learn Latin, Bob?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"Where did you learn Latin, Bob?"






Redire [[SmartPeopleKnowLatin Homo versutus scire Latine]]

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Redire [[SmartPeopleKnowLatin Homo versutus scire Latine]]Latine]]
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Bob does it to show that he is a GentlemanAndAScholar

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
Bob has a vast knowledge of Latin proverbs and parables, but that's all he knows. He has difficulty reading and understanding a simple Latin text.
* '''Justified''': Bob does it to show that he is a GentlemanAndAScholarGentlemanAndAScholar.
** Bob is a doctor, a lawyer or a specialist in other field where knowledge of Latin is important.
*** Bob is an Omnniglot.
**** Bob just happens to have learned Latin.



** Bob is a genius, but doesn't understand a word of Latin.



* '''Parodied''': Bob is fluent mostly in dozens of extinct languages and alien languages.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob is fluent mostly in dozens of extinct languages and alien languages.skilled at Pig Latin.



* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
'''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Where did you learn Latin, Bob?"
**"I'm sure Bob would know some Latin. He's so smart!"

* '''Invoked''': ???
'''Invoked''': Bob takes Latin at the univesity.
* '''Exploited''': ???
A team of time travellers hires Bob as an interpreter to ease their communication with ancient Romans.
* '''Defied''': ???Bob refuses to learn Latin.

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Optimize with convenient Playing With format. The "Back to Trope" part is actually Google Translated, so I recommend a more accurate translation.


Basic trope: Smart people kanow Latin.
* Straight^ Bob, The Smart Guy, is fluent in Latin.
* Ecagerrated: ... and in Ancient Greek, and in Sanskrit, and in Gothic, and in Old English, and in a dead language of the aliens...
* Downplayed:

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Basic trope: Smart people kanow '''Basic Trope''': A genius has knowledge of Latin.
* Straight^ '''Straight''': Bob, The Smart Guy, TheSmartGuy, is fluent in Latin.
* Ecagerrated: ... '''Exaggerated''': ...and in Ancient Greek, and in Sanskrit, and in Gothic, Old English.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Bob does it to show that he is a GentlemanAndAScholar
* '''Inverted''': Alice, the Ditz or BrainlessBeauty, is the only one [[HiddenDepths fluent in Latin]].
* '''Subverted''': Bob, as TheSmartGuy, is expected by the others to be fluent in Latin, but he isn't...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but Bob decides to learn Latin to show off his genius.
* '''Parodied''': Bob is fluent mostly in dozens of extinct languages
and alien languages.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': No one is fluent
in Old English, and in a dead language of the aliens...
Latin.
* Downplayed:'''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Redire [[SmartPeopleKnowLatin Homo versutus scire Latine]]
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Basic trope: Smart people kanow Latin.
* Straight^ Bob, The Smart Guy, is fluent in Latin.
* Ecagerrated: ... and in Ancient Greek, and in Sanskrit, and in Gothic, and in Old English, and in a dead language of the aliens...
* Downplayed:

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