History Main / DumbAssHasAPoint

** While mentally time-travelling, Wash needs to find where Carolina was hiding in the time between her supposed death and her reemergence. Wash tries to pry info from fellow Freelancers, but keeps getting rebuffed because of his low rank. After a long time trying without success, Wash vents to the Triplets, the absolute worst of the Freelancers, who suggest that Wash simply travel to the point in time where he and Carolina were friends, and ask her there. When that works, Wash... [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot doesn't take it well]].

* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', Horace isn't the sharpest tool in the shed but by assuming dogs think the way humans do (which in this movie, they do), he is constantly suggesting what the dogs are up to in order to evade them. He's [[CassandraTruth almost always right]] but Jasper won't have any of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'': Bumbling incompetent thief Abis Mal ain't exactly the sharpest dagger in the shed, but when Jafar spontaneously poofs up piles of treasure in exchange for wishing him free, Abis Mal hesitates and remembering all the abuse and trickery Jafar put him through (like making him waste the first two wishes), becomes savy and asks if the treasures would disappear the instant he frees Jafar from the lamp (which knowing Jafar, is not an unreasonable assumption). At which point Jafar's patience thins and temper begins to rise.

* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'': Bumbling incompetent thief Abis Mal ain't exactly the sharpest dagger in the shed, but when Jafar spontaneously poofs up piles of treasure in exchange for wishing him free, Abis Mal hesitates and remembering all the abuse and trickery Jafar put him through (like making him waste the first two wishes), becomes savy and asks if the treasures would disappear the instant he frees Jafar from the lamp (which knowing Jafar, is not an unreadable assumption). At which point Jafar's patience thins and temper begins to rise.

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'': In "Hot Bob and Chocolate", Angela unscrambles the "picture sentence" to read" I love Bob and Hot Chocolate". Mrs. Brinks doesn't correct Angela because "I love Bob and hot chocolate" ''is'' actually a sentence, just an unconventional sentence.

** In "The Day The Violence Died" Lionel Hutz asks the defendants if they have a copy of the film that he accidentally destroyed, but, if it could be shown, would prove that his client was the creator if ''Itchy & Scratchy''. While this might seem like another example of Hutz being the worst lawyer in history, it actually has basis in legal reality; if the defense '' did'' have a copy, the rules of civil discovery would obligate them to provide it or a copy to the opposing party.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': As much as [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Mark Russell]] is useless throughout this movie, he isn't wrong to point out that Bernie Hayes' podcast is a hardcore ConspiracyTheorist podcast filled with a lot more silliness than truth, even if he's completely UnderestimatingBadassery when he tries to claim it's dulling his DamselOutOfDistress daughter's mind.

* While still slower on the uptake than others, [[TheMillstone Yasuhiro]] [[TheDitz Hagakure]] points out in ''Fanfic/Class78thWatchesTheFuture'' that Makoto Naegi's "bad luck" in getting a faulty bathroom door [[UnluckilyLucky made it easier for him to prove himself innocent]] in the first case in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc their future]]. The reaction from pretty much everyone else was StunnedSilence, with Celeste putting it best.

* Colonel Volgin in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' is a [[DumbMuscle sadistic brutish oaf]] [[ShockAndAwe with electric powers]] who acts out of rashness and sadism most of the time... Who nearly fumbles the whole mission by pointing out how suspicious it is that [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]], who cut through all of his defenses, carries a transmitter giving away his position to [[SuperSoldier The Boss]], Volgin's right-hand woman and former mentor of Snake. The Boss' explanation about how she put it there so her men could track him down falls flat, as Volgin points out that he defeated them as well. He [[spoiler: both correctly and incorrectly]] deduces that The Boss is a spy among his ranks.

* Cirno from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' proclaims to be "the strongest," an inaccurate assessment if there ever was one considering that she's a 2nd level boss ''at best'' and a 1st level ''midboss'' at worst. None the less, it's an assessment that she believes in with her entire being, to the point that she, in a display that can only be considered SuicidalOverconfidence when done by anyone at her level of power, ResurrectiveImmortality or not, unhesitatingly flies into battle with powerhouses like [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]] with a battle cry of "Come at me, if'n ya dare!" However, what does Cirno sound like in ''VideoGame/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' when confronted by [[TheDreaded Yuuka]] [[WorldsStrongestWoman Kazami?]] It's something more along the lines of, "This is bad... I shouldn't be here... I have to get out of here!" ''That'' is an accurate assessment.

* ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'' features this line in Season 6 from Master Chief, after Arbiter is [[{{Wangst}} complaining]] [[HeroicBSOD about how much his life sucks]]. Also counts as a Double Entree such Chief is an [[JerkassHasAPoint enormous asshole]] to Arbiter in the series as well.

** While mentally time-travelling[[labelnote:*]][[ItMakesSenseInContext Long story]][[/labelnote]], Wash needs to find where Carolina was hiding in the time between her supposed death and her reemergence. Wash tries to pry info from fellow Freelancers, but keeps getting rebuffed because of his low rank. After a long time trying without success, Wash vents to the Triplets, the absolute worst of the Freelancers, who suggest that Wash simply travel to the point in time where he and Carolina were friends, and ask her there. When that works, Wash... [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot doesn't take it well]].
--->'''Wash:''' '''''[[RageBreakingPoint ARRRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!]] [[SkywardScream GODDAMMIT!!!]]'''''

** For a [[TheDitz moronic]] [[ReallyGetsAround man-whore]], Joe has surprisingly frequent moments of making sense. [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/casualbang/ Case in point:]]

* Downplayed in ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife''. Steph is rather competent at governing the country and various other tasks (she has to be, [[BeleagueredAssistant since Sora and Shiro push all that work on her]]), but in a world where gaming skill matters more than anything else, her gullibility and lack of skill at games results in other characters tending to think of her as stupid. When she immediately gets that Feel, an Elven noblewoman who's part of the Senate, would be guilty of treason if people found out that she wanted to abolish slavery in her society, Sora, Shiro and Jibril are all shocked that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she could actually follow the conversation.]]

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':

** Appears again in [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the radio series]] when the group steal a ship from the Restaurant At the End of the Universe car park. Arthur deduces that the ship must have been programmed to return to the time it left, and he's right.
* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' has a moment where Kazuma, normally the resident OnlySaneMan, wants to keep exploring some ancient ruins even after learning a LethallyStupid DitzyGenius left his creations there in hopes of finding a RobotGirl who was supposedly left there by the genius, [[BlatantLies claiming it is to stop it before it hurts anyone]] [[note]]Really, he wants the robot for his own use. [[/note]]. In contrast, his normally idiotic companions want to retreat. Upon finding the door where he thinks the robot is kept, Kazuma insists on opening the door while [[LoserDeity Aqua]], usually the [[TheDitz idiot of the party]], in a surprisingly GenreSavvy moment sums up what will happen if he opens the door. Something dangerous will come out, Aqua will cry, the masochist Darkness will squirm, Kazuma will tell the party wizard Megumin not to act rashly, and she will ignore him and blow up the ruins. After that, the party will get a bill for destroying the ruins. Everything Aqua predicts comes true.

* In ''Videogame/DinkSmallwood'' mod ''Cast Awakening: Initiation'' doors disappear if you use them while the right color key is in your possession. This leads to an exchange between two Cast members sent to fetch Dink for execution during the introduction.

* In ''Videogame/SonicColors'', after [[spoiler: Eggman's plan backfires (again), Eggman questions how his plan failed. Cubot tells Eggman how this was expected and how Sonic always foils his plans]]. This exchange happens. Heck, even Orbot proceeds to applaud Cubot for paying attention.

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* ''WebComic/PennyArcade'': [[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2021/05/10/hail-mary After reading Andy Weir's new book]], Gabe is confused over the fact that the main character is basically just Mark Watney from ''Literature/TheMartian'' and questions why Weir didn't just make it into a sequel.

* LightNovel/KonoSuba has a moment where Kazuma, normally the resident OnlySaneMan, wants to keep exploring some ancient ruins even after learning a LethallyStupid DitzyGenius left his creations there in hopes of finding a RobotGirl who was supposedly left there by the genius, [[BlatantLies claiming it is to stop it before it hurts anyone]] [[note]]Really, he wants the robot for his own use. [[/note]]. In contrast, his normally idiotic companions want to retreat. Upon finding the door where he thinks the robot is kept, Kazuma insists on opening the door while [[LoserDeity Aqua]], usually the [[TheDitz idiot of the party]], in a surprisingly GenreSavvy moment sums up what will happen if he opens the door. Something dangerous will come out, Aqua will cry, the masochist Darkness will squirm, Kazuma will tell the party wizard Megumin not to act rashly, and she will ignore him and blow up the ruins. After that, the party will get a bill for destroying the ruins. Everything Aqua predicts comes true.

* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', despite Edith's constant airheaded quips she often does take a shot in the dark and hit dead-center. Such as one where Gloria is spending time with the best friend of Michael to be painted nude, with Michael fearing she might be being unfaithful since she's hours late during their final session together. Edith raises the point that maybe she's late since she was helping clean up the studio during their final session, which is indeed a pretty valid (if ultimately wrong[[note]]She had actually gotten home on-time but gone straight to bed with nobody knowing[[/note]]) thing she could be doing.

* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' used to play this for laughs a lot with Rose, since she was the one who seemed dumb all the time. Also played straight in the episode with [[VerySpecialEpisode Dorothy's gambling problem]]. Dorothy gets so bad that she lies to Rose about needing money and Rose gives Dorothy her bank card. Dorothy asks Rose if she realizes that she's stealing her own money, and Rose says "I know."

* On the Australian music quiz show ''Spicks and Specks'' the host Adam Hills once said to Alan Brough (one of the team captains), "I never thought I'd say this, Alan, but listen to Hamish. He's right!" For those not in the know, Hamish Blake is almost literally a RealLife JokeCharacter on the show.

* Ashley in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' isn't dumb. However, when theorizing why Andrea the griffin can't get to the specific place to cross back over to her side of the universe, after a bunch of intelligent guesses by others, Ashley [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2015-11-30 says]] "Maybe she has a bad sense of direction?" She immediately regrets it and dismisses it, but Tara then pipes up with "That... sounds exactly like Andrea." to the shock of everyone else involved.