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{{trope}}
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'''Morgan''': Once more for those of us who don't have an encyclopedic memory?|''[[
Some characters just seem to know a little of everything. It doesn't matter what the subject is, they can rattle off a couple of facts on the subject. They might not have much depth of knowledge, but they certainly have breadth. The possessor of this knowledge doesn't have to be alive in the traditional sense. Robots, AIs, sentient books and the like count as well.
Sometimes these little tidbits can serve as a [[Chekhov's Gun]] when the information comes in handy later, sometimes they'll provide just the right details needed right then to solve a problem, and sometimes they'll just sound like [[Non Sequitur
'''Note:''' This isn't for characters who think they know everything. They need to actually have real, accurate knowledge. It also is not for characters who just know everything about one subject, such as history, maths or automotive repair. They need to have a little knowledge about everything.
See also [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]], [[Renaissance Man]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Miyuki Takara of ''[[
* [[Spell My Name
* ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'':
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[
* Jacques Paganel in [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[In Search of the Castaways]]''.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the girl Harry calls "Ivy" is The Archive of all magical knowledge. If you write it down, she can see it.
== [[Live
* ''[[
* ''[[John Doe]]'' has this [[Up to Eleven]], for supernatural reasons. Supposedly he is actually omniscient, but in practice his knowledge is limited to things that could be learned via research.
* In ''[[Chuck]]'', the Intersect acts as this with government information, martial arts, hacking skill and linguistic abilities, to name a few fields.
* Sheldon from ''[[
** He at least likes to think he knows everything, but he's shown clear faults in the field of Biology and such. It's implied that he gets most of the non-Physics related information off the Internet.
* Reid from ''[[
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'''Morgan''': Once more for those of us who don't have an encyclopedic memory? }}
* ''[[
* Mac from ''[[CSI: NY]]'' is another case. It doesn't matter what unusual hobby the victim had, Mac is well versed in it.
== [[Radio]] ==
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* The ''[[New World of Darkness]]'' has a four dot merit [[Trope Namer|Encyclopaedic Knowledge]] that gives characters this ability.
* Savants in ''[[Warhammer 40
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series, [[Cute Witch]] [[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin|Charlotte Aulin]] is this, most likely as a counterbalance to (a) the more "rely-on-gut-feeling" Jonathan and (b) her own [[Just a Kid|young age of 16 years]] (this is Charlotte's [[Berserk Button]], by the way). The only subversion is that she really ''is'' a [[Brainy Brunette]] with a veritable cornucopia of knowledge on most subjects (to the point that in the final battle, she expresses surprise that {{spoiler|[[Dual Boss|Death is actually teaming up with Dracula]]}} since she never read about it in her books).
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* [[Tv Tropes Will Enhance Your Life|Many (if not the vast majority of) tropers on this very wiki would almost certainly qualify,]] purely by virtue of spending so much time learning so many different trivial details about so many different things for the lulz of it.▼
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* Tom on ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]'', most notably in episodes 14 and 16.
* The [[Transformers]] have the Autobot Rewind, whose entire personality shtick is that he loves collecting trivial factoids about anything and everything.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* [[
** Now that we've patted ourselves on the back... If you want the title, you have to work ''constantly'' at keeping that information current, considering how [[History Marches On]], [[Science Marches On]], [[Society Marches On]], [[Time Marches On]], [[Technology Marches On]], and so on.
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