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*** [[BigBad Rau]] [[StrawNihilist Le]] [[NietzscheWannabe Creuset]] manages to ''pretend'' to be one of these. He's the mentor to the deuteragonist, [[TheRival Athrun Zala]], and a senior military commander with the ear of the high-command... who, [[CharClone like Char, happens to wear a white mask on all occasions]] and speak in cryptic, philosophical terms. No one seems to mind as his perceived competence, strategic ability and sheer badass outweigh these considerations. And then he decides to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds drop]] [[AxeCrazy the]] [[OmnicidalManiac act...]]

** Lloyd Asplund is a goofy, graceless social misfit who is bluntly honest and speaks of everyone (even the Emperor) in an almost mocking tone. He's also one of the most brilliant engineers in the world, being the creator of the SuperPrototype Lancelot. It probably doesn't hurt that he's an Earl.
** Then there's Gino Weinberg who's a cheerful UpperClassTwit with NoSenseOfPersonalSpace that is fascinated by "commoner" life. Despite this, nobody second guesses as to why he's the [[AcePilot Knight Of Three]]. However, Gino's behavior doesn't sound like a problem when you know Knight of the Round include an EmotionlessGirl frequently mind-raped, a sicko who fight for the pleasure of killing, and a [[TheQuisling Quisling]] [[spoiler:with a ChronicBackstabbingDisorder]].

** Graham Aker is pretty much what happens when an {{Otaku}} gets into military... except this Otaku is just about as badass as he can get, to the point that he gets special permission to act as he wants, because his superiors figured out bad things tend to happen to their enemies when Graham gets to do things his way.
** Setsuna F. Seiei is a frighteningly competent, effective, and even vicious Mobile Suit pilot. He also acts like he's the hero of a super robot show, tends to get worked up about dishing out justice to the point that he constantly breaks formation from the other Gundam pilots, and is convinced that he himself is a Gundam, all to the irritation of his more grounded teammates who frequently [[LampshadeHanging comment on his bizarre behavior]].
** Andrew Waltfeld, the Desert Tiger, in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]''. He takes his coffee making very, ''very'' seriously, to the point of boiling it in an elaborate chemistry-set-looking contraption, talking about percentages of ingredients he's changed, and randomly mentioning it before or during serious combat situations. However, he's also a brilliant and decorated military commander and an ace mobile suit pilot, so his soldiers don't seem to do more than just blink in temporary confusion when he offers them the chance to try his latest brew.
** [[BigBad Rau]] [[OmnicidalManiac Le]] [[NietzscheWannabe Creuset]] of the same show manages to ''pretend'' to be one of these. He's the mentor to the deuteragonist, [[TheRival Athrun]], and a senior military commander with the ear of the high-command...who happens to wear a white mask on all occasions and speak in cryptic, philosophical terms. No one seems to mind as his perceived competence, strategic ability and sheer badass outweigh these considerations. And then he decides to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds drop the]] [[AxeCrazy act...]]
** Char Aznable himself is a bit of an oddball for constantly wearing that mask on his face, never removing it in front of anyone, including superior officers, even for a second. He justifies this to his superiors with a bogus medical condition that gives him extremely oversensitive eyes, though his real reason is just to cover his eyes so nobody can recognize who he really is. On the other hand, he's among the top aces and better commanders Zeon has, so nobody bugs him about it. The mask eventually becomes such an iconic part of his persona that several people in the original timeline copy it to invoke his image.

* Dr. Irabu in ''Literature/{{Trapeze}}'' is an almost literal example -- but considering his actual occupation the implications are worse; in the anime, he's a psychiatrist who does most of his therapy ''largely in a psychedelic fursuit'' (complete with tye-die mascot-esque bear head). The series only [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs gets more insane from there]].

* Manga/KindergartenWars: Most of the staff of Kindergarten Noir is very quirky, ranging from Rita's desperation for a boyfriend to Luke's obsession with Shōjo romance. All of them are also extremely competent at protecting the children in their care from the assassins targetting them.

* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'''s Claire Stanfield, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] who is ''very'' good at tracking people down, [[TortureTechnician extracting information]], and killing things. The catch is that he has a huge list of quirks (constant [[IHaveManyNames name-changing]], a complete disregard for contract confidentiality, a habit of going ''way'' [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overboard]], a firmly sustained belief that [[AGodAmI he is God]] -- the list goes on) that can make him more than a little annoying for his employers to deal with. Still, he is really, ''really'' good at what he does.

* Kuroko of ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' often takes her crush on Mikoto to an [[LovableSexManiac extreme]] [[StalkerWithACrush degree]]. However, she is also an extremely competent law enforcement official, and a very skilled martial artist, despite [[ImprobableAge still being in middle school]].

* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'':
** Mithril appears to employ a number of these. There's Kurz Weber, a skilled AS pilot, top-grade sniper, and a complete LovableSexManiac... and Teletha Testarossa, a sixteen-year-old CuteClumsyGirl with a bit of inferiority complex who's also a TeenGenius, the captain and designer of the [[CoolBoat Tuatha de Danaan]], and the others' commanding officer. Sousuke, meanwhile, is a consummate professional when he's in a military setting... and a hopeless FishOutOfWater with NoSocialSkills in any non-military situation.
** In the novels, Sousuke himself takes on elements of the trope even within the military setting. He uses part of Mithril's military maneuvering ground to house his giant pet tiger (whom he referred to as a cat in his report to Tessa, making her largely regret approving it), and along with Kurz ends up completely trashing multi-million dollar Arm Slaves on a pirate treasure hunt. These and other shenanigans -- including the incident from ''Ending Day By Day'' which ''did'' make it into the anime at the end of ''The Second Raid,'' in which Sousuke outright demands that Mithril's high command reinstate him as Kaname's bodyguard -- are tolerated because Sousuke is [[UltimateJobSecurity the only person who can operate the Arbalest and its Lambda Driver]], which are the only weapons Mithril has that can equal Amalgam's technology.

* A double-decker example in ''Literature/{{Gosick}}'': the detective Grevil acts pretentious and sports a ridiculous hairdo, but [[PoliceAreUseless the police]] overlook these things because he solves difficult cases so reliably. Except... he's secretly [[InspectorLestrade completely incompetent]]. To solve his cases (even the simple ones), he relies on a real example: Victorique, an arrogant, manipulative, rolling-around-on-the-floor-to-express-boredom girl who is, unlike Grevil, genuinely very good at deciphering mysteries.

* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': The title character is considered by most of her fellow students to be a CloudCuckooLander, but since she's also good at almost everything, they're willing to overlook that during events like sports and culture festivals when they need her help to do well. Bonus points for [[PlayboyBunny actually wearing bunny ears.]]

* In ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'', Rias describes the four lords of hell as this in their private lives and later on, the other leaders of the different factions are this and it ''shows''. Serafall loves to cosplay as a MagicalGirl, Sirzechs and Azazel made an ''entire {{Sentai}} TV series'' based on Issei and Rias [[spoiler: after Issei achieves [[PoweredArmor Balance Breaker]] by pushing Rias' nipples]], and Odin visits ''love motels'' just to name a few.

* Tabane Shinonono of ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'' created the titular PoweredArmor at the age of 15, but she acts like a hyperactive idiot in public, and ''literally'' wears bunny ears and dresses up as Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Her first public appearance in the anime has her visiting the resort her sister is at by '''riding a carrot-shaped DropPod down to the resort from who knows how high'''. Not to mention her unique methods of performance testing the IS her little sister is using for the first time: first simple acceleration, then testing out the included swords, then ''summoning a huge SAM battery from {{hammerspace}} which promptly fires a {{Roboteching}} MacrossMissileMassacre of real missiles with live warheads at Houki''.
-->''"Next, try intercepting these! ''[cue missile barrage]'' There you go!"''
* ''Literature/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'': {{Subverted|Trope}} with Beelzebub, the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demon]] [[BadassBureaucrat Minister of Agriculture]]. Azusa normally only sees her on adventures and other unusual hijinks, so gets curious enough to spy on her during a normal work day, but finds out that she acts like an ordinary (if high-ranking) bureaucrat in the office.

* ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'': Prototype and master to the above, Yang Wen-Li, a social misfit with an alcohol problem who almost flunked out of military academy where he only entered because he had no money to pay for his education to become a historian. He sits on his flagship's instrument panel during important fights (when he is not simply sleeping) and claims to everyone that he hates working. No one, '''no one''' ever wonders how he became admiral by 30; his skills make it obvious to any character (ally or enemy) that he deserves to be at the top of the chain of command.

* Yoriko Yasaka from ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' is an mother who [[GamerGirl loves vintage game consoles]] and [[CuddleBug clings to her son Mahiro]] [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum to replenish her "Sononium"]]. And is also a part-time monster-slayer who's apparently talented enough with [[ImprobableWeaponUser thrown forks]] to ''kill'', and [[NoodleIncident at some point in the past]] she managed to earn the enmity of [[SpidersAreScary Atlach-Nacha]]. There's a reason Nyarko (her son's love interest, a famous space cop, and oh yeah, freaking '''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]''') is scared of and always defers to "Mom".
** Nyarko herself may qualify, considering she's '''extremely''' goofy, lazy, and capricious, and yet never loses her job with the SpacePolice because she's apparently a well-respected and successful officer. It's also mentioned that she consistently got high marks in school and ended up graduating from a prestigious university at the top of her class. It could be that meeting Mahiro and becoming utterly devoted to [[LovableSexManiac bedding and wedding him (in that order)]] has taken all her focus; it might also be that she's literally on vacation[[note]]After defeating Nodens, she takes 300 years' worth of paid leave[[/note]], a fact mentioned in the novels but not the anime.

* Minori Koganuma of ''Literature/OutbreakCompany'' is initially shown to be a serious member of the JSDF, but she fits this trope, thanks in no small part to her being a huge YaoiFangirl.

* Practically everybody living in the Sakura dormitory in ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' -- a BoardingSchool dorm occupied by people kicked out from the nearby BoardingSchool's dorms -- save Sorata, the OnlySaneMan, and Mashiro, an IdiotSavant:
** Misaki, a hyperactive, obnoxious GenkiGirl {{otaku}} that nearly single-handedly made an anime, sold it, and was commercially successful;
** Jin, a [[TheCasanova Cananova]] (out of an inferiority complex towards Misaki) who wrote the script for Misaki's anime; and
** Ryuunosuke, a {{hikikomori}} programmer who already has contracts with major corporations.
** Mashiro turns out to be a {{Deconstruction}}. [[spoiler:She's a famous painter and an artistic genius, but everyone she knew was so in awe of her talents that they never treated her like a person, leaving her lonely, unhappy, and socially clueless (the latter is her "bunny-ears" trait). Her one friend convinces her to run off to Japan and make manga because [[IJustWantToBeSpecial she was so jealous of Mashiro's talent that she couldn't work on her own art]]. When her parents try to drag Mashiro back home (because they want her to paint again, not because they miss her), she refuses, because [[IJustWantToHaveFriends she's made friends for the first time and doesn't want to leave them]].]]

%%Administrivia/PartialContextExample. Needs more context to differentiate from UnderestimatingBadassery* ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'': Oboro's first inspection around Tokioka Academy convinces Ayame and Tanukichi that he's no threat to their ero-terrorist operations. They soon realize [[UnderestimatingBadassery their mistake]] only a few days later, when Oboro proves to be quick learner and an efficient leader. Within a week, he drafts the same students SOX had informed about lewd material as his own Decency Prefect squad and uses their knowledge to confiscate nearly ''all'' of SOX's hidden porn stashes, then [[BookBurning has them burned.]]

** Mayuri Kurotsuchi, full stop. He's a full-time MadScientist, a part-time MadDoctor. On a bad day he's a KnightOfCerebus who'd [[TheydCutYouUp either cut anyone up]] or [[ProfessorGuineaPig use them for experimentation]] (sometimes both at the same time). Before Urahara got the idea to make use of his prodigious scientific talent, he was ''locked in prison''. Now, he's kept on because he's just too darned valuable to be anywhere else; he may be a lunatic, but he often plays an instrumental role in figuring out how to stop whatever problem Soul Society is having.
** Urahara back when he was still the Captain of Squad 12. The only shinigami scientist better than Mayuri and just as eccentric (if less evil). To date, he's the played the role of the EccentricMentor, the GadgeteerGenius, and will use ObfuscatingInsanity as a weapon or just for fun. Even after he stopped being a captain, he was known as a [[TheWonka strange business owner]]. He's so competent the first two-thirds of the manga can be viewed as one long chess game between him and [[BigBad Aizen]]. Doesn't stop him being an utter CloudCuckooLander when he feels like it, such as telling Ichigo to survive his training by putting on a silly bandana and gloves and yelling out a summons for the "hands of justice"... just because he felt like it.
** The 11th division's reputation is simple: They're rough, they're violent, they're uncouth, they're undisciplined, they're sweaty, filthy, loincloth wearing men (to quote Isane and Rangiku). And then there's Yumichika. He fusses about his [[TheFashionista appearance]], he worries about his [[{{Bishonen}} looks]]. He will [[TheDandy delay entering battle]] if he needs to change his clothes first. And he will [[BerserkButton kill you without a second thought]] if you call him ugly. He gets away with it because he's officially the third strongest ''man'' in the entire division and is capable of defeating vice-captains in battle (and WordOfGod has stated that he's Ikkaku's equal in strength, which [[AlmightyJanitor unofficially]] makes him the joint second strongest man in the entire division).
** Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi is the only known female in the 11th division, a small RoseHairedSweetie, GenkiGirl. There's no way she looks like she should be there... and she spends most of her time doing almost anything under the sun for sweets. Then you notice that every single person in the entire division except the captain is absolutely terrified of her. As are the communication corps. (With damn good reason.)

** The Straw Hat crew are a team of Bunny-Eared Lawyers. Here's the list, in the order in which they joined the crew: Zoro, first mate, is obsessed with strength, training, and swordsmanship, [[NoSenseOfDirection cannot find south with the help of a bird whose head always points south]], and can ''cut steel with a sword'' (and that was before the timeskip); Nami, the navigator, is unbelievably competent at her job and guessing weather changes, can use well a weather-based weapon to call thunder upon any enemy, and is [[OnlySaneMan one of the two relatively sane members of the crew]], but is also incredibly greedy; Usopp, the sniper, is a liar, a pessimist and a coward, but is a skilled artists, his lies have proven themselves useful many times, [[TheSoCalledCoward when necessary he has done acts of insane bravery]], he's a hell of a CombatPragmatist who can take on far stronger enemies, his pessimism made him immune to the powers of an enemy who could turn anyone else in a depressed wreck, and [[ImprobableAimingSkills he's the goddamn' best sniper in the world]]; Sanji, the cook, is a womanizer who only fights with kicks to protect his hands, but his hands are what he uses as a SupremeChef and his kicks put him on the Monster Trio of the crew with Luffy and Zoro; Chopper, the doctor, is a [[VoluntaryShapeShifter shape-shifting]] [[FunnyAnimal talking reindeer]] who is incredibly shy, and is both an incredibly skilled doctor and a fighter formidable enough to fight with the strongest opponents in the first half of the Grand Line and win; Nico Robin, the historian, is a NightmareFuelStationAttendant, a former assassin and [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]], but is also [[OnlySaneMan the sanest and most mature member of the crew]] and possibly the best historian in the world, and a formidable combatant; Franky, the carpenter, is a perverted speedo-wearing cyborg with a penchant for crying out "SUPER!", and has built himself into a cyborg and built the CoolShip of the crew; Brook, the musician, is a [[DemBones a living skeleton]] with terrible puns and an obsession for women's underwear, who is also a genious musician, a formidable swordsman and used to be the captain of his own crew.