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== Film ==
* Liz Hurley's character in [[The Film of the Series]] of ''[[My Favorite Martian (film)|My Favorite Martian]]'' is a [[The Brainless Beauty|glamorous hard-hitting reporter... who is also a complete airhead]]. She only sounds smart because a scriptwriter feeds her lines through a hidden earpiece.
* Played straight for most of the 2006 remake of ''[[The Pink Panther]]''... mostly. As an example, after hearing a murder victim's last words were "Oh, it's you!", Clouseau orders all people in the city with the name "Yu" to be detained for interrogation. Naturally, he's saddled up with a Chinese woman rattling off in Chinese. After the interrogation, his partner asks if he can even understand Chinese. Clouseau acts all offended and replies something along the lines of "Do you think I would do all this if I didn't understand Chinese?". {{spoiler|Seeing as he's been [[Feigning Intelligence]] for most of the movie, his partner (and the audience) look unconvinced... until the end of the movie when a flashback reveals not only was Clouseau telling the truth but the woman gave him a vital clue.}}
** Clousseau doesn't pretend to be intelligent, he actually believes he's this massively skilled badass, though granted, when his beliefs betray him [[I Meant to Do That|he will try to play it off as on purpose.]]
* Otto in ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'', who liberally quotes Nietzsche. Wanda manages to see through his pretensions by the midpoint of the movie.
{{quote|'''Otto:''' Don't call me stupid.
'''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
'''Otto:''' Apes don't read philosophy.
'''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 [[Belgium|Belgian]]. The central message of [[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
* 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.]]
{{quote|'''Grady''': You mean they're acting so smart because they're so stupid?}}
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== Web Original ==
* Simmons from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' is zigzagging with this trope. While he is the [[Smart Guy|Unofficial Science Officer]] of the series and good with computers, he's also been stated to be less intelligent than he thinks he is and will abuse the fact that the people around him are either too lazy, stupid or insane to call him out on making stuff up.
{{quote|'''Simmons:''' If you want me to multiply two big numbers in my head, that I can do.
'''Grif:''' What's thirty-two times fifty-six?
'''Simmons:''' [[Blatant Lies|Thirty-one thousand, four-hundred fifty-two.]]
'''Sarge (towards Simmons):''' Is that right?
'''Simmons:''' Yes. }}
* [http://www.xkcdb.com/?5414 This] ''[[xkcd]]'' chat quote demonstrating what a politician trying to get away with knowing little outside of rehearsed "hot topics" can run into.
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