History Main / GeniusDitz

** Likewise with LindsayLohan, while sometimes her behavior has people wondering just what goes on in her head, she is nonetheless a skilled actress/singer and can also be very profound and intelligent, like when she did a documentary on child labor in India.

* Hikari Oe, son of the novelist Kenzaburo Oe, is developmentally disabled and autistic, and the inspiration behind his father's prizewinning novel A Personal Matter. He is also a very talented musician who expresses himself through music imitating bird calls.

* High functioning autistic savants such as Daniel Tammet while significantly lacking in social skills and maturity are geniuses. Daniel managed to learn stilted but comprehensible Icelandic in under a week.

* High functioning autistic savants such as Kim Peek and Daniel Tammet while significantly lacking in social skills and maturity are geniuses. Daniel managed to learn stilted but comprehensible Icelandic in under a week and Kim Peek would be able to answer virtually any question pertaining to historical dates, statistics or any obscure trivia.
** Kim Peek didn't actually have autism, but rather, an unnamed developmental disability due to brain damage.

* Wildcat of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. Genius at repairs: once fixed a phone smashed with a hammer in ten seconds. Knows enough about flying to handle the Sea Duck (although he [[CaptainCrash lacks basic directional skills]] and can't match some of the more skilled pilots, especially [[AcePilot Baloo]]). Otherwise [[ManChild downright childlike]].

** Or that he's a good Machiavellian politician, somehow uniting the Democrats and the Republicans in Springfield's presidental election by staying politically independent, and drove some effective campage to get the majority of Springfield's votes.

**** To be fair, Jo can be said to have "matured" over the course of the series, starting off as this before gradually getting smarter.

* The 2008 movie version of ''Film/GetSmart'' casts Maxwell Smart as something like this in that; whilst he's notably clumsy and overconfident as a field agent, his abilities as an intelligence analyst are remarked upon by many characters as being the finest in the agency. They also come in useful in the field; [[spoiler:his in-depth understanding of and empathy with a PunchClockVillain enables Smart to give him some relationship advice -- in return, the henchman spares Max and 99 and later tips Max off about a bomb in Los Angeles]]. Smart is also presented as being both surprisingly cunning and resourceful and a crack-shot, proving his usefulness to Agent 99.

* Neville Longbottom in the ''HarryPotter'' novels can't seem to cast even the simplest spell without a critical fumble... until he discovers that he's crazy skilled at Herbology.
** And of course, those [[TookALevelInBadass badass levels he took]] around the 5th book helped a bit.

*** At times Trelawny actually does see the future, even when not in a trance, but badly misinterprets it. Take 'Prisoner of Azkaban' when she sees "grims" all over the place when anywhere near Harry. The shape of a grim is that of a large black dog...She interprets all those dog shapes as grims when in fact they are [[spoiler: Sirius Black in his animagus form]].

*** It would be more impressive if it weren't for the Author's CriticalResearchFailure because Ron does NOT win his chess game fairly. He makes Harry be a bishop, but Harry's movements resemble a Queen's. Notably the Kurt Vonnegut short story "All The King's Horses" that J.K. Rowling cribbed from (giant chessboard, human pieces get sacrificed/murdered including a heroic knight) had a General's wife (playing a Queen) be responsible for the checkmate. It's worse in the movie where she has the king and queen line up on the wrong sides of the board. Chess nerds were not amused.
*** Fanfics often take this to [[TheChessmaster the obvious conclusion]], making Ron a [[TheStrategist master strategist]].

* Lord John Marbury from ''Series/TheWestWing'' is a specialist on India who is prone to great insight on the subject. Too bad that the rest of the time, he's a pompous airbag [[MyNameIsNotDurwood who can't even keep Leo's name straight]]. Then again, this may be more ObfuscatingStupidity (coupled with a mischievous desire to needle Leo -- he also frequently claims to have mistaken Leo for the White House butler) than anything that belongs on this page. His persona does seem to radically shift when he gets serious, including getting people's names right, making it seem at least partly a strategy.

** Seina Yamada, protagonist of the ''TenchiMuyo'' [[SpinOff Spin-Off]] ''TenchiMuyoGXP: Galaxy Police Transporter'', is purported to be [[BlessedWithSuck "blessed" with the worst luck in the universe]]. His bad luck, however, [[CursedWithAwesome has a tendency to land him in a number of favorable circumstances and eventually lands him his own command with the Galaxy Police]].

* Mutsumi Otohime from ''LoveHina'' is a classic example. When studying for her exams, she aces the practice tests, but in the actual exam she fails because she forgot to write her name on the paper, or how she once fainted before the test started.She also notices things the other characters don’t even pick up on, such as [[spoiler: When the girls go to rescue Keitaro the island they where on was on the other side of the international date line she was the only one who knew and thus Keitaro’s exam was sent back in time for him to make it in to Tokyo U at last.]]She knew the others at the Hinata inn's names even though Keitaro and Naru didn't tell her[[spoiler:Tama did]]But she conscientiously kept that on the down low at first. Mutsumi is the only one that could instantly tell Su’s brother(cousin) was not the real Keitaro and vise versa...etc etc. Mutsumi becomes somewhat less ditzy but continues to affect ditziness in order to keep people around her guessing.(Talents:Super attentiveness, Genius levels of intelligence, sharp keen senses,good luck,calm and peaceful hearted rational.)
* Minako Aino/"Sailor Venus" from ''Manga/SailorMoon'' may be a GeniusDitz. (Talent: Combat.) However, her characterization varies depending on whether you're talking about the manga, the anime, [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon the live-action adaptation]], [[SeraMyu the stage musicals]], or the original ''CodenameSailorV'' manga, which was a [[FunPersonified less serious]] (until the ending at least) precursor to ''Sailor Moon'' (and part of its manga continuity) with Minako as the main character.
* Most of the characters from ''MahouTsukaitai'' are {{Genius Ditz}}es of one type or another. The main character is useless at everything except her magic, which is superpowerful, and the white-haired girl is literally a complete ditz until she does magic, at which she's better than anyone else, except that she makes things spin when she affects them with magic.

* In ''AxisPowersHetalia'', America lacks in [[YouFailGeographyForever geography]] and sometimes common sense, but he's good with technology like computers and aircrafts.

* Jack Rakan of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' acts like an idiot pretty much all the time... except when you fight him, at which point he becomes invincible. Rides the line between GeniusDitz and ''major'' ObfuscatingStupidity, as whether he's that competent at anything other than fighting is [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation up for debate.]]
** This may also be the case for Konoka, who generally acts like TheDitz, even though it was established early on that [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v02/c007/14.html she's near the top of the class]][[hottip:* :She's sixth from the left]]. Of course, there are [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation alternate]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity theories]] about why she acts the way she does...

* Suzu in ''NagasareteAirantou''. While [[YouFailPhysicsForever she doesn't know a thing about math]], she's very good at shogi (Japanese chess) and a first rate fighter.

* [[OnePiece Tony Tony Chopper]] is an excellent doctor, and aside from being an anthropomorphic reindeer, would fit in at just about any hospital in the world. But if it doesn't have to do with medicine, he's extremely [[TagalongKid childish]] and naive enough to believe Usopp's stories.

* Several ''DonaldDuck'' stories would have the titular duck discovering an previously unexpressed aptitude at some obscure field, like counting objects or instrument playing.

* ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye: [[AwesomeMcCoolName Spinister]] alternates between a TooDumbToLive TriggerHappy moron who ''Misfire'' once called 'the biggest idiot of the universe', or a genius surgeon.

* FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi has [[CrazyAwesome Mukrezar]], an example with a serious [[ComedicSociopathy bloodthirsty streak]]. Unlike most examples, however, he dosen't appear to have any real mental impairment, aside from his general maddness. Most of it is simply his willingness to try ridiculous schemes, despite, or perhapse because of how unlikely they are to succeed. [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking But he's a terrible cook]].
* Lockhart in ''FanFic/OhGodNotAgain'' is [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpreted]] like this. While he's still incompetent as a teacher, Harry admits he's a genius when it comes to anything dealing with the media.

* Barbie in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', aside from being more of an ActionGirl than you might expect, seems to have a bit of a knack for political science when the heroes confront the BigBad.

** He's also the one who [[spoiler: figures out how to free Calypso.]]
** Will was one of these in the first movie: though not a complete moron, he's pretty slow on the take and in ''way'' over his head. Until it's time for a sword fight, in which case, your [[strike: ass]] [[RhymesOnADime arse is grass]].

** partially subverted in that, no matter what your major is, you still have to take math, science, history and english classes unless you are at a tech school. Smart and shallow are not mutually exclusive.

* [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Bill and Ted]] are so ditsy, they are in danger of failing a course in a class seemingly full of dimwitted students, but are naturally adept at figuring out the [[RetroactivePreparation causal]] and [[TrickedOutTime paradoxical]] [[SanDimasTime effects]] of time travel.

*** It would be more impressive if it weren't for the Author's [[CriticalResearchFailure]] because Ron does NOT win his chess game fairly. He makes Harry be a bishop, but Harry's movements resemble a Queen's. Notably the Kurt Vonnegut short story "All The King's Horses" that J.K. Rowling cribbed from (giant chessboard, human pieces get sacrificed/murdered including a heroic knight) had a General's wife (playing a Queen) be responsible for the checkmate. It's worse in the movie where she has the king and queen line up on the wrong sides of the board. Chess nerds were not amused.

* Waldo of ''SeriesFamilyMatters''. After spending a couple seasons as TheDitz bordering on the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, he surprises everyone when he takes a home economics course and proves a natural genius as a chef, to such an extent that in one episode he reveals he was trading recipes with Wolfgang Puck. His mom is a lousy cook, so he had to fend for himself.

* Michael Scott, from the American version of ''TheOffice'' is childish, selfish, egotistical, deeply insecure and lonely, and an all around buffoon with no managerial skills whatsoever. He also demonstrates on occasion that he is a superb salesman who is roundly beloved by his clients, which is what got him promoted in the first place. (David Brent, his counterpart in the original UK series, lacks any such redeeming features).
** He also occasionally demonstrates a certain cunning streak, such as when he tricked Dwight (who had been gunning for his job) into thinking he had been promoted in order to tear it away from him in a manner which would ensure that he would never try such a thing again [[spoiler: and when he bluffed David Wallace into [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome buying out his worthless and bankrupt company by hiring back himself, Pam and Ryan]]]].

* Lord John Marbury from ''TheWestWing'' is a specialist on India who is prone to great insight on the subject. Too bad that the rest of the time, he's a pompous airbag [[MyNameIsNotDurwood who can't even keep Leo's name straight]]. Then again, this may be more ObfuscatingStupidity (coupled with a mischievous desire to needle Leo -- he also frequently claims to have mistaken Leo for the White House butler) than anything that belongs on this page. His persona does seem to radically shift when he gets serious, including getting people's names right, making it seem at least partly a strategy.

* Kelly Bundy from ''MarriedWithChildren'' has, on a couple of occasions, shown herself to have a few shining moments of competence. Some instances include figuring out the correct way to assemble a work desk that her father and neighbor had worked on for a day in a matter of seconds, and piercing an apple off the head of her brother with a bow and arrow when angered by her competitor. She was also capable of learning a huge amount of sports trivia in 48 hours.

* Amber, the intern at ''Red, White & Blue'' in ''[[BrothersAndSisters Brothers & Sisters]]''. A ditz and fairly excitable, she is a genius when it comes to politics and research.

* [[{{Glee}} Brittany Pierce]] may think the square root of four is rainbows, but put the girl on a dance floor and prepare to be blown away. Also, she knows an unbelievable amount about feline diseases.

* In ''KingdomHearts,'' Goofy takes this role. He tends to be one of the more observant of the group, albeit speaking as if it's entirely obvious to everyone else. For example, he's the only one that picks up that {{Mulan}} is female at first.

* ''FireEmblem'' has Mia, an extreme GenkiGirl who's so oblivious that she sincerely believes that a sickly [[WhiteMagicianGirl White Magician Guy]] is destined to be her rival and challenges him to duels on the spot. However, she's very talented with a sword, both in gameplay and in story, as [[spoiler:she's allowed to stay with the hero's personal team permanently after the end of the story, and was one of the few teammates to be directly praised by him in the sequel.]]

* Tess from ''JakAndDaxter'' seems like a typical DumbBlonde... until you need a {{BFG}}. Then she'll whip out her newest model, [[TechnoBabble regaling you with all its cool features]].

* [[TheIgor Sheegor]] from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' is a grown woman who acts and sounds like a little girl most of the time, but apparently is an expert on neurology, since Sasha says that recranializing adults is extremely difficult without surgery. This is probably why [[BigBad Dr. Loboto]] [[strike:hired]] [[KickTheDog enslaved]] her.

* Chaz of ''PhantasyStarIV''. Pretty much anything technical needs to be explained to him and he's absolutely hopeless when it comes to grasping how Algo's technology works, but when it comes to people and emotions, he's quicker on the draw than anyone else in the group. His ability to draw parallels and understand the situations of others is actually a major plot point later on.

* Makoto Nanaya of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is a [[FunPersonified silly]], [[NiceGal friendly]], whimsical and simple-minded [[LittleBitBeastly squirrel]] [[CuteMonsterGirl beastkin]] girl who [[BigEater eats a lot of food]] and climbs trees for exercise and fun. She also attended the prestigious [[TheEmpire NOL]] military academy on scholarship, [[FantasticRacism despite beastkin being looked down upon by society]], found work in the NOL [[StateSec Intelligence Division]], [[spoiler:and works as a [[TheMole double agent]] for [[LaResistance Sector Seven]]]].

* In ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'', {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Oko San is significantly less mentally developed than the other birds, talks only in 'coo's and is looked upon with disdain as a 'feral' or a 'throwback' to before birds were [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted]]. He is also a brilliant athlete and can run faster than he can fly - faster than a human, a species evolved for running.

* [[MeaningfulName Melody]] from ''JosieAndThePussycats'' is a GeniusDitz whose talent is music.

* Sewer Urchin from ''TheTick'' is ineffectual, annoying, and smelly, but when The Tick and Arthur need his help to do crimefighting in the sewers, he proves to be the "apotheosis of cool".

* Played with in various ''RockyAndBullwinkle'' story arcs, as Bullwinkle, generally a dimwit, frequently demonstrates unusual talents for the sake of a specific story. For example, he was called in as an expert on boxtops to crack down on a boxtop counterfeiting ring, his bunion could forecast the weather, he could tame lions with a harmonica rigged from a comb and some tissue-paper, he could remember everything he ever ate in his lifetime (including a secret formula for a silent explosive [[ItMakesSenseInContext that happened to have been written on a banana]]), and possessed a skill for making shiskabobs that bordered on expert swordsmanship!

* Freddy from ''ScoobyDoo'' in some incarnations, particularly ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc''. Completely clueless about everything except for traps, particularly of the [[RubeGoldbergDevice Rube Goldberg]] variety.

* A popular AlternateCharacterInterpretation for ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' is that Pinky is this. WordOfGod even pointed out that the theme song never says ''which'' one is the genius and which one is insane...

* High functioning autistic savants such as Kim Peek and Daniel Tammet while significantly lacking in social skills and maturity are geniuses. Daniel managed to learn [[strike:fluent]]stilted but comprehensible Icelandic in under a week and Kim Peek would be able to answer virtually any question pertaining to historical dates, statistics or any obscure trivia.

* BritneySpears during her glory years. Offstage and during interviews she seems a bit flaky, but when she gets onstage she's a great dancer and performer (or used to be) and one of the most successful pop stars ever.

** Stanley from ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' appears to be RaisedByWolves (by peas, actually) but has a fanatical devotion to pins, and later, post stamps.

* {{Saiyuki}} might have the most genuinely ditzy of any ditz who ever did ditz in [[CoolTeacher Koumyou]] [[EccentricMentor Sanzo]]. He acts at times exactly like a valley girl, sleeps through his classes when he's in training, uses slang words he is FAR too old for, seems to misunderstand questions and situations a lot... and is also the youngest Sanzo priest ever before [[BigBad Ukoku]] and [[TheHero Genjo]] come along, was a mentor figure to both of them, and also the only person both of them actually acknowledge as worthy of respect, was so powerful they bequeathed him two sutras, something never before done, and generally is one of the biggest badasses in the series, albeit one who died before it started. Is an interesting case in that his Genius is not really divorced from his Ditziness, and a lot of his incites come from that aspect of himself.

* ''RocketMan''. The titular character is a complete moron with anything that isn't related to aeronautics or astronautics. He's also pretty good at holding his breath.

* Barbie in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', aside from being more of an ActionGirl than you might expect, seems to have a bit of a knack for political science when the heroes confront the BigBad.
-->'''Barbie:''' Authority should derive from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent_of_the_governed consent of the governed]], not from threat of force!

* Sterling {{Archer}} is a boorish, egotistical jackass who is exceptionally bad at the "tradecraft" parts of spying... but not only is he remarkably good at the "action hero" parts, but he keeps dropping references to people like Alan Turing, Indira Gandhi, and Eugene V. Debs.
* Kronk in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' displays rock-hard stupidity unless he's working in a kitchen.

* Linguini from Disney/Pixar's ''{{Ratatouille}}'' is shown as gangly, clumsy, dorky, fluent in BuffySpeak, and utterly useless at cooking, ruining a soup so badly he caused himself to throw up upon tasting. Then he discovers that it's legal to wait orders on rollerskates, and becomes little short of a Super Waiter.
--> Linguini: * zoom*
* ''{{Wolverine and the X-Men}}'' has Forge, a mutant with the power to invent and repair anything technological. As opposed to his persona in the comics -- a combination of GadgeteerGenius and MagicalNativeAmerican -- Forge in the TV show is a bumbling, neurotic teenager, useless in the field, with the temperament of an overworked, distracted mechanic, whose sole job on the team seems to be "keep the Blackbird in the air." And "Fix Cerebro." And [[OverlyLongGag "Fix the Danger Room." And "Fix the Danger Room after Wolverine has a temper tantrum in it."]]

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* Mr. Ping in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' would in most senses be only TheDitz -- as WordOfGod puts it, "he's got a tiny little head, and there's nothing in it except noodles. And love for Po." However, not only is his knowledge of noodles and cooking in general something he is obviously very skilled at, since he teaches Po everything he knows and the Furious Five (almost) unanimously declare the panda's cooking sensational, but the end credits reveal he has another hidden talent: to judge by Shifu's horrified expression, Mr. Ping is apparently a stellar player of {{Mahjong}}.

** "The Boys Of Bummer" revealed that Lenny is an author of mystery novels that a praised by ''Creator/StephenKing.''

Such a character who is well respected may become a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears Lawyer]]. Opposite of the ModernMajorGeneral, who appears to have specialised incompetence. Contrast with CloudCuckoolander. Compare TooDumbToFool. Compare ''and'' Contrast DitzyGenius.

** Naga and Martina are very inventive magic users who are crippled by being almost [[CloudCuckoolander too crazy]] [[TooDumbToLive to live]] and exist as lowly GoldfishPoopGang. [[UnknownRival Naga]] developed several interesting spells, but is so self-absorbed she barely manages not to walk into walls. [[PluckyComicRelief Martina]] uses magic via worshipping of a Monster she admits she made up herself ''and it somehow works'' -- but who living in a visual range of sanity would even ''try'' such a thing? Which she combines with being petty, clumsy and falling for anyone she deems [[TwoOutOfThreeAintBad at least 2/3 of]] TallDarkAndHandsome (until she met the real thing).

* Athena from ''{{ARIA}}'' is regarded as a highly respectable ''undine'' and is even known as one of the three "Water Faeries" of [[CityOfCanals Neo Venezia]] -- which is also helped by her singing abilities. Still she is prone to extremely ditzy behavior, sometimes being spaced out so much that she comes dangerously close to being a {{cloudcuckoolander}}.

* Isumi [[CloudCuckooLander Saginomiya]] of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''. Full stop. She can barely figure out how to open her cellphone, and has attempted to travel to Nagi's mansion on several occasions. Unfortunately, having zero (nay, having less than zero) sense of direction, she often finds herself on a train to Rio de Janeiro or some frozen wasteland in the middle of nowhere. The genius part comes in when confronted with something supernatural. She swiftly banishes even the most powerful of demons with incredible grace.

* In ''CSIDeathByChocolate'', Grissom finds that while Willy Wonka is rather [[ManChild childlike]] and [[CloudCuckooLander whimsical]], be has a mind like a steel trap and knows everything there is to know about candy.

* In ''BoyMeetsWorld'', after spending the first couple of seasons as BrilliantButLazy Eric took over the role of CloudCuckooLander with shades of GeniusDitz, FunPersonified, and TheWoobie.
* Waldo of ''FamilyMatters''. After spending a couple seasons as TheDitz bordering on the CloudCuckoolander, he surprises everyone when he takes a home economics course and proves a natural genius as a chef, to such an extent that in one episode he reveals he was trading recipes with Wolfgang Puck. His mom is a lousy cook, so he had to fend for himself.

* Constable Turnbull of ''Series/DueSouth'' is eccentric even compared to Fraser (the BunnyEarsLawyer series lead), is easily flustered, [[CloudCuckoolander sometimes clearly isn't operating on the same wavelength as the rest of the cast]], and doesn't perform very impressively at his actual job most of the time, but shows skill at cooking, art, and country music trivia.

* Ellis, of ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' fame. He acts like a borderline CloudCuckooLander and never stops talking, but he's hinted to be the smartest Survivor. Ellis is most often the one to come up with the plan in Dead Center to use the stock car as their escape vehicle, then shows that he is familiar with this type of thing by mentioning that they don't fill up the tanks at car shows, so they need to find gas before they go. This is along with the same campaign, occasionally, Ellis will mention that when this whole thing started he had built an armored car, which he claimed was 99% zombie proof. (the other 1% tore it all to shit though.) While this may not make him the smartest, it does fit the trope.

* Arcueid of ''{{Tsukihime}},'' even if nobody realizes until Shiki gets involved with her. She has NoSocialSkills due to her upbringing and Ciel is even astonished that she can actually speak. Apart from her [[PersonOfMassDestruction super strength, Marble Phantasm]] and knowledge of the occult she's a CloudCuckoolander with no life experience. Actual intelligence is pretty difficult to pin down because of how, well, ''[[ShapedLikeItself ditzy]]'' she is. If she's not killing vampires, she's somewhere between a hyperactive six-year-old and someone a year or three older than Shiki.
* In ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'', CloudCuckooLander Oko San is significantly less mentally developed than the other birds, talks only in 'coo's and is looked upon with disdain as a 'feral' or a 'throwback' to before birds were [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted]]. He is also a brilliant athlete and can run faster than he can fly - faster than a human, a species evolved for running.

* Jo Starr from ''{{Cheer}}'' is a CloudcuckooLander who talks to squirrels. She's also an absolute genius when it comes to analyzing motives and relationships.

* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': In "Prodigous Clamus" it is revealed that Clam - who is either TheDitz or a CloudCuckoolander depending on the episode - is both an artistic genius (able to create an exact copy of the Mona Lisa in 30 seconds) and a musical genius (able to play an entire symphony by blowing across the top of a bottle).

* Pinkie Pie in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a high grade CloudCuckooLander, but has a natural talent for throwing parties, a lesser talent in baking, and possesses an absolutely perfect memory for details regarding her friends to the point that she successfully reunited two long lost lovers with a glimpse at the right clues.

* Lemongrab of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is revealed to be [[MadScientist a highly competent yet still crazy inventor]] in [[HiddenDepths "You Made Me!"]] as he demonstrates surprising knowlege of how to build things that can non-lethally [[NightmareFuel hurt and incapacitate people]]. His known inventions include an electrical torture chamber, and a "Sound Sword" powered by the frequency of his own screams, which fires sound blasts at people and KO's them. Until this specific area of know-how was revealed, fans just assumed that Lemongrab was borderline [[TooDumbToLive retarded]] and completely inept in all areas of his life.

-->'''Buster:''' Wait, 18th century agrarian business. But I guess it’s all the same principals. Let me ask you, are you at all concerned about an uprising?

* Kang the Mad from ''JadeEmpire'' is brilliant when it comes to making things fly and explode. In is his own words, "The things he flies tend to survive! The things he explodes... not so much." Go to him for anything else, and he's pretty well useless.

* Clara of ''TheGuild'' is beginning to show a streak of this; in Season Five, Episode 4, she says, in response to Tink's complaining that no one will let them use their booth to sell T shirts, "Well, it really doesn't make sense for these vendors to cut in a middleman, Tink. Their profit margin barely covers their booth rental and travel cost so they'd have to charge 90% of our wholesale to justify a partnership--ah! Shiny!" Lampshaded by Tink's immediate response, "Wait, you sounded smart for a minute."

* Kelly Bundy from ''MarriedWithChildren'' has, on a couple of occasions, shown herself to have a few shining moments of competence. Such as figuring out the correct way to assemble a work desk that her father and neighbor had worked on for a day in a matter of seconds, and piercing an apple off the head of her brother with a bow and arrow when angered by her competitor. She was also capable of learning a huge amount of sports trivia in 48 hours.

* [[{{Glee}} Brittany Pierce]] may think the square root of four is rainbows, but put the girl on a dance floor and prepare to be blown away. (Also, she knows an unbelievable amount about feline diseases.)