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* In ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey|Homeward Bound]]'', this overlaps with a [[Eureka Moment]]: Shadow calls Chance a genius for giving him an idea. Chance's rebuttal is: "No, I'm not! What's a genius?"
* In the Coen Brothers' remake of ''[[Film/The Lady Killers|The Lady Killers]]'', Tom Hanks' character thinks aloud as he tries to come up with an elaborate scheme to deal with Stephen Root's character, a potential obstacle to their heist. The dumb jock character tries to interject with an idea, only to be silenced several times by Hanks. When he is finally allowed to speak, he asks "couldn't we just bribe the guy?" It works.
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* In ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', when young Kirk (who up to this point has been depicted as an ignorant jackass) presents an idea to Captain Pike, Spock supports him: "The cadet's logic is sound".
* ''[[Aliens]]''. Hudson and Vasquez have insulted each other previously, and Hudson has acted stupidly/foolishly throughout the movie. Once the aliens infiltrate the complex:
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* In ''[[Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist]]'', only Caroline, who has spent the evening entirely sloshed, figures out that the clue to the location of the "Where's Fluffy" performance given out on the radio is an address.
* Hud has his moment in ''[[Cloverfield]]''. He suggests getting into a near collapsed building by going up the adjacent building that it's leaning against, and walking across the roof.
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