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** Double subverted [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/10/05/episode-752-its-all-fun-and-games-until-everything-dies/ here.]
** A common answer to a question about out-of-character moments on the forums (started by the author and continued by his fans) is that all characters are as smart as they need to be for a joke.
* Thog, the [[Dumb Muscle]] [[Psychopathic Manchild]] from ''[[The 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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