History BunnyEarsLawyer / Film

* Film/SherlockHolmes is a brilliant detective, but he is also quite eccentric as well as having a recurring cocaine dependency.

* In ''Film/RaOne'', Shekar, who is quite good at his job of game designing, but incredibly spacey--to the extent that [[spoiler: no one seems to notice when he is replaced with a robotic double incapable of comprehending sarcasm.]]

* Detectives [[Creator/HarrisonFord Gavilan]] and [[JoshHartnett Calden]] in ''Film/HollywoodHomicide''. Gavilan is a DeadpanSnarker who moonlights as a real estate broker and is being investigated for financial improprieties by InternalAffairs. Calden is an aspiring actor who fancies himself a WarriorPoet. In the film's climax, they manage to solve their case and catch the bad guys in a wild ChaseScene, while indulging their side interests ''at the same time''.

* Detectives [[Creator/HarrisonFord Gavilan]] and [[JoshHartnett Calden]] in ''Film/HollywoodHomicide''. Gavilan is a DeadpanSnarker who moonlights as a real estate broker and is being investigated for financial improprieties by InternalAffairs. Calden is an aspiring actor who fancies himself a WarriorPoet. In the film's climax, they manage to solve their case and catch the bad guys in a wild ChaseScene, while indulging their side interests ''at the same time''.

* In ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' Tonto is seen as this by his fellow Comanches due to his strange costume and dead-crow headdress, which have no basis in historical Comanche clothing.

** Commander Dodge is famous throughout the Navy for his cavalier attitude to command and his [[WackyFratboyHijinks immature antics]] (not to mention his penis tattoo) but he is also a prime example of immature not meaning irresponsible. He is a well-liked and highly effective commander who manages to whip a {{World War Two}}-era rustbucket of a submarine and a RagTagBunchOfMisfits into an effective fighting force over the course of a {{Montage}}.

** Commander Dodge has one last chance to show that his unconventional leadership (not to mention his penis tattoo) shouldn't disqualify him from commanding a nuclear submarine, and despite his strange ideas and fratboyish antics, he is an effective commander who manages to whip a {{World War Two}}-era rustbucket of a submarine and a RagTagBunchOfMisfits into an effective fighting force over the course of a montage.

** Commander Dodge has one last chance to show that his unconventional leadership (not to mention his penis tattoo) shouldn't disqualify him from commanding a nuclear submarine, because despite his strange ideas and fratboyish antics, he is an effective commander who manages to whip a {{World War Two}}-era rustbucket of a submarine and a RagTagBunchOfMisfits into an effective fighting force over the course of a montage.

** Commander Dodge has one last chance to show that his unconventional leadership (not to mention his penis tattoo) shouldn't disqualify him from commanding a nuclear submarine, because despite his flaws, he is an effective commander. He is given a crew of misfits that the Navy doesn't want, but by the end he decides he couldn't possibly live without.

** Actually, in the first film, the chief believes Riggs is faking it to get an early pension, Catch 22 style, only the psychiatrist and later Murtaugh believe he's crazy.

** We can't forget Agent Seymour Simmons, who the TF Wiki describes as "just a smidge off his nut", but who is ''very'' good at what he does. In a bizarre subversion of this trope, his Bunny Ears-ness is implied in the novel ''The Veiled Threat'' to be the reason he isn't working for NEST.

* Elle Woods in ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' is a law student who literally wears a bunny outfit to a party [[note]]if only because she was told that it was a ''costume party'', as a prank[[/note]]. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman Her awesome knowledge of fashion helps her defend her clients.]]
** Let's not forget, she also legitimately got into Harvard law based on her academic record and testing.

* Subverted in ''SmokinAces''. There is an eccentricly sleazy lawyer. For his first scene, there is literally a costume rabbit head showing in the background. However, he proves to be completely incompetent.

* ''AceVentura: Pet Detective'' is downright certifiably insane, but because he is so good at solving cases involving animals, he keeps getting hired.

* Film/SherlockHolmes is a brilliant detective, but he is also quite eccentric as well as having a recurring opiate dependency.

* Elle Woods in ''LegallyBlonde'' is a law student who literally wears a bunny outfit to a party [[note]]if only because she was told that it was a ''costume party'', as a prank[[/note]]. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman Her awesome knowledge of fashion helps her defend her clients.]]

** In ''Legally Blonde 2: Blonde Harder''[[note]]not its real title[[/note]], her awesome knowledge of fashion allows her to root out political shenanigans on Capitol Hill.

* In ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' Tonto is seen as this by his fellow Comanches due to his strange costume and dead-crow headdress, which have no basis in historical Comanche clothing.

* "Oddball" from ''KellysHeroes'' has a bazillion and nine strange quirks, not least of which is an obsession with positive thinking, but still manages to be a highly skilled tank commander.

** Commander Dodge has one last chance to show that his unconventional leadership (not to mention his penis tattoo) shouldn't disqualify him from commanding a nuclear submarine, because despite his flaws, he is an effective commander. He is given a crew of misfits that the Navy doesn't want, but by the end he decides he couldn't possibly live with out.

* John Mason (Sean Connery) from ''Film/TheRock'' is a good example. Despite being considered one of the most dangerous men alive, the US government is essentially ready to give him anything he wants in order to get him to work Alcatraz and lived to tell.

* Derek {{Zoolander}} is certainly not the brightest crayon in the box, with his intelligence (or lack thereof) being a constant running gag throughout the film. However, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of fashion and personal care, and also happens to speak (nearly) fluent Malay.

* Daniel Rafferty in the film ''Laws Of Attraction''. When we first see him, he's dozing in court, is scruffy, unkempt, and as we later see, works out of a ramshackle office in a rundown area of Chinatown, despite the fact that he could clearly afford better, as evidenced by his very nice apartment. But within two seconds of meeting uber-uptight attorney Audrey Woods, he wipes the floor with her and it's mentioned that he's never lost a case.

* Ahnuld's buddy Hank in ''Film/The6thDay'' is a goofball who lives with a robotic prostitute, but he takes his job as a helicopter pilot seriously and is more than happy to cover for Ahnuld on his birthday. [[spoiler:He gets killed for his troubles]].

* The detective in ''{{Laura}}'' always plays with a handheld maze game.

* Film/SherlockHolmes is a brilliant detective, but he is also quite eccentric and drug-addled.

* Martin Riggs from the ''LethalWeapon'' series is suicidal in the first film, and then just plain crazy after he gets over it. He deliberately plays havoc with the department's psychiatrist (and starts to make ''her'' snap), for bonus points. His near unstoppability when dealing with thugs is likely the only reason he is left on the force.

* Jimmy from ''{{Timecop}}'' is lucky he knows how to use a computer for more than just watching virtual reality porn. An alternate timeline shows us a much more serious Jimmy with no such vice.
* Ahnuld's buddy Hank in ''The6thDay'' is a goofball who lives with a robotic prostitute, but he takes his job as a helicopter pilot seriously and is more than happy to cover for Ahnuld on his birthday. [[spoiler:He gets killed for his troubles]].