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{{quote|''"My name's Millions and I'm a son of a chipwich!"''|'''Homsar''' (the [[Patron Saint]] of Talkative Loons), ''[[~~Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|~~Homestar Runner]]''}}

{{quote|''"My name's Millions and I'm a son of a chipwich!"''|'''Homsar''' (the [[Patron Saint]] of Talkative Loons), ''[[Homestar Runner]]''}}

When a TV character is meant to be completely, irretrievably unhinged, and it's inconvenient (as it would be in 95% of television scenes) to have them exhibit typical deranged behavior such as detached wandering, violent outbursts or obsessive drawing/crocheting/self-mutilation/etc, the general method for conveying their insanity is to have them constantly spout rambling incoherent phrases, e.g. "The avenue is clear and we must use it to convert the extra limbs - not yet though, not until the pastor has been distracted, or do they have the right parts? White fish elephant man which was lettuce matrix!"

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* Shiro from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' exhibits this often enough.

* In ''[[The Five Star Stories]]'' Paltenon combines this with [[Jive Turkey]]. It must be seen to be believed.

* Graham Spectre from ''[[~~Baccano (Light Novel)|~~Baccano]]'', who combines this with [[Warrior Poet]]. Damned if we know what the hell he was talking about half the time.

* Graham Spectre from ''[[Baccano]]'', who combines this with [[Warrior Poet]]. Damned if we know what the hell he was talking about half the time.

** His friend [[Anti-Hero|Ladd Russo]], who is even more insane, falls into this category, spitting out a stream of nonsense about boxing while [[Curb Stomp Battle|repeatedly punching a random Lemure so hard he has no face left when Ladd's finally done.]] When the two actually encounter each other later in the series, they spend the [[Ham to Ham Combat|whole fight shouting loopy monologues at each other.]]

** The [[Light Novels]] introduce Christopher Shouldered, a murderous homunculus prone to melodramatic monologues on innocuous things like nature and umbrellas.

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** I own your soul now!

** Circles! Circles of life, circles of death, circles of pain, circles of love, circles of power, circles of fire, Tell him about the circles! Bood Lood Cellar Door! The null mutant will be inactive at all temperatures!

*** Of course, that was [[Ultimate Spider Man|Ultimate Green Goblin]] who is not only psychotically insane but at the time was also completely fucked up on his own [[Fantastic Drug|Oz formula]]. Half of the above dialogue was him ranting at Spider-Man, the other half was the voices in his head talking to ''him.''

*** Of course, that was [[Ultimate Spider-Man|Ultimate Green Goblin]] who is not only psychotically insane but at the time was also completely fucked up on his own [[Fantastic Drug|Oz formula]]. Half of the above dialogue was him ranting at Spider-Man, the other half was the voices in his head talking to ''him.''

* The main character of the [[Doom (Comic Book)|Doom comic book]]. Sample quote: "Knock knock who's there ME! Me me me me me me me me." It gets worse.

** "At this particular moment in time I don't think I've had a healthier or more deeply felt respect for any object in the universe than this here shotgun..."

* A story arc in [[Tintin ~~(Comic Book)~~]] ''(Cigars of the Pharaoh/The Blue Lotus)'' had the bad guys shooting people with poisoned darts to make them go mad; pretty much all the victims became this.

* A story arc in [[Tintin]] ''(Cigars of the Pharaoh/The Blue Lotus)'' had the bad guys shooting people with poisoned darts to make them go mad; pretty much all the victims became this.

== [[Fanfic]] ==

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{{quote| ''"I don't like limpid tears and I have to, invoke the ass," Xaldin shook his amazing voice..''}}

* ''[[Thirty Hs (Fanfic)|Thirty Hs]]'' takes this [[Up to Eleven]]

* Mocked in the Demyx chapter of the [[Kingdom Hearts]]-based parody fic ''[[~~Those Lacking Spines (Fanfic)|~~Those Lacking Spines]]'' as a crutch which many authors rely on for "random" humor.

* Mocked in the Demyx chapter of the [[Kingdom Hearts]]-based parody fic ''[[Those Lacking Spines]]'' as a crutch which many authors rely on for "random" humor.

== [[Film]] ==

* The daughter in ''Dark Floors'' is one of these, having been driven insane by {{spoiler|living the same horrible loop again and again.}}

* The [[Twist Ending]] to ''[[~~The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Film)|~~The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' reveals {{spoiler|that the entire story up to this point has been the insane babbling of one of these.}}

* The [[Twist Ending]] to ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' reveals {{spoiler|that the entire story up to this point has been the insane babbling of one of these.}}

* Jeffrey Goins from ''12 Monkeys''.

* ''[[Out Cold]]'' has Stumpy, who constantly spouts off rants and anecdotes that are self-contradictory, nonsensical, or otherwise insane.

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*** Flipping it around, HEX once managed to get a lucid remark out of the Bursar during one of his downswings when Ponder programmed it to behave like one of those "therapist" computer programs, and it repeated the Bursar's gibberish as though it was a coherent statement it wanted the Bursar to expand on. The Bursar accused it of making fun of him, and Ridcully cheerfully declared that it had "out-Bursar'd the Bursar".

** Also, Mrs. Tachyon from ''[[Johnny and The Bomb]]'', who used Ole Ron's catchphrase on at least one occasion ('course, she wasn't actually mad. It's just that her mind is everywhere and everywhen at once. Her thoughts are apparently perfectly lucid).

* The Weavers in [[China Mieville]]'s ''[[~~Bas-Lag Cycle (Literature)|~~Bas-Lag Cycle]]'', in addition to being gigantic spidery [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] with a thought process no human can truly understand, talk like this all the time.

* The Weavers in [[China Mieville]]'s ''[[Bas-Lag Cycle]]'', in addition to being gigantic spidery [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] with a thought process no human can truly understand, talk like this all the time.

* There was a darkly hilarious [[Stephen King]] short story, ''Lunch At The Gotham Cafe'', about a waiter who starts talking like this and trying to stab the diners.

{{quote| That dog of yours is so much rage. All the radios of Coney Island don't make up to dat dog, you motherfucker!

I rot you, you abominations! I rot you and all your trulls! }}

* Brandon Sanderson's ''[[~~Alcatraz Series (Literature)|~~Alcatraz Series]]'' has a character whose [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|magic power is to talk in utter nonsense.]] It makes him an excellent spy, since he can arrange to be literally unable to reveal information no matter the torture without actually having to kill himself. {{spoiler|No one knew he was sometimes delivering prophesies, and can be understood by someone wearing the proper pair of glasses.}} Rutabaga.

* Brandon Sanderson's ''[[Alcatraz Series]]'' has a character whose [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|magic power is to talk in utter nonsense.]] It makes him an excellent spy, since he can arrange to be literally unable to reveal information no matter the torture without actually having to kill himself. {{spoiler|No one knew he was sometimes delivering prophesies, and can be understood by someone wearing the proper pair of glasses.}} Rutabaga.

* ''[[Finnegans Wake]].'' The entire book is one long [[Talkative Loon]] rambling.

* Eilonwy from ''[[Chronicles of Prydain]]'' has shades of this: a smart, strong-willed, witty and romantically attractive girl, who nevertheless rambles away a lot, uses [[Talks Like a Simile|strange similes]], [[Does Not Like Shoes|likes to walk around without shoes]] and is generally a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', the E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease sketch. "And the thing about saying the wrong word is, A, I don't notice it, and B, sometimes orange water given bucket of plaster."

* Drusilla (and, briefly, Spike) on ''[[~~Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|~~Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Also the ward full of Glory's "brain-suck" victims in the Sunnydale hospital, {{spoiler|and Tara, who got brain-sucked late in the season and was later restored}}. All three examples also had some degree of prophetic or otherworldly knowledge.

* Drusilla (and, briefly, Spike) on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Also the ward full of Glory's "brain-suck" victims in the Sunnydale hospital, {{spoiler|and Tara, who got brain-sucked late in the season and was later restored}}. All three examples also had some degree of prophetic or otherworldly knowledge.

** Though Spike, when he was crazy, also showed tendencies to self-mutilation - trying to "cut" his soul out, hugging the cross in ''Beneath You'', and hitting himself in ''Help''. Hmm.

** And a lot of babbling was actually just him talking to the First, who nobody else could see or hear but him.

** Joyce also did this in the episode ''Listening to Fear''.

* River on ''[[~~Firefly (TV)|~~Firefly]]'' ''seems'' like a Talkative Loon, but her [[Waif Prophet]] nature means that the seemingly-random statements are actually prophetic -- she just has trouble rendering her insights into something comprehensible to everyone else. (Of course, sometimes she really ''is'' just being crazy.) Also interesting in that River tends to wander around, act compulsively, and suffer violent outbursts, in addition to her rambling.

* River on ''[[Firefly]]'' ''seems'' like a Talkative Loon, but her [[Waif Prophet]] nature means that the seemingly-random statements are actually prophetic -- she just has trouble rendering her insights into something comprehensible to everyone else. (Of course, sometimes she really ''is'' just being crazy.) Also interesting in that River tends to wander around, act compulsively, and suffer violent outbursts, in addition to her rambling.

** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNkcK2toExY They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger.]"

* Bridge from [[Power Rangers SPD]] slips into this from time to time. Sometimes it even seems intentional [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|like when he uses it to interrogate a prisoner]]. We love him for it.

* Perhaps Exidor on ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'' qualifies as well.

* Stark from ''[[~~Farscape (TV)|~~Farscape]]'' was a Talkative Loon, who later claimed that he was only ''pretending'' to be crazy, though he was still pretty unhinged for the rest of the series.

* Stark from ''[[Farscape]]'' was a Talkative Loon, who later claimed that he was only ''pretending'' to be crazy, though he was still pretty unhinged for the rest of the series.

** Also, the rest of the universe considers Crichton to be one as well, and upon learning that there is an entire planet where he's considered to be normal ("Erp"), Moya's crew resolves to avoid it like the plague.

* In the episode "Signals and Codes" of ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Michael is approached by a schizophrenic man named Spencer who, despite being a pattern-seeing computer genius also believes that Michael is a member of a secret group of guardian aliens fighting against the forces of darkness. At the end of the episode {{spoiler|he's on medication and Sam's gotten him a job with a cryptographer friend of his, so the babbling is a bit lessened}}

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* [[Monster Clown|Papa Lazarou]] on ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''. He [[My Name Is Not Durwood|calls everyone "Dave"]], keeps offering to sell you pegs, adeptly speaks [[Speaking Simlish|gibberish]], spouts bizarre non sequiturs like "This is just a saga now," and will haunt your dreams forever.

* ''Actual'' [[Word Salad]] is used in ''[[Boston Legal]]'', when Alan Shore has a breakdown. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wkZfq86kgY He doesn't even realize he's doing it, and looks up at everyone's confused faces and asks, "What?"]

* On ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Hiro starts speaking in just fanboy references after getting his memories jumbled up. He's just about to be committed to the loony bin until Ando realizes that Hiro is attempting to tell him something and pieces the references together.

* On ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Hiro starts speaking in just fanboy references after getting his memories jumbled up. He's just about to be committed to the loony bin until Ando realizes that Hiro is attempting to tell him something and pieces the references together.

* In the ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' episode "Failure to Communicate," a patient finds himself suffering from aphasia after hitting his head, saying a bizarre combination of synonyms, rhymes, loosely-connected words and similar-sounding words instead of the words he intends to say.

* In the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "Failure to Communicate," a patient finds himself suffering from aphasia after hitting his head, saying a bizarre combination of synonyms, rhymes, loosely-connected words and similar-sounding words instead of the words he intends to say.

{{quote| '''Doctor:''' Do you understand what ''we're'' saying?

'''Patient:''' Of golf! }}

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** Also, ''Morrowind'' has Telvanni Councilor Therana, prone to incoherent, mind-numbingly long ramblings about random stuff from her early years. Entertaining... only problem is, {{spoiler|in the main quest, you need her vote to become the war leader of House Telvanni}}. )

* On ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'', this is the eventual fate of {{spoiler|Maximillion Roivas}}.

* [[Portal (~~Video Game~~)|"Hey, look at that thing! No, that other thing! Eww, what's wrong with your legs? Where are we going?"]]

* [[Portal (series)|"Hey, look at that thing! No, that other thing! Eww, what's wrong with your legs? Where are we going?"]]

** [[Too Dumb to Live|"Ooh what's in here?" "Do you smell something burning?"]]

** And then there's the [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Intelligence Sphere's 'Ingredients List']]...

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* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Earthbound]]'' turns out to be a Talkative Loon, having [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|literally gone mad with power]] by the time of the endgame. And he's still is an imposing villain, they actually made this trope [[Nightmare Fuel|creepy]] instead of [[Narm|funny]].

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Giygas:''' Ness! Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness Ness!}}}}

* Liz and Ard from ''[[~~Wild Arms 2 (Video Game)|~~Wild Arms 2]]'', although arguably this is due to an abysmal translation rather than the characters actually being crazy. This is particularly the case for Liz; his(?) dialogue was a stylistic choice created by translating his dialogue ''literally'' from Japanese. The result is nonsensical and even confuses the main characters.

* Liz and Ard from ''[[Wild Arms 2]]'', although arguably this is due to an abysmal translation rather than the characters actually being crazy. This is particularly the case for Liz; his(?) dialogue was a stylistic choice created by translating his dialogue ''literally'' from Japanese. The result is nonsensical and even confuses the main characters.

* Some hobos in [[Kingdom of Loathing]], ''especially'' Hodgman the Hoboverlord, whose dialogue is randomly generated. A sample:

{{quote| "Which... PORCH swing? Tell me which porch swing. Growl... Where's... The Pope?" }}

* In ''[[Baroque (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Baroque]]'', the Horned Girl at first appears to be a Talkative Loon, saying random things, like accusing the seemingly-mute lead character of saying what she's thinking, or complaining about her twitching eye. {{spoiler|It's actually something much, much more disturbing. She's actually saying what the main character thinks in her presence; she doesn't have any thoughts of her own or a sense of self.}}

* In ''[[Baroque (video game)|Baroque]]'', the Horned Girl at first appears to be a Talkative Loon, saying random things, like accusing the seemingly-mute lead character of saying what she's thinking, or complaining about her twitching eye. {{spoiler|It's actually something much, much more disturbing. She's actually saying what the main character thinks in her presence; she doesn't have any thoughts of her own or a sense of self.}}

* Albedo from [[~~Xenosaga (Video Game)|~~Xenosaga]]. He makes ''many'' biblical and literary references on varying topics, particularly in the infamous "Ma Belle Pêche" sequence. What's worse is that he actually has a point and it is not ''entirely'' mindless ramblings when looked deep enough.

* Albedo from [[Xenosaga]]. He makes ''many'' biblical and literary references on varying topics, particularly in the infamous "Ma Belle Pêche" sequence. What's worse is that he actually has a point and it is not ''entirely'' mindless ramblings when looked deep enough.

* The [[Enemy Chatter]] of the unhinged, ADAM-addled Splicers in ''[[~~Bio Shock~~]]'' ranges from [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]] to [[Nightmare Fuel|disturbing]].

* The [[Enemy Chatter]] of the unhinged, ADAM-addled Splicers in ''[[Bioshock]]'' ranges from [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]] to [[Nightmare Fuel|disturbing]].

* Anyone with a mic in an online game falls into either this, actually trying to play the game, being an idiot, being a douche, mic spamming, or being drunk/high. Loons are generally the best ones to encounter.

* Oghren from ''[[Dragon Age]]'' may not actually be a loon, but damned if he doesn't ''sound'' like one on many of his drunken tirades.

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'''Warden:''' Oghren, you're ''wearing'' your pants.

'''Oghren:''' But the ''dog'' doesn't know that. It'll be his sodding ''downfall.'' }}

* Tom Redwood a.k.a. [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|"Red"]] from the ''[[Penumbra (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Penumbra]]'' series.

* Tom Redwood a.k.a. [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|"Red"]] from the ''[[Penumbra (video game series)|Penumbra]]'' series.

** And Dr. Richard Eminiss. But he quickly [[The Reveal|turns out to be]] [[Our Zombies Are Different|anything but humorous...]]

* In ''[[Odium]]'', this happens to {{spoiler|Medusa}} when he goes insane. The beginning of his rant is actually a quote from "The End" by [[The Doors]].

{{quote| ''Ride the snake, ride the snake, the snake is long, seven miles, ride the snake, ride the snake.''}}

* Part of the fun of playing a Malkavian in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' is that all your dialog options turn you into this, with a sprinkle of [[Mad Oracle]] if you pay attention to what you're saying to people.

* Boyd Cooper of ''[[~~Psychonauts (Video Game)|~~Psychonauts]]''. While perfectly capable of carrying on a lucid conversation, when he's not actually doing that, he's constantly muttering to himself, because he's trying to work out all the connections in his conspiracy theory, and the inside of his head is the only place he's got left to write on.

* Boyd Cooper of ''[[Psychonauts]]''. While perfectly capable of carrying on a lucid conversation, when he's not actually doing that, he's constantly muttering to himself, because he's trying to work out all the connections in his conspiracy theory, and the inside of his head is the only place he's got left to write on.

** Boyd's rambles are actually the result of a lot of separate phrases being randomly selected. Stand there long enough in idle and you probably won't hear him make the same connection twice.

* In ''[[~~Jabless Adventure (Video Game)|~~Jabless Adventure]]'', the majority of the mushrooms in the forest spout nonsense like "If your hand is bigger than your face, you can go to outer space!" But a few of them are a little more helpful, like the one who informs you, "Contrary to popular belief, mushrooms don't make you super, they make you crazy. [[Laughing Mad|Ahahahahahaha!]]"

* In ''[[Jabless Adventure]]'', the majority of the mushrooms in the forest spout nonsense like "If your hand is bigger than your face, you can go to outer space!" But a few of them are a little more helpful, like the one who informs you, "Contrary to popular belief, mushrooms don't make you super, they make you crazy. [[Laughing Mad|Ahahahahahaha!]]"

* Jack Lupino in ''[[Max Payne (~~Video Game~~)|Max Payne]]'' is like this due to being stoned out of his mind on designer drug Valkyr.

* Jack Lupino in ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' is like this due to being stoned out of his mind on designer drug Valkyr.

* ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]'' character Anghel Higure hallucinates and talks purely in fantasy-cliches, imagining himself to be a fallen angel and the player character to be a reincarnated goddess pursued by demons, particularly the [[Deadly Doctor|evil wizard]] in the infirmary. {{spoiler|A surprising number of the things he says are [[Infallible Babble|accurate]] [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|metaphors]] for the plot points of the "Bad Boys Love" route.}}

== [[Web Animation]] ==

* On ''[[~~Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|~~Homestar Runner]]'', in the Strong Bad Email "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail91.html caffeine]", Strong Sad becomes a hyperactive Talkative Loon after Strong Bad slips coffee into his orange juice, saying things like "I don't even watch football! I can't remember my legs!" and rambling about "wood-davers".

* On ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', in the Strong Bad Email "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail91.html caffeine]", Strong Sad becomes a hyperactive Talkative Loon after Strong Bad slips coffee into his orange juice, saying things like "I don't even watch football! I can't remember my legs!" and rambling about "wood-davers".

** Another ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' character, Homsar, is like this all the time:

{{quote| '''Homsar:''' Hi, Wonder Mike! I'm Homsar, the captain of the gravy train. Climb aboard -- I've put my best foot flowered. Pshoooooo!}}

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**** He finally made a coherent statement on his third try.

** ''[[Strong ~~Bads~~ Cool Game for Attractive People ~~(Video Game)~~|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]'' has a different take. After tinkering with some ancient artifacts, Strong Bad is able to have an actual conversation with Homsar, and it turns out the loon is actually an eloquent speaker and quite intelligent in his native tongue. Strong Sad, however, just hears ''both'' talking in gibberish.

** ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]'' has a different take. After tinkering with some ancient artifacts, Strong Bad is able to have an actual conversation with Homsar, and it turns out the loon is actually an eloquent speaker and quite intelligent in his native tongue. Strong Sad, however, just hears ''both'' talking in gibberish.

** Another such character could be the Drive-Thru Whale, a disembodied drive-through speaker that spouts nonsense like "Sever your leg, please, it's the greatest day," and "Pour gravel on your stump please, ma'am." (over a bunch of static, naturally).

* petey is like this on the toad show. He is always yelling random words that only he knows what they mean like "I can flack the majjiger" and "i derfted macow". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAuHzpJzjE\]

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* An essential part of many [[Dada Comics]]. [http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20061014 Chef Brian] from ''[[Ctrl Alt Del]]'', for example.

* An essential part of many [[Dada Comics]]. [http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20061014 Chef Brian] from ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'', for example.

** Curiously, Chef Brian is actually somewhat comprehensible in this comic, in a completely roundabout way. Mostly.

* ''[[Narbonic]]'' had Dana, the last of the insane superintelligent gerbils.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series]]'', The Joker inadvertently creates the [[Diniverse]] version of [[The Creeper]], a [[Superhero]] who's yellow, super-strong, agile, and crazy enough to scare even the Joker.

* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', The Joker inadvertently creates the [[Diniverse]] version of [[The Creeper]], a [[Superhero]] who's yellow, super-strong, agile, and crazy enough to scare even the Joker.

* Blitzwing's [[Multiple Personalities|Random face]] in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. The rest of him's more coherent.

* Played for comedy in ''[[The Critic]]'', by Jay Sherman's father Franklin: "I didn't '''ask''' to be Secretary of Balloon Doggies. The Balloon Doggies demanded it!"

** "I've just invented the Fishmobabywhirlymagig. It'll be bigger than the Badgerblaster!"

* Gibson gets his worst fear in ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go]]'' ... which is to be a Talkative Loon.

* Gibson gets his worst fear in ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]'' ... which is to be a Talkative Loon.

* Cheese of ''[[~~Fosters~~ Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' (''"I like cereal!!"'').

* Cheese of ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' (''"I like cereal!!"'').

* Brak, in ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' and ''[[~~The Brak Show (Animation)|~~The Brak Show]]'' (the full title of which is ''Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak'', which gives you a pretty good idea what he's like). Some of his favorite topics are his own name, beans, and encouraging people to "Hail Brak!", a request with which they comply with astonishing consistency.

* Brak, in ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' and ''[[The Brak Show]]'' (the full title of which is ''Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak'', which gives you a pretty good idea what he's like). Some of his favorite topics are his own name, beans, and encouraging people to "Hail Brak!", a request with which they comply with astonishing consistency.

** In a previous show (''Cartoon Planet''), Brak is also infamous for his bizarre songs, like "I'm driving down highway 40 in my pick-up truck" - which is just this line, repeated over and over in various ways - and naturally, a song dedicated to beans of all kinds.

* GIR, from ''[[Invader Zim]]'', with gems like "Can I be a mongoose-dog?" and "Why is his head so big? ''Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy'' is his head so big?"

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** "Hi Floor! Make me a sammich!"

** "[[Trademark Favorite Food|Taquitos!]] And a clown with no head!"

* Happens to Eddy quite a lot in ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', and is pretty much [[Cloudcuckoolander|Ed's]] default mode post-[[Flanderization]].

* Happens to Eddy quite a lot in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', and is pretty much [[Cloudcuckoolander|Ed's]] default mode post-[[Flanderization]].

** This is hilariously subverted in one episode, when Ed finds himself with no pants on and makes a shockingly mature and insightful comment on the complexities of women. When Eddy asks if he's feeling alright, Ed promptly go back to his crazy state, shouting "HUG ME!"

* In the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' episode "Brain Drain," Brainiac 5 spends most of the episode spouting [[Word Salad]] after an update of his cybernetic systems goes awry. Some of his babbling actually referenced bits of Superman mythology still unknown to Superman himself. Some of those are further obscured by word-substitutions. Other parts, however, are purely random.

* In the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' episode "Brain Drain," Brainiac 5 spends most of the episode spouting [[Word Salad]] after an update of his cybernetic systems goes awry. Some of his babbling actually referenced bits of Superman mythology still unknown to Superman himself. Some of those are further obscured by word-substitutions. Other parts, however, are purely random.

* After drinking bad cactus juice, Sokka from [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] becomes this in his [[Mushroom Samba]].

** "It's a GIANT MUSHROOM! Maybe it's friendly!"

* A few old [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons employed this trope, particularly the ones featuring [[Daffy Duck]]. He sometimes was more of a musical loon, either singing something completely out of nowhere ("Oh I'm jutht wild about Ha-rry, and Harryth wild about meeee!") or making up his own lyrics to songs ("Oh when they say I'm nutsy, it sure givth me a pain, puh-leath path the ketchup, I think it'th going to rain!")

* In [[Back At the Barnyard]], we have a strange flashback from Abby, after Otis compares another character to the 'crazy uncle they've never had'.

* In [[Back at the Barnyard]], we have a strange flashback from Abby, after Otis compares another character to the 'crazy uncle they've never had'.

{{quote| '''Abby(lying):''' Right...I never had a crazy uncle...

A young Abby stands there, staring at her uncle.

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{{quote| ''"Would you just JUMP! For the love of [[Batman]]... JUMP! [[Bill Cosby]]! Is angry! [[Ren and Stimpy|Stimpy!]] I need... SPACKLE!"''}}

* [[Purple Prose/Quotes|An example on this very wiki.]]

* The [[Ultimate Warrior]]. What makes it really scary is, it's hard to tell how much is [[Kayfabe]] and how much is serious. The reason [[The Spoony Experiment ~~(Web Video)~~|Spoony's]] parody version is so damn funny is because it's pretty accurate (with the possibly exception of the random pop culture references - "You'll need an [[Transformers|Energon cube]] the size of Wyoming to defeat ''my'' Autobots, [[Verbal Tic|Hoakogan]]!").

* The [[Ultimate Warrior]]. What makes it really scary is, it's hard to tell how much is [[Kayfabe]] and how much is serious. The reason [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony's]] parody version is so damn funny is because it's pretty accurate (with the possibly exception of the random pop culture references - "You'll need an [[Transformers|Energon cube]] the size of Wyoming to defeat ''my'' Autobots, [[Verbal Tic|Hoakogan]]!").

* [[Jon Tron]] ''[http://normalboots.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=11\]'', a recent emergence in the game reviews community, often throws in completely incoherent ramblings in a pseudo-Bill Cosby fashion to the reviews. Even going so far as to rate Donkey Kong Country Returns six golden bananas plus out of Shigeru Miyamoto. And this is meant to be an accurate description of what is 'Like the best game for the Nintendo Wii like ever'.

* In the field of mental health, this is known as schizophasia, sometimes called "word salad". It is usually symptomatic of other serious mental conditions, including schizophrenia. Schizophasia also falls within the broader term of formal thought disorder, or FTD.