History Main / InformedFlaw

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'': Fluttershy's CatchPhrase is "I'm just so shy!" and any time she doesn't comment on her shyness, [[PhraseCatcher other characters will do it for her]]. She's yet to have any difficulty speaking up or interacting with others. The cast seems to be using "shy" as a synonym for ExtremeDoormat.

** [[DarkChick Diana]] is apparently a "slut" who really gets around, which is admitted by even Diana herself. In fact, in previous books, she even wears the label proudly despite many characters ([[InsufferableGenius Astrid,]] Dekka, [[GenkiGirl Brianna,]] and [[TheDragon Drake]]) thinking ill of her for it and making it her main identifier in the series, apart from her being "beautiful and snarky". However, she's only been in a romantic relationship with [[BigBad Caine]] for the duration of the series and spent a lot of time declining his advances too. She's never cheated in the series or flirted with anyone but Caine, leading some fans to think this reputation is unfair. Unfortunately can be a case of TruthInTelevision, seeing as some young girls tend to get labelled by their peers as "sluts" based on appearance and demeanor rather than actions.

* ''WesternAnimation''/{{Kaeloo}}'': Kaeloo and Mr. Cat repeatedly accuse Stumpy of being a liar throughout the series; the audience rarely sees him lying about anything, but the narrative treats it like lying is something he does often.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', it's established in the first book that the eponymous protagonist was a potential candidate for Slytherin, which he fears because Slytherin has historically been an evil house, and he would have probably wound up there if he didn't explicitly request otherwise. However, Slytherins are supposedly ambitious, shrewd, ruthless, and cunning, traits Harry almost ''never'' shows. If anything, he's consistently shown to be hotheaded, impulsive, and [[HumbleHero constantly downplaying his own achievements]] while [[ChronicHeroSyndrome caring far too much about others]]. The major Slytherin flaw is that AmbitionIsEvil, but Harry is essentially a rich celebrity who could absolutely use his fame for his own gain, but instead consistently treats it as [[CelebrityIsOverrated an annoying burden that he'd prefer not to have]]. The only real explanation is that the Sorting Hat was picking up exclusively on [[spoiler:the Voldemort parts of him]], as otherwise the whole concept doesn't make sense.

A SubTrope of InformedAttribute and ShowDontTell, and a SuperTrope of HollywoodHomely, HollywoodPudgy, HollywoodDateless, GorgeousGorgon, InformedLoner, TinMan, and DesignatedVillain. Can cover UrbanLegendLoveLife when the character's romantic/sexual tendencies are portrayed as a flaw. Related to InformedAbility, and SuetifulAllAlong. Contrast with IAmNotLeftHanded, CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, and ObfuscatingStupidity.

* [[Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow George Lopez]] and [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Josh Nichols]] have big heads. They're actually pretty average for guys of their sizes.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Ben and Kevin independently state that being Ghostfreak made them feel strange. Both of these comments happen well after Zs'Skayr hijacked Ghostfreak's form and escaped the Omnitrix, and not while either of them was seen using Ghostfreak.

* Supplementary material for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' claims that Elastigirl's strength is decreased the more she stretches. This is never borne out in the film itself. If anything, it seems like the opposite is true; she tends to use her stretching power while throwing punches and kicks and routinely knocks people out while doing so, and her biggest feat of strength (keeping an entire RV with her family in it suspended for a fairly long period) was while her entire torso was stretched to the size of a tablecloth.

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' claims repeatedly that Katniss is NotGoodWithPeople, but even in the first book, that's not the case. She manages to impress the Gamemakers enough that they give her a practically unheard-of eleven in the ratings, her prep team adore her, the Capitol are rooting for the "girl on fire" very early on, Peeta outright says in his interview with Cinna that a lot of boys back home have a crush on Katniss and generally speaking people tend to flock to her despite Katniss being rude and surly most of the time. Of course, Katniss has pretty glaring self-esteem issues, so it seems like a case of UnreliableNarrator over anything else.

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' responding to Garrett's refusal to return to Camelot in ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot''.

* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'': Early in one arc, Steve Dallas becomes a surprise test subject for Oliver Wendell Holmes' "electro-photo-pigmentizer," which temporarily turns light-skinned people black. Steve has no idea what happened and thinks it's a ''Series/TheTwilightZone''-style KarmicTwistEnding because he is "an occasional mutterer of racial slurs." While Steve demonstrates all kinds of boorish behaviors on a regular basis and it wouldn't be surprising if he ''did'' use racial slurs, he's rarely if ever shown doing so.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'':

** Another alleged flaw of the vampire race is that they need the {{masquerade}} to protect them from being exterminated by humans. This seems a baseless fear since [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires in Twilight]] have none of the traditional vampire weaknesses (unless you count sparkling in sunlight) but do have SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, are nigh-unkillable even if they don't use either of the above, and can easily create a whole army of new vampires. Add in powers like foreseeing any danger (like an incoming human army or cruise missile), and the Cullens alone could take on a country and win, even if the humans are aware of their existence.

* Jeremiah Walker in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/19300/the-man-with-two-names The Man With Two Names]]'' is stated more than once to have a problem with his temper. Yet the only times he's shown losing his temper in the story are when someone is completely screwing him over, such as his employer not only refusing to help him get a work visa so he won't get deported to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Everfree Forest]] but also trying to frame him for attempted murder. The ultimate case being his argument and "murder" of his older brother, Abe. Abe stole the pastor position at the local church[[note]]Their father was the previous pastor. Jeremiah had been training to become the new pastor since he was a kid while Abe wanted nothing to do with the church. After college, Abe came home with a liberal arts degree, no money, and no job, so their father gave him the pastor position out of pity.[[/note]] which Jeremiah had wanted since childhood, then proceeded to remove all Christian influences from the church to "be more inclusive", and his idea of helping Jeremiah is offering a recommendation for him to be pastor at a ''church of a different religion''. Furthermore, Abe is the one who escalated the argument to outright violence and Jeremiah accidentally stabbed him when Abe tried to choke him out and Jeremiah lashed out blindly with a knife he kept in his boot.

Remember that Administrivia/TropesAreTools - many examples on the page are negative, but that does not make the trope negative in nature. (See PlayingWithATrope.) A common variation that is NOT the result of poor writing is where the character believes that they have a flaw (e.g. a big nose) because of, say, past teasing or bullying, but to any viewer, it is obvious that such a flaw is nonexistent.

** The narrative of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'''s third season starts treating Judai's [[FunPersonified happy-go-lucky tendacies]] [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids as this]], with [[StopHavingFunGuys several characters]] calling him out on never taking things seriously. Except, Judai ''has'' been shown in previous episodes to be [[LetsGetDangerous quite capable of being serious when the situation calls for it]] - it was even a plot point in a season one episode that he was actually starting to treat things ''too'' seriously.
** The [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids dub]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' gives Yusei entomophobia for apparently no other reason than to add an element of fear to his duel against an Insect duelist - despite the fact that his character shows no obvious outward signs of being afraid of bugs at all.

* ''FanFic/PinkPersonalHellAndAlteringFate'' plays this a little differently - Nickel Steel doesn't believe he's good at magic despite having a "magic" Cutie Mark. Actually, that's just ''him'' not being sure enough of himself - meaning his flaw isn't that he's unskilled at magic, moreso that he's just not sure of himself.

** He claims he's nervous in crowds and says he has to shut his eyes during his and Edith's first dance together. He never once displays NoSocialSkills at any other point in the film -- interacting with strangers confidently and charismatically. Specifically he says he has to shut his eyes during uncomfortable situations -- which he never does, except for [[spoiler: when Edith discovers his incestuous relationship with Lucille]].

** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' tells us early on that Carol is too emotional and prone to losing control of her powers because of it. Her emotions are never out of control and every use of her powers shows them being rather competent - save for one moment where she angrily destroys a Skrull's computer (and even that was a controlled outburst). While this could be a form of {{Gaslighting}} [[spoiler: on the part of the Kree who want her to suppress her powers]], there's no indicator that this affected her at all either.

** In "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place", Watson mentions for the first and only time that he spends half his wound pension gambling on horse races. For story purposes, this is mostly [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat an excuse for him to know something about people associated with the sport]], but he had never really shown much interest in this before (or mentioned spending that much time making bets or watching races, though one short story has a mention that Watson keeps his checkbook locked in a drawer to which Holmes has the only key - a preventative measure some people who admit to gambling habits use to prevent themselves from wagering more than they can afford). Some adaptations have run with this somewhat offhand remark and given Watson a general compulsive gambling problem.

* For a guy who claims he was far too squeamish to finish medical school, Escott from ''Literature/TheVampireFiles'' seems awfully at ease with collecting bottles full of cow blood for Jack every couple of books [[spoiler: or even letting Jack bite his wrist when he's ''really'' horrifically injured]].

* In ''Series/BloodTies2007'', the main character supposedly has retinitis pigmentosa, which makes her have very poor peripheral vision and night vision - not that it affects her ''at all'' after the very first episode. Even if she could see reasonably well in daylight, she should have been ''blind'' at night - after all, retinitis pigmentosa is also known as ''night blindness''. But she can easily navigate in a darkened room using a tiny little penlight. In the [[Literature/BloodBooks book series]] Vicki has serious problems navigating at night. The fact that she can't drive in the dark is a major plot point in the second book.

** Walder Frey's daughters are legendarily ugly. So much so that even Catelyn can't find something positive to say about any of them. The prospect of marrying one is what motivates [[spoiler: Robb to break his marriage promise and marry the pretty Talisa instead]]. When we actually see the daughters, they look HollywoodHomely at worst. There's some of this in-universe too -- as Roslin Frey is revealed to be [[TheUglyGuysHotDaughter a stunning beauty]].

** In the first two seasons, Kilgarrah refers to Morgana as untrustworthy and destined to do evil. Except her untrustworthy acts include smuggling a young druid boy out of Camelot to save him from execution just for having magic. Her most underhanded act - preparing to murder Uther in cold blood - was motivated by him having Gwen's father executed, and even then she had a HeelRealization and chose to spare him. Morgana doesn't in fact become the villain Kilgarrah says she is until she's been corrupted by her half-sister in exile for a year.

* The Angels in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' are supposed to be emotionless and unable to have feelings. [[spoiler: That's why Anna decided to remove her grace and became a human]]...yet they show lots of emotions through the entire series...
** Sam's "anger issues" are a major plot point in the fifth season - the problem is, he's rarely shown as being particularly more angry or explosive than Dean, John, or Bobby, and Dean in particular seemed to have ''far more'' angry outbursts than Sam. Moreover, the anger both brothers show tends to be [[TraumaCongaLine pretty understandable]] for their [[CrapsackWorld circumstances]].

** Matt Cross is eliminated from Season 5 because he "hasn't stood out from the pack", and the other judges find him boring. Apparently not doing a lot of mad high spots in training is what's going to prevent him from being a WWE Superstar. The show also used ManipulativeEditing to frame Matt as TheGenericGuy - leaving out scenes where he meets his old friend CM Punk (they knew each other from the indies) and where he set himself on fire in the house.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'': During Chapter 3's fight between [[BloodKnight Etna]] and [[TheQuietOne Ponpon]], Phoebe [[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/chapter-3-page-23 mentions]] that "(Etna is) weakest against boxers with solid pressure, and Ponpon's is intense." [[spoiler:However, Etna had [[CurbStompBattle no trouble whatsoever]] in trouncing her.]]

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': During the curse-induced dreams the heroes have against the Lower Rank One fight, Zenitsu appears like a caricature of himself in Kyojuro and Inosuke's dreams as a stereotypical man with overbite teeth formation in a very exaggerated manner, that contrasts greatly with his normal appearance where no flaws in his face can be seen, and that would be okay since those were just illusionary versions of Zenitsu, however in a volume extra the author does say Zenitsu really has an overbite, but outside the caricature version of him, it just can’t be seen.

* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'': Hana has difficulty connecting with other people. She never made friends beyond Arashi before coming to the future. She's a loner, who just plain ''can't'' make friends because of her headstrong, stubborn nature. This gets claimed repeatedly by Hana herself and Arashi, when the series shows the complete opposite. Hana seems to quickly connect with Fujiko and Chisa and hangs out with them frequently, several guys [[DudeMagnet end up crushing on her]], and her headstrong, stubborn personality is something that the members of the other Teams often mention to be an ''impressive'' quality about her. Only two people seem to heavily dislike her -- Ango and Ryo. And Ango is implied to find her annoying because the two of them are too similar in their stubbornness, while also finding her stubbornness to be attractive, and Ryo dislikes her simply because her presence annoys Ango.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', the second season once shows the Black Knights ranked by statistics, and Tamaki is dead last with the lowest possible ratings in each area, including loyalty. His low loyalty score becomes especially strange when you consider that [[spoiler:he's the least willing to believe Schniezel's accusations against Zero]], and shows more loyalty than basically every other Black Knight besides Kallen (who took Zero's side until he pulled a ShooTheDog on her) and Kaguya (who was away at the time) did.
* ''Anime/DeathNote'': Matsuda is well-known for being an idiot, but this isn't really that evident. While he does tend to goof off, and isn't the brightest guy around, he's clearly competent enough to be on the task force. Plus, you can't help but look slow when you're in the same events as Light and L. If you watch any scene where the task force discusses their next move, Matsuda will usually raise at least one good point. He also [[TookALevelInBadass level grinds in competence]] during ADayInTheLimelight, where he manages to infiltrate Yotsuba, discover where a secret meeting is taking place, and narrow down the list of suspects from hundreds to eight. Then when caught, he plays one fast game of XanatosSpeedChess, using an alias he's barely familiar with, and fakes his own death without showing fear or breaking character. [[spoiler:And of course, he tops himself in the final episode]].
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': During the curse-induced dreams the heroes have against the Lower Rank One fight, Zenitsu appears like a caricature of himself in Kyojuro and Inosuke's dreams as a stereotypical man with overbite teeth formation in a very exaggerated manner, that contrasts greatly with his normal appearance where no flaws in his face can be seen, and that would be okay since those were just illusionary versions of Zenitsu, however in a volume extra the author does say Zenitsu really has overbite, but outside the caricature version of him it just can’t be seen.

** Makoto has his English skills. At the very beginning of the series, before it switches to using TranslationConvention, it's show that Makoto's English is stilted and heavily accented. However, after the series switches to being translated for the audience's benefit, several characters comment on the quality of his English--without him sounding any different to the audience. It's even implied that his English improves over the series, but the audience never hears his improved English.

* In ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Kanna is stated to have been kicked out of the dragon world due to being mischevious and prone to acting out. She's very well behaved every time we see her. However, this is justified given that the stated reason for her acting out was because her parents ignored her. Since [[ParentalSubstitute Kobayashi]] and [[CoolBigSis Tohru]] both give her lots of attention, she doesn't have a need to misbehave.
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', a case can be made for Midoriya's poor performance on the Quirk Apprehension Test. While it's obvious that proper use of a quirk that's well-suited to the task can enable someone to do several times better than a normal person, Midoriya places last on the test despite having one of the best scores in the ball throwing contest, and having spent months training to learn to use One For All. Even though some of his classmates' quirks wouldn't seem all that useful (for example, Koda can communicate with animals, but he places eleventh out of twenty), everyone else still places ahead of him. The anime offers a HandWave for this, with Midoriya saying that after he broke his finger on the ball test, he was too badly injured to do well on the subsequent events.

** Tsunade's Mitotic Regeneration Technique (which she uses on several occasions -- the battle of the Sannin, Pain's invasion and the final battle) is said to [[CastFromLifespan shorten her lifespan]]. [[spoiler:She's still alive in the series epilogue, which takes place around 15 years after the final arc, and there's no indication that she's in poor health. She'd be around 70. Though her mix of Uzumaki/Senju blood from her grandparents may have helped boost her resilience and lifeforce]].

* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', the male protagonist, Ataru, is described more than once as being the most unattractive teenage in all of Tomobiki. However, he looks like an average teenage boy. He has a steady girlfriend before the start of the series. Unknowingly charms the [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Cute Alien Girl]] Lum, who [[ClingyJealousGirl refuses to let him go]], and other female characters throughout the series and movies.

* The French in ''ComicBook/{{Crecy}}'' are presented as monstrous terrors that have oppressed England for centuries which basically forces the English to engage war crimes in order to combat their enemies. However, the narrative doesn't particularly portrays them as anymore value than the English, and given the context of the conflict, it's the ''English'' who come off as worse since they are the aggressors and the French are merely defending themselves.

* ''ComicBook/ZipiYZape'': The twins have bad publicity and some stories show the citizens running away in panic from Zipi and Zape as if they were terrorists or horrible monsters. In reality, Zipi and Zape are two of the nicest people in their town, and they always want to help people. The bad publicity may be due to CharacterizationMarchesOn, as in earlier stories the twins were slightly more mischievous and [[TricksterTwins more prone to perform pranks]] such as tying cans to dog tails. In later stories (the ones that are easier to find and everyone remembers), this trait is dropped, but the citizens' reaction to their pranks isn't. Another possibility is that ValuesDissonance is at play: the comic was made in a different time where people were more strict regarding certain behaviors and may have [[FelonyMisdemeanor seen their pranks and actions as something more grave]].
* In ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'', Monica is always bullyed by being "shorty, toothy and chubby", but toothy is her only apparent characteristic. She's as short as any other child of her age and she looks have the same BMI as her bullies, although it is sometimes portrayed as "heavy", but not necessarily "chubby".
* ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': One panel in the opening scene goes over a LongList of Phantom Zone prisoners who appear in earlier comics but remain offscreen in this one. They are described as a “legion of infamy”, each responsible for “heinous” crimes. However, some of them them are only guilty of lesser crimes like theft (Ak-Var and Tra-Gob) or forbidden scientific experiments that didn’t hurt anyone (Vorb-Un), and several of them (including the aforementioned three) were even paroled and allowed to live in Kandor prior to this story. Possibly justified, since their crimes may be considered worse by the standards of the more advanced Kryptonian society, and the Phantom Zone inmates giving Quex-El dreams about the prisoners may not care about that point.

* Therese of ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' was repeatedly described as shallow, petty, materialistic and whatever else Lynn Johnson could use to paint her as the villain in Anthony's marriage. However, she rarely got any panel time that involved anything other than complaining to Anthony about Liz -- whom she turned out to have good reason to dislike. When she was shown interacting with other characters, she came off as little more than a normal, if somewhat removed person, and some thought her actions were justified when details of their marriage came to light.

* Charlie Brown in ''{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}}'' claims that everyone hates him and he has no friends, even though Schroeder and Linus are clearly his friends, and although Lucy insults him, she also hangs around with him an awful lot. Also, all the neighborhood kids let him be manager and captain of the baseball team. Of course, this makes more sense when you know that the creator Charles M. Schulz, even when he had a wife, five children and millions of fans, still complained of being anxious and lonely. This is slightly more evident, if still underwhelming, in the animated cartoons, where the others can sometimes be [[ComedicSociopathy more apathetic or ignorant of his suffering]]. Charlie Brown's defining characteristics are being wishy-washy and most of the symptoms you think of when you hear the term "clinical depression". Too bad ThereAreNoTherapists other than Lucy.

* Ronan of ''Naruto Veangance Revelaitons'', has two flaws listed; he has a mole on his face, and he can't do housework. He has over ''six times'' the point threshold at which the "Official Mary Sue Litmus Test" says a character is a lost cause.
* ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': Snap and Loopin are apparently [[RonTheDeathEater pedophiles]] for [[ThePeepingTom peeping]] on Ebony. While it's certainly wrong to peep, [[HotForStudent especially on one's student]], Ebony is of legal age. Also, Loopin is apparently very dangerous even though he doesn't do anything, and is actually somewhat polite towards Ebony.
* The ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''For Your Eyes Only'' describes Sakura as being the type who ReallyGetsAround. She violently rejects the only male to speak with her onscreen, only ever flirts with one male offscreen and [[DieForOurShip is killed for it.]] We never even hear her point-of-view on this, as she doesn't get so much as a word of dialogue.

* Justified in ''FanFic/WhenTheMoonFellInLoveWithTheSun''. Katniss considers herself ugly, but to hear Peeta tell it, she's the most beautiful girl in the world. This is one of the hints that that Katniss's [[UnreliableNarrator terrible self-esteem]] is coloring her narration.

* Sally Bowles of ''{{Theatre/Cabaret}}'' is said to have an average voice in the source material, and she's an untrained dancer; basically the idea is that she's passable for the Kit Kat Club but unlikely to ever rise above it. Several productions get around this by having the actress add tired inflections to some of the songs, but the 1972 film version casts Creator/LizaMinnelli. She had years of experience both singing and dancing and, while she did come up with some techniques that an enthusiastic amateur would use for "Mein Herr", her singing is perfect.

* ''{{Film/Godzilla 1998}}'' repeatedly has other characters tell Audrey ([[AsYouKnow and by extension, the audience]]) that she's far too nice for her own good. The idea is to sell her as an ExtremeDoormat but, before the movie has even started, she and Nick are broken up because she chose her career over marrying him. And in the course of the movie, she ruins his career by betraying top secret information to the press to further her own.

* ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'': Before they start working with him, Bridger and "Camp" Freddie seem to feel that Charlie is a small-time bungler who is certain to get caught in Italy. However, he comes across is quite skillful throughout his screen time.

** It's said that Zach [[BigBrotherBully "can be so mean"]] to his little brother, Gray. At worst, Zach is less compassionate than he could be regarding Gray's sadness over their parents' impending divorce, but when the ''Indominus rex'' attacks, Zach's BigBrotherInstinct kicks in.
** Claire is also repeatedly told she's in over her head and out of her depth once the disaster starts. She in fact handles herself very well in the jungle, and never becomes TheLoad. While this could be written off as underestimating her because she's an office drone, she pulls off many heroics in the film but these largely get ignored by the other characters -- who continue to treat her like a liability. Her shoes are also made fun of for being impractical (she's wearing high heels because she wasn't planning to get lost in the jungle that day) -- but again she's able to walk and run in them quite easily when the occasion calls for it.

** One scene has the title character measuring the children's flaws. Michael's ('extremely stubborn and suspicious') is demonstrated multiple times throughout the film. Jane's on the other hand is just 'rather inclined to giggle', which only shows up in that scene. She's otherwise quite sensible, and in the Uncle Albert sequence, everybody else starts laughing before she does.
** A justified example with how the Banks children are hyped up to be the brattiest pair of troublemakers that drive their nannies mad, when they're perfectly normal children by modern standards. Mary Poppins's function is to teach the parents to show their children more affection rather than foist them onto nannies to discipline them.

* In ''Film/TheProducers'' Roger De Bris is supposedly a terrible theatrical director, but he competently stages a production of "Springtime For Hitler" complete with an elaborate BusbyBerkeleyNumber. Of course, his main problem is that he makes everything way too campy. It just happens to work out with "Springtime for Hitler" by pushing it into CrossesTheLineTwice territory.

** [[DarkChick Diana]] is apparently a "slut" who really gets around, which is admitted by even Diana herself. In fact, in previous books she even wears the label proudly despite many characters ([[InsufferableGenius Astrid,]] Dekka, [[GenkiGirl Brianna,]] and [[TheDragon Drake]]) thinking ill of her for it and making it her main identifier in the series, apart from her being "beautiful and snarky". However, she's only been in a romantic relationship with [[BigBad Caine]] for the duration of the series, and spent a lot of time declining his advances too. She's never cheated in the series or flirted with anyone but Caine, leading some fans to think this reputation is unfair. Unfortunately can be a case of TruthInTelevision, seeing as some young girls tend to get labelled by their peers as "sluts" based on appearance and demeanor rather than actions.
** Sam's flaw is how he's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_yz5Ekaz0 "always trying to play the hero"]] and how it constantly backfires on him despite him doing the right thing...It seems to be more [[AngstDissonance self-pity in recent installments of the series]] (reasons for the self-pity ranging from having to be the leader, ''not'' being the leader, everything going wrong, nothing going wrong and it being boring, his girlfriend refusing to be pressured into sex and repercussions from '''cheating'''). But he's the nice guy who does the right thing always and gets disproportionate retribution from his godly sacrifices.

* ''Literature/TheGreatGreeneHeist'': Jackson and his friends talk about Wilton as if he's a BarbaricBully and SycophanticServant to Keith, but most of Wilton's [=POV=] scenes have him seem like a MinionWithAnFInEvil who is slowly getting fed up with Keith'a jerkiness.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', it's established in the first book that the eponymous protagonist was a potential candidate for Slytherin, which he fears because Slytherin has historically been an evil house, and he would have probably wound up there if he didn't explicitly request otherwise. However, Slytherins are supposedly ambitious, shrewd, ruthless and cunning, traits Harry almost ''never'' shows. If anything, he's consistently shown to be hotheaded, impulsive, and [[HumbleHero constantly downplaying his own achievements]] while [[ChronicHeroSyndrome caring far too much about others]]. The major Slytherin flaw is that AmbitionIsEvil, but Harry is essentially a rich celebrity who could absolutely use his fame for his own gain, but instead consistently treats it as [[CelebrityIsOverrated an annoying burden that he'd prefer not to have]]. The only real explanation is that the Sorting Hat was picking up exclusively on [[spoiler:the Voldemort parts of him]], as otherwise the whole concept doesn't make sense.

* In the ''Literature/{{Pellucidar}}'' novels of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs there are a race of gorilla-like humanoids called Sagoths. In the book it is stated a few times that Sagoths are inferior to humans in intelligence. However, none of the Sagoth characters appear to be particularly stupid, the Sagoth guard captain in the second book is able to see through a human's ruses and the Sagoth that Tarzan befriends in the fourth book seems to be of at least average intelligence.
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Supposedly each Demigod has a fatal flaw, some of which obvious and shown repeatedly (like Percy's ChronicHeroSyndrome), but others are just... not. Bianca, as a child of Hades, is said to have a fatal flaw of holding grudges, but it just never shows up before [[spoiler:her death]]. Even after that happens, she doesn't seem to hold any grudges at all, much to the frustration of her brother Nico (who is said to have the same flaw and does tend to show it, blaming [[spoiler:Percy for her death]]).

** Holmes' drug use is this in the first few books. Naturally, since A. it wasn't really all that out of the ordinary for the time, at least for those of Holmes' bohemian lifestyle; B. he mainly does it from boredom when he doesn't have a case, and the stories are all about the cases; and C. Watson eventually gets him to kick the habit, it just doesn't come up. That said it's still popular for many adaptations to start with Holmes on a drug fueled bender before getting a new case, and some like ''The Seven Percent Solution'' push this angle for all it's worth.

** In "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place", Watson mentions for the first and only time that he spends half his wound pension gambling on horse races. For story purposes this is mostly [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat an excuse for him to know something about people associated with the sport]], but he had never really shown much interest in this before (or mentioned spending that much time making bets or watching races, though one short story has a mention that Watson keeps his checkbook locked in a drawer to which Holmes has the only key - a preventative measure some people who admit to gambling habits use to prevent themselves from wagering more than they can afford). Some adaptations have run with this somewhat offhand remark and given Watson a general compulsive gambling problem.
** Holmes also has a number of flaws in the first book which were pretty much forgotten afterward -- in particular, his deliberate ignorance of everything not directly connected to the study of crime. In ''A Study in Scarlet'' he claims to know nothing of literature or astronomy; in later stories he demonstrates considerable knowledge of both.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', we're often told how the Targaryen family is [[RoyallyScrewedUp so prone to madness as a result of their massive inbreeding]] that "when a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin." If you actually break down their genealogy, though, out of the line of seventeen Targaryens who held the throne, only Aerys II and Maegor I were truly insane due to their breeding. Aegon II, Aegon III, and Baelor I had mental issues but either owed them to trauma or were largely functional outside of them, a number of others had issues with their rulership but were quite sane, and overall, most Targaryen monarchs seem to have had a fairly standard range between "incompetent but kept the lights on" and "TheGoodKing." Never mind the numerous Targaryens who never ascended to the throne and seemed to overwhelmingly been normal, reasonable people. Some have inferred that these kings were merely the best of a bad crop, but even then, they seem to have been pretty lucky with those coin tosses until very recently. Of course, the most recent Targaryen monarch (and the only one most people still alive would remember) did have several people burned alive and was generally so insane that it sparked a continent-wide rebellion, so it's also possible there's some recency bias and historical revisionism in play.

** Edward Cullen always tells Bella that he's "dangerous" and "she should stay away from him." However everyone knows he would never hurt Bella physically. While he does mentally abuse her and is extremely controlling, he doesn't cross the line into physically hurting her. He always thinks he knows better what is good for her than she herself, like in New Moon where he broke up with her. [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Allegedly to protect her from him and his vampire family.]]

** Another alleged flaw of the vampire race is that they need the {{masquerade}} to protect them from being exterminated by humans. This seems a baseless fear since [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires in Twilight]] have none of the traditional vampire weaknesses (unless you count sparkling in sunlight), but do have SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, are nigh-unkillable even if they don't use either of the above, and can easily create a whole army of new vampires. Add in powers like foreseeing any danger (like an incoming human army or cruise missile), and the Cullens alone could take on a country and win, even if the humans are aware of their existence.

*** Alternatively, Bella is the [[UnreliableNarrator narrator]] so this could just be her self esteem issues talking. Plus her mass appeal seemed largely due to her being the new girl from an exotically distant locale rather than because she was especially good with people. Self esteem issues or no, though, the depictions of the various characters over the next few books show most of them wanting to be Bella's friend, wanting to go out with her, or being bitterly jealous of her.

* For a guy who claims he was far too squeamish to finish medical school, Escott from ''Literature/TheVampireFiles'' seems awfully at-ease with collecting bottles full of cow blood for Jack every couple of books [[spoiler: or even letting Jack bite his wrist when he's ''really'' horrifically injured]].

* In one book of the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', Wedge Antilles' childhood friend Mirax teases him about his ego, saying that it's so big he thinks he can control it. Wedge's pride is barely shown at all -- in ''Wraith Squadron'' he puts up with one of his pilots saying that at twenty-eight he's too old for the job to a point and then challenges her to a race and wins, but he doesn't even rub it in. He once goes on a [[TranquilFury spectacularly destructive but strategically unnecessary strafing run because a TIE pilot and the ground defenses "irked" him for almost shooting him down,]] but that incident is never followed up on. Wedge is happy getting little credit, and once when playing a gambit for the benefit of one of his pilots regrets that credit will go to him and not them. Granted, Mirax ''also'' says (in the same dialogue, no less) that as a redeeming characteristic, he usually ''can'' (and does) keep it in check. [[BewareTheNiceOnes And those few times he doesn't, it's usually his enemies that are the worse off for it.]] He's got much more of an ego ''after'' the X-Wing novels, admittedly, though those are the books which show him in the most detail.

* Liz Lemon of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is often described as, at best, homely, despite being played by Tina Fey. It's explained in universe/by breaking the 4th wall when Liz steps in front of a High Definition camera, which reveals that her face looks like it belongs to the Wicked Witch of the West.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy is a complicated example. She is supposed to be a inversion of the girly blonde cheerleader who gets killed by the monster in a horror film. It's implied that [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the movie]] takes place before the series and there she ''started out'' as the girly bimbo cheerleader, but that becoming TheChosenOne put an end to much of that. The show doesn't start until ''after'' she TookALevelInBadass.
* ''Series/ChewingGum'': Tracey says that she's not envious of Candice, despite her beauty, because she has learning difficulties and so it balances out. However these difficulties are never shown and they don't seem to have impacted Candice's life in any way.

*** However, this is something of an in universe example, as due to the time manipulation, no iteration of the Doctor, except the eleventh (being the latest iteration involved) can remember the events, so they all THINK the War Doctor did something much worse than he did (killing the Time Lords, instead of saving them). Thanks to TimeyWimeyBall shenanigans it's entirely possible that the first time around he really did do it; he definitely made the decision to do so, and was only prevented at the last second.

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Hunter Zolomon/Zoom, BigBad of Season 2, is revealed to take a drug called Velocity-6 (and later versions until 9) that enhances his speed but in the process it starts to weaken him and he needs to steal Barry's speed in order to survive the cellular degeneration. Except we never see this actually affect him in any way. By contrast, the one-shot villain Trajectory uses Velocity-9 but it causes both an addiction and a mental breakdown that results in a split personality and its effects end up killing her. Granted, Zoom was already a speedster, thus he already has the speed force in him to keep him active longer, but he still manages to win out almost every encounter with The Flash despite his insistence he's dying.

** Joey and Chandler's apartment supposedly being "small." While not as big as the others' apartments, it was still fairly big. Also, their apartment being a dive. While it might not have been quite as fancy as Monica and Rachel's, it was still a pretty good looking and decently kept apartment.
** Chandler being bad with women in later seasons. Early in the show, writers occasionally make him shy about chatting up women or women being put off by a joke that falls flat. However, he's usually viewed as being the "funny one", able to swoop in and charm women with a laid back attitude and humor. His problems with women are pinned down as having commitment phobia or not getting women in the first place. After his relationship with Monica kicks off, he's increasingly written as the guy that can't even chat women up and mocked by the gang for being so bad with women. This is despite being the only guy in a stable, functional, happy relationship with a beautiful woman while Joey and Ross are single, divorced, pining for people they can't have, or otherwise completely dysfunctional about women.
** Phoebe is known to be a horrible singer by her friends and strangers, but her singing voice would be considered average or below average in a real life setting and not as horrible as the bad singers you would see on ''Series/AmericanIdol''. Phoebe in one episode gets sick and her voice gets deeper and more raspy when she sings, which makes everyone think she actually sounds better this way. Ironically enough her actress Creator/LisaKudrow hates her singing voice, and only sings on screen when it's done for comedy.

** Renly claims Stannis would never be willing to negotiate. However in the meeting they'd just had Stannis did try to negotiate and offered Renly very reasonable terms which would probably end up making Renly King anyway. Likewise, the showrunners insist that Stannis' key flaw is "ambition" when he tells Davos that he didn't want the Iron Throne in Season 3 but feels he has to because its his duty and likewise, saw the circumstances that led to Shireen's sacrifice as a ColdEquation.

** Daenerys in Seasons 7 and 8 is presented as a ticking time-bomb who could go mad at any moment, and would be an unfit ruler. Except, the reason she does so bad at her attempts to conquer Westeros is because she ''listened'' to her advisors who gave terrible advice; she didn't take King's Landing straight away because Tyrion and Varys advised her not to. Sansa is mistrustful of her in Season 8 for no apparent reason. Their suspicions are only proved right due to MoralLuck -- [[spoiler:when Daenerys chooses to burn all of King's Landing to the ground [[StupidEvil after a surrender]]. This happens ''after'' several of her inner circle start conspiring against her, before she has done anything]]. One moment that is presented as {{Foreshadowing}} for this is her execution of Randyll and Dickon Tarly -- who were humanely offered the choice between that and surrender. Harsh but no more so than Ned Stark beheading a Night's Watch deserter in the first episode, or Jon Snow executing those who rebelled against him (including a child).

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': In the episode "Jenkins", the gang tells Marshall that he is the "reacher" to Lily's "settler". Which means that Marshall would never get anybody better then Lily. Yet in a past episode, the opposite is true in which it shows a single Marshall getting numbers from other women and having Lily fail at making it out on her own and wanting to get back together with Marshall.
* ''Series/ILoveLucy'': It would oftentimes be stated that along with being HollywoodToneDeaf, Lucy was a horrible dancer. Despite this, in many, many instances Creator/LucilleBall demonstrated her real life background as a highly trained and skilled dancer, be it performing at the Tropicana/Club Babalo, waltzing with Van Johnson, tangoing with 6 dozen eggs in her blouse or just perfectly executing difficult comedic blocking.

** In the first two seasons, Kilgarrah refers to Morgana as untrustworthy and destined to do evil. Except her untrustworthy acts include smuggling a young druid boy out of Camelot to save him from execution just for having magic. Her most underhanded act - preparing to murder Uther in cold blood - was motivated out of him having Gwen's father executed, and even then she had a HeelRealization and chose to spare him. Morgana doesn't in fact become the villain Kilgarrah says she is until she's been corrupted by her half-sister in exile for a year.

* James Berluti on ''Series/ThePractice'' is supposed to be a less-good lawyer than the other employees at [=McDonnel=]-Young. In fact, Bobby pointedly makes everyone ''except'' James partner in one day. But while he may lack polish, James seems to have a similar win-loss record as everyone else, and is shown winning cases through sheer relentlessness the partners couldn't match.

** The doctors and staffers all describe Sacred Heart Hospital as a "dump," when it looks for all the world like a shiny, sterile and perfectly pleasant facility.

* Music/{{Devo}}'s "Mongoloid" is about someone with down syndrome who is "happier than you and me" but otherwise lives a perfectly normal life, with no one aware he is different. The song initially seems to be praising this guy's ability to fit in with society. However Devo are actually saying that society has devolved to the point where it's impossible to tell a mentally handicapped person from someone who isn't.

* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' has incessant jokes about Colin Sell's terrible piano-playing, even though he is actually an excellent pianist and plays flawlessly in every episode.[[note]]Except in the "Bad-Tempered Clavier" game where his playing is ''deliberately'' awful for comic effect, which in itself requires great skill.[[/note]]

* A standard trick by powergamers in tabletop [=RPG=]s is to take [[MinmaxersDelight a character flaw that will have almost no impact on their character]], to reap the benefits (flaws usually come with perks, or extra XP). A common example is taking a social flaw, and then to simply never speak in character.

** Conversely it is often seen as the responsibility of the [=DM=] to ensure that characters run into situations where there flaws will come into play and ensuring the player roleplays the flaw.
** Of course some systems also seek to prevent this from happening. One method is to attach flaws to related perks, providing a benefit at the expense of the flaw (for example, being able to deal more damage at the cost of also receiving more), thus ensuring that in any situation where the benefit can be reaped, the flaw also comes into play. Other systems also actively encourage players to include their flaws, such as the SavageWorlds system, were the DM can give the players extra re-rolls for including and role playing their flaws.

* Donut from ''Webcomic/LilyLove'' complains that she can't attract men because she's chubby, not light skinned, has thick legs, and has a large forehead. None of that is blatantly correct. She's portrayed as pale in colored artwork and is skinny.
* Gary of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' claims to have a mass of psychological problems sufficient to sustain a [=PhD=] thesis, but he seems to be just a fairly ordinary {{geek}} with poor social skills, a taste for porn (to geekily obsessive but not socially disabling levels), and in early episodes, a tendency to suffer manga-style nosebleeds in the presence of attractive real women. This ''may'' be deliberate, showing that his real problem is just self-pity. It becomes especially egregious as the story progresses and Gary ends up becoming the most sexually successful character in the comic, wooing dozens of women, and yet still gets extremely nervous around women.

* Lana Kane from ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' is constantly made fun of by other people for having big hands, even though her character is drawn in proportion with normal sized hands. [[note]]This is actually somewhat of a development gag -- Her voice actress, Aisha Tyler, has rather large hands.[[/note]]

* As stated by multiple characters in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh One's butt is supposed to be ridiculously huge, but it looks just about the same as the other character's.

** PlayedForLaughs during a "Tales of Interest" segment [[OffToSeeTheWizard parodying]] ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. The introduction of the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion are all rushed through without giving them much of a chance to show off ''why'' they need what they need from the Professor, until Zoidberg just pulls up in a taxi as the Cowardly Lion (without a costume) and flatly proclaims, "And I'm the third guy. Courage. Not enough of it."

* Quite a bit of fuss in a ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode is about how 12-year old Dipper has the voice of a pubescent boy whose voice is breaking. The problem is Dipper sounds like a full-grown man. His voice isn't remotely squeaky.
* ''WesternAnimation/HotWheelsBattleForce5'': Kryosis is said to be incredibly arrogant even more so than Stanford to whom he's an EvilCounterpart to. In the show itself he barely says much and usually functions to shoot at stuff. In his ADayInTheLimelight webisode he's portrayed as a calculating warrior who manipulates his comrade to psyche him up for a fight, which he later explains and is thanked for.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Morty is described as being "as stupid as Rick is smart", but the show never provides any evidence of his stupidity. He's smart enough to easily grasp scientific and philosophical concepts well beyond most people his age, like how the existence of a Multiverse with inter dimensional travel makes moot the concept of objective meaning in life. Furthermore, his plans are almost always more well-thought-out than those of any other character (albeit they usually fail anyway due to [[ButtMonkey the Universe screwing him over]]), in "Total Rickall" he single-handedly solves a scientific mystery that was too difficult even for ImpossibleGenius Rick, and in "Mortynight Run" he manages to trick the ''mind-reading Fart'' which implies impressive mental discipline. The only time we've ever seen him do something to suggest that he's as stupid as is claimed -- struggling with a basic math problem in "M. Night Shaym-Aliens" -- was later revealed to be [[spoiler:part of a simulation]]. [[spoiler:At least one episode implies Rick is deliberately keeping Morty's confidence down out of fear of his potential to become like Evil Morty]].

** The HalloweenEpisode has Chloe give Sabrina a ReasonYouSuckSpeech for nearly ruining her own party because she was too busy "trying to outdo Gem". Except Sabrina's behavior was quite reasonable -- making sure everyone had plenty of food and trying to liven the party up when Gem was going out of her way to sabotage everything. Had Gem not sabotaged the food or tried to prevent the other guests from talking, the party would have been fun.
** In the episode "Working Witches", we're told at the end that Sabrina had let the fame of winning the contest go to her head. However, other than one blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene where she's proudly posing for pictures without Salem (which the guy right next to her threw away, not her), she doesn't show any signs of AcquiredSituationalNarcissism, and instead is perfectly justified by everything she does. Salem doesn't even seem to mind her getting all of the attention, and his biggest gripe is her almost using his camcorder without his permission, which was justified to keep their family secret.

* The [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids dub]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' gives Yusei entomophobia for apparently no other reason than to add an element of fear to his duel against an Insect duelist - despite the fact that his character shows no obvious outward signs of being afraid of bugs at all.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':

** Thanks to ValuesDissonance with regard to the way intelligence is measured and increasing awareness of learning disabilities, Bart's "stupidity" borders on this. While he's often likened to Homer, who's straightforwardly TheDitz with the odd flash of intelligence, Bart [[BookDumb gets bad grades in school and comes off as a quick, clear thinker everywhere else]], immaturity, [[AttentionDeficitDisorder ADHD]], and SkewedPriorities notwithstanding. When you add the fact that he apparently was a good student as recently as two years of ComicBookTime prior (when he was in second grade) and that at least one future has him becoming [[RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]], all the dire assessments of his ability seem ''very'' wrongheaded and may lead the viewer to conclude that he's simply OvershadowedByAwesome due to having [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] as his sister. Later episodes combine this with a recurring theme of his never having succeeded at anything or seen anything through, applying NegativeContinuity to many, ''many'' instances of [[InstantExpert easy mastery in a wide variety of subjects and skill areas]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':

** Thanks to ValuesDissonance with regard to the way intelligence is measured and increasing awareness of learning disabilities, Bart's "stupidity" borders on this. While he's often likened to Homer, who's straightforwardly TheDitz with the odd flash of intelligence, Bart [[BookDumb gets bad grades in school and comes off as a quick, clear thinker everywhere else]], immaturity and SkewedPriorities notwithstanding. When you add the fact that he apparently was a good student as recently as two years of ComicBookTime prior (when he was in second grade) and that at least one future has him becoming [[RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]], all the dire assessments of his ability seem ''very'' wrongheaded and may lead the viewer to conclude that he's simply OvershadowedByAwesome due to having [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] as his sister. Later episodes combine this with a recurring theme of his never having succeeded at anything or seen anything through, despite many, ''many'' instances of [[InstantExpert easy mastery in a wide variety of subjects and skill areas]]—though that's likely attributable to NegativeContinuity.

* Homer Simpson of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' fame is frequently portrayed as being seriously, even ''morbidly'' obese, even though he has a relatively average body type compared to other people in Springfield (his established height and weight of 6' and 239 pounds technically qualifies him as medically obese, but not by much and nowhere near the guidelines for morbid obesity[[note]]His weight and height gives him a BMI of 32.4[[/note]]). Apu, Krusty, and Dr. Hibbert, to name three, are just as fat as Homer though they're never portrayed as such, while Barney, Mayor Quimby, and Chief Wiggum are considerably fatter and the Comic Book Guy is by far the fattest of them all. However, one episode had Springfield declared the fattest town in the USA, so there's at least some acknowledgement. As the whole of Springfield is overweight, this is not so much "informed" but more normal for the town.

** Thanks to ValuesDissonance with regard to the way intelligence is measured and increasing awareness of learning disabilities, Bart's "stupidity" borders on this. While he's often likened to Homer, who's straightforwardly TheDitz with the odd flash of intelligence, Bart [[BookDumb gets bad grades in school and comes off as a quick, clear thinker everywhere else]], immaturity and SkewedPriorities notwithstanding. When you add the fact that he apparently was a good student as recently as two years of ComicBookTime prior (when he was in second grade) and that at least one future has him becoming [[RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]], all the dire assessments of his ability seem ''very'' wrongheaded and may lead the viewer to conclude that he's simply OvershadowedByAwesome due to having [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] as his sister. Later episodes combine this with a recurring theme of his never having succeeded at anything or seen anything through, despite many, ''many'' instances of [[InstantExpertise easy mastery in a wide variety of subjects and skill areas]]—though that's likely attributable to NegativeContinuity.

** Thanks to ValuesDissonance with regard to the way intelligence is measured and increasing awareness of learning disabilities, Bart's "stupidity" borders on this. While he's often likened to Homer, who's straightforwardly TheDitz with the odd flash of intelligence, Bart [[BookDumb gets bad grades in school and comes off as a quick, clear thinker everywhere else]], immaturity and SkewedPriorities notwithstanding. When you add the fact that he apparently was a good student as recently as two years of ComicBookTime prior (when he was in second grade) and that at least one future has him becoming [[RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]], all the dire assessments of his ability seem ''very'' wrongheaded and may lead the viewer to conclude that he's simply OvershadowedByAwesome due to having [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] as his sister.

** Thanks to ValuesDissonance with regard to the way intelligence is measured and increasing awareness of learning disabilities, Bart's "stupidity" borders on this. While he's often likened to Homer, who's straightforwardly TheDitz with the odd flash of intelligence, Bart [[BookDumb gets bad grades in school and comes off as a quick, clear thinker]] everywhere else, immaturity and SkewedPriorities notwithstanding. When you add the fact that he apparently was a good student as recently as two years of ComicBookTime prior (when he was in second grade) and that at least one future has him becoming [[RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]], all the dire assessments of his ability seem ''very'' wrongheaded and may lead the viewer to conclude that he's simply OvershadowedByAwesome due to having [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] as his sister.

* ''The Hero Reborn as the Daughter of Heroes Aims to Become a Hero Again'': Nicole is repeatedly described as [[IllGirl being physically weak and frail]], but the only time this is really demonstrated is when she is too weak to lift the sword that all of her fellow students have no problem with, which is immediately negated by the fact that she is immediately given a lighter sword, which she is highly adept with to the point where one wonders why the standard swords are so much heavier for no appreciable advantage. Not only can she hold her own in a fight just fine, but getting [[OnlyAFleshWound slashed in the limbs]] is barely an inconvenience. Moreover, one of her three [[EveryoneIsASuper Gifts]] is the ability to increase the physical strength of anyone she chooses, and so far there is nothing to indicate that [[NoSelfBuffs she couldn’t target herself]] if she really needed it.