History Main / SmartJerkAndNiceMoron

* Rugrats: Angelica is a 3 year old spoiled brat who always bully the nice and friendly "Dumb Babies".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Brainy Smurf fancies himself as a genius and is so obnoxious that he's hated by almost everyone, except his friend Clumsy Smurf. Clumsy is a KindheartedSimpleton who genuinely admires Brainy and likes being around him, despite Brainy's arrogance.

* The core duo in ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'', Rat and Pig. Rat is the jerk, and he is smarter than Pig, though not quite as smart as he thinks he is. Pig is genuinely dumb and genuinely nice. The title describes Rat's attitude towards their relationship (by way of a [[AsTheGoodBookSays Biblical reference]]): Rat believes that he has all these "pearls of wisdom" that he's wasting on a dummy like Pig.

* Percy The Small Engine of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' and even more so its AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''. While occasionally insightful, Percy is naive and childishly innocent, so often plays the Likeable Moron to several more experienced but arrogant engines such as James or Gordon (Thomas was also his most frequent Smart Jerk until having TookALevelInKindness, and gaining enough CloudCuckooLander points to border him as a Likable Moron himself).

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Billy is a total idiot who only seems to have hard feelings towards the bully Sperg and his son Jeff (who is a spider). His best friend Mandy, however, is a straight-A (or rather, "A+++++++") student, who [[MisanthropeSupreme hates just about everyone else]], and finds the idea of having a crush on someone to be repulsive.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Time heals all wounds, Pinky, except the one in your head."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Jerkass}} The jerk]] showing [[BuffoonishTomCat the]] [[KindheartedSimpleton moron]] how much he appreciates him.]]

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Given that the smarter members of the Gang are also the bigger jerks, this is natural when characters pair up (though the "smart" and "nice" parts tend to be quite relative). For instance, if Mac and Charlie team up, Charlie tends to be the basically well-meaning one who is also barely functional, while Mac is smarter than Charlie but also more malicious and greedy. If Mac and Dennis team up, meanwhile, Mac tends to come across as stupid-but-has-a-moral-center, while Dennis is considerably cleverer but also a complete psychopath.

* Given that ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' tends to have the smarter members of the cast also be the bigger jerks, this is natural when characters pair up (though the "smart" and "nice" parts tend to be quite relative). For instance, if Mac and Charlie team up, Charlie tends to be the basically well-meaning one who is also barely functional, while Mac is smarter than Charlie but also more malicious and greedy. If Mac and Dennis team up, meanwhile, Mac tends to come across as stupid-but-has-a-moral-center, while Dennis is considerably cleverer but also a complete psychopath.

** In addition, Lori's lover Bobby has this relationship with Ronnie Anne, for whereas Bobby is also a KindheartedSimpleton, Ronnie Anne is a LovingBully to Lori's younger brother Lincoln.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Jerkass}} The jerk]] showing the [[BuffoonishTomCat moron]] how much he appreciates him.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The jerk showing the moron how much he appreciates him.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:They're best friends.]]

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:''

* Gokudera and Yamamoto from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' has this dynamic. Gokudera being TheSmartGuy that is really aggressive and suspicious to everyone except [[HoYay for Tsuna]]. Yamamoto is the DumbJock who has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace that is friendly to everyone and who doesn't mind the former's insults to him.

** Usagi's brother Shingo is a good student who loves to rub his success in her face. While quite lazy and irresponsible, Usagi is a dim but sweet AllLovingHero.

** Same goes with her and Rei. Rei is an intelligent JerkWithAHeartOfGold who likes to belittle Usagi, while Usagi, as stated above, is a KindheartedSimpleton.

** Same goes with her and Rei. Rei is an intelligent JerkWithAHeartOfGold who likes to mess with Usagi, while Usagi, as stated above, is a KindheartedSimpleton.