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[[File:rsz safety-death 3126.jpg|link=Scary Movie|frame|Ummmmmm... do I [[Take a Third Option|get a third choice]]?]] |
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{{quote|''"When your life has been directly threatened by your boss and there's already been one unsolved murder in your office building, [[Sarcasm Mode|always work late and alone!]]"''|'''Noah "[[The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony One"]] Antwiler,''' ''Let's Play [[Phantasmagoria 2]]''}} |
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The character who puts life and limb at risk by [[What an Idiot!|doing things that no sane human being would do]]. Walking down the alley alone to tell his friend about the [[Serial Killer]]. Telling her best friend [[Have You Told Anyone Else?|not to tell anybody]], but she has a crush on somebody. Walking through [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|the streets of Sunnydale]]. Being [[Smallville|Lana Lang]]. [[Let's Split Up, Gang!|Splitting]] [[Never Split the Party|the party]]. [[Curiosity Killed the Cast|Being curious.]] [[Ransacked Room|Searching the hero's room in such a manner that no one could miss that you did it.]] Telling everybody in earshot he has vital evidence that he'll be taking to the authorities very shortly. [[Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb|Visiting a known dangerous area.]] [[Poor Communication Kills|Not telling the rest of the heroes about the upcoming trap laid out for them.]] [[Bullying a Dragon]]. Not only possessing [[Genre Blindness]], but putting [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Zaphod Beeblebrox's]] [[Horrible Judge of Character|Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses on over it]]. Even close friends have to [[Face Palm]] upon hearing of his or her exploits. (Though it never [[Fearless Fool|penetrates their own heads]].) This trope is, surprisingly, [[Truth in Television]], as many people can attest to. |
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If a character is stupid, but does not put himself at an obvious risk of harm, it is not an example of this; see instead [[What an Idiot!]], [[The Ditz]], or [[Idiot Ball]]. Compare [[Artificial Stupidity]], the videogame equivalent of this which is a result of AI rather than the script being against them. Contrast [[Death By Pragmatism]] and [[Let's Get Dangerous]]. Not to be confused with [[Evilutionary Biologist]] or [[The Social Darwinist]], although [[Values Dissonance|they generally consider it a]] [[Moral Event Horizon]] [[Values Dissonance|to not murder the dumb in cold blood]]. |
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'''Note:''' This trope has been subject to some [[Trope Decay|misuse]]. If you see any examples or [[Pothole|pot holes]] to this page in which the character's stupidity does not pose any threat to his physical wellbeing, please remove them or point them to one of the alternative idiocy tropes. |
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'''[[No Real Life Examples, Please]]'''. See the ''[[Darwin Awards]]'' and ''[[What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?]]'' for those. |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Advertising|Advertising]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Animated Films|Animated Films]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Anime And Manga|Anime And Manga]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Comic Books|Comic Books]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Fan Works|Fan Works]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Film|Film]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Literature|Literature]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Live Action TV|Live Action TV]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Music|Music]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Myths And Religion|Myths And Religion]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Oral Tradition|Oral Tradition]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Pro Wrestling|Pro Wrestling]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Stand Up Comedy|Stand Up Comedy]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Tabletop Games|Tabletop Games]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Theatre|Theatre]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Video Games|Video Games]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Webcomics|Webcomics]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Web Original|Web Original]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live/Western Animation|Western Animation]] |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Death Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Tropes of Legend]] |
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[[Category:Characters As Device]] |
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[[Category:Character Flaw Index]] |
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[[Category:Truth in Television]] |
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[[Category:Contrived Stupidity Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Stupidity Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Index]] |
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[[Category:No Real Life Examples, Please]] |
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[[Category:Depressing Tropes]] |
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