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** Even [[Big Bad|Lord Voldemort]] falls victim to this as he becomes more integral to the series. He's the [[Evil Overlord]], [[The Evil Genius]], [[Big Bad|leader of the Death Eaters]], who's so frightening that even the mention of his name sends people into panic. It is true that Voldemort is extremely powerful, to the point where the only person in the series to fight him evenly is Dumbledore. But also throughout the series he's constantly holding the [[Villain Ball]]. He does things like {{spoiler|hiding his Soul Jars in places connected to his past, and frequently using a killing spell against his archenemy even though it '''consistently''' failed to kill him in the past.}}
*** 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 wizardry judicial system. Though, possible a subversion. In ''[[Literature/Prisonerof Azkaban|Prisonerof Azkaban]]'' it's hinted that the magical supreme court is corrupt. When Dumbledore does use his influence, he's immediately villianized by the other politicians and kicked out of office.
*** 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.
* In ''[[Vampirates (novel)|Vampirates]]'', Grace is constantly described as the smart twin, yet her brother figures out that she's on the ship with the eponymous creatures before she does even though he's never seen them.
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* Played as an important plot point in [[The Dresden Files]] series book {{spoiler|''Blood Rites'', where Lord Raith, the patriarch of the White Court sex vampire clan, is supposed to be impossibly powerful due to the irresistible desire he arouses in his victims, whom he feeds on. This ability is never shown in the book, however, and through a series of clues Harry cottons onto the fact that Raith had his vampiric powers sealed decades ago by a curse.}}
* The Career tributes were trained since birth to compete in [[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]. Despite this, none of them know how to treat wasp stings. They also form risky alliances with people they don't have anything to gain from, use weapons they're not competent with, and decide that flushing Katniss out of a tree with fire is not as good an idea as [[Too Dumb to Live|just sitting under it and waiting until she drops a wasp nest on them]].
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