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[[File:nicholson.jpg|link=The Shining|right|'''''HERE'S JOHNNY!!!''''']]

{{quote|''Lizzie Borden took an axe,

and gave her mother forty whacks.

''and gave her mother forty whacks.

And when she saw what she had done,

''And when she saw what she had done,

she gave her father forty-one.''|'''American Nursery Rhyme''' ~~[[hottip:*:~~For the record, Ms. Borden was acquitted, but [[Never Live It Down|never lived it down anyway.]]}}

''she gave her father forty-one.''|'''American Nursery Rhyme'''<ref>For the record, Ms. Borden was acquitted, but [[Never Live It Down|never lived it down anyway.]]</ref>}}

An "ax crazy" character is someone who is psychologically unstable ''and'' presents a clear danger to others. Ax crazies are capable of extreme violence, whether carried out with a [[Slasher Smile]], a [[Creepy Monotone]], or out and out [[Unstoppable Rage|murderous rage]], and with no way of knowing just what [[Berserk Button|will set them off]], this makes them extremely frightening to deal with. Also be prepared to expect them to burst out into [[Laughing Mad|insane laughter]] while undergoing the extreme violence. This mainly differentiates them from other eccentric characters who may themselves be obsessive, weird or seemingly crazy, but use this condition hand in hand with doing good, or at least not being in the way. However, some formerly established heroes can go through an episode of ax-craziness and still retain their heroic mantle.

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 {{trope}}
 [[File:nicholson.jpg|link=The Shining|right|'''''HERE'S JOHNNY!!!''''']]
 {{quote|''Lizzie Borden took an axe,<br />
-and gave her mother forty whacks.<br />
+''and gave her mother forty whacks.<br />
-And when she saw what she had done,<br />
+''And when she saw what she had done,<br />
-she gave her father forty-one.''|'''American Nursery Rhyme''' [[hottip:*:For the record, Ms. Borden was acquitted, but [[Never Live It Down|never lived it down anyway.]]}}
+''she gave her father forty-one.''|'''American Nursery Rhyme'''<ref>For the record, Ms. Borden was acquitted, but [[Never Live It Down|never lived it down anyway.]]</ref>}}
 An "ax crazy" character is someone who is psychologically unstable ''and'' presents a clear danger to others. Ax crazies are capable of extreme violence, whether carried out with a [[Slasher Smile]], a [[Creepy Monotone]], or out and out [[Unstoppable Rage|murderous rage]], and with no way of knowing just what [[Berserk Button|will set them off]], this makes them extremely frightening to deal with. Also be prepared to expect them to burst out into [[Laughing Mad|insane laughter]] while undergoing the extreme violence. This mainly differentiates them from other eccentric characters who may themselves be obsessive, weird or seemingly crazy, but use this condition hand in hand with doing good, or at least not being in the way. However, some formerly established heroes can go through an episode of ax-craziness and still retain their heroic mantle.