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* Bun-Bun wonders whether Torg is using this tactic or not in [http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=060404 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip.

** Well, seeing as Bun-Bun is saying "Break" and not "Brake"...

** Gwynn [http://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=51#2007-01-11 wonders not].

* ''[[Girl Genius]]''.

** The Jägermonsters, being ''[[Old Soldier|old]]'' [[Super Soldier]]s, can think under pressure quite well, but between unsubtle overeagerness ([[Blood Knight|they like to fight]] and ''are'' superhumanly tough) and their "table manners" end up widely perceived as much more brutish than they are. They seem to exploit this. An example can be [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111212 seen] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111214 here]. Announcing your presence with a loud fanfare and a Slow, Badass March is of questionable intelligence in a world were massive death rays abound. Using said march to distract the enemy soldiers from the fact that most of the horde is already in the city and wreaking havoc... Lampshaded [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070207 here:]

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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]]. 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.

* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/05/07/ Gabe] from ''[[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.

* [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 [http://voodoowalrus.com/?p=1879 evidence] to suggest that Grymm and the masked T-Square couldn't possibly be the same person.