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Common in science fiction and fantasy, the
These can be robots, demons, clones, fallen angels, or nearly any other sort of being stuck in human form; any character for whom [[Younger Than They Look|life as a human only began very recently]] is susceptible to this trope.
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What matters is despite appearing human and living among us, they are essentially [[Naive Newcomer|naive newcomers]] to the human condition. More than mere [[Fish Out of Water|cultural outsiders]], they are treated as walking blank slates, largely free of any relevant or irrelevant knowledge, experience, or biases.
Expect this character type to have difficulty with figuring out how to handle everything from [[Extreme Omnivore|basic bodily functions]] to [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|common emotions]] to [[Navel Gazing|complex philosophical or spiritual questions that no one will answer to their satisfaction]]. Their stunning naivety is frequently matched with an insatiable curiosity and lack of inhibitions that puts their lack of experience on full display; however, they are rarely dumb. In fact, the
Though not commonly evil, in darker works, this character may [[Obliviously Evil|commit evil acts without full understanding of the ramifications of their actions]]. More commonly, they may be unfairly persecuted by [[We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill|heartless, otherness-fearing authority figures]] from outside the main cast, or fall under brief suspicion from their friends in the face of overwhelming evidence of a otherness-induced [[Face Heel Turn]], only to have their names cleared by the end of the episode.
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