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* Thog, the [[Dumb Muscle]] [[Psychopathic Manchild]] from ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' has been indicated by [[Word of God]] to have his intelligence and maliciousness vary depending on whatever would be funniest. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0791.html This strip] is a quite good example of this, showing Thog using some sophisticated language and big words while still talking in his [[Hulk Speak]] style. Appropriately enough, the hero Roy who is Thog's Good Counterpart is kind of grasping the [[Idiot Ball]] in the strip.
** Roy answered Thog's question at the end of their fight, though. After ''three'' [[Beat Panel|beat panels]] and two other silent panels in a row. {{spoiler|It was [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0808.html Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)].}}
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the eponymous character of [[Walkyverse|It's Walky]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110404001135/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20000521.html here.]
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** Original: With no clue at all what the puzzle is supposed to be, she notices that the colors on the cards clash, and she moves them around a bit... and somehow solves the puzzle, at which point it's revealed to be a color spectrum analysis problem that no one's ever solved that fast. Her reaction: "See? Fashion sense is a vital skill after all."
** 4Kids: This version borders on [[Ass Pull]], as she sees the puzzle and says, "Remember that field trip [to a history museum] we took for magic history class?... Rememeber that civilization that spoke with colors?... They used hue and pattern to communicate, something I'm quite fluent in." She solves the puzzle, prompting one of the non-main pixies to comment, "She's so knowledgeable about magic history. I'm impressed." Having Stella be fluent in hue and pattern allowing her to solve the puzzle is understandable, but for it to hinge on a previously unmentioned, much less seen, field trip (not to mention Stella suddenly demonstrating knowledge of magic history)? Not so much.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZD1ul0--U Video] (and presenting [http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=162100&page=2 a dissenting opinion on the dub being an Ass Pull]{{Dead link}})
* Done [[Rule of Funny|for laughs]] in the [[Powerpuff Girls]] when Him tells the girls has the the Professor in "the place where it's boiling and freezing at the same time". The girls rack their brains trying to figure it out only for [[Cloudcuckoolander|the Mayor]] [[Non Sequitur Scene|to appear out of nowhere]] and claim that converting the boiling and freezing points of water into geographical coordinates points to a Townsville street. "Or maybe [[Fridge Logic|there's an ice cream truck on fire]]".
* Happens fairly often in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', due to many characters being a [[Genius Ditz]] to some degree. Hank is one of the more consistently stupid characters, but occasionally pulls out a bit of obscure knowledge that the adults can't even fathom where he would have picked it up. [[Jerkass|Dermott]] also surprisingly once gave some very competent advice on relationships to the brothers, prompting amazement from them, as he usually doesn't know ''anything''.
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