Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 67: Genius Bruiser

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Yesterday's Results
Tad Strange - 3
Xander Harris - 2
Tim - 1
Teddy - 1
Mark - 1
Jacob Taylor - 1
Emmet Brickowski - 1
Wylan van Eck - 1
Hawkeye - 1
Joe - 1
Doug - 1
Stahl - 1
Bernard Seramite - 1
Jones - 1
Guy Fleegman - 1
Astrid - 1

Nominations
Iconic Sequel Character
Intelligible Unintelligible
Adolf Hitlarious
Uncanny Valley
Body Surf
Corpsing
One of Us
Stepford Smiler
Dead All Along
Disney Villain Death
Haunted Castle
Eldritch Location
Supervillain Lair
Obfuscating Stupidity
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Deader Than Disco
Genius Bruiser
Lady of War
The Juggernaut
Dark Is Not Evil
The Everyman

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS/ETC. you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.
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Full Results
Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)
Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community)
Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z)
Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman)
Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect)
Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us)
Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein)
Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man)
Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.)
Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series)
Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office)
Eldritch Abomination - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound)
Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
The Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In)
Messianic Archetype - Aslan (Chronicles of Narnia)
Invincible Hero - Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Your Size May Vary - Bowser (Mario Bros.)
Mad Artist - The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
Gentleman Thief - Joker (Persona 5)
Brilliant but Lazy - Sans (Undertale)
Monster Clown - Pennywise the Dancing Clown (IT)
The Fool - Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap - Wesley Wyndham-Price (Buffy/Angel)
Big Bad - Light Yagami (Death Note)
Eyes Always Shut - Brock (Pokemon)
Tomboy & Girly Girl - Chie Satonaka & Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)
The Dragon - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Nerd - Otacon (Metal Gear)
Innocent Flower Girl - Aeris Gainsborough (Final Fantasy)
Berserker - Guts (Berserk)
Beware the Quiet Ones - Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
Pint-Sized Powerhouse - Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Kirby (Kirby)
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment - Pink Elephants on Parade (Dumbo)
Evil All Along - Matt Engarde (Ace Attorney)
Narm - All of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"
You Are Who You Eat - Kirby (Kirby)
Crowd Song - Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
Unreliable Narrator - Leonard Shelby (Memento) / The Narrator (Fight Club)
Voluntary Shapeshifter - Animorphs (Animorphs)
Unexpected Character - Solid Snake (Smash Bros. Brawl)
Heterosexual Life Partners - Turk & JD (Scrubs)
And I Must Scream - Ted (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)
Bedlam House - Arkham Asylum (Batman)
Abandoned Hospital - Brookhaven Hospital (Silent Hill)
Vacation Episode - Rugrats in Paris / Mr. Greg (Steven Universe) / Itchy and Scratchy Land (The Simpsons)
Goth Girls Know Magic - Raven (Teen Titans)
The Rival - Gary Oak (Pokemon)
Tragic Villain - The Boss (Metal Gear Solid)
Good All Along - Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
Villain Song - Be Prepared (The Lion King)
Mix & Match Critters - ManBearPig (South Park)
Ensemble Darkhorse - Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)
Tear Jerker - Seymour (Futurama)
Artifact of Doom - The One Ring (Lord of the Rings)
Relationship Voice Actor - Nolan North and Troy Baker (Last of Us, Uncharted, God of War)
Megaton Punch - Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Broken Ace - Ozymandias (Watchmen)
The Intern - Kenneth (30 Rock)
Lethal Chef - Bender (Futurama)
Zeppo - Tad Strange (Gravity Falls)
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Today's tropes is the Genius Bruiser
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GeniusBruiser

Want to know what happens when you put Brains and Brawn as one character, brawn dominant? The diametric opposite of Dumb Muscle. This guy has not only huge muscles and fists, but a very bright brain! Even if he's not a genius about fighting, he is otherwise the personification of Strong and Skilled.

There is, however, a difference between "especially smart" and "not a total moron"; keep that in mind when adding examples. Here's a tip: A character who is strong but displays frankly average intelligence is simply not an idiot. But if they constantly spout technobabble and are considered an expert in some scientific field, that's especially smart. Similarly, if they're especially smart, they must also be unusually strong to qualify. "Beats people up" or "very physically fit" don't count.
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Man there are some terrible examples on that trope page, which is annoying seeing as it specifically explains what not to put in the opening paragraphs

Batman is not a huge bruiser. Sandor Clegane is not a genius. Ron Swanson is not either.
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yeah I have no idea if any of the characters I want to nominate actually count

The Heavy (Team Fortress 2)
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
Roy Greenhilt (Order of the Stick)
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I'm sure there's good examples here, but none instantly come to mind.

Deku/Izuki Midoriya (My Hero Academia)

is I guess a decent example, maybe I'll think of more if I come back tomorrow, or will be prompted by someone else.
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Professor Hulk (Marvel)
Beast (X-Men)
Oleg Kirrlov (Saints Row the Third)

HM:
Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)
Gorilla Grodd (DC)
Winston (Overwatch)
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Takamura (Hajime no Ippo)

Sounds right.
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Beast (X-Men)
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Adrian Veidt (Watchmen)
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Beast (X-Men)
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Winston (Overwatch)
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Brundlefly (The Fly)

Bane (Batman)
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Miracleman
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Dinkles the Buff Nerd (Game Grumps)
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Bane

Beast (X-Men)
Bane (Batman)

Sounds about right.
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Beast (X-Men)
Bane (Batman)
Scrooge McDuck (Ducktales) (He probably doesn't count but he does say he's tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties.)

Bane (Batman)
Winston (Overwatch)
Fawkes (Fallout 3)
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Mao (Disgaea 3). An Overlord tier demon with an EQ (Evil Quotient) of 1.8Million. He's an actual mad scientist. Obliterates the universe in a bad ending too
Tomoyo (Clannad). Very smart, and freakishly powerful (juggling opponents in the air Chun-Li style is EZ for her).
Kazami Yuuji (Grisaia series). Far stronger and resilient then he looks. On one hand, can single handedly slaughter a bunch of hardened terrorists. On the other hand, devises some interesting plans to help his female friends move beyond their psychological problems.
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Tsunade (Naruto) - Could alsocbe Sakura, but I prefer Tsunade

Cave Guy (Freakazoid) - This exact trait, a huge caveman that talks proper and is a genius.
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Dudley
Oleg
Cave guy
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Replace Scrooge McDuck with Cave Guy, since Scrooge was a joke nom anyway.