History DarthWiki / WhatAnIdiot

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* [[WhatAnIdiot/AnimatedFilm Film - Animated]]

Because most viewers have basic common sense, one would usually expect the same from characters on TV shows. [[IdiotBall Any negative deviation from such]] usually prompts a FacePalm and the comment "What an idiot" or similar, thus the entry name.

And please, as tempting as it is to defend your favorite show from forcing the IdiotBall into its characters' hands, refrain from making {{Justifying Edit}}s. With a CardCarryingVillain or IdiotHero, a few of these are to be expected. If the entire show has an IdiotPlot, it goes on that page instead. Also, ''do not assume that something listed here automatically makes it a bad episode''; it is usually more along the lines of "something else that is better could have been done". And, of course, some characters are ''supposed'' to be idiots, in which case we probably don't need a full and complete list of every stupid thing they do; a brief summing up would be more helpful.

-->-- '''[[Literature/ArtemisFowl Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex]]'''

* WhatAnIdiot/AnimatedFilm

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Because most viewers have basic common sense, one would usually expect the same from characters on TV shows. [[IdiotBall Any deviation from such]] usually prompts a FacePalm and the comment "What an idiot" or similar, thus the entry name.

--> --'''[[Literature/ArtemisFowl Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex]]'''

->''Any first day chemistry student could have told Ragby never to put sparks near a mystery gas. Unfortunately, Ragby had never met any first day chemistry students, so it came as a complete suprise to him when the gas passed by Mulch Diggums ignited in a chain of miniature explosions.''

Compare: IdiotBall.

Most viewers have basic common sense, and one would usually expect the same from characters on TV shows. [[IdiotBall Any deviation from such]] usually prompts a FacePalm and the comment "What an idiot" or similar, thus the entry name.

And please, as tempting as it is to defend your favorite show from forcing the IdiotBall into its characters' hands, refrain from making {{Justifying Edit}}s. With a CardCarryingVillain or Idiot Hero, a few of these are to be expected. If the entire show has an IdiotPlot, it goes on that page instead. Also, ''do not assume that something listed here automatically makes it a bad episode''; it is usually more along the lines of "something else that is better could have been done". And, of course, some characters are ''supposed'' to be idiots, in which case we probably don't need a full and complete list of every stupid thing they do; a brief summing up would be more helpful.

->[[Literature/ArtemisFowl Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex]]

''Any first day chemistry student could have told Ragby never to put sparks near a mystery gas. Unfortunately, Ragby had never met any first day chemistry students, so it came as a complete suprise to him when the gas passed by Mulch Diggums ignited in a chain of miniature explosions.''

* WhatAnIdiot/{{Other}}

* WhatAnIdiot/AnimatedFilms

And please, as tempting as it is to defend your favorite show from forcing the IdiotBall into its characters' hands, refrain from making {{Justifying Edit}}s. A CardCarryingVillain or Idiot Hero a few of these are to be expected. If the entire show has an IdiotPlot, it goes on that page instead. Also, ''do not assume that something listed here automatically makes it a bad episode''; it is usually more along the lines of "something else that is better could have been done". And, of course, some characters are ''supposed'' to be idiots, in which case we probably don't need a full and complete list of every stupid thing they do; a brief summing up would be more helpful.

Can cause ATragedyOfImpulsiveness. It is also the usual reaction to a character demonstrating especially severe GenreBlindness. Taking this to the next level, where a character dies or very nearly dies because of their stupidity, is being TooDumbToLive.