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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* There's a lot of this in ''[[~~Baccano (Light Novel)|~~Baccano]]!'', mostly on the parts of Ladd Russo and his buddies. The most dissonant example comes from Dune, who giggles maniacally as {{spoiler|Claire Stanfield dangles him off the caboose of a moving train and grinds his arm to bits against the tracks}}.

* There's a lot of this in ''[[Baccano]]!'', mostly on the parts of Ladd Russo and his buddies. The most dissonant example comes from Dune, who giggles maniacally as {{spoiler|Claire Stanfield dangles him off the caboose of a moving train and grinds his arm to bits against the tracks}}.

* Some of the Extendeds in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ~~(Anime)~~|Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny ~~(Anime)~~|Gundam SEED Destiny]]''.

* Some of the Extendeds in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Gundam SEED Destiny]]''.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Donquixote Doflamingo]] of ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)|~~One Piece]]'' definitely fits the bill here, as he is pretty much always seen laughing, or at least grinning widely, even as he [[People Puppets|forces people to fight each other to the death]], among other things. This is cranked up even further during the war with Whitebeard, where he reacts to pretty much everything with psychotic laughter, cementing his role as an [[Ax Crazy]].

* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Donquixote Doflamingo]] of ''[[One Piece]]'' definitely fits the bill here, as he is pretty much always seen laughing, or at least grinning widely, even as he [[People Puppets|forces people to fight each other to the death]], among other things. This is cranked up even further during the war with Whitebeard, where he reacts to pretty much everything with psychotic laughter, cementing his role as an [[Ax Crazy]].

* ''[[Soul Eater]]'''s Franken Stein gets like this at his craziest, notably when facing Medusa, and it's pretty alarming. Even when not at his craziest, he sometimes sports a [[Slasher Smile|wide grin]] while beating the crap out of people. And he's a good guy... {{spoiler|on most occasions.}}

* ''[[Bleach]]'' has consummate [[Blood Knight]] Zaraki Kenpachi.

* ''[[Kemonozume]]'' has Ooba who is obviously completely insane but is obviously enjoying himself immensely and is often seen chuckling or laughing like a maniac.

* Whenever [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni|Shion]] is the "crazy one" she's prone to this. After {{spoiler|she kills Satoko, shortly before remembering Satoshi asking her to protect his little sister, she [[Sanity Slippage|snaps]] and is laughing even harder. Even while falling off the roof of a building.}}

* Whenever [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|Shion]] is the "crazy one" she's prone to this. After {{spoiler|she kills Satoko, shortly before remembering Satoshi asking her to protect his little sister, she [[Sanity Slippage|snaps]] and is laughing even harder. Even while falling off the roof of a building.}}

* Tsuruya of [[Suzumiya Haruhi]] is [[The Hyena]] and has laughed, serious or not, for '''everything''', practically.

* [[Blood Knight|Scorpio]] [[Combat Sadomasochist|Kardia]] in ''[[Saint Seiya ~~the~~ Lost Canvas]]''. His opponent [[Noble Demon|Wyvern]] [[Villainous Valour|Rhadamanthys]] is ''not'' amused.

* [[Blood Knight|Scorpio]] [[Combat Sadomasochist|Kardia]] in ''[[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas]]''. His opponent [[Noble Demon|Wyvern]] [[Villainous Valour|Rhadamanthys]] is ''not'' amused.

* Shin Kazama does this in the last issue of the ''[[Area 88]]'' manga. {{spoiler|After witnessing the deaths of Saki, Mickey, and Sela, Shin is so emotionally overwhelmed that he starts laughing hysterically. His laughter makes Kim extremely uncomfortable. He returns to his senses when Kanzaki contacts him.}}

* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', Sayaka Miki begins to laugh and smile during her battles {{spoiler|as a result of her effectively becoming a [[Death Seeker]] as she lets her Soul Gem darken. She also giggles insanely during one of her special attacks in the PSP game.}}

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== [[Film]] ==

* Baby Face Nelson, from the new movie ''[[Public Enemies]]'', has to be dragged into the car to stop him laughing and killing people.

** A character in ''[[O Brother Where Art Thou]]'' laughs while firing a tommygun. He stops laughing when someone calls him 'Baby Face'. The character is of course [[My Name Is Not Durwood|George "Babyface" Nelson]]. Later after gleefully and manaically robbing a bank, he becomes depressed and wanders off, trailing sad dollar bills behind him.

** A character in ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' laughs while firing a tommygun. He stops laughing when someone calls him 'Baby Face'. The character is of course [[My Name Is Not Durwood|George "Babyface" Nelson]]. Later after gleefully and manaically robbing a bank, he becomes depressed and wanders off, trailing sad dollar bills behind him.

*** The [[Real Life]] Baby Face almost certainly suffered from bipolar disorder (manic depression).

* [[Fight Club|Tyler Durden]] laughs like a maniac while Lou beats the snot out of him. Then for poor Lou, [[It Gets Worse]].

* In the film adaptation of [[The Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]], [[Badass Grandpa|Gandalf]] laughs heartily during his [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment as he casually beats the [[Oh Crap|terrified Uruk-Hai]] with his [[Simple Staff|staff]]. [[Rule of Cool|It was glorious]].

* Funnily enough, [[Batman (~~Film~~)|The]] [[The Dark Knight Saga|Joker]]. Throw him off a building, and he'll laugh like a Disney villain.

* Funnily enough, [[Batman (film)|The]] [[The Dark Knight Saga|Joker]]. Throw him off a building, and he'll laugh like a Disney villain.

** [[Disney Villain Death|Won't die like one,]] [[Save the Villain|though.]]

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== [[Theatre]] ==

* In ''[[~~Ajax (Theatre)|~~Ajax]]'', the protracted torture of sheep is upsetting enough for Ajax's friends and family, but the sheer glee Ajax derives in doing so (thinking he is torturing Odysseus) just makes it worse.

* In ''[[Ajax]]'', the protracted torture of sheep is upsetting enough for Ajax's friends and family, but the sheer glee Ajax derives in doing so (thinking he is torturing Odysseus) just makes it worse.

* In the stage play of ''[[Les Misérables]],'' it's common to have Thenardier let off some cackles during the "Dog Eats Dog" number. Considering that he's {{spoiler|gleefully looting the bodies of murdered men, and singing about how the world is [[Crapsack World|a sack of crap]], he ''definitely'' counts.}}

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== [[Web Original]] ==

* A frickin' [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family|disturbing]] [[media:600px-Red_0509_3444.jpg|example]] (which used to be the page image) comes courtesy of Red from ''[[~~Ruby Quest (Roleplay)|~~Ruby Quest]]'' during [http://evilcorporation.com.br/rubyquest/scene-268.html this scene]. He has just {{spoiler|pulled down the tarp in the room Ruby woke up in the second time, revealing a stitched-up, bloody body pinned to the wall}}.

* A frickin' [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family|disturbing]] [[media:600px-Red_0509_3444.jpg|example]] (which used to be the page image) comes courtesy of Red from ''[[Ruby Quest]]'' during [http://evilcorporation.com.br/rubyquest/scene-268.html this scene]. He has just {{spoiler|pulled down the tarp in the room Ruby woke up in the second time, revealing a stitched-up, bloody body pinned to the wall}}.

* Veronica Carter is always doing this. During the final battle, when she was singlehandedly dueling [[Big Bad|Valentine]] in the middle of an [[Anyone Can Die]] final battle. She was laughing like a child at an amusement park.