# Has this trope been named?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 4, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119 "2023-12-04T23:49:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119/1 "2023-12-04T23:49:38Z")

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I call it “too stupid to trick”. As in a clever bit of subterfuge fails to work on someone so moronic that they guilelessly take everything at face value, and so they don’t do the second-guessing that the trickster was counting on.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119/2 "2023-12-04T23:51:32Z")

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Yep.

[Too Dumb To Fool](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToFool)

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119/3 "2023-12-04T23:59:41Z")

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That was quick. Thanks!