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** The same also applies to other [[TokenMinority token characters]] in the comic, like Luca[[note]]who is in a wheelchair[[/note]], Dora[[note]]who is blind[[/note]], and Andre [[note]]who has autism[[/note]], among others. The worst flaw they could have is being kind of [[DisabledSnarker snarky]], but it never goes to the same extent as the main characters, who can be truly unlikable people [[JerkassBall if the plot calls for it]]. They also got less and less ButtMonkey moments, although to be fair, these ''were'' mostly related to their disabilities in one way or another. Even Hummer's speech impendiment was retconned to him being mute, and ever since he learned sign language, he no longer has trouble communicating with the other kids, granting him [[SlapstickImmunity immunity]] to the misfortunes he was presented with in earlier comics.

** The same also applies to other [[TokenMinority token characters]] in the comic, like Luca[[note]]who is in a wheelchair[[/note]], Dora[[note]]who is blind[[/note]], and Andre [[note]]who has autism[[/note]], among others. The worst flaw they could have is being kind of [[DisabledSnarker snarky]], but it never goes to the same extent as the main characters, who can be truly unlikable people [[JerkassBall if the plot calls for it]]. They also got less and less ButtMonkey moments, although to be fair, these ''were'' mostly related to their disabilities in one way or another. Even Hummer's speech impendiment was retconned to him being mute, and ever since he learned sign language, he no longer has trouble communicating with the other kids, granting him immunity to the misfortunes he was presented with in earlier comics.

* An AnimatedAdaptation of The Little Rascals in the early 1980s has Buckwheat going from Bad Stereotype to the group's resident GadgeteerGenius who can build anything from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc3Gczk4nLc junkyard parts]]. His speech impediment, of course, is no more.

** Subverted in the short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiy40zwDICM 12 Angry Little People]] in which the only black juror starts to loudly complain about how the police once took his shoe-shine box and beat him with it while using a stereotypically unaware inflection. When the others stare at him in disgust he says, "What? Every black man on the TV gots to be a posi-a-tive role model?" Done again immediately afterward when the other minority juror (a dog) gives a technical explanation and another juror brushes him off with, "Uh, you're a f[[SoundEffectBleep **]]king dog."

* Sandy Cheeks of ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' played this to such extremes early on she almost comes off as a [[ParodySue parody]] of the trope. Compared to the more flawed males cast, Sandy was much CloserToEarth and often acted as the [[CanonSue infallible voice of reason]] as well as being extremely talented in both intellectual and brawn levels, suggested to be [[GodModeSue both the strongest and smartest member of Bikini Bottom]]. Following the second season, Sandy was swayed from this trope, being granted [[GoodOldBoy her]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} own]] [[LargeHam set]] [[SmallNameBigEgo of]] [[JerkJock flaws]] and often having her overboard positive aspects parodied or Lampshaded.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Jodie]] herself is sort of a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope. Along with Mack, she's the only character who's consistently smart and popular, but she feels like she needs to be perfect at everything, which is only augmented by [[EducationMama her parents]] and the fact that she's a black kid at a mostly-white school. She's probably [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]]'s closest friend beside [[CoolLoser Jane]] and admits that she longs to be [[BrilliantButLazy as indifferent]] as they are. In the series finale, she explains to her parents that she's choosing to attend a prestigious HBCU (their alma mater) over an even-more-prestigious faux-Ivy League university, specifically so she can finally exist in a space where she doesn't have to maintain this trope.