History Main / SkilledbutNaive

* Dr. Tenma in ''{{Anime/Monster}}''. He's a surgical prodigy and an excellent doctor in general, but he's completely oblivious towards Dr. Heinemann's political games, and that costs him the life of a patient he could have saved. After that, he gets better and evolves into TheMessiah.

* Dr. Tenma in {{Anime/Monster}}. He's a surgical prodigy and an excellent doctor in general, but he's completely oblivious towards Dr. Heinemann's political games, and that cost him the life of a patient. After that, he gets better and evolves into TheMessiah.

** To be honest she's starting to show more signs of being a full-blown IdiotHero.

* ''{{Yu Gi Oh}}'' This anime loves this trope. This occurs when [[spoiler:either side thinks that they have bested their opponent, but are slammed with a trap or magic card]]
** ''{{Yu Gi Oh 5Ds}}'' [[spoiler:same thing with the original series.]]

Characters in this state are vulnerable to CharacterDerailment into IdiotHero status if they remain inexperienced despite bitter experience. Whether a character is an IdiotHero or just SkilledButNaive can be a matter of some debate amongst fans. If and when they do evolve, they are rather malleable. A bad shock may send them into themselves, creating a ZenSurvivor or KnightInSourArmour, a character who feels cynically about issues but still can't stop the bold idealistic tendencies from showing through when the chips are down. Or constant steady success may create a full-on {{Badass}} or [[TheMessiah messiah.]] They can easily become a FutureBadass in cases of SacrificialLion or an earlier DownerEnding where this character survives.

{{Kid Hero}}es, such as {{Young Gun}}s, {{Kid Samurai}} and {{Cute Bruiser}}s can find themselves falling into this. Add HotBlooded into the mix and you're asking for impetuousity combined with competence.

* Brienne from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' is a woman in a male-dominated society and is able to fight on equal level with many of them in a stand-up fight. She's also a WideEyedIdealist in a CrapsackWorld where AnyoneCanDie. This [[FailureKnight doesn't work very well]] for her.

* Sanada Yukimura from ''SengokuBasara'' is this trope personified. He's already skilled enough to take down most enemies, and those he can't he takes down through sheer determination. It's also implied that he has a great deal of potential that hasn't been unlocked yet, mainly due to his lack of experience, forethought and gullible personality.

* Aang the Avatar is like this in the first half of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''. He's so naive and kinda ditzy that characters easily forget that he's already a master-level airbender when the show begins. The fact he's an 11 year old kid doesn't help, either.

* Sanada Yukimura from [[SengokuBasara SengokuBasara]] is this trope personified.

* Princess Tana from FireEmblemTheSacredStones starts like this. She ''is'' a PluckyGirl with quite the talent to ride pegasi and use a BladeOnAStick, but she's also very sheltered by her brother and has just finished her official training. This leads her to catch a huge DistressBall in Ephraim's route, but with some training, she can become quite the powerhouse.

Characters in this state are vulnerable to CharacterDerailment into IdiotHero status if they remain inexperienced despite bitter experience. Whether a character is an IdiotHero or just SkilledButNaive can be a matter of some debate amongst fans. If and when they do evolve, they are rather malleable. A bad shock may send them into themselves, creating a ZenSurvivor or KnightInSourArmour, a character who feels cynically about issues but still can't stop the bold idealistic tendencies from showing through when the chips are down. Or constant steady success may create a full-on {{Badass}} or [[TheMessiah messiah.]]

* Teana Landstarof MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha fame has the YoungGun trait. Her CharacterDevelopment is chiefly about getting over herself and learning to be a team player.

* Brienne from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' is a woman in a male-dominated society and is able to fight on equal level with many of them in a stand-up fight. She's also a WideEyedIdealist.

* Negi Springfield from ''MahouSenseiNegima'', a highly talented mage who at 10 years old has the sort of power and skill that most don't get even after decades of study and training...but he's still a ten year old and he thinks like one.

*Ichigo of ''{{Bleach}}'' is one of the most powerful {{Shinigami}} in existance and quickly reaches the level of the {{Game Breaker}} captains, but he lacks the years of experience the aeons old Soul Society members have under their belt. Even the Seireitei's KidHero has four to five decades of fighting and training experience, though of all the captains, he is also given to rash moves. This lack of experience and [[HonourBeforeReason naivete']] shows in Ichigo letting himself get manipulated by the BigBad during the Hueco Mundo arc as well as in his brute-force fighting style, and is a textbook example of the trope in action where you have an overpowered, multi-class character with no idea of how to use his power most effectively. (His strategy amounts to "Hit it until it falls down.") That said, this is also Ichigos strength along with many heroes of this type: his actions are so reckless, and yet he is so overwhelmingly powerful, that he catches enemies completely off-guard, even when they are expecting him. Ichigos lack of experience also makes his performance inconsistent; he can be the worlds biggest badass if he's in the right mood and barely able to match the much weaker lieutenants if he's on bad form.