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Wanda: Oh, right! [[Insult to Rocks|To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!]] I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQ's. But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape? <br />
Otto: Apes don't read philosophy. <br />
Wanda: Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? [[Aristotle]] was not [[Useful Notes/Belgium|Belgian]]. The central message of [[Useful Notes/Buddhism|Buddhism]] is not "Every man for himself." And the [[London Underground]] is not a [[La Résistance|political movement]]. Those are all [[Critical Research Failure|mistakes]], [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|Otto!]] I looked them up!" }}
* Done as part of a [[Xanatos Roulette]] in the 2007 ''St. Trinian's''. It helps that they actually know some of the answers.
* An unintentional example in the second ''[[Tremors]]'' movie, when the Graboids first mutate into Shriekers. For the first few scenes after they come into existence, they tear up several cars and the radio tower, convincing the protagonists that they had achieved human-level intelligence and had actually planned everything out to cut off their ability to travel and communicate with each other. Eventually, they find out that the Shriekers navigate by infrared, and were simply biting anything they came across that was hot, [[Too Dumb to Live|whether it was actually food or not.]]