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All too often, a plot thread depends on one or more characters doing something really stupid. They don't have any chance of doing the smart thing, because then the plot-driving conflicts wouldn't happen.
Even if the stupidity is an organic outgrowth of prior characterization, that doesn't necessarily make it contrivance-free. As addressed in The Movie and lampshaded in the "Homer's Enemy" episode of The Simpsons, the continued tolerance of Homer by his friends, his family, and his employer — indeed, his very survival — is simply unbelievable at this point. Then again, Rule of Funny.
Contrived stupidity commonly causes things like the collapse of A Simple Plan in a Sitcom or the effectiveness of Schmuck Bait in Slasher Movies. It is often accompanied by the meta-stupidity of the other characters' ignorance of Hanlon's Razor. It is vulnerable to Fridge Logic; however, do remember that Tropes Are Not Bad.
On the other hand, it should be noted that many Contrived Stupidity Tropes are also Truth in Television to some extent and have several Real Life examples.
Contrast with Intelligence Tropes. Compare Stupidity Tropes. |
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| | Alcohol-Induced Idiocy |
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| | Bond Villain Stupidity |
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| | But Thou Must! |
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| | Conflict Ball |
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| | Contractual Genre Blindness |
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| | "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot |
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| | Credit Card Plot |
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| | Culture Blind |
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| | Curiosity Killed the Cast |
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| | Cut Lex Luthor a Check |
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| | Deus Exit Machina |
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| | Explaining Your Power to the Enemy |
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| | Forgot I Couldn't Swim |
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| | Forgot the Disability |
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| | Have You Told Anyone Else? |
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| | Holding Back the Phlebotinum |
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| | Holding Both Sides of the Conversation |
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| | I Just Shot Marvin in the Face |
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| | Idiot Plot |
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| | I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You! |
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| | Inventional Wisdom |
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| | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time |
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| | Just Between You and Me |
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| | Left Your Lifesaver Behind |
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| | Lethally Stupid |
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| | Mad at a Dream |
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| | Made Out to Be a Jerkass |
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| | Ms. Red Ink |
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| | Never Recycle Your Schemes |
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| | "No" Means "Yes" |
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| | Once is Not Enough |
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| | Out-of-Context Eavesdropping |
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| | Out of Sight, Out of Mind |
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| | Paper-Thin Disguise |
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| | Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills |
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| | Radar Is Useless |
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| | Reed Richards Is Useless |
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| | Remembered I Could Fly |
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| | Running into the Window |
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| | Schmuck Bait |
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| | Selective Obliviousness |
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| | Sold His Soul for a Donut |
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| | Stupidity Is the Only Option |
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| | Thinks of Something Smart, Says Something Stupid |
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| | Too Dumb to Live |
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| | Trap Is the Only Option |
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| | Treacherous Spirit Chase |
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| | Useless Without Cell Phones |
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| | Villain Ball |
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| | Villain: Exit, Stage Left |
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| | Violation of Common Sense |
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| | Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? |
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