Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 25: Brilliant, but Lazy

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Yesterday's Results:
Joker - 8
Lupin the Third - 5
MaskDeMasque - 3
Locke Cole - 3
Moist von Lipwig - 3
Sly Cooper - 3
Kay Faraday - 3
Danny Ocean - 2
Gentleman Ghost - 2
Balthier - 2
Arsene - 2
The Shade - 1
Fantomex - 1
Pierre Despereaux - 1
La Volpe - 1
Locke Lamora - 1
Malloy - 1
Trilby - 1
Varric - 1
Gray Fox - 1
Dark Mousy - 1
Gambit - 1 (wasn't actually at 2, other mention was just an HM)
Noir - 1
Edward Pierce - 1
Flynn Rider - 1
Phantom Thief B - 1
Alias - 1
Mr. Fox - 1

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.

Full Results
Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)
Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community)
Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z)
Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman)
Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect)
Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us)
Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein)
Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man)
Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.)
Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series)
Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office)
Eldritch Abomination - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound)
Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In)
Messianic Archetype - Aslan (Chronicles of Narnia)
Invincible Hero - Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Your Size May Vary - Bowser (Mario Bros.)
Mad Artist - The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
Gentleman Thief - Joker (Persona 5)

Nominations
The Fool
Monster Clown
Tomboy & Girly Girl
Ensemble Dark Horse
Iconic Sequel Character
Unexpected Character
Mix and Match Critters
Nerd
Big Bad
The Dragon
The Beserker
The Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Innocent Flower Girl
Heterosexual Life Partners

Today's trope is the Brilliant, but Lazy
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrilliantButLazy

More than capable of taking care of any situation that the heroes have to deal with, but doesn't care. They'd rather relax and do nothing to help. This character will likely Refuse The Call when it comes, feeling that, whatever's going on, it's not their problem. Expect them to be very sarcastic as well.

Expect such a character to be indifferent, uncaring, and, at worst, obnoxious or self-centered.
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Slaking (Pokemon)
Noah (Total Drama)
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didn't realize until now that a lot of my favorite characters actually fit this pretty well. Shame to only put 3 votes, and I'm half-tempted still to switch in Sans or Fred & George

Dr. Gregory House (House)
Jeff Winger (Community)
Sterling Archer (Archer)

HM:
Sans (Undertale)
Fred & George Weasley (Harry Potter)
Kumar Patel (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle)
Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle)
Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Sherlock Holmes
Experiment 625 (Lilo & Stitch)
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Ash's Charizard (Pokemon) (ultimately changed but once fit this description to a T)
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Reimu Hakurei (Touhou)
Sans (Undertale)
Noah (Total Drama)
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Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
George Costanza (Seinfeld)
Shawn Spencer (Psych)
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Shunsui Kyoraku (Bleach)
Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
Kazuya Hiramaru (Bakuman)
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Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Probably counts. He seems way too capable and competent to be working where he is, and consistently underperforming compared to Spongebob.
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me
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hey where'd my trope noms go?
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NFUN posted...

hey where'd my trope noms go?

which ones? I might've accidentally lost them in a past update
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Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
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Yang Wenli (Legend of Galactic Heroes)
Sans (Undertale)
Yukari Yakumo (Touhou)
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Dr. Gregory House (House)
Sans (Undertale)
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Johnbobb posted...

NFUN posted...

hey where'd my trope noms go?

which ones? I might've accidentally lost them in a past update

Rescued from the Scrappy Heap
Broken Ace
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Karma Akabane (Assassination Classroom)
Link (Skyward Sword)

I'll probably use my third to back-up something I really like. Too many good options.
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Scar (Lion King)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Dr Gregory House (House)
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Rick (Rick & Morty)
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Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
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Sans (Undertale)
Yukari Yakumo (Touhou)
Gregory House (House)

Is Archer actually brilliant or is he just hyper-competent in a few very specific ways (e.g. combat)?
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Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell)

9/10 times He'd take the EASY way out.
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Reimu -> Yukari
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This is actually a really cool trope I didn't know about.

Wally (Dilbert)
Shawn Spencer (Psych)
Dr. Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters)

I'm also partial to seeing if Chuck Bartowski would fit, and giving an honorable mention for Robbie Rotten, who is likely too lazy to actually show up for his SSB Ultimate appearance =P
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Shunsui Kyoraku (Bleach)
Ash's Charizard (Pokemon)
Rick (Rick and Morty)
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Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
Sans (Undertale)
Jeff Winger (Community)
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Shawn Spencer (Psych)
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Adachi (Persona 4)
The Dude (The Big Lebowski)
Dr House (House)
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Shawn Spencer (Psych)
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Shikamaru (Naruto)
Sans (Undertale)
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trdl23 posted...

Is Archer actually brilliant or is he just hyper-competent in a few very specific ways (e.g. combat)?

A little bit of both? Though Id argue his hyper-competence is brilliance in itself (it takes intelligence to simultaneously be an expert at sniping, espionage, multiple types of combat, etc.)
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