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{{quote|''"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"''}}
This is a subtrope of [[Evil Laugh]], and the opposite of [[Dissonant Serenity]]. It's when a character goes around killing everything in sight and seems to be having a ''lot'' of fun with it, like [[The Joker|Joker]] levels of fun. Especially if the character is [[Laughing Mad]]. Typical of the [[Blood Knight]], the [[Boisterous Bruiser]], some [[Ax Crazy]] characters, and some [[Heroic Sociopath]]s. But it can happen to anyone, especially during a [[Heroic BSOD]], a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] or a [[Bolivian Army Ending]]. But it's rather exceptional for normal heroes, since usually there's something ''deeply wrong'' if [[The Cape (trope)|The Cape]] is actually having fun killing people (unless they're trained to do so).
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Omnicidal Maniac|Kid Buu]] from ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' for the most part can be summed up as "[[Rule of Three|Destroy, destroy, destroy and laugh, laugh and laugh]] some more."
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* [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Hallelujah Haptism]] has a tendency to laugh hysterically when the killing starts. [[Split Personality|Allelujah not so much]].
* Several characters in ''[[Hellsing]]'' (though most often Alucard) engage in this.
* Typical of the [[Go Nagai]] style brand of [[Super Robot]] show, ''especially'' ''[[Getter Robo]]''.
* In ''[[Devilman]]'', ''everyone'' does this at one point or another, but the titular [[Type IV]] anti-hero takes the cake. A cake made of brutality and guts.
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', many people take sick pleasure in slaughter, but Guts is the Ichiban Supeshiiarisuto: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PE22PP4lKw Watch as he laughs his ass off while he swats babies to death with his BFS].
* [[Superpower Lottery|Accelerator]] of ''[[
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': {{spoiler|Shion Sonozaki, during Meazaki-hen and thus Watanagashi-hen.}} There are pictures of her face with "You can't spell slaughter without laughter" captioned to them around on the internet, and she's pretty much poster child for this trope.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise's three big [[Psycho for Hire|Psychos For Hire]], [[Zeta Gundam|Yazan Gable]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Ali Al-Saachez]], and [[Gundam AGE|Decil Galette]] are all guilty of this, chuckling to themselves as they gun down MS after MS. ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' and ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'''s Extended are not better about this, nor are their creators, Muruta Azrael and Lord Djibril.
* Jinnai from ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'' is prone to wild laughter at ''any'' time he imagines the destruction of his enemies, but especially so on the battlefield where he directs an entire army of [[Insectoid Aliens|giant sentient insects]] against the human nations of El-Hazard.
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** As demonstrated in the former page picture, in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', he actually rides a circus truck emblazoned with "laughter is the best medicine", and a large red S spray-painted just before "laughter".
** Actually, in his very first appearance, he didn't laugh or smile at all. Needless to say, [[Characterization Marches On]].
* [[Spider-Man
* [[Daredevil|Bullseye]] is this to a T. His sometimes friend/sometimes enemy [[Deadpool]] is also a good example.
== Fan
* Pinkie Pie in the infamous ''[[My Little Pony:
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* Odiana in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' is completely [[Ax Crazy]] and really quite cheerful ([[The Mad Hatter|and self-aware]]) about it. She usually expresses this by being inordinately [[Cute and Psycho|cute and cheery]] while suggesting that they just kill everyone in about a 5-mile radius.
* [[Blood Knight|Rachel]] from ''[[Animorphs]]'' is a rare heroic ([[Heroic Sociopath|well,]] [[Black and Gray Morality|sort of]]) example of this. Right before charging into {{spoiler|her final battle,}} she leaves us with this little gem: "I felt...I felt exalted. It was my moment. This was my place and my time and my own perfection. I was no longer afraid. Weird. If I'd had a mouth I'd have smiled. <Well?> I said. No one moved. <Scared?> I asked. No answer. <You should be,> I said, almost laughing. I lunged..."
* Tulkas, the god of war in [[J. R. R.
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** {{spoiler|Eva-Beatrice}} at a bare minimum during her murder of {{spoiler|Rosa}}, in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. So much so that [[Cruel and Unusual Death|once just]] [[A Fate Worse Than Death|wasn't enough]]. And actually, Beato herself quite a few times, although {{spoiler|it was stated in red that this was not the case}}.
* [[Suikoden II|Luca Blight]]. His motto might as well be "You can't spell 'Slaughter' without 'Laughter'!"
* [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka, people!]] Just [[Monster Clown|one]] [[Ax Crazy|of]] [[Laughing Mad|the]] [[Complete Monster|
* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', the Heavy Weapons Guy is notable for this, especially towards the end of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY5qJHZCz2I "Meet the Heavy" video]. The other characters, too, apply when dominating an opponent.
* Wallachia of ''[[Melty Blood]]'' laughs madly even as he chops his opponents to bits. Not that you see any blood, but that's the impression.
* Dimentio in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' does this after {{spoiler|"killing" Mario, Peach, and Bowser.}}
* ''[[Dawn of War]]'': Khorne Berserkers, Chaos [[Space Marines]] and Ork Big Meks all have laughing sounds when attacking. Aspiring Champions even have a fast-paced laugh when their morale is gone.
* In ''[[Borderlands]]'', Brick, the Berserker, seems to have a lot of fun beating people into a pulp with his bare hands while in his Unstoppable Rage.
* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
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