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* Invoked in the East Slavic (Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian) tale type SUS 532, "Neznaika": after escaping from his homeland, the hero is advised by his helpful horse to pretend to be an idiot, by always saying "ne znayu" ("I don't know").
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* Puerto Rican folk tale character Juan Bobo (literally "John Fool") was one of these or BookDumb, depending on the tale. Sometimes he was stupid enough to kill his own baby brother while babysitting him; other times he got the better of people trying to take advantage of his naivete.
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* Puerto Rican folk tale character Juan Bobo Myth/JuanBobo (literally "John Fool") was one of these or BookDumb, depending on the tale. Sometimes he was stupid enough to kill his own baby brother while babysitting him; other times he got the better of people trying to take advantage of his naivete.
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* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's ''Literature/TheGoldenGoose'', the youngest son, who finds the goose.
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* Puerto Rican folk tale character Juan Bobo (literally "John Fool") was one of these, OR BookDumb, depending on the tale. Sometimes he was stupid enough to kill his own baby brother while babysitting him; other times he got the better of people trying to take advantage of his naivete.
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* Puerto Rican folk tale character Juan Bobo (literally "John Fool") was one of these, OR these or BookDumb, depending on the tale. Sometimes he was stupid enough to kill his own baby brother while babysitting him; other times he got the better of people trying to take advantage of his naivete.
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* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/4youthfear.html The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was]]'', the success is not exactly surprising: the boy is [[FearlessFool too stupid to be afraid of anything]].
* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/goldbird.html The Golden Bird]]'', the king is convinced that his [[YoungestChildWins youngest son]] is not up to TheQuest, and indeed, "if a mishap were to befall him he knows not how to help himself; he is a little wanting at the best." -- which leads naturally enough to his success.
* In ''Literature/TheBrownBearOfTheGreenGlen'', the youngest prince is said not to be wise enough. (Before he is the one to succeed on TheQuest.)
* Many Russian Fairy and Folk Tales have the main protagonist, named Ivan the Fool (Ivanushka-Durachok is the endearment for him) who fits this trope perfectly. He starts as the village idiot and lands in some incredible adventures. Sometimes he transforms into a handsome and non-foolish prince at the end of the story, and sometimes he refuses the fortune, the Czar's daughter in marriage, and the transformation, to go back to his original village idiot occupation.
** There's a ShoutOut to this in Lois [=McMaster=] Bujold's Literature/VorkosiganSaga: Lord Ivan "You Idiot" Vorpatril.
* Puerto Rican folk tale character Juan Bobo (literally "John Fool") was one of these, OR BookDumb, depending on the tale. Sometimes he was stupid enough to kill his own baby brother while babysitting him; other times he got the better of people trying to take advantage of his naivete.
* In some variants of ''Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges'', the prince is a fool, which is how he gets himself cursed, and is foolish enough to waste the first two oranges.
* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's ''Literature/TheGoldenGoose'', the youngest son, who finds the goose.
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* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/goldbird.html The Golden Bird]]'', the king is convinced that his [[YoungestChildWins youngest son]] is not up to TheQuest, and indeed, "if a mishap were to befall him he knows not how to help himself; he is a little wanting at the best." -- which leads naturally enough to his success.
* In ''Literature/TheBrownBearOfTheGreenGlen'', the youngest prince is said not to be wise enough. (Before he is the one to succeed on TheQuest.)
* Many Russian Fairy and Folk Tales have the main protagonist, named Ivan the Fool (Ivanushka-Durachok is the endearment for him) who fits this trope perfectly. He starts as the village idiot and lands in some incredible adventures. Sometimes he transforms into a handsome and non-foolish prince at the end of the story, and sometimes he refuses the fortune, the Czar's daughter in marriage, and the transformation, to go back to his original village idiot occupation.
** There's a ShoutOut to this in Lois [=McMaster=] Bujold's Literature/VorkosiganSaga: Lord Ivan "You Idiot" Vorpatril.
* Puerto Rican folk tale character Juan Bobo (literally "John Fool") was one of these, OR BookDumb, depending on the tale. Sometimes he was stupid enough to kill his own baby brother while babysitting him; other times he got the better of people trying to take advantage of his naivete.
* In some variants of ''Literature/TheLoveOfThreeOranges'', the prince is a fool, which is how he gets himself cursed, and is foolish enough to waste the first two oranges.
* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's ''Literature/TheGoldenGoose'', the youngest son, who finds the goose.
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