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* ''[[Discworld]]'' series.:

** [[Shout-Out|Christine]] from ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]''. She's so dizy she uses double exclamation marks all the time and has no idea what's going on, and she can't sing either, but she still overshadows Agnes Nitt as an opera singer because of her looks.

** Tawneee from ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud!]]''. Subverted in that she's completely innocent towards anything romance-/sex-related, because she was raised by a strict grandmother and every man she's ever met automatically presumes she's out of his league. Well, up until she met Nobby Nobbs...

** <s>Lassie</s> Laddie the dog from ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' was a picture-perfect dog, the kind that can supposedly communicate complex concepts with a wrinkle of the nose. According to his manager [[Intellectual Animal|Gaspode]], he was dim as a ha'penny candle. When we hear his barks translated by other animals and/or the narrative, rather than humans, its generally some variation of "Laddie good boy!"

** Subverted in Juliet from ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]''. She's friends with a principal viewpoint character who likes her but always has to do everything for her. Eventually, her friend realizes that it's the fact that she's doing everything for her that makes her come across as dumb, and when she's allowed to do things for herself she's actually fairly competent. Could still be a mild example, but some expectations are certainly subverted.

** Penelope, one of Miss Susan's pupils in ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'' is described as having a face that would one day require her father to hire guards, but which is generally unmarred by thought. She gets a gold star for coming up with an important philosophical insight, although it's unclear ifwhether she meant to.