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* ''[[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']] First problem with this is that Ranma and the 'Pig-Tailed Girl' are in fact the same person.
* ''[[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 engrained in her psyche that, even being able to see the 'windmill' for what it really is, isn't enough to stop the crusade.}}
* 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 bludeoning them on breaking wheels), and torturing the rebellions of the poor and starving population (including a young mother) - all under the desire to make those he considers sinful (which means everyone) to repent (by torture) so that their souls will be saved.
* 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 ==
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** Jesus is initially portrayed as the insane kind of Windmill Crusader. This is played straight for most of the movie, he even gets cured of his messiah complex and gets to live a normal life. Later events radically change the picture.
** Paul is briefly portrayed as the misguided kind of Windmill Crusader. However, he is quickly deconstructed as a [[Straw Hypocrite]] who simply doesn’t care if the [[Windmill Political|gospel he preaches]] is true or not.
* ''[[Shutter Island]]'': {{spoiler|the main character}}.
* ''[[Defendor]]'': Played with, and ''maybe'' [[No Mere Windmill|averted]].
* ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]'': Played with/inverted; all of the team are sent in to the castle to rescue the general, but only Smith and Mary are aware that the whole setup is a complete fabrication, and most of the rest of the team are the bad guys.
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* Arguably, the Operative from ''[[Serenity]]''. He'll do anything to create an Alliance without sin, mistaking himself for being a [[Soulsaving Crusader]]... until Mal and crew give him a [[Awful Truth|front-row seat]] to [[Gone Horribly Wrong|what such a thing looks like]].
* ''[[God Bless America]]'': Frank, who seem to believe that he's actually doing something worthwhile. Unlike Roxy, he seem rather naive - not unlike the retarded television kid he keeps identifying with and feeling sorry for for all the wrong reasons.
* In ''[[Bolt]],'' the title character initially believes that the [[Show Within a Show|TV show he stars in]] is real and that his owner has been abducted by its [[Mad Scientist]] villain ([[Right-Hand-Cat|whose minions]] [[Cats Are Mean|are cats]], naturally). In reality the movie has [[No Antagonist|no real villain]] at all.
* The main character in ''Creation of the Humanoids'' is a high-ranking member of a radical anti-robot organization. Recently, they've finally found evidence that the robots actually are engaging in a conspiracy of some sort - have the robots finally [[Turned Against Their Masters]], [[Cassandra Truth|just like the main character's organization has been warning against?]] [[Spoilered Rotten|Well, no]]. The robots really are up to something, but it's nothing that anyone has to be afraid of.
== Literature ==
* ''[[Don Quixote]]'': Quixote is the [[Trope Namer]] as well as an extreme example. The protagonist really got reality wrong on a very basic level.
* In the YA novel ''The King Of Dragons'', the protagonist's father is this. His severe PTSD from military service causes him to believe that terrible things will happen if he and his son are found by the authorities, so he gives him Survival [[Training
* In the ''Ace Diamond'' novels, a cab driver suffers a nervous breakdown when his wife destroys his pulp collection and he starts to think he his pulp PI named Ace Diamond and that all fictional Private Investigators are real and friends of his.
* 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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== 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 [[
** 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.
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