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* This is Adrien's FatalFlaw in ''Fanfic/TheCosmosMiraculousLadybug''. When he continues to insist to Marinette that Lila 'isn't hurting anyone' with her manipulations, Marinette hits him with a series of [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Armor-Piercing Questions]] that force him to admit that yes, he actually ''did'' see the damage she was doing. He just didn't want to ''admit it'' because that would mean acknowledging that the world didn't work the way he wanted it to.
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* Dennis from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', who is so good at manipulating people, can’t seem to tell when a girl is so repulsed by him that she wouldn’t touch him with a ten-foot pole.
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* Barney Stinson from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is almost totally self-deluded, not only is he a compulsive liar who [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes his own lies]], he constantly twists his perception of reality to paint himself and his life as "awesome", no matter how pathetic he actually is. For example, he will invent arbitrary social rules to justify his behavior and claim historical precedents for them, and continually insist they are true, despite their obvious falsehood.
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* Barney Stinson from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is almost totally self-deluded, self-deluded; not only is he a compulsive liar who [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes his own lies]], he constantly twists his perception of reality to paint himself and his life as "awesome", no matter how pathetic he actually is. For example, he will invent arbitrary social rules to justify his behavior and claim historical precedents for them, and continually insist they are true, despite their obvious falsehood.
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* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku is completely oblivious to the fact that Monaka is not actually a strong fighter, to the point of mistaking Beerus in a badly-made costume (which gets torn up during the fight) for him, and thinking that he can split himself into copies when he sees the real Monaka alongside the fake one.
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* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku is completely oblivious to the fact that Monaka is not actually a strong fighter, to the point of mistaking Beerus in a badly-made costume (which gets torn up during the fight) for him, and thinking that he can split himself into copies when he sees the real Monaka alongside the fake one.
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** When the Doctor is introduced to Clara's boyfriend, maths teacher Danny Pink, he refuses to accept that a former soldier could be anything else than a sport teacher, and nicknames him "P.E." for all their remaining interactions.
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If this tropes applies to a friend who is willing ignoring his ToxicFriendInfluence’s bad behavior based on the belief that the toxic friend has HiddenDepths, it will often end in PostSupportRegret when the toxic friend does something too awful for the friend to TurnTheOtherCheek.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'': Linus believes in a nonexistent Santa Claus figure called the Great Pumpkin, who rises out of the pumpkin patch with a sack full of toys; every year on Halloween he waits in the pumpkin patch outside his house, hoping he'll show up. When he does not show up and he is left alone outside, Charlie Brown tries to reason with him the following day, but he accidentally calls him "stupid" for waiting in a pumpkin patch for someone who obviously doesn't exist, launching Linus into a long rant throughout the credits that the Great Pumpkin ''will'' come next year and he'll be waiting.
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* The titular protagonists of ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' are prone to fall into this, most noticeable in the first episode "Wizboy". When a real wizard named Kyle comes to their class, they somehow believe he's only ''pretending'' to be a wizard, to the point of Fanboy dressing up as one to convince him that ''they're'' wizards, too. What doesn't help is most of his effects are far more realistic than seen on a magic show, such as materializing out of smoke, generating a dome of privacy with no assistance, and ''floating in the air'' without a harness. They grow out of it in later episodes.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12314753/8/The-Price-of-Victory The Price of Victory]]'', Fred and George basically default to this when they give Draco Malfoy- here their brother-in-law as he married Ginny after the war to 'redeem' his family image- equipment designed to deflect a basilisk's stare and tell themselves that it's all right because they don't ''know'' he has a basilisk even though there's literally no other reason for him to be making such requests.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12314753/8/The-Price-of-Victory net/s/12314753/1/The-Price-of-Victory The Price of Victory]]'', Fred and George basically default to this when they give Draco Malfoy- here their brother-in-law as he married Ginny after the war to 'redeem' his family image- equipment designed to deflect a basilisk's stare and tell themselves that it's all right because they don't ''know'' he has a basilisk even though there's literally no other reason for him to be making such requests.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12314753/8/The-Price-of-Victory The Price of Victory]]'', Fred and George basically default to this when they give Draco Malfoy- here their brother-in-law as he married Ginny after the war to 'redeem' his family image- equipment designed to deflect a basilisk's stare and tell themselves that it's all right because they don't ''know'' he has a basilisk even though there's literally no other reason for him to be making such requests.
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* In ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** Ran has had suspicions about "Conan"'s identity, but not nearly as often as she should have, all things considered. [[spoiler:(In one instance, Conan was terribly ill; he reverted to his normal appearance while nobody was watching him thanks to a drink he had been given by [[TheRival Heiji]], then solved the mystery. He had a conversation with Ran, while obviously still very sick, then fell down the stairs and vanished in a puff of smoke. She heard Shinichi scream from nearby, and when she investigated, she found Conan instead.]] And somehow, she didn't figure it out.
** Satou's very much aware of Takagi's affection for her at least relatively early on, ''and'' she definitely reciprocates it. What she ''isn't'' aware of is how much nearly every other male detective in her department is crushing on her (well, except for Shiratori, but that was only because she got stuck in an omiai with him), to the point where she never seems really aware why the Absolute Defense Line keeps making things difficult for [[CosmicPlaything the hapless Takagi]]. She doesn't even realize that ''any'' ring on her left ring finger will typically symbolize engagement! [[JustifiedTrope On the other hand]], considering that the last officer she was attracted to died at a mad bomber's hands...er, explosives...she may just be subconsciously tuning out anything that could lead her into that sort of devastation again. Takagi's genuine love for her is the only thing capable of getting through that membrane.
** Ran has had suspicions about "Conan"'s identity, but not nearly as often as she should have, all things considered. [[spoiler:(In one instance, Conan was terribly ill; he reverted to his normal appearance while nobody was watching him thanks to a drink he had been given by [[TheRival Heiji]], then solved the mystery. He had a conversation with Ran, while obviously still very sick, then fell down the stairs and vanished in a puff of smoke. She heard Shinichi scream from nearby, and when she investigated, she found Conan instead.]] And somehow, she didn't figure it out.
** Satou's very much aware of Takagi's affection for her at least relatively early on, ''and'' she definitely reciprocates it. What she ''isn't'' aware of is how much nearly every other male detective in her department is crushing on her (well, except for Shiratori, but that was only because she got stuck in an omiai with him), to the point where she never seems really aware why the Absolute Defense Line keeps making things difficult for [[CosmicPlaything the hapless Takagi]]. She doesn't even realize that ''any'' ring on her left ring finger will typically symbolize engagement! [[JustifiedTrope On the other hand]], considering that the last officer she was attracted to died at a mad bomber's hands...er, explosives...she may just be subconsciously tuning out anything that could lead her into that sort of devastation again. Takagi's genuine love for her is the only thing capable of getting through that membrane.
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** Ran has had suspicions about "Conan"'s identity, but not nearly as often as she should have, all things considered. [[spoiler:(In one instance, Conan was terribly ill; he reverted to his normal appearance while nobody was watching him thanks to a drink he had been given by [[TheRival Heiji]], then solved the mystery. He had a conversation with Ran, while obviously still very sick, then fell down the stairs and vanished in a puff of smoke. She heard Shinichi scream from nearby, and when she investigated, she found Conan instead.]] And somehow, she didn't figure it out.
** Satou's very much aware of Takagi's affection for her at least relatively early on, ''and'' she definitely reciprocates it. What she ''isn't'' aware of is how much nearly every other male detective in her department is crushing on her (well, except for Shiratori, but that was only because she got stuck in an omiai with him), to the point where she never seems really aware why the Absolute Defense Line keeps making things difficult for [[CosmicPlaything the hapless Takagi]]. She doesn't even realize that ''any'' ring on her left ring finger will typically symbolize engagement! [[JustifiedTrope On the other hand]], considering that the last officer she was attracted to died at a mad bomber's hands...er, explosives...she may just be subconsciously tuning out anything that could lead her into that sort of devastation again. Takagi's genuine love for her is the only thing capable of getting through that membrane.
** Ran has had suspicions about "Conan"'s identity, but not nearly as often as she should have, all things considered. [[spoiler:(In one instance, Conan was terribly ill; he reverted to his normal appearance while nobody was watching him thanks to a drink he had been given by [[TheRival Heiji]], then solved the mystery. He had a conversation with Ran, while obviously still very sick, then fell down the stairs and vanished in a puff of smoke. She heard Shinichi scream from nearby, and when she investigated, she found Conan instead.]] And somehow, she didn't figure it out.
** Satou's very much aware of Takagi's affection for her at least relatively early on, ''and'' she definitely reciprocates it. What she ''isn't'' aware of is how much nearly every other male detective in her department is crushing on her (well, except for Shiratori, but that was only because she got stuck in an omiai with him), to the point where she never seems really aware why the Absolute Defense Line keeps making things difficult for [[CosmicPlaything the hapless Takagi]]. She doesn't even realize that ''any'' ring on her left ring finger will typically symbolize engagement! [[JustifiedTrope On the other hand]], considering that the last officer she was attracted to died at a mad bomber's hands...er, explosives...she may just be subconsciously tuning out anything that could lead her into that sort of devastation again. Takagi's genuine love for her is the only thing capable of getting through that membrane.
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* ''Fanfic/AceLives'':
** Garp never pays attention to the bandit wanted posters, which is why he never realized he dumped Ace with a bandit whose strength and infamy ''rivaled Roger's''.
** Luffy is the only one at the Marineford not to realize that the guy with the cool mustache who's declared himself his new rival is actually "Pirate King" Gold Roger. He doesn't even find out until his crew informs him two years later.
** Garp never pays attention to the bandit wanted posters, which is why he never realized he dumped Ace with a bandit whose strength and infamy ''rivaled Roger's''.
** Luffy is the only one at the Marineford not to realize that the guy with the cool mustache who's declared himself his new rival is actually "Pirate King" Gold Roger. He doesn't even find out until his crew informs him two years later.
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** One story has Lois admonishing the Man of Steel for "that creepy Clark Kent impersonation." (Indeed, one might make a claim that the whole Superman mythos embodies this trope, as it [[ClarkKenting would seem painfully obvious]] that Superman is just Clark Kent without glasses.)
** ComicBook/LexLuthor can be a particularly bad example of this, overlapping with EvilCannotComprehendGood. Despite his genius-level intellect, several times he's discovered the secret identity of Superman, but disregards it as a mistake since he cannot fathom that a PhysicalGod could be living a normal life as the meek, mild-mannered Clark Kent.
** ComicBook/LexLuthor can be a particularly bad example of this, overlapping with EvilCannotComprehendGood. Despite his genius-level intellect, several times he's discovered the secret identity of Superman, but disregards it as a mistake since he cannot fathom that a PhysicalGod could be living a normal life as the meek, mild-mannered Clark Kent.
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** One story has [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] admonishing the Man of Steel for "that creepy Clark Kent impersonation." (Indeed, one might make a claim that the whole Superman mythos embodies this trope, as it [[ClarkKenting would seem painfully obvious]] that Superman is just Clark Kent without glasses.)
**ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] can be a particularly bad example of this, overlapping with EvilCannotComprehendGood. Despite his genius-level intellect, several times he's discovered the secret identity of Superman, but disregards it as a mistake since he cannot fathom that a PhysicalGod could be living a normal life as the meek, mild-mannered Clark Kent.
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* It's painfully obvious that ComicBook/DoctorDoom, being a supergenius and all, should be able to realize that Reed Richards had ''nothing'' to do with the malfunction that caused Doom's experiment to blow up in Doom's face, and was only trying to explain to Doom that the experiment was flawed. However, Doom apparently can't stand the idea of Reed being smarter than him, so [[NeverMyFault he steadfastly refuses to see reason]] and continues to try to destroy Reed's life in "revenge". It's hinted he does know this full well deep down though, as whenever Reed calls him out on this bullshit, he tends to fly into a homicidal rage, and at least once started beating Reed into a bloody pulp while screaming at him to admit he sabotaged the experiment ''"or else!"''
* Like with Doom above, ComicBook/{{Loki}} has this problem, though some of it does [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on how sympathetically he's being portrayed]]. While many writers acknowledge that Loki ''was'' TheUnfavourite, how much of this is ''his own fault'' varies.
* Like with Doom above, ComicBook/{{Loki}} has this problem, though some of it does [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on how sympathetically he's being portrayed]]. While many writers acknowledge that Loki ''was'' TheUnfavourite, how much of this is ''his own fault'' varies.
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* It's painfully obvious that ComicBook/DoctorDoom, Characters/DoctorDoom, being a supergenius and all, should be able to realize that Reed Richards had ''nothing'' to do with the malfunction that caused Doom's experiment to blow up in Doom's face, and was only trying to explain to Doom that the experiment was flawed. However, Doom apparently can't stand the idea of Reed being smarter than him, so [[NeverMyFault he steadfastly refuses to see reason]] and continues to try to destroy Reed's life in "revenge". It's hinted he does know this full well deep down though, as whenever Reed calls him out on this bullshit, he tends to fly into a homicidal rage, and at least once started beating Reed into a bloody pulp while screaming at him to admit he sabotaged the experiment ''"or else!"''
* Like with Doom above,ComicBook/{{Loki}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] has this problem, though some of it does [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on how sympathetically he's being portrayed]]. While many writers acknowledge that Loki ''was'' TheUnfavourite, how much of this is ''his own fault'' varies.
* Like with Doom above,
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*** Now he does know since many people of Asgard pointed it out for him that his scheme led to Comicbook/TheSentry [[ColonyDrop bringing Asgard crashing down]]. However, they are also unwilling to tell him almost anything else (like who people are, what is happening at the moment, etc), since they still want to off him the second they think Thor won't care. The only exceptions so far seem to be the Warriors Three, who seem to do so very grudgingly (unless the story is funny or makes who Loki used to look bad).
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*** Now he does know since many people of Asgard pointed it out for him that his scheme led to Comicbook/TheSentry Characters/TheSentry [[ColonyDrop bringing Asgard crashing down]]. However, they are also unwilling to tell him almost anything else (like who people are, what is happening at the moment, etc), since they still want to off him the second they think Thor won't care. The only exceptions so far seem to be the Warriors Three, who seem to do so very grudgingly (unless the story is funny or makes who Loki used to look bad).
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Under Marston's pen it's questionable whether or not Gen. Darnell is just clueless about Diana Prince and Wonder Woman being one and the same, but ComicBook/SteveTrevor acting like he doesn't know "Di" and his "Angel" are one and the same is highly suspect, given he can recognize her by voice, can recognize her with her hair up, can recognize her with glasses on, regularly teases her about the similarities between the two and seems to love catching "Di" wearing part of WW's outfit and so on, but maintain plausible deniability by never actually confronting her or confirming his "suspicions". Under later writers Steve seems to be legitimately clueless.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Under Marston's pen it's questionable whether or not Gen. Darnell is just clueless about Diana Prince and Wonder Woman being one and the same, but ComicBook/SteveTrevor [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] acting like he doesn't know "Di" and his "Angel" are one and the same is highly suspect, given he can recognize her by voice, can recognize her with her hair up, can recognize her with glasses on, regularly teases her about the similarities between the two and seems to love catching "Di" wearing part of WW's outfit and so on, but maintain plausible deniability by never actually confronting her or confirming his "suspicions". Under later writers Steve seems to be legitimately clueless.
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* Akane Tendo in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2693964/1/The-Demon-s-Contract The Demon's Contract]]'' manages to be [[UpToEleven even worse than canon]] in regards to Ryouga. The very day Ryouga appears, Ranma explains that Ryouga uses his cursed form to sleep in women's beds and snuggle up to their breasts, something that appalls both Nabiki and Akane. Mere hours later, Akane is fawning over her "adorable P-chan". Neither Ranma nor Nabiki can believe how oblivious she is.
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* Akane Tendo in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2693964/1/The-Demon-s-Contract The Demon's Contract]]'' manages to be [[UpToEleven [[ExaggeratedTrope even worse than canon]] in regards to Ryouga. The very day Ryouga appears, Ranma explains that Ryouga uses his cursed form to sleep in women's beds and snuggle up to their breasts, something that appalls both Nabiki and Akane. Mere hours later, Akane is fawning over her "adorable P-chan". Neither Ranma nor Nabiki can believe how oblivious she is.
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* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Fanfic/EnoughRope'' when Clint wonders how he never realized what was going on with the Avengers until an outside source spelled it out. In particular, when Steve threw his shield at Tony's head because Wanda claimed he was making another Ultron, Steve committed attempted murder on the word of a terrorist.
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* {{Lampshaded}} {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Fanfic/EnoughRope'' when Clint wonders how he never realized what was going on with the Avengers until an outside source spelled it out. In particular, when Steve threw his shield at Tony's head because Wanda claimed he was making another Ultron, Steve committed attempted murder on the word of a terrorist.
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* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': Arial Kuyumaya takes it UpToEleven. Throughout all of Act V and the first third or so of Act VI, Arial is infatuated with Dark and, no matter how many times it's explicitly pointed out to her that he doesn't love her that way, blindly refuses to accept it until Act VI chapter 27, in which her actions cause Dark to have a mental breakdown that nearly leads to his death; in Ruby's words, not even she and the other members of Tsukune's UnwantedHarem were nearly as stupid and blind over Tsukune as Arial was over Dark.
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* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': Arial Kuyumaya takes it UpToEleven.[[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]]. Throughout all of Act V and the first third or so of Act VI, Arial is infatuated with Dark and, no matter how many times it's explicitly pointed out to her that he doesn't love her that way, blindly refuses to accept it until Act VI chapter 27, in which her actions cause Dark to have a mental breakdown that nearly leads to his death; in Ruby's words, not even she and the other members of Tsukune's UnwantedHarem were nearly as stupid and blind over Tsukune as Arial was over Dark.
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* ''Series/{{Vicious}}'' uses this as a RunningGag regarding Stuart's sexuality; he still keeps dropping hints that he's gay to his oblivious mother [[UpToEleven despite being in his early 70s]]:
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'': Throughout the game, Riku repeatedly ignores all the obvious evidence that [[EvilSorceror Maleficent]] lied to him and Sora not only ''didn't'' abandon him and Kairi for the Keyblade, Donald, and Goofy, but has been spending his every waking moment trying to find them. It isn't until he's [[DemonicPossession possessed by Ansem]], as well as Sora's HeroicSacrifice to save Kairi, that Riku finally realizes the truth. It seems to be [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil the influence of the darkness, for the most part, that's twisting his mind and making him delusional]].
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'': Throughout the game, Riku repeatedly ignores all the obvious evidence that [[EvilSorceror [[EvilSorcerer Maleficent]] lied to him and Sora not only ''didn't'' abandon him and Kairi for the Keyblade, Donald, and Goofy, but has been spending his every waking moment trying to find them. It isn't until he's [[DemonicPossession possessed by Ansem]], as well as Sora's HeroicSacrifice to save Kairi, that Riku finally realizes the truth. It seems to be [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil the influence of the darkness, for the most part, that's twisting his mind and making him delusional]].
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* In ''Fanfic/AColderWar'' fic "Arctic Thaw", after Steve [[spoiler:kills the Winter Soldier, he confronts Peggy about whether she knew the Soldier’s true identity, and Peggy’s answer all but explicitly states that she strongly suspected that Bucky was still alive but just never brought up that possibility because she wanted Steve focused on stopping him if the two fought each other again]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheConfectionaryChronicles'', due to Hermione's faith in Loki as her god, she basically ignores the implications of him giving her a Bible with notes written in Enochian and assumes it’s just another test of her intellect, rather than ever thinking that her god started writing in Enochian as that’s his ‘native’ language.
* In ''Fanfic/TheConfectionaryChronicles'', due to Hermione's faith in Loki as her god, she basically ignores the implications of him giving her a Bible with notes written in Enochian and assumes it’s just another test of her intellect, rather than ever thinking that her god started writing in Enochian as that’s his ‘native’ language.
* ''Fanfic/TheLandOfWhatMightHaveBeen'';
** When Fiyero is captured by Loamlark and accused of being a spy, he spends his first few hours forced to basically pull his own stuffing out as he tries to convince them that he's not just wearing a bizarre disguise but is a genuine scarecrow. Even after they accept that he isn't just a man in a strange suit, he experiences further trouble when they refuse to accept his protests that he and Toto can't be spies as scarecrows and dogs are far from ideal choices for such a role.
** Invoked when the Mentor discusses the revelation that [[spoiler:the Champion was Fiyero's counterpart; she argues to Elphaba and Glinda that she never knew the Champion’s identity for a fact because there was sufficient time between Fiyero’s disappearance and the Champion’s debut to make it at least uncertain if the two were the same man, although it’s clear to Elphaba in particular that she just never explored that idea in depth]].
** When Fiyero is captured by Loamlark and accused of being a spy, he spends his first few hours forced to basically pull his own stuffing out as he tries to convince them that he's not just wearing a bizarre disguise but is a genuine scarecrow. Even after they accept that he isn't just a man in a strange suit, he experiences further trouble when they refuse to accept his protests that he and Toto can't be spies as scarecrows and dogs are far from ideal choices for such a role.
** Invoked when the Mentor discusses the revelation that [[spoiler:the Champion was Fiyero's counterpart; she argues to Elphaba and Glinda that she never knew the Champion’s identity for a fact because there was sufficient time between Fiyero’s disappearance and the Champion’s debut to make it at least uncertain if the two were the same man, although it’s clear to Elphaba in particular that she just never explored that idea in depth]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheLandOfWhatMightHaveBeen'';
** When Fiyero is captured by Loamlark and accused of being a spy, he spends his first few hours forced to basically pull his own stuffing out as he tries to convince them that he's not just wearing a bizarre disguise but is a genuine scarecrow. Even after they accept that he isn't just a man in a strange suit, he experiences further trouble when they refuse to accept his protests that he and Toto can't be spies as scarecrows and dogs are far from ideal choices for such a role.
** Invoked when the Mentor discusses the revelation that [[spoiler:the Champion was Fiyero's counterpart; she argues to Elphaba and Glinda that she never knew the Champion’s identity for a fact because there was sufficient time between Fiyero’s disappearance and the Champion’s debut to make it at least uncertain if the two were the same man, although it’s clear to Elphaba in particular that she just never explored that idea in depth]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheConfectionaryChronicles'', Hermione basically ignores the implications of Loki giving her a Bible with notes written in Enochian and assumes it’s just another test of her intellect, rather than ever thinking that her god started writing in Enochian as that’s his ‘native’ language.
* In ''Fanfic/AColderWar'' fic "Arctic Thaw", after Steve [[spoiler:kills the Winter Soldier, he confronts Peggy about whether she knew the Soldier’s true identity, and Peggy’s answer all but explicitly states that she strongly suspected that Bucky was still alive but just never brought up that possibility because she wanted Steve focused on stopping him if the two fought each other again]].
** When Fiyero is captured by Loamlark and accused of being a spy, he spends his first few hours forced to basically pull his own stuffing out as he tries to convince them that he's not just wearing a bizarre disguise but is a genuine scarecrow. Even after they accept that he isn't just a man in a strange suit, he experiences further trouble when they refuse to accept his protests that he and Toto can't be spies as scarecrows and dogs are far from ideal choices for such a role.
** Invoked when the Mentor discusses the revelation that [[spoiler:the Champion was Fiyero's counterpart; she argues to Elphaba and Glinda that she never knew the Champion’s identity for a fact because there was sufficient time between Fiyero’s disappearance and the Champion’s debut to make it at least uncertain if the two were the same man, although it’s clear to Elphaba in particular that she just never explored that idea in depth]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheConfectionaryChronicles'', Hermione basically ignores the implications of Loki giving her a Bible with notes written in Enochian and assumes it’s just another test of her intellect, rather than ever thinking that her god started writing in Enochian as that’s his ‘native’ language.
* In ''Fanfic/AColderWar'' fic "Arctic Thaw", after Steve [[spoiler:kills the Winter Soldier, he confronts Peggy about whether she knew the Soldier’s true identity, and Peggy’s answer all but explicitly states that she strongly suspected that Bucky was still alive but just never brought up that possibility because she wanted Steve focused on stopping him if the two fought each other again]].
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** When Fiyero is captured by Loamlark and accused of being a spy, he spends his first few hours forced to basically pull his own stuffing out as he tries to convince them that he's not just wearing a bizarre disguise but is a genuine scarecrow. Even after they accept that he isn't just a man in a strange suit, he experiences further trouble when they refuse to accept his protests that he and Toto can't be spies as scarecrows and dogs are far from ideal choices for such a role.
** Invoked when the Mentor discusses the revelation that [[spoiler:the Champion was Fiyero's counterpart; she argues to Elphaba and Glinda that she never knew the Champion’s identity for a fact because there was sufficient time between Fiyero’s disappearance and the Champion’s debut to make it at least uncertain if the two were the same man, although it’s clear to Elphaba in particular that she just never explored that idea in depth]].
* In ''Fanfic/AColderWar'' fic "Arctic Thaw", after Steve [[spoiler:kills the Winter Soldier, he confronts Peggy about whether she knew the Soldier’s true identity, and Peggy’s answer all but explicitly states that she strongly suspected that Bucky was still alive but just never brought up that possibility because she wanted Steve focused on stopping him if the two fought each other again]].
** When Fiyero is captured by Loamlark and accused of being a spy, he spends his first few hours forced to basically pull his own stuffing out as he tries to convince them that he's not just wearing a bizarre disguise but is a genuine scarecrow. Even after they accept that he isn't just a man in a strange suit, he experiences further trouble when they refuse to accept his protests that he and Toto can't be spies as scarecrows and dogs are far from ideal choices for such a role.
** Invoked when the Mentor discusses the revelation that [[spoiler:the Champion was Fiyero's counterpart; she argues to Elphaba and Glinda that she never knew the Champion’s identity for a fact because there was sufficient time between Fiyero’s disappearance and the Champion’s debut to make it at least uncertain if the two were the same man, although it’s clear to Elphaba in particular that she just never explored that idea in depth]].
* In ''Fanfic/AColderWar'' fic "Arctic Thaw", after Steve [[spoiler:kills the Winter Soldier, he confronts Peggy about whether she knew the Soldier’s true identity, and Peggy’s answer all but explicitly states that she strongly suspected that Bucky was still alive but just never brought up that possibility because she wanted Steve focused on stopping him if the two fought each other again]].
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* A distinct problem with several Order of the Phoenix members in the ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'' series is their refusal to believe the extremely damning evidence of Dumbledore's rather serious crimes. Furthermore, Dumbledore is of the opinion that anyone not blindly following his leadership is in the wrong and actively working against him.
** James simply refuses to acknowledge that Jen wants nothing to do with the Potters and gets extremely defensive when anyone brings it up.
** Dumbledore always focuses on anything "wrong" that Jen does (such as hospitalizing several students) while ignoring any extenuating circumstances (said students trying to kill her).
** The Order of the Phoenix distrusts Sirius because he spent over a decade in Azkaban and "proved to be just like his family", completely ignoring that not only was he later declared innocent, but that he fought alongside them in the previous war.
** James simply refuses to acknowledge that Jen wants nothing to do with the Potters and gets extremely defensive when anyone brings it up.
** Dumbledore always focuses on anything "wrong" that Jen does (such as hospitalizing several students) while ignoring any extenuating circumstances (said students trying to kill her).
** The Order of the Phoenix distrusts Sirius because he spent over a decade in Azkaban and "proved to be just like his family", completely ignoring that not only was he later declared innocent, but that he fought alongside them in the previous war.
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* A distinct problem with several Order of the Phoenix members members, and Light families in the general, in the ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'' series is this which feeds somewhat into their refusal to believe the extremely damning evidence BlackAndWhiteInsanity. Not helped that many of Dumbledore's rather serious crimes. Furthermore, them are supporters of Dumbledore is of the opinion that anyone not blindly following his leadership is in the wrong and actively working against him.
who pretty much embodies this trope.
** James simply refuses to acknowledge that Jen wants nothing to do with the Potters and gets extremely defensive when anyone brings itup.
up. This gets extremely aggravating when he's told point blank by his own wife that part of the reason for her resentment is she was ''abandoned'' in the first place and left with an insanely abusive household before being abandoned '''again'''. Yet he only focuses on the fact she performed a blood ritual to change her heritage and kept him as her biological father, never considering there were more practical reasons then some deep buried sentiment.
** This is Dumbledorealways focuses on anything "wrong" that in a nutshell combined with TheoryTunnelvision: anyone who doesn't blindly follow his way of thinking is Neutral at best and Dark at worst. His relationship with Jen Black can be summed up as him taking everything she does (such as hospitalizing several students) while ignoring any extenuating circumstances (said and says, seeing it only from the perspective of a destined Dark Lady rising to power. A group of students trying attack her? [[CrimeOfSelfDefense She's in the wrong for fighting back when said students were planning to kill her).
her]]. Refusing to reconnect with her family, the Potters? [[AmbitionIsEvil She prefers the power and influence being a Black entails]]. Her demeanor in general? [[NatureVsNurture She was]] ''[[NatureVsNurture born]]'' [[NatureVsNurture evil and not the by-product of a hideously abusive childhood]].
** The Order of the Phoenix distrusts Sirius because he spent over a decade in Azkaban and "proved to be just like his family", completely ignoring that not only was he later declared innocent, but that he fought alongside them in the previous war. While they focus on Dumbledore's disapproval of Stan Shunpike's arrest and trial, none of the members ever consider the idea that Stan ''might actually be connected to the Death Eaters''. [[spoiler:He is, and sets off a bomb in Diagon Alley which earns him full membership into the Death Eaters]].
*** Several members of the Order worry about having to fight a three-way war with Voldemort and the Ministry if their relations with the Ministry continue to deteriorate but ignore that they're the ones antagonizing the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by interfering with their operations.
** James simply refuses to acknowledge that Jen wants nothing to do with the Potters and gets extremely defensive when anyone brings it
** This is Dumbledore
** The Order of the Phoenix distrusts Sirius because he spent over a decade in Azkaban and "proved to be just like his family", completely ignoring that not only was he later declared innocent, but that he fought alongside them in the previous war. While they focus on Dumbledore's disapproval of Stan Shunpike's arrest and trial, none of the members ever consider the idea that Stan ''might actually be connected to the Death Eaters''. [[spoiler:He is, and sets off a bomb in Diagon Alley which earns him full membership into the Death Eaters]].
*** Several members of the Order worry about having to fight a three-way war with Voldemort and the Ministry if their relations with the Ministry continue to deteriorate but ignore that they're the ones antagonizing the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by interfering with their operations.
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** The various Light families refuse to believe that the perpetual chaos that Hogwarts is in is valid grounds to have Dumbledore sacked.
** The Order of the Phoenix focuses on Dumbledore's disapproval of Stan Shunpike's arrest and trial to the point of never considering the idea that Stan ''might actually be connected to the Death Eaters''. [[spoiler:He is, and sets off a bomb in Diagon Alley which earns him full membership into the Death Eaters]].
** Several members of the Order worry about having to fight a three-way war with Voldemort and the Ministry if their relations with the Ministry continue to deteriorate but ignore that they're the ones antagonizing the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by interfering with their operations.
** The Order of the Phoenix focuses on Dumbledore's disapproval of Stan Shunpike's arrest and trial to the point of never considering the idea that Stan ''might actually be connected to the Death Eaters''. [[spoiler:He is, and sets off a bomb in Diagon Alley which earns him full membership into the Death Eaters]].
** Several members of the Order worry about having to fight a three-way war with Voldemort and the Ministry if their relations with the Ministry continue to deteriorate but ignore that they're the ones antagonizing the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by interfering with their operations.
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** The various Light families refuse to believe that the perpetual chaos that Hogwarts is in is valid grounds to have Dumbledore sacked.
** The Order ofsacked despite the Phoenix focuses on Dumbledore's disapproval overwhelming amount of Stan Shunpike's arrest and trial to the point of never considering the idea that Stan ''might actually be connected to the Death Eaters''. [[spoiler:He is, and sets off a bomb in Diagon Alley which earns him full membership into the Death Eaters]].
** Several members of the Order worry about having to fight a three-way war with Voldemort and the Ministry if their relations with the Ministry continue to deteriorate but ignore that they're the ones antagonizing the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by interfering with their operations.damning evidence against them.
** The Order of
** Several members of the Order worry about having to fight a three-way war with Voldemort and the Ministry if their relations with the Ministry continue to deteriorate but ignore that they're the ones antagonizing the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by interfering with their operations.
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ObliviousToLove, GiftedlyBad, and NoTrueScotsman are common forms of this. TheoryTunnelvision is a subtrope. See also IllPretendIDidntHearThat, in which a character feigns Selective Obliviousness in order to avoid the consequences of acknowledging the situation. May be related to IRejectYourReality and CaptainOblivious.
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ObliviousToLove, GiftedlyBad, and NoTrueScotsman are common forms of this. TheoryTunnelvision is a subtrope. See also IllPretendIDidntHearThat, in which a character feigns Selective Obliviousness in order to avoid the consequences of acknowledging the situation. May be related to IRejectYourReality and CaptainOblivious.
CaptainOblivious. Compare ArbitrarySkepticism.
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* ''ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003'': Hazel refuses to believe her daughter's claims of Winston's infidelity even when confronted with clear evidence. Not even Emma telepathically sharing the memory of her witnessing Winston's affair is enough to convince her.
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* ''ComicBook/EmmaFrost2003'': ''ComicBook/EmmaFrost'': Hazel refuses to believe her daughter's claims of Winston's infidelity even when confronted with clear evidence. Not even Emma telepathically sharing the memory of her witnessing Winston's affair is enough to convince her.
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* This is the cornerstone of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'''s Doublethink. Bonus points for the requirement that obliviousness must not only be selective but also instantly switchable -- you must completely and sincerely forget whatever you vehemently believed in a moment ago and, if necessary, switch back the next moment -- and recursive -- you must forget that you've just forgotten something, forget having forgotten that, ''et cetera''.
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* This is the cornerstone of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'''s Doublethink. Bonus points for the requirement requirements that obliviousness must not only be selective but also A) instantly switchable -- switchable, as in you must completely and sincerely forget whatever you vehemently believed in a moment ago and, if necessary, switch back the next moment -- moment; and recursive -- B) recursive, as in you must forget that you've just forgotten something, forget having forgotten that, ''et cetera''.
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** Eric Cartman is so wrapped up in his own ginormous ego that he will ignore everything that contradicts his glorified self-image, and what he cannot ignore he will twist in his own favor. The best example is, of course, claiming he's not fat, but "big boned", but there are other examples too. On one occasion he frantically strives to avoid a fight with a girl who's mad at him, because if he loses, nobody will think he's cool anymore. When he's forced to fight anyway and loses, the other kids tell him that not only did they ''never'' think he was cool, but they can't possibly think any lower of him than they did before. He thinks that they're just saying it to make him feel better, [[InsaneTrollLogic meaning they care about him, meaning they STILL think he's cool]].
** "Asspen" finds Stan spell out that he is uninterested in competing with the resident JerkJock of the ski resort, only for the latter to take every single word as a challenge.
** "Asspen" finds Stan spell out that he is uninterested in competing with the resident JerkJock of the ski resort, only for the latter to take every single word as a challenge.
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** Eric Cartman is so wrapped up in his own ginormous ego that he will ignore everything that anything which contradicts his glorified self-image, and what he cannot ignore he will twist in his own favor. The best example is, of course, claiming he's not fat, but "big boned", but there are other examples too. On one occasion he frantically strives tries to avoid a fight with a girl who's mad at him, because if he loses, nobody will think he's cool anymore. When he's forced to fight anyway and loses, the other kids tell him that not only did they ''never'' think he was cool, but they can't couldn’t possibly think any lower less of him than they did before. He already did. Cartman thinks that they're just saying it to make him feel better, [[InsaneTrollLogic meaning they care about him, meaning they STILL think he's cool]].
** "Asspen" finds Stanspell spelling out the fact that he is uninterested he's not interested in competing with against the resident JerkJock of the ski resort, only for the latter to take every single word as a challenge.
** "Asspen" finds Stan
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}'': Despite how unsubtle she is about it, [[ObliviousToLove Tommy never gets the hint that Lola has a crush on him]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}'': Despite how unsubtle she Tommy Turnbull is about it, smart and has an unrequited crush on Bambi yet [[ObliviousToLove Tommy he never gets the hint that Lola Mbola, who is one of his best friends, has a crush on him]].on]] ''[[ObliviousToLove him]]'', despite how unsubtle she is about it.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'': After the Inves Plague breaks out the people of Zawame City turn against the Beat Riders while worshiping Bravo as a hero, while conveniently forgetting that Bravo himself was responsible for one of the biggest Inves rampages. This is sadly justified thanks to mob mentality and the fact that Kaito sent out some Inves when he got called out by the mob.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}: Despite how unsubtle she is about it, [[ObliviousToLove Tommy never gets the hint that Lola has a crush on him]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}: ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}'': Despite how unsubtle she is about it, [[ObliviousToLove Tommy never gets the hint that Lola has a crush on him]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}: Despite how unsubtle she is about it, [[ObliviousToLove Tommy never gets the hint that Lola has a crush on him]].
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* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku is completely oblivious to the fact that Monaka is not actually a strong fighter, to the point of mistaking Beerus in a badly-made costume (which gets torn up during the fight) for him, and thinking that he can split himself into copies when he sees the real Monaka alongside the fake one.
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** The Ministry of Magic chooses not to believe that Voldemort is back in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' despite the overwhelming evidence. They lead the public to believe that all is well and constantly berate [[TheHero Harry]] and [[EccentricMentor Dumbledore]] as [[CassandraTruth liars]]. It's explained that they have a contrived denial caused from how horrible Voldemort's previous reign of terror was. It was explained by the protagonists that the Ministry suspected Dumbledore of using Voldemort as a scapegoat to explain his own screw-ups at running the school. The Minister of Magic Fudge, on the other hand, believes that Dumbledore is trying to usurp him as Minister of Magic. [[RealityEnsues It came back to bite them in the butt when Fudge got kicked out of office and public opinion of the Ministry plummets when it was discovered that Dumbledore and Harry were right.]]
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** The Ministry of Magic chooses not to believe that Voldemort is back in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' despite the overwhelming evidence. They lead the public to believe that all is well and constantly berate [[TheHero Harry]] and [[EccentricMentor Dumbledore]] as [[CassandraTruth liars]]. It's explained that they have a contrived denial caused from how horrible Voldemort's previous reign of terror was. It was explained by the protagonists that the Ministry suspected Dumbledore of using Voldemort as a scapegoat to explain his own screw-ups at running the school. The Minister of Magic Fudge, on the other hand, believes that Dumbledore is trying to usurp him as Minister of Magic. [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It came back to bite them in the butt when Fudge got kicked out of office and public opinion of the Ministry plummets when it was discovered that Dumbledore and Harry were right.]]
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* The Detective in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' engages in this on a number of topics, with his brain downright shutting down leads and refusing to acknowledge things like the Ex-Something, or his former co-workers. You are even allowed to add more to the list, such as (if you fail one particular check early on in the game) refusing to acknowledge a mounting pile of evidence that your name probably isn't [[AwesomeMcCoolName "Rafaël Ambrosius Costeau"]].
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Emerald idolizes Cinder as a savior and views her as a [[ParentalSubstitute mother figure]], voluntarily helping her commit all manner of atrocities while refusing to acknowledge or admit that her boss is a ruthless, abusive, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{narcissist}} who has never shown genuine concern for [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone but herself]]. Her denial runs so deep that in "[[Recap/RWBYV6E9Lost Lost]]," when Mercury [[BrutalHonesty tells her point-blank]] that Cinder has never cared about her and sees her as nothing but a tool, Emerald flies into a rage and attacks him.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Emerald idolizes Cinder as a savior and views her as a [[ParentalSubstitute mother figure]], voluntarily helping her commit all manner of atrocities while refusing to acknowledge or admit that her boss is a ruthless, abusive, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{narcissist}} who has never shown genuine concern for [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone but herself]]. Her denial runs so deep that in "[[Recap/RWBYV6E9Lost Lost]]," when Mercury [[BrutalHonesty tells her point-blank]] that Cinder has never cared about her and sees her as nothing but a tool, Emerald flies into a rage and attacks him. [[spoiler: Emerald finally loses this after Cinder [[UngratefulBastard isn't thankful]] for Emerald saving her after one of Cinder's plans nearly ended with herself being killed, which is the LastStraw that finally breaks Emerald's faith in her.]]
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* When Professor (Ale)Xander Harris refers to Professor [=McGonaggall=] by her first name in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-23251-7/BarefootXO+Time+and+Again.htm Time and Again]]'', Hermione wants to reprimand him but "decides to let it pass this once". She has apparently forgotten that not only do colleagues often refer to each other by their first names but Xander and Minerva are ''married''; of course he's going to call his wife by her first name.
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* When Professor (Ale)Xander Harris refers to Professor [=McGonaggall=] by her first name in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-23251-7/BarefootXO+Time+and+Again.htm Time and Again]]'', Hermione wants to reprimand him but "decides to let it pass this once". She has apparently forgotten that not only do colleagues often refer to each other by their first names but Xander and Minerva are ''married''; of course he's going to call his wife by her first name.
