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[[caption-width-right:350:The multiplication table of 2? [[HulkSpeak Hulk not sure... two... four... five...? HULK SMASH!!!]]\\
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->''If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough\\
When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up\\
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know\\
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!''
-->-- '''Roger Alan Wade'''

A characterization that leans very hard on the brawn side in BrainsVersusBrawn. TheBigGuy and TheBrute are usually slightly dim at the very least (with TheSmartGuy and EvilGenius at the opposite end of the scale; incredibly intelligent, but knocked over by a stiff breeze). Typically afflicted with a form of HulkSpeak. This is a common assumption: there's a reason GeniusBruiser is meant to be a [[SubvertedTrope shocker]], even though there's no real reason brains and brawn should be mutually exclusive to begin with in RealLife. Overlaps with GentleGiant in some cases, as well as TinyHeadedBehemoth. A SubTrope of PersonalityPowers. Often PlayedForLaughs.

''Almost'' AlwaysMale; only in ultra-rare cases will you see very strong female characters be portrayed as lacking in brains. He might be only BookDumb but StreetSmart. Note that this also does not always apply to tactics; a character with this trope might know how to use every weapon he picks up, but if that is true, he will still lack intelligence outside that specialty (in which case he is shown as a GeniusDitz). When this character causes injuries and property damage due to being clumsy with his immense strength, he is LethallyStupid. If he’s an athlete, he’s probably a DumbJock.

Compare SmashMook. Contrast the GeniusBruiser and the BadassBookworm. Given this, its inverse is often the SquishyWizard. May overlap with PowerfulButIncompetent. These types are frequently, but not always, a TopHeavyGuy. When this sort of character is paired with its opposite -- someone who's very clever but runty and weak -- it will form one half of BrainsAndBrawn.

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!!Example subpages:

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* DumbMuscle/AnimeAndManga
* DumbMuscle/ComicBooks
* DumbMuscle/{{Film}}
* DumbMuscle/{{Literature}}
* DumbMuscle/LiveActionTV
* DumbMuscle/TabletopGames
* DumbMuscle/VideoGames
* DumbMuscle/{{Webcomics}}
* DumbMuscle/WebOriginal
* DumbMuscle/WesternAnimation
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* A series of commercials for Planet Fitness airing in early 2011 [[PlayedForLaughs play this for laughs]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOjDI7fayCA One commercial features a muscular man who gets so excited from tying his shoelaces correctly, he runs into the gym cheering.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN9-KtRUunU A second features a man who likes to make gunshot sounds when he writes.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAXo3Wr_nYU A third has a guy who replies "I lift things up, then put them down." when asked what he does for a living, then repeats it without prompting.]] Each commercial then explains that Planet Fitness is "not his planet".
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* In ''Animation/MotuPatlu'', what Motu lacks in intelligence, he makes up for in strength, ''especially'' if he [[PowerUpFood eats a samosa]]. Even Boxer, who is usually the strongest person in Furfuri Nagar, is unable to withstand Motu's muscle power if he eats a samosa.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' was about a boy with [[SuperpoweredAlterEgo the power to turn into the eponymous superhero]], a FlyingBrick with "the muscles of twenty men and the brains of twenty mussels".
* Moe from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' fits this nicely; Calvin relies on the fact that Moe will not understand any of the florid insults that he (Calvin) heaps upon the bully. Though it doesn't prevent Moe from messing up Calvin's face on numerous occasions.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* The Wyrmspawn is this in ''[[FanFic/TheDarkLordsOfNerima The Dark Lords Ascendant]]''. It's incredibly powerful, capable of decimating an entire city with the mere ''shockwaves'' caused by its breath attacks. However, killing is the ''only'' thing it knows: if its senses are blocked off to the point where it can't detect anyone, it thinks everyone around it is dead and settles back down to wait.
* In ''Fanfic/AvengerOfSteel'', this is a perfect description of [[spoiler:Solomon Grundy; an undead entity controlled by the Hand that can apparently bring himself back to life if killed, Grundy is capable of engaging Superman in a fight, but all he can apparently do is roar and hit things]].
* In ''Fanfic/MyIronGiant'', Izuku's Quirk allows him to pilot a HumongousMecha, but it also takes away his autonomy to the point he is akin to a higher functioning Nomu.
* ''Fanfic/KimberlyTsGargoyles'' series makes it clear that the gargoyles consider their old foe Wolf to be an example of this. At one point, when assessing old enemies who might be responsible for [[spoiler:the kidnapping Owen, Fox, the Xanatos' nanny Anne Marsden, Alexander Xanatos and Anne's daughter Bethany (Bethany also receiving magical instruction from Puck)]], Lexington observes that Wolf is too stupid to be a suspect as he's become little better than an animal since he was genetically augmented; in his current state of mind he'd never be able to come up with a plan of attack that his intended targets wouldn't see coming a mile away.
* Ryuko and Mako are rare female examples of this of the BookDumb variety in ''Fanfic/NaturalSelection''. While neither is "dumb" per say, they're both shown to not be very bright with Ryuko often coming up short in fields like business and other intellectual pursuits while Mako is incredibly ditzy, often having her intelligence derided by everyone. In the former's case, Inumuta even outright calls her "a murderous moron". That said, both are physical powerhouses to the point where Ryuko spends the first half of the plot as an InvincibleVillain while Mako proves to be the strongest of the Elite Four in pure physical terms, causing tremors and shockwaves with her fists that are powerful enough to wipe out armies.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', this is a common trait of many {{mooks}}. Orcs, trolls, ogres, {{mutants}}... you name it. Their relative [[UnskilledButStrong strength]] in comparison to the RedShirts makes up for their primitive and unintelligent nature.
* In order to make sure Sapphiron couldn't break free from his weakening powers, Arthas in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13701065/11/Metagaming Metagaming?]]'' completely destroyed the dragon's mind. This leaves the DracoLich too stupid to think tactically, merely attacking whatever is currently hurting it the most. Notably, when Jaina shields Luna from its BreathWeapon with an ice wall, Sapphiron continues breathing ice at her even though all it's accomplishing is making the wall larger.
* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Walburt is a hulking [[FullFrontalAssault butt-naked]] gladiator who wrestles wild animals for a living, but requires a team of assistants to organize the hunting expeditions that allow him to actually find them.
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[[folder:Manhua]]
* Thoroughly subverted in ''The Manhua/RavagesOfTime'', it's ''Genius Bruiser'' which is closer to the norm. After all, the "big dumb brutes" from [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms the novel]]? What fool would leave ''them'' in command of an army? [[spoiler:Lu Bu]] and [[spoiler:Zhang Fei]] are the most prominent examples of this subversion, but as a general rule, if someone looks like Dumb Muscle they're almost certainly faking it... yes, even [[spoiler:Xu Chu]].
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[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Heracles]] from Myth/GreekMythology was stereotypically portrayed this way in Attic comedy (for example in Creator/{{Aristophanes}}' ''Theatre/TheBirds''). In the "canonical" version of the myths, despite being prone to fits of irrational rage, he is not dumb, and occasionally pretty sharp -- one of his most famous stories is the Twelve Labors, in which he is forced to find clever solutions to twelve seemingly impossible tasks.
* The titan Atlas. After getting Heracles to take over holding up the sky (heavens) for him while Atlas did him a favor, Atlas decides not to take it back as he likes his freedom. Heracles admits defeat then asks for Atlas to take the sky back long enough for Heracles to put his lion skin on his shoulders as a pad. Atlas agrees, and Heracles walks away. This was the guy the other Titans picked to lead them against the Olympians after Cronus fell out of favor with the rest of them. No wonder they lost. Averted in an alternate version of the myth, in which Heracles and Atlas simply came to a mutually beneficial arrangement in which Atlas did the favor and Heracles built the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Hercules Pillars of Hercules]] to carry Atlas's load forever. This version was less common as Atlas was an unpopular character and the ancient Greeks enjoyed making him out to be both a villain and a moron.
* In Literature/TheBible's Literature/BookOfJudges can be found the story of Samson, a man with the strength to kill a hundred men with a donkey's jawbone yet lacking in pattern recognition skills to the point that he doesn't realize his girlfriend is actively betraying him to his enemies. For those unfamiliar with the story, the source of his strength was his long, uncut hair. When she asked about the source, he twice lied to her (first saying he needed to be bound with ribbon, then with rope) and was immediately afterward attacked by men attempting to restrain him using the method he had confided in her. He finally confessed the true source of his strength when she confronted him, accusing him of not trusting her.
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[[folder:Podcasts]]
* ''Podcast/DiceFunk'': As the party's fighter, this is Rinaldo's role, although his frequently poor dice rolls make it easy to forget.
* ''Podcast/FindUsAlive'''s Agent Love is a RareFemaleExample. She's the most physically capable member of the cast who also thinks having your appendix removed means you're diabetic, attempts to tame a vine monster that just trapped her inside a wall by throwing away her only weapon, tries to waterboard someone who's standing up, and can't remember how to pronounce "suspected".
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[[folder:Technology]]
* All computers and calculators are is dumb muscle, doing calculations and rendering but not really understanding what they are doing, or even understanding anything.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* Ida's brothers in the Creator/GilbertAndSullivan operetta ''Theatre/PrincessIda'' are described as being "not intelligent" in their song "We are warriors three". They also make the mistake of removing their armor before fighting Hilarion and co., finding it too cumbersome to move in. (They lose the battle.)
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[[folder:Toys]]
* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
** Krekka, whose speech is not too far off from HulkSpeak and [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forgets about his own powers]]. He relies on the much smarter Nidhiki to tell him what to do.
** Reidak [[ObfuscatingStupidity loves to play the role]] because he honestly finds breaking things to be more fun than actually thinking tactically, but can be surprisingly cognizant when the situation calls for it.
** Nocturn, who is the deadliest warrior in the Barraki's employ, but his mind is only slightly more advanced than a beast's with thoughts mostly devoted to killing and was imprisoned for accidentally destroying ''an entire island''.
** Carapar has shown shades of this due to the effects of being regularly hypnotized by Takadox for centuries, especially in contrast with the tactician he used to be as a warlord. He's probably still smarter than Krekka and Nocturn though.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Vampire Lord describes Boru as "One of those strong, yet stupid, types."
* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': Indus is the size of a small van and covered in muscles, but is very gullible and prone to poor decisions - for example, he's entirely convinced that doing Mera's laundry is WaxOnWaxOff training and not just Mera using him for free labour.
* In ''[[http://bogleech.com/animations.html The Fear Hole]]'' episode [[http://scythemantis.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1ovt1g "All Hallows Adam,"]] the character antagonizer is a parody on [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Nemesis]] with the brain and personality of a small child. And he is adorable. [[spoiler: Too bad about what happens to him though...]]
* Strong Mad from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''. His idea of reading is looking at a waffle with "BUG" written on it in syrup. "THIS BOOK IS TOO LONG!"
* [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield]] is depicted this way in ''WebAnimation/NapsterBad'' -- as a gorilla-like Neanderthal who talks in HulkSpeak. In "Metallica Millionaire", he's shown as being too stupid to answer a game show question about what band he plays in, even though every one of the available answers is "Metallica" and the host outright tells him to pick anything.
* Shirogane Noel and Kazama Iroha are the resident warriors of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' and both of them are self-admitted muscle brains for whom strength is the solution to all of life's problems.
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