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* Clearly, this is why Kirk and Spock were able to defeat Garth in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Whom Gods Destroy". Garth was a madman, and the fact that he flew into rage on more than one occasion when he was frustrated (such as when he realized he needed to know a countersign in order to board The Enterprise) showed that his madness was hindering him greatly. Garth's attempt to intimidate Kirk by murdering his lover with the super-powerful bomb he created does nothing more than prove to Kirk — and the viewers, most likely — that he was a lunatic, and when he thinks he'll have more luck with Spock due to Spock being a "very logical man", Spock's logical thinking is, in fact, what leads to Garth's final defeat. |
* Clearly, this is why Kirk and Spock were able to defeat Garth in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Whom Gods Destroy". Garth was a madman, and the fact that he flew into rage on more than one occasion when he was frustrated (such as when he realized he needed to know a countersign in order to board The Enterprise) showed that his madness was hindering him greatly. Garth's attempt to intimidate Kirk by murdering his lover with the super-powerful bomb he created does nothing more than prove to Kirk — and the viewers, most likely — that he was a lunatic, and when he thinks he'll have more luck with Spock due to Spock being a "very logical man", Spock's logical thinking is, in fact, what leads to Garth's final defeat. |
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* ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'': Asakura Takeshi (Ouja) is raving mad and prone to crazy, suicidal behaviour. Once he starves his [[Mons|bound monsters]] until they threaten to eat him. Once, after [[Antagonist in Mourning|failing to kill a long-running enemy]], he charges a bunch of armed policemen without even using his powers. {{spoiler|That last one does not end well.}} |
* ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'': Asakura Takeshi (Ouja) is raving mad and prone to crazy, suicidal behaviour. Once he starves his [[Mons|bound monsters]] until they threaten to eat him. Once, after [[Antagonist in Mourning|failing to kill a long-running enemy]], he charges a bunch of armed policemen without even using his powers. {{spoiler|That last one does not end well.}} |
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* Deadliest Warrior has two according to the experts. |
* ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' has two, according to the experts. |
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** Saddam Hussein defeated Pol Pot, despite the fact that both were classified as insane Saddam was still more sane than Pol Pot. They say that, like history shows, Saddam would use his violent insanity to his advantage [killing thousands of Kurds to prevent |
** Saddam Hussein defeated Pol Pot, despite the fact that both were classified as insane Saddam was still more sane than Pol Pot. They say that, like history shows, Saddam would use his violent insanity to his advantage [killing thousands of Kurds to prevent rebellions and surviving the Iraq/Iran War and Gulf War despite overwhelming forces] while Pol Pot's insanity was self-destructive [the damaging genocide, and being easily defeated in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War]. |
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** Hernan Cortes defeated Ivan. Cortes isn't classified as fully insane, just greedy and violent. |
** Hernan Cortes defeated Ivan. Cortes isn't classified as fully insane, just greedy and violent. In fact, he was able to make good choices to defeat a larger Aztec army and avoid arrest from the Spanish Empire [by bribing the army sent to kill him]. While Ivan is insane from drinking mercury and alcohol constantly and being bipolar. In fact, after his reign, the Russian Empire almost collapsed. |
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* This is likely the biggest reason why the Rangers managed to defeat the Psycho Rangers in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', despite the fact that the Psycho Rangers were far stronger than they were. The Psycho Rangers were not only insane, they were obsessive, unwilling to co-operate with each other (something the real Rangers were rather good at) and too impatient to adhere to the careful strategies that Astronema laid out (while the true Rangers were very good at sticking to theirs). In fact, in retrospect, the villains may have been more trouble to Astronema than they were ever worth. |
* This is likely the biggest reason why the Rangers managed to defeat the Psycho Rangers in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', despite the fact that the Psycho Rangers were far stronger than they were. The Psycho Rangers were not only insane, they were obsessive, unwilling to co-operate with each other (something the real Rangers were rather good at) and too impatient to adhere to the careful strategies that Astronema laid out (while the true Rangers were very good at sticking to theirs). In fact, in retrospect, the villains may have been more trouble to Astronema than they were ever worth. |
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* In a heroic example, ''[[Monk]]'''s severe OCD [[Crazy Awesome|makes him the world's greatest detective]], but also makes him too unstable to be relied upon in desperate situations, as evidenced by the pilot in which his condition causes him to freak out and let the killer escape. This is why he's not been allowed back on the police force since the [[Heroic BSOD]] he had following his wife's death. |
* In a heroic example, ''[[Monk]]'''s severe OCD [[Crazy Awesome|makes him the world's greatest detective]], but also makes him too unstable to be relied upon in desperate situations, as evidenced by the pilot in which his condition causes him to freak out and let the killer escape. This is why he's not been allowed back on the police force since the [[Heroic BSOD]] he had following his wife's death. |
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