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Between them, Karmic Trickster and [[Screwy Squirrel]] comprise two-thirds of the classic [[Trickster Archetype]]. His actions are as much to teach as to gain revenge, where [[Screwy Squirrel]] is the embodiment of mischief for mischief's sake.

 

 

[[Obfuscating Stupidity|May masquerade]] as [[The Fool]], or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display [[Hidden Depths]] (if only a knack for [[Comedy]] and [[Simpleminded Wisdom]]) whom the audience supports and invariably laughs with, not at. This is not always true of other [[Trickster Archetype|Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as [[Cloudcuckoolander|cloud cuckoolanders]], irrepressible [[Screwy Squirrel|agents of chaos]], lesser [[Loveable Rogue|chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[An Aesop|taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic [[Butt Monkey|butt monkeys]]. Such traits rarely apply here.

* [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]] nudges Sonic into this direction, repeatedly foiling Robotnik's plans in the most [[Looney Tunes]]-eqsue ways imaginable.

* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' (although Wakko is closer to being a [[Screwy Squirrel]]) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a [[Jerkass]]. Then he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a parody of the nanny from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. {{spoiler|They hire [[Screwy Squirrel|Slappy]].}}

* Eric Cartman in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants". The visual style imitates [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] wartime short films.

** Cartman also qualifies as a (very dark) Karmic Trickster in "Scott Tenorman Must Die!" -- perhaps as a kind of one-upsmanship of Scott Tenorman, who himself is also a Trickster.

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