History DumbMuscle / AnimeAndManga

* Naruto gives us Fujin and Raijin. They are two brothers that are so obsessed with food that they ended up turning on their squad mates on a mission over a meal. This incident landed them in prison, where the guards learned to always keep some snacks on hand. They are normally gentle and docile, if incredibly dim-witted, when full. However, they were able to brute force their way out of Ino-Shika-Cho's combined attacks. This being after Shikamaru made chunin and they all improved their jutsus. Or as Naruto puts it:

** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Oz/Oars/Odz]] was four times larger than normal giants, he's the strongest zombie in Moria's crew and it took all eight Straw Hats plus Brook (who wasn't their crewmate at that time, yet) to take him down. However, since he was infused with [[IdiotHero Luffy's]] shadow, he gained Luffy's personality and intelligence.

** Played with in Minako's case. Like Usagi, she is a tough ActionGirl who is BookDumb and quite klutzy. However, she is more of a case of BrilliantButLazy when it comes to studying and is generally far from stupid.

** On the one hand, Usagi is a strong ActionGirl who fights and defeats multiple monsters as Sailor Moon. On the other hand, she is a BookDumb [[TheDitz Ditz]] who can be rather childish.
** Played with in Minako's case. Like Usagi, she is a tough ActionGirl who is BookDumb and rather klutzy. However, she is more of a case of BrilliantButLazy when it comes to studying and is generally far from stupid.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': On the one hand, Usagi is a strong ActionGirl who fights and defeats multiple monsters as Sailor Moon. On the other hand, she is a BookDumb [[TheDitz Ditz]] who can be rather childish.

* Naruto gives us Fujin and Raijin. They are two brothers that are so obsessed with food that they ended up turning on their squad mates on a mission over a meal. This incident landed them in prison, where the guards learned to always keep some snacks on hand. They are normally gentle and docile, if incredibly dim-witted, when full. However, they were able to brute force their way out of Ino-Shika-Cho's combined attacks. This being after Shikamaru made chunin and they all improved their jutsus.

* ''Anime/Naruto'' gives us Fujin and Raijin. They are two brothers that are so obsessed with food that they ended up turning on their squad mates on a mission over a meal. This incident landed them in prison, where the guards learned to always keep some snacks on hand, because the bars on their cell are more of a suggestion to them than something to actually keep them contained. They are pretty easy goin when they are full though.

* ''Manga/Naruto'' gives us Fujin and Raijin. They are two brothers that are so obsessed with food that they ended up turning on their squad mates on a mission over a meal. This incident landed them in prison, where the guards learned to always keep some snacks on hand, because the bars on their cell are more of a suggestion to them than something to actually keep them contained. They are pretty easy goin when they are full though.

** Piccolo does this again when discussing Cooler’s QuirkyMinibossSquad, calling Doore the stupid one- but the squad misinterpret what attributes he assigns to whom, and thus Neiz thinks he’s the one being called stupid.

* The majority of the namesake giants from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' fall into this category; being slow, lumbering brutes with little to no apparent intelligence that seem motivated by little more than an intrinsic desire to [[IAmAHumanitarian devour humans]]. The small minority who can actually think and use tactics [[spoiler:are actually humans with Titan forms, and one such Titan-shifter is more dangerous than an entire swarm of ordinary Titans]].

** It's repeatedly implied that this is exactly how everyone views Omaeda, who is a huge and intimidating UpperClassTwit that doesn't listen, munches on rice crackers all day, and who only became lieutenant because of who his father was. However, it's ObfuscatingStupidity. He does have the skills to justify his position as lieutenant, and knows his huge size and genuinely goofy personality makes people underestimate just how swift and strong he genuinely is. When he does fight seriously, he's extremely nimble, athletic and powerful.

* This is the downside of Rikido Sato's Quirk in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. He gets SuperStrength by consuming sugar, but if he eats too much, he'll get sleepy and his cognitive functions will decrease.

** Getatsu/Gedatz. One of Enel's of the 4 priests, Gedatsu is an extremely imposing figure. But he doesn't know how to cross his arms properly, his intimidating MonochromaticEyes are the result of him rolling his eyes into the back of his head, he attacks his own allies by mistake, and has absolutely zero focus. His fearsome Jet Punch can destroy you utterly with only one hit... if he remembers who you are long enough to try it on you.
** Mr. 4, too dumb to think on his own, but can wield a 4 ton bat like it was a normal one.
** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Oz/Oars/Odz]] was four times larger than normal giants, he's the strongest zombie in Moria's crew and it took all eight Straw Hats plus Brook (who wasn't their crewmate at that time, yet) to take him down. However, since it's [[IdiotHero Luffy's]] shadow for resurrecting him, he was as dumb as him.

* Jorgun and Balinbow of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' are twin examples of this trope, complete with excessive size, excessive strength, excessive enthusiasm, and a few hilariously demonstrated instances of both HulkSpeak and implied-to-outright idiocy. Contrast with Lordgenome, the series' resident GeniusBruiser.

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Many of Vamdemon's lackeys appear to mindless monsters with no signs of intelligence. Or are they not? The viewer can observe that many of those are actual quite good in hiding themselves, as they only appear whenever their fake Crests react or when they spot the Chosen Children. However, there is one exception. Mammothmon. It is one of the few Perfect-level Digimon under Vamdemon, and it starts rampaging soon after arriving in the real world, with no sense of discretion whatsoever.

** Gekidrago from ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' is the first DumbMuscle and probably the dumbest villain in the whole franchise. Beside a few creative usage of [[MonstersOfTheWeek Zakennas]], he gives Mepple back to the heroines, who has one of the Prism Stones in his body, when they tells Gekidrago that he's sick. Because he thinks he would get trouble by his boss if he brings a sick mascot back. Of course, after Mepple is cured, the girls kick Gekidrago's ass.

-->'''BTSO''': [[IResembleThatRemark You take that back or I'll kill you!]]

-->'''BTSO''': That's better. *long pause* Hey!

** Ironically, it's this very trait that prevents him from being a pawn in Izaya's schemes. Shizuo is so simple-minded that he becomes unpredictable, making him a potential SpannerInTheWorks for Izaya's plans at any time. Plus, he ''hates'' Izaya ([[HateAtFirstSight and has ever since they first met]]), so much so that he flies into an UnstoppableRage every time he sets his eyes on him, which means he is immune to Izaya's manipulations. It's because of this that Izaya hates ''him'' so much.

* Subverted in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' with [[LargeHam Alex Luis Armstrong]] and [[TheQuietOne Sig Curtis]]. Armstrong acts foolishly carefree, but he is smart enough to fool intelligent characters like Ed or Mustang. Not to mention that his skill at alchemy ''requires'' him to be quite intelligent. And when Sig talks is usually to say something important. Between the two, they have more muscles than the rest of the cast together.

* Nappa from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Nappa isn't that smart (choosing to solve every problem with violence) and follows Vegeta's every order.
** Taken UpToEleven in [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged the abridged series]] where he is [[TheDitz even]] [[LethallyStupid stupider]] and has the [[ManChild mentality of a child]].

** Taken UpToEleven in [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged the abridged series]] where he is even stupider and has the [[ManChild mentality of a child]].

* Nappa and Recoome from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Nappa isn't that smart (choosing to solve every problem with violence) and follows Vegeta's every order.

* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' you can see the [[HalfHumanHybrid hanyou]] Jinenji. He is very tall and strong, and can pierce a giant [[{{Youkai}} demon]] with only one blow. At the same time, however, he is also [[GentleGiant peaceful]], and prefer to run away before a fight. He has been [[HumansAreBastards abused by the villagers]] all his life, but he has never resisted, although he would have [[BullyTheDragon been strong enough to effortlessly destroy the whole village]].

* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' you can see the [[HalfHumanHybrid hanyou]] Jinenji. He is very tall and strong, and can pierce a giant [[{{Youkai}} demon]] with only one blow. At the same time, however, he is also [[GentleGiant peaceful]], and prefer to run away before a fight. He has been [[HumansAreBastards abused by the villagers]] all his life, but he has never resisted, although he would have [[BullyADragon been strong enough to effortlessly destroy the whole village]].

* It's repeatedly implied that this is the case for Marechiyo Omaeda in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', being that he's a gigantically large and intimidating UpperClassTwit and all... but this is actually just a ruse; He's the lieutenant of the second squad for a ''reason''.
** While he may be hiding his skills and intelligence, the fact remains that even when he does reveal them he's ''still'' something of a goof, but not as useless.
** Played very straight with the 10th Espada, Yammy, who's thick as a brick but tends to instantly kill people with his tree-trunk thick arms. Unfortunately for Yammy, everyone he's done this to has been on his side. Even when he reveals his ultimate power as [[spoiler: the strongest of the Espada, his method of fighting is so predictable it ends up ''boring'' Kenpachi]].