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*** Also, in regard to the {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]}}, they are a branch of magic so obscure (and deliberately kept so; among the few magic books that even mention them, they don't go beyond mentioning the name) that he had to go to great lengths to even find out what they are. He probably saw the protections he placed around them as secondary, since odds were small anyone even knew they ''existed''. Dumbledore himself had to go to great lengths to even confirm his theory that Voldemort had created them.
**** Unless Voldemort believed that Dumbledore had never bothered to speak to Professor Slughorn—who he originally got the knowledge of Horcrux creation from in the first place—at any time in the past fifty years<ref>Which would be an entirely absurd assumption given that Slughorn was a co-worker of Dumbledore's for decades.</ref> he had no reason for assuming that his opponents were ignorant of the existence of horcruxes. Sure, that knowledge wasn't in ''general'' circulation, but Voldemort's problem ain't what the general public might know, its what Dumbledore might know.
** Dumbledore is reported to hold the position of, essentially, the Head of the Supreme Court of magical Britain. Yet he never uses his authority to resolve any of the occurring cases when innocent people are being accused by the incredibly flawed wizarding judicial system. This is, however, possibly a subversion. In ''[[
*** However, Dumbledore then proves an adroit enough politician and lawyer that even ''after'' being kicked out of office he can still entirely derail Harry's railroaded underage magic trial, in fifteen minutes flat, with one surprise witness and no prepared script. In light of that performance the mind boggles at what he could have done from the bench... if he'd ever exerted himself.
* In ''[[Maximum Ride]]'', Fang is supposed to be silent and expressionless. He's described as a "brick wall" multiple times. However, he is no less talkative than the other characters, and expresses emotion normally most of the time. In the few cases he doesn't, the narrator doesn't fail to point it out.
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** They were ''finally'' shown doing plumbing in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. Granted, {{spoiler|they were forced to do it as part of a [[Plan]] by Cackletta to unlock the Beanstar from its cage}}
** The basis of the original ''[[Mario Bros.]].'' game indicates that they were engaged in plumbing when the monsters are shown coming out of the pipes that they have to get rid of.
** ''[[The Super Mario Bros Movie]]'' shows they are indeed plumbers, but not very good at it. Both are portrayed as [[Naive Newcomer]]s and get better at it by the end.
* Gordon Freeman from ''[[Half-Life]]'' is a theoretical physicist... yet the most technically advanced things he does in the series is push a cart, flip switches, and plug in equipment. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Barney Calhoun in the second game when he says "Good job hitting that switch. I can see that MIT education really pays for itself." Although to be fair, the laboratory starts exploding only five minutes after Gordon arrives for his first day at work so it's not as if he had much time to display any conspicuous brilliance.
** He also supposedly can talk, but you would never [[Silent Protagonist|guess that from playing the games]].
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