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Katara: You've been hallucinating on cactus juice all day, and then you just lick something you find stuck to the wall of a cave?!
Sokka: I have a natural curiosity.

I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out.
Barenaked Ladies, "Falling for the First Time"

"Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.”

Asa: How did Ami-sensei manage to contact the Garden of Days instead of Mars?
Yoko: How did she manage it at all? Communication between different universes isn't even supposed to be possible, and she's just a ditzy science teacher!
Asa: A really smart ditzy science teacher.
Futari Wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon, Episode 14: "Ami-sensei's Sick? A Class Visit!"

"Man, for a smart guy, he sure is dumb!"
Tuddrussel, succinctly describing Confucius, Time Squad note 

Lana: But seriously, how in the hell did you think Ireland was an Axis power?
Sterling: [chuckling] Oh, my God, I think this whole time I was actually thinking of Romania. But only as an inevitable consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the Soviet invasion of Bessarabia.
Archer, "The Archer Sanction"

Sasuke: By the way, is it true that [Mitsunari Ishida]'s good at math? ...How good?
Main Character: As near as I can tell, Mitsunari's a genius. He's kind, too. (I'll leave out the part where he can't remember to feed himself and innocently breaks women's hearts.)

They have always been first, the Sophons. First to split atoms, mine asteroids and capture the energy of the sun. First, too, to crash their test rockets, trigger artificial earthquakes and accidentally blow up their moon. Their great power has given them great... irresponsibility.
Sophon Prologue, Endless Space 2

Cale: I'll tell you a secret. This guy's nuts!
Korso: I'll tell you one more. He's never wrong.
— About Gune, Titan A.E.

Old Doc Whoovey, that educated dope.

Depending on your perspective, Parsons was either the smartest idiot or the dumbest genius in human history.
Robert Evans on Jack Parsons, Behind the Bastards

American Soldier: Вы советские шпионы? (Are you Soviet spies?)
Daniel Jackson: (instantly) Nyet. (No)
Jack O'Neill: Daniel?
Daniel Jackson: He just asked if we were Soviet spies, I just...
American Soldier: (to O'Neill) Come with me.
Jack O'Neill: Sure, you bet. (to Daniel on the way past) Nyet!?
Stargate SG-1, "1969"

She was super smart, but super oblivious. And insanely clumsy. Like, maybe the clumsiest person alive.
Anne Boonchuy, on Marcy Wu, Amphibia

"This for that cat at my shows that's always got prophetic opinions but can't remember where his drink is!"
Aesop Rock, "Bent Life" feat. C-Rayz Walz


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