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This is when the clinically insane person turns out to be [[The Only One]] who has the right stuff to stop the Omnicidal Aliens, [[Cosmic Horror]] or [[Big Bad]]. It could be his bent perceptions allow him to see things "normal" people can't. Or maybe the bad thing that happened was so completely [[Windmill Crusader|out of the realm of possibility]] that [[Crazy Prepared|only the total nut job prepared for it]]. Keep in mind, what separates this from [[Sociopathic Hero]] or other crazies is that this character's madness is '''essential to the task'''. If he was not crazy, he could not do it.
This guy put the Crazy in front of [[Crazy Prepared|Prepared]] and [[Crazy Awesome|Awesome]], but don't confuse him with an [[Ignored Expert]] or [[The Worm Guy]], who are not actually insane, just misunderstood. Not to be mistaken for his padded-cellmate the [[Sociopathic Hero]], who is a hero ''in spite'' of his anti-social tendencies, not because of them.
When the whole human race is composed of Heroic Madmen, it's [[Humanity Is Insane]]. Compare [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]] and [[Power Born of Madness]], although this trope doesn't necessarily involve superpowers. See also [[Blessed with Suck]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
* "Radar Man" in ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' has been [[Go Mad
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'''s Ikari Shinji certainly qualifies, since it's implied Unit 01's berserk mode is tied to his manic state.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Portal (series)|Portal]]: Schizophrenic Doug Rattman was completely right in suspecting the operating system was [[
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