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* Elan from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is this trope {{zigzagged}} every which way.

** Later on we find out that Sam often - and often irrationally - counts on outside forces to bail him out if things go south. If nothing else, Sam figures, someone's going to pull him out of the fire so they can be the one to officially throw him back in.

* Fighter of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' - who's been known to pull off impossible maneuvers and slay nigh-invincible foes simply because he was too stupid to realize he shouldn't be able to. Arguable whether or not his undeniable sword skills (and encyclopedic knowledge of techniques) push him into IdiotHero territory.
** Fighter ''is'' the only actual Hero of the Light Warriors (Of the other three, one is a [[SociopathicHero sociopath]], one has stolen and 'acquired' more things than actually exist, and the last is not actually evil, but highly narcissistic). The only real debate is whether his collaboration with his 'friends' subtracts from his heroism.
%%* Gordon Frohman from ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}''.
* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', the Boy is fully as foolish as his FairyTale prototype, the Boy Who Set Out To Learn What Fear Was.
* Lance from ''WebComic/GoldCoinComics'', who is particularly unobservant and "leaps before he looks."

* John Egbert of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fame makes unwise decisions on a regular basis (that even lead to his death in [[BadFuture one alternate time line]]) - but without them, he'd have never been able to set up the StableTimeLoop that ensured that he and all his friends got born, among other things.

%%* Julie, from ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' very much so.
* In ''Webcomic/OverlordofRavenfell'', Razin only has a vague idea of what being an Overlord entails, and is quite the bubblehead despite the grim occupation. Somehow he manages.
* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Tiffany Winters runs on this and ChronicHeroSyndrome. She often as not hasn't the slightest idea what she's doing, but will manage to help someone. In her first appearance, she trips [[spoiler: [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/i_tiffany_winters due to her shoelaces being tied together]]]], impales herself on her own sword and seemingly ''dies''. This serves to allow her to solve the main problem of the chapter, then come [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/secret_compartment "back to life"]] unscathed at the end.

* ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'' has [[PurityPersonified June]], who's more interested in chasing butterflies than paying attention to dramatic confrontations, completely fails to notice being pushed through a LaserHallway, and is [[PerpetualSmiler always smiling]], even when caught and threatened by someone ''many'' times her size.
** Opeo also manages to stumble along pretty well, despite taking significantly more punishment than June.
* ''Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers'' has Mal. Perpetually good natured, oblivious and kind hearted in the middle of a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World]] run by [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]]...and yet he appears to have unintentionally weaponized his own incompetence to the point where he has accidentally [[spoiler: killed a god and stolen its job]].

* Gordon Frohman from ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}''.

* Julie, from ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' very much so.

* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Fumbles of ''[[{{Goblins}} Goblins: Life Through Their Eyes]]''. Or at least the Blessed-by-Lady-Luck bit.

* Gordon Frohman from ''{{Concerned}}''.

* Jeremy from ''PlatinumGrit'' has no idea what's going on, assumes everyone else is basically nice, and has rationalised away every mean thing that anyone has ever done to him. And somehow or other, he and his best friends always manage to lurch through every crisis more or less intact.
* Julie, from ''OurLittleAdventure'' very much so.
* In ''OverlordofRavenfell'', Razin only has a vague idea of what being an Overlord entails, and is quite the bubblehead despite the grim occupation. Somehow he manages.

* Elan from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is this trope played both straight, subverted, and averted depending on the strip.

* In OverlordofRavenfell, Razin only has a vague idea of what being an Overlord entails, and is quite the bubblehead despite the grim occupation. Somehow he manages.

* Zee Captain from WebComic/RomanticallyApocalyptic is one, to a ridiculous extend. S/he's living in a post-apocalyptic world, with extremely bizarre priorities (for example, looking at a billboard for hours for the purpose of "oggling ladies" is more important than, you know, looking for non-radioactive food). Insane or not, he always exits any danger that comes to his way completely unharmed.

* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Tiffany Winters runs on this and ChronicHeroSyndrome. She often as not hasn't the slightest idea what she's doing, but will manage to help someone. In her first appearance, she trips [[spoiler: [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/i_tiffany_winters due to her shoelaces being tied together]]]], impales herself on her own sword and seemingly ''dies''. This serves to allow her to solve the main problem of the chapter, then come [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/strawberry_flavored "back to life"]] unscathed at the end.

* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Tiffany Winters runs on this and ChronicHeroSyndrome. She often as not hasn't the slightest idea what she's doing, but will manage to help someone. In her first appearance, she trips [[spoiler: [[http://www.eriecuties.com/strips-ec/i_tiffany_winters due to her shoelaces being tied together]]]], impales herself on her own sword and seemingly ''dies''. This serves to allow her to solve the main problem of the chapter, then come [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/strawberry_flavored "back to life"]] unscathed at the end.

* Tiffany Winters in ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' runs on this and ChronicHeroSyndrome. She often as not hasn't the slightest idea what she's doing, but will manage to help someone. In her first appearance, she manages to get herself ''killed'' within the first few pages. This simply allows her to solve the main problem of the chapter and then come back to life unscathed at the end.

* Lance from [[http://www.goldcoincomics.com Gold Coin Comics]], who is particularly unobservant and "leaps before he looks."

*** To be fair, he has quite a long track record of getting into trouble and has racked up a lot of evidence that outside forces will invariably come to his rescue.

* Zee Captain from WebComic/RomanticallyApocalyptic is one, to a ridiculous extend. S/he's living in a post-apocalyptic world, with extremely bizarre priorities (for example, looking at a billboard for hours for the purpose of "oggling ladies" is more important than, you know, looking for non-radioactive food). Insane or not, he always exits any danger that comes to his way completely unharmed. [[CrazyAwesome ANY]] [[BeyondTheImpossible danger]].