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Tends to overlap with BrainlessBeauty, PluckyComicRelief, and ValleyGirl in particular, given the high number of Asian people in RealLife who live on the American West Coast where the accent originated. Often the preferred type of Asian girls of [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow fictional white guys]].
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* Kuki Sanban (a.k.a. Numbuh 3) of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is effectively like a younger, prepubescent Hay Lin. An adorable, girly, kindhearted, rather prissy Japanese girl who is personified as being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} extremely scatterbrained]]. But she has [[BewareTheNiceOnes a fair share]] of [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass kick-butt moments that even it out]]. The finale shows that she is really a StepfordSmiler and her peppy personality is mostly an act, however Numbuh 3 still officially caused problems for her team due to ignorance such as in episodes "Operation: NO-POWUH" and "Operation: SPANK". Of note is that she was voiced by Creator/LaurenTom, the same actress who provides the voice for Amy Wong in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In fact, one of the only young, popular characters she voices that ''doesn't'' fit into this trope in some manner is Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. In a twist of irony, Numbuh 3 claims that she's not an airhead in the series finale "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S" but she ''could'' have been sarcastic / joking. If not, then she's oblivious to her own abnormal behavior.
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* Kuki Sanban (a.k.a. Numbuh 3) of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is effectively like a younger, prepubescent [[ComicBook/{{WITCH}} Hay Lin.Lin]]. An adorable, girly, kindhearted, rather prissy Japanese girl who is personified as being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} extremely scatterbrained]]. But she has [[BewareTheNiceOnes a fair share]] of [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass kick-butt moments that even it out]]. The finale shows that she is really a StepfordSmiler and her peppy personality is mostly an act, however Numbuh 3 still officially caused problems for her team due to ignorance such as in episodes "Operation: NO-POWUH" and "Operation: SPANK". Of note is that she was voiced by Creator/LaurenTom, the same actress who provides the voice for Amy Wong in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In fact, one of the only young, popular characters she voices that ''doesn't'' fit into this trope in some manner is Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. In a twist of irony, Numbuh 3 claims that she's not an airhead in the series finale "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S" but she ''could'' have been sarcastic / joking. If not, then she's oblivious to her own abnormal behavior.
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Like DumbBlonde, the stupidity of the characters can be presented in a variety of ways: TheDitz, TheFool, etc. Rarely will they present as the InsufferableImbecile who is dumb, stubbornly ignorant, and rude, unless the character is a DumbJock or an AlphaBitch (PopularIsDumb and these characters are at the top of the PopularityFoodChain).
Many examples take the "airhead" in the trope name somewhat literally and make these dumb Asian characters a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a KindheartedSimpleton whose head is in the clouds and appears to be channeling a different...frequency from everyone else. While BookDumb, these types will occassionally drop SimpleMindedWisdom to the shock of those around them.
Tends to overlap with BrainlessBeauty, PluckyComicRelief, and ValleyGirl in particular, given the high number of Asian people in RealLife who live on the American West Coast where the accent originated. Often the preferred type of Asian girls of [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow fictional white guys.]]
Note: given this trope is a direct response to a Western stereotype about Asian people, this trope only really applies to works that have a majority non-Asian cast and were created by and for non-Asian audiences. The vast majority of {{Anime}}, {{Manga}}, AsianAnimation, {{Light Novel}}s, and other media by and for an Asian audience do not qualify.
Many examples take the "airhead" in the trope name somewhat literally and make these dumb Asian characters a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a KindheartedSimpleton whose head is in the clouds and appears to be channeling a different...frequency from everyone else. While BookDumb, these types will occassionally drop SimpleMindedWisdom to the shock of those around them.
Tends to overlap with BrainlessBeauty, PluckyComicRelief, and ValleyGirl in particular, given the high number of Asian people in RealLife who live on the American West Coast where the accent originated. Often the preferred type of Asian girls of [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow fictional white guys.]]
Note: given this trope is a direct response to a Western stereotype about Asian people, this trope only really applies to works that have a majority non-Asian cast and were created by and for non-Asian audiences. The vast majority of {{Anime}}, {{Manga}}, AsianAnimation, {{Light Novel}}s, and other media by and for an Asian audience do not qualify.
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Like DumbBlonde, the stupidity of the characters can be presented in a variety of ways: TheDitz, TheFool, etc. Rarely will they present as the InsufferableImbecile who is dumb, stubbornly ignorant, and rude, unless the character is a DumbJock or an AlphaBitch (PopularIsDumb (PopularIsDumb, and these characters are at the top of the PopularityFoodChain).
Many examples take the "airhead" in the trope name somewhat literally and make these dumb Asian characters a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a KindheartedSimpleton whose head is in the clouds and appears to be channeling a different...frequency from everyone else. While BookDumb,these types they aren't complete idiots and will occassionally occasionally drop SimpleMindedWisdom to the shock of those around them.
Tends to overlap with BrainlessBeauty, PluckyComicRelief, and ValleyGirl in particular, given the high number of Asian people in RealLife who live on the American West Coast where the accent originated. Often the preferred type of Asian girls of [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow fictional whiteguys.]]
guys]].
Note:given Given this trope is a direct response to a Western stereotype about Asian people, this trope only really applies to works that have a majority non-Asian cast and were created by and for non-Asian audiences. The vast majority of {{Anime}}, {{Manga}}, AsianAnimation, {{Light Novel}}s, and other media by and for an Asian audience do not qualify.
Many examples take the "airhead" in the trope name somewhat literally and make these dumb Asian characters a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a KindheartedSimpleton whose head is in the clouds and appears to be channeling a different...frequency from everyone else. While BookDumb,
Tends to overlap with BrainlessBeauty, PluckyComicRelief, and ValleyGirl in particular, given the high number of Asian people in RealLife who live on the American West Coast where the accent originated. Often the preferred type of Asian girls of [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow fictional white
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* London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young Asian-American girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick.[[note]] It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Creator/AshleyTisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles.[[/note]] London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
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* London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young Asian-American girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick.[[note]] It [[note]]It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Creator/AshleyTisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie [[BookSmart Maddie]] role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the other parts better. This is referenced in the AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles.[[/note]] London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
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-->-- '''Amy Wong, [[DitzyGenius Ph.D]]''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
A stereotype used in various media, growing to prominence in TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium. More or less, the Asian equivalent of a DumbBlonde.
The idea is this: you have Alice, who is of some East Asian ethnic group or another, usually the princess of an affluent immigrant business (or crime) family (many of the examples are rather ''specifically'' Chinese, with a distinctly Chinese last name), Alice is beautiful, photogenic, popular... but she's also vain and petty and dumber than a box of hair. Used as the de facto villain or the AlphaBitch most of the time or if not as the dim witted sidekick for a major character, she is almost always contrasted by other characters who are demonstrably smarter, more capable, and less easily manipulated. Never the main character but sometimes a sympathetic one, Alice will at best be reduced to a running gag, and at worst portrayed as a villain.
The stereotype occurs in two types:
# Type One: "The Tipton", with the character of London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' being the most prominent example. This is the combination of the AlphaBitch with this stereotype: A pretty, popular, usually rich Asian girl fawned after by boys but presented as being vain and petty at the same time.
# Type Two: "The Cutie", a more benign, less in-your-face version of this with the AlphaBitch qualities largely or totally removed. This leaves only the looks, money and popularity, and the stupidity which is made more excessive. The character in this case is neither unattractive nor unpopular, nor is she socially inept, so to make her bad qualities obvious she is made dim, easily manipulated, and largely incapable of handling herself without assistance.
Note: male examples of this are tremendously rare. It is almost AlwaysFemale.
Compare with TheDitz and ValleyGirl. [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow Often the preferred type of Asian girls of fictional White guys]].
Contrast with the [[StereotypeFlip usual]] [[AsianAndNerdy "nerdy" portrayal of Asians in media]], which this trope usually inverts (with [[DitzyGenius some overlap]]), and DragonLady. Also contrast TheOjou and YamatoNadeshiko, who generally tend to be smart and rich (and usually pleasant in personality.) Compare to BrainlessBeauty, the AlphaBitch, RichBitch, and TheIdiotFromOsaka (if female).
A stereotype used in various media, growing to prominence in TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium. More or less, the Asian equivalent of a DumbBlonde.
The idea is this: you have Alice, who is of some East Asian ethnic group or another, usually the princess of an affluent immigrant business (or crime) family (many of the examples are rather ''specifically'' Chinese, with a distinctly Chinese last name), Alice is beautiful, photogenic, popular... but she's also vain and petty and dumber than a box of hair. Used as the de facto villain or the AlphaBitch most of the time or if not as the dim witted sidekick for a major character, she is almost always contrasted by other characters who are demonstrably smarter, more capable, and less easily manipulated. Never the main character but sometimes a sympathetic one, Alice will at best be reduced to a running gag, and at worst portrayed as a villain.
The stereotype occurs in two types:
# Type One: "The Tipton", with the character of London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' being the most prominent example. This is the combination of the AlphaBitch with this stereotype: A pretty, popular, usually rich Asian girl fawned after by boys but presented as being vain and petty at the same time.
# Type Two: "The Cutie", a more benign, less in-your-face version of this with the AlphaBitch qualities largely or totally removed. This leaves only the looks, money and popularity, and the stupidity which is made more excessive. The character in this case is neither unattractive nor unpopular, nor is she socially inept, so to make her bad qualities obvious she is made dim, easily manipulated, and largely incapable of handling herself without assistance.
Note: male examples of this are tremendously rare. It is almost AlwaysFemale.
Compare with TheDitz and ValleyGirl. [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow Often the preferred type of Asian girls of fictional White guys]].
Contrast with the [[StereotypeFlip usual]] [[AsianAndNerdy "nerdy" portrayal of Asians in media]], which this trope usually inverts (with [[DitzyGenius some overlap]]), and DragonLady. Also contrast TheOjou and YamatoNadeshiko, who generally tend to be smart and rich (and usually pleasant in personality.) Compare to BrainlessBeauty, the AlphaBitch, RichBitch, and TheIdiotFromOsaka (if female).
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-->-- '''Amy Wong, [[DitzyGenius Ph.D]]''', D''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
A stereotype used in various media, growing to prominence in TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium.More or less, It is an inversion of AsianAndNerdy, purposefully [[StereotypeFlip turning the "model minority" stereotype on its head]] by having the Asian equivalent of a DumbBlonde.
The idea is this: you have Alice, who is of some East Asian ethnic group or another, usuallycharacter in the princess of an affluent immigrant business (or crime) family (many narrative be the dumbest of the examples are bunch rather ''specifically'' Chinese, with a distinctly Chinese last name), Alice is beautiful, photogenic, popular... but she's also vain and petty and dumber than a box of hair. Used as StereotypicalNerd, the de facto villain TheSmartGuy, ThePerfectionist, or a BookSmart GoGetterGirl set to become a doctor, lawyer, or engineer.
Like DumbBlonde, theAlphaBitch most stupidity of the time or if not as the dim witted sidekick for a major character, she is almost always contrasted by other characters who are demonstrably smarter, more capable, and less easily manipulated. Never the main character but sometimes can be presented in a sympathetic one, Alice variety of ways: TheDitz, TheFool, etc. Rarely will at best be reduced to a running gag, they present as the InsufferableImbecile who is dumb, stubbornly ignorant, and at worst portrayed as a villain.
The stereotype occurs in two types:
# Type One: "The Tipton", withrude, unless the character of London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' being the most prominent example. This is the combination of the a DumbJock or an AlphaBitch with this stereotype: A pretty, popular, usually rich Asian girl fawned after by boys but presented as being vain (PopularIsDumb and petty these characters are at the same time.
# Type Two: "The Cutie", a more benign, less in-your-face versiontop of this with the AlphaBitch qualities largely or totally removed. This leaves only the looks, money and popularity, and the stupidity which is made more excessive. The character in this case is neither unattractive nor unpopular, nor is she socially inept, so to make her bad qualities obvious she is made dim, easily manipulated, and largely incapable of handling herself without assistance.
Note: malePopularityFoodChain).
Many examples take the "airhead" in the trope name somewhat literally and make these dumb Asian characters a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a KindheartedSimpleton whose head is in the clouds and appears to be channeling a different...frequency from everyone else. While BookDumb, these types will occassionally drop SimpleMindedWisdom to the shock ofthis are tremendously rare. It is almost AlwaysFemale.
Comparethose around them.
Tends to overlap withTheDitz BrainlessBeauty, PluckyComicRelief, and ValleyGirl. [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow ValleyGirl in particular, given the high number of Asian people in RealLife who live on the American West Coast where the accent originated. Often the preferred type of Asian girls of [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow fictional White guys]].
Contrast with the [[StereotypeFlip usual]] [[AsianAndNerdy "nerdy" portrayal of Asians in media]], whichwhite guys.]]
Note: given this tropeusually inverts (with [[DitzyGenius some overlap]]), is a direct response to a Western stereotype about Asian people, this trope only really applies to works that have a majority non-Asian cast and DragonLady. Also contrast TheOjou were created by and YamatoNadeshiko, who generally tend to be smart for non-Asian audiences. The vast majority of {{Anime}}, {{Manga}}, AsianAnimation, {{Light Novel}}s, and rich (and usually pleasant in personality.) Compare to BrainlessBeauty, the AlphaBitch, RichBitch, other media by and TheIdiotFromOsaka (if female).
for an Asian audience do not qualify.
A stereotype used in various media, growing to prominence in TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium.
The idea is this: you have Alice, who is of some East Asian ethnic group or another, usually
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The stereotype occurs in two types:
# Type One: "The Tipton", with
# Type Two: "The Cutie", a more benign, less in-your-face version
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* In ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', Janet van Dyne is now half-Chinese, [[RaceLift unlike her mainstream counterpart]]. While she was a brilliant scientist, her life and relationship choices were often ill-advised, to put it charitably. ''Ultimates 3'' saw her devolve into a superpowered [[AlphaBitch high-school queen bitch]], minus the high-school. (Although somewhere along the line the artists seemed to forget that this version of the character wasn't white.)
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* In ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', Janet van Dyne is now half-Chinese, [[RaceLift unlike her mainstream counterpart]]. While she ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': The Female's mother (according to The Female) was a brilliant scientist, her life and relationship choices were often ill-advised, an utter airhead who happened to put it charitably. ''Ultimates 3'' saw her devolve work for a Japanese company trying to recreate Compound V. When The Female fell into a superpowered [[AlphaBitch high-school queen bitch]], minus the high-school. (Although somewhere along the line the artists seemed to forget that this version vat of the character wasn't white.)stuff, she thinks that the company took her away from her mother with [[ComicallySmallBribe a subscription to a fashion magazine]].
* ''ComicBook/Gen13'': Grunge, a Chinese-American California surfer/skater/slacker dude, is presented as a rather dumb {{Manchild}}. He tests well in school, however, thanks to his PhotographicMemory.
* While not stupid, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' suffers dyscalculia, averting the "[[AsianAndNerdy Asians as math geniuses]]" stereotype.
* Robert Lai, a Chinese-American slacker who had trouble figuring out how to keep his mouth shut and managed to blow-up the chem lab at school after failing to listen to directions, was friends and classmates with ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}} when he was going to school in Hawaii.
* ''ComicBook/Gen13'': Grunge, a Chinese-American California surfer/skater/slacker dude, is presented as a rather dumb {{Manchild}}. He tests well in school, however, thanks to his PhotographicMemory.
* While not stupid, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' suffers dyscalculia, averting the "[[AsianAndNerdy Asians as math geniuses]]" stereotype.
* Robert Lai, a Chinese-American slacker who had trouble figuring out how to keep his mouth shut and managed to blow-up the chem lab at school after failing to listen to directions, was friends and classmates with ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}} when he was going to school in Hawaii.
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* An early example is Linda Low from the Rogers & Hammerstein musical ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' - she's something of an antagonist in that she's a vampy GoldDigger who is juggling two men on the side. She's also something of an UnbuiltTrope as she's still shown as a [[LovableAlphaBitch likable character]] who gets a happy ending. Oh and since the entire cast is Asian, she's hardly the only representation. Her actress Creator/NancyKwan also liked to point out that sexual depictions of Asian women was usually in the form of the evil DragonLady - so Linda actually "broke stereotype" at the time.[[note]]There is also TruthInTelevision to her gold digging ways; there was a huge imbalance between men and women in Chinatown at the time, with five men for every woman. And some women could be very particular about who they chose to marry.[[/note]]
* ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': Amanda fits the AlphaBitch qualifications. She's a BitchInSheepsClothing that appears friendly to Rachel but pulls a horrible prank on her as soon as her guard is down.
* Bibi from the 2014 movie "The Coed and the Zombie Stoner". A college student so stupid she apparently forgot her own name while she was spelling it out.
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* An early example is Linda Low from the Rogers & Hammerstein musical ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' - she's something of an antagonist in that she's a vampy GoldDigger who is juggling two men on the side. She's also something of an UnbuiltTrope as she's still shown as a [[LovableAlphaBitch likable character]] who gets a happy ending. Oh and since the entire cast is Asian, she's hardly the only representation. Her actress Creator/NancyKwan also liked to point out that sexual depictions of Asian women was usually in the form of the evil DragonLady - so Linda actually "broke stereotype" at the time.[[note]]There is also TruthInTelevision to her gold digging ways; there was a huge imbalance between men and women in Chinatown at the time, with five men for every woman. And some women could be very particular about who they chose to marry.[[/note]]
* ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': Amanda fits the AlphaBitch qualifications. She's a BitchInSheepsClothing that appears friendly to Rachel but pulls a horrible prank on her as soon as her guard is down.
* Bibi from the 2014 movie "The Coed and the Zombie Stoner". A college student so stupid she apparently forgot her own name while she was spelling it out.
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%% * The mean-girl ring-leader in ''Chastity Bites''.
* An early example is Linda Low from the Rogers & Hammerstein musical ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' - she's something of an antagonist in that she's a vampy GoldDigger who is juggling two men on the side. She's also something of an UnbuiltTrope as she's still shown as a [[LovableAlphaBitch likable character]] who gets a happy ending. Oh and since the entire cast is Asian, she's hardly the only representation. Her actress Creator/NancyKwan also liked to point out that sexual depictions of Asian women was usually in the form of the evil DragonLady - so Linda actually "broke stereotype" at the time.[[note]]There is also TruthInTelevision to her gold digging ways; there was a huge imbalance between men and women in Chinatown at the time, with five men for every woman. And some women could be very particular about who they chose to marry.[[/note]]
* ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': Amanda fits the AlphaBitch qualifications. She's a BitchInSheepsClothing that appears friendly to Rachel but pulls a horrible prank on her as soon as her guard is down.
%%* The ''Film/CampRock'' character, Ella.
%%* ''Film/TheHangover'': An antagonistic version of this trope, Leslie Chow (played by Ken Jeong) counts.
* Knives Chau from ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' is excitably ignorant of Scott's attempts at distancing himself from her, blundering through interpersonal interactions and becoming a ClingyJealousGirl, though her lack of social smarts are probably mostly to emphasize her youth.
* Creator/BrendaSong basically plays this part in every Creator/DisneyChannel show she's ever worked on. She played a vaguely competent person in her own movie ''Film/WendyWuHomecomingWarrior'', who still ended up blowing off saving the world in favor of being crowned 'Homecoming Queen', although she eventually saw the light after a very mild metaphorical slap across the face.
%%** Her character in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' is basically an Asian Airhead with CuteAndPsycho tendencies.
* ''Film/WhiteWolves II'': The Filipino Steve has some wariness and respect for the wilderness, but also gets some LiteralMinded and SkewedPriorities moments. When Beri makes a crack about breaking out a guitar to sing campfire songs, he thinks she means they have a real guitar. More dramatically, he fails to bury food scraps far from the camp, which attracts a bear.
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* A borderline example is Jennifer Chen in the ''Literature/SpyHigh'' series by A.J. Butcher, who isn't too concerned with popularity (as her school is a training ground for professional spies) but is portrayed as vain and self-obsessed, more so than SoBeautifulItsACurse Lori.
* Taylor from the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series. Her name is generic, but the first thing that the main characters notice about her is that she is Asian. She is rich enough for her parents to have sent her to Coates Academy, an exclusive boarding school for problem kids. She doesn't play a big part in the first two books, and seems to be a generic, slightly annoying, and airheaded girl. In book 3, she often acts rude to the other characters, considers that her powers would make her an excellent thief, and schemes about how to win Sam's affection while he's fighting with Astrid. Penny, the new DarkActionGirl from Lies, could also count. She also has a generic first name with no surname, but she is specified as being Chinese. She also went to Coates, and is therefore from a wealthy family, plots to steal the Caine's affection from Diana, and seems to be cruel but not very smart.
* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', resident Camp Half-blood AlphaBitch Drew Tanaka plays this trope very straight. She acts like the typical queen bee, with the rest of the similarly (at least at that point) shallow Aphrodite cabin as her posse. While not totally stupid, she's still a bitch.
* Taylor from the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series. Her name is generic, but the first thing that the main characters notice about her is that she is Asian. She is rich enough for her parents to have sent her to Coates Academy, an exclusive boarding school for problem kids. She doesn't play a big part in the first two books, and seems to be a generic, slightly annoying, and airheaded girl. In book 3, she often acts rude to the other characters, considers that her powers would make her an excellent thief, and schemes about how to win Sam's affection while he's fighting with Astrid. Penny, the new DarkActionGirl from Lies, could also count. She also has a generic first name with no surname, but she is specified as being Chinese. She also went to Coates, and is therefore from a wealthy family, plots to steal the Caine's affection from Diana, and seems to be cruel but not very smart.
* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', resident Camp Half-blood AlphaBitch Drew Tanaka plays this trope very straight. She acts like the typical queen bee, with the rest of the similarly (at least at that point) shallow Aphrodite cabin as her posse. While not totally stupid, she's still a bitch.
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* A borderline example Claudia Kishi of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' is Jennifer Chen crafty/artsy but has problems with grades, in contrast with her AsianAndNerdy older sister Janine. In TheMovie, she has to go to summer school and is shown to be unable to remember the ''Literature/SpyHigh'' series by A.J. Butcher, who digestive system. In most of the books, though, it's indicated that while Claudia [[BookDumb isn't too concerned with popularity (as very good at school]], she is, in fact, intelligent. Mostly. Spelling, one of her school defining not-too-bright traits, improved for awhile, before [[{{Flanderization}} plummeting to near elementary-school-levels]] in the later books, to the point that it became a fandom joke.
* Exploited in ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' when Nikita alters her appearance and acts like an airhead to fool her target and let her get close to him.
* Subverted in the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novel ''The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing'', when a reporter is taken aback to find the current Dalai Lama is atraining ground for professional spies) but is portrayed as vain teenage girl who talks like a ValleyGirl and self-obsessed, more so than SoBeautifulItsACurse Lori.
* Taylor from the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series. Her name is generic, but the first thing that the main characters notice about her is thatsays she is Asian. She is rich enough for her parents to have sent her to Coates Academy, an exclusive boarding school for problem kids. She doesn't play a big part in follow the first two books, and seems to be a generic, slightly annoying, and airheaded girl. In book 3, news, but by the end the reporter has decided she often acts rude to probably ''does'' have the other characters, considers that her powers would make her an excellent thief, and schemes about how to win Sam's affection while he's fighting with Astrid. Penny, the new DarkActionGirl from Lies, could also count. She also has a generic first name with no surname, but she is specified as being Chinese. She also went to Coates, and is therefore from a wealthy family, plots to steal the Caine's affection from Diana, and seems to be cruel but not very smart.
* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', resident Camp Half-blood AlphaBitch Drew Tanaka plays this trope very straight. She acts like the typical queen bee, with the restwisdom you'd expect of the similarly (at least at that point) shallow Aphrodite cabin as her posse. While not totally stupid, she's still a bitch.Dalai Lama, just [[BunnyEarsLawyer an unusual way of showing it]].
* Exploited in ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' when Nikita alters her appearance and acts like an airhead to fool her target and let her get close to him.
* Subverted in the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novel ''The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing'', when a reporter is taken aback to find the current Dalai Lama is a
* Taylor from the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series. Her name is generic, but the first thing that the main characters notice about her is that
* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', resident Camp Half-blood AlphaBitch Drew Tanaka plays this trope very straight. She acts like the typical queen bee, with the rest
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* Creator/BrendaSong:
** London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick. It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles. London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
** Creator/BrendaSong basically plays this part in every Creator/DisneyChannel show she's ever worked on. She played a vaguely competent person in her own movie ''Film/WendyWuHomecomingWarrior'', who still ended up blowing off saving the world in favor of being crowned 'Homecoming Queen', although she eventually saw the light after a very mild metaphorical slap across the face. She wasn't too stupid in ''Stuck in the Suburbs'' either. Her breakout role on Nickelodeon's ''Series/OneHundredDeedsForEddieMcDowd'' had her [[AsianAndNerdy in the other stereotypical Asian role]].
** Her character in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' is basically an Asian Airhead with CuteAndPsycho tendencies.
* On the show ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'', the de facto [[AlphaBitch queen bitch of camp]], was Dina Alexander. Played by Chinese-American actress Heidi Lucas, she was in effect a mirror image of London Tipton years before the latter character was created. Dim witted, easily manipulated, vain and yet also universally considered beautiful and popular by her peers. Also a RichBitch, she gets some [[DefrostingIceQueen minor development]] on a pity date with the hoggish ButtMonkey of the show. Subverted in that she's not a total AlphaBitch and lacks prominently Asian features or even an Asian surname.
* Creator/AnnaMariaPerezDeTagle has this in her resume when she started. A list of her characters with this trope:
** The show ''Series/{{Cake}}'' gives us Miracle, a young Filipino girl, gorgeous, glamorous, and of course stupid. Also the RichBitch.
** Ashley Dewitt on ''Series/HannahMontana''. Basically the same character, but much stupider, with a different name.
** Her ''Film/CampRock'' character, Ella. It's a miracle there haven't been mass protests at Disney yet.
* Cheerleader Candy Cho from ''Series/ShakeItUp'', although she is popular and ditzy, she beat Rocky out for the acadamic achievement award.
* Sui Blake from ''One World''.
* Piper Bauman from Series/MarriedWithChildren, Kelly's rival in the competition for a Allente car spokesperson.
* Courtney Crimson from ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' - though she's more of a BitchInSheepsClothing who is nonetheless very obsessed with upholding an image of perfection. [[spoiler: Including hiding that she's actually a lesbian]].
** London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick. It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles. London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
** Creator/BrendaSong basically plays this part in every Creator/DisneyChannel show she's ever worked on. She played a vaguely competent person in her own movie ''Film/WendyWuHomecomingWarrior'', who still ended up blowing off saving the world in favor of being crowned 'Homecoming Queen', although she eventually saw the light after a very mild metaphorical slap across the face. She wasn't too stupid in ''Stuck in the Suburbs'' either. Her breakout role on Nickelodeon's ''Series/OneHundredDeedsForEddieMcDowd'' had her [[AsianAndNerdy in the other stereotypical Asian role]].
** Her character in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' is basically an Asian Airhead with CuteAndPsycho tendencies.
* On the show ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'', the de facto [[AlphaBitch queen bitch of camp]], was Dina Alexander. Played by Chinese-American actress Heidi Lucas, she was in effect a mirror image of London Tipton years before the latter character was created. Dim witted, easily manipulated, vain and yet also universally considered beautiful and popular by her peers. Also a RichBitch, she gets some [[DefrostingIceQueen minor development]] on a pity date with the hoggish ButtMonkey of the show. Subverted in that she's not a total AlphaBitch and lacks prominently Asian features or even an Asian surname.
* Creator/AnnaMariaPerezDeTagle has this in her resume when she started. A list of her characters with this trope:
** The show ''Series/{{Cake}}'' gives us Miracle, a young Filipino girl, gorgeous, glamorous, and of course stupid. Also the RichBitch.
** Ashley Dewitt on ''Series/HannahMontana''. Basically the same character, but much stupider, with a different name.
** Her ''Film/CampRock'' character, Ella. It's a miracle there haven't been mass protests at Disney yet.
* Cheerleader Candy Cho from ''Series/ShakeItUp'', although she is popular and ditzy, she beat Rocky out for the acadamic achievement award.
* Sui Blake from ''One World''.
* Piper Bauman from Series/MarriedWithChildren, Kelly's rival in the competition for a Allente car spokesperson.
* Courtney Crimson from ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' - though she's more of a BitchInSheepsClothing who is nonetheless very obsessed with upholding an image of perfection. [[spoiler: Including hiding that she's actually a lesbian]].
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* The Minx Twins in ''Series/GoodnessGraciousMe'', two teenage girls who dress stylishly and fashionably and consider every man for a mile in every direction is helplessly in love with them.
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* The Minx Twins show ''Series/{{Cake}}'' gives us Miracle, a young Filipino girl. Gorgeous, glamorous, and, of course, stupid.
%% * Keiko of the ABC reality show ''Conveyor Belt of Love''.
* On ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', Filipino-American Josh Chan is handsome and popular, but he is also not very smart. He's a LovableJock and doesn't seem to have a mean bone in''Series/GoodnessGraciousMe'', two teenage his body, but his oblivious nature does occasionally cause him to be InnocentlyInsensitive, particularly when it comes to other people's feelings.
* The Filipino-American Jason from ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. While other characters find him attractive, they also agree that he's possibly one of the dumbest humans on the planet.
%%* Ashley Dewitt on ''Series/HannahMontana''. Basically the same character [as Miracle], but much stupider, with a different name.
%%* Sui Blake from ''Series/OneWorld''.
* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' has [[http://orange-is-the-new-black.wikia.com/wiki/Brook_Soso Brook Soso]], the half-Japanese, half-Irish inmate of Litchfield Penitentiary (portrayed by Creator/KimikoGlenn) and a naive, talkative, [[GranolaGirl new-age hippie]] who often annoys the other inmates with her non-stop talking and often [[TheDitz ditzy]] personality.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** Cassie Chan of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' fame, whose character seemed based around fawning over the Phantom Ranger and jutting prominently. She's gorgeous, but airy and fickle.
** There's also Mia Watanabe from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' and Dax Lo from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' (who is a mix of this and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}).
** Trip from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' (of the DitzyGenius variety) arguably counts as well. The arguable part being that he's an Asian actor portraying an alien.
%%* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' once had a model named Natasha Yi, who would go on to become an Internet celebrity. Something about the way she acted reeked of this trope.
* ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' had Dina Alexander. Played by Chinese-American actress Heidi Lucas, she was, in effect, a mirror image of London Tipton years before the latter character was created. Dina is dim-witted, easily manipulated, vain, and yet also universally considered beautiful and popular by her peers.
* Korean-American Miggy Park from ''Series/SingleParents''. He is a clueless new single father who can't even care for himself and needs help to parent.
* London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young Asian-American girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick.[[note]] It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Creator/AshleyTisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles.[[/note]] London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid whodress stylishly and fashionably and consider every man for a mile in every direction didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is helplessly in love with them.a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
%% * Keiko of the ABC reality show ''Conveyor Belt of Love''.
* On ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', Filipino-American Josh Chan is handsome and popular, but he is also not very smart. He's a LovableJock and doesn't seem to have a mean bone in
* The Filipino-American Jason from ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. While other characters find him attractive, they also agree that he's possibly one of the dumbest humans on the planet.
%%* Ashley Dewitt on ''Series/HannahMontana''. Basically the same character [as Miracle], but much stupider, with a different name.
%%* Sui Blake from ''Series/OneWorld''.
* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' has [[http://orange-is-the-new-black.wikia.com/wiki/Brook_Soso Brook Soso]], the half-Japanese, half-Irish inmate of Litchfield Penitentiary (portrayed by Creator/KimikoGlenn) and a naive, talkative, [[GranolaGirl new-age hippie]] who often annoys the other inmates with her non-stop talking and often [[TheDitz ditzy]] personality.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** Cassie Chan of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' fame, whose character seemed based around fawning over the Phantom Ranger and jutting prominently. She's gorgeous, but airy and fickle.
** There's also Mia Watanabe from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' and Dax Lo from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' (who is a mix of this and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}).
** Trip from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' (of the DitzyGenius variety) arguably counts as well. The arguable part being that he's an Asian actor portraying an alien.
%%* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' once had a model named Natasha Yi, who would go on to become an Internet celebrity. Something about the way she acted reeked of this trope.
* ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' had Dina Alexander. Played by Chinese-American actress Heidi Lucas, she was, in effect, a mirror image of London Tipton years before the latter character was created. Dina is dim-witted, easily manipulated, vain, and yet also universally considered beautiful and popular by her peers.
* Korean-American Miggy Park from ''Series/SingleParents''. He is a clueless new single father who can't even care for himself and needs help to parent.
* London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young Asian-American girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick.[[note]] It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Creator/AshleyTisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles.[[/note]] London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who
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* ''Millionaires'', a concept group, is made up of real life half-Asian sisters, Melissa Marie Green and Allison Green. The characters they portray in their lyrics are super materialistic, rich, vain, ditsy, and proudly slutty.
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* ''Millionaires'', a concept group, is made up of real life half-Asian sisters, Melissa Marie Green and Allison Green. The characters they portray in their lyrics are super materialistic, rich, vain, ditsy, and proudly slutty.
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* Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners in the original Broadway cast of ''Theatre/MeanGirls'' provides the page image, and is one of the main popular girls (though interestingly, she also identifies as Jewish). She spends most of her energy trying to please Regina George and weasel secrets out of people, but turns on Regina ''hard'' when she is lead to believe she's been replaced. While Gretchen is often the StraightMan to the [[TheDitz even more air-headed Karen Smith]], and shows more self-conscious vulnerability than the norm for this trope, this is still the same Gretchen who is trying to make "Fetch" happen.
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* Ashley Park Creator/AshleyPark as Gretchen Wieners in the original Broadway cast of ''Theatre/MeanGirls'' provides the page image, and is one of the main popular girls (though interestingly, she also identifies as Jewish). She spends most of her energy trying to please Regina George and weasel secrets out of people, but turns on Regina ''hard'' when she is lead to believe she's been replaced. While Gretchen is often the StraightMan to the [[TheDitz even more air-headed Karen Smith]], and shows more self-conscious vulnerability than the norm for this trope, this is still the same Gretchen who is trying to make "Fetch" "fetch" happen.
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* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is more academically inclined than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).
* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is more academically inclined than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).
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* ''WebAnimation/{{Anon}}'': Vivian, Candace's best friend. From her
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* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' has Shaun, an aswang who is usually [[CloudCuckoolander fairly dopey]] and almost always [[StonersAreFunny baked out of his mind]].
* ''WebComic/VampireCheerleaders'': Suki lies somewhere between being a [[TheDitz a ditz]] and [[CloudCuckoolander a goofball]]. While her antics are played for laughs, her impulsive behavior [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120223171500/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/suki_has_an_idea and lack of forethought]] tends to create problems for her friends. She also has [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny an incredibly short attention span]], which made for poor study habits that caused her to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130902004832/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/quick_snack flunk her senior year.]] Though, truthfully, [[spoiler:it was done as an excuse to keep Suki in the story, since she was the only one of the cheerleaders [[EnsembleDarkhorse that the fans liked]].]]
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* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' has Shaun, an aswang who is usually [[CloudCuckoolander fairly dopey]] and almost always [[StonersAreFunny baked out of his mind]].
* ''WebComic/VampireCheerleaders'': Suki lies somewhere between being a [[TheDitz a ditz]] and [[CloudCuckoolander a goofball]]. While her antics are played for laughs, her impulsive behavior [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120223171500/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/suki_has_an_idea and lack of forethought]] tends to create problems for her friends. She also has [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny an incredibly short attention span]], which made for poor study habits that caused her to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130902004832/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/quick_snack flunk her senior year.]] Though, truthfully, [[spoiler:it was done as an excuse to keep Suki in the story, since she was the only one of the cheerleaders [[EnsembleDarkhorse that the fans liked]].]]
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* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Subverted with Mackenzie Zales; despite being a Type One of this trope[[note]]Her mother is Asian[[/note]], she's one of the sanest and smartest characters in the entire show.
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* Savannah Shane from ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', who is a Chinese-American AlphaBitch and Angelica's rival.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has a rare male variant with Vince Chung.
* Tammy from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieDreamhouseAdventures''.
* Trixie Tang from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Trixie is universally considered to be beautiful in-universe, is wealthy and also wildly popular amongst the other characters, especially fawned after by boys. But she is also shown to be extremely vain, venal and insecure, needing constant re-assurance of her appearance, her catchphrase being "Tell me I'm pretty!" spoken in a pleading voice that sounds as if she's near tears. This is, in effect, nearly the textbook example of the stereotype.[[note]]Like Dina Alexander (see ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' above), she lacks prominently Asian features, so it's not fully a textbook example.[[/note]] This was subverted in early seasons where she was a ClosetGeek who was [[HiddenDepths nicer than she let on]], but {{flanderization}} happened and she lost her positive traits.
* By her own admission Cassandra of ''WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA'' is 100% Chinese. She's also about 300% vapid, self-important moron. Fortunately (for men) she's very attractive. [[spoiler:Subverted when it was revealed that her parents were actually Americans who moved to China to pick up their old manufacturing jobs who then applied permanent skin coloring and plastic surgery on their daughter to make her appear to be Chinese]].
* Brittney Wong from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''.
* Gwen Wu from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' is Portia's BetaBitch.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has a rare male variant with Vince Chung.
* Tammy from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieDreamhouseAdventures''.
* Trixie Tang from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Trixie is universally considered to be beautiful in-universe, is wealthy and also wildly popular amongst the other characters, especially fawned after by boys. But she is also shown to be extremely vain, venal and insecure, needing constant re-assurance of her appearance, her catchphrase being "Tell me I'm pretty!" spoken in a pleading voice that sounds as if she's near tears. This is, in effect, nearly the textbook example of the stereotype.[[note]]Like Dina Alexander (see ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' above), she lacks prominently Asian features, so it's not fully a textbook example.[[/note]] This was subverted in early seasons where she was a ClosetGeek who was [[HiddenDepths nicer than she let on]], but {{flanderization}} happened and she lost her positive traits.
* By her own admission Cassandra of ''WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA'' is 100% Chinese. She's also about 300% vapid, self-important moron. Fortunately (for men) she's very attractive. [[spoiler:Subverted when it was revealed that her parents were actually Americans who moved to China to pick up their old manufacturing jobs who then applied permanent skin coloring and plastic surgery on their daughter to make her appear to be Chinese]].
* Brittney Wong from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''.
* Gwen Wu from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' is Portia's BetaBitch.
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* Savannah Shane In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', we have Francine's unseen adoptive sister Gwen; Stan's constantly going on about how hot she is (even recalling how beautiful she looked ''on Francine's wedding day'') and her parents favor her...but they openly admit that it's because she's an idiot who needs all the help she can get, while Francine is smart and clever enough to take care of herself. As Francine's father put it: "I mean can you believe it? An Asian girl who can't do math?!" However, this is later retconned when she appears in the show. Aside from ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', who is lighting a Chinese-American AlphaBitch cigarette in a gas-soaked room and Angelica's rival.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has a rare male variant withfailing math in high school, she's actually quite intelligent, cunning, and manipulative.
%%** Vince Chung.
*Tammy Bridgette in ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' is a Japanese-American social media influencer from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieDreamhouseAdventures''.
* Trixie Tang from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Trixiea rich family, which is universally considered to be beautiful in-universe, fortunate because her singing career with Emily is wealthy a failure and also wildly popular amongst the other characters, especially fawned after by boys. But she is also shown to be extremely vain, venal and insecure, needing constant re-assurance of her appearance, her catchphrase being "Tell me I'm pretty!" spoken in can't hold a pleading voice job more complex than clothing store employee.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Background character Naomi N'guyen, though we aren't given any hints thatsounds as if she's near tears. This is, in effect, nearly Asian within the textbook example show (the last name is only present [[AllThereInTheManual in show notes]], and she doesn't look remotely Asian). She tries out for Odd's band but is rejected because she's clearly never played the drums before.
* Kuki Sanban (a.k.a. Numbuh 3) of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is effectively like a younger, prepubescent Hay Lin. An adorable, girly, kindhearted, rather prissy Japanese girl who is personified as being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} extremely scatterbrained]]. But she has [[BewareTheNiceOnes a fair share]] of [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass kick-butt moments that even it out]]. The finale shows that she is really a StepfordSmiler and her peppy personality is mostly an act, however Numbuh 3 still officially caused problems for her team due to ignorance such as in episodes "Operation: NO-POWUH" and "Operation: SPANK". Of note is that she was voiced by Creator/LaurenTom, the same actress who provides the voice for Amy Wong in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In fact, one of thestereotype.[[note]]Like Dina Alexander (see ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' above), only young, popular characters she lacks prominently Asian features, voices that ''doesn't'' fit into this trope in some manner is Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. In a twist of irony, Numbuh 3 claims that she's not an airhead in the series finale "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S" but she ''could'' have been sarcastic / joking. If not, then she's oblivious to her own abnormal behavior.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom:'' Kwan ([[OnlyOneName is that his first name or his last name?]]) is Dash's friend and was initially shown as being a JerkJock like him, but became more of a dumb TokenGoodTeammate of the popular kids as time went on. Interestingly, the BadFuture shown in "The Ultimate Enemy" seems to have him grow up to be a scientist, so he may switch to [[AsianAndNerdy that other stereotype]] when high school popularity is no longer a factor.
* Tiffany, a member of the Fashion Club on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. She has no actual characterization: she just [[YesMan agrees with whatever her friends tell her to]]. She is also the ''dumbest'' character of the Fashion Club; she, literally, agreed with whoever spoke last, lost her place on a piece of paper three sentences in, and just so you know, that isn't how fast she speaks, that's how fast ''she thinks''. She also scores the lowest out of her friends on the [=PSATs=] at a lackluster 902, when most colleges will typically only accept 1200 points or higher.
* Lee Lee, one of Dee Dee's friends in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Though, to be fair, she just has the exact same [[TheDitz ditzy personality]] as Dee Dee and all her other friends.
* Amy Wong of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. She ''acts'' so ditzy that it'snot fully a textbook example.[[/note]] This was subverted in early seasons where easy to forget that she was introduced as a ClosetGeek who was [[HiddenDepths nicer than she let on]], but {{flanderization}} happened and she lost [[GeniusDitz graduate student in applied physics]] (and [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat eventually gets her positive traits.
PhD]].)
-->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' I'm sure I don't need to explain that all dark matter in the universe is linked in the form of a single non-local meta-particle.\\
'''Amy:''' Guhh! Stop patronizing us.
* By her ownadmission admission, Cassandra of ''WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA'' is 100% Chinese. She's also about 300% vapid, self-important moron. Fortunately (for men) she's very attractive. [[spoiler:Subverted when it was it's revealed that her parents were actually Americans who moved to China to pick up their old manufacturing jobs who then applied permanent skin coloring and plastic surgery on their daughter to make her appear to be Chinese]].
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*Brittney Wong ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'': Texas is the Burners' resident {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, though he shows GeniusDitz qualities on occasion when dispensing his own special brand of advice. [[WordOfGod The creators]] say he's Filipino.
* Stacy Hirano, Candace's best friend from''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''.
* Gwen Wu from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB''''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', sometimes fits this trope. Stacy ''does'' show a keen interest in things like fashion and romance, and she appears to be BookDumb (since she thinks the pyramids are in France), but she's often the StraightMan to Candace's neurotic mania. She gets easily distracted when trying to bust Phineas and Ferb for Candace, but that's mainly because she realizes there's no real ''point'' in doing so; given another task, she's far more sane and rational than Candace. (Also of note: Stacy's mother is Portia's BetaBitch.a doctor, and apparently she'll grow up to be [[spoiler:the President of Uruguay.]])
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'''Stacy:''' Thanks. Could you call my mother and tell her that?
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Lillian, who is Chinese-American, is shown to be somewhat ditzy. In "The Grandest Canyon" she doesn't know what "perspective" means, and in "Mindy Turns Five", she outright tells Mindy what she got her for her birthday instead of keeping it a surprise like she said she would. In "Fact or Fiction?", she legitimately believes that clouds are made of cotton candy. Why? Because someone at school told her so.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has a rare male variant with
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* Trixie Tang from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Trixie
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Background character Naomi N'guyen, though we aren't given any hints that
* Kuki Sanban (a.k.a. Numbuh 3) of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is effectively like a younger, prepubescent Hay Lin. An adorable, girly, kindhearted, rather prissy Japanese girl who is personified as being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} extremely scatterbrained]]. But she has [[BewareTheNiceOnes a fair share]] of [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass kick-butt moments that even it out]]. The finale shows that she is really a StepfordSmiler and her peppy personality is mostly an act, however Numbuh 3 still officially caused problems for her team due to ignorance such as in episodes "Operation: NO-POWUH" and "Operation: SPANK". Of note is that she was voiced by Creator/LaurenTom, the same actress who provides the voice for Amy Wong in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In fact, one of the
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom:'' Kwan ([[OnlyOneName is that his first name or his last name?]]) is Dash's friend and was initially shown as being a JerkJock like him, but became more of a dumb TokenGoodTeammate of the popular kids as time went on. Interestingly, the BadFuture shown in "The Ultimate Enemy" seems to have him grow up to be a scientist, so he may switch to [[AsianAndNerdy that other stereotype]] when high school popularity is no longer a factor.
* Tiffany, a member of the Fashion Club on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. She has no actual characterization: she just [[YesMan agrees with whatever her friends tell her to]]. She is also the ''dumbest'' character of the Fashion Club; she, literally, agreed with whoever spoke last, lost her place on a piece of paper three sentences in, and just so you know, that isn't how fast she speaks, that's how fast ''she thinks''. She also scores the lowest out of her friends on the [=PSATs=] at a lackluster 902, when most colleges will typically only accept 1200 points or higher.
* Lee Lee, one of Dee Dee's friends in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Though, to be fair, she just has the exact same [[TheDitz ditzy personality]] as Dee Dee and all her other friends.
* Amy Wong of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. She ''acts'' so ditzy that it's
-->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' I'm sure I don't need to explain that all dark matter in the universe is linked in the form of a single non-local meta-particle.\\
'''Amy:''' Guhh! Stop patronizing us.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Lillian, who is Chinese-American, is shown to be somewhat ditzy. In "The Grandest Canyon" she doesn't know what "perspective" means, and in "Mindy Turns Five", she outright tells Mindy what she got her for her birthday instead of keeping it a surprise like she said she would. In "Fact or Fiction?", she legitimately believes that clouds are made of cotton candy. Why? Because someone at school told her so.
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* Cute and cuddly ditz Yukino of ''Anime/RealDrive''. While most airheady schoolgirl characters in anime would probably qualify, she's particularly stand out example of this trope as [[MukokuSeki she actually looks the second part]].
* [[IdiotHero Usagi]] from ''Anime/SailorMoon'' is a Japanese schoolgirl who is known for being both BookDumb and rather slow on the uptake.
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* Grunge, a Chinese-American California surfer/skater/slacker dude, was presented as an extremely rare male version of this at the beginning of ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}''. He tested well in school, however, thanks to his PhotographicMemory.
* While not stupid, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} of the ComicBook/XMen suffers dyscalculia, averting the "[[AsianAndNerdy Asians as math geniuses]]" stereotype.
* Robert Lai, a Chinese-American slacker who had trouble figuring out how to keep his mouth shut and managed to blow-up the chem lab at school after failing to listen to directions, was friends and classmates with ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}} when he was going to school in Hawaii.
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': The Female's mother (according to The Female) was an utter airhead who happened to work for a Japanese company trying to recreate Compound V. When The Female fell into a vat of the stuff, she thinks that the company took her away from her mother with [[ComicallySmallBribe a subscription to a fashion magazine.]]
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* ''Film/MeanGirls'':
** At the end, the members of the primary GirlPosse, the Plastics, have broken up. In the case of Gretchen, she finds herself a new GirlPosse composed of stylish Asian girls. The last scene shows Gretchen ass-kissing in Vietnamese.
** The Asian girls who had a CatFight after finding out they were both secretly sleeping with the coach. The movie also noted that "Asian nerds" and "cool Asians" were separate cliques at that school.
* Knives Chau from ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' though it is probably mostly to emphasize her youth.
* ''Film/TheHangover'': An antagonistic and uncommon male version of this trope, Leslie Chow (played by Ken Jeong) counts.
* Minor character Gwennie Lee from ''Film/TheWorldOfSuzieWong'' who is more innocent than actually ditzy. Ironically she's the only one of the Asian girls who [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses wears glasses]].
* ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'':
** Araminta is a GenkiGirl who is so consumed by excitement over her own wedding that she fails to notice how rotten some of her friends are being to Rachel. She also {{Squee}}s as she announces one feature of her bachelorette party - an all-expenses paid shopping spree.
** Kitty is a terrible actress who gets parts in films because she's the producer's girlfriend. She's also not very bright, and is seen ditching her boyfriend for his brother as soon as she hears he's the sole heir to the family fortune.
* ''Film/WhiteWolves II'': The Filipino Steve has some wariness and respect for the wilderness, but also gets some LiteralMinded and SkewedPriorities moments. When Beri makes a crack about breaking out a guitar to sing campfire songs, he thinks she means they have a real guitar. More dramatically, he fails to bury food scraps far from the camp, which attracts a bear.
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* Claudia Kishi of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' is crafty/artsy but has problems with grades, in contrast with her AsianAndNerdy older sister Janine. In TheMovie, she has to go to summer school and is shown to be unable to remember the digestive system. In most of the books, though, it's indicated that while Claudia [[BookDumb isn't very good at school]], she is, in fact, intelligent. Mostly. Spelling, one of her defining not-too-bright traits, improved for awhile, before [[{{Flanderization}} plummeting to near elementary-school-levels]] in the later books, to the point that it became a fandom joke.
* Exploited in ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' when Nikita alters her appearance and acts like an airhead to fool her target and let her get close to him.
* Subverted in the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novel ''The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing'', when a reporter is taken aback to find the current Dalai Lama is a teenage girl who talks like a ValleyGirl and says she doesn't follow the news, but by the end the reporter has decided she probably ''does'' have the wisdom you'd expect of the Dalai Lama, just [[BunnyEarsLawyer an unusual way of showing it]].
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* Jamie Chung's stint on ''Series/TheRealWorld'' has led her to run the gamut with this trope. She plays a type two in ''Series/SamuraiGirl'', ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', and ''Film/SororityRow''. Subverted in ''Film/DragonBallEvolution''. She also plays a type one in an episode of ''Series/{{Greek}}'', however her roles in ''Film/GrownUps'' and ''Film/SuckerPunch'' were an exception to this trope. As of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' she seems to have broken this typecasting entirely - her roles in ''{{Series/Gotham}}'', ''Film/AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong'', ''Eden'' and ''Series/TheGifted'' have her playing characters who are highly intelligent and competent.
* Keiko of the ABC reality show ''Conveyor Belt of Love''.
* On ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', Josh Chan is a rare male version of this. He is handsome and popular, but he is also not very smart. He's a LovableJock and doesn't seem to have a mean bone in his body, but his oblivious nature does occasionally cause him to be InnocentlyInsensitive, particularly when it comes to other people's feelings.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' had VictimOfTheWeek [[TheOjou Hime]][[MeaningfulName ka Yukimura]], a pretty young woman who refers to any man who treats her nicely as her "fated prince". This is exactly ''why'' she's the Victim: the MonsterOfTheWeek has a crush on her and uses his powers to eliminate the competition. At the end of the story arc, we see [[AesopAmnesia she's still doing it, and still has a crowd of enchanted young men following her]].
* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' has [[http://orange-is-the-new-black.wikia.com/wiki/Brook_Soso Brook Soso]], the half-Japanese, half-Irish inmate of Litchfield Penitentiary (portrayed by [[http://orange-is-the-new-black.wikia.com/wiki/Kimiko_Glenn Kimiko Glenn]]) and a naive, talkative, [[GranolaGirl new-age hippie]] who often annoys the other inmates with her non-stop talking and often [[TheDitz ditzy]] personality. She definitely fits the second version of this trope.
* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' once had a model named Natasha Yi, who would go on to become an Internet celebrity. Something about the way she acted reeked of this trope.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** Cassie Chan of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' fame, whose character seemed based around fawning over the Phantom Ranger and jutting prominently. She's gorgeous, but airy and fickle.
** There's also Mia Watanabe from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' and the male Dax Lo from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' (who is a mix of this and {{Cloudcuckoolander}}).
** Trip from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' (of the DitzyGenius variety) arguably counts as well. The arguable part being that he's an Asian actor portraying an alien.
* Lulu, from ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'', played by Filipino actress Ashley Argota, is highly intelligent and can pick stock better then most Wall St day traders... but is incredibly annoying, even more ditzy, and seems to be on a nonstop sugar high.
* The Filipino-American Jason from ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', a rare male example. While other characters find him attractive, they also agree that he's possibly one of the dumbest humans on the planet.
* Miggy Park is another rare male from ''Series/SingleParents''. He is a clueless new single father who can't even care for himself and needs help to parent.
* A downplayed case with Jung from ''Series/KimsConvenience'', who's fairly competent and street-smart, but is BookDumb due to never having finished high school (though he has plans to change this).
* Mindy on ''Series/TheMindyProject'', although she is a successful OB/GYN, is shown to be incompetent in most other aspects of life and woefully ignorant of current affairs as well.
* Sunji Spencer is a rare male example in ''WebVideo/PrettyDudes''.
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* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Mackenzie's little sister, [[ExtremeOmnivore Katelynn]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Zales]], is TooDumbToLive. For a seven-year-old [[KiddieKid especially.]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{Anon}}'': Vivian, Candace's best friend. From her awkward flirting with Candace's younger brother to failing to recognise the difference between a dentist and a dental assistant, Vivian can at times be frustratingly dumb.
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* ''WebComic/VampireCheerleaders'': Suki lies somewhere between being a [[TheDitz a ditz]] and [[CloudCuckoolander a goofball.]] While her antics are played for laughs, her impulsive behavior [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120223171500/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/suki_has_an_idea and lack of forethought]] tends to create problems for her friends. She also has [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny an incredibly short attention span]], which made for poor study habits that caused her to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130902004832/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/quick_snack flunk her senior year.]] Though, truthfully, [[spoiler: it was done as an excuse to keep Suki in the story, since she was the only one of the cheerleaders [[EnsembleDarkhorse that the fans liked]]]].
* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' has Shaun, an aswang who is usually [[CloudCuckoolander fairly dopey]] and almost always [[StonersAreFunny baked out of his mind]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', we have Francine's unseen adoptive sister Gwen; Stan's constantly going on about how hot she is (even recalling how beautiful she looked ''on Francine's wedding day'') and her parents favor her...but they openly admit that it's because she's an idiot who needs all the help she can get, while Francine is smart and clever enough to take care of herself. As Francine's father put it: "I mean can you believe it? An Asian girl who can't do math?!" However, this is later retconned when she appears in the show. Aside from lighting a cigarette in a gas-soaked room and failing math in high school, she's actually quite intelligent, cunning, and manipulative.
* Bridgette in ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' is a Japanese-American social media influencer from a rich family, which is fortunate because her singing career with Emily is a failure and she can't hold a job more complex than clothing store employee.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': One-off background character Naomi Nguyen, though we aren't given any hints that she's Asian within the show (the last name is only present [[AllThereInTheManual in show notes]], and she doesn't look remotely Asian).
* Kuki Sanban (a.k.a. Numbuh 3) of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is effectively like a younger, prepubescent Hay Lin. An adorable, girly, kindhearted, rather prissy Japanese girl who is personified as being [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} extremely scatterbrained]]. But she has [[BewareTheNiceOnes a fair share]] [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass of kick butt moments that even it out]]. The finale shows that she is really a StepfordSmiler and her peppy personality is mostly an act, however Numbuh 3 still officially caused problems for her team due to ignorance such as in episodes "Operation: NO-POWUH" and "Operation: SPANK". Of note is that she was voiced by Creator/LaurenTom, the same actress who provides the voice for Amy Wong in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In fact, one of the only young, popular characters she voices that ''doesn't'' fit into this trope in some manner is Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. In a twist of irony, Numbuh 3 claims that she's not an airhead in the series finale "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S" but she ''could'' have been sarcastic / joking. If not, then she's oblivious to her own abnormal behavior.
* Tiffany, a member of the Fashion Club on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. She was by far the least offensive or hostile of the group, but that's more because she has absolutely no motivation or ability to form her own opinions. She's, of course, jaw-dropping gorgeous, and popular amongst her male peers for obvious reasons. She has no actual characterization: she just [[YesMan agrees with whatever her friends tell her to]]. She was also the ''dumbest'' character of the Fashion Club; she, literally, agreed with whoever spoke last, lost her place on a piece of paper three sentences in, and just so you know, that isn't how fast she speaks, that's how fast ''she thinks''. She also scored the lowest out of her friends on the [=PSATs=] at a lackluster 902 when most colleges will typically only accept 1200 points or higher.
* Lee Lee, one of Dee Dee's friends in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. Though, to be fair, she just has the exact same personality as Dee Dee and all her other friends.
* Amy Wong of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' fame. Basically the second-most archetypal example, particularly of Type Two. Literally every male character makes note of how good-looking she is, she's richer than God, and well-liked by everyone. She ''acts'' so ditzy that it's easy to forget that she was introduced as a [[GeniusDitz graduate student in applied physics]] (and [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat eventually gets her PhD.]])
-->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' I'm sure I don't need to explain that all dark matter in the universe is linked in the form of a single non-local meta-particle.\\
'''Amy:''' Guhh! Stop patronizing us.
* Ami of ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' is the girly, sweet, distinctly [[{{Moe}} moe-moe]] half of a two-girl singing group. She's the fun, happy, friendly one who dresses and is a Japanese idol singer. She's supposed to be the "stupid one". (Note, however, that Yumi is ''also'' a Japanese idol singer.)
* Male example: Texas from ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}''. [[WordOfGod The creators]] say he's Filipino.
* Stacy Hirano, Candace's best friend from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', sometimes fits this trope, but she usually averts it. Stacy ''does'' show a keen interest in things like fashion and romance, and she appears to be BookDumb (since she thinks the pyramids are in France), but she's often the StraightMan to Candace's neurotic mania. She gets easily distracted when trying to bust Phineas and Ferb for Candace, but that's mainly because she realizes there's no real ''point'' in doing so; given another task, she's far more sane and rational than Candace. (Also of note: Stacy's mother is a doctor, and apparently she'll grow up to be [[spoiler:the President of Uruguay.]])
-->(Stacy suggests Candace should focus her attention on where the inventions go)\\
'''Candace:''' Stacy, you're a genius!\\
'''Stacy:''' Thanks. Could you call my mother and tell her that?
* Younghee Mandlebom a Korean student/classmate of Leonard Helperman from ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet''.
* RareMaleExample in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom:'' Kwan ([[OnlyOneName is that his first name or his last name?]]) is Dash's friend and was initially shown as being a JerkJock like him, but became more of a dumb TokenGoodTeammate of the popular kids as time went on. Interestingly, the BadFuture shown in "The Ultimate Enemy" seems to have him grow up to be a scientist, so he may switch to [[AsianAndNerdy that other stereotype]] when high school popularity is no longer a factor.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Lillian, who is Chinese-American, is shown to be somewhat ditzy. In "The Grandest Canyon" she doesn't know what "perspective" means, and in "Mindy Turns Five", she outright tells Mindy what she got her for her birthday instead of keeping it a surprise like she said she would. In "Fact or Fiction?", she legitimately believes that clouds are made of cotton candy. Why? Because someone at school told her so.
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** London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick. It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the [[RoleSwapAU alternate dimension]] episode, where the girls are their original intended roles. London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
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** London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick. It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the [[RoleSwapAU alternate dimension]] episode, AlternateRealityEpisode, where the girls are their original intended roles. London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
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** London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick. It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the [[BizarroEpisode alternate dimension]] episode, where the girls are their original intended roles. London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
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** London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. A beautiful, rich, popular young girl... who just happens to be dense as a brick. It turns out that the role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with Brenda Song in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better. This is referenced in the [[BizarroEpisode [[RoleSwapAU alternate dimension]] episode, where the girls are their original intended roles. London originally started out as simply being a lazy rich kid who didn't like school or work, however she was flanderized into being increasingly more ignorant as time went on. In later seasons she is a BrainlessBeauty who NeverLearnedToRead.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Lillian, who appears to be of East Asian descent, seems to be this, but it's downplayed for the most part. In "The Grandest Canyon" she doesn't know what "perspective" means, and in "Mindy Turns Five", she outright tells Mindy what she got her for her birthday instead of keeping it a surprise like she said she would. In "Fact or Fiction?", she legitimately believes that clouds are made of cotton candy. Why? Because someone at school told her so.
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* Jamie Chung's stint on ''Series/TheRealWorld'' has led her to run the gamut with this trope. She plays a type two in ''Series/SamuraiGirl'', ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'', and ''Film/SororityRow''. Subverted in ''Film/DragonBallEvolution''. She alsp plays a type one in an episode of ''Series/{{Greek}}'', however her roles in ''Film/GrownUps'' and ''Film/SuckerPunch'' were an exception to this trope. As of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' she seems to have broken this typecasting entirely - her roles in ''{{Series/Gotham}}'', ''Film/AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong'', ''Eden'' and ''Series/TheGifted'' have her playing characters who are highly intelligent and competent.
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* While not stupid, ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics of the ComicBook/XMen suffers dyscalculia, averting the "[[AsianAndNerdy Asians as math geniuses]]" stereotype.
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* ''Film/WhiteWolves II'': The Filipino Steve has some wariness and respect for the wilderness, but also gets some LiteralMinded and SkewedPriorities moments. When Beri makes a crack about breaking out a guitar to sing campfire songs, he thinks she means they have a real guitar. More dramatically, he fails to bury food scraps far from the camp, which attracts a bear.
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* Bridgette in ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' is a Japanese-American social media influencer from a rich family, which is fortunate because her singing career with Emily is a failure and she can't hold a job more complex than clothing store employee.
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* Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners in the original Broadway cast of ''[[Theatre/MeanGirls]]'' provides the TropeImage, and is one of the main popular girls (though interestingly, she also identifies as Jewish). She spends most of her energy trying to please Regina George and weasel secrets out of people, but turns on Regina ''hard'' when she is lead to believe she's been replaced. While Gretchen is often the StraightMan to the [[TheDitz even more air-headed Karen Smith]], and shows more self-conscious vulnerability than the norm for this trope, this is still the same Gretchen who is trying to make "Fetch" happen.
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* Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners in the original Broadway cast of ''[[Theatre/MeanGirls]]'' ''Theatre/MeanGirls'' provides the TropeImage, page image, and is one of the main popular girls (though interestingly, she also identifies as Jewish). She spends most of her energy trying to please Regina George and weasel secrets out of people, but turns on Regina ''hard'' when she is lead to believe she's been replaced. While Gretchen is often the StraightMan to the [[TheDitz even more air-headed Karen Smith]], and shows more self-conscious vulnerability than the norm for this trope, this is still the same Gretchen who is trying to make "Fetch" happen.
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->'''Student #1:''' She's cute, but why is she staring into space?\\
'''Student #2:''' That is what you call a dumb beauty.
-->-- Overheard conversation regarding Tohru Honda of ''Manga/FruitsBasket''
'''Student #2:''' That is what you call a dumb beauty.
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->''"Fool me seven times, shame on you, fool me eight or more times, shame on me."''
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* Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners in the original Broadway cast of ''[[Theatre/MeanGirls]]'' provides the TropeImage, and is one of the main popular girls (though interestingly, she also identifies as Jewish). She spends most of her energy trying to please Regina George, but turns on her ''hard'' when she is lead to believe she's been replaced.
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* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is more academically inclined than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).
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* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is more academically inclined than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).
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* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''replaced. While Gretchen is often the StraightMan to the [[TheDitz even more academically inclined air-headed Karen Smith]], and shows more self-conscious vulnerability than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in norm for this trope, this is still the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole same Gretchen who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back is trying to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).make "Fetch" happen.
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* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is more academically inclined than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).
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* Emily in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is more academically inclined than most examples (she [[AcademicAlphaBitch brags about her 4.0 GPA]] and proves very resourceful when [[spoiler:outrunning the wendigos in the mines]]), but she's very much not AsianAndNerdy; rather, she's the AlphaBitch of the group and without a doubt the game's HateSink, an abrasive, domineering, high-maintenance asshole who may be cheating on her boyfriend with her ex. Tellingly, while all of the characters can be KilledOffForReal through [[YetAnotherStupidDeath player incompetence]] or [[ButterflyOfDoom story decisions that come back to bite them]], Emily is the only one you can have killed off through direct action on your part (namely, [[spoiler:having Mike give her a MoeGreeneSpecial when she's mistaken for a ZombieInfectee]]).
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