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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* From ''[[The Sandman]]'': "Not knowing everything is all that makes it okay sometimes." May explain why Delight became Delirium.
* [[The Joker]] is like this at least some portrayals, more so than most ''[[Batman]]'' villains. More than one interpretation (including the 1989 movie) has shown him bursting into maniacal laughter after seeing his chemically-disfigured reflection for the first time. His fellow [[Rogues Gallery]] members are listed alongside him under [[Freak-Out]].
** For instance, ''The Killing Joke''. Possibly subverted by Commissioner Gordon's resistance to Joker's attempts to drive him (no pun intended) batshit crazy in the same graphic novel.
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* This arguably happens to Faith in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'', only instead of going off the deep end, she just becomes suicidal.
* ''[[Married... with Children|Married With Children]]'' [[Played for Laughs|puts a humorous spin on this trope]]. Poor Al Bundy has temporarily gone insane after an unpleasant incident at work, and when Peg brings him home, he's babbling about "selling a lot of shoes after midnight." A kiss from Peg brings him back to his senses, but what makes it even funnier is when Al explains what happened:
{{quote|'''Al:''' Oh Peg, it was horrible. Sixteen straight hours of shoe-selling mayhem. The last thing I remember, I was on one knee, waiting on an overflowing glacier of a woman. The first thing they teach you when you're a rookie shoe salesman is, when you've got a fat one in the chair, never look up. I looked up, Peg! [[Panty Shot|I saw underwear]]! It said "Saturday" on it!
'''Peg:''' So what?
'''Al:''' '''TODAY'S WEDNESDAY!''' }}
** In season 6, in the episode "If I could see me now" we discover that Al has bad eyesight and experiences the world mostly as fuzzy blobs. The kids prevail on him to get glasses after driving home with Al behind the wheel. Upon finally getting his glasses Al sees the world around him, especially his house and family, as it really is. He clutches his head and screams in agony, parodying this trope. He finally destroys his glasses as he would rather cling to the world he knew rather than face the truth.
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