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This is a character that everyone knows and loves. So long as they aren't involved in ''their'' plans, they love them anyway. The klutz bumbles and fumbles at seemingly anything they do, but they are kept around for one reason or another. The unstated reason is that they make a great [[Plucky Comic Relief]], and serve as a humanizing accessory to a hero if he is [[The Stoic]].
 
There are varying degrees of klutziness, of course. Some characters are fairly capable with a notable tendency to trip, drop things, forget important tasks, or [[Myth BustersMythBusters|just plain hurt themselves with their reckless use of explosives]], while others can effectively be a force of raw chaos, inducing [[Deus Ex Machina]] levels of disaster that can foil even the best-laid [[Plan]].
 
A broader supertrope covering those characters that cannot be fit into the narrower [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]/[[Dojikko]], which combines with [[Ms. Fanservice]], [[The Ditz]], and [[The Woobie]] specifically to transform the character into a [[Moe]] factory. Klutziness may be the bunny ears on the [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]], where their clumsiness is forgiven when they possess valuable knowledge or work skills where their utter lack of grace are not such an impediment. May occasionally transform into [[The Millstone]] or [[Spanner in the Works]], depending on how well the heroes can point the klutz at their enemy's plans, and away from their own. If the klutz is routinely [[The Millstone]], the audience may be compelled to yell "[[Just Eat Gilligan]]!"
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== Live Action TV ==
* Adam Savage of ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' is known and loved not just for his science, but his tendency to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5-xS9sDuLg&feature=PlayList&p=587D6409B29146E0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19 hurt himself repeatedly].
** And if Adam isn't hurting himself, chances are colleague Tory Belleci ''is''.
*** If he isn't too busy hurting Grant Imahara.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|"Let's egg him on until he hurts himself. That's always fun."]]
* Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor from ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''. Oh oh oh ''oh oh oh'' '''OH'''.
* Susan Mayer of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. Sometimes her accidents actually steer the plot.
* [[Family Matters|Steve Urkel]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Extremely obscure ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' example: Derider Fanshaen, an NPC of the Greyhawk setting, introduced in the 1980s. Painfully clumsy to the point that she had to be let off of certain duties when training for the priesthood because she destroyed too many fragile objects, but at the same time not someone to mess with: she's one of the most powerful clerics in the city of Greyhawk, so she ''can'' smite you to oblivion if you threaten the city. Also one of the ruling oligarchs of Greyhawk, meaning she's politically as well as magically powerful. And still one of the nicest people around. It's taken to the point where her Dexterity stat is listed at 4, and a description of her quarters in another supplement entirely still emphasized that all the potion containers in her treasure inventory were made of metal, not breakable glass or ceramic.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Young Hercules in Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'', [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|due to his]] [[Super Strength]]. The [[Recycled: the Series|TV series]] based on his teen years had this as a recurring theme.
* ''[[Lilo and& Stitch: The Series]]'' has an experiment named Woops, who is this trope incarnate. He's actually important to the story in his first and only appearance.
* [[Goofy]] is well known for being the klutz.
* Eugene in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', who is not just extremely clumsy, but is also just [[The Chew Toy|a bad luck magnet]] in general. In one episode it was revealed that he was born on Friday the Thirteenth, which explains a lot.
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