History GeniusBruiser / WesternAnimation

** Shockwave is the creator of cortical psychic patch and managed to reverse engineer the space bridge. He's also pretty beefy for a robot, able to survive getting crushed by falling chunks of rock, practically unaffected by any attacks thrown at him, and may have even survived a space bridge collapsing on him. His [[AttackItsWeakPoint only weakness]] is his [[EyeScream eye]] and getting a direct laser blast to it barely stuns him. His creation Predaking also shows signs of this. Even Shockwave was surprised [[spoiler:when Predaking transformed into robot mode, revealing that he is sentient. When he speaks, he turns out to be rather eloquent and well-spoken.]]

** On the villainous side, [[AmoralAttorney Monstroso is about 10 feet tall, capable of surviving a beatdown from 21 ''and'' Brock, and he's the Guild's undisputed master of the double cross. Capable of screwing over practically anyone with some well placed paperwork.

** [[spoiler: Bulkhead]] is a cross between this and GeniusDitz.

* In the ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', there's Yukon Cornelius, a {{Badass}} {{Prospector}} who's always coming up with smart ideas. He gets himself and his two friends away from the Bumble by taking advantage of the Bumble's one weakness ("The Bumble sinks!" he laughs) and he later get the good idea to draw the beast away from Rudolph's parents by telling Hermes to imitate a pig, knowing that it prefers pork to deer meat. He's got the Bruiser part down to a T (BoisterousBruiser, in fact) able to out-wrestle and ''tame'' the Bumble after Hermes de-fangs it.

* Dr. Jumba Jookiba from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' is a MadScientist who can go toe-to-toe with [[UltimateLifeform Stitch]]. His big, hulking figure gives the impression of TheBrute despite his scientific background, thus qualifying this trope. Likewise, Stitch himself is this as well, being super-strong, NighInvulnerable and able to think faster than a supercomputer.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Professor Utonium himself became one in "Powerprof", when he builds a suit that gives him powers.

* ''WesternAnimation/PowerpuffGirls'': Professor Utonium himself became one in "Powerprof", when he builds a suit that gives him powers.

* ''WesternAnimation/PowerpuffGirls'': Professor Utonium became one in "Powerprof", when he builds a suit that gives him powers.

* ''WesternAnimation/PowerPuffGirls'': Professor Utonium became one in "Powerprof", when he builds a suit that gives him powers.

* Eric Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Yes, he's the BigGuy and he's very aggressive, but also has a high intelligence to be planned to Scott Tenorman's revenge in "Scott Tenorman Must Die". Also he has talents, among the highlights are: electronics, music, and even multilingualism, such as German.

** Megatron has slightly more brawn and slightly less brains than some other incarnations but is still a very savvy strategist capable of being a frighteningly effective ManipulativeBastard and DangerouslyGenresavvy when his madness or arrogance don't get the better of him.

%%** [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass I, Grimlock.]]

** [[BigBad Slade]].

* Dr. Jumba Jookiba from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' is a MadScientist who can go toe-to-toe with [[UltimateLifeform Stitch]]. His big, hulking figure gives the impression of TheBrute despite his scientific background, thus qualifying this trope.

* Dr. Jumba Jookiba from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' is a rare case of ''both'' this and BadassBookworm (despite both tropes being supposedly opposite). He's a MadScientist who can go toe-to-toe with [[UltimateLifeform Stitch]], thus qualifying as BadassBookworm. But seeing his hulking figure at first glance rarely gives the impression that he's from a scientific background, thus this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': Raimundo, who is a brash, cocky, snarky street smart teen, is also a tactical genius [[BrilliantButLazy when he wants to be]]. He pulled off a successful {{Batman Gambit}} with Master Monk Guan, and roundly thrashes a [[ItMakesSenseInContext hyper-intelligent T-Rex]] at a game of chess (with an in-depth understanding of chess strategy, no less). In addition, his street smarts afford him a certain level of {{Genre Savviness}} that was the team's only saving grace on one occasion.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Big [=McIntosh=]. Easily one of the strongest ponies in the series, he proves his intelligence on more than one occasion - Applejack gets frustrated with his "fancy mathematics" in ''Applebuck Season'', and he knows the therapeutic pressure points for Granny Smith's muscle spasms. To top it off, when "discorded", he became incredibly stupid, acting more like a dog than a pony. Notice that for the Mane Six (with Rainbow Dash filling this trope), the same effect reversed ''their core personality trait'', aka their very Element.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' took a peg from this for Dr. Connor and his Lizard form for their version of ''Secret Wars''.
* Panthro in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' is another example.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}!'' villain Cave Guy is one of the series' stronger ''and'' smarter villains, being a large and powerful neanderthal with the mind (and dialect) of a Yale graduate/''New Yorker'' subscriber. (Fans have compared his voice and speech pattern to that of [[Series/GilligansIsland Thurston Howell III]].

* Leatherhead from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''
* Biffy from {{WesternAnimation/Detentionaire}}.

* {{ComicStrip/Popeye}} occasionally gets in on the act, using spinach to enhance his brain power as well as his muscles when necessary.

* Ivy, from WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego is well read and loves the arts. She has also kicked through bolted doors, tackled henchmen with flying kicks, and tosses henchmen who have tried to restrain her with hooks, nets, or lassos.

* Zaheer from ''WesternAnimationTheLegendOfKorra'' is a powerful and seasoned fighter who looks the part, but also a poetic and spiritually knowledgable man who knows a glod deal about the avatar and the world. Made more obvious by the fact that he's voiced by Main/{{Real Life}} genius bruiser Music/{{Henry Rollins}}.

* Eric Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Yes, he's the BigGuy and he's very aggressive, but also has a high intelligence to be planned to Scott Tenorman's revenge in "Scott Tenorman Must Die".
** Also he has talents, among the highlights are: electronics, music, and even multilingualism, such as German.
*** Eric Cartman's strength and intelligence varies from episode to episode. His intelligence can easily be justified because [[BrilliantButLazy he's very lazy]] and so he doesn't apply himself, but Cartman's strength constantly varies from "strong enough to take down fully grown adults" to "gets beaten up by everyone else in his class".

* Rhinox from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. The fact that he turns into a rhino (well, a [[AnimalsNotToScale really tiny rhino that's smaller than a gorilla...]]) is one half of the equation; the fact that he's usually the only Maximal with a clue is the other. These smarts carried over after his eventual [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn after his spark took over Tankor]].
** Which it turns out might actually have been for the best; at one point in the original series, he temporarily became evil and proved a ''far'' more effective bad guy.
*** The idea was to turn him into a Predacon. What no one (even Megatron) anticipated was that he would prove such a ''good'' Predacon. He very nearly succeeded in outmaneuvering everyone, including Megs. Correction, Optimus knew ''exactly'' what would happen and just waited for Rhinox to make his move instead of mounting an attack on the Predacon base.

** [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass I, Grimlock.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', Farmer [=MacDonald=]'s gargantuan sons Buford and Cletus. Cletus graduated from Stanford Phi Beta Kappa, and Buford is a renowned nuclear physicist. Jackie's read his books on the subject.
** Similarly, Ratso of the Dark Hand is sometimes very perceptive for DumbMuscle. Oh, and he used to study theoretical physics before becoming a thug.
*** Also, Tohru, despite being built like a sumo wrestler and easily capable of tearing a building apart with his bare hands, has been proven to be quite intelligent and is Uncle's apprentice in magic, and has solved many of the problems that have faced the team with simple common sense.

* During a flashback during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', a big brawny soldier who is called Ox (short for "Oxford" as it turns out, not a reference to a farm animal) effectively explains the concept of a "tontine":

** The funny part was that he spoked like a dumb muscle before he turned out be educated on difficult English.

* Though he starts off more akin to DumbMuscle, Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' develops into this. This is especially apparent by the end of the third season, where he plays The Monarch and the OSI against each other in order to proverbially kill two birds with one stone.
** On the villainous side, we have [[AmoralAttorney Monstroso]]. He's about 10 feet tall, capable of surviving a beatdown from 21 ''and'' Brock, and he's the Guild's undisputed master of the double cross. Capable of screwing over practically anyone with some well placed paperwork.

* [[spoiler: Bulkhead]] is a cross between this and GeniusDitz in ''TransformersAnimated''.
** Bulkhead could be considered a double subversion of this.

* All of the Constructicons in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' are brilliant engineers, and have other specialties beyond that. For example, Mixmaster is the foremost chemist amongst the Decepticons.

* Thailog from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is smarter than Xanatos and stronger than Goliath.

*** Before Goliath, of course, is the aged Hudson. When facing a physically younger and better-armed opponent, Goliath remarks that Hudson can't fight her. Hudson corrects him by saying he can, he just can't win. [[spoiler: By drawing out the fight, Hudson ensures reinforcement comes to his aid.]]

* Shockwave in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' is the creator of cortical psychic patch and managed to reverse engineer the space bridge. He's also pretty beefy for a robot, able to survive getting crushed by falling chunks of rock, practically unaffected by any attacks thrown at him, and may have even survived a space bridge collapsing on him. His [[AttackItsWeakPoint only weakness]] is his [[EyeScream eye]] and getting a direct laser blast to it barely stuns him.
** His creation Predaking also shows signs of this. Even Shockwave was surprised [[spoiler:when Predaking transformed into robot mode, revealing that he is sentient. When he speaks, he turns out to be rather eloquent and well-spoken.]]

* Zaheer from WesternAnimation/{{The Legend of Korra}} is a powerful and seasoned fighter who looks the part, but also a poetic and spiritually knowledgable man who knows a glod deal about the avatar and the world. Made more obvious by the fact that he's voiced by Main/{{Real Life}} genius bruiser Music/{{Henry Rollins}}.

* Zaheer from WesternAnimation/{{The Legend of Korra}} is a powerful and seasoned fighter who looks the part, but also a poetic and spiritually knowledgable man who knows a glod deal about the avatar and the world. Made more obvious by the fact that he's voiced by Main/{{Real Life}} genius bruiser Creator/{{Henry Rollins}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Big [=McIntosh=]. Easily one of the strongest ponies in the series, he proves his intelligence on more than one occasion - Applejack gets frustrated with his "fancy mathematics" in ''Applebuck Season'', and he knows the therapeutic pressure points for Granny Smith's muscle spasms. To top it off, when "discorded", he became incredibly stupid, acting more like a dog than a pony. Notice that for the Mane Six, the same effect reversed ''their core personality trait'', aka their very Element.