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* Osaka from ''[[
** This may also be a generous part of why Mr. Kimura's wife is able to tolerate him -- she can get so focused on a discarded soda can that she runs directly into a lamppost.
** Fans of the series would doubtlessly recognize Chiyo-chichi, the [[Mind Screw|cat... thing]]. Who sees him the most? I'll give you a second to guess. Have an idea? Yes? Okay, were you thinking [[Huge Schoolgirl|Sakaki?]] No. You were thinking Osaka, weren't you? Well, Sakaki sees him the most. Her tendency to bond with stuffed animals and the fact that she doesn't seem to notice that Chiyo-chichi was a dream makes some people think Sakaki is weirder than [[Trope Codifier|Osaka.]] Even ''Osaka'' found the "daddy hats" weird. Put it like this: Sakaki is weirder than Osaka when it comes to cute things and stuffed animals, but Osaka is weirder at ''everything else,'' and she's still pretty weird with stuffed animals too. Plush cities, anyone?
* Yui from ''[[K-On!]]'' because... she's Yui.
* Mihoshi from the various ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi]]'' series seems like a complete airhead, but manages to save the day on several occasions. This is usually the result of her [[The Fool|outrageous luck]], but it's also indicated that Mihoshi is much smarter than she seems... at least in the [[OVA]] continuity.
** WASHU!!!
* Orihime from ''[[
** Since everybody who knows Orihime is aware of her overactive imagination, she's able to give truthful accounts of her activities, and [[Cassandra Truth|the ordinary humans think she's just making crazy stuff up again.]]
** When asked what Orihime would do on a date with Ichigo by Tatsuki, it start innocently enough with a simple race to a see saw that starts to get pretty heated, which is then interrupted when some black track star comes out of nowhere, which then logically leads to a boxing match and then an assassination attempt. Which she is all acting out as she imagines it. Tatsuki is confused naturally. The anime makes that scene even worse; it doesn't show Orihime's line of thought, just her acting everything out.
** She also happens to be voiced by [[Yuki Matsuoka|the same voice actress]] as [[Azumanga Daioh
** [[The Stoic|Byakuya Kuchiki]] seems to be a closet case. Surely there's no other explanation for '''Seaweed Ambassador'''? His zanpakuto, Senbonzakura, (which is a reflection of his inner self) is {{spoiler|[[Curious
* Masaru Hananakajima from ''[[Sexy Commando Gaiden]]'' definitely qualifies; he practices a martial art based on the idea that confused, unsettled enemies cannot defend themselves. His usual technique to produce that state involves groaning "Ahhhhh" while reaching to unzip his pants.
* Similarly, ''[[
** You could argue that Beauty is the ''only'' character who qualifies. All the others are off in their own little reality, but she's normal and thus the exception. Beauty's the [[Only Sane Man|only sane girl]] of that anime. Gasser is fairly normal as well despite his [[Fartillery|bizarre fighting style]], and Softon, while definitely weird in his own right, seems fairly sane. Bobobo, Don Patch, Jelly Jiggler, Dengaku Man, Torpedo Girl, and many of the villains all qualify, though.
* Gedatsu in ''[[
** Despite his exterior, Zoro has his moments as well, [[The Comically Serious|all completely seriously]]. Like doing a Tarzan yell while swinging on a vine. Or irrationally accusing [[Identical Stranger|mysterious girls of intentionally copying his dead childhood friend.]] Or believing that when threatened with death by being encased in wax, it's important to strike a cool pose. Or thinking the best way to get out of a trap and to win against the opponent is to cut your own feet off. And his [[No Sense of Direction|hilariously bad sense of direction]]... forget [[The Stoic]] label, he does this all the freaking time. It's almost sad he [[Never Gets Drunk]]; there have to be several people who want to see what he can say and do when all his faculties go bye-bye. Please, please Oda, make Zoro have a [[Mushroom Samba]] episode and bring joy and brightness to the Earth.
** Kizaru from the same series counts- he mistakes his wiretap for a phone, as well as asking enemies where his subordinate is.
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** A more straightforward example would be Mimi of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' who, unlike Jeri, never gets better, nor even once says anything that isn't noticeably, inappropriately casual or just plain out of place. By the end of season two, she still displays a sort of airheadedness that anyone on the planet would grow out of after so many near-death experiences.
** [[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 ''[[
{{quote| '''Tsukasa:''' Strawberries smell like strawberry shortcakes!}}
** 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.
* Fuura Kafuka from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
** Her forced cheerfulness extends to every aspect of life, even inanimate objects. When she sees a garbage can, for example, she refuses to accept that something as unpleasant as garbage could possibly exist. Thus, she decides that a garbage can is actually "a treasure chest for the homeless."
** Taro Maria Sekiutsu can be considered one too, especially considering she comes from a country where apparently massacres happen regularly. She's upbeat, cheerful, and makes little to no sense usually. Unsurprisingly, she gets along great with Kafuka.
** Oora Kanako walked into a newly thrashed, blood sprayed classroom, sat down by her desk, which their homeroom teacher, the victim of the recent assault, was lying on nonetheless, and then stared off into the distant nothingness with a vacant smile on her face... The next episode, she's still sitting like that and her classmates [[Lampshade Hanging|comment]] on that she's been sitting like that for [[Leaning
* The titular character of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', who rants about dumping all her previous boyfriends because they weren't aliens, time travelers, or espers, seems to fit this trope at first... until her criteria turn out to be less farfetched than they seem....
** She may still qualify, though, as ''[[Locked Out of the Loop|she never realizes]]'' she's attending [[Uncanny Valley]] [[Sweet Valley High|High]]. Even without the the reality warping powers, she still does some pretty odd things -- believing that wearing a [[Playboy Bunny]] suit at school to advertise her new club is a-okay, among other things.
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* Milly Thompson from ''[[Trigun]]'' is an almost stereotypical example. She once nearly threatened a shopkeeper with her [[Hand Cannon]] when in search of pudding... and ''got'' it. Only to drop her grocery bags a few moments later to emphasize a point midconversation.
* Dita from ''[[Vandread]]'' is the resident Cloudcuckoolander for the show. Despite having deep feelings for the main character Hibiki, she seems to forget his name, calling him Mr. Alien instead.
* Ichijou, the [[Class Representative]] from ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]'', is weird even for a thoroughly [[Widget Series]]. She also appears to have inexplicable (and unexplained) powers that ignore the laws of physics, reality, and sanity.
** For example, she once cut a conversation with Miyako short by ''rocketing into the stratosphere.'' When Miyako caught up with her again and mentioned it, she went "What are you talking about?"
** Himeko also seems particularly unconcerned with anything remotely approaching reality, though in a much more [[Genki Girl|energetic way]] than Ichijou.
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** In a key scene of the manga, {{spoiler|"Father", the homunculi's boss,}} starts acting like a caricature of Hohenheim, complete with non sequiturs, creepy staring, senile mumbling, suddenly standing uncomfortably close to people, and pensive beard-twisting. Ed proceeds to yell at him, "LISTEN TO ME, ALIEN!" An official [[Yonkoma]] even shows him {{spoiler|letting Ed persuade him to get a 200-years subscription to a Central City newspaper}}. In the last panel, {{spoiler|Bradley/Wrath}} calls him a "naive [[Hikikomori]] with no knowledge of the world."
** Edward Elric in ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' appears to be one to the people around him. He has good reasons for his bizarre non sequiturs and erratic behavior as {{spoiler|he came from another planet in a parallel universe where the laws of physics work differently and already had numerous psychological issues beforehand}}, but one can't help but think the people he interacts with must consider him a little bit crazy. At one point, during a pitched battle, he even suddenly moves uncomfortably close to Scar and politely asks him a question. Returning to the subject of Hohenheim, the central reason as to why he is a cuckoolander is revealed, he's spent the last {{spoiler|450+ years getting to know all 500,000+ souls in his head on a first name basis. Hohenheim really does have a "world" in his head to be lost in.}}
* ''[[
** Saginomiya Isumi has really impressive command over the non-sequitur and is generally ''completely'' spaced out, leading to such scenes as her asking a construction worker if the subway involved getting dinosaurs into bullet trains. As a result, Isumi's the only one capable of following Nagi's utterly nonsensical attempts at creating manga.
** Isumi's mother and grandmother. As an example, in her introductory scene, her mother couldn't remember which button to push on the intercom to the front gate of her own house, despite the fact that ''there was only one button.''
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** Takes a turn for the tragic when it's discovered that {{spoiler|Izumi had not one, but TWO boyfriends die on her.}} No wonder she's so loopy.
* Yuichiro Tajima in ''[[Ookiku Furikabutte]]'' is a baseball prodigy with expert peripheral vision and incredible accuracy when batting. When off field, he's borderline hyperactive, has the tendency to loudly discuss his masturbation habits and at least once almost stripped naked in public just to work on his tan.
* Kotomi from ''[[
** 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.
** Fuuko is also a total space-cadet. At one point she tells Tomoya she's warmed up to him, explaining that she likes him more than sea slugs (but not as much as starfish). Tomoya doesn't understand the rankings<ref>Fuuko quite likes sea slugs, so this is actually a compliment in her mind</ref>. She tops this in the ''~After Story~'', where her behavior is very bizarre indeed, especially in response to Ushio's cuteness. She also tends to space trance out when thinking of cute things for long periods of time, only to snap out of it to finish whatever sentence she had started. She's in total denial about it, though.
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** Well, that is for work. He still qualifies, especially in the way he treats Hagumi.
* Hotaru of ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' can't remember his own mentor's name and so calls him Yun Yun, [[Running Gag|insists on moving caterpillars out of the way before fights]], asks directions from [[Mauve Shirt]] villain Kubira, and is off in his own world when he's not fighting. And that's just a short list.
* Finland from ''[[
** And Finland's ''first'' choice of names for the puppy was 'Go For It! Bomber!' Another suggestion was 'Sardine Picnic'. I wish I was making this up. In the [[Christmas Episode]], the dog starts ''talking.'' Finland acts pretty nonchalant about the whole matter.
** In fact almost every character can be one, like America trying to befriend whales ([[Friend to All Living Things|and succeeding]]).
** Poland, hoo boy Poland. Lithuania even lampshades Poland's status: "I thought it was just one of your usual stories, that I can’t keep up with, that takes place in your own special realm..." He could probably compete with [[Azumanga Daioh
** Even England, normally the [[Only Sane Man]], can get like this when it comes to the occult; he tries cursing America using a chair (at one point he nearly managed it, but when Russia sat in it he broke it by out-eviling it), and he makes friends with magical creatures like fairies and unicorns that only he can see.
** Since these are anthropomorphic countries, they could just as well be called [[Cloudcuckooland|Cloudcuckoolands]].
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** Excalibur certainly qualifies, what with his [[Talkative Loon|rambling, completely disjointed stories]] and [[Ear Worm|propensity to break into song for no reason]]. That he is the most powerful weapon in existence, yet cannot find anyone willing to put up with him, is a testament to just how out there he is.
** Anime example only. {{spoiler|"''The sky is blue, motherfucker!''"}}
* ''[[FLCL]]'''s Mamimi, who among many Cloudcuckooland moments, mistakes a television-headed robot for an angelic deity from her favorite video game, and continues to treat him as such throughout the series. It's implied that her cloudcuckoo perspective is a deliberate front, and that she eventually [[Bored
** Watching Fooly Cooly has been known to turn people into cloudcuckoolanders.
* [[Outlaw Couple|Isaac and Miria]] from ''[[
** OR the time Isaac decided to attempt to "steal gold directly from the earth rather than stealing it from the mafia". Through a process known to the sane as "mining", which he is convinced he invented.
** Did we mention that they thought bringing their friend a "little brother" as a surprise present was a fantastic idea?
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'''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.
* ''[[Code
* Though not a regular Cloudcuckoolander, Makino from the manga version of ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'' has at least one time when she does this. In volume 33 {{spoiler|when she's given up on Tsukasa because of Umi}} she compares her situation to the plot in ''The Little Mermaid'' (the real story, without the [[Disneyfication]]) and ends up ranting about how she doesn't want to become bubbles (or something to that effect) in front of her little brother who's very confused.
* Hikari from ''[[Amanchu]]'' arguably qualifies. She blows on a pea whistle everywhere she goes (including ''during class'') and jumps from a big rock in a way divers jump from a boat--even though there's no water. Whether her mild flirting with Futaba, another girl from her class, is simply part of her off-beat attitude or [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|perhaps something else]] is up to interpretation.
* ''[[Minami-ke]]'s'' Hosaka is so caught up in his own little world he ends up acting his fantasies out in real life. People tend to think he's off his rocker as a result. Further, being a master of the [[Imagine Spot]], we the viewers tend to actually see what's going through his head at the time.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'', which shows what happens when you give a well-intentioned Cloud Cuckoolander the skill, mind, and reputation of a ''[[
* Combine a hefty helping of this with a [[Stoic Spectacles]] [[Bishounen]] and you get Kairi from ''[[Nightmare Inspector]]''. He's the owner of a building called the "Delirium," a literal [[Cloudcuckooland]] -- getting locked in a room there means you get to live all your wildest fantasies until you die (or until you realize that it's just a hyped-up daydream, whichever comes first). Kairi himself is always sitting behind the desk, staring off into space, and daydreaming about all manner of weird things. The reader actually gets to see some of his trips to [[Cloudcuckooland]]...
* Miki "Nodamiki" Noda from ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]'' is living in her own little world compared to her friends. She believes that she can remove mold from paint with her "aura" and has started impromptu mini theaters on at least two occasions (once with a collage, once with a can of paint). She is quite boy crazy to boot, to the point of believing random guys have a crush on ''her''. Still, she seems to be on top of things.
* Hikari from ''[[
** Which resulted in Rakka's halo being charged with static electricity for the first few days after she got it. Rakka was not exactly pleased.
* Noda Megumi "Nodame" from ''[[Nodame Cantabile]]'', who is a brilliant pianist, but often has strange notions about things.
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* Commander Mars of Team Galactic in ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', who skips, smiles, and giggles her way through all of her [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|well intentioned]] villainy.
* The just-barely-literate Ryuichi Sakuma from ''[[Gravitation]]'', and to a lesser extent Shuichi Shindou. They both combine this with [[Genius Ditz]], which is probably the only reason anyone puts up with their glomps, shrieking, emotional extremes, bizarre ideas, and sheer mind-blowing stupidity.
* Katsuya Jounouchi/Joey Wheeler of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' is yet another shonen [[Big Eater]] of a space case, prone to many bouts of goofy behavior and painfully awkward moments. He's just, ahem, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|lucky]] that he's also street smart, and a decent out-of-the-box thinker.
** Ryou Bakura is this as well when his evil side isn't trying to take over, particularly in the manga.
* [[
** Kaguya has her moment of Cloudcuckoolandishness during her infamous [[Tenchi Solution|"Three Court Ladies" plan]]. Lloyd could also qualify.
* Abel Nightroad of [[Trinity Blood]] has elements of this, particularily in the manga. It's espicially more prevalent in the earlier chapters, when he's traveling to the Vatican with heroine Esther and Terminator 2-esque Tres; at one point, he opens a window in a moving train because he wants to feel the breeze. A few chapters later, while on a cruise ship, he's immediately suspicious of how nice it is and insists that something bad will happen, citing the events of fiction such as Treasure Island and Titanic, which Esther immediately Lampshades. In this case, he's right, which may qualify him as being somewhat Genre Savvy.
* In her first few appearances, Lacus Clyne ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' was one. She seemed utterly unaware of the fact that she was on an enemy warship, and condemns [[The Hero|Kira]] to an [[Accidental Pervert]] moment when he takes off her dress right in front of him. Gradually, she shifts and shows that she wasn't nearly as dumb as she looked, or really even dumb at all, and often appears very jaded (her father getting murdered by a paranoid nut probably contributed to that).
* Miu Matsuoka from ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''.
* ''[[Excel Saga (
* Ellis from ''[[El Cazador
** Although the fork incident was reference back to Noir, where Kirika first picked up a little fork from her and Mirielle's 'Mad Hatter's teaparty' with Chloe to use as a weapon. Later on, she {{spoiler|kills Chloe with it.}}
* Several characters from [[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]] have tendencies this way, notably the Kunos
** One of the biggest is figure skater Azusa Shiratori she's a teenage girl who acts like a five year old, she will steal anything she considers cute and will give it a pet name often a fancy sounding female name even if the person or animal she takes is a male, she will also take strange things like cooked fish, rice balls, bicycles, police sirens, and steel girders and give them names.
* Izaya Orihara of ''[[
** Though it has to be said, Izaya's got nothing on Walker & Erika, or Shingen.
** And Slon beats them all with this quote. "I'm not moving an inch until I've solved the mystery of the male nipples! This is my war!!"
* Almost every character from [[Galaxy Angel (
* Carina Verritti of ''Shukufuku no Campanella'', every time she fantasizes romancing, or being romanced by, protagonist Leicester Maycraft. Interesting that he usually just lets her enjoy herself over it.
* Keiichi's father from ''[[Ah!
* [[Rebuild of Evangelion|Mari Illustrious Makinami]] is an excellent example of this trope - when not fighting, that is. Inside an Eva however, she's [[Ax Crazy]] incarnate.
* Umino Masachika from ''[[Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai]]'' (''A Lollipop or a Bullet''), who claims to (among other things:) Be a mermaid who has been granted human form, need the true friendship of the protagonist or she will turn into sea-foam in one month's time, and to have been sent by her father to buy a machete so that he could chop up a body in his bath-tub. Throughout the early part of the series, it is a major question for the protagonist of the series as to whether or not anything Umino says is [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|true]].
* Katsura from "[[
* Edaniel from [[Bizenghast]] is as random as they get.
{{quote| "I almost choked to death on a Dick Tracy watch once. In retrospect, I should not have eaten it box and all. But the bottom line is that '''''communism is bad for your eyes.''''' [[Beat Panel|*beat*]] I mean television. I get those confused."}}
* While most of the characters are weirdos at some point in this series, [[The Hero|Noelle]] from ''[[Tenshi
* 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.
* Kaizo from [[Katteni Kaizo]] ''lives'' this trope, the first thing we ever see him doing is accusing old people of being aliens and trying to take over earth. Although some of his wild imaginings [[The Cloud Cuckoolander Was Right|turn out to be correct]].
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* Erza and Juvia from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' the former takes '''EVERYTHING''' seriously, Juvia has permanent [[Shipping Goggles]] is convinced she is in a [[Love Dodecahedron]]
* Sora and Hajime in ''Magikano'' come off as completely nuts, but they may be the only ones who have any idea that something really strange is going on: {{spoiler|that everyone is caught in a time loop, living the same year over and over again, and can't escape}}.
* Koyuki in ''[[Maji
* Okabe Rintaro, the protagonist of ''[[Steins
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