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** [[The Stoic|Byakuya Kuchiki]] seems to be a closet case. Surely there's no other explanation for '''Seaweed Ambassador'''? His zanpakuto, Senbonzakura, (which is a reflection of his inner self) is {{spoiler|[[Curious as a Monkey]]}}. Coincidence? I think not.
* Masaru Hananakajima from ''[[Sexy Commando Gaiden]]'' definitely qualifies; he practices a martial art based on the idea that confused, unsettled enemies cannot defend themselves. His usual technique to produce that state involves groaning "Ahhhhh" while reaching to unzip his pants.
* Similarly, ''[[
** You could argue that Beauty is the ''only'' character who qualifies. All the others are off in their own little reality, but she's normal and thus the exception. Beauty's the [[Only Sane Man|only sane girl]] of that anime. Gasser is fairly normal as well despite his [[Fartillery|bizarre fighting style]], and Softon, while definitely weird in his own right, seems fairly sane. Bobobo, Don Patch, Jelly Jiggler, Dengaku Man, Torpedo Girl, and many of the villains all qualify, though.
* Gedatsu in ''[[One Piece]]'' is a villainous example; he often forgets that his mouth needs to be open to talk, or to unreverse his eyes to see, and apparently isn't even able to cross his arms properly without advice. He kills his own [[Mooks]] by accident. The main character who faces him doesn't get it and finds his behavior utterly terrifying, though.
** Despite his exterior, Zoro has his moments as well, [[The Comically Serious|all completely seriously]]. Like doing a Tarzan yell while swinging on a vine. Or irrationally accusing [[Identical Stranger|mysterious girls of intentionally copying his dead childhood friend.]] Or believing that when threatened with death by being encased in wax, it's important to strike a cool pose. Or thinking the best way to get out of a trap and to win against the opponent is to cut your own feet off. And his [[No Sense of Direction|hilariously bad sense of direction]]... forget [[The Stoic]] label, he does this all the freaking time. It's almost sad he [[Never Gets Drunk]]; there have to be several people who want to see what he can say and do when all his faculties go bye-bye. Please, please Oda, make Zoro have a [[Mushroom Samba]] episode and bring joy and brightness to the Earth.
** Kizaru from the same series counts- he mistakes his wiretap for a phone, as well as asking enemies where his subordinate is.
* Nene Mori of ''[[Princess Nine]]'' always dreamed of being the manager (gofer/janitor, not coach) of a high school baseball team, just like in all the manga she read. Since she was sent to a private all-girls school, this just wasn't going to happen. Once a girls' baseball team is formed, Nene sees it as her destiny. Unfortunately, while she is very [[Genre Savvy]], she only knows ''what'' a manager does, not how to do it (her family's filthy rich, she's never even done laundry), so she mostly exists to [[Lampshade Hanging|Hang A Lampshade]] on the more obvious clichÃ(c)s the writers embrace, by suggesting them. Fortunately, she has a good heart, and a butler (and access to ''lots'' of resources).
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** This trope is depressingly subverted when it becomes less "Aww that girl's got a friend!" to her broken mind's only way to communicate in any functioning way... Yeah.
** And then she gets mind raped by an [[Eldritch Abomination]]. It's really a surprise [[Joss Whedon]] didn't write that season.
** A more straightforward example would be Mimi of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' who, unlike Jeri, never gets better, nor even once says anything that isn't noticeably, inappropriately casual or just plain out of place. By the end of season two, she still displays a sort of airheadedness that anyone on the planet would grow out of after so many near-death experiences.
** [[Digimon Xros Wars]] gives us Blastmon who is more concern with keeping himself shiny and forgets that he is suppose to be fighting. The real kicker is when Cyberdramon latches its self to him to stop his attack he thinks its love.
* Tsukasa from ''[[Lucky Star]]'', apart from randomly spacing out for no discernible reason, finds balsamic vinegar strangely fascinating.
{{quote|'''Tsukasa:''' Strawberries smell like strawberry shortcakes!}}
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* Kotomi from ''[[Clannad]]'' is very awkward, lacking all but the basic social skills, despite (or perhaps ''because of'') the fact that she is a [[Teen Genius|genius]]. She also tends to space out and come up with non sequitur responses, which she often combines with a deeply seated fear of bullies. Nevertheless Tomoya drafts her for the drama club, where her sweet and thoughtful demeanor makes her very popular with its members -- as long as she [[Dreadful Musician|refrains from playing the violin]].
** Perhaps [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that Kotomi was {{spoiler|traumatized by her parents' death, and she promised to do better and follow in their footsteps. She said that she'd read many books and that she'd become smart like them}}. With such motivation for Kotomi, it's no surprise that she lacks social skills when she's busy with what she promised her parents that she'd do. Various flashbacks in the anime show that she was already like this {{spoiler|(kids avoided her because of her intelligence and Tomoya was her first and only friend)}}. The {{spoiler|death of her parents (and the fact that Tomoya avoided her afterwards)}} definitely made things worse, though.
** Fuuko is also a total space-cadet. At one point she tells Tomoya she's warmed up to him, explaining that she likes him more than sea slugs (but not as much as starfish). Tomoya doesn't understand the rankings<ref>Fuuko quite likes sea slugs, so this is actually a compliment in her mind</ref>. She tops this in the ''[[After Story]]'', where her behavior is very bizarre indeed, especially in response to Ushio's cuteness. She also tends to space trance out when thinking of cute things for long periods of time, only to snap out of it to finish whatever sentence she had started. She's in total denial about it, though.
** Also [[Brother Chuck|Kappei]], who is apparently incapable of remembering names or faces. And tells a touching story about a person he think he may love whom he lent his handkerchief... while talking to that same person. Also expects to be served tea during a job interview.
* Dolce in ''[[Geneshaft]]'' is also a genius, this time in computer programming. She keeps a calm and quiet appearance herself, but communicates loudly and obnoxiously through her puppet.
* Ryou and Fuu from ''[[Sketchbook]]'' are always together, seemingly living in their own world which only slightly touches upon reality. They do appear to understand ''each other'' perfectly though, which is already the case in the manga and which gets [[Character Exaggeration|exaggerated]] in the anime so they seem to have some sort of two-person [[Hive Mind]]. They love to play pranks on the other students and often function as some sort of off-beat [[Greek Chorus|narrators to the show's events]]. Still, they will help out their friends in times of need -- albeit in their own fashion.
** In fact, a lot of the characters could qualify -- starting with Sora. Just ask her little brother...
* Shinobu Morita from ''[[Honey and Clover]]'', who also has the tendency to disappear for days in a row.
** Well, that is for work. He still qualifies, especially in the way he treats Hagumi.
* Hotaru of ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' can't remember his own mentor's name and so calls him Yun Yun, [[Running Gag|insists on moving caterpillars out of the way before fights]], asks directions from [[Mauve Shirt]] villain Kubira, and is off in his own world when he's not fighting. And that's just a short list.
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* ''[[FLCL]]'''s Mamimi, who among many Cloudcuckooland moments, mistakes a television-headed robot for an angelic deity from her favorite video game, and continues to treat him as such throughout the series. It's implied that her cloudcuckoo perspective is a deliberate front, and that she eventually [[Bored with Insanity|gets better]].
** Watching Fooly Cooly has been known to turn people into cloudcuckoolanders.
* [[Outlaw Couple|Isaac and Miria]] from ''[[Baccano!]]!'' share a train of thought that has to be seen to be believed. For example, they once decided to [[Monumental Theft|steal a museum, building and all]], for the sheer hell of it. Then they realized it was impossible... so they stole the door instead to stop people from entering. They plan a train robbery which "means going to the destination by train, then committing a robbery, then jumping on a train again to run away."
** OR the time Isaac decided to attempt to "steal gold directly from the earth rather than stealing it from the mafia". Through a process known to the sane as "mining", which he is convinced he invented.
** Did we mention that they thought bringing their friend a "little brother" as a surprise present was a fantastic idea?
** It also took them ''70 years'' to realize that {{spoiler|they were immortal}}. And they didn't actually figure it out. Their assumption was that {{spoiler|they were reborn.}}
** Graham Spector (wrench man) from the three bonus episodes goes on a long rant about tedium, to the point of attacking his partner screaming "death to tedium!" before doing a 180 claiming that "tedium is good" and gives him time to "think about things." That's when he's not taking cars and people apart with a wrench bigger than him. He comes off as a crazier mix of both Ladd Russo and Issac/Miria but YMMV.
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* ''[[Code Breaker]]'' has two: Nenene, who loves to randomly grope [[Cute Bruiser]] Sakura's breasts (and names them) and Yuuki, another Code: Breaker. Not only is Nenene Sakura's sempai, she's somehow a member of the student council. {{spoiler|Her dad being the prime minister of Japan and head of Eden (the Code: Breakers' organization) probably had something to do with it.}} Yuuki, on the other hand is one of the most powerful of the Code: Breakers in [[Organization Index|The Organization]] due to his control of {{spoiler|sound}}. For some reason, his nonsensical behavior annoys the usually lackadaisical Toki {{spoiler|who happens to be Nenene's estranged brother. Naturally, Nenene is easily distracted as Sakura says "This is your brother!" while standing in front of a guy with the same hair and [[Mismatched Eyes]] as her.}} To his (or his handlers') credit, Yuuki uses his nonsensical ideas ("He's a middle-aged mushroom suffering from depression") to become the chief of a multi-billion dollar toy empire, although all he really wants/needs are [[The Woobie|friends]].
* Though not a regular Cloudcuckoolander, Makino from the manga version of ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'' has at least one time when she does this. In volume 33 {{spoiler|when she's given up on Tsukasa because of Umi}} she compares her situation to the plot in ''The Little Mermaid'' (the real story, without the [[Disneyfication]]) and ends up ranting about how she doesn't want to become bubbles (or something to that effect) in front of her little brother who's very confused.
* Hikari from ''[[Amanchu]]'' arguably qualifies. She blows on a pea whistle everywhere she goes (including ''during class'') and jumps from a big rock in a way divers jump from a boat--even though there's no water. Whether her mild flirting with Futaba, another girl from her class, is simply part of her off-beat attitude or [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|perhaps something else]] is up to interpretation.
* ''[[Minami-ke]]'s'' Hosaka is so caught up in his own little world he ends up acting his fantasies out in real life. People tend to think he's off his rocker as a result. Further, being a master of the [[Imagine Spot]], we the viewers tend to actually see what's going through his head at the time.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'', which shows what happens when you give a well-intentioned Cloud Cuckoolander the skill, mind, and reputation of a ''[[Black Jack]]'' level surgeon. Hint: [[Body Horror|It's not pretty]].
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* The just-barely-literate Ryuichi Sakuma from ''[[Gravitation]]'', and to a lesser extent Shuichi Shindou. They both combine this with [[Genius Ditz]], which is probably the only reason anyone puts up with their glomps, shrieking, emotional extremes, bizarre ideas, and sheer mind-blowing stupidity.
* Katsuya Jounouchi/Joey Wheeler of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' is yet another shonen [[Big Eater]] of a space case, prone to many bouts of goofy behavior and painfully awkward moments. He's just, ahem, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|lucky]] that he's also street smart, and a decent out-of-the-box thinker.
** Ryou Bakura is this as well when his evil side isn't trying to take over, particularly in the manga.
* [[Code Geass]] has quite a few, including [[Covert Pervert]] {{spoiler|[[Ninja Maid]]}} Sayoko, [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|amnesiac]] Anya, and [[Ax Crazy]] [[Psychopathic Manchild]] Mao.
** Kaguya has her moment of Cloudcuckoolandishness during her infamous [[Tenchi Solution|"Three Court Ladies" plan]]. Lloyd could also qualify.
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* Ellis from ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]'', who does things like bringing a rope to help Nadie out of a well, and then ''going down said well to personally hand the rope to her''. Other examples including casually describing feeling the "incandescent flames of love" over a keychain and volunteering to help fend off a duo of gun-toting bounty hunters with a fork, and when she's turned down, [[Dual-Wielding|pulling out a second fork and trying again.]]
** Although the fork incident was reference back to Noir, where Kirika first picked up a little fork from her and Mirielle's 'Mad Hatter's teaparty' with Chloe to use as a weapon. Later on, she {{spoiler|kills Chloe with it.}}
* Several characters from [[Ranma ½
** One of the biggest is figure skater Azusa Shiratori she's a teenage girl who acts like a five year old, she will steal anything she considers cute and will give it a pet name often a fancy sounding female name even if the person or animal she takes is a male, she will also take strange things like cooked fish, rice balls, bicycles, police sirens, and steel girders and give them names.
* Izaya Orihara of ''[[Durarara!!]]''. For example, he once came across three girls attempting to bully a fourth. His response to this situation is to rant incoherently at them for a few seconds before announcing that while he does not hit girls, he does rather enjoy stomping on their cellphones. He then proceeds to steal the lead girls cellphone and stomp on it while laughing maniacally for a few second before stating that stomping on cellphones in extremely boring, and is no longer his hobby. At this point, the lead girl sics her boyfriend on him, prompting Izaya to pull out his [[Knife Nut|razor blade]] and shave the man's head, though considering his status as a [[Troll]], the clouldcuckoolander-ish behaviour was most likely deliberatly invoked.
** Though it has to be said, Izaya's got nothing on Walker & Erika, or Shingen.
** And Slon beats them all with this quote. "I'm not moving an inch until I've solved the mystery of the male nipples! This is my war!!"
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* [[The Stoic|Fran]] of [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]] seems to be this [[Not So Stoic|as a child]].
** Lampshaded by an indignant [[No Indoor Voice|Squalo]]. "First faeries, now cavity imps!? [[Lampshade Hanging|WHAT THE HELL!?]]"
* Yuu Narukami (Protagonist) of ''Persona4 [[The Anime of the Game|The Animation]]'' is shaping up to be quite the [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. While Yosuke and Chie are freaking out over things like being inside a TV, a bear mascot talking to them, said bear mascot ''being hollow inside'', and Yosuke needing the bathroom, he's completely deadpan. When bitten by Teddie, he says that it's making him cry in a ''completely deadpan voice''.
* Erza and Juvia from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' the former takes '''EVERYTHING''' seriously, Juvia has permanent [[Shipping Goggles]] is convinced she is in a [[Love Dodecahedron]]
* Sora and Hajime in ''Magikano'' come off as completely nuts, but they may be the only ones who have any idea that something really strange is going on: {{spoiler|that everyone is caught in a time loop, living the same year over and over again, and can't escape}}.
* Koyuki in ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]''. The reason why is expanded upon only in the [[Visual Novel]], in the Ryuuzetsuran route.
* Okabe Rintaro, the protagonist of ''[[Steins;Gate]]'', likes talking to himself on the phone, rambling about weird conspiracies, pretending to be a [[Mad Scientist]] despite barely being able to create random, useless junk... he even calls himself Hououin Kyouma, as it's a much more impressive name than his actual one. {{spoiler|He was [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|right all the time- or at least most of it]], and he even calls his future self out for not having changed in 15 years}}
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