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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]].

** 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.