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** At the end of ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' Kyon admits to himself that he does, in fact, enjoy the crazy antics the SOS-Dan finds themselves in.
** Yuki also has moments where she just gives in to blatant silliness such as choosing a funny nickname for herself when Kyon blackmails Haruhi with one or wearing silly hats for no real reason.
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* The entire life of Zelgadis from the anime ''[[The Slayers]]''. Originally a series villain who frequently switched sides to pursue his own agenda, he was derided for his stoicism and attempts to maintain a "cool and mysterious" image by the slapstick-prone cast and writers. By the second season the damage was done and he was seen crossdressing in a frantic attempt to enter a tennis doubles tournament with a mixed-gender teams requirement.
* In the ''[[Naruto]]'' manga, [http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x198/awambawamb/naruto/Naruto_v38_ch347_08.png Konohamaru shows Naruto his new variant of the Sexy no Jutsu, featuring two girls in a ...''compromising'' position.] Sakura was less than pleased at the Jutsu, until Konohamaru tried it on her. using [[Ho Yay|Sai and Sasuke]] instead. Worked like a charm on ''[[Yaoi Fangirl|her]]'', but then pissed Naruto off.
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* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Mr. Feeny puts up with Eric's wacky treatment of him (including the vaunted [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-BB-Xk9xYY Feeny Call] for years. Finally, at the end of the show, Eric gets him to admits he enjoys the Feeny Call.
* Margo Leadbetter on BBC sitcom ''[[The Good Life]]'' (from [[The Seventies]]). Famously snobbish and humourless (something which she admits she was cruelly teased about as a schoolgirl), she nonetheless can be counted on when it matters and even (much to her astonishment) actually cracks some genuinely funny remarks at times.
* Major Winchester from ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' would often berate Hawkeye and B.J. for their penchant for pranks, only to pull off a few of his own.
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** Also Spades Slick, [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003065 notorious] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003203 gang leader].
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003678 And the Authority Regulator].
* Happens over and over in ''[[Shortpacked]]''--anyone who is introduced as a [[Straight Man]] will eventually be revealed to be insane in some way. Ethan and Leslie managed to keep up the illusion of being the [[Only Sane Man]] for a good long time but their neuroses gradually overwhelmed their personalities and pushed them away from this role. Jacob was introduced to be their replacement in that capacity but was revealed to have an addictive personality in short order. As a rule, Ethan's [[Love Interest]]s tend to occupy this role, but with Thad and Drew both gone there's currently a vacancy.
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** Another good example is J'onn's addiction to Oreo Cookies.
* Various episodes of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' show that when given the chance, Frylock is just as corrupt as either Shake or Carl if given the chance to embrace his urges.
* ''[[Family Guy]]''
** Lois normally falls under [[Women Are Wiser]]. However, it's only really in comparison to her husband, as she gets a [[It's Been Done|gambling addiction]] in one episode, becomes a kleptomaniac in another, and when she gets elected mayor, embezzles from the town and accepts bribes. Lois' role in the show in modern episodes consists near solely of this trope. She generally only exhibits Straight Man behavior for a short time before acting as [[The Ditz|stupid]] or [[Jerkass|callous]] as her husband.
** Meg, in that she sometimes makes fun out of other Griffin members when the situation calls for it e.g. Chris being made fun for Lois being in a porno by other schoolkids and Meg joins in. She also salvaged upon a brief moment Brian was "the New Meg".
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* Benson from ''[[Regular Show]]''. One word: {{spoiler|OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!}}
* Elise in ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' tries to avoid getting caught up in Dan's vengeance, and early on tried to keep Chris from getting dragged into it too. Then again, ''in the very first episode'', she shares Dan's hatred of New Mexico (her grudge has lasted ''since childhood'') and takes her revenge even further {{spoiler|he "settles" for ruining the annual hot air balloon event, she hijacks an alien warship, slaughters road-runners, and ''blows up cities''}}. In "Dan Vs. George Washington", she taggs along with Dan's latest campaign of revenge and admits to Chris that Dan's revenge schemes are actually pretty entertaining.
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' has at least three of those moments:
** The Furious Five should be trained to not be envious - whoever gets chosen as the Dragon Warrior. They obviously are when Po is chosen.
** Master Shifu says that the the scroll is for the Dragon Warrior only and that he (Shifu) should not read it - but curiosity gets the best of him when Po says that the dragon scroll is {{spoiler|blank}}.
** Master Oogway is so calm and relaxed and zen that there are no bad news to him - there is no good and bad, there are only news. His comment on hearing that Tai-Lung escaped: "That IS bad news."
* From ''[[The Legend of Korra]],'' Tenzin ''tries'' to be the stoic Airbending master that he really is. The problem is that the universe simply will ''not'' let him stay stoic for long. Whether it's Korra using his mother against him in an argument, or his youngest (baby) son using a potted plant as a restroom, the stoicism is never around for long.
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