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13	* ''ComicBook/{{Chlorophylle}}'': Minimum started as a fairly competent sidekick to Chlorophylle, and showed skills such as acting talent in his first appearance. However, as time went on, he turned more and more into a bumbling Butt-Monkey sidekick.
14	* Like most of the characters in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'', ComicBook/BoosterGold underwent a fair bit of [[{{Flanderized}} Flanderization]] in the title. He started off as a fairly likable, competent hero in his own book, but got progressively stupider and more vain once he joined the Justice League. It's even {{Lampshaded}} in ''Formerly Known as the Justice League'', where ComicBook/BlueBeetle points out that Booster used to be fairly intelligent, and accuses him of acting dumb and childish on purpose. Later on, it is confirmed to be (mostly) an act.
15	* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} did not start off as stupid as he's famously depicted as being, and in fact was more of a standard mercenary in his first appearance in ''ComicBook/XForce''. The whole "dumbest guy on the planet" personality depends on the writer, but really came into effect with his second solo series written by Daniel Way.
16	* Disney Comics: [[https://inducks.org/character.php?c=Rock%20Sassi&view=1&redirected=1 Rock Sassi]], also known as Brick Boulder, is a policeman character created in 1997 by Italian Mickey Mouse comic book authors. In his first appearance he was intended to be the typical tough, pragmatic, no-nonsense Texan cop, but he quickly was reduced to a bumbling comic relief character and paired with Detective Casey, who was similarly characterized as a barely useful buffoon.
17	* ''{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}}'' suffers this, DependingOnTheWriter. His creator, Chris Claremont, intended for him to be the [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter superior]] version of Wolverine. He is shown as cunning. He was very emotionally intelligent, and could read others well enough to [[ManipulativeBastard hit all their weak spots, emotionally]]. He broke Boomer and had Rogue on the verge of tears when talking about her power. He also rattled Charles Xavier of all people, which contributed to him becoming Onslaught. He was sly enough to be a double agent in the Weapon X program without anyone suspecting it, and the Director himself mentioning that he underestimated Creed. He even hacked into the database to steal all of the mutant files. But some writers depict him as a complete oaf--usually whenever he's in team books. Greg Pak's Weapon X is the perfect example. In this run, he can't use a computer keyboard or hunt. And his stealth and infiltration skills are non-existent.
18	* Johnny Storm, AKA: The Human Torch, of the ComicBook/FantasticFour, started out having at least average intelligence (a little cocky and reckless sometimes, obviously not a rocket scientist like his team leader, but not out and out stupid either), but as time went by and his characterization turned him more and more into a shallow, superficial, borderline selfish man-diva, Johnny became increasingly stupid to coincide with this more irresponsible characterization.
19	* [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Roy Harper]] suffered this pretty badly when Creator/ScottLobdell started using him in ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. Roy was never exactly a genius in the past, but he was smart enough and competent enough to find work as a government agent and later a private detective while volunteering with several anti-drug programs. He also led the Titans and Outsiders on several different occasions, and even joined the Justice League as Red Arrow. Under Lobdell's pen, Roy was turned into an annoying, idiotic {{Manchild}} who was ''supposedly'' also a gifted inventor and child prodigy utilizing ObfuscatingStupidity. Roy instead came across as genuinely stupid and more of a stooge to Red Hood than an actual friend. Even after the beginning of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Roy regained some of his brain cells but it wasn't enough to shake off his new reputation as a pathetic moron which manifested when he appeared in books outside of ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' and ''Titans''.
20	* After Creator/TerryMoore took over ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', most of the cast had their intelligence downgraded in order to help make the series LighterAndSofter. It was particularly pronounced in Molly and Klara, who went from being unusually mature for pre-teens to being so dumb that they wasted a night trying to build a fort to defend against aliens with far better firepower.
21	* Princess Leia in the comic adaptation of Franchise/StarWars novel ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye''. In the novel itself she is a ShellShockedVeteran (leading to some {{Jerkass}} moments) but very smart and cosmopolitan. The comic cuts out a lot of these scenes leaving Luke to make essentially all the plans and guesswork, so Leia comes across as a little slow on the uptake.
22	* Franchise/{{Superman}}'s IQ seems to drop a few points whenever he's with the Justice League, or more specifically whenever he's around Franchise/{{Batman}}. Then again, Batman seems to have the power of making other characters dumber just by being there. Other times Superman gets dumber to varying degrees to contrast his super-scientist arch enemy Lex Luthor. And still other times, writers can't agree if Superman is a scientist like his father, how strong those scientific tendencies go, and how prominent his super-intelligence is.
23	* In ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', as a result of the PlotArmor of the protagonist, all the supporting cast of ComicBook/SpiderMan suffers from this. The worst example is definitely Mary Jane that, despite having lived (or married before OMD) with him and his alter-ego for a long time, she does not have the slightest suspicion that "Peter" is actually an impostor.
24	* In ''Franchise/WonderWoman'', Athena is meant to be the goddess of wisdom, and in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' she was a {{chessmaster}} whose plots eventually saw her usurping Zeus as ruler of Olympus. In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' she chooses to essentially die and request that Zeus take up her responsibilities and look after the Amazons, which causes millions of deaths as Zeus tries to slaughter every military and government on earth and the Amazons have to fight for their home and lifestyle as Zeus decides to replace them with men who cannot defy him. None of this is a surprise to anyone who knows anything about Zeus.
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