Tropescilloscope: The Ditz

A character whose defining trait is being dumb. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Male Gaze Those Wacky Nazis Plot Hole Artistic License – History The X of Y Unusual Euphemism Only Sane Man Man on Fire Red Right Hand Our Zombies Are Different Only Known by Their Nickname Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Air-Vent Passageway Mighty Whitey In Medias Res Suspiciously Specific Denial Amoral Attorney Attempted Rape Canon Foreigner Heel Realization Flashback No Antagonist Red Eyes, Take Warning The Great Depression Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Roaring Rampage of Revenge Italian Films Hero Antagonist The Cameo Police Brutality Cowboy Cop Bury Your Gays Politically Incorrect Villain Moment Killer Rape as Drama Brick Joke Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Fire-Forged Friends Boom, Headshot! Redemption Equals Death Only in It for the Money Pragmatic Villainy Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Karmic Death Break the Cutie Soft Glass I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Not What It Looks Like Fun with Acronyms Hair-Trigger Temper Be Careful What You Wish For Japanese Films From Nobody to Nightmare Tempting Fate Break the Haughty Meaningful Echo Improvised Weapon Heroes Want Redheads Butt-Monkey The Faceless Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Chase Scene An Arm and a Leg Advertised Extra Dogged Nice Guy Re-Cut It Will Never Catch On Crucified Hero Shot Fish out of Water Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Belligerent Sexual Tension Determinator Punch-Clock Villain Gainax Ending Anyone Can Die Bloody Hilarious The Big Guy Offscreen Teleportation Offscreen Moment of Awesome More Dakka The Alcoholic The Hero Dark Reprise Redshirt Army Green-Eyed Monster Deliberately Monochrome Protagonist Title Camera Abuse Unusually Uninteresting Sight The Quiet One Neck Snap Reality Is Unrealistic The Bad Guy Wins Cool Old Guy Badass Boast Evil Brit Guile Hero Grievous Bottley Harm Room Full of Crazy Conspicuous CG Mooks Alliterative Name For Want of a Nail This Is Gonna Suck Broken Aesop Dark and Troubled Past Faux Affably Evil Abhorrent Admirer Totally Radical Animal Title Index Bowdlerise Horror Comedy Accidental Misnaming For the Evulz What You Are in the Dark Older Than They Look Awesome, but Impractical Groin Attack Sci-Fi Horror Body Horror Car Fu Visual Pun Instant Death Bullet The Ghost Motor Mouth Documentary Pre-Mortem One-Liner Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! It's All About Me Dramedy The Smurfette Principle Malevolent Masked Men Made of Explodium The '60s Silent Movie Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Nice Guy Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Vamp Leave the Camera Running After the End Demoted to Extra Outrun the Fireball Fantastic Racism Took a Level in Badass The Starscream Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Villain Protagonist Parental Substitute Back from the Dead Animal Motifs Up to Eleven Thriller Diabolus ex Machina Daylight Horror Parental Abandonment Precision F-Strike Unspoken Plan Guarantee Happily Married Love at First Sight Funny Foreigner Based on a True Story Spanner in the Works Brutal Honesty As Himself Curse Cut Short Sadistic Choice Disney Death Foreshadowing Spell My Name with an "S" Epic Movie Never Trust a Trailer Whole Plot Reference All Girls Want Bad Boys Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Every Car Is a Pinto Destination Defenestration The Power of Love One-Man Army Bare Your Midriff Improbable Weapon User Refuge in Audacity Getting Crap Past the Radar Continuity Nod Sassy Black Woman Character Development Easily Forgiven Epic Fail Becoming the Mask Small Name, Big Ego Dirty Coward Loads and Loads of Characters Depraved Bisexual Kubrick Stare Mr. Fanservice The Cavalry Fainting Important Haircut Creepy Child Closed Circle Stock Footage Exact Words The '70s The Stoner Anguished Declaration of Love Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Intergenerational Friendship Adaptational Attractiveness Dramatic Irony I'm a Humanitarian Token Minority Kick the Son of a Bitch The Brute Serial Killer Chekhov's Gunman Maybe Ever After Not Quite Dead Dressing as the Enemy Last-Name Basis Downer Ending The '50s Cold-Blooded Torture Composite Character Interrupted Suicide The Film of the Book Wham Shot Hong Kong Films Not So Stoic What Happened to the Mouse? Betty and Veronica British Films Non-Indicative Name Obviously Evil Empathic Environment Cat Fight Mistaken for Gay Tranquil Fury Brainless Beauty It's Personal Same Language Dub Not Using the "Z" Word Adaptational Badass Market-Based Title Hypocritical Humor NO INDOOR VOICE Dramatic Gun Cock The Un-Reveal Deus ex Machina Hollywood Law Cool Car Dying Moment of Awesome Grey and Gray Morality Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Film Series Actor Allusion Meaningful Name Hooker with a Heart of Gold A Father to His Men Unwitting Instigator of Doom Biopic An Axe to Grind Card-Carrying Villain No OSHA Compliance Peek-a-Boo Corpse Historical Villain Upgrade The Load She Cleans Up Nicely Faking the Dead Drowning My Sorrows Authority Equals Asskicking Disney Villain Death Taking You with Me Bait-and-Switch "The Reason You Suck" Speech Armor-Piercing Question Psychopathic Manchild Properly Paranoid Throwing Your Sword Always Works Race Against the Clock Despair Event Horizon Romantic Comedy No Ending Kick the Dog Humans Are Bastards Needs Wiki Magic Love Time Skip Manchild Rated M for Manly No-Sell Film Noir Index Jerkass Has a Point Shirtless Scene Even Evil Has Loved Ones Friend to All Children Freudian Excuse Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Chewing the Scenery Running Gag Product Placement Artistic License – Military The Voiceless Villain Ball Anachronic Order Wretched Hive Bring My Brown Pants Wicked Cultured Not So Different Victoria's Secret Compartment Setting Update Military and Warfare Films Pragmatic Adaptation Enemy Mine Police are Useless Bond One-Liner Sacrificial Lion Would Hurt a Child Expository Hairstyle Change Antagonist Title All Just a Dream Leaning on the Fourth Wall There Is No Kill Like Overkill Adaptational Villainy Badass in a Nice Suit Nice Hat Framing Device Fatal Flaw Badass Bookworm Face–Heel Turn My Beloved Smother Historical-Domain Character Freeze-Frame Bonus Chekhov's Gun Frame-Up Batman Gambit Gone Horribly Right Mama Bear Catapult Nightmare Vampire Fiction Bald of Evil Beta Couple Dual Wielding Manly Tears The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Call-Back Better to Die than Be Killed He Knows Too Much Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Laser-Guided Karma Psychological Thriller Adaptation Distillation Half the Man He Used to Be Playing Gertrude The Stinger Heterosexual Life-Partners Imagine Spot Red Oni, Blue Oni Star-Crossed Lovers Decoy Protagonist Big Brother Instinct Tagline Contrived Coincidence Artistic License – Physics You Have Failed Me Mood Whiplash And the Adventure Continues Hell Is That Noise Shell-Shocked Veteran Children Are Innocent Index of Film Westerns Eldritch Abomination Genre Shift Parental Incest Evil Sounds Deep Humiliation Conga Ironic Echo Shower Scene Heroic Sacrifice Madness Mantra Rule of Symbolism Babies Ever After Neck Lift Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Translation Convention Twist Ending Training Montage Red Herring Distracted by the Sexy Face Death with Dignity Eye Scream Vacation Films A Date with Rosie Palms Mystery and Detective Films From Bad to Worse Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Drill Sergeant Nasty Rule of Three Dark Is Not Evil Riddle for the Ages A Minor Kidroduction Auto Erotica Evil vs. Evil Toplessness from the Back Sequel Hook Bound and Gagged Heroic BSoD Amusing Injuries Would Hit a Girl Put on a Bus Catch-Phrase Does Not Like Shoes Big Bad Duumvirate And I Must Scream Trailers Always Spoil Book-Ends Take a Third Option Say My Name Facial Horror Our Vampires Are Different Darkest Hour And Starring Artistic License – Gun Safety Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun The Hero Dies Posthumous Character Punny Name Horror Films I Did What I Had to Do Aluminum Christmas Trees Scare Chord Big Damn Heroes Once More, with Clarity! Overprotective Dad Show Within a Show Bittersweet Ending True Companions Irony Insane Troll Logic The End... Or Is It? Creative Closing Credits Fantasy Films I Have Your Wife Ambiguous Disorder Made of Iron Animated Credits Opening May–December Romance Slasher Smile Badass Grandpa Disappeared Dad Artistic License – Geography Pay Evil unto Evil The Dog Bites Back Fiery Redhead Stalker with a Crush Hidden Depths Plucky Comic Relief Foil Cool Old Lady Jump Scare Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Eiffel Tower Effect Off with His Head! Intrepid Reporter Jerk with a Heart of Gold Blood Knight Took a Level in Jerkass Video Credits Fan Disservice Crapsack World Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Men Are the Expendable Gender Ghost Fiction 20 Minutes into the Future Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Slashed Throat Missing Mom Really Gets Around Those Two Guys Soundtrack Dissonance Hope Spot Deliberate Values Dissonance Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Names to Run Away from Really Fast Shown Their Work Storming the Castle Call-Forward Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Death Glare Disproportionate Retribution Morality Pet Villain Opening Scene Big Fancy House Gender Flip German Films The Smart Guy folderlabel Funny Background Event Affably Evil Corrupt Corporate Executive Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Black Dude Dies First Broken Bird Red Shirt Annoying Younger Sibling Improbable Aiming Skills Evil Plan Covers Always Lie Line-of-Sight Name Lighter and Softer Never My Fault Canadian Movies Ambiguously Gay You Killed My Father Vitriolic Best Buds You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Extremely Short Timespan Hollywood Darkness Curb-Stomp Battle Cat Scare Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Reckless Gun Usage Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Word of God Breaking the Fourth Wall Knife Nut Sexy Discretion Shot Major Injury Underreaction Knight Templar Even Evil Has Standards Ax-Crazy Badass Longcoat Danny Peary Cult Movies List Dwindling Party Off-into-the-Distance Ending Domestic Abuse Action Genre Big-Bad Ensemble Author Avatar Cassandra Truth Bloodier and Gorier Romantic False Lead Sports Stories Historical In-Joke Pimped-Out Dress As You Know Dissonant Serenity No Celebrities Were Harmed Wrong Genre Savvy Sealed Evil in a Can Wounded Gazelle Gambit Heel–Face Turn Fanservice Rasputinian Death Bavarian Fire Drill Kids Are Cruel Femme Fatale The Mafia Credits Gag One Steve Limit The Remake Four-Temperament Ensemble Big "NO!" Darker and Edgier Lampshade Hanging Cluster F-Bomb Ms. Fanservice Undying Loyalty Beard of Evil Only One Name The Place Asshole Victim Corpsing The Reveal Works Set in World War II Self-Deprecation Dirty Old Man Informed Ability Fatal Family Photo Shut Up, Hannibal! Due to the Dead Tap on the Head Affectionate Parody Artistic License – Biology Big Applesauce Honor Before Reason Ass Shove Award-Bait Song Disguised in Drag Guns Akimbo Chiaroscuro Cruel and Unusual Death Sanity Slippage Blatant Lies Not So Above It All Mexican Standoff Parental Neglect Bland-Name Product In the Back What the Hell, Hero? Love Triangle Mad Scientist In Name Only Alpha Bitch Papa Wolf Arc Words Scenery Gorn Meaningful Background Event Spiritual Successor Brother–Sister Incest The Bully La Résistance Homage Evil-Detecting Dog Camp Gay Dutch Angle Reality Has No Subtitles The Casanova Bad "Bad Acting" Zombie Stories Overly Long Gag Villain Song "Well Done, Son!" Guy Adaptational Heroism Alas, Poor Villain Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Adaptation Expansion Get Out! Those Two Bad Guys Death by Sex All There in the Manual timeperiod Shipper on Deck Evil Counterpart Australian Movies Manic Pixie Dream Girl Anti-Hero BFG Action Girl Daddy's Girl Black Comedy Rape All for Nothing Almost Kiss Mugging the Monster Worthy Opponent Reasonable Authority Figure Dies Wide Open The '90s Exactly What It Says on the Tin The '80s Pretty Little Headshots All There in the Script No Name Given Obstructive Bureaucrat Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Real Life Driven to Suicide Fate Worse than Death Ambiguous Ending Didn't Think This Through Martial Arts Movie Hypocrite Mind Screw Earn Your Happy Ending Match Cut Eureka Moment Bad Boss Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Establishing Character Moment Television Movie Index Creator Cameo Russian Films Early Installment Weirdness Lock and Load Montage Make It Look Like an Accident Rich Bitch As Long as It Sounds Foreign Eagleland Aside Glance Stuff Blowing Up Poor Communication Kills Coming-of-Age Story Ominous Latin Chanting Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Big Eater Arranged Marriage Sole Survivor B-Movie The Sociopath As the Good Book Says... Straight Gay Nothing Is Scarier Take That! World of Ham Badass Normal Serious Business Jerk Jock The Chessmaster Leitmotif Christmas Movies Index I Need a Freaking Drink Screw the Rules, I Have Money! One-Word Title Left the Background Music On Villain with Good Publicity Handicapped Badass French Films Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Cool Shades Have a Gay Old Time Chekhov's Skill "Shaggy Dog" Story Very Loosely Based on a True Story Manipulative Bastard Beware the Nice Ones Artistic License – Law Ascended Extra The Lancer Cain and Abel Damsel in Distress Unresolved Sexual Tension Narrator An Aesop Demonic Possession Insult Backfire Dumb Blonde Wham Line Ship Tease Woman Scorned Country Matters Blackmail Sequel Escalation Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Drugs Are Bad Stealth Hi/Bye Author Appeal Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas The Atoner Stealth Pun Male Frontal Nudity Together in Death Foregone Conclusion Did Not Get the Girl A God Am I Unreliable Narrator Berserk Button Revenge Dropped a Bridge on Him "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Girl-on-Girl Is Hot She's Got Legs Married to the Job Accidental Murder Shoot the Shaggy Dog Large Ham Smoking Is Cool Extreme Doormat Mundane Made Awesome Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Stylistic Suck Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Pyrrhic Victory Race Lift Jitter Cam Cool Guns A.I. Is a Crapshoot Deconstruction Central Theme Actually Pretty Funny Spared by the Adaptation Only a Flesh Wound Silence Is Golden Everyone Has Standards Adorkable Adaptation Dye-Job Music Stories Gratuitous English No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Costume Porn O.O.C. Is Serious Business Black Comedy Bullying a Dragon Retirony Fanservice Extra Big Bad How We Got Here Action Prologue I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Fingore Adapted Out Evil Is Hammy Captain Ersatz Light Is Not Good Psycho for Hire Captain Obvious Genre Throwback Black and Gray Morality Never Found the Body Death by Irony Genre Savvy Mythology Gag The Lost Lenore Suspiciously Similar Substitute Stepford Smiler Vomit Indiscretion Shot The Ditz Famous Last Words Gory Discretion Shot Slasher Movie Noodle Incident Comically Missing the Point Meet Cute The Oner Deal with the Devil Kill 'em All My God, What Have I Done? It Can Think Skewed Priorities Hate Sink Agony of the Feet The Musical Sinister Minister The Alleged Car Logo Joke Naked People Are Funny Hoist by His Own Petard Final Girl Oh, Crap! Expy Insistent Terminology Here We Go Again! Eyepatch of Power Crazy-Prepared Karma Houdini Loophole Abuse Reality Ensues Anachronism Stew Defiant to the End Idiot Ball Rousing Speech Defrosting Ice Queen Mercy Kill Killed Mid-Sentence Monumental Damage Bolivian Army Ending Spiteful Spit Scary Black Man Henpecked Husband Superhero Cloudcuckoolander Double-Meaning Title Black Best Friend Slap-Slap-Kiss The Chick Your Cheating Heart Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Death by Adaptation Obfuscating Stupidity Pretty in Mink Kill It with Fire Naïve Newcomer Dark Action Girl Adults Are Useless Drives Like Crazy Novelization Developing Doomed Characters Abusive Parents Retired Badass Science Fiction Films Hero of Another Story '80s Hair Gold Digger "Awesome McCool" Name Five-Man Band Double Entendre Ripped from the Headlines Real Life Writes the Plot Bi the Way Historical Hero Upgrade Mr. Exposition Does This Remind You of Anything? Action Survivor Sir Swears-a-Lot Rule of Cool Implacable Man Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Too Dumb to Live Bloodless Carnage Combat Pragmatist Rule of Funny Not Even Bothering with the Accent The Stoic Gilligan Cut The Dragon Smug Snake N-Word Privileges Villainous Breakdown Evil Laugh Fake Shemp Pet the Dog Greater-Scope Villain Evil Is Petty Film Noir Ungrateful Bastard Adaptation Name Change Dirty Cop The Mole The Dreaded Scenery Porn Your Head A-Splode Retcon Jerkass Gorn Celebrity Paradox Crazy Jealous Guy Apocalypse How Arch-Enemy Fat Bastard Bond Villain Stupidity Woman in White Recycled IN SPACE! Random Events Plot Bunny-Ears Lawyer Deadpan Snarker Bar Brawl Department of Redundancy Department Suddenly SHOUTING! The Ace Title Drop Failed a Spot Check All Men Are Perverts Paper-Thin Disguise Early-Bird Cameo Fourth Date Marriage Determinator aka: The Determinator Let's Get Dangerous! Anti-Villain My Greatest Failure Good Is Not Nice Laughing Mad Casting Gag Yandere Public Domain Feature Films Shout-Out Death Seeker He Who Fights Monsters Bilingual Bonus War Is Hell Immune to Bullets Adult Fear Flipping the Bird Beauty Is Never Tarnished Calling the Old Man Out Death of a Child Truth in Television Super Strength Bottomless Magazines Taking the Bullet Broken Pedestal Age Lift Dull Surprise Rewatch Bonus Vomit Discretion Shot Well-Intentioned Extremist MacGuffin Blood from the Mouth