Popular Is Dumb: Difference between revisions

* Accidentally implied in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''—past popularity is inversely correlated with present success, particularly for Biff, Willy, and Bernard.

** Biff and Willy are not dumb but have really skewed priorities and value perception over substance. It takes Biff years after his [[Heroic BSOD]] to realize where they went wrong.

 

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== Western Animation ==

* Dash, Kwan, and Paulina from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''; Valerie, who was kicked out of the "popular" gang when her family lost all their money, has since shown herself be of more-or-less average intellect wise for the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' universe.

** Butch Hartman likes this idea, doesn't he?

** Hartman seems to be a walking version of Snacky's Law, huh.

** Uh, sorry if I missed something, but when have Trixie, Tad, or Chad ever been portrayed as being dumb? Self centered, yes, but I don't think anything's happened to show they're dumb.

*** Well, not dumber than most other characters save A.J. (Timmy and his friends aren't exactly geniuses—well A.J. is).

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is a subversion, as she is both the smartest ''and'' most popular girl in school. Her rival Bonnie seems to be a close second in popularity, but although she is clearly not as intelligent as Kim, neither is she particularly dumb.

* In ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'' Courtney Gripling plays the trope straight as [[The Brainless Beauty]] head of the [[Girl Posse]]. Miranda Killgallan, on the other hand, is of average-to-smart intellect as to fulfill her [[Manipulative Bastard]] role and The [[Alpha Bitch]] (Courtney is mostly harmless).

* [[Sym-Bionic Titan]] reconstructs this trope with Kimmy.

* Most who are popular in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''. Played for laughs when Peter is forced to tutor [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Liz Allen]] in order to raise her grade.

'''Biology teacher''': I'm not sure you understand. We want your grade to go ''up'', not down. }}

* An episode of ''[[The Replacements]]'' had Riley and Tasumi realize that guys fall head over heels for utterly stupid girls. They spend the episode trying to out-dumb one another, competing for the boys' attention.

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