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== Fanfiction ==

 

 

* Barbie in the third ''[[Toy Story]]'' movie, aside from being more of an [[Action Girl]] than you might expect, seems to have a bit of a knack for political science when the heroes confront the [[Big Bad]].

{{quote|'''Barbie:''' Authority should derive from the [[wikipedia:Consent of the governed|consent of the governed]], not from threat of force!}}

* The 2008 movie version of ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]'' casts Maxwell Smart as something like this in that; whilst he's notably clumsy and overconfident as a field agent, his abilities as an intelligence analyst are remarked upon by many characters as being the finest in the agency. They also come in useful in the field; {{spoiler|his in-depth understanding of and empathy with a [[Punch Clock Villain]] enables Smart to give him some relationship advice -- in return, the henchman spares Max and 99 and later tips Max off about a bomb in Los Angeles}}. Smart is also presented as being both surprisingly cunning and resourceful and a crack-shot, proving his usefulness to Agent 99.

* The [[Steve Martin]] reboot of ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' series portrays Inspector Clouseau as a clumsy [[Ted Baxter]] type prone to brilliant strokes of inspiration.

* Paul Dekker, from C.J.Cherryh's ''Heavy Time'' and ''Hellburner'' has basically no sense of time, routinely forgetting which year it is and vividly hallucinating past traumatic events. The other side of the coin is his ability to ''hyperfocus'' (concentrating very deeply, improving his reaction times) which allows him to fly space fighters moving at significant fractions of lightspeed.

* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter|Prospero Regained]]'', Mephisto, so crazy as to earn the nickname "Harebrain" nevertheless manages to persuade his brothers and sisters to let him lead them -- and then does it.

 

 

* Perceval on ''[[Kaamelott]]'' can barely form proper sentences but he is a genius at mathematics.

* Fletcher from ''[[ANT Farm]]'' skipped several grades due to his artistic ability, but he thinks snow angels are dead snowmen.

* In ''[[Survivor]]'''s 21st season, Nicaragua, contestant Jud [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Fabio]] Birza is revealed to be this. The early episodes show him doing some ''unbelievably'' stupid things like getting the fishing hook caught in his thumb, apparently not knowing crabs can pinch, annoying the hell out of other contestants, and asking Kelly B if she can move her prosthetic leg. He revealed later on that while he honestly is kind of this way in real life, he pretty much exaggerated this in the show specifically so people would underestimate him and he could pull a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]. And boy did it work, as he {{spoiler|won the season}}.

* [[Glee|Brittany Pierce]] may think the square root of four is rainbows, but put the girl on a dance floor and prepare to be blown away. (Also, she knows an unbelievable amount about feline diseases.)