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* ''Webcomic/{{Bastard}}'': Jin, not having much social interaction with his peers (due to finding him creepy) has little clue on how to act around other kids his age, and has only a child's understanding on certain topics such as sex, even flat-out asking Kyun what porn was without realizing how it could have been interpreted as a perverse gesture. This works to his Dongsoo's advantage of keeping him under control.

*** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Yusuke Kitagawa, which can be partially attributed to his upbringing -- he had been raised by his elderly mentor, an artist named Madarame, since the age of three, and said mentor is [[GoodOldWays very old-fashioned]] [[spoiler: and also very [[AbusiveParents abusive]]]] in many respects. Art is pretty much one of the only things on Yusuke's mind, to the point that he initially stays with the Phantom Thieves not necessarily to help others, but because ''the other world they raid will provide new subjects for him to paint''. He has no tact in public, tends to be insensitive to others, and some of his antics when painting tends to scare off other people. Not surprisingly, he and the above-mentioned Futaba tend to bicker whenever they're around each other yet hilariously enough, he was the first to get to interact with them extensively as a result.

*** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Yusuke Kitagawa, which can be partially attributed to his upbringing -- he had been raised by his elderly mentor, an artist named Madarame, since the age of three, and said mentor is [[GoodOldWays very old-fashioned]] in many respects. Art is pretty much one of the only things on Yusuke's mind, to the point that he initially stays with the Phantom Thieves not necessarily to help others, but because ''the other world they raid will provide new subjects for him to paint''. He has no tact in public, tends to be insensitive to others, and some of his antics when painting tends to scare off other people. Not surprisingly, he and the above-mentioned Futaba tend to bicker whenever they're around each other yet hilariously enough, he was the first to get to interact with them extensively as a result.

* [[VillainProtagonist Reagan Ridley]] of ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob'' is a MadScientist who [[ChildProdigy graduated at the top of her class from MIT at the age of 13]], and is a BunnyEarsLawyer who's extremely competent at her job but her abrasive personality and lack of social skills frequently alienate her coworkers with it heavily implied she has [[AmbiguousDisorder undiagnosed Asperger's]]. It's for this reason that the [[LovableJock charismatic]] NaiveNewcomer Brett Hand is brought on to help her improve team morale.

** The Earl of Lemongrab definitely fit this trope. Lemongrab has no social skills because he's mentally unadjusted from being the product of a failed science experiment.
** The Ice King is insane. His only friends are penguins, and even Finn and Jake, the main characters, find him to be an obnoxious jerk even though they have a grudging friendship.

* [[VillainProtagonist Reagan Ridley]] of ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob'' is a MadScientist who [[ChildProdigy graduated at the top of her class from MIT at the age of 13]], and is a BunnyEarsLawyer who's extremely competent at her job but her abrasive personality and lack of social skills frequently alienate her coworkers. It's for this reason that the [[LovableJock charismatic]] NaiveNewcomer Brett Hand is brought on to help her improve team morale.

* Poor Ed Nygma on ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', as part of his AmbiguousDisorder. He's blissfully unaware of how weird his NightmareFetishist tendencies come across, and he usually fails to notice basic social cues, often standing around smiling after people have stopped speaking to him, not realizing that they non-verbally want him to leave. Interestingly, he becomes far capable of interacting with people after his FaceHeelTurn, even though he keeps his dorky and eccentric personality.

* Very common in ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. Superpowers come from trauma, so most people who have them are messed up in some way or another. Basically every member of the Undersiders has some sort of reason that they struggle with interpersonal stuff, such as Taylor being being brutally bullied by her former best friend once they got to high school. The case that stands out the most though is Rachel Lindt AKA "Bitch" -- a neglected and abused foster child who ends up gaining dog-related powers. Her upbringing is enough to result in general social incompetence, but one of her RequiredSecondaryPowers is an implicit understanding of dog social queues, which comes at the expense of her ability to read human social queues.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman'': The original Creator/MarvelComics version of Jessica Drew Spider-Woman had her raised among the [[MadScientist High Evolutionary's]] menagerie of {{BeastM|an}}en -- meaning that she had no idea how to interact with normal humans when she finally entered the outside world, and tended to creep out everyone she met. The {{Retcon}}ed version of her origin eliminates this, though.

** The sequel ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' also revealed Goku is a HumanAlien known as a Saiyan. Saiyans are revealed to be natural born fighters and usually aggressive and drawn to strength (Goku's kind heart is the result of his mother Gine and his head trauma as a baby. The other Saiyans we see, while liking companionship, function a bit differently than people do.)

* Shou Tucker from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is one of the more horrific examples of a character with no social skills. How bad are his social skills? He uses alchemy to transmute his ''wife'' and later his ''five-year-old daughter'' and her dog into chimeric abominations [[FateWorseThanDeath in constant agony]] [[ForScience in the name of science]], completely [[ObliviouslyEvil fails to comprehend that he did anything wrong]] to the extent that he honestly thought his unethical experiments would be ''rewarded'', and decides that the reason others are enraged at his actions, place him under house-arrest and charge him as a criminal is because "[[NeverMyFault no-one is capable of understanding me]]".

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 unfortunate 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

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Tangerine [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2011-09-15 steals shoes]] and [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2011-09-16 puts them on]], throughly demonstrating this trope.

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* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': ** Ranma is marked by his HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood and has trouble getting on with people, though he's better off then many other examples of this trope and, in the manga, is actually one of the most manipulative characters. In addition to [[TrainingFromHell dragging him around on the road and through the wilderness his entire life]], [[SinkOrSwimMentor Genma]] used [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique forbidden]] and [[HarmfulToMinors stupid]] techniques. One of them had him essentially raised by cats. Which did NOT end well. [[UnstoppableRage Cat-fu]] indeed.

** Asuka Langley Soryu is a traumatized, insecure kid with no self-esteem that has no idea of how interacting with other people and is frightened of them. So that she resorts to be loud so that nobody ignores her and intentionally acts obnoxious so that nobody wants to befriend her.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Grant Ward. Maria Hill gave him the lowest rating in this department, even drawing a small porcupine (which Coulson mistook for a "little poop with knives sticking out of it") on his assessment sheet.

** As the show progresses, it becomes increasingly obvious that Shinji's estranged father, Gendo, is ultimately NotSoDifferent from his son. He clearly dislikes having to deal directly with other people for prolonged periods of time and never says a single word more than what he feels he absolutely has to. It is also ultimately revealed to be his reason for abandoning his son: After his wife's death he didn't know how to take care of Shinji because he was afraid of Shinji. His self-hatred made him frightened of the idea that he could be loved by anyone, even his own son; so he foisted Shinji off on other people.

* Roy and Moss in ''Series/TheITCrowd'', being rather "standard nerds" running an IT department, naturally fall into this trope more often than not, Moss in particular. Jen is ''supposed'' to subvert this, seeing as her role is supposed to be the sociable one who can help the other two actually connect with other people, but actually [[NotSoDifferent she's just as socially inept, awkward, and consumed with her obsessions as the other two]]. The only real difference is that Jen's obsessions are considered more socially mainstream, which enables her to get away with it more.

* Natsu of ''Manga/FairyTail'' was raised by the Fire Dragon Igneel. While Igneel taught him things like Fire Dragon Slayer magic and speech, he clearly wasn't able to teach Natsu typical human social customs. Then Igneel vanished when Natsu was still little. Natsu was then taken in and raised by the mages of Fairy Tail, and all of ''them'' are to some degree crazy ([[CrazyAwesome awesome]]).

* ''Film/BornFree'': In a non-human case, Elsa, a lioness who was RaisedInCaptivity, has no understanding of how wild lions behave and interact with each other, which initially makes it difficult for her to interact with them. In the most blatant example, a young male lion who had been interested in Elsa becomes irritated with her because she doesn't let him eat first -- one of the norms that Elsa, growing up with humans and no other lions, has never been exposed to.