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** In "[[Recap/BeavisAndButtheadS8E3DaughtersHand Daughter's Hand]]", Victoria's father [[BoyfriendBluff convinces Beavis and Butt-Head that Victoria already has a boyfriend to keep them away from her]]. The duo instead thinks he means that they simply have to wait a little longer until he finally agrees to let them be with her.

** In "Mrs. Beady Takes a Holiday", the foreign man who recently moved into Mrs. Beady's old residence is too dumb to be scared or disgusted by any of Otis' pranks.

** In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E13ForBrosAboutToRockItsALoudLoudLoudLoudHouse For Bros About to Rock]]", Lincoln and Clyde are arrested and thrown in mall jail, and Lincoln's sister Luna comes to bail them out while disguised as their mother Rita. Unfortunately, ditzy Bobby Santiago is working at the mall, and he isn't fooled by the disguise one bit, even blowing Luna's cover and getting ''her'' arrested.

* During the "Brainwashed" multi-parter near the end of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', the mice are captured and, appropriately enough, brainwashed. Or, at least, Brain is. Pinky is entirely unaffected due to his low intelligence. Later, as Brain starts to return to normal, he manages to LogicBomb the brainwashing computer by introducing it to the concept of "[[VerbalTic Narf]]", which Pinky cannot help but "define" when the computer derides it as a non-word.

** In "Buyers Beware", Otis tries to scare an old lady away from the barn through various tactics (because he thinks she wants to buy it [[spoiler:when she was actually one of Farmer's relatives who was over for a family reunion]]), but the lady is too absent-minded to follow any of them. Otis eventually gives up and gives her the keys to the barn, [[YouWereTryingTooHard only for the lady to]] ''[[YouWereTryingTooHard then]]'' [[YouWereTryingTooHard get scared away]].

* In ''VideoGame/Portal2'', [=GLaDOS=] attempts to kill Wheatley with a LogicBomb. ("This...sentence...is...false!")[[note]]donthinkaboutitdonthinkaboutitdonthinkaboutit[[/note]] Wheatley, however, is too obtuse to recognize it as a paradox. ("Uh...true. I'll go true. Well, that was easy.") In comparison, the frankenturrets, ''Wheatley's own creations'', a combination of turret guns and '''boxes''', seize up and start groaning in agony upon hearing the same statement, and they're not supposed to even be fully sentient. [[JustifiedTrope This makes sense]] when you realize that [[spoiler:Wheatley was specifically designed to be as stupid as possible.]]

** In "Buyers Beware", Otis tries to scare an old lady away from the barn through various tactics (because he thinks she wants to buy it [[spoiler:when she was actually one of Farmer's relatives who was over for a family reunion]]), but none of them work because of the lady's absent-minded nature. Otis eventually gives up and gives her the keys to the barn, [[YouWereTryingTooHard only for the lady to]] ''[[YouWereTryingTooHard then]]'' [[YouWereTryingTooHard get scared away]].

** In "Mrs. Beady Takes a Holiday", the foreign man who recently moved into Mrs. Beady's old residence is too dumb to be disgusted or scared by any of Otis' pranks.

* ''ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm'': Tao (the Tactical Augmented Organism) is the ultimate manipulator, capable of bending anyone to his will with time. However, when he tries his tricks on Ladytron, they simply don't work. She spells it out for him: He can influence the way rational people think, but she's a violent, stupid criminal -- ''anything'' but rational. It's then immediately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when he switches tactics and uses effective ''emotional'' manipulation on her just long enough to take her out. Tao gets [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoisted by His Own Petard]] in this fashion again in an issue of ''ComicBook/Gen13'', when he is able to manipulate all of the kids (''and'' Helspont), but not [[DumbJock Grunge]].

* An interesting variation in ''Film/CabinInTheWoods'': The teenagers that go to the titular cabin are all pretty well-adjusted and smart college students, with the possible exception of [[TheStoner Marty]] who is always high as a kite. But as time passes, everyone starts acting like [[DumbBlonde stereotypes]] [[JerkJock of horror]] [[BlackAndNerdy movies]] and taking very dumb and counterproductive choices, except for Marty, who keeps pointing out something is wrong and who keeps hearing voices whispering orders to the group. [[spoiler: This is because the organization controlling the ritual is pumping them with airborne chemicals in order to make them easily manipulable into following the instructions of the ritual, but Marty's constant consumption of weed has basically made him immune to the chemicals, which ends turning him into the SpannerInTheWorks]].

--->'''Murphy:''' How do we know this kid is really psychic? I mean, this boy is certainly no Eric Cartman. ''(Kyle clenches his teeth in frustration)''

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E14TheDeathCampOfTolerance The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", Mr. Garrison attempts to trick the staff into firing him for being gay with his DepravedHomosexual acts so he can sue them for $25 million. With the exception of [[OnlySaneMan Chef]], the staff is too stupid to recognize this and instead ''[[SpringtimeForHitler praises]]'' him for "embracing his sexuality".

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E14TheDeathCampOfTolerance The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", Mr. Garrison attempts to trick the staff into firing him for being gay with his DepravedHomosexual acts so he can sue them for $25 million. With the exception of [[OnlySaneMan Chef]], the staff is too stupid to recognize this and instead ''[[SpringtimeForHitler praises]]'' him for "coming out".

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E1GoodTimesWithWeapons Good Times with Weapons]]", the boys ([[PaperThinDisguise poorly]]) disguise Butters as a dog to avoid recognition from the public after he gets seriously injured as a result of their shenanigans. Once Butters manages to show up at an auction, the public is able to see through the disguise... only to then completely forget about it and get sidetracked by Cartman's accidental streaking.

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E1GoodTimesWithWeapons Good Times with Weapons]]", the boys ([[PaperThinDisguise poorly]]) disguise Butters as a dog to avoid recognition from the public after he gets seriously injured as a result of their shenanigans. Once Butters manages to show up at an auction, the public is able to see through the disguise... only to then completely forget about it and get sidetracked by Cartman's accidental streaking.

--->'''Murphy:''' How do we know this kid is really psychic? I mean, this boy is certainly no Eric Cartman.\\
''(Kyle clenches his teeth in frustration)''

--->'''Murphy:''' How do we know this kid is really psychic? I mean, this boy is certainly no Eric Cartman. ''(Kyle clenches his teeth in rage)''

** In "Mrs. Beady Takes a Holiday", the foreign man who recently moved in to Mrs. Beady's old residence is too dumb to be disgusted or scared by any of Otis' pranks.

** In "Buyers Beware", Otis tries to scare an old lady away from the barn (because he thinks she wants to buy it [[spoiler:when she was actually one of Farmer's relatives who was over for a family reunion]]), but it doesn't work because of the lady's absent-mindedness. Otis eventually gives up and gives her the keys to the barn, [[FauxHorrific only for the lady to]] ''[[FauxHorrific then]]'' [[FauxHorrific get scared away]].

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E1GoodTimesWithWeapons Good Times with Weapons]]", the boys ([[PaperThinDisguise poorly]]) disguise Butters as a dog to avoid recognition from the public after he gets seriously injured as a result of their shenanigans. Once Butters manages to show up at an auction, the public is able to see through the disguise... and then completely forget about it and get sidetracked by Cartman's streaking.

** In "Buyers Beware", Otis tries to scare an old lady away from the barn (because he thinks she wants to buy it [[spoiler:when she was actually one of the Farmer's relatives over for a family reunion]]), but the lady keeps [[ComicallyMissingThePoint missing the point]]. Otis eventually gives up and gives her the keys to the barn, [[FauxHorrific only for the lady to]] ''[[FauxHorrific then]]'' [[FauxHorrific get scared away]].

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E14TheDeathCampOfTolerance The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", Mr. Garrison attempts to trick the staff into firing him for being gay with his DepravedHomosexual acts so he can sue them for $25 million. With the exception of [[OnlySaneMan Chef]], the staff is too stupid to recognize this and instead ''[[SpringtimeForHitler praise]]'' him for "coming out".

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E14TheDeathCampOfTolerance The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", Mr. Garrison attempts to trick the staff into firing him for being gay with his DepravedHomosexual acts so he can sue them for $25 million. However, they are too stupid to recognize this and instead ''[[SpringtimeForHitler praise]]'' him for "coming out".

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E6ProfessorChaosProfessor Chaos]]", Butters, as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Professor Chaos]], tries to scare the world by pretending to flood the entire planet with his garden hose, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint only for everyone to excitedly grab their swimgear instead]].

** In "Recap/SouthParkS6E14TheDeathCampOfTolerance The Death Camp of Tolerance]]", Mr. Garrison attempts to trick the staff into firing him for being gay with his DepravedHomosexual acts so he can sue them for $25 million. However, they are too stupid to recognize this and instead ''[[SpringtimeForHitler praise]]'' him for "coming out".