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* '''Played For Laughs''': One of the show's minor {{Running Gag}}s is how Danny, who is TheAllegedExpert and TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket, just keeps [[KickedUpstairs falling upwards]] as things happen around him.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Danny is a LethallyStupid LethalKlutz [[RuleOfThree who is]] [[WalkingDisasterArea lethal on a huge radius]]. Hundreds of people have been victim of him being a walking manifestation of [[PersonOfMassDestruction Death in a fashion worthy of]] a hundred more ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' films and the Fates will make sure that anybody who has a problem with it [[CosmicPlaything dies too]] because they love the way Danny says "[[Series/FamilyMatters …did I do that?]]"
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* '''Played For Drama''': Danny's stupid decision results in the death of innocent bystander Alice. Bob, Alice's friend, is furious, and scolds Danny for his idiocy, but the rest of the town doesn't seem to blame him, and he isn't arrested or sued despite his clear responsibility. This makes Bob even angrier, and he shames the town for equating stupidity with a lack of culpability.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Every time Danny does something dumb, nothing happens to him, and he gets more arrogant. Eventually, his luck runs out, and he dies.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Every time Danny does something dumb, nothing happens to him, and he gets more arrogant. Eventually, his luck runs out, and he dies.dies.
** The deities smile down on Danny because he is an ignorant fool, and people who are more needy and who's only crime by the apparent rules of the universe is having read a book at some point in their lives get the shaft.
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* '''Justified''': The gods above have mercy for Danny whose [[KindheartedSimpleton good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].

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* '''Justified''': The gods above have mercy for Danny whose because his [[KindheartedSimpleton good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].
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* '''Averted''': Danny suffers the consequences for his incompetence.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Danny suffers the consequences for his incompetence.incompetence.
** No one in the work is dumb.
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* '''Subverted''': Danny is unaffected by his actions for a long time, until something heavy hits him at high speeds.

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* '''Subverted''': Danny is unaffected by his actions for a long time, until something heavy hits him at high speeds. In other words, an Idiot Houdini Warranty.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Every time Danny does something dumb, nothing happens to him, and he gets more arrogant. Eventually, his luck runs out, and he dies.
* '''Reconstructed''': Danny has some kind of magical protection that means he never has to face the consequences of his actions.



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* '''Defied''': Another character [[EnragedByIdiocy who's sick of Danny evading the consequences of his stupidity]] decides to make him realize the consequences.

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* '''Defied''': Another character [[EnragedByIdiocy who's sick of Danny evading the consequences of his stupidity]] decides to make him realize the consequences. Depending on how hardheaded Danny is, that may require some [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown percussive teaching]], so to speak.
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'''Basic Trope''': An character does something stupid and never suffers the consequences for it.

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'''Basic Trope''': An A character does something stupid and never suffers the consequences for it.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Danny gets rewarded for an unintelligent decision, but then he's punished for his next. He is rewarded for the one after that, but punished again for the one after that, etc.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Danny gets a question wrong on a math test, but the answer sheet the teacher uses has the wrong answer marked as correct, so he gets the question right.
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* '''Defied''': Another character [[EnragedByIdiocy who's sick of Danny evading the consequences of his stupidity]] decides to give him a beatdown to clear the air.

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* '''Defied''': Another character [[EnragedByIdiocy who's sick of Danny evading the consequences of his stupidity]] decides to give make him a beatdown to clear realize the air.consequences.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???
Danny is unaffected by his actions for a long time, until something heavy hits him at high speeds.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???The heavy thing turns out to be a large gold nugget. Danny gets richer as a result of his dumb decision, even after the medical bills are paid.
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* '''Justified''': The gods above have mercy for Danny and knows that his [[DumbIsGood good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].

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* '''Justified''': The gods above have mercy for Danny and knows that his [[DumbIsGood whose [[KindheartedSimpleton good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].



* '''Averted''': Danny suffers the consequences of his incompetence.

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* '''Averted''': Danny suffers the consequences of for his incompetence.



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* '''Invoked''': ???"If stupid people get away from the consequences, then [[ObfuscatingStupidity I must pretend that I'm stupid.]]"
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* '''Justified''': The gods above have mercy for Danny and knows that his [[KindheartedSimpleton good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].

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* '''Justified''': The gods above have mercy for Danny and knows that his [[KindheartedSimpleton [[DumbIsGood good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].
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* '''Parodied''': Danny is warned by an InsufferableGenius that if he says something unintelligent, he will be struck down with lightning. Danny asks what is lightning. A few minutes later, nothing happens, and the classmate suffers a VillainousBreakdown.

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* '''Parodied''': Danny is warned by an InsufferableGenius classmate that if he says something unintelligent, he will be struck down with lightning. Danny asks what is lightning. A few minutes later, nothing happens, and the classmate suffers a VillainousBreakdown.



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* '''Averted''': Danny suffers the consequences of his incompetence.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???The gods above have mercy for Danny and knows that his [[KindheartedSimpleton good-hearted nature outweighs his daftness]].
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'''Basic Trope''': An character does something stupid and never suffers the consequences for it.
*'''Straight''': Danny made an unintelligent decision, but never faces the repercussions for it.
*'''Exaggerated''': Danny made a decision which makes him TooDumbToLive, but he is rewarded for it!
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*'''Justified''': ???
*'''Inverted''': A character does something smart, only to suffer the consequences for it.
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*'''Parodied''': Danny is warned by an InsufferableGenius that if he says something unintelligent, he will be struck down with lightning. Danny asks what is lightning. A few minutes later, nothing happens, and the classmate suffers a VillainousBreakdown.
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
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*'''Lampshaded''': "What? Whenever that idiot does something stupid, he always get away with it."
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': Another character [[EnragedByIdiocy who's sick of Danny evading the consequences of his stupidity]] decides to give him a beatdown to clear the air.
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