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* High Elves (Noldor) in [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. Also Men of Nûmenor.
* The eponymous character from ''[[Artemis Fowl]]''.
* Locke from ''[[Gentleman Bastard Sequence|The Lies of Locke Lamora]]'' and its sequel by Scott Lynch. He spends his life running elaborate (and usually successful) cons on nobles while posing as a petty thief. The end of the second book covers {{spoiler|a massive failure; he's spent the entire book on a plot to rob a casino, and it goes off flawlessly -- except that the paintings he steals are fakes, put out for the express purpose of being stolen.}}
* Kvothe from ''[[The Name of the Wind]]'' by Patrick Rothfuss. A child prodigy, he talks his way into his world's premier university at the age of fifteen, after having spent three years as a beggar, and promptly antagonizes both one of the masters and the wealthiest and most politically connected student in the university. Between that and his perpetual poverty, he spends most of his time doing absurd things (learning an entire language in a day and a half, getting certified as a musician on a lute with a broken string) just to keep his head above water.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''
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* Sheldon Cooper from ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' is a brilliant theoretical physicist. He's also [[Insufferable Genius|insufferably arrogant]] and ignorant of basic social interaction. At least once the other characters acknowledged that if he wasn't Leonard's roommate they wouldn't hang out with him.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor has a tendency to drift in and out of this trope, possibly more so in his third incarnation. The Tenth Doctor is especially given to telling people how clever he is.
* Villainous example: Orta from the ''[[Star Trek: The
* Sikozu of ''[[Farscape]]'' definitely fits this trope, especially given her arrogance over her high intelligence.
* Jeremy Clarkson on ''[[Top Gear]]'' is a [[Badass Driver]] version. He can do astonishing things with a car (or a hammer) but his devotion to [[Tim Taylor Technology]] means his failures are spectacular too.
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