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* April Mercedes from ''Stuck On You''.

* Peaches Page from ''[[Racket Girls]]''.

* Subverted in ''[[Superman III]]''. Lorelei [[Obfuscating Stupidity|''pretends'' to be an airhead]], when she's actually a genius. Alone, she delves into deep reading, and reveals she's a computer expert, too. She's so intelligent she ''knows'' behaving intelligently will get her fired, since her ''job'' is to be "Ross'".

* Mia from ''[[Stan Helsing]]''.

* Marcia in the 90's ''[[Brady Bunch]]'' films. Even allowing for the uh, [[Disco Dan|singular worldview]] the rest of the family has she's pretty clueless and she's quite amazingly shallow:

* In the 1940's, Marie Wilson often portrayed this trope (e.g., the Ann Sheridan/Dennis Morgan musical "Shine On, Harvest Moon").

* In ''[[Roxanne]]'' (the Steve Martin update of Cyrano de Bergerac), Chris the fireman.

* Jason Stackhouse in ''[[True Blood]]''. Irresistible to women, seldom fully dressed, always utterly clueless.

* [[Katy Perry]] played one of these in an episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.

* Drew, one of Liz's boyfriends in ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', leads a charmed life without even realizing it due to having the looks of [[Jon Hamm]].

* Barbara Jean from ''Reba''

== Newspaper Comics ==

* From a 1995 ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strip:

'''Paige''': '''AAAA!''' Come back! }}

 

* Sophia from ''[[Fools]]'', the prettiest girl in a town cursed to be eternally stupid.

* ''[[The Boys in the Band]]''. Cowboy.

'''Emory''': She may be dumb, but she's all yours. }}

* Philia in ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''.

* Carol from ''[http://suburbantribe.net/ Suburban Tribe]''. Slightly complicated by the fact that she has a secret identity as a very clever, highly skilled, international spy thanks to a handy bit of [[Phlebotinum]].

* Lampshaded by Lord Elf in ''[[Elf Only Inn]]''.

* Sonya from ''[[Ménage à 3]]''.

* ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'': Katie is a prime example.

* [[Punny Name|Miss Information]], the tour guide from ''[[Histeria!]]'', pictured above. As the name indicates, she's more than a little clueless about history, and her attempts at providing trivia tend to come out as [[Little-Known Facts]].

* Jillian from ''[[Family Guy]]''. Her good-looking friends could be considered as this, too.

* Various ''[[Daria]]'' characters, particularly Kevin, Brittany and the Fashion Club. Although Kevin is so dumb he probably qualifies as [[The Ditz]].

** Subverted with Quinn (who ''is'' intelligent, but focuses on her looks as her primary weapon in [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]] since [[The Snark Knight|Daria is known for her brilliant intellect]]) and Stacy (who lost her [[Extreme Doormat]] and [[Fragile Flower]] status in the final season as part of her and Charles/'Upchuck' both [[Growing the Beard]]). Sandi is also a mild subversion, in that she is fairly verbose and great at playing politics but on the other hand seems to be completely inept academically. [[Asian Airhead|Tiffany]], though, plays the trope straight.

* Ty Lee from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' although she also gets by on her super fighting skills. She's always happy, pink and perky, flirting successfully with everyone. However, she is shown to have some [[Hidden Depths]]; she purposely does everything to get noticed after being [[Freudian Excuse|ignored in her childhood]] and it appears that her overly cheerful demeanor is to avoid being hurt by [[Magnificent Bastard|Azula]]. In the end {{spoiler|she is shown to be a loyal [[Brainless Beauty]] who sacrifices herself to save her friend Mai.}}

* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' 'Spin-Off Showcase' episode Lisa refused to participate in a cheesey family variety show so was recast by a pretty blonde cheerleader of a decidedly less intellectual bent.

* Gil on ''[[Johnny Test]]''.