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* [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' fits the trope well. He goes about his life carelessly while making the most moronic decisions, spare for a few moments of flash in the pan brilliance when his or somebody else's life depends on it. It's particularly noticeable when you realize how most of the other characters, save for Jasmine, spend their time trying to steer him to a correct choice. Still, his idiocy seems not to extend too far beyond what's needed for the Aesop of the week.
** And his moronic behavior goes through stages, as well: in the first movie, it's due to his horrifically low self esteem telling him that lying about himself will make people like him, even when it's obvious that Jasmine loves him for who he is. In the show, it shifts to either overconfidence or his [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|chronic inability to pass by a problem and not try to solve it]].
* An even better example is Launchpad McQuack, of ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', who in many episodes, saves his friends, or even the whole world while remaining a certified idiot. He's even admitted it on more than one occasion.
** In the new comics, his search for a job since Darkwing Duck went out of the vigilante business is displayed by but a single panel from his interview with the Rescue Rangers. No, Launchpad, you cannot, in fact, fly the Ranger Wing.
* Toby in ''[[Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return]]''. He's courageous, selfless and a [[Determinator]], but also quite frivolous, impulsive and [[Book Dumb]], and has a tendency to pull pranks at the least appropriate moments, {{spoiler|such as, during a battle}}. Which becomes especially apparent when compared to his one-year-younger brother Nick.
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