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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'''s [[Spinoff Babies]] series ''Negiho'' has the girls trying to force out Konoka's "stalker" by doing annoying things to her (like [[Face Doodling]] and [[Tickle Torture]]). Off to the side, Yue wonders how stupid the stalker would have to be to actually show up for such an obvious trap. Cue Setsuna blasting the lot of them with her Shinmeiryuu techniques, [[Neck Lift]]ing Asuna while shouting "What do you ''think'' you're doing to Ojou-sama!". She's quickly caught in a stalker-snare afterwards.

* This is practically a [[Running Gag]] in Gintama whenever Hijikata would ask who would be dumb enough to (action), cue Kondo doing said action.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Happens a lot with Smiffy from ''[[The Beano]]''.

* There's a ''[[Simpsons]]'' comic where a truck driver is delivering a shipment of bunnies to Springfield petting zoo, and a panther to Springfield zoo. He tells Groundskeeper Willy (working at the petting zoo) that the rabbits are in the crate on the left, wonders if he should clarify which left he means, then reasons that no-one could mistake a panther for a rabbit. In the next panel, Willy is brawling with the panther, who apparently didn't take kindly to being fed carrots.

 

== Fan Works ==

'''Joey:''' Yea, it was just a carbon copy of ''Duel Monsters''! You'd have to be as blind as my sister to not notice the similarities!

'''Tristan:''' ''(holds up dice)'' This is going straight up my nose! }}

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

'''The Joker:''' ''(deadpan)'' Yeah. }}

* When the Nazis demand that Indy hand over the Grail Diary in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', Henry Jones Sr. laughs at the idea that they'd assume his son was stupid enough to bring it with him after he'd mailed the diary to him in the first place to keep it out of the Nazis' hands. Unfortunately, Indy didn't quite get the memo....

 

== Literature ==

{{quote|"That's the problem with our opposition – they keep thinking nobody could possibly be as stupid as we are. Fools 'em every time."}}

* Michael gets hit with this a couple times in the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]''. On one occasion his reason for being at the scene of a murder (following orders to meet someone in an unadressed letter) isn't believed because the law enforcement ''can't'' believe anyone, especially someone without legal rights who knows something shifty is going on, would be stupid enough to get framed with such an obvious trick.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Spike gets this ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716110505/http://www.soulfulspike.com/spikecentricity/HarshLightReview.htm all the damn time]''. In Season 3's "Lovers Walk", Cordelia asks: "What kind of moron would want to come back here?" Enter our drunken moron. In Season 4's "The Harsh Light of Day", when he becomes a series regular, Buffy herself foreshadows the next three seasons: "A guy dating Harmony dead. Must be, like, the most tolerant guy in the world." Enter the most tolerant guy in the world.

* In the "Fans vs. Favorites" season of ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'', the Black Widow Brigade (Natalie, Amanda, Cirie, and Parvati) run into a problem when the last remaining outsider, Erik, wins immunity which will force them to vote one of their allies out. Cirie suggests to Natalie that she try to get Erik to give the immunity necklace to her by telling him that he's annoyed them so much that he won't be able to get enough votes to win unless he makes some grand gesture to the jury, to which Natalie replies, "No one would fall for that. I mean, who would be that gullible?" Still, she doesn't have much of a choice, so she goes along with the plan. And it ''[[Crazy Enough to Work|works]]''.

 

== New Media ==

* Our [[New Media Are Evil|daily spam-filter]] shows that apparently yes, many people still are stupid enough to make it worth the spammer's efforts.

** If you look it up, you'll be able to find the reasoning behind this: Spammers can produce such a high volume that even if only one in a million of their targets buys, they're still making a profit.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* In a ''[[FoxTrot]]'' comic, Jason asked every member of his family if they wanted to have a snowball fight with him. They each reply "Do I look like an idiot?"... until he gets to Roger, who says "Let me get my coat." before Jason can even finish the question.

* In one ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' strip, a TV-commercial is [[Brutal Honesty|blatantly stating]] "Are you a complete loser without any taste? Then we've got the thing for you!". Cue [[Garfield Minus Garfield|Jon coming in the room]]: "Hey, I've got three of those."

 

== Radio ==

''(box is opened)''

'''Eccles:''' 'ello folks! }}

 

== Video Games ==

'''Guybrush:''' Shut up, you! }}

* In ''[[Portal 2]]'', [[GLaDOS]]'s chamber features a back door labelled: "[[GLaDOS]] Emergency Shutdown and [[The Cake Is a Lie|Cake Dispensary]]". Naturally, there's [[But Thou Must!|nothing to do]] but try to open it. [[GLaDOS]] can't believe it when you fall for it.

 

== Web Animation ==

* On ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', Homestar himself usually fills this role. For example, in the Strong Bad Email "candy product", Strong Bad designs a chocolate bar in the shape of a pair of pants with a bite taken out of them "for security, 'cause who's gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?" At the end of the cartoon, an [[Easter Egg]] features Homestar, dressed in [[Burglar Wear]], finding one of said candy bars on the ground and remarking "Ooh, pay dirt! [[Strange Minds Think Alike|A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!]]"

** In "record book", Coach Z attempts to set a record for "longest time singing the 'I'm Just Me' song while hopping on one foot with nine pieces of bubblegum stuck to your face". While Strong Bad is in the middle of decrying the record as "random crap that nobody would ever do", we cut to Homsar doing exactly what Coach Z described.

 

== Web Comics ==

'''Kin & Forgath: ''MINMAX!'' '''

'''Minmax:''' ''(both legs sticking out of the carnivorous plant)'' MM! MMHMM! MMM! }}

 

== Western Animation ==