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'''Basic Trope''': TheSmartGuy is also [[NiceGuy friendly and polite]].
* '''Straight''': Winston is a genius who is also very caring and polite.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Winston is an OmnidisciplinaryScientist and also an AllLovingHero.
** All of the geniuses in the setting are nice people.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Winston is relatively smart, and also a pretty nice person to be around.
** Winston ''is'' an EvilGenius, but he's also [[AffablyEvil genuinely polite]] in spite of this.
* '''Justified''': Winston is a teacher or other educator, and figures that his students learn better when they're being taught by someone who's nice to them.
* '''Inverted''':
** KindheartedSimpleton and/or DumbIsGood
** InsufferableGenius
** InsufferableImbecile
* '''Subverted''': Winston is revealed to be FeigningIntelligence, and/or is a BitchInSheepsClothing.
* '''Double Subverted''': He later [[TookALevelInKindness takes a level in kindness]] and becomes smarter as well.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Winston is not particularly smart or polite.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Because of his affable personality, people are more likely to ask Winston for help if they need to learn more about something.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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