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

* The entire race of Jägermonsters in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' seem to operate on this trope. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070207 Lampshaded here:]

'''Oggie''': ...Ken if I ''vants'' to be! }}

** Another 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...

** Tarvek [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091125 didn't pay any attention] to his martial arts instructor. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110425 At all].

** Used very well by Zola "Heterodyne", with a side helping of [[Dumb Blonde]], right [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090406 here]. And she [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091014 managed to] [[Magnificent Bastard|outbastard]] even Tarvek:

*** The best thing is, in those two strips, she first confesses to using [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], then she fools the man she confessed it to.

** It gets better. She outsmarted ''Lucrezia''. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 No, really.] Zola is the Queen of this trope.

** Captain Tagon [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-02-02 as well], or maybe it's just a case of [[Genius Ditz]].

* Mark's character in ''[[Weregeek]]'' couldn't get drunk, and [http://www.weregeek.com/2011/01/26/ was advised to imitate].

* 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.

** 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.

* ''[[The Trenches]]'': After being turned away by multiple potential employers for being "overqualified", Isaac resorts to this.

* {{spoiler|The governor of Beldatz}} in ''[[Nahast: Lands of Strife]]''. Considering that there is a legendary organization of spies watching his every move - directed at least in part by his wife, no less - it's quite impressive that he manages to maintain the deception. {{spoiler|Additionally, his daughter is part of the organization watching him.}}