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The Inept Mage is not a charlatan or fraud; he actually does have the ability to do Real Magic. However, he lacks finesse. His spells [[Magic Misfire|frequently backfire, producing an effect other than he intended]]. This can be a source of comedy.
This differs from [[How Do I Shot Web?]] in that the Inept Mage understands the theory, but can't make it work in practice. Also, [[How Do I Shot Web?]] is usually temporary while the Inept Mage usually remains inept. Quite often, though, an Inept Mage will have moments of [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] when things he tries ''finally'' go off without a hitch, in spectacular fashion, in a critical moment, reminding characters and audience both why they're there.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Udonna's apprentice, Clare, from ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'' starts out as [[Inept Mage]] and remains so for the duration of the series; but a major crisis turns her into a [[How Do I Shot Web?]] case, and she ends up competent when all is said and done.
* Aunt Clara and Esmerelda, both from ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]''.
* Mildred Huble from ''[[The Worst Witch]]''.
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== Web Original ==
* Leaving chaos in their wake is something of a hallmark of the "three little witches" -- Abracadabra, Palantir, and Clover -- from the eponymous story set in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''. May well yet turn out to be a case of [[How Do I Shot Web?]], though; they ''are'' only kids (younger than the regular students at Whateley, even) at this point, after all.
* Perf, of ''[[Journey Quest]]'', is an excellent example of this: he has precisely three spells he can cast without recourse to his spellbooks: ''Conjure Milk''<ref>which, when used against a party of orcs that had captured him and his friends, earned him the appellation "lactomancer"</ref>, ''Mend'' <ref>a sewing spell</ref> and ''Vague'' <ref>the effects of which are kinda hard to nail down...</ref>. The one time we see him casting ''with'' a spellbook, he's trying to heal the party cleric, and [[Magic Misfire|fails so badly that said cleric dies]]. And becomes an [[Gone Horribly Right|entirely new form of undead]].
** Just before that cleric showed up as said new form of undead Perf tried to use the Gust of Wind spell from the book and blew his own clothes off, so he in fact used the book exactly twice
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