Psycho Supporter: Difference between revisions

** In the manga, where Itsuki is more twisted, it's because he's gotten the opportunity to see all that [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|purity]] get twisted and warped and spit out a shattered genocidal maniac who's more powerful than ever and still charismatic and brilliant. He compares it to [[Corrupt the Cutie|"a little girl who believes babies come from storks growing up to star in pornos."]] He loves that kind of thing. He plays this ''so'' straight.

* Dilandau in ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]''

* {{spoiler|Sasame}} from ''[[Prétear]]''.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Tousen plays this to Gin's [[Stepford Smiler]].

* Lady Une from ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' and her not-so-hidden adoration of [[Magnificent Bastard]] Treize Khushrenada, whom she serves as his [[The Dragon|Dragon]]. Her pacifistic "Saint" personality is the one that is most in love with him, but her "bun and glasses" personality is [[The Baroness|exceedingly cold and ruthless]].

** Treize [[Hand Wave|explains]] to his friend Zechs, and the audience by proxy, that Lady Une developed split personalities due to her feelings for him. She gets better, possessing a combination of "Saint"'s compassion with "Iron Une"'s competence.

* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'''s Yumi Komagata and her love for the ([[Man On Fire|literally]]) flaming Makoto Shishio.

** At least Yumi is secure in the knowledge that, [[Mad Love|in his own twisted way]], Shishio ''does'' loves her back {{spoiler|He ''does'' fatally injure her, but then he cradles her in his arms as she dies so [[Let Them Die Happy|she can pass away in peace]].}}).

* In ''[[Trigun]]'' Dominique the Cyclops seems to be following Legato like this, just as Legato follows Knives (which is far more obvious in the manga than the anime). Knives isn't exactly sane either, though.

** Dominique never gets much character development. Legato, though...even the comparatively sane anime version of him is, in fact, fucking nuts, and this is presumably most of the reason he's so dedicated to helping Knives [[Kill All Humans]].

** Now now, lets be fair. Diethard was also bored at the time.

*** As Diethard explains in the second season, he hates the way the world has gotten and simply wants it to change, {{spoiler|meaning he'll latch onto whoever can change it. When Lelouch/Zero is chased out of the Black Knights, Diethard gloms onto Schneizel with the same fanatical devotion, which causes his death when he pulls a gun on Lelouch and is shot by a Geassed Schneizel.}}

** Although after fighting the mage's golems, befriending his fellow beast knights, and coming to truly love both Sami and the world, he {{spoiler|decides to stop her by his own hands.}}

** It might just be both!

*** {{spoiler|She tries to kill Fate because she hasn't [[Blood Knight|killed anyone for a while. That kind of ends the partnership.]]}}

** Arguable since it's very possible that Ni Jieni is the one manipulating Gyokumen.

** At any rate, just using her. He's psycho, and he's backing her up, but his psychosis doesn't instill loyalty or associate him with her cause.

** As well as Akise.

* While there are plenty of zealots in ''[[Hellsing]]'' 'verse, the Iscariots are prepared to commit any sin in the service of the Lord.. because their ultimate goal is to continue the fight [[To Hell and Back|in Hell]].

* Michiko of ''[[Texhnolyze]]'' is a seemingly quiet secretary/driver for Onishi. Then we see her collecting the Texhnolyze parts, many of which are still attached to living people...

* Oddly, some of [[The Messiah|Shibuya Yuri's]] most avid followers in ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'' are open to this accusation; i.e. following someone because of your own insanity rather than the merits of their position. Yuri's a Demon King, but his goals involve "world peace through people not fighting any more," "not doing his own paperwork" and "playing baseball."

*** He doesn't really believe in this peace thing, but he believes in Yuri. Because it's Yuri. And Yuri is the center of his universe. Because someone has to be.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' incarnation of the Joker's various minions have a healthy proportion of madmen among their numbers, who follow him because of his own crazed will.

* The photojournalist played by Dennis Hopper in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.

* [[Happy Gilmore|Shooter McGavin]] is more than happy to use his borderline stalker as a weapon against Happy Gilmore, up to and including {{spoiler|running him down with a VW Beetle on a fairway}}, so long as he can get away from him as fast as possible afterwards.

 

== Literature ==

* Mickie James, until she realized her obsession with [[Trish Stratus]] was unhealthy and mellowed out.

* Rosa Mendes to [[Beth Phoenix]].

* The Basham Brothers to Shaniqua, who was the "center of their universe".

* Eugene to [[Triple H]].

== Theater ==

 

 

== Video Games ==

 

* Subverted in ''[[Mega Man X]] 4'': [[The Dragon|Colonel]] was motivated by pride when he followed General who led Repliforce on a non-violent secession from humanity after being labeled Mavericks due to a tragedy where Repliforce weapons were used. {{spoiler|Sigma manipulated Magma Dragoon into making the attack so Dragoon could fight with X and Zero}}. The fact that Repliforce was "the most powerful army in history" and ''wasn't'' leaving their weapons behind for the secession didn't gel too well with the powers that be.

** Actually, Colonel may fall under [[Too Dumb to Live]]. See, the entire conflict started when Colonel refuses to surrender and come in for questioning so an investigation as to why Repliforce robots were seen at Sky Lagoon (which had been crashed into a city by Mavericks, leading to untold amounts of devastation). The reason this is [[Too Dumb to Live]] is because X/Zero flat-out state to him (not an exaggeration; I cannot stress enough that it is said to his face) that if he does not come in, the officials will have no choice but to assume Repliforce crashed Sky Lagoon and declare them Mavericks. And Colonel states that his pride is more important, leading to his death, his sister's death, his army's death, and his leader's death. Great going, Colonel.

** Hell, {{spoiler|Takaya supporting Nyx in the end of the world}} is right there too.

* Xenobia from ''[[Lunar Silver Star Story Complete]]''.

* [[Metal Gear Solid|Psycho Mantis]] supported Liquid Snake's armed revolution... only because it meant he's allowed to [[Axe Crazy|kill more people]]

** While he took his own share when {{spoiler|he and the Molemen (And Norrigton) were the only sane in a world of Psycho Sopporters of Sammun Mak, in the third part of ''They stole Max's Brain''}}. This can also doubles as [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]

* [[Memetic Mutation|Statement]]: [[Knights of the Old Republic|You meatbags risk my wrath]] in failing to mention my record of emphatic support for my various masters' more sociopathic problem-solving methods. Such good times we had.

== Western Animation ==

 

** Though it's kind of unclear with her whether she follows the world-conquest thing so intently because she's insane, or because she was raised to conquer the world, or because of bad genetics Zuko managed to avoid, or...anyway, she follows Ozai as much because [[Daddy's Little Villain|he's her father]] and she wants to please him as because she's a megalomaniac. A little more megalomania and she could have offed him at a some point.

*** Maybe she would have. Once Zuko was safely dead, because even exiled he was technically first in line for the throne. But she still valued Ozai's opinion.

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