Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Difference between revisions

** Kagami Arata from [[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]. He's pretty much [[Good Is Dumb]], esepcially compare to the show's protagonist [[Insufferable Genius|Tendo Souji]]. Doesn't stop him from kicking ass, especially after becoming Gatack

* Jackie Burkhart serves [[The Ditz]] with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] on ''[[That '70s Show]]''.

** By the end of the series, most characters who weren't introduced as straight-up badasses (and are still alive) have turned out to fit this trope. Off the top of my head I can think of {{spoiler|Felix Gaeta's leading an armed mutiny, Laura Roslin's raging refusal to surrender when it appears that said mutiny has succeeded, Romo Lampkin's escaping from a marine who had a gun to his head by stabbing the guy's jugular with a pen, and Gaius Baltar going all Rambo on the enemy Cylons during the battle in the Series Finale}}.

* [[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]] may be bumbling, clumsy and at times, naive, but I dare you to get on his bad side. He can certainly kick anyone's butt with the use of his powerful and dangerous magic. [[Papa Wolf|Especially if you hurt his loved ones.]]

'''Cody''': Cha, me neither! I'm gonna have to go back and re-read some of my old diaries! }}

* Jason Stackhouse spends most of ''[[True Blood]]'' constantly doing absolutely stupid shit, because he's dumb as a stump, and is often led about by just about anyone. Threaten his sister Sookie, however, and he will not just step up; he'll absolutely take you down and make the audience's jaws drop. But he's still dumb as a stump for the most part.

* Brilliant but baffled Professor Yana in the three-part 2007 series finale of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. {{spoiler|He does a dramatic [[Face Heel Turn]] as he remembers what a badass he is as The Master.}}

** Rose Tyler could qualify. She certainly has her fair share of ditzy moments; she has to get saved a lot, and sometimes, if she's feeling particularly helpful, she's shouting ineffectually at the villains. {{spoiler|She does, however, absorb the power of time and become a demi-goddess at the end of series 1, sacrifices herself for the universe at the end of series 2, and blows things up like all-get-out at the end of series 4.}}