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** Horo matches this trope to a glimmering 'T'. She is a wolf spirit/god of the harvest. She's a lot savvier about the way humans live than the others, though. She has lived with humans several times in the past, and spent centuries watching the people of a single village. Indeed, she often understands people better than they understand themselves, and isn't above emotional manipulation when it suits her. She is carefree about certain human conventions, but not because she doesn't understand them -- she just doesn't care. She also goes centuries without interacting with humans, so her social awkwardness often stems from being so out of touch with the times.

** Lawrence and Horo are good examples of different ways this trope can be applied. Lawrence knows a lot about contemporary society and social institutions, but isn't very savvy about human nature. Horo is the exact opposite, and both are intelligent enough to cover for each other as necessary.

* The heroine Eureka from {{Eureka Seven}}. She doesn't have any friends and doesn't open her heart to anyone prior to meeting the protagonist Renton. In the first episode, she did an insensitive thing by burning Renton's house down and she does not seem to comprehend why Renton reacted so miserable about it. She does not even know what is "cool", what love is and how to be pregnant with a baby. It is this lack of social skills that she had a hard time being a mother to her 3 kids. She eventually become a more sociable person, thanks to the influence of her lover Renton.

* The heroine Eureka from {{Eureka Seven}}. She doesn't have any friends and doesn't open her heart to anyone prior to meeting the protagonist Renton. In the first episode, she did an insensitive thing by burning Renton's house down and she does not seem to comprehend why Renton reacted so miserable about it. She does not even know what is "cool", what love is and how to be pregnant with a baby. It is this lack of social skills that she had a hard time being a mother to her 3 kids.

* The heroine Eureka from {{Eureka Seven}}. She doesn't have any friends and doesn't open her heart to anyone prior to meeting the protagonist Renton. She does not even know what is "cool", what love is and how to be pregnant with a baby. It is this lack of social skills that she had a hard time being a mother to her 3 kids.

* The heroine Eureka from {{Eureka Seven}}. She doesn't have any friends and doesn't open her heart to anyone prior to meeting the protagonist Renton. She does not even know what is "cool" and what love is. It is this lack of social skills that she had a hard time being a mother to her 3 kids.

** Princess Arika of spent her whole life confined in the royal palace of Ostia, the result being that her social development was somewhat stunted, turning her into TheStoic. She didn't even know what ice cream was until Nagi showed her.
** Kotaro, a half wolf who was abandoned as a child who has [[BrutalHonesty little sense of being polite]] nor has he ever spent time doing anything normal besides training to fight but is not quite a {{Wild Child}} since he grew up in a city and looks and acts normal for the most part, Ayaka even calls something quite similar to the trope name.

* Sawako Kuronuma from ''KimiNiTodoke'' is so unaware of how much other people care about her, that she spends the entire 2nd volume of the manga ignoring her friends to preserve their popularity.

* Shin of {{Eyeshield 21}} could pass as a football {{expy}} FMP's Sousuke because of this trait. He was basically a complete loner until he joined the football team in middle school. It actually makes his dedication to football a rather unintentional {{crowning moment of heartwarming}}, it was through football that he was able to make friends.

* Natsume from ''NatsumeYuujinchou'' initially finds it very hard to open up to people because of his [[ISeeDeadPeople ability to see]] [[{{Youkai}} youkai]].

* Keima from TheWorldGodOnlyKnows doesn't know some social basics like making friend, cheering someone.

* ''DoctorWho'' - The Doctor has moments of acting like this, more so in some [[TheNthDoctor incarnations]] than others. It's partly ObfuscatingStupidity, partly the fact that a time-traveling alien can hardly be expected to understand the social mores of every time and place he visits, and sometimes just the way he is. Particularly strong with the the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and the Eleventh (Matt Smith). For a classic example, see [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]].

** Fenris of the same game spent the entirety of his life, as far as he remembers, as a slave to one of the horrifically evil Tevinter Magisters and only recently escaped. As such, he has difficulty relating to other people at best and lot of rage issues, especially with mages. This is most evident with his often hostile interactions with Merrill.

** Antimony from spent her childhood, up to about age eleven, wandering Good Hope Hospital while her mother was bedridden. Her only company was her parents [[spoiler:and [[TheGrimReaper various incarnations of Death]]]]. As a result, upon beginning school at the Court, Annie has more difficulty engaging in normal small-talk with students her own age than she does dealing with mythological beasts and other weirdness.

* ''[=~Rocko's Modern Life~=]'' features Heffer the steer, who has has constant trouble with social conventions. He was RaisedByWolves, sophisticated lupine suburbanite yuppies -- he's something of a black sheep steer to the wolves.

* Leeloo in TheFifthElement.

* Spencer Reid in ''CriminalMinds'', who has a hard time fitting in with people other than the team, being a mix of InsufferableGenius and ChildProdigy. However, his knowledge of pop culture is varying and extensive, though he doesn't know about {{Twilight}}.

* In Dungeons&Dragons, this trope generally applies to anyone who has a low rank in the Diplomacy skill.

* Jade Harley, Nepeta Leijon and Gamzee Makara in ''{{Homestuck}}''. Though in Gamzee's case it might just be the effects of Faygo and sopor slime.

** Creed Diskenth, the series' BigBad isn't much better off, combining this trope with LackOfEmpathy, NoSenseOfHumour, and EvilCannotComprehendGood for truly awe-inspiring results. He can't understand or relate to other people at all, is an utter failure as a ManipulativeBastard, is prove to {{Freak Out}}s when he doesn't get away, and honestly doesn't understand why killing TheHero's NotLoveInterest would cause him to hate his (Creed's) guts. He frequently misunderstands people, doesn't get why his BadBoss tendencies are causing his underlings to flee, is oblivious to his [[DarkChick right-hand woman]]'s blatant crush on him, and is convinced that [[TheHero Train]] will realise how much Creed matters to him once all his friends are dead. Unlike many examples on this page, it is ''never'' played for laughs.

* Most of the humour in TheBigBangTheory is about how utterly inept the four main characters are at functioning outside their own nerdy society. Leonard is probably most well adjusted but still has serial foot-in-mouth tendencies, Sheldon shows some autistic tendencies and is also a {{Jerkass}}, Raj cannot speak around attractive women unless drunk, and [[TheLeisureSuitLarry Woolowitz is best left unsaid]].

** Naruto's social inneptness could be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] when you consider the fact that [[AllTheOtherReindder he was always shunned and avoided like the plague]] because of the [[SealedEvilInACan Kyuubi sealed within him.]] Not too much social practice there when you think about it.

** L: He's socially awkward, dresses like a bum, and is the three greatest detectives on the planet. [[hottip:*:Yes, all three: as himself, and in second and third place under psuedonyms.]]

** Zack Addy is another one with No Social Skills, a textbook loner nerd who understands that social politics are ''occurring'', but can't figure out what to do with this information. [[hottip:*:In the {{Pilot}} episode, Zack acted more like a very smart but slightly awkward young guy, and even made sarcastic jokes and used slang.]] He exhibits Asperger's Syndrome; which made [[spoiler:the revelation that he was Gormagon's apprentice an even bigger {{Wallbanger}}, since it was completely and totally out of character]].

* Superboy from the animated series ''[[Series/YoungJustice Young Justice'' is a clone that was grown in 16 weeks and fed information via telepathic genomorphs. Suffice to say he finds it difficult to deal with people, particularly his new teammates, when he's just beginning to adjust to life outside of CADMUS.

* Superboy from the animated series ''YoungJustice'' is a clone that was grown in 16 weeks and fed information via telepathic genomorphs. Suffice to say he finds it difficult to deal with people, particularly his new teammates, when he's just beginning to adjust to life outside of CADMUS.