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* CluelessChickMagnet: A guy who doesn't realize he's a ChickMagnet.
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* SmartDumbAndInBetween: The dumb one is grouped with TheSmartGuy and the one who is average intellectually.
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* [[SmartDumbAndInBetween Smart, Dumb, and In-Between]]: The dumb one is grouped with TheSmartGuy and the one who is average intellectually.

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* [[SmartDumbAndInBetween Smart, Dumb, and In-Between]]: SmartDumbAndInBetween: The dumb one is grouped with TheSmartGuy and the one who is average intellectually.
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* [[SmartDumbAndInBetween Smart, Dumb, and In-Between]]: The dumb one is grouped with TheSmartGuy and the one who is average intellectually.
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* [[SmartDumbAndInBetween Smart, Dumb, and In-Between]]: The dumb character is grouped with TheSmartGuy and the guy who is intellectually average.
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* [[SmartDumbAndInBetween Smart, Dumb, and In-Between]]: The dumb character is grouped with TheSmartGuy and the guy who is intellectually average.
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* BrainChain
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* SmartDumbAndInBetween
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* SmartDumbAndInBetween
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* PlanetOfDunceCaps: A species is of inferior intellect.

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* PlanetOfDunceCaps: A An extraterrestrial species is of inferior intellect.
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* PlanetOfDunceCaps: A species is of inferior intellect.

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* SimpleMindedWisdom: Wisdom that is lacking refined any kind of worldly knowledge, subtlety, tastes or is just told in a basic way.
* SimpletonVoice: Showing dopey characteristics by having the vocals of an idiot, moron, or just the dialect of a silly sounding character usually characterizes themselves as [[TheDitz one]] (This along with the StupidlyLongFillerSound helps out this main factor as well.)



* StrategySchmategy: When a character says "Tactics are for the weak!", they [[DidntThinkThisThrough should've thought that through.]]



* StrategySchmategy: When a character says "Tactics are for the weak!", they [[DidntThinkThisThrough should've thought that through.]]
* SwallowTheKey: It's very stupid to swallow the key to a door you just locked because you would not be able to use the key again to unlock it later. Usually used in classic cartoons, however.



* SimpletonVoice: Showing dopey characteristics by having the vocals of an idiot, moron, or just the dialect of a silly sounding character usually characterizes themselves as [[TheDitz one]] (This along with the StupidlyLongFillerSound helps out this main factor as well.)
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Wisdom that is lacking refined any kind of worldly knowledge, subtlety, tastes or is just told in a basic way.


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* SwallowTheKey: It's very stupid to swallow the key to a door you just locked because you would not be able to use the key again to unlock it later. Usually used in classic cartoons, however.
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* ExplosiveStupidity: When you leave explosives in the hands of idiots, they'll get themselves killed in the process.

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* ExplosiveStupidity: When you [[LethallyStupid leave explosives in the hands of idiots, idiots]], [[TooDumbToLive they'll get themselves killed killed]] in the process.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Too stupid to realize that someone is obviously not a good person.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Too stupid to realize that someone is obviously not a good or in some cases bad person.

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* FailedASpotCheck: How did they not notice that important detail that's right in front of them?



* GeniusDitz: Stupid character who is actually quite knowledgeable in a certain field.[[note]]or some fields.[[/note]]

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* GeniusDitz: Stupid character who is actually quite knowledgeable in a certain field.[[note]]or field[[note]]or some fields.[[/note]] fields[[/note]].
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* BecauseISaidSo: Authority figures (usually of the authoritarian type) who lack emotional intelligence don't bother to explain why the rules they set should be obeyed beyond the titular answer, feeling entitled to others' unquestioning obedience.
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* DependingUponTheUndependable: Yeah. Smart idea to hire this incompetent fool to perform a task. It's not like he's liable to screw it up for everyone.
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* WhereWhere: Failing to realize that people who are shocked at seeing you are reacting to ''you''.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Stupid people aren't good at coming up with well-thought-out plans.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Stupid people aren't good at coming up with well-thought-out plans.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Doing incredibly stupid things that no sane person would actually do.

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* WhatAnIdiot: DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot: Doing incredibly stupid things that no sane person would actually do.
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* SuspectIsHatless: A character isn't smart enough to properly describe the suspect of a crime they just witness, instead giving a vague, nonesense description that doesn't narrow down to anyone.

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* SuspectIsHatless: A character isn't smart enough to properly describe the suspect of a crime they just witness, witnessed, instead giving a vague, nonesense description that doesn't narrow down to anyone.
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* SuspectIsHatless: A character isn't smart enough to properly describe the suspect of a crime they just witness, instead giving a vague, nonesense description that doesn't narrow down to anyone.
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* IndexMyopia
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Somebody doesn't think through what they're saying.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Trying to explain away an offensive statement, only to make more offensive statements.

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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Trying to explain An attempt at explaining away an offensive statement, only statement leads to make more offensive statements.
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* UnintentionallyKarmic: A well-meaning but somewhat clueless and ditzy NiceGuy who’s efforts to help a {{Jerkass}} ends in well-deserved bad luck for the jerk.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Idiotic guards either suffering from Genre Blindness or simply Too Dumb To Live.
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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Overconfidence that everything will go as planned, which leads to things going wrong ([[TemptingFate usually the moment this question is asked out loud]]) because the planner [[DidntThinkThisThrough didn't think]] to take precautions in case anything did go wrong.

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