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* Bananaman in ''Comicbook/TheNutty'' and later ''Comicbook/TheDandy and ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' is a superhero with "[[TheStrengthOfTenMen the muscles of twenty men]], and the brains of twenty mussels."

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* Bananaman in ''Comicbook/TheNutty'' and later ''Comicbook/TheDandy ''Comicbook/TheDandy'' and ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' is a superhero with "[[TheStrengthOfTenMen the muscles of twenty men]], and the brains of twenty mussels."
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* Bananaman in ''Comicbook/TheNutty'' and later ''Comicbook/TheDandy and ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' is a superhero with "[[TheStrengthOfTenMen the muscles of twenty men]], and the brains of twenty mussels."
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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': Crackerjack is a BadassNormal and skilled acrobat. He's also a bombastic, egotistical, shallow, showboating glory-stealing {{Jerkass}} who irritates friends and foes alike. How much of it is real and how much is an act is anyone's guess.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link is portrayed as a complete dope, but he gets the job done.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast1992'', Link is portrayed as a complete dope, but he gets the job done.

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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival -- he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat -- is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]]. Rather ironic, since his mythological namesake was a GeniusBruiser.


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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival -- he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat -- is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]]. Rather ironic, since his mythological namesake was a GeniusBruiser.
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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': The title character, originally depicted as extremely arrogant, reckless and immature. Averted in later issues, which [[TruerToTheText made him closer]] to his more cool-headed and laid-back game self.

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* Big Johnson Bone from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}: Tall Tales'' is a Bone folk hero with a serious case of SmallNameBigEgo who (due to boredom and overestimating his abilities) cheerfully embraces every single danger that comes his way and ''never'' walks away any wiser.
* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck at times counts (if only because of naivete, acting by impulse, not listening to his nephews or all combined) while his cousin Fethry acts stupidly most of the time.



* It's a good thing Ben Edlund's ''ComicBook/TheTick'' is nigh-invulnerable, or he'd probably have gotten himself killed years ago with his boisterous recklessness.



* Big Johnson Bone from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}: Tall Tales'' is a Bone folk hero with a serious case of SmallNameBigEgo who (due to boredom and overestimating his abilities) cheerfully embraces every single danger that comes his way and ''never'' walks away any wiser.

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* Big Johnson Bone from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}: Tall Tales'' ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival -- he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat -- is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]]. Rather ironic, since his mythological namesake was a Bone folk hero GeniusBruiser.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': Johnny Thunder, a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[TheFool doofus]] who had a genie that had to make his statements come true after he said "cei-u"—and he often prefaced his suggestions to others
with "say, you...!" HilarityEnsues.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link is portrayed as
a serious case of SmallNameBigEgo who (due to boredom complete dope, but he gets the job done.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor is perceived as such, but is actually quite smart. However, he's HotBlooded
and overestimating like his abilities) cheerfully embraces mythological counterpart his answer to most every single danger problem is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer "hit it with his hammer until it goes away"]] and he has a number of buttons that are fairly easy to press. This is largely the reason his nemesis Loki is able to trick him so often. However, particularly in recent years, Thor's shown a much more cunning side, which often comes his way and ''never'' walks away any wiser.as a surprise to those expecting him to be this trope.



* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor is perceived as such, but is actually quite smart. However, he's HotBlooded and like his mythological counterpart his answer to most every problem is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer "hit it with his hammer until it goes away"]] and he has a number of buttons that are fairly easy to press. This is largely the reason his nemesis Loki is able to trick him so often. However, particularly in recent years, Thor's shown a much more cunning side, which often comes as a surprise to those expecting him to be this trope.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival - he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat - is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]]. Rather ironic, since his mythological namesake was a GeniusBruiser.
* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck at times counts (if only because of naivete, acting by impulse, not listening to his nephews or all combined) while his cousin Fethry acts stupidly most of the time.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': Johnny Thunder, a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[TheFool doofus]] who had a genie that had to make his statements come true after he said "cei-u"—and he often prefaced his suggestions to others with "say, you...!" HilarityEnsues.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link is portrayed as a complete dope, but he gets the job done.

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* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor It's a good thing Ben Edlund's ''ComicBook/TheTick'' is perceived as such, but is actually quite smart. However, he's HotBlooded and like his mythological counterpart his answer to most every problem is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer "hit it nigh-invulnerable, or he'd probably have gotten himself killed years ago with his hammer until it goes away"]] and he has a number of buttons that are fairly easy to press. This is largely the reason his nemesis Loki is able to trick him so often. However, particularly in recent years, Thor's shown a much more cunning side, which often comes as a surprise to those expecting him to be this trope.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival - he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat - is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]]. Rather ironic, since his mythological namesake was a GeniusBruiser.
* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck at times counts (if only because of naivete, acting by impulse, not listening to his nephews or all combined) while his cousin Fethry acts stupidly most of the time.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': Johnny Thunder, a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[TheFool doofus]] who had a genie that had to make his statements come true after he said "cei-u"—and he often prefaced his suggestions to others with "say, you...!" HilarityEnsues.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link is portrayed as a complete dope, but he gets the job done.
boisterous recklessness.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival - he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat - is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]].

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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival - he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat - is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]]. Rather ironic, since his mythological namesake was a GeniusBruiser.
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* Flaming Carrot from the eponymous ''ComicBook/FlamingCarrot Comics'', actually described in his origin story as "quintessentially retarded". Surprisingly, for some people he's actually a mentor and on occasion it even gives him the "superpower" of Zen Stupidity.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** Enemies of the Green Lantern Corps attempted to discredit them by giving counterfeit power rings to several idiots. One of those idiots, a G'newtain named G'nort, uncovered their plot and helped defeat them. He was rewarded with membership in the real Green Lantern Corps.
** Specifically, his original concept was that he was an incompetent GL who got into the Corps due to nepotism. Eventually it was retconned to "reveal" that his uncle had actually gotten him into a fake GL Corps (which he thought was real). The retcon was presumably intended to explain how on Earth the Guardians (who never much cared for individual GL's opinions, much less familial relationships) would ever give such an idiot a power ring or let him keep it, but it was still very much played for laughs, including showing several members of the idiot GL Corps.
* It's a good thing Ben Edlund's ''ComicBook/TheTick'' is nigh-invulnerable, or he'd probably have gotten himself killed years ago with his boisterous recklessness.
* ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'' is notoriously slow of mind, lacking ideals other than acquiring mass amounts of cheese dip. Early in the title he inadvertently, and often obliviously, pulled CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, but his destructive reputation has grown to the point that armies will flee at the mention of his name. Groo is almost always both stupid and unbelievably naive but he has, on occasion, lost the stupidity but retained the naivete, taking him into SkilledButNaive territory (''no one'' disputes Groo's fighting skills, or at least those who do find out pretty quickly they were wrong, often fatally).
-->'''Groo:''' "[[RunningGag What did you mean, 'slow of mind'?]]"
* Big Johnson Bone from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}: Tall Tales'' is a Bone folk hero with a serious case of SmallNameBigEgo who (due to boredom and overestimating his abilities) cheerfully embraces every single danger that comes his way and ''never'' walks away any wiser.
* Fighting, cooking, and music are ComicBook/ScottPilgrim's strong points, thinking things through and [[LameComeback snappy comebacks]] are not.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor is perceived as such, but is actually quite smart. However, he's HotBlooded and like his mythological counterpart his answer to most every problem is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer "hit it with his hammer until it goes away"]] and he has a number of buttons that are fairly easy to press. This is largely the reason his nemesis Loki is able to trick him so often. However, particularly in recent years, Thor's shown a much more cunning side, which often comes as a surprise to those expecting him to be this trope.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'': Hercules, on the other hand, Thor's close friend and rival - he's pretty much Thor's match for strength and has the edge on him in hand to hand combat - is very well meaning, but generally considered to be rather dim. He can, at times, be surprisingly eloquent and is astonishingly charming and personable, [[TheCasanova particularly]] (but not exclusively) to women, [[AccidentalPornomancer even when he's not trying to be]].
* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck at times counts (if only because of naivete, acting by impulse, not listening to his nephews or all combined) while his cousin Fethry acts stupidly most of the time.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': Johnny Thunder, a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[TheFool doofus]] who had a genie that had to make his statements come true after he said "cei-u"—and he often prefaced his suggestions to others with "say, you...!" HilarityEnsues.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Link is portrayed as a complete dope, but he gets the job done.

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