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[[File:images_4_6009.jpg|link=Harry Potter (Film)|frame|...hello, Luna.]]
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* Jordan from ''[[Real Genius (Film)|Real Genius]]'' is a [[Motor Mouth|hyperactive]] [[The Insomniac|insomniac]] who in her second scene bursts in on Mitch in the bathroom to give him a sweater she made for him overnight, oblivious to why he might be made nervous by this. She also mentions that her former roommate went crazy and had to transfer schools, although she doesn't know if that had anything to do with her. As she [[Character Development|develops]] into Mitch's [[Love Interest]] later in the film, her personality gradually becomes less hyper.
* Jordan from ''[[Real Genius]]'' is a [[Motor Mouth|hyperactive]] [[The Insomniac|insomniac]] who in her second scene bursts in on Mitch in the bathroom to give him a sweater she made for him overnight, oblivious to why he might be made nervous by this. She also mentions that her former roommate went crazy and had to transfer schools, although she doesn't know if that had anything to do with her. As she [[Character Development|develops]] into Mitch's [[Love Interest]] later in the film, her personality gradually becomes less hyper.
* Gracie Allen's [[The Ditz|ditz]] persona frequently slipped into this type. Sample dialogue from ''College Swing:''
* Gracie Allen's [[The Ditz|ditz]] persona frequently slipped into this type. Sample dialogue from ''College Swing:''
{{quote| '''Hubert:''' Everything makes me think of Love, Gracie. ''(she leans gently on his shoulder)'' What are you thinking about?<br />
{{quote| '''Hubert:''' Everything makes me think of Love, Gracie. ''(she leans gently on his shoulder)'' What are you thinking about?<br />
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'''Johnny:''' There's a sale at Penney's! }}
'''Johnny:''' There's a sale at Penney's! }}
:: Just [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/quotes see for yourself]. And ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/quotes The Sequel]''. He's credited as [[You Look Familiar|"Jacobs"]].
:: Just [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/quotes see for yourself]. And ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/quotes The Sequel]''. He's credited as [[You Look Familiar|"Jacobs"]].
* [[Robin Williams|Leslie Zevo]] in ''[[Toys (Film)|Toys]]''. But his sister, Alsatia, is even more of one. Even though it turns out {{spoiler|she's a robot}}, you have to be amazed that someone out-cloudcuckoolanded ''[[Robin Williams]]''.
* [[Robin Williams|Leslie Zevo]] in ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''. But his sister, Alsatia, is even more of one. Even though it turns out {{spoiler|she's a robot}}, you have to be amazed that someone out-cloudcuckoolanded ''[[Robin Williams]]''.
* Henry Bullock from ''[[Splitting Heirs]]''. It's proven by his first scene, where he shows up on roller-skates.
* Henry Bullock from ''[[Splitting Heirs]]''. It's proven by his first scene, where he shows up on roller-skates.
* Brick from ''[[Anchorman]]'' veers between this and [[The Ditz]].
* Brick from ''[[Anchorman]]'' veers between this and [[The Ditz]].
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* The film adaptations, more than the book-versions, of the ''Harry Potter'' series, show Bellatrix Lestrange as one of the few malevolent versions of this trope.
* The film adaptations, more than the book-versions, of the ''Harry Potter'' series, show Bellatrix Lestrange as one of the few malevolent versions of this trope.
** Luna Lovegood is a more benign example.
** Luna Lovegood is a more benign example.
* Jim Carrey's portrayal of ''[[The Mask (Film)|The Mask]]'' is the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the [[Rule of Funny]]. Makes sense, since his powers come from Loki, the Norse god of mischief. They manifest as if Tex Avery-style [[Cartoon Physics]] worked in [[Real Life]]. The Mask takes its chaos from the wearer's own mind. Stanley Ipkiss has a fondness for classic cartoons in general and Tex Avery cartoons in particular, so that's how he expresses The Mask. This is foreshadowed by showing lots of cartoon memorabilia, and a poster of ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' on his wall. When less harmless people end up wearing The Mask, the results are... bloody, and generally less slapstick. Always funny, at least for a given value of funny...
* Jim Carrey's portrayal of ''[[The Mask (film)|The Mask]]'' is the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the [[Rule of Funny]]. Makes sense, since his powers come from Loki, the Norse god of mischief. They manifest as if Tex Avery-style [[Cartoon Physics]] worked in [[Real Life]]. The Mask takes its chaos from the wearer's own mind. Stanley Ipkiss has a fondness for classic cartoons in general and Tex Avery cartoons in particular, so that's how he expresses The Mask. This is foreshadowed by showing lots of cartoon memorabilia, and a poster of ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' on his wall. When less harmless people end up wearing The Mask, the results are... bloody, and generally less slapstick. Always funny, at least for a given value of funny...
** In the original Mask comic, the mask actually warped the mind of the wearer to the point where all their actions lead to gruesome, horrible, and sometimes hilarious murders. Stanly Ipkiss kills a lot of people. Remember the Tommy Gun? This time, the thugs are blown to bits.
** In the original Mask comic, the mask actually warped the mind of the wearer to the point where all their actions lead to gruesome, horrible, and sometimes hilarious murders. Stanly Ipkiss kills a lot of people. Remember the Tommy Gun? This time, the thugs are blown to bits.
* [[The Room|Tommy Wiseau]] is this both in film and in real life.
* [[The Room|Tommy Wiseau]] is this both in film and in real life.
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** In fact, Fred Willard's primary role in Guest's ensembles is to be the most obvious [[Cloudcuckoolander]] in the cast; which is truly a feat, considering that nearly all of Guest's main characters qualify as Cloudcuckoolanders to varying degrees. According various people who have worked with him, he really likes to play this trope [[Truth in Television|in real life]] as well. Christopher Guest described him on the Charlie Rose show as a man who "got into character twenty-five years ago, and has never gotten out"]].
** In fact, Fred Willard's primary role in Guest's ensembles is to be the most obvious [[Cloudcuckoolander]] in the cast; which is truly a feat, considering that nearly all of Guest's main characters qualify as Cloudcuckoolanders to varying degrees. According various people who have worked with him, he really likes to play this trope [[Truth in Television|in real life]] as well. Christopher Guest described him on the Charlie Rose show as a man who "got into character twenty-five years ago, and has never gotten out"]].
* Thick Kevin from ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]'' is this to a tee, epitomized when he comes to a Christmas party dressed as the Easter Bunny. Bob from the same movie is a slightly less flamboyant version, as he's mostly just a weird guy who's off in his own world.
* Thick Kevin from ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]'' is this to a tee, epitomized when he comes to a Christmas party dressed as the Easter Bunny. Bob from the same movie is a slightly less flamboyant version, as he's mostly just a weird guy who's off in his own world.
* Katie, the yellow baby yak from ''[[Horton Hears a Who]]'', in spite of having only one line: "In my world everyone is a pony that eats rainbows and poops butterflies." The rest of the time she'll inexplicably: make a ''gonk'' face like she's choking, sit with her back to Horton (he's a kind of [[The Jungle Book (Disney)|Baloo the Bear]] "teacher" in this adaptation), and finally {{spoiler|float off into space... in spite of being a hoofed mammal with no wings}}. Fittingly, while the other young animals have parents Katie appears to be completely unique.
* Katie, the yellow baby yak from ''[[Horton Hears a Who]]'', in spite of having only one line: "In my world everyone is a pony that eats rainbows and poops butterflies." The rest of the time she'll inexplicably: make a ''gonk'' face like she's choking, sit with her back to Horton (he's a kind of [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Baloo the Bear]] "teacher" in this adaptation), and finally {{spoiler|float off into space... in spite of being a hoofed mammal with no wings}}. Fittingly, while the other young animals have parents Katie appears to be completely unique.
* Frank, the paranoid lizard from ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' is clearly off his rocker.
* Frank, the paranoid lizard from ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' is clearly off his rocker.
* All of the lemurs in ''[[Madagascar]]'' seem crazy to some degree, but King Julien XIII is definitely the worst. He clearly comprehends all that goes on around him (which may be why he's King)...
* All of the lemurs in ''[[Madagascar]]'' seem crazy to some degree, but King Julien XIII is definitely the worst. He clearly comprehends all that goes on around him (which may be why he's King)...
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:: In the 1st movie he uses a skeletal hand as a scepter. In the 2nd movie he goes through four different crowns.
:: In the 1st movie he uses a skeletal hand as a scepter. In the 2nd movie he goes through four different crowns.
* Allen from ''[[The Hangover]]'' does not seem to operate on the same wavelength as anyone else; it's heavily implied he's seriously mentally ill, though he appears able to function to a degree. [[Genius Ditz|He is, however, a genius at card-counting.]]
* Allen from ''[[The Hangover]]'' does not seem to operate on the same wavelength as anyone else; it's heavily implied he's seriously mentally ill, though he appears able to function to a degree. [[Genius Ditz|He is, however, a genius at card-counting.]]
* Stéphane from ''[[The Science of Sleep (Film)|The Science of Sleep]]'', his dreams and [[Image Spots]] are... interesting - he uses them to cope with reality.
* Stéphane from ''[[The Science of Sleep]]'', his dreams and [[Image Spots]] are... interesting - he uses them to cope with reality.
* Belle from the Disney version of ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' is at first presented as this, since she's bored of living in a small town and finds escape in the books she reads. The townspeople find her strange because of this. In fact, one line in her intro song (sung by the barber) goes: "Her head's up on some cloud." We end up finding out that's she's really a strong young lady who doesn't hesitate to stand up to the Beast.
* Belle from the Disney version of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' is at first presented as this, since she's bored of living in a small town and finds escape in the books she reads. The townspeople find her strange because of this. In fact, one line in her intro song (sung by the barber) goes: "Her head's up on some cloud." We end up finding out that's she's really a strong young lady who doesn't hesitate to stand up to the Beast.
** The real [[Cloudcuckoolander]] of the [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] is probably [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|Ariel]]. She's a mild example by the standards of the trope, but compared to the other princesses she is [[Collector of the Strange|positively]] [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|wacky]].
** The real [[Cloudcuckoolander]] of the [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] is probably [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel]]. She's a mild example by the standards of the trope, but compared to the other princesses she is [[Collector of the Strange|positively]] [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|wacky]].
* Every ''[[Ice Age]]'' film has one of these.
* Every ''[[Ice Age]]'' film has one of these.
** 1st has the Dodos, a species that plans to survive the Ice Age which even they themselves say will last for billions of years, with a stockpile of 3 watermelons. Possibly [[Fridge Brilliance]] though, because historically they survived much longer than mammoths and sabre-tooth tigers.
** 1st has the Dodos, a species that plans to survive the Ice Age which even they themselves say will last for billions of years, with a stockpile of 3 watermelons. Possibly [[Fridge Brilliance]] though, because historically they survived much longer than mammoths and sabre-tooth tigers.
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** 3rd has Buck, the one-eyed weasel who most likely lost part of his brain when he lost his eye.
** 3rd has Buck, the one-eyed weasel who most likely lost part of his brain when he lost his eye.
* In ''[[Scrooged]]'', the Ghost of Christmas Present fits this pretty well if not a prefect fit. Though she also has tendencies of the [[Jerk Sue]] minus the feminism.
* In ''[[Scrooged]]'', the Ghost of Christmas Present fits this pretty well if not a prefect fit. Though she also has tendencies of the [[Jerk Sue]] minus the feminism.
* Raven in ''[[Cecil B Demented]]'' (she's always [[Perky Goth|perky]] no matter what she says):
* Raven in ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'' (she's always [[Perky Goth|perky]] no matter what she says):
{{quote| See, my father is Zozo, the dog at the gates of hell.<br />
{{quote| See, my father is Zozo, the dog at the gates of hell.<br />
Satan says you need more color! }}
Satan says you need more color! }}
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* Rubin Farr from ''Rubin And Ed'' (played by Crispin Glover, appropriately enough): Among many other instances, he dances around his cluttered bedroom to classical music while squeaking a cat toy, wears a hubcap on his head like a sunbonnet at one point, and interrupts a business seminar to announce "I am the king of the echo people" (it ''almost'' makes sense in context, but only because of a hallucination sequence from earlier in the film). He has the occasional surprising moments of [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan snark]] though, and sort of gives Ed a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] at one point.
* Rubin Farr from ''Rubin And Ed'' (played by Crispin Glover, appropriately enough): Among many other instances, he dances around his cluttered bedroom to classical music while squeaking a cat toy, wears a hubcap on his head like a sunbonnet at one point, and interrupts a business seminar to announce "I am the king of the echo people" (it ''almost'' makes sense in context, but only because of a hallucination sequence from earlier in the film). He has the occasional surprising moments of [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan snark]] though, and sort of gives Ed a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] at one point.
* Zuzu Petals from ''[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]''.
* Zuzu Petals from ''[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]''.
* Grandma Georgina in the most recent ''[[Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Film)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]''. Justified by the implication that she can't really hear that well, so often has no idea what's going on. Doesn't make her character any less funny, though.
* Grandma Georgina in the most recent ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]''. Justified by the implication that she can't really hear that well, so often has no idea what's going on. Doesn't make her character any less funny, though.
** Willy Wonka in any version of this story, whether it's ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' or ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''.
** Willy Wonka in any version of this story, whether it's ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' or ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''.
* Alice from the 2010 ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' film starts off the movie as one of these, although this doesn't last that long since she immediately turns into the [[Unfazed Everyman]] upon entering [[Cloudcuckooland|Wonderland]]. While dancing with the man her <s> parents</s> [[Disappeared Dad|mother]] had set her up to marry, she gets distracted by a vision of all the women in trousers and the men wearing dresses and subsequently by imagining what it would be like to fly. * Kitten (Cillian Murphy) from ''[[Breakfast On Pluto]]'' has definite Cuckoolander tendencies, despite dropping the occasional [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snark]] when vexed. She even lives in a "small elfin dwelling on Wimbledon Common" for some of the movie.
* Alice from the 2010 ''[[Alice in Wonderland (film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' film starts off the movie as one of these, although this doesn't last that long since she immediately turns into the [[Unfazed Everyman]] upon entering [[Cloudcuckooland|Wonderland]]. While dancing with the man her <s> parents</s> [[Disappeared Dad|mother]] had set her up to marry, she gets distracted by a vision of all the women in trousers and the men wearing dresses and subsequently by imagining what it would be like to fly. * Kitten (Cillian Murphy) from ''[[Breakfast On Pluto]]'' has definite Cuckoolander tendencies, despite dropping the occasional [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snark]] when vexed. She even lives in a "small elfin dwelling on Wimbledon Common" for some of the movie.
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Jack Sparrow]] seems to be this, though he's actually pretty good at thinking up [[Indy Ploy|Indy Ploys]].
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Jack Sparrow]] seems to be this, though he's actually pretty good at thinking up [[Indy Ploy|Indy Ploys]].
** [[Fridge Logic|Isn't the defining characteritic of an]] [[Indy Ploy]] [[Fridge Logic|precisely that you don't think?]]
** [[Fridge Logic|Isn't the defining characteritic of an]] [[Indy Ploy]] [[Fridge Logic|precisely that you don't think?]]
* Bettie Heslop in ''[[Muriels Wedding (Film)|Muriels Wedding]]''
* Bettie Heslop in ''[[Muriel's Wedding|Muriels Wedding]]''
* In ''[[Down Periscope]]'', Nitro definitely qualifies, from having "absorbed a lot of voltage" as an electrician/radio operator during his time in the Navy. E.T. "Sonar" Lovicelli is one of these as well, to a lesser degree.
* In ''[[Down Periscope]]'', Nitro definitely qualifies, from having "absorbed a lot of voltage" as an electrician/radio operator during his time in the Navy. E.T. "Sonar" Lovicelli is one of these as well, to a lesser degree.
* Poppy from ''[[Happy Go Lucky|Happy-Go-Lucky]]''. She is kinda happy her bike was stolen, because she always wanted to get a driving licence. She also stuffs chicken fillets in her bra, because: "I like the way they make me feel. Like a natural woman."
* Poppy from ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky]]''. She is kinda happy her bike was stolen, because she always wanted to get a driving licence. She also stuffs chicken fillets in her bra, because: "I like the way they make me feel. Like a natural woman."
* Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub's character) in ''[[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Galaxy Quest]]'', with such lines as "That was a hell of a thing" after traveling through hyperspace for the first time, or, after sucking bad guys out through the airlock, "Sorry, I was - door was a little sticky. Did you see that? I'll get one of my boys up here with a can of WD-40."
* Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub's character) in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', with such lines as "That was a hell of a thing" after traveling through hyperspace for the first time, or, after sucking bad guys out through the airlock, "Sorry, I was - door was a little sticky. Did you see that? I'll get one of my boys up here with a can of WD-40."
* ''[[Rookie of the Year]]'' has Phil Brickman, the pitching coach:
* ''[[Rookie of the Year]]'' has Phil Brickman, the pitching coach:
{{quote| '''Brickman:''' The key to being a big league pitcher is the 3 R's: readiness, recuperation, and conditioning!}}
{{quote| '''Brickman:''' The key to being a big league pitcher is the 3 R's: readiness, recuperation, and conditioning!}}
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'''Agnes:''' -smiles- Like Santa.<br />
'''Agnes:''' -smiles- Like Santa.<br />
* Crispina from ''[[The Magdalene Sisters]]'', {{spoiler|until she completely loses her mind}}. }}
* Crispina from ''[[The Magdalene Sisters]]'', {{spoiler|until she completely loses her mind}}. }}
* For a charming/ sexy example, there's the titular character in ''[[Don Juan Demarco|Don Juan DeMarco]]'' (played by [[Johnny Depp]]), who lives in a wonderful romantic world inside his own head... or is it?
* For a charming/ sexy example, there's the titular character in ''[[Don Juan Demarco]]'' (played by [[Johnny Depp]]), who lives in a wonderful romantic world inside his own head... or is it?
* Everyone in ''[[Dracula Dead and Loving It]]'' has this to a certain extent, but Renfield is the most obvious one.
* Everyone in ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'' has this to a certain extent, but Renfield is the most obvious one.
* The ''[[Mystery Team]]'' has shades of this.
* The ''[[Mystery Team]]'' has shades of this.
* Marty, in ''Cabin in the Woods'', begins the movie as a typical stoner whose statements and actions while high are Cloudcuckoolandic, but by the end of the movie, he is the only one who sees things clearly.
* Marty, in ''Cabin in the Woods'', begins the movie as a typical stoner whose statements and actions while high are Cloudcuckoolandic, but by the end of the movie, he is the only one who sees things clearly.
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