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"No." said Eugene firmly. "The princess, my wife, [[HalfTruth is as perfectly normal as anyone would want]]."

'''Itagaki''' (laughing): If he did that he'd break his fists! There's no one reckless and stupid enough to do that! He uses a hammer.\\
'''Kamogawa''': Ye… yeah… fists would be reckless and stupid…

'''Harry:''' Hmm, [[ButHeSoundsHandsome sounds like a good investment to me.]]

--->'''Ben:''' There's an explanation for this. Which I can't exactly give you. I...Can I just tell you it's not my fault?\\
'''Doctor:''' Sure. You can also tell me that the dog ate your homework, or maybe eating Twinkies made you do it, or ... maybe yeah, that there's [[spoiler:really a wicked demonic creature living inside you that takes control of your body and forces you to do its bidding.]] Take responsibility for your actions, Ben!

* Played with in ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel & Monica discover a message on Ross's answering machine from Emily, Ross's ex-wife. Emily is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to someone else. They debate whether or not to erase the message - Monica wants to, Rachel doesn't.
-->'''Monica:''' All right, look. She's obviously unstable, okay? I mean, she's thinking about running out on her wedding day.... [[spoiler:(In the first episode, Rachel ran out on her wedding)]] Okay, fine, but... I mean, look at the position she's putting him in. I mean, what's he going to do? He's like... Ross is going to run over there on the wedding day and break up the marriage? Who would do that? [[spoiler: (Rachel did this when Ross & Emily were getting married)]].... Okay, fine. All right? But that's... you know, that was different. Although it did involve a lot of the same people.

** [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings of all ponies]] gets a couple moments of this when she first meets Phoenix. First, she's legitimately afraid of the [[AnimeHair spiky "beast" on Phoenix's head]], then when she mistakes Phoenix for an actual phoenix we get this exchange:

* ''[[Fanfic/ThinkBeforeYouSpeakMHA Words May Hurt]]'': When Aizawa complains about how Midoriya only earned Rescue Points during the practical portion of U.A.'s Entrance Exam, Endeavor doesn't see the problem with that, remarking that it would be much ''more'' of a warning sign if someone only earned ''Villain'' Points, taking down enemies without any regard for those around him. He's blissfully unaware that Bakugou did just that. Making this worse is that the main reason for this meeting in the first place is that Aizawa was attempting to get Midoriya expelled from the Hero Course by framing him for how ''Bakugou'' injured another student, something that Saito immediately brings up, to Endeavor's shock.

Sometimes, whether or not the universe is realistic, some actions are deemed either ridiculously dangerous, idiotic, or [[ImpossibleTask downright impossible to pull off]]. Nothing to be really proud of in any case. The characters talk about such actions and, soon enough, Alice will wonder out loud (probably sniggering) − "[[Main/WhoWouldBeStupidEnough Who would be stupid enough to do that?]]"

->'''Alice:''' Did you know some people actually try to cook the rice without adding water first?\\

* In chapter 23 of ''[[Recnac_Transfaerso Recnac Transfaerso]]'', Ron, who doesn't know what Harry did with his Triwizard Tournament winnings yet, has this dialogue with him:

* ''Webcomic/{{Darths And Droids}}''; The Imperial officer who brings Luke in after his surrender on Endor mocks his parentage- ''to Vader''. Who Luke then reveals as his (major spoiler) [[spoiler:"mum"]].

-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Gone"

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* In one chapter of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', having heard that [[SplitPersonality Jugo]] went to [[MadScientist Orochimaru]] voluntarily, [[DeadpanSnarker Suigetsu]] comments that only someone completely nuts would throw himself into Orochimaru's arms. Right next to Sasuke, who threw himself into Orochimaru's arms for the sake of his revenge.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Gray does this a couple of times to Mirajane, such as when he complains about the drawings she made for rebuilding the guild hall, not knowing that she was the one who drew them.

* There's a ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' comic where Batman shows Jaime the Brother Eye satellite which went berserk and created an OMAC army in ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis.'' Jaime asks what kind of person would build a machine like that, and Batman asks him not to let Green Arrow hear him say that (Batman was the one who built it).

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* In chapter 23 of Recnac Transfaerso ([[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1399984/23/Recnac_Transfaerso Link here]]) Ron, who doesn't know what Harry did with his Triwizard Tournament winnings yet, has this dialogue with him:
-->'''Ron:''' Did I tell you about their private investor in their joke shop? Some bloke gave them a bunch of money. They won't tell us who though, said he wants to remain anonymous. What moron would give those two money?\\
'''Harry:''' Hmm, [[ButHeSoundsHandsome sounds like a good investment to me.]]
* In this ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}} / WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9884742/3/Tangled-Adventures-in-Arendelle crossover,]] Eugene is talking with the Duke of Weselton, and mentions that he's from Corona. The Duke replies:
-->"I have not heard of Corona for a long time, but I have heard of some rumors. Is it true that the offspring of their king and queen has terrible powers of a sorceress, and that the source of her monstrous powers are her hair?"
-->"No." said Eugene firmly. "The princess, my wife, [[HalfTruth is as perfectly normal as anyone would want]]."

-->'''Yamamoto:''' Kira or no Kira crime is never going to disappear. People have always been afraid of dying. That hasn't stopped them before—it's not going to stop them now. Criminals are just gonna get smarter about it, that's all.
-->'''Light:''' But the crime rate...
-->'''Yamamoto:''' Hasn't improved. Kira has only monopolized murder. You pointed that out to me yourself, remember?
-->'''Light:''' Oh... right.
-->'''Yamamoto:''' If you think about it, there's plenty of ways to exploit the Kira situation. What if you want to get rid of your enemies fast? Just frame them for murder and get their name and photo on the six o'clock news...

-->'''Kira:''' What's with the gravity on these buildings? It's like every building is its own center of gravity. It's weird!
-->'''Ichigo:''' It's not ''that'' weird.
-->'''Rika:''' Whoever designed this place must've been weird in the head. I mean, really. It's pretty strange.
-->'''Ichigo:''' No, it's not.
-->'''[[ShrinkingViolet Mika]]:''' It's weird.

* In ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'', the Snowfield Saber dismisses the idea of using the Holy Grail to rewrite his time in history, saying that such a wish is "nothing to wish on the Grail about". As it happens, that was [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight the franchise's first Saber's]][[note]]and [[spoiler:this Saber's inspiration]] to boot, so double oblivious[[/note]] original wish.

* Franchise/AceAttorney
** In the fifth case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', Ema Skye finds an ostentatious trophy in a prosecutor's office and declares the owner "must be a real stuck-up jerk!" Said jerk is her crush, Miles Edgeworth, and he arrived just in time to hear every word.
--->'''Edgeworth:''' Well? What brings you here? I'll warn you... I've been known to be a real stuck-up jerk.
** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'', a museum worker says that any intelligent person would think that the writing on an urn belonging to a clan whose founder was Ami Fey would say "Ami," and would reassemble the urn to say that if they broke it. Unknown to her, the person who broke the urn reassembled it incorrectly with the name spelled wrong and is now standing next to her.

-->'''Grant''': I really had no idea that anyone would take the stuff I said that seriously. You know, this thing happens at some point where you realize that you’re able to use words better than average and it becomes the source of reassurance, and sometimes you get so carried away in your eloquence that you say things that you don’t remotely mean.

* In ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'', during the investigation, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] gives [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] the key to the victim's hotel room and reveals that she found it under the welcome mat. She then notes that only an idiot would hide their spare room key there. Phoenix smiles, nods, and makes a mental note to move his key when he returns home.
** [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings of all ponies]] gets a couple moments of this when she first meets Phoenix. First, she's legitimately afraid of the [[AnimeHair spiky "beast" on Phoenix's head]], then when she mistakes Phoenix for an actual phoenix we get this exchange:
---> '''Fluttershy''': No wonder you look so homely and sick. Don't worry, though, soon you will be able to rise from your ashes as a beautiful bird of fire!
---> '''Phoenix''': (Did I just get insulted?)

* In ''Webcomic/{{Super Effective}}'':
-->'''Brock''': You know, some people actually come here choosing fire as their starter Pokemon. Crazy, huh?
** He says this while standing next to Red, who just happens to have chosen fire.

-->'''Mob soldier''': I think some idiot decided to store a stack of hull-plates in that chamber.
-->'''Ms. Damicco''': Oh, that was me. Those are leftovers from another project.
-->'''Mob soldier''': Correction: that room is a ''great'' place for hullmetal barricades. Lull the enemy into a false sense of security!
* ''Webcomic/{{Darths And Droids}}''; The Imperial officer who brings Luke in after his surrender on Endor mocks his parentage- ''to Vader''. Who Luke then reveals as his (major spoiler) [[spoiler:"mum".]]
-->'''Vader (to officer):''' You know what to do.
-->'''Officer:''' Yes, sir. [[spoiler:Um. Ma'am.]]

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Luann Van Houten thinks Marge and her husband [[ButtMonkey Kirk]] are having an affair. When she confronts Homer on this he laughs and tells her "no woman would want to sleep with that loser" before remembering who he's talking to.

--> '''Fluttershy''': No wonder you look so homely and sick. Don't worry, though, soon you will be able to rise from your ashes as a beautiful bird of fire!
--> '''Phoenix''': (Did I just get insulted?)

* In this ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}} / WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9884742/3/Tangled-Adventures-in-Arendelle crossover]], Eugene is talking with the Duke of Weselton, and mentions that he's from Corona. The Duke replies:

* In ''[[Fanfic/MarigamiStories Accidental Amnesiac Cheating]]'', Kagami casually mentions how her girlfriend Marinette dressed like a maid at the Ladybug movie premier to Ladybug herself, unaware that Marinette is Ladybug.
--> "''She decided to embarrass me without knowing she was talking to me.''" Marinette thought as she listened to Kagami continue on.

Compare ObliviousGuiltSlinging, InsultFriendlyFire, InnocentlyInsensitive, IResembleThatRemark. Contrast NoodleIncident, where the characters vaguely talk about an event they know but the viewer doesn't. Contrast and compare WhoWouldBeStupidEnough, when Alice [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] and is proven right away that someone ''is'' stupid enough, and SchmuckBait. See also ItWillNeverCatchOn.

The inverse trope is RightBehindMe, when Alice talks dirty about Bob without knowing he's, well, right behind her. Compare ImStandingRightHere, where the person is still right there, but the mockery is less oblivious. See also MoreInsultingThanIntended, where the mockery is intentional but to a greater degree than the mocker knows.

The inverse trope is RightBehindMe, when Alice talks dirty about Bob without knowing he's, well, right behind her. Compare ImStandingRightHere, where the person is still right there, but the mockery is less oblivious.