Obfuscating Stupidity/Fan Works: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Detective Conan]]'', a few fanfic authors like to play with the idea that Richard Moore is aware of what Conan is doing, or faking being asleep. Has a basis in the simple fact that being injected countless times with the same sleeping drug will eventually result in the body resisting it.

* Crabbe and Goyle of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' are quite commonly described as doing this. Sometimes they are just shy or quiet, and that combined with their appearance, their love for food and their status as Draco Malfoy's cronies make people think they are stupid. Other times they are actively pretending to be stupid so that people won't expect anything of them. In both cases they either actually like Draco and he likes them, or they protect Draco physically (as is implied in canon) and he protects them socially. In one particular fic, they weren't stupid, but since they suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia, everyone thought they were.

* The ''Evangelion'' fanfic ''Matters of Faith'' has [[Emotionless Girl|Rei]] [[Teen Genius|doing]] '''[[Reluctant Mad Scientist|SCIENCE]]''' [[Alternate Character Interpretation|without anyone knowing]]. When one of Shinji's innocent comments back her against a wall in a conversation, [[Wrong Genre Savvy|she suspects him of doing this]] (with the justification that it's probably [[In the Blood|Gendo's genes]] in play).

* {{spoiler|Italy}}, of all people, in ''[[Heta Oni]]''.

{{quote| '''Light:''' One does not just randomly select a question or 2 and try to get them wrong. No. Nor do you do it to every 4th question or some other such ridiculous, predictable pattern like that. [[The Chessmaster|The key lies in, like all things, strategy]]. You need to choose ahead of time a subject or 2 your awful at, a few your neutral, and 1 your good at. Then whenever you get homework, consistently get the same basic principals wrong, and get it wrong on the test as well. Also, you have to make a show of not paying attention in class, or else suspicions will be raised, and you'll be given a special "learning disability," and assigned a tutor pronto.

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