| abstract | - Character whose inexperience with the world presented by the show allows them to act as the Audience Surrogate. Often it is through their eyes that we are introduced to the show's principal characters and milieu (see Welcome Episode). Sometimes incorporates qualities of The Watson and Fish Out of Water. May lack Genre Blindness. They may be Trapped in Another World, new additions to a Wizarding School, the fresh recruit, or just The Intern, but the device is the same. In dangerous situations, this character may condemn himself as a coward for feeling fear, until a sager head tells him that only the Fearless Fool avoids that. A popular character type in Speculative Fiction, because it allows the reader or viewer to explore the world as the character does, meaning the character is still an Audience Surrogate, but is a little more instrumental to the story because of the greater amount of details being presented. Done poorly these characters may just become flimsy justifications for an Info Dump, making them a sort of inverse Mr. Exposition. Can overlap with Country Mouse, Kid Appeal Character (who is also there to draw in younger audiences), Welcome to the Big City (their usual introduction to city life), Ordinary High School Student (impressionable person applied to a odd situation). A Super-Trope to Rookie Red Ranger (the newcomer is also The Hero), Ensign Newbie (the newcomer is an officer presiding over a more experienced enlisted crew). Compare Unfazed Everyman. Contrast Team Prima Donna. Examples of Naive Newcomer include:
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