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Compare [[Conspiracy Theorist]]. Contrast [[Lord Error-Prone]] for someone who makes a lot of little mistakes rather than one huge fundamental misconception.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'': A major theme, especially the latter half of the series. Amusingly, one could say that Gai Daigouji basically ''is'' [[Don Quixote]], only this time some of the windmills really ''[[No Mere Windmill|are]]'' [[Humongous Mecha|giants]]. [[Killed Off for Real|Naturally, he doesn't last very long]].
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': Tatewaki Kuno carries elements in this, mainly when he attacks Ranma, believing that he has enslaved Akane and the [[Girlish Pigtails|'Pig-Tailed Girl']].
* ''[[Working!!]]'': Inami was taught from a young age by her father that males would all {{spoiler|try to rape her}} (the 'windmill'). By the time the story rolls around, she has a severe fear of men because of this {{spoiler|including said father. When she falls in love, she's trying to get rid of the training,}} but it's been so deeply
* The utterly insane and [[Obliviously Evil]] inquisitor Mozgus in [[Berserk]]. His list of activities include: self-mortification by slamming his body into the ground thousands of times a day during prayer, using his sacred book to bash the brains of any "heretic" he comes across (in addition to
* The Principal from [[Angel Densetsu]] believes that the main character, Kitano, who is being threated as though he is the demon king himself, going as far as to bring people into the school, with the sole purpose of beating up Kitano, or better yet, get him expelled. Of course, Kitano is anything but evil - He merely looks evil.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Dilbert]]'' features many surreal jokes based on the premise that one character lives in his own little reality. Sadly, this is often a character who has power - or who gains power by enforcing her crazy perceptions on others.▼
* In ''[[Lucifer (comics)|Lucifer]]'', we have the political faction "Efferul for Lucifer" that fights on the Morningstar's behalf. He is ''not'' amused, as their agenda is based on a very misguided vision of what he wants and needs.
* ''[[Bitchy Butch]]'': Bitchy is infamous for this among her fellow gay rights activists. She's paranoid about men (oppressors all of them!) and heterosexual women (traitors!) as well as lesbians (potential traitors, "not real", or whatever), and see [[Heteronormative Crusader|the religious right]] in every shadow.
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* In [[Going Bovine]], there is a constant doubt on whether Cameron is really traveling across the country and saving the world or simply hallucinating due to his mad cow disease.
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': While Buffy has [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]] as an inherent trait, the episode “Normal Again” subverts this when Buffy is drugged and hallucinates that she’s been insane all along and that Sunnydale is only in her mind. In this hallucination Buffy is an insane Windmill Crusader before the series started, and has been locked in a mental institution throughout the whole series.
* An episode of ''[[Smallville]]'' has a similar premise, with Clark being given a hallucination in which he is a mental patient who only thinks he is a super-powered alien. Specifically, in an inversion of an incident in the pilot, he learns that Lex lost both his legs in a car accident after Clark jumped out in front of him insisting he was saving him.
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* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' gives us Emma Nelson. It's not enough to boycott genetically modified foods, or even petition to have them removed. She's convinced the lunchlady's trying to poison them.
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▲* ''[[Dilbert]]'' features many surreal jokes based on the premise that one character lives in his own little reality. Sadly, this is often a character who has power - or who gains power by enforcing her crazy perceptions on others.
== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'', [[The Computer Is Your Friend|The Computer]] became [[Title Drop|paranoid]] about [[Red Scare|the Commies]] (who had disappeared long before Alpha Complex was built) when an early [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|malfunction]] caused it to mistake 1957 civil defense files as being up to date. Some disgruntled citizens soon re-formed the Commies ([[Future Imperfect|as best they could figure them out]]) ''[[Forbidden Fruit|because]]'' The Computer was paranoid about them, after which their role varied from [[No Mere Windmill]] to [[Strawman Political]] to [[The Scapegoat]] (for [[Terrorists Without a Cause|PURGE]], or some other secret society, or just self-serving individuals).
** The "Wobblies" society also fall under this. At first, every Troubleshooter sent to investigate this potentially dangerous group reported that they couldn't find anything at all (since the Wobblies ''didn't exist'') and were summarily executed for laziness, incompetence and/or collaborating with the Wobblies. Eventually the Troubleshooters had to found the society themselves just to have something to report on.
== Video Games ==
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▲* ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'': [[Smug Snake|Loghain]] believes that the [[Legions of Hell|Darkspawn]] are not a threat, but the neighboring country of Orlais (who occupied Fereldan for much of his life, until he and King Maric drove them out for good) [[I Did What I Had to Do|are]] [[Utopia Justifies the Means|still]] [[Knight Templar|the]] [[Lawful Stupid|primary]] [[Windmill Political|concern]] [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|for the]] [[Moral Event Horizon|defense]] [[My Country, Right or Wrong|of the country.]] Interestingly, he considers the Grey Wardens themselves to be dangerous Windmill Crusaders who might weaken the nation's defense against Orlaisian invasion, though [[No Mere Windmill|the Darkspawn threat is quite real]].
** In [[Dragon Age II]] it's revealed that some nobles of Orlais ''do'' want to reconquer Ferelden for... some reason (national pride, boredom, take your pick...) and are in disagreement with their Empress (who actually planned to {{spoiler|marry the King of Ferelden before his death}} in ''Origins''. So Loghain was on the ball about that, but being [[Properly Paranoid]] doesn't mean you're right about everything.
** [[Word of God]] and notes found in the "Return To Ostagar" DLC confirm that yes, {{spoiler|Cailan was planning on leaving his wife- Loghain's daughter- for the queen of Orlais}} and yes, {{spoiler|Loghain found out about it, which factored into his decision to betray Cailan}}. Loghain's biggest error of judgement is that, as Flemeth puts it, "he believes the Darkspawn are merely another army that can be out-manoeuvred".
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* N from ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' truly believes he's rescuing Pokemon from people, but only because {{spoiler|Ghetsis only allowed him to interact with abused Pokemon. He planted the idea into N's head that he was the "hero", then used him to further his own plans of regional domination.}}
* In ''[[The
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', Miko starts out as a regular [[Knight Templar]] but descends into this trope as she becomes increasingly delusional. In the end she is busy saving the world from imaginary threats and interpreting pretty much anything as signs that the Gods are approving of whatever she is doing - ignoring the very real sign that they have stripped her of her [[Always Lawful Good|paladin]] powers. {{spoiler|She ends up making a misguided [[Heroic Sacrifice]] that saves the [[Big Bad]] from justice and condemns her people to [[A Fate Worse Than Death]].}}
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Much Apu About Nothing" the people of Springfield form an angry mob and demand the town government do something to protect them from "constant bear attacks." All because a total of ''one'' bear wandered into town, destroyed ''one'' mailbox, and was swiftly and painlessly taken down by Animal Control.
* ''[[South Park]]'' has Eric Cartman in general, but especially as The Coon in the Coon Trilogy, where he will maim anyone for his gain (including harming a small child for their candy) and rationalize it as an heroic action.
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