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The outrageous character who undermines all of a 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 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.

Examples of Wacky Guy include:

Fanfiction

In Lighter and Softer Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfics, Gendo Ikari is frequently a combination of this and Bunny Ears Lawyer.

Film

Batty Koda from Fern Gully

Live Action TV

Lenny and Squiggy, Laverne and Shirley.
Skippy, Family Ties.
Reverend Jim, Taxi.
Spencer Shay, iCarly.
Sinjin van Cleef, Victorious.
Kramer, Seinfeld.
Cody, Jean-Luc or Rich Step by Step.
Harry, 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Jack, Will and Grace.
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.
Beans, Even Stevens.
Alistair from As Time Goes By.
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, Moe, Mackie and Yvette's friend Nina have this trope covered between them.

Web Original

Nora Valkyrie from RWBY.

Western Animation

Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force seems to be a combination of this trope and a Jerkass.
- As well as Cartman and Bender from South Park and Futurama.
Wakko from Animaniacs
Dale Gribble and Bill Dauterive from King of the Hill
Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows, especially so in the Cosgrove Hall series.

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 {{trope}}
-The outrageous character who undermines all of a [[Sit Com|sitcom]]'s attempts at verisimilitude (such as they are).
+The outrageous character who undermines all of a [[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 Character]], [[Your Door Was Open]] and [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]).
+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 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.
+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]].
-{{examples|Examples:}}
+{{examples}}
 == Fanfiction ==
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 * Skippy, ''[[Family Ties]]''.
 * Reverend Jim, ''[[Taxi]]''.
-* Spencer Shay, ''[[I Carly]]''.
+* Spencer Shay, ''[[iCarly]]''.
 * Sinjin van Cleef, ''[[Victorious]]''.
 * Kramer, ''[[Seinfeld]]''.
-* Cody, Jean-Luc or Rich ''[[Step By Step]]''.
+* Cody, Jean-Luc or Rich ''[[Step by Step]]''.
-* Harry, ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun]]''.
+* Harry, ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''.
 * Jack, ''[[Will and Grace]]''.
-* [[Extraverted Nerd|Steve Urkel]], ''[[Family Matters]]''.
+* [[Extroverted 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]]''.
+* 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)|Smart Guy]]'', Moe, Mackie and Yvette's friend Nina have this trope covered between them.
+* 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]].
+* Master Shake from ''[[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]]''.
+** As well as Cartman and Bender from ''[[South Park]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]''.
-* Wakko from ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''
+* Wakko from ''[[Animaniacs]]''
-* Dale Gribble and Bill Dauterive from ''[[King of the Hill (Animation)|King of the Hill]]''
+* Dale Gribble and Bill Dauterive from ''[[King of the Hill]]''
-* Mr. Toad from [[The Wind in The Willows]], especially so in the [[Cosgrove Hall]] series.
+* Mr. Toad from [[The Wind in the Willows]], especially so in the [[Cosgrove Hall]] series.
 {{reflist}}
 [[Category:Characters As Device]]
-[[Category:TV Tropes Superhero Team]]
+[[Category:All the Tropes Superhero Team]]
 [[Category:Wacky Guy]]