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** Bob's [[DumbassHasAPoint dumbass statements]] [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight are correct for the situation at hand]]. Everybody else just forgets that "even a broken clock can be right twice a day" also means it is ''not'' right the other twenty-three hours and fifty-eight minutes of the day and they just shove a meaning that is not there to his ramblings.
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** Bob's [[DumbassHasAPoint dumbass statements]] are [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight are correct for the situation at hand]]. Everybody else just forgets that "even a broken clock can be right twice a day" also means it is ''not'' right the other twenty-three hours and fifty-eight minutes of the day and they just shove a meaning that is not there to his ramblings.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who is thought of as an intellectual giant...when he's really not.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who is thought of as an intellectual giant... when he's really not.
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** Bob is a ridiculously lucky person, and this leads people to think his success is a sign of incredible power.
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** Bob's [[DumbassHasAPoint dumbass statements]] [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight are correct for the situstion at hand]]. Everybody else just forgets that "even a broken clock can be right twice a day" also means it is ''not'' right the other twenty-three hours and fifty-eight minutes of the day and they just shove a meaning that is not there to his ramblings.
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** Bob's [[DumbassHasAPoint dumbass statements]] [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight are correct for the situstion situation at hand]]. Everybody else just forgets that "even a broken clock can be right twice a day" also means it is ''not'' right the other twenty-three hours and fifty-eight minutes of the day and they just shove a meaning that is not there to his ramblings.
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** Bob's [[DumbassHasAPoint dumbass statements]] [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight are correct for the situstion at hand]]. Everybody else just forgets that "even a broken clock can be right twice a day" also means it is ''not'' right the other twenty-three hours and fifty-eight minutes of the day and they just shove a meaning that is not there to his ramblings.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???Carol, the OnlySaneWoman and quite unscrupulous, realizes what Bob is and sets herself up as his manager, keeping his mystique up and charging her marks heavily to hear his "wisdom".
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* '''Inverted''': ObfuscatingStupidity; that, or Bob is really intelligent and wise but no one wants to listen to him.
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* '''Inverted''': ObfuscatingStupidity; that, or Bob is really intelligent and wise but no one wants to listen to him.'''Inverted''':
** ObfuscatingStupidity
** IgnoredExpert
** ObfuscatingStupidity
** IgnoredExpert
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* '''Justified''': Due to some twisted version of ColdReading, everyone hears from Bob exactly what they want to hear.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Due to some twisted version of ColdReading, everyone hears from Bob exactly what they want to hear.
** Due to some twisted version of ColdReading, everyone hears from Bob exactly what they want to hear.
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* '''Parodied''': "Are you sure he's so smart? He seems mentally ill." "Listen, he told me that cats will eat me and I have to live by that!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is genuinely mentally disturbed. However, since people won't let up on the admiration, he never truly gets the help he needs.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob becomes genuinely respected by society, which is good in and of itself.
** He decides to get a job as a philosopher. He has people write down their interpretations of what he says.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Wait, he really ''is'' smart! Or is he? Well, maybe not a genius, but he's not as dumb as first thought...
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is genuinely mentally disturbed. However, since people won't let up on the admiration, he never truly gets the help he needs.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob becomes genuinely respected by society, which is good in and of itself.
** He decides to get a job as a philosopher. He has people write down their interpretations of what he says.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Wait, he really ''is'' smart! Or is he? Well, maybe not a genius, but he's not as dumb as first thought...
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* '''Parodied''': "Are you sure he's so smart? He seems mentally ill." ill". "Listen, he told me that cats will eat me and I have to live by that!"
*'''Deconstructed''': Bob is genuinely mentally disturbed. However, since people won't let up on the admiration, he never truly gets the help he needs.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob becomes genuinely respected by society, which is good in and of itself.
** He decides to get a job as a philosopher. He has people write down their interpretations of what he says.
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** Wait, he really ''is'' smart! Or is he? Well, maybe not a genius, but he's not as dumb as first thought...
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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob becomes genuinely respected by society, which is good in and of itself.
** He decides to get a job as a philosopher. He has people write down their interpretations of what he says.
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** Wait, he really ''is'' smart! Or is he? Well, maybe not a genius, but he's not as dumb as first thought...
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* '''Averted''': Bob is of normal intelligence.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Bob is of normal intelligence.
** Bob is of normal intelligence.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I don't know where I am." "So what you're saying is, no one truly knows where they are! You're a genius!"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "I don't know where I am." am". "So what you're saying is, no one truly knows where they are! You're a genius!"
* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': "Hey, Bob, are you sure you're brilliant and not insane?" "We're all insane."
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* '''Discussed''': "Hey, Bob, are you sure you're brilliant and not insane?" "We're all insane."insane".
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is genuinely mentally disturbed. However, since people won't let up on the admiration, he never truly gets the help he needs.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bob becomes genuinely respected by society, which is good in and of itself.
** He decides to get a job as a philosopher. He has people write down their interpretations of what he says.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bob becomes genuinely respected by society, which is good in and of itself.
** He decides to get a job as a philosopher. He has people write down their interpretations of what he says.
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"Back to SeeminglyProfoundFool."
"So what you are saying is that you want to go back to the person you once were! Brilliant!"
"So what you are saying is that you want to go back to the person you once were! Brilliant!"
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-> "So what you are saying is that you want to go back to the person you once were!
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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** To subvert this: "No, I LITERALLY don't know where I am."
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a ranting, raving crazy man who shouts obscenities at the top of his lungs and '''''he''''' [[BeyondTheImpossible can't understand a word he says.]] However, people travel from great far-off lands to hear his alleged wisdom.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a ranting, raving crazy man who shouts obscenities at the top of his lungs and '''''he''''' [[BeyondTheImpossible '''he''' can't understand a word he says.]] says. However, people travel from great far-off lands to hear his alleged wisdom.
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** Bob is an expert at quoting credible sources, misleading audiences, spotting their weak spots and throwing up smoke-screens.
