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** Not to mention Hermione's kidnapping, which wouldn't have happened if Hermione herself and the rest of the Hogwarts faculty hadn't somehow managed to get themselves outwitted by ''[[Dumb Muscle|Crabbe and Goyle]]''.
* A relativity known ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' fanfiction called "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5704409/1/A_Bullys_Return A Bully's Return]" has a example in Chapter 12. The epic battle that comes not too long after is put in motion when the main character goes to a weapons store to buy [[wikipedia:Sai (weapon)|sais]]. After some bartering with the clerk, he lets the main character (which mind you is only 14 or 15 at the time) buy and leave the store with them. '''WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS'''. '''AT ALL'''. Who in their right mind lets a 14 year old buy something that dangerous and think ''nothing'' is wrong? The bull clerk should be considered [[Too Dumb to Live]].
* The notorious ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Troll Fic]] ''[[
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** Completely left unaddressed is the presence of France in the presumptive Drakan empire. The French presence in west Africa was well-established by the time the Draka get there, and France is almost as powerful as Britain during the 19th century (they have the second-largest navy in the world, and the largest modern army, during this period). Why there wasn't a more generalized conflict between Britain and France over a rogue British colony impinging upon the French sphere of influence (or why the French didn't just send the Draka home with their asses firmly kicked) is an exercise for the reader.
** [http://www.alternatehistory.com/gateway/analyses/Drakaproblems.html This site] does a good job of pointing out most (though not all) of the flaws in logic, not to mention the blatantly illegal things done by the Draka while they are still firmly under British rule (illegal under 19th century British rule that is).
* Pretty much everything that [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]] ever wrote, but the man was so incredibly good at it, you barely notice. Plus, let's face it; when you're dealing with characters like [[
* ''[[Being There]]'', both novel and film, is a satire that uses an [[Idiot Plot]] to help make its point. The whole story hinges on how people who believe themselves to be sensible and intelligent nevertheless jump to their own, desired conclusions time after time in their dealings with [[Seemingly-Profound Fool|Chance the Gardener]], never asking the questions most people would be tempted to ask based on what he says. This is partially because he ''appears'' to be a sensible, intelligent person himself, but is in fact an imbecile who doesn't understand what's going on and thus isn't able to correct others.
* The entire Dutch novel ''Descartes' Dochter'' (Descartes' Daughter), which revolves around the discovery of a lost manuscript of Descartes. When the main character Henriette returns home to her girlfriend Maartje in a coat covered in blood, Maartje gives up trying to find out what happened after a half-assed attempt at questioning, and the two proceed to make love. Later in the story, when Henriette murders her own mother, Maartje does not go to the police, does not get the hell away from Henriette, but e-mails the French professor she has been corresponding with about it. Who responds with only some vague philosophical stuff about "the gift". Later on, Maartje converses with a German professor about a lost manuscript of Kant that has turned up. When the German professor hears that Maartje has also been corresponding about it with that French guy (the actual French philosopher Jean Luc Marion), she exclaims: "Oh no! A Catholic!" and takes a train to Holland straight away, where she is immediately murdered by Henriette. Later, Henriette lures Maartje into the toilet on a train and then kills her. Serves her right for being [[Too Dumb to Live|too dumb to live.]]
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** The thing is, all [[Ace Attorney]] examples are either [[Justified Tropes]], not proper examples, or are very debatable. When ever this DOES happen, if not played straight out but is rather parodied and all other times its justified in that the person generally has a reason too be an idiot.
* ''[[The Bard's Tale]]'':
** The modern version had an idiot plot, that only revealed itself to be an idiot plot at the end. It turns out the [[
** And that the cute little dog that the Bard adopted wouldn't have been killed in the game's major [[Kick the Dog]] moment.
** And with the kind of things he does pull while conscious of his actions, Finstown and the Nuckelavee for example, one could argue that he'd make things worse, {{spoiler|or possibly just go through with it anyway since you'll find that the evil ending is one sweet deal for the bard, while being good gets him nothing.}} The bard is a self-serving liar and crook, hardly a hero in any case.
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Sonichu]]'' has several.
** Sonichu #1: Rosechu could have escaped on her own, considering she is just as powerful as the title character. But no, she willingly became the [[
** Sonichu #4: If Chris-Chan hadn't done... whatever it was... that got him suspect of solicitation, this issue wouldn’t even have a premise, let alone a plot.
** Sonichu #8: All of it. Whether it’s Sonichu confusing drawings with reality, Rosechu trying to counteract 4-cent garbage’s pornographic drawings with her own pornographic photographs, or Magi-chan’s inability to warn Blake ahead of time the danger he was in, everybody has dropped quite a few IQ points this issue and that’s saying something.
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