Simpleminded Wisdom: Difference between revisions

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Compare [[Dumbass Has a Point]], which is what said [[Insufferable Genius]] may say after hearing the simple character's idea.

See also: [[Achievements in Ignorance]], [[Too Dumb to Fool]], [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]], [[Infallible Babble]], [[~~Hanlons~~ Razor]].

See also: [[Achievements in Ignorance]], [[Too Dumb to Fool]], [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]], [[Infallible Babble]], [[Hanlon's Razor]].

== [[Comics]] ==

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* The Scarecrow from ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'', both the book and [[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|movie]]. He wishes for a brain, yet neither he nor anyone else he's traveling with notices the discrepancy.

* [[Older Than Steam]]: The Beast in the original literary fairy tale ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'' is described as speaking with much common sense, but "never what the world calls wit." ([[Sweet and Sour Grapes|And yes, at the end of the story, the Prince is transformed to be witty and eloquent in addition to handsome]].)

* In Alexander Pope's ''[[The Rape of the Lock]],'' right before the [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|incredibly epic battle over]] [[Silly Reason for War|an involuntary haircut]], Clarissa, probably a lower-status lady than most of the players, rebukes everyone on how it's silly to waste energy over such a trivial matter, and how good humor is a better tool than beauty or tantrums to weather the storms of life. Of course, no one listens to her.

* In Alexander Pope's ''[[The Rape of the Lock]],'' right before the [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|incredibly epic battle over]] [[Silly Reason for War|an involuntary haircut]], Clarissa, probably a lower-status lady than most of the players, rebukes everyone on how it's silly to waste energy over such a trivial matter, and how good humor is a better tool than beauty or tantrums to weather the storms of life. Of course, no one listens to her.

== [[Live Action Television]] ==

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Patrick Star from ''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]''.

* Pinky, from ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', on those rare times when he ''is'' [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering|pondering what Brain is pondering.]]

* Pinky, from ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', on those rare times when he ''is'' [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?|pondering what Brain is pondering.]]

* While usually the [[Cloudcuckoolander]], Pinkie Pie sometimes has shades of this in ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]].''

* While usually the [[Cloudcuckoolander]], Pinkie Pie sometimes has shades of this in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]].''

** When Twilight can't find any information in her library about the Elements of Harmony:

{{quote| '''Pinkie Pie:''' (holding a book) ''The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide''<br />