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'''[[Funetik Aksent|Oggie]]:''' ''Hey!'' [[Don't Explain the Joke|Iz like hyu vife iz callink hyu a fool wit-out]] ''[[Don't Explain the Joke|ektually]]'' --<br />
'''Master Payne:''' You cannot ''possibly'' be as stupid as you act.<br />
'''[[Funetik Aksent|Oggie]]:''' ...[[Comically Missing the Point|Ken if I]] ''[[Comically Missing the Point|vants]]'' [[Comically Missing the Point|to be]]!|''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'', [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070207 February 7th, 2007]}}
 
If there's anything too stupid for even a single person to think of, it hasn't been invented yet. The characters stumble upon an unbelievable con, or see a television spot that makes particularly outrageous claims.
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If you don't want someone to do it, you are clearly [[Tempting Fate]] to say this.
 
In some universes, this is a [[Spanner in Thethe Works|very dangerous]] trope to invoke.
 
May be followed by a [[Gilligan Cut]], [[Answer Cut]], or [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In one episode of ''[[Eyeshield 21 (Manga)|Eyeshield 21]]'', Sena watches a TV program on his team's new secret player, and there's a bit where Hiruma, posing as Eyeshield 21, gives an "obnoxious tough guy" speech. Kurita tries to assure him "No one would take that seriously", but then we cut to Monta watching the same program, talking about what a jerk Eyeshield 21 is.
* In the first season finale of ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'', the youma create an illusion of a captured Tuxedo Mask, which Sailor Moon rushes toward. After the trap is exposed, they create the same illusion again. Sailor Mars says, "Do you really think she's stupid enough to fall for it ''again''?", only for Sailor Moon to prove that she is.
* In the anime episode of ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]'' that introduces Gosunkugi, he digs a pit in an attempt to trap Ranma. Two unnamed students ask each other who would make such an obvious trap, and who would fall into it. Enter Kunō...
** In the manga, Ranma says this when Akane wins a bathing suit that supposedly makes anyone capable of swimming like a pro Olympian just by wearing it. Shortly afterwards, it turns out that it really does work.
{{quote| '''Ranma:''' There's no such thing as a bathing suit which makes a person able to swim. There is no one in the world dumb enough that would believe such a thing!<br />
'''Akane:''' Hey! How do I look? }}
* A [[Badass]] version of this occurs when episode twelve of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' pits the crew against Spiral King general Adiane. The fight ends up with Adiane's mecha on the deck of Team Dai-Gurren's battleship. Adiane taunts them with the fact that they wouldn't be stupid enough to fire on her when they're so close to one another.
{{quote| '''Yoko:''' Unfortunately, we ''are'' that stupid.}}
* A variation happened in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'' where Satoko said that only Keiichi would be dumb enough to fall for her mud [[Pit Trap]]. Cue a mud-covered Rika crawling out of the ground.
* Played with on ''[[Slayers (Anime)|Slayers]]'', where Lina sees a trap and tells Gourry that he'd be the only one stupid enough to fall for it... then Lina herself manages to walk right into the trap about ten seconds later, after being [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|Distracted by the Shiny]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' gives us the following lines
{{quote| '''O'Brien:''' There's no way he'll attack head on.<br />
'''Judai:''' Battle! Featherman, direct attack! }}
** The dub actually does one better, and changes the first line to "There's no way he's dumb enough to attack me."
* In ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'', whilst going through Pilaf's castle to retrieve the last Dragon Ball, Goku, Bulma, and co. follow arrows through a maze -- leading to them being trapped. Pilaf remarks that he couldn't believe there were people stupid enough to fall for that.
* A variant appears in ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''.
{{quote| '''Kyon:''' Who would ever believe that?<br />
'''Koizumi:''' I was hoping that you might. }}
* In the first episode of ''[[Dominion Tank Police (Anime)|Dominion Tank Police]]'', a [[Mook]] in a stolen prototype tank is confident he's escaped the heroine's older model by [[Wall Crawl|climbing an elevator shaft]], because she'd [[Cowboy Cop|have to be some kind of lunatic]] to fire straight up at him. They both end up buried in the rubble.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|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|Neck Lifting]] 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.
* In ''[[Shinryaku Ika Musume (Manga)|Shinryaku! Ika Musume]]'', to demonstrate to Nagisa that [[Cute Monster Girl|Ika]] isn't a threat, they give her a fishing pole with a shrimp as bait. Nagisa just finishes telling herself that there's no way an invader like Ika would fall for something so obvious when [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she feels a tug at the other end of the line.]]
 
 
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{{quote| '''Sam:''' It smells like some kind of high-tech waste material compactor. They'll never think we were so incredibly stupid as to hide in here.<br />
'''Max:''' That's right! Nobody's ''that'' stupid. }}
* In a ''[[FoxTrot (Comic Strip)|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."
* Happens a lot with Smiffy from ''[[The Beano]]''.
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== Fan Works ==
* Occurs in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'', although not with the exact same words:
{{quote| '''Yami:''' Does anyone here really believe that guy is a ghost?<br />
'''Tristan:''' I do!<br />
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]'', the villains' plot relies on them discovering the pass code to the defenses protecting the heroine's planet. Dark Helmet eventually manages to get it:
{{quote| '''Dark Helmet:''' So the combination is 1 2 3 4 5? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!<br />
''[[Brick Joke|(later...)]]''<br />
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{{quote| '''Gambol:''' You think you can steal from us and just walk away?!<br />
'''The Joker:''' ''(deadpan)'' Yeah. }}
* When the Nazis demand that Indy hand over the Grail Diary in ''[[Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (Film)|Indiana Jones and Thethe 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 ==
* Somewhat [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'':
{{quote| "No one would be that stu--"<br />
Susan stopped. Of course someone would be that stupid. Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible do it. If you put a switch in a cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying "[[The End of the World Asas We Know It|End-of-the-World]] switch. [[Schmuck Bait|PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH]]," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry. }}
** Shows up a lot in ''Discworld'', in fact. In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'':
{{quote| Any true wizard, faced with a sign like "Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this door will mean the end of the universe," would ''automatically'' open the door in order to see what all the fuss was about.}}
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Harry Potter]]'', Ron wonders what teacher would be dumb enough to fall for the trio's planned deception about why they want a potions book in the Restricted Section of the library, having apparently temporarily forgotten that Lockhart is their Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher that year.
* In ''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Storm from the Shadows]]'', [[General Ripper|Admiral Byng]] says something to this effect, thinking that Michelle Henke and the Manticorans will not actually make good on their warnings to punish the Solarian aggression. It doesn't end well for him.
* In Norman Spinrad's [[Alternate History]] novel ''[[The Iron Dream (Literature)|The Iron Dream]]'', the author analyzing the work of [[Meta Fiction]] around which Spinrad's story is framed notes that some fans may yearn for a decisive and iron-willed leader like the one depicted in the work of metafiction to save them from Soviet domination, but concludes that no rational person would ever stand such a clearly delusional, bloodthirsty tyrant. Considering that the in-universe author of the work of metafiction is ''[[Adolf Hitler]]'', well, I think you see Spinrad's point.
* In [[Shadows of the Empire]], several of the good guys' common-sense violating tactics are cited to work because the opposition wouldn't expect anyone to try them in the first place. Lando eventually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this.
{{quote| '''Lando''': ''(On the subject of infiltrating Xizor's palace)'' Let me get this straight; you want us to wade through ''sewage'' to get into this place?<br />
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*** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that the [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Master]] was using the sound of drums rhythm to semi-brainwash the populace into voting for him.
* On ''[[Top Gear]]'', while Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are discussing a car which (theoretically) generates enough down force to drive upside-down (on the ceiling of a tunnel) at speed. Hammond mentions that the car's manufacturers have found the right tunnel and the right speed but they can't find a driver. Clarkson immediately volunteers Hammond to do it.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Spike gets this ''[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]]''.
 
 
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== Radio ==
* Any use of this type of question on ''[[The Goon Show (Radio)|The Goon Show]]'' is invariably a cue for Eccles and/or Bluebottle to show up. The audience will often start giggling in anticipation before the question can even be finished.
{{quote| '''Seagoon:''' Who would be idiot enough... Who would be idiot enough! To be dressed up as a German Admiral, and thrown overboard from a submarine?<br />
'''Lew:''' Don't worry! Look, I got an idiot in this box here who's been specially drowned for the job!<br />
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', one of the earlier bosses is described as "basically invincible, as long as no crazed idiot gets the bright idea to run up and hack at the head with a sword." Guess how you beat it. Go on, guess.
** Although you don't need to hit the head at all. It's just that in the first play through you can't do enough damage to overcome its [[Healing Factor]].
** You can also shoot it in the face with a pistol.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', when the player is told by a conniving thief to pull one of two levers. It obviously makes no difference which is pulled, as the party is captured and the materia not returned either way. [[But Thou Must!]]...
* One town in ''[[Breath of Fire]] 4'' is filled with traps designed to scare away intruders. Fall for one particular trap and you'll be told by an amused villager that "not even the animals are dumb enough to fall for that one!"
* ''[[Endless Frontier]]'' has this exchange.
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'''Kaguya:''' Haaakeeeennnn! Eeeeeee! }}
* The copy protection material (a joke newspaper) for ''[[Space Quest]] 5'' has an advertisement that clearly invokes this trope: "Are you a complete moron? Do you anything people tell you to? That's great! Send a copy of all your banking information to..."
* Lampshaded and parodied when Elaine gives Guybrush her [[Chekhov's Gun|wedding ring]] in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island (Video Game)|Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay'':
{{quote| '''Guybrush:''' Aw, come on. Who's absent-minded enough to lose TWO wedding rings?<br />
'''[[Chekhov's Boomerang|Pyrite Parrot]]:''' *Squawk* It's me, Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate!<br />
'''Guybrush:''' Shut up, you! }}
* In ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'', [[G La DOS]]'s chamber features a back door labelled: "[[G La DOS]] Emergency Shutdown and [[The Cake Is a Lie|Cake Dispensary]]". Naturally, there's [[But Thou Must!|nothing to do]] but try to open it. [[G La DOS]] can't believe it when you fall for it.
 
 
== Web Animation ==
* On ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|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 ==
* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/users/narbonic/050202.jpg This] ''[[Narbonic (Webcomic)|Narbonic]]'' strip.
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0697.html This page] of ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'':
{{quote| '''Roy:''' This desert is so unbelievably large that anyone with more than two brain cells would know better than to try searching the whole thing.<br />
''(a few panels later)''<br />
'''Elan:''' OK, so how do we search the rest of the desert?<br />
'''Roy:''' Elan, I just said that anyone with more than two-... Elan, the desert is too big to search the whole thing. }}
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'', Torg and Riff visit a space station in the ''Star Trek'' dimension, where Riff is warned that they must be discreet in this dangerous world. Riff replies that, "Discretion is our middle name." Cut to Torg shouting at a Klingon wielding the traditional blade, ''"No, YOU have no honor!"''
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/5/30/ This] ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' strip, in which Tycho's niece Annarchy wonders what sort of "pea-brained monkey man" conventions like E3 are supposed to appeal to. Apparently, Gabe is one of those pea-brained monkey men.
* ''[[Goblins (Webcomic)|Goblins]]'' gives us [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01252011-2/ the Treasure Plants].
{{quote| '''Kin:''' They were first created long ago by a wizard who hated trespassers. Now they grow wild in some areas. They're only a danger to the dumbest of individuals.<br />
''(Kin and Forgath shares a look)''<br />
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** Throughout the series, Odie has repeatedly made his first appearance in an episode after the use of this trope, to the point that Garfield began lampshading it. "Six seasons and he's never missed a cue." Also lampshaded in a segment on comedy method, where at one point, Garfield talks about comedy timing, and demonstrates by using some variation on this trope, followed by Odie jumping in, with some kind of costume.
** However this is subverted at one point, when Garfield asks who would be dumb enough to be out in the middle of a blizzard... and Odie appears right beside him, causing Garfield to comment that not even he was stupid enough to be out there.
* In the episode "Why Must I be a Crustacean in Love" of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', the following exchange occurs, after Zoidberg has gone berserk in a New New York City health club:
{{quote| '''Leela:''' I wonder why Dr. Zoidberg is acting this way. Out of all of us he always seemed the most normal.<br />
'''Zoidberg:''' ''(with rubber bands holding his claws shut)'' I am normal. Amy, take off these rubber bands and I'll show you how normal I am!<br />
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'''Prof. Farnsworth:''' Good news everyone, [[Ironic Echo Cut|Hermes and I have started a Bender protest group.]]<br />
'''Zoidberg:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|That was uncanny!]] }}
* In the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]'' episode "Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop", Shredder complains to Krang when Krang's mind control device makes its victims act like children instead of becoming willing slaves, and Krang protests "only a complete idiot" would invent something like that. As he [[Eureka Moment|realizes what he'd just said]] ("A complete idiot?"), he hollers at Rocksteady and Bebop, who sure enough had earlier accidentally damaged the device without telling their bosses.
* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' hung a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on this trope in the episode "Too Sexy for His Fat," in which Lois responds to Chris's decision not to undergo liposuction: "That was a very grown up decision! I mean, what kind of lazy, narcissistic, irresponsible ''moron'' would even consider doing something as unbelievably foolish as getting liposuction? Who, I ask you? ''Who?''" This line is immediately followed by the appearance of a newly svelte Peter.
* From the ''[[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "Garbage In, Garbage Out":
{{quote| '''Ratchet:''' You're gonna destroy the city! You wouldn't ''dare'' do something ''THAT'' stupid!!<br />
'''Wreck-Gar:''' [[Verbal Tic|I am Wreck-Gar]]! [[Mythology Gag|I DARE to be stupid]]! '''[[Oh Crap|I WILL DESTROY THE WHOLE CITY!]]''' }}
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** This happens at least twice to Bumblebee in season one ("You mean they actually sell spare parts on the open market? What kind of malfunction would be crass enough to buy this stuff?), and he does it to himself in the [[Grand Finale]].
{{quote| '''Bumblebee:''' Who'd be crazy enough to volunteer for that mission? ''(beat)'' Why's everyone looking at me? Why's everyone [[The Bait|always]] looking at me?}}
* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", we learn that his band's picture was put on a can of something called Funny Foam.
{{quote| '''Homer:''' Yeah, they pulled it off the market when they found out it was toxic. But I figure, if you're stupid enough to eat it, you deserve to die. ''BART!''<br />
'''Bart:''' ''(spraying Funny Foam into his mouth)'' What? }}
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'''Daphne:''' Speaking of dimwits, where are Shaggy and Scooby?<br />
'''All:''' [[Oh Crap|Uh-oh]]... }}
* Invoked by Don Karnage in ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]''.
* In the "Joker's Millions" episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'', Harley Quinn finds out that Joker has replaced her, and decides to escape from Arkham to get her revenge. When they realize she's missing, the following exchange occurs:
{{quote| '''Harvey Bullock:''' Maybe she went down the laundry chute.<br />
'''Dr. Leeland:''' None of these yahoos are crazy enough to pull that old stunt.<br />
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* In ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' Season 3 premiere, we learn in a flashback that The Monarch used to work as Phantom Limb's henchman while moonlighting as The Monarch and seduced Dr. Girlfriend during this period. When Phantom Limb catches them in the act, he doesn't recognize him (as he's off uniform) and demands he identify himself. The Monarch then makes up the name "Manotaur" on the spot after [[Line-of-Sight Name|looking at the big "M" on the hood of the Monarchmobile]]. Phantom Limb is then summoned by the Council and before leaving tells "Manotaur" he is now on Phantom Limb's "shit list". The present Dr. Girlfriend, who is learning of this via video footage, claims it's impossible that Phantom Limb (probably the most competent and intelligent villain on the show) would be stupid enough to fail to recognize his own henchman. [[Brick Joke|In the episode's epilogue]], we see {{spoiler|a still living but injured}} Phantom Limb descending on a retired, completely innocent, and looking-nothing-like-the-Monarch Manotaur...
{{quote| '''Phantom Limb:''' ''No one'' "retires" from Phantom Limb's ''shit list!''}}
* In ''[[Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow]]'', when the gang infiltrates Ultron's base:
{{quote| '''Azari:''' There's no-one here. Maybe Ultron assumed no-one would be dumb enough to sneak in.<br />
'''Pym:''' HA! We showed him! We '''are''' dumb enough! }}
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''(cut to Charlie Brown standing on the pitcher's mound)''<br />
'''Charlie Brown:''' Where is everybody? We're supposed to have a ballgame today! }}
* In the ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' version of ''[[The Night Before Christmas]]'', Thaddeus Plotz says exactly this about Ralph the Guard when deciding who should deliver presents to the Warner Bros. (and Sister):
{{quote| '''Mr. Plotz:''' There must be someone who can deliver this stuff / But where can I find someone stupid enough?}}
* In the ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' episode "Escape from Leprechaupolis", Frylock receives an obvious scam in his email.
{{quote| '''Frylock:''' ''(reading e-mail)'' "Go down to the park and step into the rainbow and you'll be [[Get Rich Quick Scheme|rich with gold]]. [[Chain Letter|Forward this to 20 people]] or '''[[Disproportionate Retribution|we will burn your brain from the inside.]] Go down to the damn park'''." Man, [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|who would be stupid enough]] to check this out?<br />
''[[Gilligan Cut|(cut to Carl, waiting at the park)]]''<br />
'''Carl:''' All right, I'm gonna give this rainbow thing another five minutes, and if it doesn't show up quick, then I am going down to the store and get a hot-rod magazine. (They got the chick with the boobs.) }}
* Used indirectly on ''[[Invader Zim]]''. The episode "Bad Bad Rubber Piggy" opens on an episode of Professor Membrane's show about time travel. After demonstrating [[Butterfly of Doom|the consequences of time travel]], Membrane proclaims "anyone who would build a space-time object replacement device is a complete ''moron''!". Guess what Zim's doing at that exact moment?
* In the [[Beach Episode]] of ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes]]'', when seeing people dancing on TV, Heloise mutters "Who dances like that?" in a clearly condesending tone. Naturally, [[Right in Front of Me|Jimmy and Beezy]] provide the answer.
* Lampshaded in an episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' ("Finances with Wolves"). The family is in a mall and Hayley is griping about the consumerism run rampant. She asks what kind of idiot would buy into all this; [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|Steve sighs heavily and says]] [[Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud|"And we widen to reveal..."]], at which point Stan enters the scene covered in useless junk (and a jacket made of money).
* At least once, the narrator would ask "But who would be stupid enough to [plot contrivance]?" as a lead-in to an entry by [[Rocky and Bullwinkle|Bullwinkle]] - "''I'' would!"
* In the ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' episode "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" the kids are running a tooth racket where they collect the money from under other kid's pillows. A sting operation is set up to catch them in the act, with a news report about a kid getting $600 and his exact location.
{{quote| '''Cameraman''': Naw, come on. D'ya really think anyone will fall for somethin' that stupid?<br />
'''[[Answer Cut|Cartman]]''': Six hundred dollars, you guys! Come on, get your stuff together! }}
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** Especially when it's winter in Russia (as was the case with Hitler).
*** Actually, he started the invasion in June. It took longer than expected. The Nazis actually expected to launch their attack on May 1, but had to delay for six weeks to conquer Yugoslavia. Many historians speculate that the extra six weeks of warm weather in Russia might have resulted in victory.
** [[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|And never go in against a Sicilian when ]]''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|death ]]''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|is on the line!]]
** Only one man has actually successfully conquered Russia. That was [[wikipedia:Batu Khan|Batu Khan]] (who was almost as [[Badass]] as [[The Scourge of God|his grandfather Genghis]]). And Russia wasn't united at the time.
*** Though by ''not'' being dumb enough to try in the middle of another war anything more than a short campaign to punish princes who killed his ambassadors. Being strong and unobtrusive made Horde attractive, so when the prince of the richest Russian city had to choose whether to deal with them or the Crusaders, he bothered to travel all the way to Batu and became his son's "[[blood Brother|blood brothers]]" to join as a client-state.
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