The Obi-Wannabe: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Infinite Ryvius]]'' actually has two examples, one is Zwei "leader" Lucson, who tries to take command and fails miserably. Heck, arguably every "leader" of the cast fits this to some degree, but a particular example should probably be Julii: Everyone expects her to be a great leader, but she turns out to be (and acknowledges that she is) really bad at it.

* The spirit of the Harkonnen Cannon in ''[[Hellsing]]'' tries to give Seras his sagely advice. She chooses to ask if her string of bad luck will continue. His answer? "Yep". He revealed a second later that it was a joke.

* ''[[School Rumble]]'' has a scene in which Hanai is being trained by an old man, only for the old man to be escorted away by his grandaughter, who tells him "Grandpa! You know you can't go out alone!"

* Athrun Zala can be seen as a more serious and tragic version of this in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''. The intent was probably to have him be the [[Older and Wiser]] mentor to new protagonist Shinn, as happened with Char and Kamille in ''[[Zeta Gundam]]''. The only problem is Athrun is still working on his own issues, so most of his interaction with Shinn consists of punching him and calling him an idiot, which only makes Shinn's anger issues and hatred of authority even worse.

* ''[[Out Cold]]'':

{{quote| '''Rick Rambis''': Pig Pen, when I want advice about a good Planet of the Apes film or maybe how to get the resin out of my bong I'll come to you ok? But I am not gonna take romantic advice from somebody who cannot spell romantic or advice... or bong. }}

 

 

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Spin City]]'': At the beginning of the season after Mike left, Paul imparted some his wisdom on how to live a celibate lifestyle to Caitlin. Inevitably, she gave up and hopped on a plane to get back with Mike. A later scene where Paul overhears a conversation between [[The Casanova|Charlie]] and one of his conquests shows that Paul himself is barely hanging on.

* Pierce on ''[[Community]]''. Even though this is obvious pretty much from the beginning, the other characters still listen to him from time to time, largely because his lackluster knowledge is still the only knowledge about a topic anyone has and because he [[Dumbass Has a Point|very occasionally has a good point.]]

* In an episode of ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', Hannah has found that kids will emulate just about everything she does, and is afraid to ever express her opinions or preferences on television. As such, Robbie Ray enlists Jackson to school her in the fine art of obfuscation. Of course, it backfires horribly, and Hannah ends up delivering the episode's [[Aesop]] about [[Be Yourself|being yourself]] instead.

* Colonel Rodney Crittendon from ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''. This re-occuring character was in some ways the Allies answer to the German's Colonel Klink. This British officer would get captured frequently and sent to Stalag 13 with Hogan and his crack team of deep cover saboteurs. He was technically higher ranked then Colonel Hogan (by date of promotion, as Crittendon would frequently remind Hogan) and would often usurp Hogan's Authority. Crittendon was just too incompetent and genre-blind to be anything less then a complete hindrance, though the clever spies would occasionally manage to use his bumbling stupidity to their advantage. What makes him an Obi Wannabe is the endless string of bad ideas and plans he would concoct for the "escape" from the POW camp: Unbeknownst to Crittendon, Hogan and his team have no intention of escaping, as the very premise of the show consists in them using the fact that they were under the supervision of the incompetent Commandant Klink and the incredibly lazy and corruptible Sergeant Shultz to launch various sabotage and subterfuge operations from deep within Nazi territory.

* Mr. Blanket, Seven Seas High's guidance counselor from [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|The Suite Life On Deck]], is himself certifiably insane, distracts people when they examine his credentials, and despite having written a book on them, his methods are questionable at best.

* ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'': When Esteban unexpectedly becomes opulently wealthy, London gives him lessons how to be a snooty, condescending spendthrift. As a result, he finds himself back in the same old rut when his assets are frozen.

 

 

 

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Peter Griffin from ''[[Family Guy]]''.