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==== Reality Television ====
* ''[[Survivor]]'' has a
** Then there's the strategy of being [[The Quiet One]] or [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]. Unless pretending to be stupid involves doing something that's funny, you won't get much screentime by staying out of harm's way. That being said, if you can convince the players in control that you're not a threat at all (Natalie White, anyone?), they'll take you to the end under the assumption that you're no trouble to beat.
* In ''[[Hell's Kitchen]]'' season 3, one of the top performers was Julia, a Waffle House line cook from [[Atlanta]]. The professionally-trained chefs (especially those on her own team) [[All of the Other Reindeer|tended to treat her like crap and denigrate her skills]],<ref>Or as one of the
** In particular, one episode had a breakfast challenge; [[Genre Blind|instead of asking the woman who does this every day of her life for help]], the other women told her [[You Get Me Coffee|"go peel potatoes"]]. When Gordon noticed, he ordered the women to let Julia cook; she quickly turned the sinking ship into an overwhelming victory.
* One episode of [[Food Network]]'s Celebrity Chef Cook-Off had as its Elimination Challenge... grilled cheese. [[Cheech and Chong|Cheech Marin]] and Lou Diamond Philips made fancy sandwiches with unusual breads and extra bits thrown in, while Joey Fatone made a basic grilled cheese sandwich, the only embellishment being a smiley face made of sliced tomatoes and a pickle. However, Cheech's sandwich was greasy and LDP didn't melt the cheese, while Joey (who said [[Taught By Experience|he makes grilled cheese all the time for his kids]]) ended up winning immunity because his no-frills sandwich was perfectly made.
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* Go onto almost any message board for [[America's Next Top Model]]. You'll probably find no shortage of support for Nigel Barker or Jay Manuel (Mister Jay) while [[It's All About Me]] Tyra hardly gets any. Part of that comes from their dry delivery, which is almost always in plain simple English rather than the [[Fan Nickname|Tyraspeak]] she is ever so fond of. Hell, even with his silly accent imitations, the flamboyant J. Alexander (Miss Jay, also a fan favorite) can get his point across with next to no mumbo-jumbo.
* In the American ''[[Big Brother]]'', there's similar strategies to ''[[Survivor]]''. However in this game, it's individual from the very start - so as a result, you want to make yourself appear to be much less of a threat that people won't target you. You want them directing their sights at someone else, not you. Thus, a fair amount of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] is involved in making yourself appear much less of a threat than you actually are. Naturally this leads to a lot of sitting around and letting someone else strategize, so that they make themselves appear to be the threat, not you.
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