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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''}}
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'''The Ditz''' is a character whose defining characteristic is profound stupidity. Female ditzes tend to be sweet and naivenaïve, while male ditzes tend to be oafish but lovable. '''The Ditz''' is written to appear unintentionally funny. In drama series, he or she provides comic relief.
 
Unlike [[The Fool]], '''The Ditz''' is seldom in any real danger, and luck probably couldn't save him if he or she ever were.
 
A good looking Ditz (of either sex) might be the [[Brainless Beauty]]. An independently wealthy Ditz is an [[Upper Class Twit]]. An exceptionally clumsy Ditz is a [[Dojikko]]. A Ditz that's a [[Mighty Glacier]] (Most commonly as [[The Big Guy]] or [[The Brute]]) is a [[Dumb Muscle]].
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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 '''The Ditz''' on so many TV shows is that [[Expectation Lowerer|it gives the audience someone to feel superior to]]. No matter how stupid you might be, you are smarter than '''The Ditz'''.
 
Supertrope to [[Asian Airhead]] and [[Dumb Blonde]].