The 15 dumbest movie characters

Clark Griswold (National Lampoons Christmas Vacation)

The Character: A well-intentioned oaf, the patriarch of the Griswolds notoriously gets himself into sticky situations on account ꦓof his clue💞lessness.

Dumbest Moment: Insistent on securing his own tree for Christmas, Clark shepherds the whole family to the woods to select🦋 the finest fir. Only, when he gets it home, and snaps the ties, the branches fling outwards, smashing💯 the living room windows.

And lets not fo💝rget theres a squirrel that 💦comes flying out of it...

Best Quote: Lets burn some dust here. Eat my rubber.

Derek Zoolander (Zoolander)

The Character: The extremely good-looking model Zoolander has spent his limited cerebral capacity on perfecting his catwalk performances, leaving few brain cells left for g🌞eneral common sense.

Dumbest Moment: Wh⛎en Mugatu presents Zoolander with a miniature model of The Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Cant Read Good, the brainless buffoon smashes it to the ground. Raising his voice in disgust he asks W🙈hat is this? A center for ants?

Best Quote: If there is anꦆything that this hoꦕrrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.

Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!)

The Character: Somehow maintaining a job as a police detective despite his overwhelming incompetence, Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie ♉Nielsen) always gets his man. Through blind luck, mostly.

Dumbest Moment: After forgetting to put his car in park, Drebins police cruiser launches down the street nearly mowing him down. Holding up his badge toward the car shouting Police! Halt! ▨he proceeds to empty his clip into the🐻 runaway car which explodes into flames. He then asks onlookers if they caught the license plate.

Best Quote: "Jane, since I've met you, I've noticed things that I never knew were there before: birds singing, dew gli📖stening on a newly formed leaf... stoplights."

Brick Tamland (Anchorman series)

The Character: A simple-minded weatherman, Brick (Steve Carell) is part of Ron Burgundys ജnews team who often spouts nonsensical gibberi💧sh and fails to grasp lifes most fundamental concepts.

Dumbest Moment: As the gang gather round for lunch, Ron asks Brick what hes eating, so he proceeds to tell everyone about his d🎃elicious falafel hotdog with cinnam𓄧on and bacon he got from the food basket at the end of the buffet.

Its a used coffee filter with cꦺigarette butts in it.

Best Quote: I love lamp.

Inspector Clouseau (The Pink Panther series)

The Character: One of the most iconic bumbling law enforcers in cinematic history, Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) showcases his dim-w🍸ittedness as a result of his belief that he⛄s actually smart.

Dumbest Moment: In the 1976 sequel, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, his clumsiest encounter comes as he commences an interrogation. After he careens down a flight of stairs head first, he stomps on an old ladys foot, before crashing into a suit of armour... you get the ide🍨a.

Best Quote: A beekeeper who has lost his voice, a cook who thinks he's a gardener, and a witness to a murder. Oh, yes. It is obvious to my trained ꦅeye, that there is much more going on here t🀅han meets the ear.

Harry and Lloyd (Dumb & Dumber series)

The Character: A couple of aimless, dim-witted♑ friends, Harry (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd (Jim Carrey) are incapable of carrying out the simplest tasks without invoking dire consequences. During a cross-country road trip their absent-mindedness results in a trail of unfortunate victims.

Dumbest Moment: At a late-night gas station sto🤪p, Harrys attempt to impress a woman sees him light her cigarette, throw the match over his shoulder and set fire to his own legs. Meanwhile, Lloyd cowers in a toilet cubicle awaiting a unfortunate encounter with a meathead called Seabass...

Best Quote: Police Officer: Pullover!
Harry Dunne: No, it's a cardigan but thanks for noticing.
Lloyd Christmas: Yeah, killer boots man!

Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep all of you updated o☂n all of the latest and greatest movies and shows on streaming platforms like Netflix an⛎d Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter.