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Bob has just been invited to attend the [[Elaborate University High]] for the Gifted. He himself is only a normal guy, but his common sense with an experiment involving mutant beavers running amok in his hometown caught the attention of the prep school. Bob now finds that his roommate is a ninth-degree black belt and can build a nuclear reactor with a paper clip and a rubber hose. The classes here are based in nanotechnology and xenobiology, and physical education involves [
Bob is now Surrounded by Smart People.
While the [[Only Sane Man]] is usually [[Surrounded By Idiots]], this guy is an [[Every Man]] who finds himself in a group or place filled with people smarter and/or more skilled than he is. The Only Sane Man usually has to deal with the fallout of all that smartness in one place, often being the voice of reason in the group. This person may have a military or police-based background, serving as the [[Badass]] among the smart folk.
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