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* BeneathNotice: Revealed to be a subversion in later chapters: The Party is aware that the proles form the bulk of the population, and they know that if they keep proles ignorant by promoting a lifestyle of booze, gambling, and cheap pornography while giving them the impression that they can get away with things Party members can't, [[IgnoranceIsBliss the proles will never pose a threat]]. And just to be totally sure, [[spoiler:they have Thought Police spies embedded within the prole population, one of whom turns in Winston and Julia after he rents them a room over his shop to privately have sex for pleasure (a banned activity)]].
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* VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4: Averted. Atreus's sickness stems from him being unaware of his godly lineage, so he would benefit from knowing it. When Kratos tells him, this gets played straight hard. First it gets to his head, and later he sees all the downsides to god-hood. Kratos straight up tells him he wished to spare Atreus the knowledge.
* WebAnimation/ADayWithBowserJr: Larry overhears a snippet of conversation that hints at the koopalings true origins, but he decides to just forget he heard it because he feels he'd be happier not knowing.
* Webcomic/SluggyFreelance: The survivors of Mohkadun chose to forget their forsaken background and assimilate into the Egyptians for this reason. Macha felt that burying the truth was foolish, but the elders did not see things that way. Elder Maloufo even went so far as to threaten Macha with exile if he refused to let go of their past.
* WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree: Twilight, as a result of her Midnight Sparkle angst, feels this way about her not knowing magic existed. This is part of her song "The Midnight Inside Me", where she regrets learning about magic.
* WebAnimation/ADayWithBowserJr: Larry overhears a snippet of conversation that hints at the koopalings true origins, but he decides to just forget he heard it because he feels he'd be happier not knowing.
* Webcomic/SluggyFreelance: The survivors of Mohkadun chose to forget their forsaken background and assimilate into the Egyptians for this reason. Macha felt that burying the truth was foolish, but the elders did not see things that way. Elder Maloufo even went so far as to threaten Macha with exile if he refused to let go of their past.
* WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree: Twilight, as a result of her Midnight Sparkle angst, feels this way about her not knowing magic existed. This is part of her song "The Midnight Inside Me", where she regrets learning about magic.
* Characters/AlfredsPlayhouse: Dictator Pickles gives Alfred a magical fantasy world to live in so he can take control of his body.
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* VisualNovel/MonikaBeforeStory: You can play this mod as you would play a regular visual novel and get the ending for a girl of your choice, [[spoiler: but it doesn't resolve the main plot. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the compliation notes]].
** [[spoiler: Also, the girls themselves end up being lobotomized during the installation sequence, with the Main Character rewriting their .chr files that contain memories regarding the old club and the real you, so the game can progress as a normal visual novel.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, the girls themselves end up being lobotomized during the installation sequence, with the Main Character rewriting their .chr files that contain memories regarding the old club and the real you, so the game can progress as a normal visual novel.]]
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* Fanfic/AYoungWomansPoliticalRecord: Tanya decides to have Elya stop local polling operations specifically so she doesn't see her approval ratings until the very last minute. All well and good since she's trying to get herself removed from office, but she barely understands just how popular she is already.
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* Series/InTheDark: In the second season premiere, Murphy is ready to tell Chloe how her father is a killer but after talking to the girl, she realizes she can't bring herself to ruin her life like this and keeps it quiet.
* Series/{{Threshold}}: Molly convinces a cop that the team are just tracking terrorists, saying it's to keep their cover. But Fenway says he really did it so "that cop could actually sleep at night."
* Series/InTheDark: In the second season premiere, Murphy is ready to tell Chloe how her father is a killer but after talking to the girl, she realizes she can't bring herself to ruin her life like this and keeps it quiet.
* Series/{{Threshold}}: Molly convinces a cop that the team are just tracking terrorists, saying it's to keep their cover. But Fenway says he really did it so "that cop could actually sleep at night."
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* TabletopGame/EclipsePhase: Played straight with Firewall [[spoiler: and Project Ozma.]] Suppressing knowledge of the Exsurgent virus, asyncs, [[spoiler: [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the ETI]] and the true nature of the [=TITANs=]]] is considered one of their top priorities, since they don't know if humanity will be able to handle the horrible truth.
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* TabletopGame/EclipsePhase: Averted with Menton morphs - depression is common among those who are forced to resleeve from Mentons to less mentally capable morphs, since they can literally ''feel'' how much dumber they are.
* TabletopGame/EclipsePhase: Averted with Menton morphs - depression is common among those who are forced to resleeve from Mentons to less mentally capable morphs, since they can literally ''feel'' how much dumber they are.
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* Funny/{{Smallville}}: "Freak": In an otherwise pretty [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] episode, when Chloe asks Daniel what happened last night, he somewhat apologetically asks if they had sex because he was really drunk and didn't remember anything. Turns out he had his memory at Lex's secret lab wiped and the same happens to Chloe later. Although considering the [[KickTheDog pain and humiliation she]] [[MoralEventHorizon went through in Lex's hands]], [[IgnoranceIsBliss it's probably for the best.]]
* InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail/TropesHToO:
** Trip brings this up in Chapter 9 when he tells Ash to make sure Goh never learns about the Infinity Train.
--->'''Trip:''' If he learns about the Train, he’s going to become ''obsessed'' with it, like he became obsessed with Mew, with Pokémon and you [Ash]. And if he becomes obsessed with it, he’ll try to ''enter'' it. And if he ''enters'' it, then that’s two children that have disappeared completely and there’ll be even ''less'' of a chance of finding Chloe if Chloe is adamant about never wanting to see him ever again.\\
'''Ash:''' But...that’s just like lying to him!\\
'''Trip:''' Ignorance is bliss in this case. Have him do what he loved even when Chloe was still in this city and he’ll never ever have to know. I mean, it’s not like it’s going to make a difference, right? He wasn’t thinking of Chloe then and he shouldn’t be thinking of her now if he knows what’s good for him.
** Jinny is completely ignorant as to what happened in the Unown Arc, which Trip and Serena hope to maintain.
* Literature/MediochreQSethSeries: ForHappiness: Why Queen MAB goes along with so many cover-ups, apparently. IgnoranceIsBliss, after all.
* Manga/Reborn2004: What all the guys simultaneously agree upon when faced with the choice of telling Kyoko and Haru the truth in the Future Arc. Though Tsuna ends up telling them anyway, much to Ryohei’s displeasure.
* OnceUponATime/TropesIToL: The Dark Curse exiled characters from a fairy tale world into the real world with new memories. Considering nearly all of them have ridiculously tragic back stories, sometimes not knowing is a blessing.
* Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E12: Lorelai wants to remain ignorant about what she is eating, because whenever she has eaten something really good in her life it always turned out to be something gross. It turns out to be true about the food she is eating this time, too.
* Recap/JeansMagicalEducation: DeadpanSnarker: Jean, whenever he speaks [[BilingualBonus French]], is either being emotional or snarky. Of course, people in Gensokyo don't know French, and are [[IgnoranceIsBliss gladly unaware of what he has to say.]]
* InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail/TropesHToO:
** Trip brings this up in Chapter 9 when he tells Ash to make sure Goh never learns about the Infinity Train.
--->'''Trip:''' If he learns about the Train, he’s going to become ''obsessed'' with it, like he became obsessed with Mew, with Pokémon and you [Ash]. And if he becomes obsessed with it, he’ll try to ''enter'' it. And if he ''enters'' it, then that’s two children that have disappeared completely and there’ll be even ''less'' of a chance of finding Chloe if Chloe is adamant about never wanting to see him ever again.\\
'''Ash:''' But...that’s just like lying to him!\\
'''Trip:''' Ignorance is bliss in this case. Have him do what he loved even when Chloe was still in this city and he’ll never ever have to know. I mean, it’s not like it’s going to make a difference, right? He wasn’t thinking of Chloe then and he shouldn’t be thinking of her now if he knows what’s good for him.
** Jinny is completely ignorant as to what happened in the Unown Arc, which Trip and Serena hope to maintain.
* Literature/MediochreQSethSeries: ForHappiness: Why Queen MAB goes along with so many cover-ups, apparently. IgnoranceIsBliss, after all.
* Manga/Reborn2004: What all the guys simultaneously agree upon when faced with the choice of telling Kyoko and Haru the truth in the Future Arc. Though Tsuna ends up telling them anyway, much to Ryohei’s displeasure.
* OnceUponATime/TropesIToL: The Dark Curse exiled characters from a fairy tale world into the real world with new memories. Considering nearly all of them have ridiculously tragic back stories, sometimes not knowing is a blessing.
* Recap/GilmoreGirlsS02E12: Lorelai wants to remain ignorant about what she is eating, because whenever she has eaten something really good in her life it always turned out to be something gross. It turns out to be true about the food she is eating this time, too.
* Recap/JeansMagicalEducation: DeadpanSnarker: Jean, whenever he speaks [[BilingualBonus French]], is either being emotional or snarky. Of course, people in Gensokyo don't know French, and are [[IgnoranceIsBliss gladly unaware of what he has to say.]]
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* Literature/TheBookOfDust: Sister Fenella seems to be trying to take this approach when it comes to the activities of the CCD.
* Literature/TheOsmerianConflict: At the start anyway. The crew eventually learns that their simple mission was not at all very simple.
* Recap/OnceUponATimeS2E12IntheNameoftheBrother:
-->'''Ruby''': Regina thought she was punishing us by erasing who we were. She underestimated just how much crap we wanted to forget.
* Literature/TheOsmerianConflict: At the start anyway. The crew eventually learns that their simple mission was not at all very simple.
* Recap/OnceUponATimeS2E12IntheNameoftheBrother:
-->'''Ruby''': Regina thought she was punishing us by erasing who we were. She underestimated just how much crap we wanted to forget.
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* Fanfic/AYoungWomansPoliticalRecord: Elya's employment is this on Tanya's part thanks to miscommunication between the two. Tanya assumes that she's hired Elya for secretarial work and to conduct polling operations as a favor to another military veteran, but Elya assumes that the famed military genius Tanya has hired her for her intelligence background and quickly sets up an unofficial intelligence apparatus and secret police under the guise of "polling operations". Both events listed under ThePurge happen with Tanya unknowingly ordering them.
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* Fanfic/AYoungWomansPoliticalRecord: Tanya decides to have Elya stop local polling operations specifically so she doesn't see her approval ratings until the very last minute. All well and good since she's trying to get herself removed from office, but she barely understands just how popular she is already.
* Fanfic/GoGently: Taylor with Kenta, and in general considering some of the dark truths hidden by the cold unloving world.
* Fanfic/SonicOrigins:
** Shade tells the gang not to tell Gemerl about his past as the Nocturnus main WeaponOfMassDestruction. It's [[RapePillageAndBurn for the best.]]
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] among the group. Although this trope allows people to live their lives without worrying for the end of the world everyday, it also renders them completely helpless when the danger does show up in front of their faces.
* Film/CafeSetareh: Ebi feels that Fariba and her mother would be better off not knowing that [[spoiler: Khosro is dead]], so he burns all the newspapers that would tell them.
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* ComicBook/LesNombrils: Jenny's homelife is in a terrible state, but she's too stupid to realise it.
* FamilyGuy/TropesDToI: None of the cast knows about Brian's death in the alternate timeline now except for Brian himself, and he only knows the bare minimum about it.
* Fanfic/{{Turbulence}}: Due to Kakarot not knowing about his Saiyan heritage [[spoiler:at the moment]] nor the fact he was not originally destined to go to Namek, he is unaware of Earth and that his original mission was to exterminate all life forms on the planet.
* FamilyGuy/TropesDToI: None of the cast knows about Brian's death in the alternate timeline now except for Brian himself, and he only knows the bare minimum about it.
* Fanfic/{{Turbulence}}: Due to Kakarot not knowing about his Saiyan heritage [[spoiler:at the moment]] nor the fact he was not originally destined to go to Namek, he is unaware of Earth and that his original mission was to exterminate all life forms on the planet.
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* Characters/WanderOverYonder: Neckbeard certainly thinks so because they are "too stupid", but that turns out to be far from the case.
* Fanfic/MagiaPacemBellumTerrarum:
** Homura envied Mami's ignorance about the truth about Witches.
** Also, Audrey, Ligaya and Serafina [[spoiler: lived happy lives in the arms of Salvae, under the care of Elise who they would challenge later on]].
* Film/TheRulesOfTheGame: How the upper class deal with the looming threat of war.
* Fanfic/MagiaPacemBellumTerrarum:
** Homura envied Mami's ignorance about the truth about Witches.
** Also, Audrey, Ligaya and Serafina [[spoiler: lived happy lives in the arms of Salvae, under the care of Elise who they would challenge later on]].
* Film/TheRulesOfTheGame: How the upper class deal with the looming threat of war.
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** The reason Coulson's special team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents exist is that TheWorldIsNotReady for most of the weird things happening in the world. He even gives an AppealToObscurity example to hammer his point. PlayfulHacker Skye feels differently and thinks an [[TheUnmasquedWorld Unmasqued World]] is the way to go.
** "Providence" reveals [[spoiler:that once S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets have flooded onto the Internet, Skye realizes that Coulson was right: TheWorldIsNotReady.]]
** Coulson's being kept in the dark about his resurrection, [[spoiler:and the implanted memories of Tahiti were specifically to keep him ignorant of the real circumstances of his resurrection (see AndIMustScream), which otherwise were too unbearable for him to go on living.]]
** The reason Coulson's special team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents exist is that TheWorldIsNotReady for most of the weird things happening in the world. He even gives an AppealToObscurity example to hammer his point. PlayfulHacker Skye feels differently and thinks an [[TheUnmasquedWorld Unmasqued World]] is the way to go.
** "Providence" reveals [[spoiler:that once S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets have flooded onto the Internet, Skye realizes that Coulson was right: TheWorldIsNotReady.]]
** Coulson's being kept in the dark about his resurrection, [[spoiler:and the implanted memories of Tahiti were specifically to keep him ignorant of the real circumstances of his resurrection (see AndIMustScream), which otherwise were too unbearable for him to go on living.]]
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** The reason Coulson's special team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents exist is that TheWorldIsNotReady for most of the weird things happening in the world. He even gives an AppealToObscurity example to hammer his point. PlayfulHacker Skye feels differently and thinks an [[TheUnmasquedWorld Unmasqued World]] is the way to go.
** "Providence" reveals [[spoiler:that once S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets have flooded onto the Internet, Skye realizes that Coulson was right: TheWorldIsNotReady.]]
** Coulson's being kept in the dark about his resurrection, [[spoiler:and the implanted memories of Tahiti were specifically to keep him ignorant of the real circumstances of his resurrection (see AndIMustScream), which otherwise were too unbearable for him to go on living.]]
* Characters/MenInBlackFilms: The organisation stays private and uses neuralyzers to erase memories. The organisation believes humans simply aren't ready for knowledge about aliens and since they don't really need to know or care, then they have no reason to know.
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-->'''Kay''': A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet.
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* AgentsOfSHIELD/TropesIToM:
** The reason Coulson's special team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents exist is that TheWorldIsNotReady for most of the weird things happening in the world. He even gives an AppealToObscurity example to hammer his point. PlayfulHacker Skye feels differently and thinks an [[TheUnmasquedWorld Unmasqued World]] is the way to go.
** "Providence" reveals [[spoiler:that once S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets have flooded onto the Internet, Skye realizes that Coulson was right: TheWorldIsNotReady.]]
** Coulson's being kept in the dark about his resurrection, [[spoiler:and the implanted memories of Tahiti were specifically to keep him ignorant of the real circumstances of his resurrection (see AndIMustScream), which otherwise were too unbearable for him to go on living.]]
* Characters/MenInBlackFilms: The organisation stays private and uses neuralyzers to erase memories. The organisation believes humans simply aren't ready for knowledge about aliens and since they don't really need to know or care, then they have no reason to know.
-->'''Jay''': Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
-->'''Kay''': A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet.
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* Characters/DreamSMPWilburSoot: ManChild: [[IgnoranceIsBliss Ghostbur can't retain any information that would make him upset, with the result that he is extremely innocent and childish.]] He often assumes anyone doing anything wrong is just playing a game (for example: when Phil was spying on the Butcher's Army's assault on Techno, Ghostbur assumed he was playing hide and seek), and can be easily tricked or manipulated.
* Characters/GemsOfWar: At first, Ferit is determinated to slay Xerodar for the eldritch knowledge it may bestow him... but has enough memory of his past to decide that he may be better off without that knowledge.
* Characters/HereticalEdgeBystandersAndIndependentHeretics: [[spoiler: Because she grew up without knowledge of the supernatural, Abigail has no idea that she's been under surveillance her entire life. She is ''much'' better adjusted than her twin brother Wyatt as a result.]]
* Characters/LittleBusters: [[spoiler:Wants to keep the GroundhogDayLoop going forever, so Riki and Rin won't have to face the AwfulTruth in the real world, and also so he can continue to play with everyone.]]
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* Anime/{{Endro}}: Yusha's group, big time, but the version that met the Demon Lord were ''even worse''. They straight up ignore her while getting wrapped up in their own little worlds; Yusha just walked up to the Demon Lord alone, Seira was more focused on berating Yusha's recklessness (which Yusha just laughs at), Mei was finding and stealing the Demon Lord's secret poem collection, and Fai was running into pillars and stealing the Demon Lord's snacks. It's even how the plot got set off, as their carefree attitudes angered the Demon Lord to try and kill them upfront instead of toying with them. This made Yusha decide to use their strongest attack straight away, but of course she forgot the full incantation midway through.
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* Characters/AlfredsPlayhouse: Dictator Pickles gives Alfred a magical fantasy world to live in so he can take control of his body.
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* Characters/BlackButlerPhantomhiveHousehold: Ciel tells Snake that his missing friends' whereabouts were unknown and that staying with Ciel is the fastest way to see them again. The reader knows that they were all killed by Ciel's staff when they attempted to ambush the mansion.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Combined with LiteralSplitPersonality in ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': When Hawkmoth and his supporters made their reality-altering Wishes, Lila wanted to become the center of Adrien's universe. In order to grant his former holder a chance at freedom, Plagg splits him into two: the [[IgnoranceIsBliss cheerfully oblivious]] Adrien Agreste, and ''Felix'' Agreste, who retains all of Adrien's memories of the original timeline.
* DecompositeCharacter: Combined with LiteralSplitPersonality in ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': When Hawkmoth and his supporters made their reality-altering Wishes, Lila wanted to become the center of Adrien's universe. In order to grant his former holder a chance at freedom, Plagg splits him into two: the [[IgnoranceIsBliss cheerfully oblivious]] Adrien Agreste, and ''Felix'' Agreste, who retains all of Adrien's memories of the original timeline.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Combined with LiteralSplitPersonality in ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': When Hawkmoth and his supporters made their reality-altering Wishes, Lila wanted to become the center of Adrien's universe. In order to grant his former holder a chance at freedom, Plagg splits him into two: the [[IgnoranceIsBliss cheerfully oblivious]] Adrien Agreste, and ''Felix'' Agreste, who retains all of Adrien's memories of the original timeline.
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* SycophanticServant: Zim of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. ''Everything'' he does is for the Tallest, and he goes to ridiculous lengths to try to impress them. It never works, since they originally [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent him out in space so he would die and never return to Planet Irk]], which he's oblivious to, [[IgnoranceIsBliss for the better.]]
* AgentsOfSHIELD/TropesIToM:
** The reason Coulson's special team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents exist is that TheWorldIsNotReady for most of the weird things happening in the world. He even gives an AppealToObscurity example to hammer his point. PlayfulHacker Skye feels differently and thinks an [[TheUnmasquedWorld Unmasqued World]] is the way to go.
** "Providence" reveals [[spoiler:that once S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets have flooded onto the Internet, Skye realizes that Coulson was right: TheWorldIsNotReady.]]
** Coulson's being kept in the dark about his resurrection, [[spoiler:and the implanted memories of Tahiti were specifically to keep him ignorant of the real circumstances of his resurrection (see AndIMustScream), which otherwise were too unbearable for him to go on living.]]
* Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireOtherWesterosi: YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Cersei recalls her having these. According to Cersei, one look of them sent Jeyne Farman [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere running for the hills]] (though Cersei concedes not having her fortune told by Maggy [[IgnoranceIsBliss might have worked out in Jeyne's favour]], given she's now HappilyMarried with a dozen kids).
* AgentsOfSHIELD/TropesIToM:
** The reason Coulson's special team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents exist is that TheWorldIsNotReady for most of the weird things happening in the world. He even gives an AppealToObscurity example to hammer his point. PlayfulHacker Skye feels differently and thinks an [[TheUnmasquedWorld Unmasqued World]] is the way to go.
** "Providence" reveals [[spoiler:that once S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets have flooded onto the Internet, Skye realizes that Coulson was right: TheWorldIsNotReady.]]
** Coulson's being kept in the dark about his resurrection, [[spoiler:and the implanted memories of Tahiti were specifically to keep him ignorant of the real circumstances of his resurrection (see AndIMustScream), which otherwise were too unbearable for him to go on living.]]
* Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireOtherWesterosi: YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Cersei recalls her having these. According to Cersei, one look of them sent Jeyne Farman [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere running for the hills]] (though Cersei concedes not having her fortune told by Maggy [[IgnoranceIsBliss might have worked out in Jeyne's favour]], given she's now HappilyMarried with a dozen kids).
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* BeneathNotice: Revealed to be a subversion in later chapters: The Party is aware that the proles form the bulk of the population, and they know that if they keep proles ignorant by promoting a lifestyle of booze, gambling, and cheap pornography while giving them the impression that they can get away with things Party members can't, [[IgnoranceIsBliss the proles will never pose a threat]]. And just to be totally sure, [[spoiler:they have Thought Police spies embedded within the prole population, one of whom turns in Winston and Julia after he rents them a room over his shop to privately have sex for pleasure (a banned activity)]].
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* DecompositeCharacter: Combined withthings Party members can't, LiteralSplitPersonality in ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': When Hawkmoth and his supporters made their reality-altering Wishes, Lila wanted to become the center of Adrien's universe. In order to grant his former holder a chance at freedom, Plagg splits him into two: the [[IgnoranceIsBliss cheerfully oblivious]] Adrien Agreste, and ''Felix'' Agreste, who retains all of Adrien's memories of the proles will never pose a threat]]. And just to be totally sure, [[spoiler:they have Thought Police spies embedded within the prole population, one of whom turns in Winston and Julia after he rents them a room over his shop to privately have sex for pleasure (a banned activity)]].
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* BeneathNotice: Revealed to be a subversion in later chapters: The Party is aware that the proles form the bulk of the population, and they know that if they keep proles ignorant by promoting a lifestyle of booze, gambling, and cheap pornography while giving them the impression that they can get away with things Party members can't, [[IgnoranceIsBliss the proles will never pose a threat]]. And just to be totally sure, [[spoiler:they have Thought Police spies embedded within the prole population, one of whom turns in Winston and Julia after he rents them a room over his shop to privately have sex for pleasure (a banned activity)]].
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Yusha's group, big time, but the version that met the Demon Lord were ''even worse''. They straight up ignore her while getting wrapped up in their own little worlds; Yusha just walked up to the Demon Lord alone, Seira was more focused on berating Yusha's recklessness (which Yusha just laughs at), Mei was finding and stealing the Demon Lord's secret poem collection, and Fai was running into pillars and stealing the Demon Lord's snacks. It's even how the plot got set off, as their carefree attitudes angered the Demon Lord to try and kill them upfront instead of toying with them. This made Yusha decide to use their strongest attack straight away, but of course she forgot the full incantation midway through.
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* BeneathNotice: Revealed to be a subversion in later chapters: The Party is aware that the proles form the bulk of the population, and they know that if they keep proles ignorant by promoting a lifestyle of booze, gambling, and cheap pornography while giving them the impression that they can get away with things Party members can't, [[IgnoranceIsBliss the proles will never pose a threat]]. And just to be totally sure, [[spoiler:they have Thought Police spies embedded within the prole population, one of whom turns in Winston and Julia after he rents them a room over his shop to privately have sex for pleasure (a banned activity)]].
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: ''Charly'', [[TheFilmOfTheBook film of the book mentioned below]], is [[AdaptationDisplacement almost as famous]] as the [[Literature/FlowersForAlgernon book]]. Unlike the book, it ''does'' embrace IgnoranceIsBliss in the end.
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* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Bakura and the spirit of the ring ("Dark Bakura"). Said spirit has made his host lie, steal and commit murder, in a cruel fashion to boot. And Bakura is just [[IgnoranceIsBliss blissfully oblivious]] to all this after the Monster World arc.
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