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{{trope}}
The outrageous character who undermines all of a [[Sit Com|sitcom]]'s attempts at verisimilitude (such as they are).
 
Often, the outrageous character(s) clearly has a key to the residence of the more central characters of the show, since they nearly always show up unannounced and never knock or ring the door bell (see [[Drop in-In Character]], [[Your Door Was Open]] and [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]).
 
The [['''Wacky Guy]]''' may also be a [[Weirdness Magnet]], his own strangeness an attractor for other weirdness without being directly responsible for it.
 
Contrast [[Deadpan Snarker]], although they can be combined. Compare [[Fun Personified]], [[Cloudcuckoolander]], [[The Ditz]]. May be behind the [[Zany Scheme]].
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== Fanfiction ==
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* Skippy, ''[[Family Ties]]''.
* Reverend Jim, ''[[Taxi]]''.
* Spencer Shay, ''[[I CarlyiCarly]]''.
* Sinjin van Cleef, ''[[Victorious]]''.
* Kramer, ''[[Seinfeld]]''.
* Cody, Jean-Luc or Rich ''[[Step Byby Step]]''.
* Harry, ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]''.
* Jack, ''[[Will and Grace]]''.
* [[ExtravertedExtroverted Nerd|Steve Urkel]], ''[[Family Matters]]''.
* Kimmy Gibbler, ''[[Full House]]''.
* Barney Stinson from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', with a heaping help of [[Jerkass]], and a handful of [[Deadpan Snarker]].
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* Alistair from ''[[As Time Goes By]]''.
* [[Having a Gay Old Time|Boner]] from ''[[Growing Pains]]''.
* Jazz from ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]''.
* Eric on ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' became this after he [[Took a Level In Dumbass]].
* On ''[[Smart Guy (TV series)|Smart Guy]]'', Moe, Mackie and Yvette's friend Nina have this trope covered between them.
 
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Master Shake from ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' seems to be a combination of this trope and a [[Jerkass]].
** As well as Cartman and Bender from ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' and ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''.
* Wakko from ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''
* Dale Gribble and Bill Dauterive from ''[[King of the Hill (Animation)|King of the Hill]]''
* Mr. Toad from [[The Wind in Thethe Willows]], especially so in the [[Cosgrove Hall]] series.
 
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