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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].[[note]]...At least in [[CripplingOverspecialization some area(s).]][[/note]]

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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].[[note]]...At smart]], at least in [[CripplingOverspecialization some area(s).]][[/note]]]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': But she won’t let that put her down, and therefore, enjoy the skills she has.



%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': "The dumbest characters always have at least one thing they're brilliant at."

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* '''Conversed''': "The dumbest characters always have at least "Alice is literally one thing they're of the most brilliant at.biophysics doctoral students I've ever seen in my twenty-five years of teaching. Bit scattered is an understatement, her office usually looks like a bomb went off in it, but wow is that woman going to go places." "Quite possibly the morgue, along with half the building we live in. Yeah, she's my roommate - I don't doubt at all that she's a truly rare talent in her field, but this is the woman who has left the gas on THREE GODDAMN TIMES this month, and did I mention that she's a smoker and frequently smokes inside when she's toiling away at something late at night? Yeah. She probably will change the world if she doesn't accidentally kill herself first."

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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].[[note]]...At least in [[CripplingOverspecialization some area(s)]][[/note]]

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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].[[note]]...At least in [[CripplingOverspecialization some area(s)]][[/note]]area(s).]][[/note]]



* '''Justified''' Alice has a ''very'' narrow field of interests.
* '''Inverted''':

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* '''Justified''' '''Justified''': Alice has a ''very'' narrow field of interests.
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':



** After Alice shows a few unexpected signs of intelligence, those around her begin to suspect she's using ObfuscatingStupidity, and treat her as a font of wisdom. [[SeeminglyProfoundFool She isn't]].

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** After Alice shows a few unexpected signs of intelligence, those around her begin to suspect she's using ObfuscatingStupidity, and treat her as a font of wisdom. [[SeeminglyProfoundFool She isn't]].isn't.]]



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???'''Zig-Zagged''': Alice has expert knowledge in some parts of some fields, an average level of knowledge about others, and none in others.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???'''Enforced''':
** TruthInTelevision
** Alice was originally written as a simple [[TheDitz ditz]] but got one field of competence to make her character deeper.



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* '''Plotted A a Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For for Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For for Drama''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': Alice appears to be a genius at biophysics, but in fact just memorized a book about it on a whim.
* '''Double Subverted''': Her real specializaton is ''quantum'' physics.
* '''Parodied''': When the characters are at a loss in a particulaly esoteric subject, all eyes turn to Clueless Alice, who nails it except when that wouldn't be funny.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice appears to be a genius at biophysics, but in fact just memorized a book about it on a whim.
** What at first seems to be a fluke is actually {{foreshadowing}} that Alice is using ObfuscatingStupidity.
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Her real specializaton is ''quantum'' physics.
** After Alice shows a few unexpected signs of intelligence, those around her begin to suspect she's using ObfuscatingStupidity, and treat her as a font of wisdom. [[SeeminglyProfoundFool She isn't]].
* '''Parodied''': When the characters are at a loss in a particulaly particularly esoteric subject, all eyes turn to Clueless Alice, who nails it except when that wouldn't be funny.

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* '''Inverted''': ModernMajorGeneral

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* '''Inverted''': ModernMajorGeneral'''Inverted''':
** ModernMajorGeneral
** DitzyGenius
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* '''Averted''': Alice is just TheDitz straight up.

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* '''Averted''': Alice is just TheDitz straight up. Or she's just TheSmartGuy.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
The team uses Alice to hustle money in biophysics quizzes.
* '''Exploited''': ???
The hustle victims then challenge Alice to another field of study, and HilarityEnsues.
* '''Defied''': ???
Alice admits she's as dumb as a sack of hammers.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"Alice may seem stupid, but when it comes to biophysics, she makes everyone else look stupid!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"The dumbest characters always have at least one thing they're brilliant at."
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* '''Inverted''': DitzyGenius

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* '''Inverted''': DitzyGeniusModernMajorGeneral
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* '''Straight''': Clueless Alice is really clueless of her talents, but she's competent with one of them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Clueless Alice looks stupid in everything she does, but manages to be competent in everything.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Straight''': Clueless Alice is really clueless of her talents, about most things, but she's competent with one brilliant at her chosen profession of them.
biophysics.
* '''Exaggerated''': Clueless Alice looks stupid in everything she does, all areas, but manages to be competent in everything.
at everything not requiring giving a straightforward answer.
* '''Downplayed''': ???Though easily distracted and a bit silly, Alice is able to handle her college classes fine.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice appears to be a genius at biophysics, but in fact just memorized a book about it on a whim.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Her real specializaton is ''quantum'' physics.
* '''Parodied''': ???When the characters are at a loss in a particulaly esoteric subject, all eyes turn to Clueless Alice, who nails it except when that wouldn't be funny.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Alice is just TheDitz straight up.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"And how exactly is it that you learned biophysics?"



What?! You mean you can built an airplane out of scrap but you cannot create a link back to the main page? You could've told me ealier, GeniusDitz!

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What?! You mean you can built build an airplane out of scrap but you cannot create a link back to the main page? You could've told me ealier, GeniusDitz!

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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].

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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].[[note]]...At least in [[CripplingOverspecialization some area(s)]][[/note]]



* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is smart enough to catch on that other people see her as a ditz, and has self-esteem issues because of this.

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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is smart enough to catch on that other people see her as a ditz, and has self-esteem issues because of this.
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What?! You mean you can built an airplane out of scrap but you cannot create a link back to the main page? You could've told me ealier, GeniusDitz!
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Untwisted''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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* '''Inverted''': DitzyGenius

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* '''Inverted''': DitzyGeniusDitzyGenius
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is smart enough to catch on that other people see her as a ditz, and has self-esteem issues because of this.
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* '''Justified''' Alice has a ''very'' narrow field of interests.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Clueless Alice looks stupid in everything she does, but manages to be competent in everything.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Clueless Alice looks stupid in everything she does, but manages to be competent in everything.everything.
* '''Inverted''': DitzyGenius
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'''Basic Trope''': TheDitz [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is really smart]].
* '''Straight''': Clueless Alice is really clueless of her talents, but she's competent with one of them.
* '''Exaggerated''': Clueless Alice looks stupid in everything she does, but manages to be competent in everything.

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