History DumbMuscle / WesternAnimation

* Numbah Four of the ''[[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Kids Next Door]]'' is the idiot of the team, but also the most inclined to physical violence. His actual combat ability varies greatly between episodes, usually switching between RuleOfCool and RuleOfFunny.

* The Dinobots from ''WesternAnimation/{{Transformers}}''. People say Grimlock is smarter than he lets on, but he still wants Kup to [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen tell him about the petro-rabbits]], even in the middle of a firefight. Sludge is also particularly dim, and, as the largest of the Dinobots, particularly strong. All of the Dinobots have an idiosyncratic form of HulkSpeak that lends itself to this image.

* ''WildKratts'' has Davio, henchman to Donita. Leads to a good BrickJoke in ''Fireflies'' when Donita tells a joke at the beginning of the episode, and then Davio gets it in the end... right when Donita is too angry about being foiled again to care about it any less.

* Subverted with Red Menace from ''LeagueOfSuperEvil.'' He's shown to be of normal intelligence and quite resourceful at times. In one episode, he even scored higher on a computerized intelligence test than Voltar (whose intelligence was on the level of celery).

* Penny, the ShallowParody to DonkeyKong from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB''.

* Bulk Biceps in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', as {{lampshaded}} by his name and his dumbbell Cutie Mark, is easily the bulkiest pony in Ponyville, and certainly not the brightest. In "Rainbow Falls" he fails a RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, and in "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks" the CMC have to explain to him that his talent might not be limited to lifting dumbbells.

* Bulk Biceps in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', as [[lampshaded]] by his name and his dumbbell Cutie Mark, is easily the bulkiest pony in Ponyville, and certainly not the brightest. In "Rainbow Falls" he fails a RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, and in "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks" the CMC have to explain to him that his talent might not be limited to lifting dumbbells.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', in her Bad Kaeloo form.

* ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNOW'' has The Flesh who's "super strong and super naked" as well as having the "honor" of being the dimmest of a team of brain-dead two-bit super "heros".

* Also from Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': ''No one exemplifies this trope like Gaston!'' He's decent at manipulating people, but besides that, he's brutish, illiterate, and uncultured -- [[SchoolIsForLosers and proud of it]].

* Also from Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': ''No one exemplifies this trope like Gaston!'' He's decent at manipulating people, but besides that, he's brutish, uncultured, and illiterate -- [[AntiIntellectualism and proud of it]].

* Kronk from ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. However, he ''is'' an excellent chef, and he does occasionally bring out closer to Earth insight.
** WordOfGod says he's not stupid, he's just [[CloudCuckooLander not always focused on the same thing everyone else is at the time]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' has Knuckles the Echidna, at the best of times not all there to being a full on ditz. But even he still has moments of clarity when anyone else acts stupid or when he shows off one of his skills like playing piano and he's a beast when it comes to fighting.

* The Dinobots from ''{{Transformers}}''. People say Grimlock is smarter than he lets on, but he still wants Kup to [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen tell him about the petro-rabbits]], even in the middle of a firefight. Sludge is also particularly dim, and, as the largest of the Dinobots, particularly strong. All of the Dinobots have an idiosyncratic form of HulkSpeak that lends itself to this image.

** In ''TransformersAnimated'', Grimlock is almost toddler-like in his temperament and speech; Swoop and Snarl don't seem to have enough processor power to ''talk'' at all, either.

* ''KorgothOfBarbaria'' himself, a pastiche of Conan minus the ingenuity and ambition.

** And Tidal Wave from ''[[TransformersArmada Armada]]'', who is basically only capable of saying his own name, and Demolishor's later incarnation in ''Energon''.

* Torvald and Harold in ''HeyArnold'', who are both 13-year old fourth graders as a result of being held back several times. The best grade Torvald ever had in his life was a C- from kindergarten.

* Mr. Larrity's son, Dean, from ''CodeMonkeys''. Though he's strong, he has the same type of mental weaknesses [[RuleOfFunny played for laughs]]. "I love Japan! Except for their Reggae music, cause it has the word 'gay' in it."

* Captain Hero, a ShallowParody of {{Superman}} in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''.

* Dean's prisoners from ''TheGoodeFamily''.
* Gene from ''Series/BobsBurgers''.
* [[SquirrelBoy Ranger Stu]].

* Rondo Jr. from ''YakkityYak''.
* The Bullnerds, Thor Thort and Brick Buster in ''ChalkZone''.

* Rico in ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' talks exclusively in garbled grunts.
* ''AngelaAnaconda'' 's older brothers. Probably because they're always banging their heads together...with no helmets.
* Rock Bottom from the TV ''FelixTheCat'' cartoons. As he and the Professor launch themselves from a cannon:

* Nicolas from ''[[Westernanimation/{{Code Lyoko}} Code Lyoko]].'' More emphasis on the dumb part of the description though.

* Gene from ''BobsBurgers''.

* Rock Bottom from the TV FelixTheCat cartoons. As he and the Professor launch themselves from a cannon:

* Nicolas from [[Westernanimation/{{Code Lyoko}} Code Lyoko]]. More emphasis on the dumb part of the description though.

* WildKratts has Davio, henchman to Donita. Leads to a good BrickJoke in ''Fireflies'' when Donita tells a joke at the beginning of the episode, and then Davio gets it in the end... right when Donita is too angry about being foiled again to care about it any less.

** Blastcharge in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', and Tankor, until Rattrap roots around in his head.
** WesternAnimation/BeastWars has Scorponok and Quickstrike.

* From WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}, we have Megabyte's henchmen, Hack & Slash. They're [[MinionWithAnFInEvil mostly incompetent]] and as dumb as a bowl of mice (not to mention constantly bickering), but can occasionally make up for it with SuperStrength, not to mention being MultiArmedAndDangerous.