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{{quote|"''Narrow Margin'' is a clumsy version of the [[Trope Namer|Idiot Plot]], dressed up as a high-gloss chase thriller. The Idiot Plot, of course, is any plot that would be resolved in five minutes if everyone in the story were not an idiot. And rarely has there been a film in which more idiots make more mistakes than in this one."|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''' in his review of ''Narrow Margin'' (1990)}}
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It is important to note that this is [[Tropes Are Tools|not always a bad thing]], and is sometimes the ''entire point'' of the work. Part of what can make a drama dramatic is that the characters could truly have avoided it if they had acted rationally instead of irrationally. This is often what ''makes'' a comedy so funny in the first place.
See also [[Idiot Ball]], [[Too Dumb to Live]], [[Credit Card Plot]], [[Forgot About His Powers]], [[Poor Communication Kills]], and [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]. [[Nobody Ever Complained Before]] is a [[Sub-Trope]]. [[Alternate Aesop Interpretation]] may result if the viewer tries to make any sense of what happened.
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