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** LizardFolk, {{Minotaur}}s and most goblinoids has the same or worse hindrances.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has the Stupid [[LizardFolk Lizard Men]]. That's actually what they're called. They're all called Slime, since they can't remember any other names. As of ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' there was believed to be only two left, but over the course of the book there was a battle in which they were both killed. By their own weapons.

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' is full of dumb aliens, but the Abductors make the rest look brilliant by comparison. The two we meet completely fail at their job, having all of ''one'' specimen in their "collection," and that's only because he's a blog creature with no legs. They mistake both Zim and a gopher for humans and Dib, an actual human, with a weasel. They also run "experiments" on their test subjects by fusing them together...with tape.

* ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries X-Wing: Wraith Squadron]]'' mentions Agamar, a primarily agricultural planet whose inhabitants are derided as space hicks by the rest of the galaxy. The truth is of course more complicated, but the captain of the Wraiths' carrier, an Agamar native himself, helps drill some of the Wraiths in the stereotype so they can go undercover as a trio of Agamarian tourists looking for "brides." The customs official they deal with is so bewildered by their [[HawaiianShirtedTourist eye-searing outfits]] and [[ComicallySmallBribe attempt at bribery]] ([[FlatWhat "A whole credit."]]) that he waves them through without further incident and doesn't notice he was just dealing with Wedge Antilles, one of the most famous fighter pilots in the galaxy.

Here's a PlanetOfHats in which the hats are on empty heads. PlanetOfDunceCaps is when an entire species seem to be less than intelligent. If Humans are the idiots, then it's HumansAreMorons. May speak primarily in YouNoTakeCandle.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has the Stupid [[LizardFolk Lizard Men]]. That's actually what they're called. They're all called Slime, since they can't remember any other names. As of ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' there was believed to be only two left, but over the course of the book there was a battle in which they were both killed. By their own weapons.
** [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]] are a subversion; in Ankh-Morpork, they all seem to have rocks in their head metaphorically as well as literally (not that you'd say that to their face) but this is because they come from cold mountains. In optimal temperatures, their brains work fine, sometimes even better than humans'. The trolls that decide to go to Ankh-Morpork ''are'' the smart trolls, they just have trouble functioning in the heat.
* In ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber Nine Princes in Amber]]'', Corwin forms an army by recruiting entire species of creatures that are brutish, but a little slow. They also happen to have a predilection toward hero worship. This is all justified by the fact that as a Prince of Amber, Corwin can walk through [[TheMultiverse Shadows]] until he finds one with an ideal species to recruit.
* The Hork Bajir from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' were designed by the species that created them (to be gardeners of a sort) to be peaceful and not terribly bright. Occasionally one is born with human-level intelligence though.

* The Jackoffasaurs from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' (which were an obvious parody of Jar-Jar Binks) are a race of morons.

* The episode "Samaritan Snare" featured the Pakleds in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Though they might be more of a case of ObfuscatingStupidity.
** The Pakleds in ''Samaritan Snare'' are odd in that they go for ObfuscatingStupidity while at the same time indicating pretty heavily by their other actions that they ''are'' pretty darn stupid. Though given that background Pakleds in later episodes (the Pakleds never again had a speaking role after ''Samaritan Snare'') tend to be of professions that require at least ''some'' basic intelligence (such as mechanics -- the Pakleds in ''Snare'' had problems with basic maintenance of their ship), it's also likely that the ''Snare'' group of Pakleds were dumb even by Pakled standards.

* The Baro from ''Webcomic/{{Marooned}}'' are an odd, TooCleverByAHalf example. The [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} smartest race in the universe is the most moronic]].

Here's a PlanetOfHats in which the hats are on empty heads. PlanetOfDunceCaps is when an entire species seem to be less than intelligent. If Humans are the idiots, then it's HumansAreMorons.

[[folder:Comics]]
* {{Sillage}}: a species developed as clone soldiers with minimal intelligence. Even when freed, the one intelligent member of their race says they don't know what to do with themselves.
* The goblins in ''HouseOfMystery'' aren't a bright lot, with [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch one character]] being an exception.
* A strange case in [[http://www.maroonedcomic.com/ Marooned]] as there is very brilliant species thats brains in robot bodies. They couldn't manage to land their highly advanced ships. When one ship was saved, two of those died by accident while exiting the ship. Out of all the crew in ship, only one survived.

[[folder:Film]]
* While not stupid, the little three-eyed martians from WesternAnimation/ToyStory seem to be quite gullible.
* Humans might be considered this if you've seen the movie version of Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy. That might be because HumansAreMorons.
* In ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_and_Dad_Save_the_World Mom and Dad Save the World]]'', the inhabitants of the planet Spengo aren't too bright.
* Earth's future in ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}''. Apparently [[HumansAreMorons everyone becomes a moron]].
* The aliens in Film/GalaxyQuest are pretty childlike and innocent.

* In [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber Nine Princes In Amber]], Corwin forms an army by recruiting entire species of creatures that are brutish, but a little slow. They also happen to have a predilection toward hero worship. This is all justified by the fact that as a Prince of Amber, Corwin can walk through [[TheMultiverse Shadows]] until he finds one with an ideal species to recruit.

[[folder:Live Action Television]]

* DungeonsAndDragons many mookish monsters have their mental stats lowered in this way.
** [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] has lower Intelligence and Wisdom caps in AD&D2 and penalties to intelligence in 3.5 DungeonsAndDragons. LizardFolk, {{Minotaur}}s and most goblinoids has the same or worse hindrances. [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogres]] are dumb, but have also [[{{Youkai}} Oni]]-like Ogre Magi race who tend more toward "devious" and look down on those brutes.
* [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogryns]] in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: those who show an exceptional level of intelligence (something like a four-year-old's) are surgically enhanced to be marginally smarter. They're called Bone 'Eads and get lumped with ordering their dumber allies around. They all still come across as {{Psychopathic Man Child}}ren though.

[[folder: Video Games]]
* Doogs from StarControl 3.

* The Jackoffasaurs from South Park (which were an obvious parody of Jar Jar) are a race of morons.
* The Ogres in ''AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' are all pretty dumb, bordering on MinionWithAnFInEvil. The one smart Ogre, Toadwort, is about as tall as a human five year old and is routinely abused by his brother Ogres and his boss, TheManBehindTheMonsters, Duke Igthorn.

* In one episode of the MrBean animated series, it's revealed that Mr. Bean is actually from a planet where everyone looks and acts exactly like him.

* [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogryns]] in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: those who show an exceptional level of intelligence (something like a four-year-old's) are surgically enhanced to be marginally smarter. They all still come across as {{Psychopathic Man Child}}ren though.

* Humans might be considered this if you've seen the movie version of HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy. That might be because HumansAreMorons.

* PosleenWarSeries: the Posleen are an incredibly stupid variant of the HordeOfAlienLocusts. This was done in order to make space aliens that can attack but still be defeatable.

* While not stupid, the little three-eyed martians from ToyStory seem to be quite gullible.

* ''{{Discworld}}'' has the Stupid [[LizardFolk Lizard Men]]. That's actually what they're called. They're all called Slime, since they can't remember any other names. As of ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' there was believed to be only two left, but over the course of the book there was a battle in which they were both killed. By their own weapons.

* [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogryns]] in Warhammer40K: those who show an exceptional level of intelligence (something like a four-year-old's) are surgically enhanced to be marginally smarter. They all still come across as {{Psychopathic Man Child}}ren though.

* In [[TheChroniclesOfAmber Nine Princes In Amber]], Corwin forms an army by recruiting entire species of creatures that are brutish, but a little slow. They also happen to have a predilection toward hero worship. This is all justified by the fact that as a Prince of Amber, Corwin can walk through [[TheMultiverse Shadows]] until he finds one with an ideal species to recruit.

Here's a PlanetOfHats in which the hats are on empty heads. PlanetOfDunceCaps is when an entire species seem to be less than intelligent. If Humans are the idiots, then it's HumansAreMorons.

!!Examples

[[folder: {{Comics}}]]
* {{Sillage}}: a species developed as clone soldiers with minimal intelligence. Even when freed, the one intelligent member of their race says they don't know what to do with themselves.
* The goblins in ''HouseOfMystery'' aren't a bright lot, with [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch one character]] being an exception.
* A strange case in [[http://www.maroonedcomic.com/ Marooned]] as there is very brilliant species thats brains in robot bodies. They couldn't manage to land their highly advanced ships. When one ship was saved, two of those died by accident while exiting the ship. Out of all the crew in ship, only one survived.

[[folder: {{Film}}]]
* While not stupid, the little three-eyed martians from ToyStory seem to be quite gullible.
* Humans might be considered this if you've seen the movie version of HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy. That might be because HumansAreMorons.
* In ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_and_Dad_Save_the_World Mom and Dad Save the World]]'', the inhabitants of the planet Spengo aren't too bright.
* Earth's future in ''{{Idiocracy}}''. Apparently [[{{Humans Are Morons}} everyone becomes a moron]].

[[folder: {{Literature}}]]
* PosleenWarSeries: the Posleen are an incredibly stupid variant of the HordeOfAlienLocusts. This was done in order to make space aliens that can attack but still be defeatable.
* The ogres in ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' are stupid and proud of it.
* ''{{Discworld}}'' has the Stupid [[LizardFolk Lizard Men]]. That's actually what they're called. They're all called Slime, since they can't remember any other names. As of ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' there was believed to be only two left, but over the course of the book there was a battle in which they were both killed. By their own weapons.
* In [[TheChroniclesOfAmber Nine Princes In Amber]], Corwin forms an army by recruiting entire species of creatures that are brutish, but a little slow. They also happen to have a predilection toward hero worship. This is all justified by the fact that as a Prince of Amber, Corwin can walk through [[TheMultiverse Shadows]] until he finds one with an ideal species to recruit.
* The Hork Bajir from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' were designed by the species that created them (to be gardeners of a sort) to be peaceful and not terribly bright. Occasionally one is born with human-level intelligence though.

[[folder: LiveActionTelevision]]

* The Ogrons of ''Series/DoctorWho'' are explicitly TooDumbToFool.

[[folder: TabletopGames]]
* {{Dungeons and Dragons}} many mookish monsters have their mental stats lowered in this way.

** Orks in the same setting (being the comedy relief, they go for TooDumbToLive with great regularity), though they are also brutally cunning on the rare occasion that they aren't cunningly brutal.

[[folder: Video Games]]
* Doogs from StarControl 3.

[[folder: WesternAnimation]]
* Considering each sample of DNA in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'''s Omnitrix represents a species, Rath's race seems to be superstrong, arrogant, and kind of stupid.
* The Jackoffasaurs from South Park (which were an obvious parody of Jar Jar) are a race of morons.
* The Ogres in ''AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' are all pretty dumb, bordering on MinionWithAnFInEvil. The one smart Ogre, Toadwort, is about as tall as a human five year old and is routinely abused by his brother Ogres and his boss, TheManBehindTheMonsters, Duke Igthorn.
* In one episode of the MrBean animated series, it's revealed that Mr. Bean is actually from a planet where everyone looks and acts exactly like him.

* The episode "Samaritan Snare" featured the Pakleds in StarTrekTheNextGeneration. Though they might be more of a case of ObfuscatingStupidity.

* The aliens in GalaxyQuest are pretty childlike and innocent.

Here's a PlanetOfHats in which the hats are on empty heads. PlanetOfDunceCaps is when an entire species seem to be less than intelligent. If Humans are the idiots, than it's HumansAreMorons.

** Orks in the same setting (being the comedy relief, they go for TooDumbToLive with great regularity), though they are also cunning on occasion.

* Considering each sample of DNA in {{Ben 10}}'s Omnitrix represents a species, Rath's race seems to be superstrong, arrogant, and kind of stupid.

* The Hork Bajir from {{Animorphs}} were designed by the species that created them (to be gardeners of a sort) to be peaceful and not terribly bright. Occasionally one is born with human-level intelligence though.

* Considering each sample of DNA in {{Ben10}}'s Omnitrix represents a species, Rath's race seems to be superstrong, arrogant, and kind of stupid.