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* When driving from Michigan (a state in which fireworks are illegal) to Indiana (where they are legal), one encounters nearly a dozen billboards for Crazy Kaplan's Firework Warehouse.

** Err, the statement that fireworks are illegal in Michigan is kinda misleading, since, y'know, I live in Michigan and the lake I live on has two huge firework shows, not to mention I myself have lit fireworks...

** "Buy one, get six free!"

** Many out-of-state customers fail to realize the biggest irony of all in this: these fireworks aren't actually legal in Indiana to use, only to buy/sell (though the prohibition on firing them is largely unenforced). This is less frequently misunderstood since a new law several years ago started requiring buyers to sign a card agreeing to leave the state before firing them off. Before the cards were instituted, most buyers who came into the state from Illinois and Michigan believed that they were completely unregulated in Indiana, despite the signs referring to them as "out-of-state" fireworks.

== Films -- Animation ==

* The TV in ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' imitates this spiel to get Rob to go down to the junkyard to find his old appliances, turning "Ernie's Disposal" into "Crazy Ernie's Amazing Emporium of TOTAL BARGAIN MADNESS!"

 

 

* In ''[[Splash]],'' Madison is momentarily frightened by an actual Crazy Eddie ad that pops up on the TV she's watching with her face mere inches from the screen.

* [[Beetlejuice]] does the insane proprietor shtick on a tv ad sent exclusively to the Maitlands, where he promises "I'll eat anything you want me to eat, I'll swaller anything you want me to swaller!"

 

 

* [[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]] absolutely loves this trope. You can expect at least one [[Show Within a Show]] television ad featuring this trope per episode, often more.

** "I touched a clown; now I'm going out of business!!!"

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', "[[Attack of the The Eye Creatures]]," in a police station:

{{quote|'''Susan:''' ''[distressed]'' Oh, Daddy, these people are crazy!

* Subverted by ''[[Fallout]] 3'''s Crazy Wolfgang, who is actually completely sane and just has a more involved sales pitch than the rest of the merchants—his prices are exactly the same as everyone else's.

** Considering the ridiculous missions Moira sends you on, she's a lot closer to this trope than any other merchant in the game.

* Played totally straight in ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'', where the shop you buy seeds and the like from is run by Crazy Dave, and called Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies. Dave himself is a blabbering lunatic who wears a pot as a hat and frequently yells "Buy now! I'M CRAAAAAAZY!!!" at the player whilst frothing at the mouth and shaking. Quite bizarre, but a nice calm experience compared to the rest of the game...

* The remake of ''[[The Bard's Tale]]'' featured a town overrun by undead vikings, but one shopkeeper had stuck around. Crazy Thorvald plays this trope to a T.

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