Comedic Sociopathy: Difference between revisions

* The entire purpose of ''[[Wipeout 2008]]'' is hearing the hilarious commentary while seeing contestants fail and wipeout on obstacles.

* Most [[Widget Series|Japanese game shows]] have this in spades.

* Dr. [[House (TV series)|House]] has moments of this. He managed to {{spoiler|redecorate a Jewish doctor's face on a poster into a Hitler ''in front of said Jewish doctor'', then knock out his girlfriend's nagging mother and his best friend with sedatives on the girlfriend's birthday dinner}} in a single episode. Definitely a [[Sociopathic Hero|Heroic]]/Comedic sociopath.

* ''[[Glee]]''. Practically every character is a [[Jerkass]]. Sue is the most notable, given her increasingly cartoonish acts of villainy.

* While almost everyone in ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' does quite a number on poor old Jerry, Leslie Knope is by far the most jarring since she is (usually) so upbeat, positive and kind to everyone.

* One episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has Barney ransacking the their house, finding and stealing {{spoiler|but ultimately not actually watching}} a sex tape made by Marshall and Lily. In TV Land, the premise for wacky shenanigans; in [[Real Life]], an egregious (not to mention felonious) violation of privacy.

** Some of Barney's past exploits should definitely count. He's pretty sure he once sold a woman.

 

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* [http://www.roosterteeth.com/media/viewItem.php?id=472 Griffon Ramsey], wife of Geoff Ramsey of ''[[Rooster Teeth]]'', is a sadist.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [http://key.shadilyn.com/pages/extras8.html here] by Key.

* Richard from ''[[Looking for Group]]'' could very well be the pope of this trope. [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/60 Comic #60 pretty much gets the point across.]

* Belkar Bitterleaf of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has both the archetype of the [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]] and Comedic Sociopathy at the core of his character. There are too many examples of his behavior to chronicle here, but you don't have to read too far into the comic before he starts displaying his hilariously sadistic self full-tilt. In one recent arc, he force-fed a guard in a gladitorial arena another man's internal organs, which had been neatly sliced out by his cat. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Then he pulled them out the other end.]]

** Just about every kid in the show, from the [[Girl Next Door]] (Nazz) to the [[Ambiguously Gay]] girly boy (Jimmy), beats the crap out of/brutally mauls another kid. With most of it happening to the Eds. [[Abhorrent Admirer|The Kanker Sisters]] supply the [[Black Comedy Rape|sexual harassment]] part in regards to the Eds. Of course, it's [[Played for Laughs]].

* Often on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes|Jimmy Two Shoes]]''. [[Enfant Terrible|Heloise]] in particular is fond of engaging in sadistic actions for fun, including sucking up all the water around a tree so it will wilt and [[Buried Alive|attempting to bury]] someone alive.

* In ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', many of Tom's injuries which are intended to be funny are sometimes downright cruel such as [[Anvil on Head|anvils or a heavy blunt object landing on his head]], getting poked in the eyes, stabbed with knives or pitchforks, getting shot with guns, heavy objects dropped onto his feet, getting his teeth smashed or pulled out, mauled by Spike, etc. No wonder some viewers end up [[Rooting for the Empire]].

** This particular instance is heavily parodied and sometimes lampshaded in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', specifically with ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show]]''.