History GeniusBruiser / WesternAnimation

* Helga From ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'' is already fairly known among her classmates as a formidable bully. She's also a talented writer/poet, and quite intelligent for her age. An unusual case in that she's just a bully who happens to be a genius, as opposed to antagonistic genius bruisers from more action-oriented media.

* Mr badger from ''The Wind in the Willows'' is bigger than all the other characters (in fact he could pass for a bear). His feats of strength include lifting Toad up with one arm and breaking the bell off a hammer striker (he is also fiece enough to scare off the weasle gang even when outnumbered). And as for smarts he knows latin very well.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': Raimundo, who is a brash, cocky, snarky street smart teen, is also [[BrilliantButLazy a tactical genius 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 experience that was the team's only saving grace on one occasion.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' this applies to Dr. Connor and his "Lizard" form during the ''Secret Wars'' three-part episode, where he retains the mind of GentlemanAndAScholar while in the Lizard's super-strong form.
* Panthro in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' is another example.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
** Rhinox. He's not only this big burly dude that turns into a rhino, he's also the Maximals' tech expert, very wise and aware of his surroundings, a competent leader when forced into the position, and fully capable of manipulating and out-manoeuvring the entire Predacon force. These smarts carried over after his eventual [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn after his spark took over Tankor]].
** Megatron is another example, being a huge, physically imposing {{Chessmaster}}.
** [[TheJuggernaut Rampage]] is a hulking, sadistic, cannibalistic monster who is also an expert in psychological warfare.

* Rare case in Jack Fenton from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' in that he doubles both as a DumbMuscle (because he's a BumblingDad) and GeniusDitz; his ghost invention works. One episode has also stated he held straight 'B-'s throughout his school years.
* Marsala in ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' is this and a GentleGiant: he is both physically intimidating, like most [[ArtificialHuman Neosapiens]], and a surprisingly insightful orator and tactician. This also applies to Phaeton and, perhaps, Shiva, the two Neosapien villains who rose out of nowhere and conquered most of the Solar system through cunning strategic planning.
* 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):
-->'''Ox:''' Duh, essentially, we all enter into a contract whereby the last surviving participant becomes the sole possessor of all them purty pictures.
* Jack Bennet and his adoptive son JD, codenamed [=Bionic-1=] and IQ respectively, from ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
** Though he starts off more akin to DumbMuscle, Brock Samson 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, 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.
* Sherman Cortez is half of the team's strategic, tactical, and tech support on ''WesternAnimation/HotWheelsBattleForce5''. He uses his math skills to ''perfectly'' time his escape from a DeathTrap corridor. The time each trap has before activating is faster than any human being should be able to ''react'', let alone do calculations. Sherman is just that awesome.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
** Bulkhead is a cross between this and GeniusDitz.
%%** Bulkhead could be considered a double subversion of this. (How is it a double subversion? Please explain)
** Strika is another example. Besides being a huge tank, she's also a brilliant tactician.
** Megatron is a MagnificentBastard as well as LargeAndInCharge. He's also almost as strong as [[TheBrute Lugnut]]. I'd say that qualifies him for this trope
* ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'':
** All of the Constructicons are brilliant engineers, and have other specialties beyond that. For example, Mixmaster is the foremost chemist amongst the Decepticons.
** Predaking is described as being unique among the combiners in that his component minds are able to successfully merge into a complete persona, making the gestalt himself an animalistic version of this. [[InformedAbility He's still almost always portrayed as stupid as the others.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''
** Robin, of course, has had many of Batman's skills rub off onto him and it gives him an elite deductive mind as well as superb melee combat skills (particularly with a staff). That said he tends to let his brilliance overwhelm him at times and he loses focus on what's really important when he's fixated on a task.
** Cyborg is both the team's second physically strongest member (surpassed only by [[CuteBruiser Starfire]]) and the resident technology expert, qualified to build, modify, or repair ''anything'' you can think of. Having a computer built into your head helps.
** Season 5's TheDragon is Monsieur Mallah, who is a tactically clever, GadgeteerGenius ''talking gorilla''.
** [[BigBad Slade]], who has more than enough combat skill and strength to take on the team 5-to-1 and keep up, and more than enough brainpower to stay on top in terms of gambits throughout the entire show. He rarely needs to directly intervene, but whenever a lot of violence is required he's happy to do it himself.
* Megabyte from ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' is urbane, intelligent, and the one of the strongests regular character on the show. This makes the rare occasions he goes bestial even more frightening.
* Occasional ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' villain Motor Ed is a large, muscular, mullet-haired mechanical genius who even outsmarted Wade at one point. As Wade put it, "He's not as dumb as the hair-cut would lead you to think."

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'':
** Thailog is smarter than Xanatos and stronger than Goliath.
** Goliath himself is no slouch at this either. Yeah, he's a hulking ProudWarriorRaceGuy, but while he doesn't have Xanatos and Thailog's brand of cunning, he's very well-read, perceptive, and cultured.
** 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.]]
* Taurus Bulba is a huge bull who likes to pick up and manhandle both his own henchmen and WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, but who is at the same time a DiabolicalMastermind so clever he's not only running his operations from inside prison but also has a flying base constructed inside it just waiting to take off at his convenience.

* Buford from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. He's definitely TheBigGuy, and is also the resident bully ([[YouKillItYouBoughtIt though he was just saving his goldfish,]]) but he's also fluent in French and has quoted Voltaire.
* Muzzy from ''WesternAnimation/MuzzyInGondoland''. While being a GentleGiant, he uses advanced alien technology and is very skillful with computers.
* Helga From ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'' is already fairly known among her classmates as a formidable bully. She's also a talented writer/poet, and quite intelligent for her age. An unusual case in that she's just a bully who happens to be a genius, as opposed to antagonistic genius bruisers from more action-oriented media.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'':
** Shockwave is the creator of cortical psychic patch, managed to reverse engineer the space bridge, and has the technical know-how to create clones from fossilized remains. He's also pretty beefy for a robot, has an ArmCannon in place of his left arm, transforms into an alien tank, 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.]]
** 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 when his madness or arrogance don't get the better of him.
** For a heroic example, Optimus Prime is his usual devastating self in battle, but used to be a skilled historical records clerk and proves to be a dab hand at cryptography too.
* Boulder, from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', while a rescue worker rather than a fighter, is the muscle of the team, the one called on when, for example, a school bus needs to be pulled up from the hole that just opened up in the ground. However, he's also shown to have a surprising amount of brains; his human partner is Graham, the team's engineer, and Boulder is easily able to understand him. They've even started studying together, as Boulder finds subjects such as hydraulic conductivity fascinating.

* Biffy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}''.
* The Yeti Ti-Yet in ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiracies''. He's TheBigGuy and very strong, but he was also the leader of his people, and is capable of repairing and flying starships.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' movie Ego Trip, Adult Dexter is a hulking muscleman with a BadassBeard who can reduce Mandark's robots to spare parts, and he hasn't lost any of his smarts.
* Ivy, from ''WesternAnimation/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.
* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} occasionally gets in on the act, using spinach to enhance his brain power as well as his muscles when necessary.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Big Macintosh. 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'', a.k.a. their very Element.
** King Sombra and Lord Tirek are villainous examples. Sombra may come across as a simple GenericDoomsdayVillain and MightyGlacier... but he turns out to be more CrazyPrepared than any other villain in the series. Likewise, Tirek may be TheBrute most of the time... but he turns out to be surprisingly nifty at {{Manipulative Bastard}}ry and/or XanatosSpeedChess whenever simple force doesn't work.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': Raimundo, who is a brash, cocky, snarky street smart teen, is also [[BrilliantButLazy a tactical genius 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 experience that was the team's only saving grace on one occasion.
* 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.
* Zaheer from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' 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 RealLife genius bruiser Music/HenryRollins.
** Amon/Noatak, as well. Really good public speaker, social leader, and [[TheChessmaster master strategist]]; expert chi-blocker, prodigy waterbender and psychic bloodbender.
** Kuvira, too. Manipulative, charismatic, incredibly intelligent, and has [[DarkActionGirl all]] [[TheBaroness the]] skills to back it up.
* In the 2006 revival of ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', one of the main villains is Cataclysm, a Catatonian soldier who is huge and burly and also serves as the DragonInChief to his incompetent younger brother Hannibal T. Hairball.
* Garnet of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is not only by far the strongest of the Crystal Gems, but she's also the savviest and always knows what to do next thanks to her {{Seer}} powers. Lampshaded by Steven in "Keeping it Together":
-->'''Steven:''' Oh. Oh! You're brains and brawn! The whole package!
* Mr badger from ''The Wind in the Willows'' is bigger than all the other characters (in fact he could pass for a bear). His feats of strength include lifting Toad up with one arm and breaking the bell off a hammer striker (he is also fiece enough to scare off the weasle gang even when outnumbered). And as for smarts he knows latin very well.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat. He owns many weapons and is highly aggressive, and several episodes (for example, [[HalloweenEpisode "Let's Play Scaredy Cat"]]) show that he is a skilled fighter. He is also a GadgeteerGenius who [[spoiler: made his own cloning machine and in another episode, he fixed a broken time machine.]]
* Hunk from ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' is the physically largest member of the team, and also shares the role of GadgeteerGenius with Pidge.

* Duke Phillips from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is a media executive with an evil streak who, we are regularly reminded by the statue out front, somehow formed a broadcasting company from a restaurant, and is depicted with exaggerated, cartoonish physical prowess that starts looking like "physically active middle-aged man", and goes up to things like revealing he broke into Jay's apartment by walking through the wall.

* ''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]].

** Rhinox. 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]].

** [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Grimlock]] was always one of the Bots' bigger bruisers, but this series gave him a welcome intelligence boost.

** Megatron is another example, being a huge, physically imposing {{Chessmaster}}. [[TheJuggernaut Rampage]] also counts in a Hannibal Lecter-ish sort of way.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' this applies to Dr. Connor and his "Lizard" form during the ''Secret Wars'' three-part episode, where he retains the mind of AScholarAndAGentleman while in the Lizard's super-strong form.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' this applies to Dr. Connor and his Lizard during the ''Secret Wars'' three-part eisode.

* Duke Phillips from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is a media executive with an evil streak who, we are regularly reminded by the statue out front, somehow formed a broadcasting company from a restaurant, and is depicted with exaggerated, cartoonish physical prowess that starts looking like "physically active middle-aged man", and goes up to things like chucking the title character back and forth like a medicine ball with the makeup lady as, apparently, a regular exercise.

* B from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is shown to be both quite athletic and an excellent engineer. [[spoiler:It was fairly obvious that [[BigBad Scott]] had to get him eliminated early.]]

* Hunk from ‘’WesternAnimation/Voltron:LegendaryDefender’’ is the physically largest member of the team, and also shares the role of GadgeteerGenius with Pidge.
* B from ‘’WesternAnimation/TotalDrama’’ is shown to be both quite athletic and an excellent engineer. [[spoiler:It was fairly obvious that [[BigBad Scott]] had to get him eliminated early.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat. He owns many weapons and is highly aggressive, and several episodes (for example, [[HalloweenEpisode "Let's Play Scaredy Cat"]]) show that he is a skilled fighter. He is also a GadgeteerGenius who [[spoiler: made his own cloning machine and in another episode, he fixed a broken time machine.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' takes a peg from this for Dr. Connor and his Lizard form for their version of ''Secret Wars''.

* Garnet of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is not only by far the strongest of the Crystal Gems, but she's also the most GenreSavvy and always knows what to do next thanks to her {{Seer}} powers. Lampshaded by Steven in "Keeping it Together":

* Mr badger from ''The Wind in the Willows'' is bigger than all the other characters (in fact he could pass for a bear). His feats of strength include lifting Toad up with one arm and breaking the bell off a hammer striker (he is also fiece enough to scare off the weasle gang even when outnumbered). And as for smarts he knows latin very well.

** King Sombra and Lord Tirek are villainous examples. Sombra may come across as a simple GenericDoomsdayVillain... but he turns out to be more CrazyPrepared than any other villain in the series. Likewise, Tirek may be TheBrute most of the time... but he turns out to be surprisingly nifty at {{Manipulative Bastard}}ry and/or XanatosSpeedChess whenever simple force doesn't work.

** King Sombra and Lord Tirek are villainous examples. Sombra may come across as a simple GenericDoomsdayVillain... but he turns out to be more CrazyPrepared than any other villain in the series. Likewise, Tirek may be TheBrute most of the time... but whenever simple force doesn't work, he'll then resort to surprisingly nifty {{Manipulative Bastard}}ry and/or XanatosSpeedChess.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Big Macintosh. 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'', a.k.a. their very Element.

* Helga From ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'' is already fairly known among her classmates as a formidable bully. She's also a talented writer/poet, and quite intelligent for her age.

* Mr badger from ''The Wind in the Willows'' He is bigger than all the other characters (in fact he could pass for a bear). His feats of strength include lifting Toad up with one arm and breaking the bell off a hammer striker. And as for smarts he knows latin very well.

* Mr badger from ''WesternAnimation/the wind in the willows'' He is bigger than all the other characters (in fact he could pass for a bear). His feats of strength include lifting Toad up with one arm and breaking the bell off a hammer striker. And as for smarts he knows latin very well.

---- * Mr badger from ''WesternAnimation/the wind in the willows'' He is bigger than all the other characters (in fact he could pass for a bear). His feats of strength include lifting Toad up with one arm and breaking the bell off a hammer striker. And as for smarts he knows latin very well.

---- Badger from the wind in the willows

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* ''TransformersAnimated'':

* Dr. Jumba Jookiba from ''Disney/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.