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* Many of [[Socrates]]' interlocutors in [[Plato]]'s dialogues fall into this trope. Most notable is Thrasymachus from ''[[The Republic (novel)|The Republic]]'', who refuses to listen to anything Socrates says, and cries after he loses the debate.
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* [[Jim Belushi]]'s brother-in-law on ''[[According to Jim]]''. Knows Latin word derivations? Check. Fatter than Jim? Check. Too dorky to get to go drinking with Jim? Check. Makes insulting remarks to Jim while the latter is asleep so he can feel important? Check. He actually makes Jim look cool.
* The U.S. government has paid TV networks to make sure that anyone using drugs was portrayed as a loser. ''[[ER]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''Chicago Hope'', ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[7th Heaven]]'' and other shows had their scripts reviewed by the government and changes made so the network could pocket some cash.
** One example in the Warner Brothers' show, ''Smart Guy'', an original episode script portrayed two young people using drugs at a party. Originally depicted as cool and popular, after input from the government drug office, they were redefined as losers and put into the utility room, just to make sure the audience knows that drugs are bad.▼
▲One example in the Warner Brothers' show, ''Smart Guy'', an original episode script portrayed two young people using drugs at a party. Originally depicted as cool and popular, after input from the government drug office, they were redefined as losers and put into the utility room, just to make sure the audience knows that drugs are bad.
* This is supposedly part of the reason why Lalaine left ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''.
* In terms of pure [[Flanderization]], this explains why Chelsea on ''[[That's So Raven]]'' ends up carrying the [[Idiot Ball]] so much.
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* In an episode of [[The Office]], [[Discussed Trope|the employees find]] [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|a screenplay]] by Michael Scott where he has an idealized version of himself named Agent Michael Scarn, whose sidekick Samuel (Dwight) "is this complete idiot causing the downfall of the United States."
* Much and Allan-a-Dale from ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' were often characterized as this throughout [[Seasonal Rot|series three]], seemingly as a way of making [[Damsel Scrappy|Kate]] and [[Replacement Scrappy|Tuck]] look good in comparison. This included both of them acting extra clumsy, mucking up several outlaw plans, and getting laughed at for not knowing basic general knowledge (including not knowing how to count). Given that Much and Allan were highly popular characters, and that Tuck and Kate were the [[Replacement Scrappy|Replacement Scrappies]] to Will and Djaq, two ''genuinely'' intelligent characters, this tactic achieved nothing except to make the fandom loathe [[The Scrappy|Kate and Tuck]] all the more.
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