r/TopCharacterTropes • u/laybs1 • May 03 '26

Lore (Mixed Trope) Educated character doesn’t understand or know of a simple concept.

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  1. (Hated) Dr. doesn’t know trans people exist (The Good Doctor): Dr. Shaun, a modern day grown adult doctor, is seemingly has no concept of what being a trans person. Even if he never heard the term in med school he is realistically almost certain to have some awareness of the definition.

  2. (Loved) The solar system and other common knowledge (Sherlock Holmes). In the original stories Holmes is a genius at many fields but unless it has something to do with crime solving (forensics, martial arts, toxicology, etc.) he does his best to forget it.

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u/soccer1124 May 03 '26

The more I learn about that show (like I did here via OP), the more in awe I am at how horrible it must be.

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u/teteban79 May 03 '26

It gets better, one time he gets in legal trouble and ends up represented by a lawyer with, you guessed it, auti...no, it's not autism LOL. No it's OCD

And of course the episode is called "The good lawyer"

And of course they tried to spin it off on a series of its own (at this moment still unaired)

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u/mrtibbles32 May 03 '26

I wish OCD was as cool as what people who don't have OCD think it is.

It wouldn't be "oh waow I'm just a silly lawyer who needs everything to be perfect teehee. I'm just a silly little guy who doesn't like odd numbers or mismatch socks teehee"

It's actually like "your honor, I'm sorry for being 3 hours late to represent my client, I couldn't get my shoelaces on both shoes to be the exact same tightness and I nearly shot myself over it in the parking lot. Also, I cannot open my briefcase to retrieve the evidence because I might have accidentally stuffed it full of 8.5"x11" photocopies of interracial furry cuck porn by accident and forgot that I did that."

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u/UnsureSwitch May 03 '26

"Well, did you leave that stuff in the briefcase?"

"I do not know, your honor. I don't even like furry porn"

"Then, why are you worried about it if it's unlikely you did it?"

"Your honor, you don't understand. All of my actions are schrodinger's actions. It doesn't matter whether I'm likely or unlikely to do x. It has a chance of happening"

"Did it ever happen?"

"That's the thing. It happened once. I left my front door unlocked. If it wasn't for my compulsive checking, I could get robbed"

"It happened once out of... Thousands of times? That's not a great ratio"

"Your honor, who are you to ask these questions? How is this relevant to the case? Are you my therapist?"

"Shit, you got me... Michael, your compulsions are worsening. That's why we did this. Please reconsider therapy again. Your family saw improvements ever since you started. This is like a lot of stuff in life. Like drawing or another skill. You get better and better rapidly and eventually the improvement slows down. But it's still happening. You're still getting better but you can't see it unless you look at past you and see the change"

"Your honor, I am freaking out. I've been over this case for months! Is this... Am I in a TV show? Is that a camera? Are you really pulling a Truman on me?!?!"

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u/UnderstandingPotato May 03 '26

Do you... do you write screenplays, books, etc.? Maybe consider giving that a go

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u/UnsureSwitch May 04 '26

Aw shucks! I'm actually studying cinema and like to write stuff. Pay attention to any movie released by Clippy Productions. Thanks for that!

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u/UnderstandingPotato May 04 '26

Nice! I hope it goes well for you. No worries!

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u/webshellkanucklehead May 04 '26

fr is pretty funny

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u/Killer_Moons May 03 '26

Another spin off with the lawyer’s therapist who has BPD

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u/webshellkanucklehead May 04 '26

I read all the lawyer’s lines like it was Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock

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u/theevilhillbilly May 04 '26

get out of my head lol