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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"My name's Millions and I'm a son of a chipwich!"''
|'''Homsar''' (the [[Patron Saint]] of Talkative Loons), ''[[Homestar Runner]]''}}
When a 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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See also [[Word Salad Philosophy]], [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and your average porn spam. If they're the main character, try [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]. A similarly disjointed title is a [[Word Salad Title]]; the musical equivalent is [[Word Salad Lyrics]]. Can often be caused by an [[Intoxication Ensues]]. The babble they spit out might include an [[Ice Cream Koan]] occasionally.
Not to be confused with the narrator/protagonist of ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]''.
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* 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.
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* The [[Stealth Parody]] ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4307278/1/Lexaeus_Loves_Hot_Topic
{{quote|''"I don't like limpid tears and I have to, invoke the ass," Xaldin shook his amazing voice..''}}
* ''[[30 "H"s
* 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]] ==
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'''Hugo''' ''(on first meeting them)'': I know who you are. You're President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the snowman. You've come because it's Arbor Day, and there aren't enough zippers to go around.
'''Myka''': Well, at least he's not evil or dead. }}
* Though one could arguably describe Hawkeye of [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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