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Consequentially, he often gets to say clever lines like, "Well, I think it's a good idea, but then, I'm crazy," "I'm crazy, but I'm not ''stupid''," "I may be insane, but you're ''crazy''" or "Oh yes, I'm insane. And you're stuck here with me."
Mostly characters who have become unhinged by an exceptional ordeal; rarely results from an organic disorder. Often a facet of the [[Waif Prophet]] or the [[Rabid Cop]]; and frequently a major character component of the [[Shell
Usually a fun character, and a little cartoonish, though it can also be played tragically (this is how it usually goes when [[The Mad Hatter]]'s illness is organic in origin) as a character is overcome by the knowledge that he is losing his mind and is powerless to stop it.
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{{quote| Alice: "But I don't want to [[Go Among Mad People]]!"<br />
Cat: "Oh, you can't help that, we're all mad here." }}
* [[Douglas Adams]]' ''[[The
{{quote| ''"...and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. I kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic... I found a small lake that thought it was a gin and tonic, and jumped in and out of that. At least, I think it thought it was a gin and tonic. I may (grins crazily) have been imagining it."''}}
** They then chase a time-travelling sofa, leading to Arthur happily reflecting on just how fast his slip into insanity was.
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** "...There's something you'd better understand about me, cause it's important, and one day, your life may depend on it: I am ''definitely'' a madman with a box!"
* "Howling Mad" Murdoch from ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' qualifies, assuming his condition wasn't ''totally'' an act to avoid the stockade.
* Who forgot the Mads from ''[[MST3K]]''? [[Card
* Tracy Jordan of ''[[
* Walter Bishop on ''[[Fringe]]'' takes psychotic drugs at lunch to keep his edge. Walter '''owns''' this trope.
** ''Homemade'' psychotic drugs.
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* [[The Elder Scrolls|Sheogorath]]. That is all.
** Give man a credit, he is the ''God of Madness''. Player too to certain extent, after {{spoiler|you replace Sheogorath}}
*** [[Self
* In the [[Touhou]] game ''Imperishable Night'', when [[Cute Witch]] Marisa Kirisame {{spoiler|is exposed to "pure" lunar rays, which can drive humans mad, she isn't concerned because, in her own words, "I'm insane to begin with"}}. This is the only time she comes out and says this, however.
* [[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|Crazy Dave]] is a good example. Why? because he's Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy!
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Daffy: "You ain't just whistlin' Dixie!" (maniacal laughter) }}
* Really freakin' creepy example: Tarantulas in ''[[Transformers]]: [[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]''. It's unclear how much of his lunacy is genuine, and it's been theorized by at least one fan that this is intentional, and he's actually the most lucid among the Predacons. Either way, the attempts at draining vital fluids of other characters, the gleeful sadism, the maniacal laughter all add up to an over-the-top loon who enjoys being an over the top loon, ''especially'' when it creeps people out... In his own words:
{{quote| '''Tigerhawk''' ''(shocked)'': [[You're Insane!|You're insane!]]<br />
'''Tarantulas''' ''(casually)'': So they say. }}
** ''[[Transformers Animated|Animated]]'' has Blitzwing's [[Split Personality|"Random" personality]]. Generally much more humorous and [[Cloudcuckoolander|silly]] than Tarantulas (though he's made at least one reference to cannibalism).
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* Doctor Weird from ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', possibly. "It works! ''I'' am one can short of a six-pack!"
* [[Screwy Squirrel]] knows he's nuts, and ''loves'' it. (To the point where [[Insane Equals Violent|some find him very disturbing]].)
* The early [[Daffy Duck]]-[[Expy]] version of [[Woody Woodpecker]] used to sometimes deny his insanity even though [["I Am" Song|he frequently sang a theme song about how insane he was]]. Which only made him seem ''more'' insane.
{{quote| ''So I'm crazy, what what what can I do?''<br />
''[[Paranoia Fuel|So are you]]!'' }}
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* Crispin Hellion Glover ''lives'' this trope.
* Possibly (though not necessarily) true Urban Legend. A man suffers a flat tire while driving by a mental institution one night. He removes the lug-nuts from the tire and places them in the hubcap while he puts the new tire on. A car comes by and hits the hubcap, scattering the lug-nuts, which are impossible to find in the dark. As the motorist frets an inmate from the other side of the fence points out that he can just take one nut from each of the remaining tires. The motorist is impressed, and admits that he didn't think the resident of an asylum would be so lucid. The inmate responds "I'm crazy, not stupid."
* It is a common belief among those serving in the military that special forces/special ops troops are a special kind of crazy. It's believed that, even if you're not already a few bananas short of a tree when you join up, the [[Break the Cutie|intensive training]] and/or [[Shell
* A possible definition of eccentricity by psychologist Dr. David Weeks goes as follows: People with a mental illness "suffer" from their behavior while eccentrics are quite happy.
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