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* ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (and its film adaptation) is practically the [[Trope Maker]].

** If you're looking at McMurphy's side; on Chief Bromden's side it's almost a subversion.

* [[Fredric Brown]]'s "Come and Go Mad" involves a character who had once [[Napoleon Delusion|believed he was Napoleon]] being returned to an asylum to uncover a conspiracy. In fact, he really ''was'' Napoleon, having been body-swapped by the real ~~conspirators--red~~ and black ''ants'' who have secretly manipulated all of human history. He [[Go Mad From the Revelation|goes mad from the revelation]], is given electroshock therapy, and is sent home from the hospital "cured"~~--though~~ in fact he now has the delusion that he is not Napoleon, but a salesman.

* [[Fredric Brown]]'s "Come and Go Mad" involves a character who had once [[Napoleon Delusion|believed he was Napoleon]] being returned to an asylum to uncover a conspiracy. In fact, he really ''was'' Napoleon, having been body-swapped by the real conspirators—red and black ''ants'' who have secretly manipulated all of human history. He [[Go Mad From the Revelation|goes mad from the revelation]], is given electroshock therapy, and is sent home from the hospital "cured"—though in fact he now has the delusion that he is not Napoleon, but a salesman.

** Possibly a subtle case of [[Unreliable Narrator]], given the premise as described.

* ''[[Shutter Island]]'' (and its film adaptation) is based on this premise. {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror|Or is it?]]}}

* In Philippa Gregory's ''The Boleyn Inheritance'', Jane Boleyn pretends to be mad to escape being executed for treason. Later chapters suggest that she, already self-deluded, has finally gone over the edge. To no avail, sadly, as the King has changed the law to accommodate her death.

* <s> The [[Angelina Jolie]] film</s> Susanna Kaysen's auto-biographical book ''[[Girl, Interrupted]]'' is an interesting exploration of this trope. It's debatable how mad we'd consider her today, but she was certainly adversely affected by her experience in the asylum, as were other inmates. On the other hand, it helped her get over her borderline disorder.

* The protagonist of ''The Serial Killers Club'' insists this isn't the case. After all, unlike the other club members, he hasn't killed anyone who wasn't trying to kill him. Of course, if any of them realize this, he has to bump them off, so his body count [[Never One Murder|grows higher and higher]] as the club membership ~~dwindles--and~~ his thought processes grow more and more skew.

* The protagonist of ''The Serial Killers Club'' insists this isn't the case. After all, unlike the other club members, he hasn't killed anyone who wasn't trying to kill him. Of course, if any of them realize this, he has to bump them off, so his body count [[Never One Murder|grows higher and higher]] as the club membership dwindles—and his thought processes grow more and more skew.

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* ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' has "[http://www.pbfcomics.com/240/ Return of the Ghost]".

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has the players attacking a ship that they later discover is an asylum to [[Deprogram]] members of the Church of the Endless. The Doctor in charge, Gabriel, is perfectly willing to accept that the players are "sane", {{spoiler|except for Jigsaw, who's currently disguising her aura to appear Endless (and lacks the proper skill to change this.)}}

** This doesn't stop him from enforcing a 72-hour hold on the players, ~~though -- the~~ only exception is Daisy, who has an advance directive that gives her a bit more leeway. [[Unishment|Of course, given the show...]]

** This doesn't stop him from enforcing a 72-hour hold on the players, though—the only exception is Daisy, who has an advance directive that gives her a bit more leeway. [[Unishment|Of course, given the show...]]