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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': DumbBlonde Luanne eventually marries Lucky, a typical redneck with no education and no common sense.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': DumbBlonde Luanne eventually marries Lucky, a typical Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt, possibly the single-most stereotypical redneck with no education in the show. He's lazy, uneducated, and no completely lacking in common sense.sense, to the point he [[TaughtByTelevision literally gets most of his worldly information from television]], and so unskilled that his primary source of income was {{Frivolous Lawsuit}}s. Despite being an idiot, though, he does genuinely love Luanne and their daughter Gracie and does try to improve himself for their sake.
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* In ''Series/TheNanny'', Val, Fran's airheaded best friend, had an even-less successful love life than her. It's not until the penultimate episode that she hooks up with recurring character Fred, who is just as loopy as her.

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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to grasp her intentions but remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable.

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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh: When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to grasp her intentions but remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable.
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* Clarabelle Cow is a secondary Disney protagonist who began in the ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' and from there moved on to various animated movies, series, games, and the ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse''. She's portrayed as a ditzy, clumsy, gossip-loving bumbler with something of an exaggerated sense of her own intelligence. She's also been portrayed with ''two'' potential boyfriends, both of them qualifying for this trope!
** Clarabelle's classic boyfriend is the even more minor Horace Horsecollar, a [[DumbMuscle strong but dimwitted]] KnowNothingKnowItAll AttentionWhore with a massive ego. He debuted alongside her in the ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' and their relationship became firmly established in the ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'', which even saw them get engaged in one story (although [[StatusQuoIsGod that was quickly forgotten]]). Although Clarabelle/Goofy became increasingly popular after the 2000s, Clarabelle/Horace remains prominent, and if Horace shows up in anything, he'll usually be presented as Clarabelle's boyfriend.
** Clarabelly's alternative boyfriend is WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, who... well, he's Goofy; [[ShapedLikeItself no elaboration required]]. The idea of Clara and Goofy as a couple first appeared in the classic short "The Band Concert", where the two of them flirt, and would be brought up in some comics in the late 1960s. But it was in the 2000s, when Clara finally returned to screen, that the two would be paired up romantically, starting with the animated film ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'', where Goofy would fall in love with her and seduce her... as she's trying to tie him to an anchor and throw him in the sea. She becomes Goofy's lover at the end of the classic Goofy short "How To Be A Spy", and is portrayed as his girlfriend in the series "House of Mouse", "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and "Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures".
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* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:'' Whilst in her earliest cartoons she was presented as the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar, as she'd continue to be in the ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'', Clarabelle Cow began to be portrayed as a love interest of Goofy after she returned to the animated screen in the 2000s -- though she may also appear with her traditional boyfriend as well. As in the comics, Clarabelle is clumsy and TheDitz, but believes herself to be smarter than she really is, whilst Goofy is... well, ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}''.



* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': DumbBlonde Luanne eventually marries Lucky, a typical redneck with no education and no common sense.



* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': DumbBlonde Luanne eventually marries Lucky, a typical redneck with no education and no common sense.
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** Owen, a FatIdiot, also gets paired with Izzy, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} GenkiGirl. Ironically, they broke up when Izzy [GeniusSerum became smart from a head injury]].

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** Owen, a FatIdiot, also gets paired with Izzy, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} GenkiGirl. Ironically, they broke up when Izzy [GeniusSerum [[GeniusSerum became smart from a head injury]]. injury]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Tyler, a klutzy DumbJock, is paired with Lindsay, a BrainlessBeauty and DumbBlonde. They are also the only couple from the first season who have not broken up at any single point in the series or faced any serious threats to their relationship (despite the fact Lindsay was unable to remember who Tyler was for almost two seasons).

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Tyler, a klutzy DumbJock, is paired with Lindsay, a BrainlessBeauty and DumbBlonde. They are also the only couple from the first season who have not broken up at any single point in the series or faced any serious threats to their relationship (despite the fact Lindsay was unable to remember who Tyler was for almost two seasons).seasons).
** Owen, a FatIdiot, also gets paired with Izzy, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} GenkiGirl. Ironically, they broke up when Izzy [GeniusSerum became smart from a head injury]].
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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to grasp her intentions but remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable

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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to grasp her intentions but remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable
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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to grasp her intentions he remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable

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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to grasp her intentions he but remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable
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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with him. While Oferma [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to fully grasp her intentions he remains nice to her, she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable

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* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with him. While Oferma who [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to fully grasp her intentions he remains nice to her, while she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable
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*ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh:When [[TheDitz Oferma]] meets [[BrainlessBeauty Zaćmica]], she is so surprised that someone "more stupid than she" can exist that she falls madly in love with him. Zaćmica spends the rest of the story flirting with him. While Oferma [[ComicallyMissingThePoint never seems to fully grasp her intentions he remains nice to her, she overinterprets random things as romantic gestures and is satisfy with their relationship]]. Given that both characters play roles of MinionWithAnFInEvil and are [[{{Manchild}} manchildren]], they actually have a lot in common, and in their own quirky way, their "chemistry" comes off as cute, charming, and oddly believable

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Sometimes it happens because the token dumb character needs a love interest, so why not introduce a possible love interest who is just as dumb or even dumber than him? Very often, the two token idiots are minor characters who are just there to form a funny BetaCouple. Sometimes it may happen that they break up very soon because they are TooMuchAlike.

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Sometimes it happens because the token dumb character needs a love interest, so why not introduce a possible love interest who is just as dumb or even dumber than him? them? Very often, the two token idiots are minor characters who are just there to form a funny BetaCouple. Sometimes it may happen that they break up very soon because they are TooMuchAlike.



* On ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', recurring sketch "The Girls' Room" featured [[TheDitz Debbie]], whose dimwitted actions include buying hammers instead of candy for a student council election, forgetting her own name, and buying a dozen eggs for a birthday present... then keeping one because "he's so cute." Another recurring sketch, "Totally Kyle," had the title character, a SurferDude who told [[ShaggyDogStory long, pointless stories]] about his various stupid activities (such as complaining of his eyes stinging in the shower, then revealing he ''wasn't closing them'' when he shampooed his hair). When a crossover occurred with Kyle appearing in the Girls' Room Talent Show, they took an immediate shine to each other. That sketch even ended with [[TheBully Sheila]] preparing to [[RunningGag give Kyle a swirlie]] as she did to everyone who bothered her, and Debbie asking if she could do it this time instead... only for the other girls to open the stall door and find them passionately making out.

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* On ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', recurring sketch "The Girls' Room" featured [[TheDitz Debbie]], whose dimwitted actions include buying hammers instead of candy for a student council election, forgetting her own name, and buying a dozen eggs for a birthday present... then keeping one because "he's so cute." Another recurring sketch, "Totally Kyle," had the title character, a SurferDude who told [[ShaggyDogStory long, pointless stories]] about his various stupid activities (such as complaining of his eyes stinging in the shower, then revealing he ''wasn't closing them'' when he shampooed his hair). When a crossover occurred with Kyle appearing in the Girls' Room Talent Show, they took an immediate shine to each other. That sketch even ended with [[TheBully Sheila]] preparing to [[RunningGag give Kyle a swirlie]] as she did to everyone who bothered her, and Debbie asking if she could do it this time instead... only for the other girls to open the stall door and find them passionately making out.



** Although Rachel isn't actually stupid, the last few episodes of season 9 play up her ditzy, superficial, and BookDumb traits much more than usual (making her quite a bit OutOfCharacter) so that she could be paired with Joey. In particular, "The One in Barbados" has Joey and Rachel hooking up because of this trope, to contrast the PairTheSmartOnes of Ross and Charlie. After her break-up with Joey, Rachel goes back to reasonably intelligent.

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** Although Rachel isn't actually stupid, the last few episodes of season 9 play up her ditzy, superficial, and BookDumb traits much more than usual (making her quite a bit OutOfCharacter) so that she could be paired with Joey. In particular, "The One in Barbados" has Joey and Rachel hooking up because of this trope, to contrast the PairTheSmartOnes of Ross and Charlie. After her break-up breakup with Joey, Rachel goes back to reasonably intelligent.



* ''Series/OneTreeHill'': In high school, DumbBlonde cheerleader Bevin never interacts with Tim (Nathan's dimwitted sidekick in early episodes). But after the four year time skip, it's revealed they are married.

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* ''Series/OneTreeHill'': In high school, DumbBlonde cheerleader Bevin never interacts with Tim (Nathan's dimwitted sidekick in early episodes). But after the four year four-year time skip, it's revealed they are married.



** In early seasons there's the couple of Kelso and Jackie, both being ditzy, shallow, and obsessed with their physical appearance.

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** In early seasons seasons, there's the couple of Kelso and Jackie, both being ditzy, shallow, and obsessed with their physical appearance.



-->'''Hyde''': No offense, Mrs. Forman, but those two could make the dumbest babies ever.

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-->'''Hyde''': --->'''Hyde''': No offense, Mrs. Forman, but those two could make the dumbest babies ever.



* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'': [[DumbBlonde Alice Tinker]] is not only stupid, but at times struggles to tell reality from fiction. She ends up with UpperClassTwit Hugo Horton, who is just a little more sensible and rational than her. The two end up HappilyMarried with lots of children. Geraldine outright lampshades how perfect they are for each other, as they both have the intellect of a cactus and are stupid even by [[QuirkyTown Dibley]] standards.

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* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'': [[DumbBlonde Alice Tinker]] is not only stupid, stupid but at times struggles to tell reality from fiction. She ends up with UpperClassTwit Hugo Horton, who is just a little more sensible and rational than her. The two end up HappilyMarried with lots of children. Geraldine outright lampshades how perfect they are for each other, as they both have the intellect of a cactus and are stupid even by [[QuirkyTown Dibley]] standards.



* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Another one-sided example: Bubbles (TheDitz of the Powerpuff Girls) has some ShipTease with Boomer (the dumbest of the The Rowdyruff Boys) and thinks he's cute.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Another one-sided example: Bubbles (TheDitz of the Powerpuff Girls) has some ShipTease with Boomer (the dumbest of the The Rowdyruff Boys) and thinks he's cute.



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* ''Film/TheGodfather'': In ''Part II'', dimwitted BlackSheep Fredo is married to Hollywood actress Deanna, a slutty DumbBlonde who is completely ignorant of wedding traditions and etiquette.

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* ''Film/TheGodfather'': In ''Part II'', dimwitted BlackSheep Fredo is married to Hollywood actress Deanna, a slutty DumbBlonde who is completely ignorant of wedding traditions and etiquette.
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