Yeah Leni’s definitely a Genius Ditz, in the episode “Leader of the Rack”, she proves to be an accommodating boss and a terrific leader. She’s not very bright in an academic sense but she’s extremely resourceful in surprising ways.
Shouldn't it be "compare Cloudcuckoolander" instead of "contrast Cloudcuckoolander"? Or at least "compare and contrast". Genius Ditz and Cloudcuckoolander seem to overlap, actually. On the Cloudcuckoolander Trope page, "The Fool" is even listed as comparable to it; and Genius Ditz is a sub-version of The Ditz, which is comparable to the Fool.
Couldn't this page and Idiot Savant be merged into one page?
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Yeah, I'm not really seeing the dividing line between them. Idiot Savant just seems to be a slightly more extreme version of Genius Ditz, they aren't really separate tropes.
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It seems the only difference is that a Genius Ditz is The Ditz or The Fool whereas the Idiot Savant is The Ralph Wiggum, so yes I suggest a merge.
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I think that Idiot Savant should be merged with The Rainman as both these posts seem to imply a person with mental illness with expertise in one area. Genius Ditz should be kept separate because it suggests that a person is merely stupid outside his area of expertise, not mentally ill.
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Cut some of the Real Life examples, which seemed to be "This actress played ditzes, but wasn't really one at all". Which ... is someone who isn't a ditz at all. Maybe we should have a trope for Dumb Character Smart Actor, or (more likely) this just isn't tropable, but I'm pretty sure it's not this trope.
- Jayne Mansfield. She was typecast as a dumb blonde but had an IQ of 163, was fluent in 5 languages and was classically trained violinist and pianist
- Similarly Judy Holliday had an IQ of 172, was well educated, had a good knowledge of ballet and classical music and was a huge reader
- Marilyn Monroe was also an avid reader who enjoyed classical music and had a sharp wit
- Porn star Juli Ashton is almost a stereotypical airhead with a squeaky voice, little girl giggle and blonde hair but is a university graduate with a high IQ and once worked as a teacher.
- She majored in history, and taught at a middle school. You don't have to be particularly smart to do either of those things.
- Quite a few history majors and teachers I think might disagree.
- She majored in history, and taught at a middle school. You don't have to be particularly smart to do either of those things.
From the main page:
- Dean Winchester can turn a broken Walkman into a fully functional electromagnetic frequency (EMF) meter. He rebuilt his incredibly rare 1967 Chevy Impala after she was annihilated when a semi ran into her in the Season 1 finale. What can his book-smart, Stanford-educated, younger brother Sam do? Hotwire a car and drive it (and Dean can probably do that better than him).
- The above seems to imply that since Dean is good with cars, Sam is therefore talentless, which doesn't follow. The category is Ditzes with only a single area of expertise, and neither of the Winchester brothers fit. Sure, Dean is a brilliant mechanic and Sam is a brillian hacker, but they are also both experts in weaponry, obscure folklore, pop culture (Dean), arcane languages (Sam), pool (Dean), poker (Sam) and much, much more. And neither one is anything close to being ditzy.
- Also: Is there a trope for the irrational Sam-hatred demonstrated by many Supernatural fans?
Can someone who actually knows the show sort out if there's an example in there somewhere?
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Is Leni Loud an example? Because despite being a Dumb Blonde (a trope which is Zig-zagged, by the way, since her sister Lori is also blonde, but clearly much smarter) is the only one in her family who can pick a lock.
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