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* This concept was discussed in an early ''[[QI]]'', where Stephen Fry said that it's difficult to imagine someone from the American South becoming a professor of fine art, and Rich Hall agreed, saying that if you come from the south, it's difficult to have any credibility if you do anything other than play a washboard with spoons.
* Overton the handyman on [[Living Single (TV)|Living Single]], he knows Hebrew for one.
* ''[[Bones]]'': Finn Abernathy, the [[Fan Nickname|squintern]] introduced in season 7, is initially teased by Hodgins for his Southern drawl (and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|calls him out on it]]), and manages to impress Temperance Brennan with his forensic skills when they first meet(no mean feat there).
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* The Engineer from ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]],'' a brilliant inventor from Bee Cave, Texas.
** ''"Ah solve ''practical'' problems. Fer instance, how am ah gonna stop some big, mean mother-hubbard from tearin' me a structurally superfluous new bee-hind? The answer? Use a gun. And if that don't work, [[More Dakka|use more gun]]."''
** [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineer.htm His profile] on the TF2 [[All There in the Manual|website]] indicates he likes "[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|barbeque, guns, and higher education]]."
* Cid Highwind is [[Final Fantasy VII|Final Fantasy VII's]] version of a rocket scientist -- and the first man in space, to boot. His accent was spotty in the original game, but comes through loud and clear in Advent Children and [[Kingdom Hearts]].
* Clem from ''[[The Suffering]].''
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* Augustus Sinclair from ''[[Bio Shock]] 2''. He's a cunning businessman, clever manipulator and by some accounts a great scientist.
* Ellis from ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'' seems to be a lot smarter than he lets on. [[Genius Ditz|Even if he did think the Mona Lisa was a sculpture]].
* [[Punny Name|Eugene Ius]] from ''[[Oddworld]]: Stranger's Wrath'' is a very nerdy [[
* Pey'j from [[Beyond Good and Evil (Video Game)|Beyond Good and Evil]], a [[Non
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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