Would Yahweh from The Salvation War count? He does seem like the type, as michael put it, "Drunk drunk with unwarranted power".
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The answer to your question depends on the answer to this question: has this power that he possesses driven him into an incoherent state of mind?
Being "drunk" on power, like in A God Am I, is not sufficient. Giygas is the Trope Namer, so look to him for your answer.
That should also be in "adaptational dumbass" since God is all-knowing.
God is like this in Miracle Workers, which really offended my mom (if you couldn't tell, I come from a religious Christian family). I mean He couldn't even figure out how to use a fucking microwave! I'm pretty sure the all-knowing being who created the Earth, as well as man, would know how to use a man-made appliance!
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Why does this belong in the Anti-Intellectualism index?
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Good point. It seems to be that Power Is Inversely Proportional to Brains, in this instance.
Does anyone think this trope should be split between 'essentially nonsapient' (i.e. Gigyas, Azathoth, Calamity Ganon) and 'sapient, but really stupid' (i.e. Anthony Fremont, the Gnostic Demiurge, Bahgtru, Pree Aesma.