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* Shiro Kabuto from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' was The Hero Kouji's [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]. Although sometimes he seemed [[Too Dumb to Live]] cause some stunts he pulled, he had good points from time to time.
** Boss also has a point more frequently than you'd expect. I.e., [[Achilles in His Tent|when Kouji refuses to help Sayaka after they have a fight]] and she takes off in Mazinger Z, Boss, Mucha and Nuke are the ones who urge him to stop whining and go for her.
* In ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'', Genma is not known for his brilliance when it comes to schemes, plots or ploys. In fact, it's usually quite the opposite. Keep in mind that this is the man who hauled himself and his son to a cursed training ground simply on the basis that he figured "cursed = dangerous = great place to train!" and who was stupid enough to buy into and teach his son the [[Useless Useful Spell|Nekoken]]. And yet, despite all this, Ranma is still perfectly willing to ask Genma for advice, because every so often, Genma says something that is either genuinely profound, or it's so stupid/off-kilter it actually becomes useful. This is played up a bit more in the anime - for example, it's Genma's comment about "looking with your gut" that lets Ranma see through Cologne's Splitting Cat Hairs technique, and it's also in the anime that Genma explicitly tells Ranma that he lost while fighting in female form because he doesn't play to that form's strengths.
** It's actually a fairly common thread among several of the characters. No matter how how stupid a character might otherwise be, they are still skilled martial artists. While Genma gets this role most often, Happosai will very rarely stop being a [[Dirty Old Man]] to actually be useful. Not for nothing is he the most powerful character on the show ([[Weaksauce Weakness|Apart from the fact that he can be effectively vanquished by a bra]]).
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' deals with this in the form of Team Rocket in "A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine". Jessie decides that Team Rocket should get back in shape. Her teammates, James and Meowth, remarked in unison, "Weird when she makes sense."
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'''Buddy:''' I know, that's what's weird. }}
* Major John Casey, any time [[Chuck|Chuck Bartowski]] says something sensible-in the first two seasons, at least.
* Any time Spencer comes up with an idea on ''[[ICarlyiCarly]]'', Carly generally reacts in this way.
* Jack Carter in ''[[Eureka]]'', being the normal guy in a town of geniuses, is frequently on the receiving end of this.
* One episode of [[Big Wolf on Campus]] has Tommy and Merton trying to figure out what an evil cyborg school counsellor ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) is going to do next. Merton makes a sarcastic remark on how they don't know what his plans are, only for [[The Fool|Tommy]] to suggest looking in the file marked "day planner".
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