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{{trope}}Video Games really can't get away with [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]s, as those can cause brutal [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]], but developers try anyway. If the player character is the idiot, see [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]].
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{{trope}}Video Games really can't get away with [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]s, as those can cause brutal [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]], but developers try anyway. If the player character is the idiot, see [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]].
 
Plot-essential [[NPC]] stupidity includes:<ref>However; at the same time, doing something that's [[Too Dumb to Live]] is usually given a game-over scenario.</ref>
 
* The ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' series is ''really'' guilty of this. Most of the time your clients are in a pickle because they [[Be as Unhelpful as Possible|won't talk]].
** ''[[Apollo Justice]]'':
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* In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', the crew has just finished building Peach's castle when Undodog steps on a Reset Rocket button. The workers have 5 seconds to get Undodog off the button from right next to them, yet they just panic around like a [[Deer in the Headlights]] and the castle disappears, forcing them to rebuild it.
 
 
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