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* ''[[Liar Game]]'': Nao. Like Corporal Carrot, she started off extremely naive, honest and easily manipulated. As the game continued, however, we see that she is a lot smarter than she appears. She even {{spoiler|schemes with Fukunaga and doesn't tell Akiyama and pulled it off}}, and often uses her innocent nature to trick and trap others.
* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'': Although most of the main cast of the franchise falls into either [[Lawful Good]] or [[Neutral Good]] alignment, they universally adhere to the spirit of it, not the letter. The normally polite and gentle Nanoha, for instance, won't hesitate to blast you out of the sky [[Training from Hell|if it ensures your survival when crap actually hits the fan]], and trying to outsmart her in combat... [[Curb Stomp Battle|is a very bad idea]]. Other characters display similar tendencies, perhaps because most of them [[The Villain Makes the Plot|started off as villains]] and the rest learned from them.
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Goku may be a [[Idiot Hero|complete and utter moron]] at times. But his eldest son Gohan is a full fledged [[Genius Bruiser]] who gets straight A's and smashes around beings stronger than ''the Gods themselves!!''
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* ''[[Naruto]]'': [[Shrinking Violet|Hinata]] [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Hyuuga]]. She doesn't need to beat Neji in a fight, because her words alone revealed him for who he truly was during the Chuunin exams.
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': Himura Kenshin.
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* [[Fullmetal Alchemist]]: Ed and Al are child prodigies, and adapt to situations quite well.
* ''[[Souten Kouro]]'': Cao Cao is serious about upholding the law, but he's not Lawful Stupid and knows a set-up when he sees it during his tenure as police chief. As he said in exposing the eunuch Jian Shi's plot against him: "I am not the kind of fool that would kill {{spoiler|His Highness}}, who you had caught in your wicked scheme!"
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Georgia Byrd from ''[[Last Holiday]]'' might seem naïve, but she is a very good saleswoman and gives some solid advice to other characters. Despite all of Kragen’s attempts to humiliate her, Georgia is usually one step ahead of him.
* Batman is portrayed as such in [[The Dark Knight Saga]]. In fact, most of the plot of ''The Dark Knight'' revolves around the Joker trying to get Batman to break his moral code and prove that, deep down, everybody is just like him and that [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids|Batman's idealism is misplaced]]. He fails miserably.
* In ''[[Cars 2]]'', Mater's simple nature belies the fact that he's a genius at recognizing obscure car parts at a glance. He also almost escapes from the Lemons even when his cover is blown. {{spoiler|He later uses this to identify Sir Miles Axelrod as the mastermind behind the efforts to sabotage the World Grand Prix.}}
* Mace Windu from [[Star Wars]] was not remotely wrong to be worried about what would happen if Emperor Palpatine was allowed to remain in office. He was planning to commit Jedi genocide more or less the whole time. And yes, Mace Windu was a Jedi.
* [[Enchanted]]: Giselle from Enchanted turns out not to be stupid at all…despite first appearances. She already knows something that Robert doesn’t…the world is not a terrible place to live in. And while it’s not perfect as she initially thinks, she catches on very quickly.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Garlot of ''[[Blaze Union]]'' may not be very smart to begin with, but he has a very sensitive nature that allows him to accurately read and understand his rivals and enemies' motivations. As his adventures start to gain him more and more street cred, it's his overwhelmingly gentle and compassionate heart that manages to win the hearts of his entire country—including those very rivals and enemies, more often than not. We get to see in [[Yggdra Union|the future]] just how much Bronquia [[100% Adoration Rating|really appreciates]] having a leader who's kind, just, and ''competent.''
* Duessel from ''[[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]''.
* Kaguya Nanbu from Endless Frontier is naive, but she isn’t wrong to try to make as many friends as she can. And she is not wrong to want to be the lover of Haken Browning. While he is lecherous, he is dating her for more than just her body. And at the end of the day, he does not see her as an object.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** You can tell that even Batman is almost envious of his ability to quietly shut down a super-foe, something he cannot imagine being able to do in Gotham.
*** It does help that The Rogues are [[Punch Clock Villain]]s rather than crazies Batman has to deal with.
* Ron’s naivety comes to play in the early [[Kim Possible]] episode “Sink or Swim”. He continually mistakes camps across Wannaweep for different camps, even though Gill can recognize them easily. However, he was not wrong to want to avoid swimming in Lake Wannaweep, and he ends up setting an efficient trap for the evil, intelligent Gill in the end.
** Kim herself is this trope personified. This is why she does well against Dr. Drakken, her arch foe. Though Dr. Drakken is a mad scientist, Kim is not stupid herself. Though having a sidekick does help.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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