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** It also means that he realizes that as Goku is the hero, Goku's philosophy of being pure-hearted is right and his [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type-V antiheroics]] werenwasn't. That, plus his love for his family eventually bumps him up the niceness scale to a type III.

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': [[Co-Dragons|Baron Ashura and Count Brocken]] hated each other. [[Big Bad]] Dr. Hell thought it would be a good thing, since they would surely try to destroy Mazinger-Z harder to upstage each other. Or course, what happened was many operations and schemes went by the wayside because they constantly fought and got in the each other's way, and they were were unable to work together, ruining many joined missions, too. Hell's mistake was born of him believing he and his troops were a [[Five-Man Band]] instead of a [[Five-Bad Band]].

** In another episode, [[Those Wacky Nazis|Count Brocken]] have one in which he used hostages, and cheap tricks to defeat Koji, expecting Koji to be a straight, heroic and honorable hero like pretty much most tv shows protagonist. This could have(and at times actualyactually) work well if not for the fact that this is [[Combat Pragmatist|Koji]] werewas talking about. In fact, Brocken does [[Lampshade Hanging|mention it]] by [[What the Hell, Hero?|complained]] about Koji's fans will cry because of that. Koji's reaction? Take it like a man.

** Very, very ironic when you consider that early on, he [[Characterization Marches On|actually was popular with (non -plot-relevant) women]]. This trait seems to have been eased out of his characterization, probably when the artist realized Sanji was a little too perfect and needed to be funnier and more over the top.

* Konata from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' plays so much [[Eroge]] to think that she's living in one — despite this is a [[Slice of Life]] [[Schoolgirl Series]]. If the plot callcalls for something unusual she changes the game genre accordingly (for example, thinking in sportsports games terms when the School's sports competition time arrives), but still she doesn't get that she doesn't live in a videoconsole.

* The eponymous character of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' hopes to meet aliens, time-travelers and espers, experience super-naturalsupernatural mysteries, and expose [[Ancient Conspiracy|ancient conspiracies]]. Since she is a [[Reality Warper]], it actually ''does'' happen all around her, but [[Locked Out of the Loop|she doesn't notice]]. One could put it so that she ''makes'' herself an accurate [[Genre Savvy]].

* Edo Phoenix of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' thinks he's [[The Hero]]. In fact, he practically thinks he's [[Batman]]... in a [[Shonen]] anime. He intiallyinitially sets out to defeat Judai, thinking he's the enemy. Then when Judai is getting ready to defeat the [[Big Bad]], Edo rushes off to fight him, believing he will win because of a promise he made, not realizing he is ''not'' [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]].

* In the second season of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'', Yuya has a bout of this after he finds out that being eliminated from the Friendship Cup means being sentenced to a life of slave labor at a waste treatment facility. He tries to play hero by announcing this revelation to the crowd before his first match, but not only did [[Everybody Knows That|everyone already know about it]], they didn't object to it! All it does is cause everyone to consider him very naive. Downplayed, however, in that a few episodes later, it seemed Yuya simply needed more experience as an orator; Yugo's attempt to deliver the same message to the crowd seemed to make ''far'' more progress.

* Shinzen from ''[[Speed Grapher]]'' is a very [[Genre Savvy]] villainess who is perfectly aware that {{spoiler|her handsome and ruthless Dragon, Suitengu, views her as a [[Meal Ticket]].}} So she tries to use her knowledge to try keepingto keep him under control and outgambit him. Where does she go WGS? {{spoiler|In that she accepted to marry him... not seeing that he'd try to kill her as soon as he could. Which he did.}}

* Taikoubou of ''[[Houshin Engi]]'' zig -zags between this and [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]. At the beginning of the story, he tries to skip the traditional [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]] and goes straight for the [[Big Bad]]. Too bad Dakki is an even more [[Magnificent Bastard]] [[Chessmaster]] than he is and the plot fails horrifically. Later, Taikoubou tries to invoke [[Defeat Means Friendship]] on Nataku, who is out and out trying to kill him (Nataku does eventually join Team Taikoubou, but not for this reason). However, just as many of Taikoubou's insane plans succeed because he seems to be aware of what kind of series he's in.

* All the generals in ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'' seem to think [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men|hard hard-nosed militarism and taking your enemy down with you are the most important aspects to winning a war]]. They are completely unaware that the show is a wacky sitcom/space opera hybrid where stuff will occur just because it's funny. Or just out of sheer luck.

* Combined with [[Aliens Steal Cable]] in ''[[Rinne no Lagrange]]'' - one of [[Human Aliens]] in one episode watches a samurai movie and mistakes it'sits events for some Earth tradition he then tries to repeat to challenge Madoka for a duel. SuprisinglySurprisingly things workswork exactly like he is expecting them to, but for different reasons and he accidentiallyaccidentally convinces girls at Madoka's school that he is her boyfriend.

* One of Hibiki's friends from ''[[Senki Zesshou Symphogear]]'' likes to point out when people act like anime characters, which she treats as unusual, because she doesn't realize she actually is in an anime.

** His wrong genre savvynesssavviness is the reason he got roped in the plot in the first place. He identifies himself as the [[Otaku]] character, and consequently believes that his geekery is enough to keep him away from women and any non-gaming interesting event. So, when the mail inviting him to "capture ladies" appears, he accepts because he legitimately thinks is an invitation for a closed beta for a new galge, as the idea of ''anyone'' believing he has any actual capacity with real, actual girls, is completely unthinkable from him.

* Eren in ''[[Shingeki no Kyojin]]'' begins the series acting like the [[Hot -Blooded|hotblooded]] protagonist of a typical [[shonen]] series, where [[Badass|badassery]], hard work and awesomeness can save the day. He is in a shonen series, yes, and he is the protagonist of the story, yes, but the series he is in is [[Darker and Edgier|Darker and]] [[Bloodier and Gorier|Bloodier]] than the average shonen. Therefore, his natural hot temper runs contrary to what it's needed to solve the conspiracies, the monsters and the [[Ontological Mystery]] the plot runs on, as he soon learns. Gorily.