History TooDumbToLive / WesternAnimation

** Homer can (and will) be as stupid as he likes for the purpose of the [[BizarroEpisode Halloween episodes]]. Many other characters also tend to suffer a bit of a drop.
*** ''IV'' has Bart barely escape from a group of vampires, reach the top of the stairs, and then look at the lever that triggers the SurpriseSlideStaircase (which he already pulled) and decide to pull it again, just for fun.
*** In ''XI'', when Bart and Lisa are lost in the woods after being abandoned by Homer, Bart decides to trust [[Literature/HanselAndGretel an old witch living in a candy house]]. Lisa, in a rare lapse in judgement, decides that Bart is probably right. The result is that they get chained up and forced to do chores while the witch plans to eat them. [[BullyingADragon She then makes fun of the witch for making up a fake boyfriend]][[note]]Who turns out to be real[[/note]], which almost got her thrown in the oven; thankfully, Homer managed to appear just in time to rescue them.
*** In ''XIII'', Homer finds a hammock that can clone him and ends up making many ''who are dumber than him''. With the threat of Homer clones overtaking the USA, Lisa, in front of the real Homer, suggests the military lure all the clones over a cliff with giant donuts. It works. And when Marge is about to relax in the end, she learns her Homer is a clone. The real one ''was the first over the cliff''.
*** In ''XXIV'', Bart is flying a box kite at an airport and gets tired. He laments that he has nowhere to tie his kite and forgot to wear a scarf... then gets the brilliant idea of tying the kite string to his ''neck''. As a result, he gets decapitated when Arnie Pye's helicopter runs into his kite. Luckily, he manages to survive after his head is attached to Lisa's shoulder.
*** In ""XXVI'', Sideshow Bob lures Bart into a trap with the intention of shooting Bart with a Harpoon Gun. Rather than make any attempt to trick Bob as he had done in the past, escape, or even make any real attempt to try to avoid being shot, Bart just mockingly dances [[BullyingADragon mocking Sideshow Bob for his past incompetence and even drawing an X on his forehead daring Bob to shoot him.]] Bart still doesn't get it after Sideshow Bob does actually shoot him through the chest. Bart continues mocking Bob for a few seconds before [[YouAreAlreadyDead finally realizing he's dead after Bob pulls his heart out with the Harpoon.]]
** In the episode with Stampy the elephant, Homer got stuck in a tar pit. He first tried to pull out his legs with each arm, getting his arms and legs stuck. Then he tried to use his head to pull out his arms. Stampy was the only reason Homer survived.

--->''" Extremely high voltage? Well, I don't need safety gloves, because I'm Homer [[KilledMidSentence Simp-]]"''

** Despite being fully aware that she [[BornUnlucky has terrible luck]], Violasse often puts herself into situations where she could easily be hurt or killed because she likes exploring. If it wasn't for her LuckyCharm she would have already been dead due to deciding to explore in dangerous places, facing circumstances such as nearly falling into a river of lava.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': The titular characters have always put themselves in mortal danger during their adventures. {{Justified|Trope}} since they ''are'' only toddlers and [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]] never bother to keep a close eye on them anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': The titular characters have always put themselves in mortal danger during their adventures. {{Justified|Trope}} since they ''are'' only toddlers and [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]] never even bother to keep a close eye on them anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': The titular characters have always put themselves in mortal danger during their adventures. {{Justified|Trope}} since they ''are'' only toddlers and [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]] never bother to keep a close eye on them anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': While it ''is'' justified since the gang are only toddlers, they always end up running into stuff that surely would have ''killed'' them in real life. Again, this is ''also'' justified by the fact that [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]] never keep a close eye on them and constantly leave them unattended ''even in public''. It's amazing that [[SocialServicesDoesNotExist the Rugrats hadn't been sent to foster homes by now]].

** [=BoDean=] also counts; he is always shown shoving items into his mouth and eyes as well as pointing weapons near his face. Even ''[[FatIdiot Bobby]]'' (his best friend) is a genius compared to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'': Steve Williams. Considering his severe stupidity, it's astonishing he even manages to stay alive. According to "Two Weeks Notice", he has contracted ''multiple'' [=STDs=] from injecting himself with a syringe he found from the trash, eating a homeless man's sandwich in exchange for five bucks, and becoming blood brothers with a bunch of African tribe members.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'': Steve Williams. It's amazing he manages to stay alive in spite of his monumental stupidity. According to "Two Weeks Notice", he has contracted ''multiple'' [=STDs=] from injecting himself with a syringe he found from the trash, eating a homeless man's sandwich in exchange for five dollars, and becoming blood brothers with a bunch of African tribe members.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'': Steve Williams. It's amazing he manages to stay alive in spite of his monumental stupidity. According to "Two Weeks Notice", he has contracted ''multiple'' [=STDs=] from injecting himself with a syringe he found in the trash, eating a homeless man's sandwich in exchange for five dollars, and becoming blood brothers with a bunch of African tribe members.

* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
** Darkstar has a moment in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien episode'' "Couples Retreat". Saying that you want to take another girl as a trophy once you TakeOverTheWorld while within earshot of the girl who ''gave you your powers'' is not the best idea. Especially if the girl who gave you said powers is [[invoked]]TrueNeutral at best.
** The Vreedle Brothers ''personify'' this trope, so much so that they have actually been killed [[TheyKilledKennyAgain more than once]]. The best example comes when Octagon Vreedle launches a [[NukeEm nuclear fusion grenade]] at [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Ultimate Kevin]]. When told that it will blow up the entire space station that they're standing in, he replies:
--->'''Octagon:''' I did not fully consider that fact.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': The stupidity of the title characters can reach extreme levels.
** The most literal example of "too dumb to live" occurs when the duo take a driver's ed class. After watching a video about road safety, Butt-head practices driving... which means immediately flooring it onto a main road and driving headlong into a tractor trailer.
** There's even one episode where they ''forget how to pee''.
** In a wood shop class, Beavis cut his finger off with a table saw. It wasn't by accident when he and Butt-Head decided to slice up random things from around the classroom with the saw; it was because ''he just felt like touching the saw''. And when it gets reattached, he picks his nose with it ''[[EpicFail and it falls off again]]''.
** Butt-head once got stuck after crawling inside a pipe. After taking the entire episode to get him unstuck (eventually having to resort to a rescue crew), Beavis ''went and got himself stuck in the same pipe''.
** In one of the revival episodes, Beavis tries to [[CheekCopy photocopy his butt]], only to break the screen and get stuck. [[spoiler:After eventually being freed, Butt-Head suggests he photocopy his butt so they can see the damage done. Beavis immediately does and it gets stuck again.]]
** If they weren't MadeOfIron, they ''would'' be dead.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': The title characters' stupidity can reach extreme levels.
** The most literal example of "too dumb to live" occurs when the duo take a driver's ed class. After watching a video about road safety, Butt-head practices driving... which means immediately flooring it onto a main road and driving headlong into a tractor trailer.
** There's even one episode where they ''forget how to pee''.
** In a wood shop class, Beavis cut his finger off with a table saw. It wasn't by accident when he and Butt-Head decided to slice up random things from around the classroom with the saw, it was because ''he just felt like touching the saw''. And when it reattached, he picks his nose with it ''and it falls off again''.
** Butt-head once got stuck after crawling inside a pipe. After taking the entire episode to get him unstuck (eventually having to resort to a rescue crew), Beavis ''went and got himself stuck in the same pipe''.
** In one of the revival episodes, Beavis tries to [[CheekCopy photocopy his butt]], only to break the screen and get stuck. [[spoiler:After eventually being freed, Butt-Head suggests he photocopy his butt so they can see the damage done. Beavis immediately does and it gets stuck again.]]
** If they weren't MadeOfIron, they ''would'' be dead.

* Buckley from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a literal example of this. After ignoring Hank's advice on how to handle propane tanks (despite the fact that Hank has had years of experience ''doing it for a living''), Buckley manages to blow up himself and the Mega-Lo-Mart.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'', Dan cooks up a poisonous meatloaf to feed to the animals at the animal shelter because he can't sleep during the night. His friend Chris comes around and ''ends up eating'' the meatloaf even after Dan has told him about his plan. Chris would end up exactly as what you'd expect.

Examples of TooDumbToLive in WesternAnimation TV series

*** In ""XXVI'', Sideshow Bob lures Bart into a trap with the intention of shooting Bart with a Harpoon Gun. Rather than make any attempt to trick Bob as he had done in the past, escape, or even try to avoid being shot, Bart just stands there [[BullyingADragon mocking Sideshow Bob for his past incompetence and even drawing an X on his chest daring Bob to shoot him.]] Bart still doesn't get it after Sideshow Bob does actually shoot him through the chest and pulls Bart's heart out with the Harpoon Gun. Bart continues mocking Bob for a few seconds before [[KilledMidSentence finally collapsing.]]

** "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E06TheSpyHumongous The Spy Humongous]]": Rumdar, [[OverOperative the highly incompetent Pakled spy]], ends up mistaking the airlock for the bathroom and "flushing" himself into space.

** The Trandoshan scavenger Gha Nachkt. You'd think the guy would be smart enough to not be rude to a psychotic, eight-foot-tall {{cyborg}} who could use four lightsabers at once, like [[HeroKiller General Grievous]], but apparently, he was not.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E05CupidsErrantArrow Cupid's Errant Arrow]]", the plan to destroy an unstable moon is complicated by the fact that the inhabitants of Mixtus III don't seem to understand that their moon's orbit is decaying and will crash into their world, and care more about petty political and social ramifications. The representative of Mixtus II is genuinely concerned that the absence of the moon will expose his planet to deadly radiation and kill them all, until he reveals near the end that "all" comprises just him and his wife. One group objects because they lived on that moon for generations, ignoring how the moon is already falling apart and was going to crash into the planet, which would also destroy their homes.

** "Dying For Pie": [=SpongeBob=], who ''completely'' looks past that Squidward just explained that the pie was a bomb and still suggests that they eat it anyway. He then trips over a pebble, accidentally sending the pie flying into Squidward's face, blowing up all of Bikini Bottom in the process.
*** Squidward as well, for knowingly buying a pie explicitly said to be a bomb by the pirates, and taking their word for it when they say that they were [[JustJokingJustification just kidding]] as they con him out of a fast buck, although Squidward probably didn't care enough to think twice and only wanted to get Mr. Krabs off his back.

** The Trandoshan scavenger Gha Nachkt. You'd think the guy would be smart enough to not be rude to a psychotic, eight-foot-tall, cyborg who could use four lightsabers at once, like [[HeroKiller General Grievous]], but apparently, he was not.
** ARC trooper Echo is this in the Season 3 episode "Counterattack". He charges right to the shuttle they were supposed to protect, while a Commando Droid fires a turret at him and he takes cover under the shuttle, only to be blown to smithereens, taking away the group's one way ticket out.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode, "Volcano", had the captain of an alien ship that crashes lands into an active volcano. Despite the fact the ship and crew is in dire peril sinking into the magma, he refuses to accept the help of native superheroes because they may be "dangerous".

** ComicBook/LoisLane. She's put herself in danger multiple times, but at least usually she didn't know how dangerous it was or at least ''tried'' to take some kind of precaution. But in “Target”, she's being targeted for murder. She knows how dangerous her unknown enemy is and she's actually under police protection. During a phone conversation with Clark she suddenly realizes who the attempted murderer is. What does she do? She sneaks off to confront them face to face. While Clark and everyone else still thinks she's under police protection. If it hadn't been for Luthor just happening to call Clark to give him a vital piece of information she would have been dead by the end of the episode.