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* M.O.D.O.K. and Captain America follow this trope as well. Although both are pretty smart, M.O.D.O.K. is essentially a living supercomputer. M.O.D.O.K. even mentions this trope in [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|MvC3]].
* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', Scott isn't very bright but he is the "best fighter in the province" according to Kim. Gideon, on the other hand, is a genius inventor who cannot defeat Scott without stealing his sword or utilizing his technology.
* Granted everyone in [[The Tick (animation)]] seems to have a few screws loose, but The Tick himself is most definitely Brawn=Good.
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* The original [[Dragonlance]] book series. Raistlin Majere was sickly and physically weak, highly intelligent and gradually turned to evil. His brother Caramon is strong, slow-thinking and a good guy.
* [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] regulary gets his ass handed to him by more experienced and skilled opponents, but in terms of raw magical power he actually surpasses most of them. Moments where he gets this power properly applied to a strong enemy and/or enhanced by some planning tend to be [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowning]] and sometimes terrifying.
** Inverted in the same author's ''[[Codex Alera]]''. [[Muggle Born of Mages|Tavi]], our hero, is physically unimposing and the only person in his civilization outside of small children not to have elemental powers, meaning that his enemies tend to heavily outpower him in terms of brute strength {{spoiler|and even after he gets millitary training and starts developing powers, his enemies scale accordingly}}. Consequently, he has to use his brain to get out of most of his problems and is a full blown [[Guile Hero]] by the second book.
* A prime source of [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] when it comes to [[Classical Mythology|Odysseus]], hero of ''[[The Odyssey]].'' According to different sources, Odysseus' cleverness and wiliness were what set him among the greats of the Greek heroes, or else they were signs of a weak and cowardly nature too pathetic to fight like a real man.
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