History Main / SkilledbutNaive

* N of [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Pokémon Black and White]] is very good at his job (Extremist?) Because he is a VERY naive person. Its even mentioned in-game

3) Naive when it comes to comprehending the world around them, subtle meanings of things, and the like. (These characters are likely to be {{Wide Eyed Idealist}}s and believe in {{Honour Before Reason}}. They are excellent candidates for believing in BlackAndWhiteMorality in a more cynical setting where shades of grey are the norm.)

3) Naive when it comes to comprehending the world around them, subtle meanings of things, and the like. (These characters are likely to be {{Wide Eyed Idealist}}s and believe in {{Honour Before Reason}})

** Korra from ''TheLegendOfKorra'' is similar: skilled in three of the four elements, but new to Republic City and the enemies that call it home.

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* Chances are, your favourite athlete fit this trope early in their career.

Many, many heroes start off this way. Due to TheHero often starting off as the least experienced member of the FiveManBand, giving him room to grow as a character, but also tending to ultimately be the most powerful member of his team, main characters in general have a nasty habit of going beyond their experience levels and relying on raw talent and bravado, which frequently gets the rest of the group into trouble as well. In particularly tragic circumstances, such impetuousity can get a character or his allies killed. Its a frequent source of the {{Mentor Occupational Hazard}}.

* N of pokemon black and white is very good at his job (Extremist?) Because he is a VERY naive person. Its even mentioned in-game

* Princess Tana from ''VideoGame/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.

** YourMileageMayVary on the last three examples.

* [[RomeoXJuliet Juliet, oh Juliet.]] You're a total BadassAdorable, but you should've known better than falling for the cute guy in a CoolHorse...

* This trope is addressed in ''SamuraiChamploo'': One of Jin's early opponents, Inuyaka, notes that while he's a very skilled swordsman, he hasn't had enough outside experience to fight him in an unfamiliar environment, as he's spent his entire life training in a dojo.

* 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 Ichigo's 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. Ichigo's lack of experience also makes his performance inconsistent; he can be the world's biggest badass if he's in the right mood and barely able to match the much weaker lieutenants if he's on bad form.

* [[RomeoXJuliet Juliet, OH Juliet.]] You're a total BadassAdorable, but you should've known better than falling for the cute guy in a CoolHorse...

* This trope is addressed in ''SamuraiChamploo'': One of Jin's early opponents Inuyaka notes that while he's a very skilled swordsman, he hasn't had enough outside experience to fight him in an unfamiliar environment, as he's spent his entire life training in a dojo.
* Haqua du Lot Herminium of ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' was a brilliant student, who's hard work and talent were so undeniable that she broke through the glass ceiling and became the first student from a lower-class family to ever be awarded the [[SinisterScythe Scythe of Testament]], signifying her place at the top of her class. Once put in the field, however, she causes trouble by losing patience with her human partner's GradualGrinder approach, due to her need to prove herself. Then, when [[TheRemnant Vintage]] rears its head, she proves to be woefully naive when it comes to reading people, requiring the help of her more worldly acquaintances on numerous occasions.

* 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--the first thing she does on screen is defeat [[KnightInShiningArmour Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of Flowers, who is widely agreed to be one of the greatest fighters alive. Even [[BloodKnight Jaime]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Kingslayer"]] [[MemeticBadass Lannister]] admits she's stronger than him, though he also says she needs more experience to be truly deadly. Unfortunately, Brienne is a WideEyedIdealist in a CrapsackWorld where AnyoneCanDie. This [[FailureKnight doesn't work very well]] for her.

* 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.

** She's starting to show signs of being a full-blown IdiotHero.

* This can happen in educational tracks that go from high school to university to a post-graduate type of degree without ever including much practical work and being very theory heavy.