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* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'', many of the witches may qualify for this, but Marriage Sorcierre was created with precisely the intention of being a haven for these. As such, Beatrice (and by extension Clair and {{spoiler|Shannon}}), Maria and Ange (at least, before she rejected magic) are the most straightforward examples.

* ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]'' might be considered the [[Ur Example]]. Ironically, it wasn't even the intention of Cervantes, who was hoping to make fun of the ideas for which Quixote fell head over heels, but thanks to [[Misaimed Fandom]], he became very commonly portrayed as this, instead of the [[Lord Error-Prone]] that was intended.

** [[Don Quixote]] itself is an [[Unbuilt Trope]] because, in its attempt to correct the [[Misaimed Fandom]], Cervantes explores all the ramifications of this trope: [[Don Quixote]] knows he is just a [[Impoverished Patrician]], he really wants to be an [[Knight Errant]], [[Deader Than Disco|but few know what are those and even less care]]. Whenever [[Reality Ensues]], he insists [[A Wizard Did It]]. [[Lord Error-Prone]] is safe [[I Reject Your Reality|because he rejects the reality of everyone and substitutes his own]]. The second part show us a lot of people – Nobles, bandits, soldiers – organizing [[Massive Multiplayer Scam]] that convince [[Don Quixote]] he really is an [[Knight Errant]]… [[Come to Gawk|because they want to mock him]]. The [[Only Sane Man]] calls [[Don Quixote]] [[Reality Warper|a fool for making all the others be as mad as he]]. Only when the novel finishes, [[Don Quixote]] realizes that, even when he lived the live of a [[Knight Errant]] exactly as the [[Chivalric Romance]] books said, he didn’t do any good to anyone. So those books were lies. The [[Fan Disillusionment]] is so great, he [[Death Byby Despair|dies]].