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* The "Chicken Boo" sketches on ''[[
** Animaniacs also had Scratchensniff.
* In ''[[Invader Zim]]'', Dib is the only one who knows or cares that Zim is an alien, no matter how obvious it becomes. Gaz is a twist; she knows perfectly well that Zim is a would-be alien conqueror, and doesn't care because (in her own words) "he's so ''bad'' at it."
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** There are even times that only the Simpson family who really knows what's wrong, and have the guts to do something about it.
* In ''[[Sealab 2021]]'', Doctor Quentin Q. Quinn is the [[Only Sane Man]]. At least in the beginning of each episode. Often the sheer insanity of everyone else becomes contagious.
* On ''[[The Smurfs]]'' Papa Smurf tends to be the Only Sane Smurf, seemingly able to resolve any conflict among the younger Smurfs with simple words. In fact, some of the worst disasters ever to befall their village happened when he wasn't around.
* Frylock on ''[[
* Hank Hill of ''[[
* Bob the Tomato, in the ''[[
* Louise in ''[[Slacker Cats]]'' is the voice of reason throughout the show but Buckley does zig-zag between being this and one of the many crazy people/cats throughout the show.
* Maurice in ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''. Really, just he and maybe the chimps are the only ones.
** And occasionally Private. For example: "The Red Squirrel." And Marlene, all the time (except when she's outside the zoo grounds or talking about Spanish guitars). Rico once, actually. In "The Hidden" he keeps Kowaslki and Skipper focused on the task at hand (finding their friends). Skipper, never. Kowalski, almost never. Though he thinks he is. Julien, no way. Mort, uhh... No... Roy comes across as sane, however.
* Number 5 of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'':
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* Rocko from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' seemed to start out this way, a hapless bystander trying to use logic to navigate a thoroughly insane environment and oftentimes failing. Strangely, he seemed to lose this as the series also took a turn away from being as surreal as it once was.
* Stan from ''[[South Park]]''. Kyle has the appearance of being sane as well, but unlike Stan, is unable to understand just how moronic the actions of all the insane people around are. Among the adults is/was Chef.
** In the "Pandemic" episodes, Craig took on this role, as he pointed out the ridiculous situations the characters were always getting into, delivered entirely in deadpan style. Every character except for Stan has derailed into being insane, stupid, or a jerkass. Kyle really doesn't apply for the Only Sane Man because he is just as immoral and sometimes cruel as Cartman when It comes down to it. Whenever Cartman is involved, Kyle is far from sane to say the least.
*** [[Good Is Not Nice|Kyle's]] tendency to [[Fiery Redhead|have quite a temper]] to the extent of being damn near bipolar excludes him from this on a regular basis, but there are instances where he plays this straight. The episode concerning the economy and the absurdity of aestheticism is a crowning example. Even "You're Getting Old" has him playing this to Stan of all people.
* Shnitzel from ''[[Chowder]]'' is usually a good example, though he does a have a few lapses into the weird goings-on in the show.
* On ''[[The Fairly
** This fact is often pointed out by Timmy and Cosmo, but they still continue with their antics despite that.
* On the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Wayside
* Mac in ''[[
** You mean like sugar?
* Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]''. He's the only one aware of the bad side effects of Susan and Mary's experiments (besides Hugh) and he knows when a fun time can get dangerous.
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** Even more so Suki, when she is with the group. She's the only of the main ''and'' recurring characters who could be considered to be normal. She takes it quite gracefully, though.
** Also Katara sometimes, most notably in the episode The Runaway, in which she is the only one who realizes that excessive scamming of scammers will come back to bite them eventually. Toph started the whole thing, and Sokka being involved is not horribly surprising, but Aang should have known better.
* The Chief and sometimes Stinky Diver from ''[[Action League
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' has Doctor Venture, who often tries to be the only sane man, but his childhood always catches up to him. Usually, the roles ends up being filled by [[Villain of the Week|one-shot bad guys]] that question the Venture Team's logic. You know you have problems when a flamboyant super-villain is judging you.
** Brock fills this role quite often as well, in spite of murdering multiple people on an almost daily basis. He's generally the sanest, most level-headed and most competant member of Team Venture, so it's not hard for him to slide into the role and see just how absurd his life and the lives of those around him are.
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'''Brock:''' Welcome to my world. }}
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': Brian Griffin is often portrayed as the [[Only Sane Man]], although everyone who isn't [[The Ditz|Peter]] ends up playing the [[Only Sane Man]] once or twice.
* [[Kim Possible]] has [[Dark Action Girl|Shego]]. Any episode featuring Doctor Drakken will have her standing off to the side making running commentary on the absurdity of his plan, or how it will inevitably fail because of [[Big Damn Heroes|one major overlooked factor.]] It is also implied in the episode 'Go Team Go' that this was the reason for her leaving the team of superhero siblings and going bad.
* In ''[[
** Plankton often shifts into this when dealing with Spongebob.
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', the titular character is the only one that's both halfway compatent and doesn't want to [[Card-Carrying Villain|beat down anyone who looks at them funny]].
* [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] from ''[[Total Drama]]'' is one of the most normal contestants, and qualifies as this for most of ''[[
* As quoted above, [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Sally]] seems to be the only denizen of [[Halloweentown]] who even approaches the realization that people don't want to be scared or attacked on Christmas.
* [[Despicable Me]] [[Dueling Movies|and]] [[Megamind]] would have two in each movie: Dr. Nefario and Margo in the former, and Minion and Roxanne in the latter.
* ''[[Captain Star]]'''s First Officer Scarlett is the one who actually gets the work done between an egotistical captain, a fish obsessed cook and an engineer whose isn't that crazy, in fact, he's perfectly sane. He has nine sane heads on a single body.
* Shep from [[Horseland]] compared to most of the cast.
* In the [[X
* [[Danger Mouse]]. He has to deal with a [[Cowardly Sidekick]] (Penfold) and an addled, near-senile superior (Colonel K). DM will either take the initiative and stop their banter or just throw up his arms in defeat.
* In [[
* Panda of [[Skunk Fu!]] knows what's best for Skunk (seeing that he's his master).
* Li-Chun of [[Hero: 108]] is alway calmer than the rest of the cast.
* Bob of [[Bob's Burgers]] is the family's only denizen member.
* Twilight Sparkle in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Spike takes over whenever Twilight takes a holiday from the role.
** In the play put on in ''Hearth's warming Eve'', Twilight, Fluttershy and Applejack all play this too their leaders. ''Especially'' Applejack's character Smart Cookie, who has to deal with a political leader who's ''completley stark raving mad.''
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'''Smart Cookie:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Heaven forbid that should happen, your Chancellorship.]] }}
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* [[Titan Maximum]] deconstructs the idea of the [[Only Sane Man]] with Gibbs. Being the only competent member of the former Titan Maximum team eventually drove him into hating everyone else on the team and performing a [[Face Heel Turn]] on the first episode. The fact that he's the Only Sane Man makes him a very effective villain, albeit an incredible [[Smug Snake]].
* Charles Offdensen from [[Metalocalypse]]. We actually see him go through the three stages in the background; by the time season two ends, he's learned to roll with it. {{spoiler|Season three sees him realize that he's ''not'' the [[Only Sane Man]]. He's just the [[Only Sane Man]] on ''his'' side of the conflict.}}
* There are several candidates from [[Phineas and Ferb]], but, at some point, most characters get swept up in the show's [[Crazy Awesome|general inanity]]. Despite being, well, a [[Everything's Better
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'''Jeremy''': Uh... tell them I said hi...? }}
* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' actually has this in one of its human characters, Jack Darby. Unlike almost every other human in the ''[[Transformers]]'' universe, he knows that getting yourself involved in the front lines of an alien robot war is more dangerous than awesome. In fact, he tried to avoid all contact with the Autobots at first before some convincing.
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* Mickey and Minnie are this in ''[[House of Mouse]]''.
* [[Karl Pilkington]] of [[The Ricky Gervais Show]]. Whil Ricky and Steven laugh about his thoughts, he just didn't laugh
* Chris from ''[[Dan Vs
* Edd (also known as Double D) from ''Ed, Edd 'n Eddy'' usually fills this role.
* Hermes often takes this role in ''[[Futurama]]'', most notably in ''Bender's Big Score'' where he's the only person to realise the crew is being scammed. He's also the most consistent critic of the incompetent Zoidberg. Depending on the episode, though, Leela, Amy, Bender and even Fry have occasionally filled the role.
* Marlin in ''[[Finding Dory]]'' (2016 sequel to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''). Marlin is contrasted with [[Idiot Hero]] Dory and his son Nemo, who is now apparently somehow [[Closer to Earth]]. At the end of the movie, Marlin learns a [[Aesop|Valuable Lesson]] about how to "follow his heart" instead of using reason.
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