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{{quote|'''Lord Percy:''' The fashion today is towards the tiny.
'''Blackadder:''' In that case you have the most fashionable brain in London.
|''[[Blackadder]] II''}}
'''The Ditz''' is a character whose defining characteristic is profound stupidity. Female ditzes tend to be sweet and
Unlike [[The Fool]],
A good looking Ditz (of either sex) might be the [[
A more competent Ditz will often become [[The Fool]]. Taken to its extreme, the Ditz can evolve into a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
One reason you can find
See also [[Genius Ditz]], [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], and [[The Klutz]].
Can overlap with [[This Loser Is You]], but isn't the same thing.
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== Film
* Babs from the Nick Park movie ''[[Chicken Run]]''.
** Jane Horrocks is not unfamiliar with this kind of role. Bubble from ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'', anyone?
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* One of Scamp's sisters in ''[[Lady and the Tramp]] 2'', Danielle, is an [[Tastes Like Diabetes|adorable]], ditzy Cocker Spaniel. However, coincidentally, she is voiced by the same person who voices Phil and Lil from the ''[[Rugrats]]''.
* Charlotte from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', who is an inversion of the [[Alpha Bitch]], being [[Spoiled Sweet]] and generally a kind person to her friend Tiana and {{spoiler|willing to pull a [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] near the end, despite always wanting to marry a prince and be a princess.}}
* Gracie Allen's [[Alter Ego Acting]] personality.
* Cher Horowitz in ''[[Clueless]]''... kind of. She's certainly no genius level intellect, and is definitely more than a little naive and '[[Title Drop|clueless]]', but she's savvy enough when she needs to be and has enough wits about her to 'negotiate' her grades with most of her teachers.
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* Sarah from ''[[Hocus Pocus]]''.
* Colonel Mustard in ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]''.
* Mathew
* ''[[Enchanted]]'': Giselle is a subversion. She seems to be stupid at first, but it eventually turns out she’s every bit as smart as Robert (who allows Giselle to stay at his apartment until Edward picks her up) himself is. And she adapts to being in New York City surprisingly quickly, though she first assumes that NYC is also a fairy tale world.
== Literature ==
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* Lettice Protheroe from ''[[Murder at the Vicarage]]'' is presented at this.
* Jack Pumpkinhead from the [[Land of Oz]] series is ''always'' described as unintelligent. Some of the words used to describe him are "stupid", "dim", "innocent", "simpleton", "not known for his intelligence", etc. He might also have a bit of an [[Ambiguous Disorder]], as he fails to pick up on vocal cues and sometimes takes sentences to mean the opposite of what they mean (he once called a ferryman 'nice' after he refused to let Pumpkinhead cross a river on account of not having any money).
** Could be [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that [[Meaningful Name|he's got a pumpkin for a head]], which was confirmed in a later book, where he explained his stupidity was a result of the jack-o-lantern - which it seemed, had been a little overripe to begin with - was starting to spoil. He eventually discovered he could just replace it with a ripe one, and became smarter as a result.
* [[Mother Goose|Simple Simon]] was one, "simple" being a common term for "stupid" when the poem was written. After his meeting with the pieman, he tries to fish for a whale in a bucket of water and then tried to find plums on a thistle bush.
== Live Action TV ==
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** There's a couple of issues of ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'', set in 'Australia', where the artist apparently made the same mistake (there ain't no mountains like that in Sydney, bub!). And ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] it.
* Lucy Moran and Deputy Andy Brennan from ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918035250/http://www.tv.com/debralee-scott/person/17269/summary.html Debralee Scott], in any of her [[Game Show]] appearances of the 1970s and early 1980s.
* Dougal from ''[[Father Ted]]'' (in the UK, a [https://web.archive.org/web/20051109043403/http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/ch4/idents/ch41997dougal.rm Channel4ID] had him forgetting what channel he was promoting).
* Alice from ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''.
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== Professional Wrestling ==
* Maria from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] is a good example of a ditz, though this was subverted in the "Trial of Eric Bischoff" episode of ''WWE Raw'', by Maria making a particularly more-intelligent-than-usual speech about Bischoff's failings as a general manager. In a later appearance, Bischoff accused Maria of pretending to be "stupid and sweet" in order to win the fans' favor, which, if true, would make this an example of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].
== Puppet Shows ==
* The puppet for [[George W. Bush]] in the French satirical show ''[[Les Guignols
* Ditto for Reagan in ''[[Spitting Image]]''.
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** Since then Cirno has been nicknamed "Nine-ball" or simply "⑨".
** Rumia is known for constantly blinding herself with her own [[Casting a Shadow|darkness powers]] and knocking into trees while flying.
** The same series also has [[Ravens and Crows|Utsuho]] [[I Love Nuclear Power|Reiuji]], also known by the similar [[Fan Nickname]] "⑥" (Six-ball) and often called "birdbrain" by other characters. It's even stated that the power she received is more effective the dumber the user is, and she was the perfect vessel.
* Lucia in ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant'' is described by her own teacher Carla as "slow".
* Both Lloyd and Colette of ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' both qualify quite well for the title of The Ditz. A great example is a skit conversation between the two and Regal when Colette asks how Lloyd memorized every single Dwarven Vow (of which there are at least 108).
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* Captain Blubber in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series.
* ''[[The Game of the Ages]]'' brings us the Village Idiot of Stupidity. Guess what his defining attribute is?
== Visual Novels ==
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'''Zack:''' The ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' guy? Wait, I forget. Was he the blue one, or was he the dog? }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714120106/http://community.sparknotes.com/tag/tiffany-thongbiscuit Tiffany Thongbiscuit]. When she heard from The Vogue (Pronounced "the vagooey") that "[[Mad Men]]" was fashionable. She went to school dressed like a literal mad man.
* At the [[Super-Hero School]] Whateley Academy in the [[Whateley Universe]], one example is the minor character Bubble. Someone comments to herself, "She has a bubble all right. Between her ears." Another good example is the egocentric, villainous Solange, who isn't smart enough to be an ''effective'' villain. She uses her powers to absorb an ethereal protagonist and steal said character's powers; she gets run through the [[Humiliation Conga]] for her efforts.
* Tiffany from [[Me and My Dick]]
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== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''.
** Ed
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* Luanne, from ''[[King of the Hill]]''. [[Depending on the Writer]], sometimes she's more of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
* Officer Barbrady from ''[[South Park]]''. Butters also shows ditziness often.
* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. But that's because she's from another planet and [[Innocent Aliens| she doesn't have much knowledge about the Earth]]. Although [[Tsundere|she can be pretty mad sometimes]] and has had a few [[Genius Ditz]] moments.
* Lor McQuarrie from ''[[The Weekenders]]''.
* Twister Rodriguez from ''[[Rocket Power]]''. Subverted in "Twist of Fate", where after being ridiculed for being a fan of a cartoon on safety, Twister ends up using the knowledge he's learned from that show to get his friends out of trouble in the Grand Canyon, showing that (to paraphrase Rose) he's "someone who's not quite as dumb as he appears".
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* T.J. Detweiler in ''[[Recess]]''. Lawson is this even moreso.
* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]''
* Lucky Bob, Pepper, and Toast from ''[[Histeria!]]''
* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'': Pretty much everybody from time to time, but Bullwinkle J. Moose was a full-time ditz. He was immune to Boris Badenov's brainwashing gas: "No brain, no effect!"
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