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** That was a call-back to a comment several episodes earlier -- when his AS shrugs off an attack by the enemy he declares, mockingly "That might have hurt me, if my sideburns had been shorter!" But Gates really is disturbed -- he watches a nature film on squirrels while naked for recreation in one episode. It started out with footage of kittens, and while he was on the phone with one of his subordinates he was furiously tearing tissues out of a tissue box.

** Sousuke qualifies too. His thought processes are unique even among his fellow mercenaries. He's paranoid to the point of absurdity, and frequently misinterprets things other people say to be threats. He can't see anything wrong with [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|threatening random civilians with guns, blowing up a row of shoe lockers, and the list goes on and on]]. And the conclusions he draws are... sometimes rather outlandish.

{{quote| '''Sousuke:''' {{Chidori}} seems to be bothered by something. Either that or she's been abusing drugs.<br />

{{quote| '''Sousuke:''' [Chidori] seems to be bothered by something. Either that or she's been abusing drugs.<br />

'''Kyoko:''' Er... I don't know about that... }}

:: Mao references this. When Kaname commented that she thought ''everyone'' in Mithril had the same personality and attitude as Sousuke, Mao replied: "Ha ha ha... that kid's... a little special." And other times, she and Kurz reference how Sousuke isn't quite all there. Though Sousuke is one of the few, if not only ~~Mithril member~~ who was a [[Child Soldier]]. Sousuke's been fighting in wars since he was eight (and before that, he was being trained as an assassin by the KGB), whereas most of his [[True Companions|fellow mercenaries]] started out when they were already responsible adults; with that kind of upbringing, he probably simply doesn't know how to respond to anything without breaking out some serious weaponry. Makes it a lot less funny when you realize his behavior stems from the fact that he simply can't believe that there are places on Earth where people are not allways trying to kill each other. And we have the [[Student Council President]] who deems Sousuke's action...appropriate. No wonder they share mutual respect.

:: Mao references this. When Kaname commented that she thought ''everyone'' in Mithril had the same personality and attitude as Sousuke, Mao replied: "Ha ha ha... that kid's... a little special." And other times, she and Kurz reference how Sousuke isn't quite all there. Though Sousuke is one of the few Mithril members, if not only one, who was a [[Child Soldier]]. Sousuke's been fighting in wars since he was eight (and before that, he was being trained as an assassin by the KGB), whereas most of his [[True Companions|fellow mercenaries]] started out when they were already responsible adults; with that kind of upbringing, he probably simply doesn't know how to respond to anything without breaking out some serious weaponry. Makes it a lot less funny when you realize his behavior stems from the fact that he simply can't believe that there are places on Earth where people are not allways trying to kill each other. And we have the [[Student Council President]] who deems Sousuke's action...appropriate. No wonder they share mutual respect.

* ''[[Code Breaker|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.