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* While Robert Goren from ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' mostly uses this trope as a form of ObfuscatingStupidity to mess with suspects, he displays plenty of these moments without any justification to qualify, especially considering his mother has been confined in an asylum for the past 20 years. (He visits her every week; nobody is sure if, any given week, he will come back.)

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* While Robert Goren from ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' mostly uses this trope as a form of ObfuscatingStupidity to mess with suspects, he displays plenty of these moments without any justification to qualify, especially considering his mother has been confined in an asylum for the past 20 years. (He visits her every week; weekly; nobody is sure if, any given week, he will come back.)
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E33MrBevis Mr. Bevis]]", Mr. James B.W. Bevis is an eccentric, accident prone man who loves zither music and stuffed animals and drives a 1924 Rickenbacker. He is beloved by the neighborhood children and many other locals but his idiosyncrasies mean that he has had eleven jobs in the last eleven months.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E33MrBevis "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E33MrBevis Mr. Bevis]]", Mr. James B.W. Bevis is an eccentric, accident prone man who loves zither music and stuffed animals and drives a 1924 Rickenbacker. He is beloved by the neighborhood children and many other locals but his idiosyncrasies mean that he has had eleven jobs in the last eleven months.
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%%* Alice from ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''. Come to think of it, the majority of the show's cast.

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%%* * Alice Tinker [[spoiler:Horton]] from ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''. Come to think of it, the majority A lot of the show's cast.shows cast are kind of quirky but Alice stands out, from her believing in [[ConspiracyTheorist conspiracy theories]] (for example she really can't believe "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" (or its generic imitation, "I Can't Believe It's Not 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter'") is not butter... and there may be a lot more butter around than anyone realizes) to dressing up like a fairy princess with chocolate bars on her head when asked to be maid of honor, to her own wedding involving her wear a light up plastic heart crown.

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* Richie and Eddie from ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' start off in this situation and descend occasionally into [[TheDitz ditz]] territory. When they think they've killed a gas meter reader, Richie suggests they eat the corpse in order to dispose of it; when they go camping, Eddie lights the Sterno without inserting the valve and almost sets himself on fire; and then there's the following exchange over a crossword puzzle:

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* Richie and Eddie from ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' start off in this situation and descend occasionally into [[TheDitz ditz]] territory. When they think they've killed a gas meter reader, Richie suggests they eat the corpse in order to dispose of it; when they go camping, Eddie lights the Sterno without inserting the valve and almost sets himself on fire; and then there's the following exchange over a crossword puzzle:CrosswordPuzzle:
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*** Cousin Horace, who consults what he thinks is a ghost in his bedroom to get horse racing tips.

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*** Cousin Horace, who consults what he thinks is a ghost (named Jeremiah) in his bedroom to get horse racing tips.



*** Aunt Hester, who is also afraid of burglars and piles all her valuables outside her door before bedtime, attaching a note telling the robber to take everything and not pipe chloroform under the door.

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*** Aunt Hester, who is also afraid of burglars and piles all her valuables outside her door before bedtime, attaching a note telling the robber to take everything and not pipe chloroform under the door. She also wears a surgical mask to bed as an extra precaution.
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** "Maid in Connecticut" centers around John's new housekeeper Mrs. Simkins, who is deathly afraid of using the electrical kitchen appliances.

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** "Maid in Connecticut" centers around John's new housekeeper Mrs. Simkins, who is deathly afraid of using the electrical kitchen appliances.appliances and the vacuum cleaner, and is too frightened to try lighting the pilot light on the stove when it goes out. She can cite an eccentric worst-case scenario story to justify each of her fears.
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* ''Series/MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'':
** John tells Lydia about his odd, eccentric relatives in "Darn That Dream." These include:
*** Cousin Horace, who consults what he thinks is a ghost in his bedroom to get horse racing tips.
*** Aunt Dora, who is afraid of burglars and puts a pile of shoes outside her room before bedtime, throwing them down the hall while yelling "Hark!" when she thinks she hears something in the middle of the night.
*** Aunt Hester, who is also afraid of burglars and piles all her valuables outside her door before bedtime, attaching a note telling the robber to take everything and not pipe chloroform under the door.
** "Maid in Connecticut" centers around John's new housekeeper Mrs. Simkins, who is deathly afraid of using the electrical kitchen appliances.
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%%* Bull Shannon from ''Series/NightCourt''.

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%%* * ''Series/NightCourt'': Bull Shannon from ''Series/NightCourt''.the baliff, who is sort of a [[GentleGiant gentle]] bald mutant. Harry's father Buddy ''was'' one of these, but he's always quick to [[SlasherSmile cheerfully]] reassure everyone that he's feeling ''muuuuch'' better now!

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