History Main / NoSocialSkills

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Due to both her shyness and her focus towards her alchemy work, Sucrose struggles with interactions with others. Her character story mentions that she would probably understand more about Diona's CatGirl traits if she just asks the bartender directly and nicely, but she would rather do what she does best: observing from a distance. She also says that this makes interacting with [[TheSocialExpert Kaeya]] awkward.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''have Jeremie and Aelita, or 'Mr. and Mrs. Einstein' as some call them: both being very intelligent and not particularly socially skilled, if in different ways. Jeremie had no friends before the series began and struggled, particularly early on, with being anything but professional with them. Aelita meanwhile being [[spoiler: believed to be]] an artificial intelligence who is quite unfamiliar with the real world. Aelita managed to grow out of this trope fully as the series went on, while Jeremie also improved if not to the same extent.

In RealLife, people with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyssemia dyssemia]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_Learning_Disorder nonverbal learning disorders]] fit this trope. It's a symptom of certain forms of [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autism]], including UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome; a differently wired mind can make it hard to grasp neurotypical social cues, which can give the unfortuante perception that LonersAreFreaks. Media is aware of this but tends to exaggerate its prevalence and intensity. A mild form is also common in people involved with academia. That said, Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

An extreme form of FishOutOfWater, milder cases may result in CloudCuckooLander, CreepyChild, InnocentFanserviceGirl or NoSenseOfHumor. HomeschooledKids are usually portrayed this way.

In RealLife, people with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyssemia dyssemia]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_Learning_Disorder nonverbal learning disorders]] fit this trope. It's a symptom of certain forms of [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autism]], including UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome; a differently wired mind can make it hard to grasp neurotypical social cues. Media is aware of this but tends to exaggerate its prevalence and intensity. A mild form is also common in people involved with academia. That said, Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

* Brun from ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'' is a downplayed example. She is quite socially astute when she can understand what social cues are given, but has severe difficuly reading non-verbal social cues except when they are very obvious. She also has strong tendencies towards BrutalHonesty and rarely if ever emotes. Later strips confirmed that Brun is on the autism spectrum.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}:''

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

%% * ''{{Manga/ReLIFE}}'' has Hishiro, the ClassRepresentative EmotionlessGirl.

** Cassandra Cain, a.k.a. Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} II, is pretty dysfunctional. The first eight years of her life were spent in a bunker [[TrainingFromHell learning the killing arts]] in isolation from spoken language. The next nine were spent on the streets, unable to comprehend spoken language and fleeing the man who raised her. It shows, even after telepathic intervention enabled her to speak and she got over [[DeathSeeker her death wish]].

* ''{{Series/Pandora}}'':

* Daryl Whitelaw of VideoGame/SuperDarylDeluxe never speaks, almost never changes his facial expression, and does not use body language. People asking him direct questions and receiving no response at all is a RunningGag.

* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExampl* Flik, and Akhana to an extent, in ''Webcomic/ParaTen''.

* Parker from ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. Quite possibly the world's greatest cat burglar; requires cheat sheets and extensive coaching to carry on a passing-for-normal conversation, and doesn't see ''why'' her male teammates freak out whenever she whips her shirt off in front of them to execute a quick-change. As a child, she thought that being buried alive was an appropriate way to get over her fear of the dark. As an adult, she compared it to Eliot locking himself in a shed for a few nights to get over his claustrophobia. "That's NOT the same thing. What's wrong with you?" WordOfGod is she has Asperger's, explaining her behavior. In the show itself, it's mentioned that Parker is capable of acting relatively normally (such as a wine-dispensing member of the wait staff at a formal party), but only when she's fully aware that it's an act designed purely to deceive a mark.

** While Zuko is much OlderAndWiser, he still has his moments, as shown in season three where he talks about the time he hired the [[HavingABlast Combustion Man]] to kill the former Avatar... in front of the current Avatar's father. Although he speaks about his assasination attempt against Aang at that time, given the nature of {{Reincarnation}} and how the show stresses how different yet so similar the Avatars are and generally is the same person ever since its advent, said current Avatar's father has a right to feel uncomfortable.

** While Zuko is much OlderAndWiser, he still has his moments, as shown in season three where he talks about the time he hired the [[HavingABlast Combustion Man]] to kill the former Avatar... in front of the current Avatar's father.

* Inosuke in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' lived for a great of his life alone in the mountains, with only a little human interaction when he was an infant, with that he had little to no experience and knowledge of social interactions; that makes him seem quite insensitive in his early appearances, but it is progressively shown that most of it isn’t done out of real malice, he really had no idea on how to be sensible towards people, from there on Tanjiro, the protagonist, becomes quite the mentor on how Inosuke develops in his empathy towards others.

* Brun from ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'' is a downplayed example. She is quite socially astute when she can understand what social cues are given, but has severe difficuly reading social cues except when they are very obvious. She also has strong tendencies towards BrutalHonesty and rarely if ever emotes. Later strips confirmed that Brun is on the autism spectrum.

'''Ragdoll''': Why is everyone so sad? [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Are you hungry? Is that it?]]

** ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''have Jeremie and Aelita, or 'Mr. and Mrs. Einstein' as some call them: both being very intelligent and not particularly socially skilled, if in different ways. Jeremie had no friends before the series began and struggled, particularly early on, with being anything but professional with them. Aelita meanwhile being [[spoiler: believed to be]] an artificial intelligence who is quite unfamiliar with the real world. Aelita managed to grow out of this trope fully as the series went on, while Jeremie also improved if not to the same extent.

** ''The Kangaskhan Kid'' is about a kid who was raised by the titular Pokemon. He was [[ParentalAbandonment lost by his parents]] when they were on vacation. One of the first things he does when meeting Ash and the gang is asking Misty ''if he can [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar nurse]] off her.'' This line didn't survive in the dub. It was changed to him asking whether they are Pokemon or people, but they left in the shot of him clearly staring at her chest and her hitting him in anger.

** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Hiiro Kagami is the best surgeon in the hospital, always perfect specimen of his profession. Try to rope him into anything remotely personal and he has absolutely no idea what to do, because he is basically [[SweetTooth sweets]]-fueled surgery bot. His bedside manner is awful, pragmatic and brutally honest. He can slide towards being single- or literal-minded. It's never explained whether this is a result of some undiagnosed [[AmbiguousDisorder condition]], spending his life [[SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining studying]] or just trying to mask up natural awkwardness to point of BecomingTheMask.
** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': Geiz Myokoin /Kamen Rider Geiz is [[PerpetualFrowner dour]] and [[CuttingTheKnot brutally]] straight forward with HairTriggerTemper. He is also mostly unaware of why he sets people running just by trying to approach them with the intent of normal conversation. His attitude can be generally summed up as that of a selfdestructive bull in a china shop, though he can definitely do better around [[MoralityChain Tsukuyomi]]. The lack of awareness and planning puts him at disadvantage against Sougo Tokiwa / Kamen Rider Zi-O, a socially capable CloudCuckooLander.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' have Jeremie and Aelita, or 'Mr. and Mrs. Einstein' as some call them: both being very intelligent and not particularly socially skilled, if in different ways. Jeremie had no friends before the series began and struggled, particularly early on, with being anything but professional with them. Aelita meanwhile being [[spoiler: believed to be]] an artificial intelligence who is quite unfamiliar with the real world. Aelita managed to grow out of this trope fully as the series went on, while Jeremie also improved if not to the same extent.

** ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''have Jeremie and Aelita, or 'Mr. and Mrs. Einstein' as some call them: both being very intelligent and not particularly socially skilled, if in different ways. Jeremie had no friends before the series began and struggled, particularly early on, with being anything but professional with them. Aelita meanwhile being [[spoiler: believed to be]] an artificial intelligence who is quite unfamiliar with the real world. Aelita managed to grow out of this trope fully as the series went on, while Jeremie also improved if not to the same extent.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'':
** Yusaku became this after his DarkAndTroubledPast that turned him to a revengeful person that barely interacts with anyone and has no friends. Kusanagi even teases him that he can't talk to girls, the dub takes it further that he can't talk with ''anyone''.
** Earth too, it's practically his catchphrase. Considering his Origin is also someone who can't interact with people normally...
---> '''Earth:''' "I am socially awkward."

An extreme form of FishOutOfWater, milder cases may result in CloudCuckooLander, CreepyChild, InnocentFanserviceGirl, or NoSenseOfHumor. HomeschooledKids are usually portrayed this way.

Compare NotGoodWithPeople, where a character has more of an affinity for non-human lifeforms. Contrast with TheSocialExpert.

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoKajitsu'': Despite his many (semi) reasonable sounding monologues about how to deal with people (especially women), it is made clear numerous times that Yuuji is not exactly at the top of his game when it comes to social interactions. This usually comes out as [[InnocentlyInsensitive Innocently Insensitive]], thanks to his extremely blunt personality. At one time he meets Michiru, acting somewhat out of character, he immediately jumps to the logical conclusion of "must be that time of the month", and to put his question as delicately as he can, he whispers this into her ears:

In RealLife, people with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyssemia dyssemia]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_Learning_Disorder nonverbal learning disorders]] fit this trope. It's a symptom of certain forms of [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autism]], including UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome; a differently wired mind can make it hard to grasp social cues. Media is aware of this but tends to exaggerate its prevalence and intensity. A mild form is also common in people involved with academia. That said, Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

In RealLife, people with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyssemia dyssemia]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_Learning_Disorder nonverbal learning disorders]] fit this trope. It's a symptom of certain forms of [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autism]], including UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome; a differently wired mind can make it hard to grasp social cues. Media is aware of this but tends to exaggerate its prevalence and intensity. A mild form also is common people involved in academia. That said, Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheSorcerersStone'' Hermione is a bossy, abrasive know-it-all who shows off in class and polices her classmates' adherence to school rules. By the time Halloween rolls around, she has not succeeded in making any friends. After Harry and Ron befriend her, her social skills get much better, though she is still known to occasionally make insensitive remarks.

One background that can lead to this trope is to be RaisedByWolves -- growing up with animal parents. Alternatively, they may have had an isolated or abusive childhood or SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining. Or all three. They may be bamboozled by the opposite sex and ask WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove. Alternately, they may have had social skills in the past, but after being away on TheQuest or some other mission for an extended time, may find themselves unable to reintegrate due to being a ShellShockedVeteran or a StrangerInAFamiliarLand.