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== Live Action TV ==
* Inverted with ''[[Doctor Who]]''. As Craig Ferguson put it, the one constant of the show is the triumph of "intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism".
* The selection of the two tribes during ''[[Survivor|Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains']]'' pre-production was geared toward this. Before the merge, the Villains won 7 out of 8 challenges on the merit of their
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== Web Original ==
* Slightly inverted in ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]'' with the [[Evil Genius]] Dr. Horrible, who is actually, a nice guy when he's not doing evil things, and the superhero Captain Hammer, who is a dumb [[Jerk Jock]]. The prequel comic seems to indicate that brains and brawn are polar opposites here. When Dr. Horrible previously tries to inject himself with a [[Super Serum]] made from Captain Hammer's DNA, he becomes as strong and tough as Hammer but also just as dumb. They just keep [[Megaton Punch
** Averted with the other heroes and villains in the related comics. For example, Johnny Snow (mentioned in the show itself) is smart enough to build himself a [[Freeze Ray]], which he uses to stop the [[Department of Redundancy Department|Evil League of Evil]], when Captain Hammer is out of town.
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