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* Illumina in ''[[http://sidekickgirl.comicgenesis.com/ Sidekick Girl]]''

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' set out to subvert this trope with the titular character; she comes off on first acquaintance as a stereotypical DumbBlonde, but turns out to be a clever, wisecracking ActionGirl. On the other hand, many of the villains and minor characters (most notably Harmony and fifth-season BigBad Glorificus) played the trope straight; and Buffy herself, though savvy and intelligent, was a mediocre student and not nearly as brainy as her redheaded friend Willow.
** Glory? Really? She had plenty of negative traits like vanity and arrogance but she didn't really come across as dumb (superficial, yes, but not dumb).
*** She was much more knowledgeable around magic and so forth than the heroes. She might still have been pretty dumb.
** Also an inversion of the "smart brunette, dumb blonde" variant. Buffy is about average intelligence, and somewhat sophisticated compared to her superficial rival Cordelia, who acts as TheLibby for most of the series. Cordy eventually joins the main cast in season two, but doesn't become truly capable until she leaves and joins the spin-off ''AngelTheSeries''.
** Not exactly. While Cordelia wasn't shown as a strong character, her HiddenDepths were hinted at. She's good at standardized testing, scored high on the SAT, and is repeatedly good at manipulating people. Despite her repeated mocking of the more 'nerdy' characters, she's shown staying after school to get extra help from her teachers, at one point commenting that she has too many thoughts, but can't organize them well. If you're paying attention, you know that Cordy isn't stupid long before the spin-off, but it's not until ''Angel'' (and even then the second season and beyond) that she really develops into an obviously likable and intelligent character.
** '''Buffy:''' "Spell it out for me. I feel an attack of dumb blonde coming on."
** Buffy also wasn't the worst student ever. While she doesn't do much of the work and has no qualms about cheating off other students, she gets good scores on tests (Giles was floored by her [=SATs=]), and a few of the more positively-portrayed teachers say that they see "potential" in her.

* Astraea in ''SoraNoOtoshimono''. Of course, it's not her fault, each Angeloid [[CompetitiveBalance can only excel at two things aand be bad at the third]], and she's good at fighting and emoting, so she lacks intelligence.

* Astraea in ''SoranoOtoshimono''. Of course, it's not her fault, each Angeloid [[CompetitiveBalance can only excel at two things aand be bad at the third]], and she's good at fighting and emoting, so she lacks intelligence.

** Hermione in the movies subverts this trope as Emma Watson has blonde hair from the fifth movie onwards.
** Ironic, seeing how JKRowling is blonde.

** It's also both played straight and subverted with the main characters. Phoebe might appear to some as this but she's actually a pretty smart CloudCuckooLander (and often a CrazyAwesome one that). ''Frequently'' played straight with Rachel, though, most prominently in the first few seasons. This changed gradually with CharacterDevelopment and she got a good career in the fashion industry, but she did have several DumbBlonde-ish one-liners every now and then. Then again, it's a ''little'' bit difficult to look that dumb when you're sharing scenes with Joey......

* Buttercup in ''ThePrincessBride''; she also has HairOfGold.

* Luna Lovegood in the ''Harry Potter'' series is certainly not stupid but she's more of a CloudCukooLander. Harry's cousin Dudley is also a rare male example.

--> '''Sam:''' (''Looks shocked for a minute, then glares)'' Go suck a lemon. (''Exits'')

* Also inverted in ''CSIMiami'', where brunet Natalia is the less intelligent one (relatively speaking) than peroxide blond Calleigh.

* Cheyenne and Barbra Jean from ''{{Reba}}'' both have plenty of "blonde" moments, though Cheyenne is pretty smart most of the time, whereas Barbra Jean embodies this trope to the point where most of the characters(usually Reba)make fun of her craziness and lack of intelligence.

* To a degree Laura in {{Collar 6}}, although its partially just naivety about the lifestyle she's entering into.

* [[KimPossible Ron Stoppable]].

*** Actually nazis did want the majority of people to be fairly stupid.

* [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Tamaki]]. Of course, he is also a {{Genius Ditz}}.
* Joey Wheeler from {{Yu Gi Oh}}, though he's also a {{Genius Ditz}} as well.

* Very averted with Braniac 5 from the Legion of Superheroes- not only is he blonde, but he's got twelth level intelligence to most people's second level. Also, blonde Saturn Girl and platinum blonde Dream Girl both make good leaders respectively, although in the past Dream Girl was something of this trope.

->''"For, though very beautiful, with large grey eyes and the hair the colour of ripe corn, the heroine of a thriller is almost never a very intelligent girl. Indeed, it would scarcely be overstating it to say that her mentality is that of a cockroach -- and not an ordinary cockroach at that, but one which has been dropped on its head as a baby."''
-->--'''[[PGWodehouse P.G. Wodehouse]]''', "Do Thrillers Need Heroines?"

* An unintentional, but undeniable example is Claire from ''{{Heroes}}'' whose stupidity and [[MadeOfPlasticine inexplicable vulnerability to serious injury]] would've [[TooDumbToLive resulted in her death]] long ago if not for her HealingFactor. While she occassionally has displays of actual competance they are undermined by frequent disasterous decision making, culminating most recently in [[spoiler: revealing the existence of the specials to the world on a whim, which has been shown (literally in previous seasons) to ''never'' end well]]. To be fair, almost ''no one'' on ''{{Heroes}}'' seems to possess the intellectual capacity to avoid making [[NiceJobBreakingItHero potentially world-ending choices]].

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* Kendra from [[{{ptitlefiwg8rim}} 13]] although she's [[YourMileageMayVary Arguably]] more naive than dumb.

* In ''That '70s Show'', Laurie Foreman is a dumb blond persona; might also be considered the skanky blonde.
* Cheyenne and Barbra Jean from ''Reba'' both have plenty of "blonde" moments, though Cheyenne is pretty smart most of the time, whereas Barbra Jean embodies this trope to the point where most of the characters(usually Reba)make fun of her craziness and lack of intelligence.

* Bridget in ''8 Simple Rules''. She has quite a few ditzy moments such as Kerrie banging on the table and Bridget answering the door to find nobody there and remarking that it keeps happening. Bridget is shown to be quite a capable girl when it comes to things she's interested in such as fashion and boys but she's definitely a little spacey.
* Phoebe in ''Charmed'' went blonde in the third season and, while she was already a bit of a ditz, whenever she had a moment Prue or Piper would call attention to her being a blonde. Paige - the ditziest of the sisters - went blonde in season 6 but nobody ever referenced it.

* Bubbles of the Powerpuff Girls plays just about every blonde stereotype perfectly straight, being both less intelligent than the other girls, being more upbeat and having more fun, on average. [[CuteBruiser Of course, that doesn't mean she can't still be the heroine of the story.]]