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** [[Digimon Xros Wars]] gives us Blastmon who is more concern with keeping himself shiny and forgets that he is suppose to be fighting. The real kicker is when Cyberdramon latches its self to him to stop his attack he thinks its love.

* Tsukasa from ''[[Lucky Star]]'', apart from randomly spacing out for no discernible reason, finds balsamic vinegar strangely fascinating.

** Konata also falls into this at times. Only because she's played so many dating sims [[Wrong Genre Savvy|that she thinks she's in one.]]

* Marie from ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu|Haré+Guu]]'' can be kind of out it from sometimes.

* Nia Teppelin from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''; at first due to her sheltered up-bringing but it's quite clear she isn't all there in the head when even after 7 years in the outside world she still surprises everyone with her quirky misunderstandings. Simon even remarks that he has a hard time understanding what she says.

* Emperor Fred from ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'', the eccentric ruler of Little Tokyo who largely communicates by saying his name ("Fuh-red!") and scat-singing ("Doo-wah!"). In one episode he caught a bad cold, and instead of becoming delirious with fever, he became ''sane'' with fever:

'''Al Dente:''' Oh no, then he's ''very'' sick! }}

* Hohenheim from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has a way of looking and acting as if he came straight from another planet. A scene in the manga even shows him mumbling to himself while {{spoiler|Ed yells insults and accusations at him on Trisha's grave}} then out of the blue, comparing Ed to "a little boy who has wet his bed and hidden the sheets" in a fairly threatening way. This might partly be a case of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] though, as when he does get serious, he reveals that he's understood the situation way earlier and better than anybody else. Plus, some of his apparent non-sequiturs actually contain important hidden messages and information. Still, everybody notices how [[Genius Ditz|''weird'', socially awkward and absent-minded he is]].

* Kotomi from ''[[Clannad]]'' is very awkward, lacking all but the basic social skills, despite (or perhaps ''because of'') the fact that she is a [[Teen Genius|genius]]. She also tends to space out and come up with non sequitur responses, which she often combines with a deeply seated fear of bullies. Nevertheless Tomoya drafts her for the drama club, where her sweet and thoughtful demeanor makes her very popular with its members -- as long as she [[Dreadful Musician|refrains from playing the violin]].

** Perhaps [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that Kotomi was {{spoiler|traumatized by her parents' death, and she promised to do better and follow in their footsteps. She said that she'd read many books and that she'd become smart like them}}. With such motivation for Kotomi, it's no surprise that she lacks social skills when she's busy with what she promised her parents that she'd do. Various flashbacks in the anime show that she was already like this {{spoiler|(kids avoided her because of her intelligence and Tomoya was her first and only friend)}}. The {{spoiler|death of her parents (and the fact that Tomoya avoided her afterwards)}} definitely made things worse, though.

** Also [[Brother Chuck|Kappei]], who is apparently incapable of remembering names or faces. And tells a touching story about a person he think he may love whom he lent his handkerchief... while talking to that same person. Also expects to be served tea during a job interview.

* Dolce in ''[[Geneshaft]]'' is also a genius, this time in computer programming. She keeps a calm and quiet appearance herself, but communicates loudly and obnoxiously through her puppet.

** Since these are anthropomorphic countries, they could just as well be called [[Cloudcuckooland|Cloudcuckoolands]].

* You'd think Usagi of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is a clear candidate, but the Cloudcuckoolander, at least in the anime, is definitely Minako with her infamous malapropisms.

The real quote is "''Mi o sutete koso, ukabu se mo are!''" (Along with throwing your life away, you may get your chance to survive.) }}

* Many of the fodder villains in ''[[Gash Bell]]'' fall under this trope. Victoream will drop everything for a melon, and usually sing a song about it afterwards. Koral Q will drop everything if you missed his awesome transformation, and usually sing a song about it afterwards. Kiees will drop everything if you ignore his brilliant [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Beethoven]] mishmash, and... well you get the idea.

* Shiro from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]''. Nobody except possibly her grandfather {{spoiler|(who she ends up killing anyways)}} understands what in the world she's saying.

* Kohsaka from ''[[Genshiken]]''.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'', a more disturbing example is [[Ax Crazy|Gates]]. Most of the things he says don't really make sense, and the people who employ him have a hard time understanding what in the world he's talking about. In fact, the last thing he does when Sousuke obliterates his AS (and kills him) is to play with his hair and say, "Maybe I cut it too short?"

** That was a call-back to a comment several episodes earlier -- when his AS shrugs off an attack by the enemy he declares, mockingly "That might have hurt me, if my sideburns had been shorter!" But Gates really is disturbed -- he watches a nature film on squirrels while naked for recreation in one episode. It started out with footage of kittens, and while he was on the phone with one of his subordinates he was furiously tearing tissues out of a tissue box.

** Sousuke qualifies too. His thought processes are unique even among his fellow mercenaries. He's paranoid to the point of absurdity, and frequently misinterprets things other people say to be threats. He can't see anything wrong with [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|threatening random civilians with guns, blowing up a row of shoe lockers, and the list goes on and on]]. And the conclusions he draws are... sometimes rather outlandish.

'''Kyoko:''' Er... I don't know about that... }}

:: Mao references this. When Kaname commented that she thought ''everyone'' in Mithril had the same personality and attitude as Sousuke, Mao replied: "Ha ha ha... that kid's... a little special." And other times, she and Kurz reference how Sousuke isn't quite all there. Though Sousuke is one of the few Mithril members, if not only one, who was a [[Child Soldier]]. Sousuke's been fighting in wars since he was eight (and before that, he was being trained as an assassin by the KGB), whereas most of his [[True Companions|fellow mercenaries]] started out when they were already responsible adults; with that kind of upbringing, he probably simply doesn't know how to respond to anything without breaking out some serious weaponry. Makes it a lot less funny when you realize his behavior stems from the fact that he simply can't believe that there are places on Earth where people are not allways trying to kill each other. And we have the [[Student Council President]] who deems Sousuke's action...appropriate. No wonder they share mutual respect.

* Katsura from "[[Gintama]]" is apparently quite skilled in avoiding the authorities while carrying out his anti-government activities. Yet, he also seriously thought Gintoki was capable of hiding in a small metal can, and at one point, dressed up as a "yellow curry ninja" in order to rescue his equally bizarre friend, Elizabeth. Any time Katsura makes an appearance, bizarre behavior is sure follow.

* Edaniel from [[Bizenghast]] is as random as they get.

* While most of the characters are weirdos at some point in this series, [[The Hero|Noelle]] from ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]'' still stands out the most. {{spoiler|So much that in the last episodes she manages to come off as one of the saner characters}}.

* Bu-Ling from ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' is... strange. She once suggested that Zakuro was going to America to play baseball, and on another occasion thought that spinning plates wile balancing on a ball was a form of ballet.

* Eri from [[Fujimura-kun Mates]]. Actually, everyone except [[Only Sane Man|Fujimura]].

* Hatsuharu Sohma from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' will say some of the most nonsensical things.

* [[The Stoic|Fran]] of [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]] seems to be this [[Not So Stoic|as a child]].

** Lampshaded by an indignant [[No Indoor Voice|Squalo]]. "First faeries, now cavity imps!? [[Lampshade Hanging|WHAT THE HELL!?]]"