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* David 'Walky' Walkerton in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130208152918/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030204.html It's Walky!]''; while part of his scatterbrained playfulness was due to brain damage and psychological manipulation, it was also at least partly intentional; at one point, Joyce points out that he had been an honors student in high school, which he immediately denies.
* Depending on how one interprets his general tactics and his speech in the ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book ''[[Start of Darkness]]'' to {{spoiler|Redcloak after tricking the goblin into killing his own brother}}, Xykon also applies.
** Xykon is more [[Brilliant but Lazy|Competent But Lazy]], he goofs off a lot of the time due to his arrogance, and incredible power level. He just takes advantage of people underestimating him when it occurs, often to do a little [[Hannibal Lecture]] here and there
** {{spoiler|When he first turns Xykon into a lich, Redcloak uses his holy symbol as Xykon's phylactery. He plans to use it to control him, and reasons that Xykon is too stupid to realize it. Then, when he threatens to destroy it, Xykon reveals that he knew about his plan all along, and that destroying his phylactery won't harm him unless his body is destroyed.}}
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* Brian tries to stall the robber by acting ignorant in [http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20100319-of-all-the-rotten-luck this page] of ''[[Think Before You Think]]''.
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/05/07/ Gabe] from ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''. Despite his antics and general naivete, he lets on that he may be smarter than most people think. He just spent years of his life faking stupidity so that his parents would stop calling and asking how to fix their computer.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120401015033/http://voodoowalrus.com/?p=1924 Grymm] from ''[[Voodoo Walrus]]'' seems to be playing at this since he always seems to be lost in a haze of obliviousness, and yet he can still step up and solve problems when least expected and pull part time duty as a self-centered, greedy, manipulative superhero.
** Except that recently there's been [https://web.archive.org/web/20191017070916/http://www6.voodoowalrus.com/?s_token=1571296155.0026233621&kw=Comics&term=Read evidence] to suggest that Grymm and the masked T-Square couldn't possibly be the same person.
* ''[[The Trenches]]'': After being turned away by multiple potential employers for being "overqualified", Isaac resorts to this.
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