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"...Doggett saves the day in a way that Mulder never could have. Because he has absolutely no imagination whatsoever. It's both intelligent and very funny. The very nature of Doggett's character is built upon the fact that he doesn't believe in the paranormal as a matter of course and he needs things to make sense in order to buy into them. He is the only person who can combat Tommy's twisted imagination because he is a natural born sceptic to this sort of weirdness. It can't hurt him because he doesn't believe in it."
Joe Ford on The X-Files, "Scary Monsters"

David: What's amazing about that is that even Lex Luthor assumes Clark doesn't suck that much. I’m jumping ahead a bit, but I just want to touch on this: I think Lex Luthor’s overall plan here is actually kind of clever. It's a good idea. Shooting someone Clark loves with Kryptonite bullets so that when he throws himself in front of them he gets messed up, that's a solid Superman-busting plan. I dig that.
Chris: Except that Alexander, having never watched Smallville before, doesn’t realize that this would require Clark to actually, you know, DO SOMETHING, thus dooming his plan to failure before it even starts.
Chris Sims and David Uzumeri on Smallville ("Beacon")

Major Bloodnok: He may be a king's messenger. Let him in, but first, make him give the password, which is 'I don't know'.
Eccles: Okay. 'I don't know'. That'll fox him. (Reaches the door). Erm, hello, my good man. Now then, what's the password?
Seagoon: I don't know.
Eccles: Oh, he got it right first time..
The Goon Show: "The Rent Collectors"

GLaDOS: All right, paradox time. This...sentence...is...FALSE! Don'tthinkaboutit, don'tthinkaboutit, don'tthinkaboutit, don'tthinkaboutit...
(Frankenturrets start shorting out and exploding)
Wheatley: Um..."True". I'll go "True". Eh, that was easy. I'll be honest, I might have heard that one before though. Sort of cheating.
GLaDOS: It's a paradox! There IS no answer! Look! This place is going to BLOW UP if I don't get back in my body!
Wheatley: Er, "False"! I'll go "False".

When you talk, sometimes I get confused. My ideas of what's right and wrong get mixed up. That's why I'm bringing this. As soon as I start thinking it's all right to steal from our employees, I'm going to start hitting you with the stick.
Helix, Freefall

It's like, even when we win, he wins.
Strong Bad, after he tricked Homestar into eating his own Stupid Uncle Egg's Good Time Diaper Pie (not a pinecone)... and he didn't mind it!

The little guy did something to your heads. I gave him the explodo because I am clever.
Tabby Smith of Nextwave, who escaped Forbush Man's mind control through this trope.

"We're going to die because he's too dumb to outsmart!"
Forgath, Goblins [1]

"One second he's dumb as an ox and the next he's sharp as a whip...that's why I hate him so much."
Izaya Orihara stating his opinion of Shizuo, Durarara!!

"Amazing. He'd actually have to be smarter to do something stupid!"

Duke Igthorn: If I hear that music, I'll become more of a mindless idiot than you.
Toadwart: But why do you need bagpipe? Ogres are already Dukie's faithful fans.
Duke Igthorn: The bagpipe's spell only works on intelligent creatures. That leaves you out. But it will enable me to conquer the denizens of Dunwyn!
Adventures of the Gummi Bears, "Music Hath Charms"

Harry Sachz: (through the phone) Hey, congratulations. You just won yourself a free pizza.
Butt-Head: Cool.
Harry Sachz: We'll be happy to deliver it right over to your house. What's your address?
Butt-Head: Uh...
Harry Sachz: You don't know your own address?
Beavis And Butthead, "Prank Call"

Natasha Fatale: Why didn't goof gas affect moose?
Boris Badenov: Because goof gas affects the brain...
Natasha: And?
Boris: No brain, no effect!
Rocky and Bullwinkle, "Goof Gas Attack"

Oh, how people laughed when Hansup the Ogre was sworn into the Nuln City Watch. Oh, how they snickered as he got his nickname, based on the first thing he always said. Oh, how they chortled when they realised he was stupid even for an Ogre. Nobody is laughing anymore — especially not the city’s criminals. The simple fact is that Hansup is just too stupid to be tricked, cajoled or bargained with. He knows the law (he taught himself to read by reading the town charter) and if he sees anyone doing anything illegal, he catches them in his net and carries them straight to the Watch House, where his boss sorts them out. Methodical, implacable and scrupulously honest, Hansup is a rogue’s worst nightmare.
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Denizens of the Empire

And so, the Spider began to spin new webs to entrap his foes in, as he plotted to place a false dragon upon the throne of the seven kingdoms, and at last bring to fruition the plot to destroy the magic of the world forever, freeing the land from goddesses and demons alike. He had simply to account for the devilish schemes of Megumin Stark.
Varys, however, forgot to account for one thing in his schemes:
You can’t out plan an idiot.

Gosalyn: Hey Launchpad can you say the word peanuts without the "T"?
Launchpad: "The word peanuts without the T"
Gosalyn: >:v

Homer: (on the phone) Yellow?
Bart: Ah, yeah, I'd like to speak to a Mr. Tabooger, first name Ollie.
Homer: Ooh, Bart! My first prank call, what do I do?
Bart: Just ask if anyone knows Ollie Tabooger.
Homer: I don't get it.
Bart: Yell out "I'll eat a booger"!
Homer: What's the gag?
Bart: Oh forget it! (hangs up)

Head Jane: What's your name?
Luanne: Luanne.
Head Jane: No, it's not. It's Jane.
Luanne: Nuh-uh, she's Jane, I'm Luanne.
Head Jane: You're being very stubborn, Jane.
Luanne: Here's a little trick I use to remember my name: I think of a man named Lu and a woman named Anne. They meet in a kingdom in the forest.
King of the Hill. "Fun with Jane and Jane"

"How is [Van] doing this?! My Geass is supposed to drive its victims to self-destruction in their confusion! Oh, oh no! It can’t be— Is he just a massive idiot?!"

Luffy: Hey, I want an apple too!
Light: What do you mean?
Luffy: You just had one, didn't you? I saw it disappear. Where'd you hide it?
Light: I'm afraid you must be mistaken. How could an apple suddenly disappear on its own?
Luffy: If it's eaten, duh.
Ryuk: Haha, he's right.

The Victoids screamed with glee when they saw Willie's yellow supple flesh. They figured that he was not a fool and that they would have to trick him before they could eat him. They were wrong, for Willie Trombone was a fool above all other fools and all of the time that they spent trying to trick him only gave the drifting giant Big Robot Bil enough time to arrive.

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