History Sandbox / InstantExpertWickCheck

# Characters.TheFoxAndTheHound: Zigzagged. Tod's wilderness survival skills are very poor, and indeed, almost get Vixey and himself killed, while his skills at running from dogs are something he's been cultivating since kithood. His capability when it comes to fighting off bears, however, comes out of the blue.
# Fanfic.KamenRiderKuugaRisingUntoTheStars: On achieving Mighty Form, Rasyid suddenly instinctively knows how to perform complex martial arts moves he's seen from videogames. Even he is surprised.
# Characters.TheEminenceInShadowCidKagenou: Cid dominates in battle intelligence by mix-and-matching every conceivable fighting and weapon technique from both worlds into his own unstoppable style, whereas individual kingdoms stick to one rudimentary fighting style and never diverge any secret techniques to become stronger, as well as combat adaptability from being able to copy and improve upon his opponents’ moves after seeing it in action just once and can counter anything in an instance. For theatrics, he loves making up surprisingly well-thought-out personas complete with different combat specialisations, motives and even voices in addition to teaching himself the unorthodox ways of Mob-Fu, like stopping his heartbeat, throwing himself full speed against a wall or moving his vital organs out of harm’s reach, to really sell the illusion of losing/dying. Can't say the same for his naming scheme though.
# Pantheon.SchoolActivities: The Leader in Sunset's Absence, Girliness Upgrade, Tends to Snooze in Class, Character Exaggeration of Her Pony Counterpart, Hates Being Alone, Super-Speed and Some Invulnerability Only While Speeding, Adapting to Her Powers Quickly, Skirt Over Modesty Shorts
# Characters.ShiningResonance: Downplayed. He's able to use his BFS surprising well despite presumably never channeling the Shining Dragon's power in such a manner for combat purposes (having previously only done the transformation itself), but Lestin notes in their events his swordsmanship is moreso "passable" than truly being mastered.
# Literature.TheDivineDungeon: Memory stones. They only transfer the academic aspects of a topic, so the physical aspects still need to be trained and practiced to be usable.
# VideoGame.{{Control}}: Justified. Late in the game, Pope mentions that Director Northmoor's record with the Launch diskette was to fling a bowling ball six feet — a substantial difference from the Person of Mass Destruction Jesse becomes when she binds it. Jesse, however, has a great deal of help from Polaris and was also exposed to the paranatural early in life, giving her a greater capacity than your average person for this kind of thing in both understanding and potential.Notably, Jesse has psychic powers even before the game starts: right from the very start, she had her "Melee" attack, which is a powerful telekinetic punch/short-range blast.
# Characters.GameTheoryLyricalNanoha: The speed at which she excels at Magic frightens Yuuno.
# VisualNovel.AsagaoAcademyNormalBootsClub: Hana apparently has a lot of natural talent at video games, despite having never played before.
# Pantheon.DragonBall: Cabbe, Kyabe, Cabe | Caulifla: Sis, The First Female Super Saiyan | Kale: Female Broly, Awakened Berserker | Caulifla and Kale: The Toughest Force in the Cosmos, Kefla) as an Intermediate Deities in the Hall of Learning Tools (House of Knowledge)
# Characters.KamenRiderMaizen: Implied to be doing some of Kamen Rider Mikage's fighting once the two fuse into its Super Mode, even though Hinata has no real fighting experience whatsoever. It's suggested, consequently, that her link to Mikage as an Allay is feeding her the requisite expertise.
# YMMV.SonicRiders: FridgeBrilliance: In the opening scene, it appears that Sonic is able to pick up any old gear and become an InstantExpert, able to keep up with Jet. But Sonic doesn't pick up any old gear, he picks up Storm's Babylon Standard Type-S gear, a gear that's been custom built to be incredibly sturdy and stable to handle Storm's bulk and clumsiness when he's in motion. Sonic was able to adapt to it so easily and pull off the maneuvers he does because of how safe and controllable the Type-S was made to be.
# Characters.MCUMattMurdock: BlindWeaponmaster: While Matt usually fights with his fists, he undoubtedly embraces the rest of the "blind warrior" archetype. He's extremely skilled with his billy-club becoming an InstantExpert with it, while before that there were the wooden sticks he got from Stick.
# Pantheon.EmotionalCombat: The Shining Knight Who Turned Dark, default Berserker, Upgraded From History (in most cases), Error Prone Bravery, Too Powerful to Live, Eternal Arms Mastership, Fallen Hero.
# Characters.FrozenElsa: During the course of "Let it Go", she gains increasing control of her powers, going from creating a few wisps of cold, to constructing a crude snowman, to a fairly large bridge, which becomes crystalline and intricate as she crosses it, to an entire palace made of ice. Also downplayed in that while she knows how to direct it, she doesn't know how to turn it off.
# ComicBook.MightyMorphinPowerRangersTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: April observes that she is able to use a bow with ease despite never having done so before in her life.
# Characters.PokemonResetBloodlinesJohtoSupportingCharacters: Pulls off Mega Evolution on his first try.
# Fanfic.HowOnEarth: Discussed by Grandfather when Mr.Boss asks whether if awakening Nigel's potential for the Uno family's powers is a bad idea, the former dismissing any concerns due to his beliefs that these powers take time to develop. The only thing Grandfather is worried about is if Nigel will be left alone to his own devices or if Monty tries to take him away from him.
# FormulaWithATwist.AnimeAndManga: Yuusha Gojo Kumiai Kouryuugata Keijiban has an in-universe example. The hero of chapter four seems like a typical Stock Light-Novel Hero - summoned to a fantasy world that's stuck in Medieval Stasis, given a magic sword that turns its wielder into an InstantExpert, and surrounded by a Battle Harem of beautiful and powerful companions. Then it turns out that a medieval setting means everybody looks down on a commoner hero, the Battle Harem is composed of girls who hate each other due to classism and are only united because they hate the hero more, and finally Unresolved Sexual Tension doesn't exist because the summoned hero is a girl who isn't a bit attracted to the others or vice versa.
# Characters.VorkosiganSaga: Udine is the daughter of a haut lady and a ghem general. The kids are all half-Cetagandan, and canon precedence is that carefully cultivated Ceta genes can grant people the kind of dexterity, intellect, and learning speed that makes this trope possible.
# Characters.AttackOnTitanBertoltHoover: Invoked Trope; Reiner states he was able to master the use of his Titan right away, using this as evidence that others may similarly be able to do so.
# Characters.{{Freezing}}: She's the one who created the High-End Skills. The first one she created was the Accel Turn. While in mid battle—after watching a Nova do it.
# Sandbox.NeverAcceptedInHisHometownWickCheck: LikeADuckTakesToWater: Compare InstantExpert and Never Accepted in His Hometown. Contrast Fish out of Water and Graceful in Their Element. Applies to both.
# Characters.{{Smash}}: Subverted. When he takes over as director of Bombshell, his attempts to be "nice" and open to suggestions backfire spectacularly, and he clearly struggles to maintain control and give useful notes.
# Characters.StrikeforceMorituri: She learns how to fly an aircraft just by touching the controls. On the other hand, figuring out how to use alien artifacts taken from the Horde takes her weeks of study.
# Characters.ProWrestlingZero1: The guy performed moonsaults and top rope hurricanranas in his very first pro wrestling match, and looked so natural on the ring that pundits said it looked like he had years of career behind him.
# Fanfic.TheAwakeningOfAMagus: HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. Harry does get a dose of InstantExpert that puts him above any regular wizard, but using anything resembling his full potential requires lots of hard training.
# VideoGame.MilkmaidOfTheMilkyWay: Amrita's staff has some strange powers, such as telekinesis and language teaching.
# Manga.{{Hanayamata}}: Notably averted. The series goes to great lengths to show how none of the girls master Yosakoi dancing easily (see Machi's constant frustration during the entirety of episode 10), even Hana herself. By the end of the show, they're still not even close to being experts, but are competent enough to perform without making noticeable mistakes, but only due to investing hours and hours of practice to their routine.
# Music.StrayKids: Han is called the 4th gen ace of K-pop for a reason, and he's even the youngest KOMCA member with 100+ songwriting credits of beautiful songs to his name, got a GED for elementary at 15 and for middle and high school at 16 (which meant that he took 3 exams within 1 year), and on a few occasions has mastered newly learned skills rather quickly, which proves that he's truly a genius. But it's hard to tell at first glance since, while not an actual ditz, Jisung stands out as one of the strangest and more rambunctious members in an already chaotic group.
# Characters.{{Wakfu}}: Every time he copies a power, he can use them to full potential: after gaining Yugo's powers, he can create multiple portals at the time (something only an adult Eliatrope can do) and even create portals leading to his homeworld.
# WebVideo.Grav3yardgirl: Her boyfriend Dogman is often very skilled with products she's failed with.
# Headscratchers.IronFist2017: Any indication as to why Danny, Davos and Coleen have different colours for their uses of the Iron Fist? And how Davos can use it with both hands?Good people manifest their chi with good colors and bad people manifest it in evil colors. Davos is an InstantExpert because he's so loony about destroying everything in opposition to his worldview. Danny can use it in both hands in The Tag as well, after he's had more practice.
# Recap.HowIMetYourMotherAndHowIMetYourFatherInterludeOne: Despite having never played a video game before, Kyoko quickly picked up on the gameplay and won Class 78's Smash Bros. Melee tournament.
# Recap.WithThisRingEpisode36: Subverted. Guy Gardner 50 can use the yellow power ring he has, but he isn't an expert, which is how the Renegade was able to take it from him.
# Fanfic.SomeoneElse: Carver is able to perform a smite, and later figure out other Templar abilities, immediately after asking Alistair how to perform one.
# Characters.MCUAvengersAllies: Played with in the case of his ability to open portals with Strange's sling ring. While he manages to do it almost by complete accident (something which had taken being stranded on top of the Himalayas for Strange to achieve) and soon manages to do it at will, which actually impresses Doctor Strange when he learns about it, it is very clear that he has only minimal control over their destinations and, more importantly, is unable to close them on command, which proves crucial in the climax.
# Literature.SecondApocalypse: Kellhus and any other Dûnyain quickly master anything they learn.
# Characters.EarthTwentySevenTheEndless: Eve seems able to pick up any skill she wishes to learn simply through meditation. There is a limit to the number of skills she can learn and mastering skills with greater skill often requires more investment of her supernal power, but she can 'forget' skills even greater ease than she gains them. This is a side-effect of her having eaten the forbidden fruit.
# Characters.PuyoPuyo7: She gets to playing (and winning!) Puyo within seconds of learning it in 7.
# TearJerker.A3: Banri showing off his proficiency in Ultra Yo-Yo to Taichi. That Taichi lamented about how much time and efforts he spent to master it and ended up dropping his own yo-yo at the sheer shock were just a pain to watch.
# Characters.YuGiOhArcVYuyaCounterparts: While can be explained by Yuya having Yuto's "soul" inside his body, he seemingly has no problem using Yuto's deck during duel against the infected Ruri and Serena.
# Recap.TheDragonAndTheButterflyChapter50: When the novelty of being on the ocean wears off, Mirabel occupies her time by learning how to sail. By the time they hit a storm, Mirabel takes charge of the situation.
# Fanfic.ShinobiTheRPG: Daisuke can just put points into a skill to drastically improve, and his perfect chakra control lets him make up new jutsu in moments.And averted to an extent, Daisuke still has to work for those points, after all.
# Characters.LevelUpJustByEating: She masters the [Axe] and [Ice Needle] skills Kehma gifts her in minutes, which is supposed to be impossible.
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesNonPlayerCharacters: The mechanics of her data consciousness means that she can download information and 'learn' it near-instantly.
# Characters.MysteryScienceTheater3000: More like "Instant Success", but on several occasions he's managed to achieve incredible success very quickly with little to no effort on his own part. Examples include making a million dollars off of pecan farming without planting a single one, doing better than one of the Observers on an IQ test, and bulking up massively all over due to just one leg lift.
# VideoGame.RecordOfLodossWarDeedlitInWonderLabyrinth: When Deedlit first finds and uses a weapon other than her rapier, she makes note of how unusually light it feels in her hand, and is able to wield it with ease. Averted in a "Nightmare Sequence" and the ending, when Deedlit's real self can find the Heritage sword in her house, but trying to swing it takes a few seconds and it immediately gets stuck in the ground.
# Recap.AllForLuzChapter21: It doesn't take long for Luz to understand how Limitless works after just getting it. All she had to do was will the energy to her palm and fire it off.
# Series.ThisIsUs: WellThisIsNotThatTrope: Randall hopes that his sheer desire to impress his children at Career Day will make him an InstantExpert at singing and playing piano. Unfortunately for all, he comes up embarrassingly short. Randall: You know how in movies, somebody’s bad at something but they don’t wanna be. And so they set their mind to it. And then we see this montage where they are practicing and practicing. And then comes the big moment, and they’re amazing, and everybody cheers. William: I think I’ve seen a few movies like that, yeah. Randall: I think I skipped the montage.
# Characters.DawnOfTheJedi: Having learned to control and focus his anger on Bogan, Hawk is the only Je'daii out of a large group in managed to use a Force saber with ease the first time he wielded one.
# Sandbox.EdensZeroSandbox: According to his teacher, Xenolith, Ziggy mastered all techniques of Gravity Martial Arts in a single day, as if he already knew them. This is because he did, having passed the same techniques onto his own younger self.
# Characters.AChampionInEarthBet: His power enables him to touch books, electronics or tools and instantly learn all the information stored on them, in addition to how to utilize them. It even enables him to maintain and upkeep Tinkertech, though not repair or rebuild it.
# Recap.IZombieS1E6VirtualRealityBites: The Sim Reaper's brain made Liv an expert at his favorite MMORPG, in addition to remembering his passwords and hacking skills.
# Literature.BloodNinja: Everyone - or at least, all the ninja students - are said to "progress to the sword ... naturally, as if they hand spent their early childhoods wielding katana".
# Literature.EdisonsConquestOfMars: The Martians are more or less doing this to themselves, breeding all members of their race to perform certain jobs. What's more, they apparently have a very strong Genetic Memory, as they can perform these jobs without any training whatsoever as soon as they have grown up.
# Characters.MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki: Right after awakening from stasis, Shigaraki knows what Quirks he has, and can wield them without any blowback or initial struggle. The only thing he needs to do is decide what Quirks would work best. This was intentional on All For One's part, as he chose Quirks that would be rather straightforward and easy-to-use when first obtained, something he himself shows a preference for in his original body. That said, Tomura's instant acclimation to more complex Quirks like Ragdoll's 'Search'' to find Izuku instantly is implied to be an early sign of All For One's vestige beginning to merge into Tomura's psyche, along with the knowledge of how to use all the stockpiled Quirks.
# Manga.PandoraInTheCrimsonShellGhostUrn: As far as the rare owners of full-body prosthesis, Nene is one of these. As an adepter, she's able to make use of her cyborg body far better than it should be possible. Remember, unlike Ghost in the Shell, full-body cyborgs are still rare, and there are actual cases where the patient's mind simply rejects the mechanical body it was given. A feature of the Pandora Device. Whenever Nene uploads one of the Elpis series commands from Clarion, she instantly gains the ability if not the actual mental knowledge related to a specific skill. See how her body unconsciously expertly loads and aims the handgun she was given despite her saying at the same time that she had no idea how to do so.
# Characters.QueensOfMewniQueens: She could learn languages via locking lips with an expert.
# Characters.BandCampBoyfriend: Has never played a video game in his life. If Cadence gives him the opportunity, he easily puts three experienced players at a disadvantage in a fighting game on his first try.
# Characters.KamenRiderZeroOneEdgeOfDawn: Like Aruto, when she slaps on the Zero-One Driver and connects to Zea, she instantly knows how to use the Driver and become Zero-One to combat the Berotha Magia.
# Series.ChoujinkiMetalder: Averted. Metalder starts out not knowing how to fight, and is injured in almost every episode early on.
# Literature.LoveAndFreindship: According to the the narrator, she herself picked up accomplishments quickly in the convent. Of every accomplishment accustomary to my sex, I was Mistress. When in the Convent, my progress had always exceeded my instructions, my Acquirements had been wonderfull for my age, and I had shortly surpassed my Masters.
# Characters.KamenRiderGaimHelheimForest: AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted, they speak an alien language (though a cipher of Japanese). They have to learn Japanese, and even then they aren't InstantExperts except for Rosyuo.
# Characters.TheBridgeMutations: After learning of a unicorn's capabilities, it only takes him a short practice session to master unicorn-based telekinesis.
# Characters.HatchetfieldFamilies: Gains the ability to pilot a helicopter due to the Hive Mind she has.
# Characters.PeppaPig: With certain talents, such as whistling and ice skating.
# Characters.NarutoKakashiHatake: When Kakashi uses the Susanoo, he's also able to do so effortlessly on the first try.
# Film.{{Enough}}: Slim picks up Krav Maga with ridiculous ease. Sure, it is easy to learn quickly, but you don't get that good after one lesson.
# Characters.SmileDownTheRunway: He's a very talented patterner and could deduce the pattern of a dress based on a single look at the design.
# Characters.TheWorldGodOnlyKnowsProtagonists: He defeats Haqua at a game she brought from Hell that he has never seen before. She hasn't lost in the last 100 years. She doesn't stand a chance against God.
# Literature.BreakingDawn: Sure as a human Bella is a hopeless klutz. But, once she's a vampire she's free of any of the consequences faced by most newborns, such as the insatiable desire for human blood.
# Characters.SoulcaliburVI1: Justified Trope. Sophitia may not have all the training the other cast members have, but being empowered by the Greek gods certainly helps remedy that.
# Wrestling.KazushiSakuraba: During his first day as an amateur wrestler, he curbstomped future bronze medalist Takuya Ota. Surprisingly Realistic Outcome happened, however, as Ota defeated him in all of the three times they faced each other later.

# Characters.Thundercats2011Thundercats: Despite only tinkering and playing with mostly broken and non-functional trinkets, Lion-O is remarkably quick to pick up the workings of technology, and has no trouble at all sailing two hi-tech airships.
# Characters.DemolitionMan: He was given new skills on Cocteau orders while in cryo-sleep to help him assassinate Edgar Friendly, meaning Simon wakes up a skilled computer hacker, weapons expert and martial artist, making him even more dangerous than before.
# WebAnimation.TouhouElectricWindInstrument: Youmu starts by referencing a how-to book on playing the EWI and surprises herself with a few sustained notes. Within moments, she's playing her original stage theme and ends up in concert with the Prismriver sisters. Cirno is bonked on the head by a stray EWI, picks it up, and is immediately able to play her own theme after a few test notes. Fans have noted that it takes her approximately nine seconds to start playing her song.
# YMMV.InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphoneAbridged: The canon version of Toya was criticized for being a painfully bland and uninteresting Invincible Hero whose achievements are accomplished without any effort whatsoever. While the latter part of his character is still present in the abridged version, his new personality as a self-aware con artist and Deadpan Snarker who masterfully adapts himself to any situation he finds himself into, as well as his hilarious dynamic with the rest of the cast make him a far more interesting character in many fans' eyes.
# ComicBook.{{Valerian}}: 28th century tech includes the ability to upload knowledge directly to the brain, that's how Laureline is able to adapt so quickly.
# VideoGame.MonsterMadness: The kids have no problems using UFOs the moment they spot one.
# Literature.MayoiNekoOverrun: Nozomi is able to make a strawberry shortcake perfectly the first time, despite watching Otome's horrible attempt at it at first in episode 2.
# Recap.AvatarTheLastAirbenderBitterWork: Averted for Aang who despite getting the hang of Waterbending quickly, struggles with Earthbending due to his mental block. And then even when he gets it, Toph stops him from freeing Sokka from the hole he is stuck in and does it herself, since being new at Earthbending might get Sokka crushed by accident.
# GreenEyedMonster.AnimeAndManga: Lee gets jealous of Naruto and Sasuke despite having curbstomped both of them; the former for defeating his rival Neji, and the latter for getting to fight Gaara in the finals and having the Sharingan.
# Characters.TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks: He's a train engineer, not a warrior, who needs to be trained how to use a sword at all. He's instantly an expert at every weapon and tool he picks up from that point onward.
# Characters.ChildOfTheStormGodsAndCosmicEntities: Implied in Ghosts - Asgardian muscle memory is phenomenal, to the point where it only takes a couple of passes to get something to stick, but hers ability to master weapons (as a side-benefit of being Goddess of War) is on another level.
# Pantheon.GameMechanics: The one in control of the zombies, A really creepy girl even before getting traped in the M.P.D., Trying to kill everyone because of being trapped, Apocalypse Maiden, Knows how to use a gun without previous training, Existing outside of the flow of time
# Characters.GirlCrush: After Tenka fainted, Soo-ah effortlessly stepped in, having perfectly memorized the former's choreography within the first few minutes of the performance. It's helpful Pinky Girl didn't have any demanding choreography, so a veteran like Soo-ah could do it easily.
# Characters.SmallvilleHigh: Lana's martial arts skills. She was trained by Lex in the early seasons and worked out much like Tess does now, including wearing boxing gloves and hitting the heavy bag. In "Precipice," we see Lana facing the guy who'd been threatening her and kicking him so hard he's knocked into a table and ends up unconscious. She couldn't have had more than a few days practice with Lex until that point.
# Fanfic.HelpNeededSeries: Kiora with guitar. More seriously, the patriarch gene stores every technique witnessed by every Hyuuga in history into genetic memory, making each patriarch gene user stronger than the one before, and an Instant Expert in (almost) any pre-existing jutsu.
# WorthyOpponent.AnimeAndManga: Dinoponera from Arachnid spends her days looking for such opponents in hopes to make friends, since she's unable to relate to normal people. She quickly grows bored of everyone's inability to give her a good fight, though, and after trying to actually sit and talk with Alice, whom she feels is similar to her, Dinoponera ends flying into a rage because Alice turning out to be a Born Winner InstantExpert is everything she stands against.
# Characters.TeenTitans2003Slade: Despite never having any sort of fire-based powers before his death, the resurrected Slade is shown to be very adept and creative at using his newly acquainted pyrokinesis abilities in Season 4.
# Awesome.PowerRangersElementFury: The Rangers all gaining their Elemental Gems. They can all feel a massive power boost after it, with Thorax saying he feels he can go three rounds with All Might. Shortly after this they get into their first official fight against Nevermore, an army of Pawns, and the first Monster of the Week Skullossus. This is complete with the Rangers using their new Elemental Powers for the first time to surprisingly great effect.
# Webcomic.StarPower: As soon as she gains her powers, Danica is able to perform powered maneuvers through spacenote that is, she can "fly", fire energy blasts and erect shields, with no training or practice. She single-handedly hands humiliating defeat to a group of well-armed veteran raiders who attack the station and try to kill her. She also has complete control and is never in danger of, say, accidentally punching holes in a nearby wall when she sneezes (though she can't stop the light of her Transformation Sequence from nearly blinding everyone nearby, or frying any local security cameras).
# Characters.CriticalRoleMarquetCampaign: Played for Laughs in Episode 3 of Exandria Unlimited. Fearne suddenly gains the ability to play the flute better than Dorian due to Ashley's performance roll of 18 and 20 at disadvantage.
# Funny.SonOfTheSannin: Naruto offers to teach Sakura and Karin how to boost their strength using her chakra like Tsunade does. Sakura buries her whole fist into it, and cracks it more than any of the others. She's delighted.
# Funny.AnimatorVsAnimation: You'd expect Green, with his history of being an InstantExpert, to do better; but it takes him five seconds to die in Space Invaders.
# Characters.Castlevania2017Protagonists: He grasps how to use the Cross Haladie immediately after finding it, with his only prior knowledge of it being stories and pictures in his mother's books.
# Characters.DrStoneIshigamiVillage: He has such skill as a craftsman that he can craft suitable glass jars immediately after seeing molten glass for the first time (and watching Senku and Chrome fail miserably). He's also just as good as Senku in creating the gas masks.