History IdiotBall / Fanworks

* In ''[[Fanfic/NobodyDies Neon Genesis Evangelion: Nobody Dies]]'', Kaworu is very enthusiastic about [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre maintaining the species]] with Rei. The Idiot Ball? The first attempt fails by loss of [[NoodleIncident Ocular Virginity]]. The second by [[DestinationDefenestration Defenestration]]. He still tries.
* PlayedForLaughs in the ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6391645/1/Reaching_the_Understanding Reaching the Understanding]]'', which turns Terra's tendency to be [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter overly trusting of the wrong sort of people]] into a RunningGag by way of a chain of {{Gilligan Cut}}s.
* In the ''{{Firefly}}/Series/DoctorWho'' crossover fanfic Fanfic/TheManWithNoName, some of the characters are hunting Reavers. When they stop, thinking they've heard something, [[ItsProbablyNothing the Doctor keeps going anyway]], walking smack right into one. Even the Doctor admits it was blindingly stupid.
* The goal of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' seems to be to avert this.
** Although, it does get a lampshade in chapter 63, when Moody mentions a drug called "Bahl's Stupefaction", the effects of which include causing the user to do extremely stupid things.
* Rose Potter, from the Girl Who Lived series, tends to get thrown the IdiotBall often, due to having [[GodModeSue special powers that Canon Harry lacked]], which would allow her to solve the plot before it even got started, unless she did something [[WhatAnIdiot entirely stupid]]. For example, in Rose Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Rose can control her connection with Voldemort, and knows Occlumency and Legilimency. Thus, she knows that the image of Sirius Voldemort sent her was fake. What does she do? Why, exactly what Canon!Harry did, except she did it in full knowledge that it was a trap. Did she tell Dumbledore, and with him, the Order of the Phoenix? No. Did she, knowing that her going there with a few friends was exactly what Voldemort wanted, and with no reason to take the bait, did she do nothing and inform the adults who wouldn't be playing into Voldemort's hands by walking into his trap? No. She, although she has no reason to, does exactly what Voldemort wants her to do, and is considered smart for doing so.
* The cast of ''Fanfic/HogwartsExposed'' grab the IdiotBall frequently, but special mention has to go to the scene in which Harry, Hermione and the entire Hogwarts faculty get outwitted by Crabbe and Goyle.

* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' where Pinkie Pie tries to make Dominic laugh and throws flour all over him. He doesn't find it very funny... and tries to wash it off with ''water'', ignoring Pinkie Pie's warning ''not'' to.
* ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' story called ''An Azure Future'' has the protagonist grasping multiple Idiot Balls. After an entire story of wanting to remain human and not undergo conversion, the protaganist pulls a complete ideological 180, joins up with a terrorist organization and helps them successfully carpet-bomb a human settlement, then gases a cop whose only mistake was trying to give him a speeding ticket. Making the whole matter worse, the only reason he decided to help the terrorists was so they would convert him in exchange - something that is their ''entire purpose'' to do anyway. Not to mention he could've walked into any of a dozen nearby Conversion Bureaus and had the process done legitimately by trained professionals at any time. He receives nothing worse than mild disappointment from Celestia for the whole thing.
* There are a few of these snatched by the protagonists of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', who are usually quite GenreSavvy, don't always realize that one of Calvin's inventions could completely avert a conflict. Granted, Hobbes is ''very'' reluctant to go along with Calvin if an invention is involved, but the other protagonists don't really have an excuse. Particularly egregious is "Nighty Shut Up!", where the solution to Calvin's insomnia is to use the Time Pauser to sleep as long as he likes. This only comes at the end of the episode, while it probably wasn't very hard to figure out at all!
* In ''FanFic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy explains all about his powers and his]] KryptoniteFactor to [[ArchEnemy L]].
* In ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash's]] [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look]]'' the titular character thought a place named "Salon Rocket" was a bit suspicious and went in to investigate. He then sees Team Rocket in a PaperThinDisguise and asks if they met before. This eventually resulted in Ash getting a makeover by them.
* Naruto in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5012103/1/That-Look That Look]]'' at times seems to juggle as many [[IdiotBall idiot balls]] as he can find. Perhaps the worst is that he required several explanations to understand why a reservoir that supplies over 70% of Suna's water would be a good military target, despite knowing full well that Suna is in the middle of a desert.
* Explored in ''FanFic/BlueSky'', wherein Wheatley discovers that he was originally designed to be [=GLaDOS=]' idiot ball in an attempt to stop her going genocidal every thirty seconds.

* You wanna know how bad the CaptainObviousReveal is in ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds''? In Beast Boy's letter to the Titans, he lists his true name: [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Garfield]] ''Logan''. And no one, not even Beast Boy's ''former'' group, The Doom Patrol, managed to figure out Count ''Logan'''s true identity.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5686049/1/Love-Triangle Love Triangle]]'' is practically nothing but Harry and Hermione taking turns grabbing the idiot ball ''over and oviler again''. As a result of self-doubt and largely ignoring what they ''know'' about each other's character, it takes ''over a year'' for them to mend a broken relationship which ''wouldn't have been broken to begin with'' if they'd just taken more care about what they said in anger and agitation.
* From [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4991314/1/Escape-from-the-Hokage-s-Hat Escape from the Hokage's Hat]], we have the advisers council (Homura and Koharu) and the Daimyo. See the council want to banish Naruto and have convinced the Daimyo to agree both saying it's part of a TheNeedsOfTheMany type situaton. This is naturally pointed out as stupid since Konoha is recovering from an invasion and kicking out the PersonOfMassDestruction who can either protect the village or act as a deterrent to any attacks is just asking for trouble.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5686049/1/Love-Triangle Love Triangle]]'' is practically nothing but Harry and Hermione taking turns grabbing the idiot ball ''over and over again''. As a result of self-doubt and largely ignoring what they ''know'' about each other's character, it takes ''over a year'' for them to mend a broken relationship which ''wouldn't have been broken to begin with'' if they'd just taken more care about what they said in anger and agitation.

* You wanna know how bad the CaptainObviousReveal is in ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds''? In Beast Boy's letter to the Titans, he lists his true name: [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Garfield]] ''Logan''. And no one, not even Beast Boy's ''former'' group, The Doom Patrol, managed to figure out Count ''Logan'''s true identity.

* In ''Fanfic/BoysUndSenshado'', Mako, typically Oarai's [[BadassDriver best driver]], suffers a drastic loss of competence around the time she [[spoiler:almost runs over Miho]].

* Explored in ''FanFic/BlueSky'', wherein Wheatley discovers that he was originally designed to be [=GLaDOS=]' idiot ball in an attempt to stop her going genocidal every thirty seconds.

* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' where Pinkie Pie tries to make Dominic laugh and throws flour all over him. He doesn't find it very funny...and tries to wash it off with ''water'', ignoring Pinkie Pie's warning ''not'' to.

* In ''Substitute School:First Semester'', Tatsuki, Orihime, Sado and Ishida have had bangles placed on them by the Gotei 13 to seal their powers, prevent their reiatsu from attracting hollows and make it so their reiatsu doesn't mess with {{Muggles}}. They then decide to ask Urahara to remove them. Ichigo points out they are essentially going against an army when none of them are captain class and he can't help because he would side with the Gotei 13. They still persist their point even when Ichigo unloads ''MULTIPLE'' reasons why they shouldn't.

* Rose Potter, from the Girl Who Lived series, tends to get thrown the IdiotBall often, due to having [[GodModeSue special powers that Canon Harry lacked]], which would allow her to solve the plot before it even got started, unless she did something [[WhatAnIdiot entirely stupid]]. For example, in Rose Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Rose can control her connection with Voldemort, and knows Occlumency and Legilimency. Thus, she knows that the image of Sirius Voldemort sent her was fake. What does she do? Why, exactly what Canon!Harry did, except she did it in full knowledge that it was a trap. Did she tell Dumbledore, and with him, the Order of the Phoenix? no. Did she, knowing that her going there with a few friends was exactly what Voldemort wanted, and with no reason to take the bait, did she do nothing and inform the adults who wouldn't be playing into Voldemort's hands by walking into his trap? No. She, although she has no reason to, does exactly what Voldemort wants her to do, and is considered smart for doing so.

* Naruto in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5012103/1/That-Look That Look]]'' at times seems to juggle as many [[IdiotBall idiot balls]] as he can find. Perhaps the worst is that he required several explanations to understand why a reservoir that supplies over 70% of Suna's water would be a good military target, despite knowing full well that Suna is in the middle of a desert.

* In ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash's]] [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look]]'' the titular character thought a place named "Salon Rocket" was a bit suspicious and went in to investigate. He then sees Team Rocket in a PaperThinDisguise and asks if they met before. This eventually resulted in Ash getting a makeover by them.

* In ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash's]] [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look]] the titular character thought a place named "Salon Rocket" was a bit suspicious and went in to investigate. He then sees Team Rocket in a PaperThinDisguise and asks if they met before. This eventually resulted in Ash getting a makeover by them.

* In ''FanFic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy explains all about his powers and his]] KryptoniteFactor to [[ArchEnemy L]].

* In ''FanFic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy explains all about his powers and his]] KrytoniteFactor to [[ArchEnemy L]].

* In ''FanFic/ThePrinceOfDeath'' Light [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy explains all about his powers and his]] KrytoniteFactor to [[Archenemy L]].

* There are a few of these snatched by the protagonists of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', who are usually quite GenreSavvy, don't always realize that one of Calvin's inventions could completely avert a conflict. Granted, Hobbes is ''very'' reluctant to go along with Calvin if an invention is involved, but the other protagonists don't really have an excuse. Particularly egregious is "Nighty Shut Up!", where the solution to Calvin's insomnia is to use the Time Pauser to sleep as long as he likes. This only comes at the end of the episode, while it probably wasn't very hard to figure out at all!

* In ''Substitute School:First Semester'', Tatsuki, Orihime, Sado and Ishida have had bangles placed on them by the Gotei 13 to seal their powers, prevent their reiatsu from attracting hollows and make it so their reiatsu doesn't mess with {{Muggles}}. They then decide to ask Urahara to remove them. Ichigo points out they are essentially going against an army when none of them are captain class and he can't help because he wold side with the Gotei 13. They still persist their point even when Ichigo unloads ''MULTIPLE'' reasons why they shouldn't.

* ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' story called ''An Azure Future'' has the protagonist grasping multiple Idiot Balls. After an entire story of wanting to remain human and not undergo conversion, the protaganist pulls a complete ideological 180, joins up with a terrorist organization and helps them successfully carpet-bomb a human settlement, then gases a cop whose only mistake was trying to give him a speeding ticket. Making the whole matter worse, the only reason he decided to help the terrorists was so they would convert him in exchange - something that is their ''entire purpose'' to do anyway. Not to mention he could've walked into any of a dozen nearby Conversion Bureaus and had the process done legitimately by trained professionals at any time. He receives nothing worse than mild disappointment from Celestia for the whole thing.

** Ms. Asagi herself as well, for putting "rules are rules" above the threat of rampaging Digimon. [[spoiler:Considering she turns out to be an agent for Takeru, it may have been a deliberate move to force Takato to handle the situation alone and gain more control of his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide powers]]]].

* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' where Pinkie Pie tries to make Dominic laugh and throws flour all over him. He doesn't find it very funny...and tries to wash it off with ''water'', ignoring Pinkie Pie's warning ''not'' to.

* Tatsuki, Orihime, Sado and Ishida have had bangles placed on them by the Gotei 13 to seal their powers, prevent their reiatsu from attracting hollows and make it so their reiatsu doesn't mess with {{Muggles}}. They then decide to ask Urahara to remove them. Ichigo points out they are essentially going against an army when none of them are captain class and he can't help because he wold side with the Gotei 13. They still persist their point even when Ichigo unloads ''MULTIPLE'' reasons why they shouldn't.

* Tatsuki, Orihime, Sado and Ishida have had bangles placed on them to seal their powers, prevent their reiatsu from attracting hollows and make it so their reiatsu doesn't mess with {{Muggles}}.

** Ms. Asagi herself as well, for putting "rules are rules" above the threat of rampaging Digimon. [[spoiler:Considering she turns out to be an agent for Takeru, it may have been a deliberate move to force Takato to handle the situation alone and gain more control of his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide powers]]]].

* At one point in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' the tamers find themselves forbidden from leaving class to go stop some rampaging digimon. ''Why'' they did not simply knock her unconcious and run to the rescue ''anyway'' is baffling.

* In ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'', Rainbow Dash trusts [[spoiler: Gilda]] who wants to talk with her about something. Considering the last time Rainbow saw her was after Pinkie Pie's party, [[{{BlatantLies}} there's absolutely no way she would do Rainbow any harm]].

* The cast of ''Fanfic/HogwartsExposed'' grab the IdiotBall frequently, but special mention has to go to the scene in which Harry, Hermione and the entire Hogwarts faculty get outwitted by Crabbe and Goyle.

* PlayedForLaughs in the ''KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6391645/1/Reaching_the_Understanding Reaching the Understanding]]'', which turns Terra's tendency to be [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter overly trusting of the wrong sort of people]] into a RunningGag by way of a chain of {{Gilligan Cut}}s.

** Although, it does get a lampshade in chapter 63, when Moody mentions a drug called "Bahl's Stupefaction", the effects of which include causing the user to do extremely stupid things.