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* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': Indus is the size of a small van and covered in muscles, but is very gullible and prone to poor decisions - for example, he's entirely convinced that doing Mera's laundry is WaxOnWaxOff training and not just Mera using him for free labour.
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* Thoroughly subverted in ''The Manhua/RavagesOfTime'', it's ''Genius Bruiser'' which is closer to the norm. After all, the "big dumb brutes" from [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms the novel]]? What fool would leave ''them'' in command of an army? [[spoiler:Lu Bu]] and [[spoiler:Zhang Fei]] are the most prominent examples of this subversion, but as a general rule, if someone looks like Dumb Muscle they're almost certainly faking it... yes, even [[spoiler:Xu Chu]].
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Compare SmashMook. Contrast the GeniusBruiser and the BadassBookworm. May overlap with PowerfulButIncompetent. These types are frequently, but not always, a TopHeavyGuy. When this sort of character is paired with its opposite -- someone who's very clever but runty and weak -- it will form one half of BrainsAndBrawn.

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Compare SmashMook. Contrast the GeniusBruiser and the BadassBookworm. Given this, its inverse is often the SquishyWizard. May overlap with PowerfulButIncompetent. These types are frequently, but not always, a TopHeavyGuy. When this sort of character is paired with its opposite -- someone who's very clever but runty and weak -- it will form one half of BrainsAndBrawn.

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* The radio show ''Duffy's Tavern'' featured the character of Finnegan, who would enter with a long "dyuuuuhhh, Hehllo, Awrch" at an appropriately funny time. Typical jokes included, "Archie's dead? Well, that's life."
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* The radio show ''Duffy's Tavern'' featured the character of Finnegan, who would enter with a long "dyuuuuhhh, Hehllo, Awrch" at an appropriately funny time. Typical jokes included, "Archie's dead? Well, that's life."
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Walburt is a hulking [[FullFrontalAssault butt-naked]] gladiator who wrestles wild animals for a living, but requires a team of assistants to organize the hunting expeditions that allow him to actually find them.
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* ''Fanfic/KimberlyTsGargoyles'' series makes it clear that the gargoyles consider their old foe Wolf to be an example of this. At one point, when assessing old enemies who might be responsible for [[spoiler:the kidnapping Owen, Fox, the Xanatos' nanny Anne Marsden, Alexander Xanatos and Anne's daughter Bethany (Bethany also receiving magical instruction from Puck)]], Lexington observes that Wolf is too stupid to be a suspect as he's become little better than an animal since he was genetically augmented; in his current state of mind he'd never be able to come up with a plan of attack that his intended targets wouldn't see coming a mile away.
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* Shirogane Noel and Kazama Iroha are the resident warriors of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' and both of them are self-admitted muscle brains for whom strength is the solution to all of life's problems.

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* Podcast/DiceFunk: As the party's fighter, this is Rinaldo's role, although his frequently poor dice rolls make it easy to forget.

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* Podcast/DiceFunk: ''Podcast/DiceFunk'': As the party's fighter, this is Rinaldo's role, although his frequently poor dice rolls make it easy to forget.forget.
* ''Podcast/FindUsAlive'''s Agent Love is a RareFemaleExample. She's the most physically capable member of the cast who also thinks having your appendix removed means you're diabetic, attempts to tame a vine monster that just trapped her inside a wall by throwing away her only weapon, tries to waterboard someone who's standing up, and can't remember how to pronounce "suspected".
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', this is a common trait of many {{mooks}}. Orcs, trolls, ogres, {{mutants}}... you name it. Their relative [[UnskilledButStrong strength]] in comparison to the RedShirts makes up for their primitive and unintelligent nature.
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A characterization that leans very hard on the brawn side in BrainsVersusBrawn. TheBigGuy and TheBrute are usually slightly dim at the very least (with TheSmartGuy and TheEvilGenius at the opposite end of the scale; incredibly intelligent, but knocked over by a stiff breeze). Typically afflicted with a form of HulkSpeak. This is a common assumption: there's a reason GeniusBruiser is meant to be a [[SubvertedTrope shocker]], even though there's no real reason brains and brawn should be mutually exclusive to begin with in RealLife. Overlaps with GentleGiant in some cases, as well as TinyHeadedBehemoth. A SubTrope of PersonalityPowers. Often PlayedForLaughs.

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A characterization that leans very hard on the brawn side in BrainsVersusBrawn. TheBigGuy and TheBrute are usually slightly dim at the very least (with TheSmartGuy and TheEvilGenius EvilGenius at the opposite end of the scale; incredibly intelligent, but knocked over by a stiff breeze). Typically afflicted with a form of HulkSpeak. This is a common assumption: there's a reason GeniusBruiser is meant to be a [[SubvertedTrope shocker]], even though there's no real reason brains and brawn should be mutually exclusive to begin with in RealLife. Overlaps with GentleGiant in some cases, as well as TinyHeadedBehemoth. A SubTrope of PersonalityPowers. Often PlayedForLaughs.
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