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*** To which the idiots reply that they read it off the bottles. "It's right on the ingredients list..."
* In ''[[Deep Rising]]'', a [[Jerkass]] who works for the cruise line spontaneously rattles off a theory as to the man-eating worms' origins, and [[Improbable Taxonomy Skills|displays such expertise that you'd think designing computer networks for ships requires an advanced degree in marine invertebrate paleontology]]. He turns out to be totally wrong. The "creatures" ''aren't'' worms. In fact, they {{spoiler|aren't even individual creatures. They're the tentacles belonging to a monstrous octopus-like creature.}}
* [[Firefly (TV series)|Mal]] in ''[[Serenity]]'', after he exhibits a working knowledge of [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]:
{{quote|'''Mal:''' Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.}}
** Another example: The Operative went by the popular misconception that the albatross was sign of bad luck. (For background, in the poem the misfortunes of the eponymous Mariner comes about because he killed the albatross; it is literally a weight around his neck because his fellow shipmates tie it there as punishment for killing a bird which was both a good omen and which could have led them to shore)
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** Double subverted [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/10/05/episode-752-its-all-fun-and-games-until-everything-dies/ here.]
** A common answer to a question about out-of-character moments on the forums (started by the author and continued by his fans) is that all characters are as smart as they need to be for a joke.
* Thog, the [[Dumb Muscle]] [[Psychopathic Manchild]] from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has been indicated by [[Word of God]] to have his intelligence and maliciousness vary depending on whatever would be funniest. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0791.html This strip] is a quite good example of this, showing Thog using some sophisticated language and big words while still talking in his [[Hulk Speak]] style. Appropriately enough, the hero Roy who is Thog's Good Counterpart is kind of grasping the [[Idiot Ball]] in the strip.
** Roy answered Thog's question at the end of their fight, though. After ''three'' [[Beat Panel|beat panels]] and two other silent panels in a row. {{spoiler|It was [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0808.html Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)].}}
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the eponymous character of [[Walkyverse|It's Walky]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110404001135/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20000521.html here.]
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