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* Apparently, this is a requirement to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies -- he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]][[note]]The pile of explosives wee ''on a different ship''; the explosion became a pillar of fire/plasma that then traveled through space to hit the other ship[[/note]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.

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* Apparently, this is a requirement to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies -- he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]][[note]]The pile of explosives wee were ''on a different ship''; the explosion became a pillar of fire/plasma that then traveled through space to hit the other ship[[/note]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.
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** Othar is a "Spark", and Sparks are the incarnation of this trope and MadScientist turned UpToEleven. They're all highly competent geniuses and supergeniuses; and are all completely and totally barking mad.

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** Othar is a "Spark", and Sparks are the incarnation of this trope and MadScientist turned UpToEleven.MadScientist. They're all highly competent geniuses and supergeniuses; and are all completely and totally barking mad.
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* Apparently, this is a requirement to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies -- he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.

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* Apparently, this is a requirement to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies -- he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]] battleplate]][[note]]The pile of explosives wee ''on a different ship''; the explosion became a pillar of fire/plasma that then traveled through space to hit the other ship[[/note]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Sarilho}}'': Shizuka Nakamura. Not once has she been seen dressing up her part, but Nikita vouches for her skills as an augur.
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* Asher from ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' is noted to be a skilled artist who always gets his work done in a timely manner despite being a violent serial killer. Izzy only fired him because she was pressured by her board of directors and was actually willing to act as a reference when he applied for a new job (the latter being ''after'' he had made multiple attempts on her life).
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* ''Webcomic/ClownCorps'', the titular organization got its start as rodeo clowns assisting firefighters and over the decades they evolved into Pinfall City's most elite law enforcement agency. The agents of the Corps still dress like clowns and most of them act very eccentrically but all of them are highly trained operatives with powerful skills and abilities.

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* In ''Webcomic/ClownCorps'', the titular organization got its start as rodeo clowns assisting firefighters and over the decades they evolved into Pinfall City's most elite law enforcement agency. The agents of the Corps still dress like clowns and most of them act very eccentrically but all of them are highly trained operatives with powerful skills and abilities.
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* ''Webcomic/ClownCorps'', the titular organization got its start as rodeo clowns assisting firefighters and over the decades they evolved into Pinfall City's most elite law enforcement agency. The agents of the Corps still dress like clowns and most of them act very eccentrically but all of them are highly trained operatives with powerful skills and abilities.
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* When Mr. Mighty of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111607/mighty-slow-on-the-uptake/ needs a lawyer]], he gets one who wears denim, rides a Harley, and looks like he escaped from the 1960's.

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* When Mr. Mighty of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111607/mighty-slow-on-the-uptake/ thecomicseries.com/comics/156/ needs a lawyer]], he gets one who wears denim, rides a Harley, and looks like he escaped from the 1960's.
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** Doctor Wily is one of the greatest experts on robotics in the world, his genius is only outmatched by his ego and insanity; robot masters are [[OneManArmy capable of taking out entire armies]] with an arm tied behind their backs - ''each'' -- and yet every last one of them has a... strange quirk that sends them straight into this trope. He also made [[EvilCounterpart Bass]] to be greater than Megaman in all aspects; Bass is stronger, faster, and an even bigger idiot.

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** Doctor Wily is one of the greatest experts on robotics in the world, his genius is only outmatched by his ego and insanity; robot masters are [[OneManArmy capable of taking out entire armies]] with an arm tied behind their backs - -- ''each'' -- and yet every last one of them has a... strange quirk that sends them straight into this trope. He also made [[EvilCounterpart Bass]] to be greater than Megaman in all aspects; Bass is stronger, faster, and an even bigger idiot.



* Rayne Summers from ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''. Marcy [=McKean=] - Rayne's boss and CEO of the company - puts up with his Red Bull addiction, childlike behaviour, and non-existent attention span because he is genuinely good at his job.

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* Rayne Summers from ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''. Marcy [=McKean=] - -- Rayne's boss and CEO of the company - -- puts up with his Red Bull addiction, childlike behaviour, and non-existent attention span because he is genuinely good at his job.

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* Emily of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', who had her final project [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2853 EMP'd by the NRO]] before completion. She also developed a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3180 collapsible cardigan]] displaying "very advanced programming" to apologize to an Amazonian solider AI for hitting her with a mallet. Also see {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', we have Grace, as shown in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-02-07 this strip]].
** And arguably, also Amanda as shown in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-11 this one.]]
** The status of several characters as {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s is {{Lampshaded}} [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-04-21 here]].

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* Emily of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', who had her final project [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2853 EMP'd by the NRO]] before completion. She also developed a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3180 collapsible cardigan]] displaying "very advanced programming" to apologize to an Amazonian solider AI for hitting her with a mallet. Also see {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', we have Grace, as shown in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-02-07 this strip]].
** And arguably, also Amanda as shown in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-11 this one.]]
** The status of several characters as {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s is {{Lampshaded}} [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-04-21 here]].



* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Phonsekal Lauroe is a narcoleptic, lazy bum who sleeps almost all the time, takes pillow and blanket anywhere and is one of the most talented [[FunctionalMagic Shinsu]] users of the entire cast. Learning and deepening that skill is in universe the most time-consuming and difficult tasks for a Regular and everybody sure appreciates his skills.
* Danny Hua in ''Webcomic/{{Nukees}}'' is a sweet-tempered {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who [[LiteralGenie can't follow most basic metaphors]], is compulsively honest and has a phobia of speaking with contractions. He is also a brilliant nuclear engineer and one of the finest weapon designers in the world, being personally responsible for the creation of the Giant Robot Ant. There currently is a small contingent of groupies who have decided he is the Wise One for his incomprehensible, [[SeeminglyProfoundFool unintentionally profound-seeming]] speech quirks. He is also, according to author Darren Bleuel, based on a real friend of his, and there is a [[http://www.nukees.com/dannyquotes.html page full of quotes]] to prove it!
** What about King Luca? He literally believes himself to be royalty, wears a crown and cloak, and routinely grants land, nobility, or knighthood to his followers. And he ''does'' have followers, because he's a wonderful physics tutor who singlehandedly helped many students pass their classes.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Elan. The advantage? He's ''unbelievably'' GenreSavvy, such that he even sticks out in the NoFourthWall world of the comic. The catch? He's [[QuirkyBard a bard]] (and an oddly built one at that). Well, and a [[TooDumbToLive total moron]]. Then he [[TookALevelInBadass Took a Level in Dashing Swordsman ]] and started [[LetsGetDangerous taking the quest seriously]], so he's starting to balance out a tad.
** Celia may also count, more literally than the other examples. Most of the time she's a GranolaGirl whose fighting skills are negligible, and whose righteous ardor for [[FriendToAllLivingThings small woodland critters, as well as the sanctity of life in general]] borders on infuriating, but get her in front of a lawsuit, or two conflicting parties in need of a settlement, and she is hard and cold business right away. She's more of a fairy wings lawyer.
** And Lord Shojo, who pretends to be senile in order to ward off assassination attempts, but was able to fool not only the paladins he controls, but also the entire Order of the Stick, despite not having any levels in a PC class.
** Veldrina, a Favored Soul, who has a scientific approach to divine magic and an almost terminally clueless approach to everything else, including the concept of danger. She'll walk right up to a vampire she knows nothing about because the way negative energy simulates biological functions is fascinating. And because she thinks he's delivering her dumplings.
* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' recruiting Bunny Ears [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]] (but keeping them at a safe distance) is basically the whole point of the Hereti Corp freelancer program.
* Doug from ''Webcomic/FletcherApts.'' In high school, he was head of the Science Honor Society and #2 player in the chess club. In college, he's the vice president of the psychology club. Also, he's known for barfing easily and freaking out over female breasts.
* Taisei from ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'' is a very goodhearted, yet silly and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter naive]] person [[TheAlcoholic who gets drunk often]] and is a walking source of HoYay. He's ''also'' a successful assistent director for a pretty big company and the smartest man of the whole cast.
* Rayne Summers from ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''. Marcy [=McKean=] - Rayne's boss and CEO of the company - puts up with his Red Bull addiction, childlike behaviour, and non-existent attention span because he is genuinely good at his job.
** Marcy says as much in [[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20061102 this comic]].



* When Mr. Mighty of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111607/mighty-slow-on-the-uptake/ needs a lawyer]], he gets one who wears denim, rides a Harley, and looks like he escaped from the 1960's.
* Othar Tryggvassen, [[InsistentTerminology Gentleman]] [[GentlemanAdventurer Adventurer]]!, of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' appears to be this. Despite his appearing mainly for comedic effect in the main strip, his adventures documented on his [[http://twitter.com/othar Twitter account]] as well as mention of him by pretty much every character other than Agatha are pretty clear on the fact that he's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 almost frighteningly competent.]]
** Othar is a "Spark", and Sparks are the incarnation of this trope and MadScientist turned UpToEleven. They're all highly competent geniuses and supergeniuses; and are all completely and totally barking mad.
* ''Webcomic/Collar6'': Sixx is the very successful owner of a chain of hotels, so no one really cares that she has a harem of hundreds of (willing) lesbian slave girls.
** But, considering the background material on the world the author has recently been providing, this is not considered to be in any way unusual ... in fact, it's considered rather admirable.



* Darkly subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}''. Doctor Thalmus thinks that developing a cure for cancer makes his crime [[spoiler:of pedophilia]] acceptable, even going so far as to hold the cure hostage when Aurthor finds out. No one else seems to agree with his viewpoint.
* ''Webcomic/MSFHigh''. In an example that counteracts Doctor McNinja...the entire staff. The sanest people are the MadScientist who is addicted to coffee, and the [[VampiresAreSexGods Vampire with a harem]]. Name a staff member who is not certifiably insane, and frighteningly competant.
* Sarabeth Phoenix of ''Webcomic/WrightAsRayne'' is the fairly serious head of both a company and a criminal group, but is big on anime and dyes her hair blue.
* James Stokoes' short gag comic [[http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7629 SELFISH DOLPHIN SURGEON!]]
* Gatemaster of ''Webcomic/SurvivorFanCharacters'' is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who considers his alliance a group of 'friends', and is perhaps one of the most competent strategists in the game, managing the orchestrate (through a combination of blind luck and coincidence), the final four of his choosing. And he does this without even realising he ''is'' in charge.

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* Darkly subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}''. In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' it would be easier to list the characters that ''aren't'' this trope. As it stands:
** First off, Megaman himself. Before [[MadScientist
Doctor Thalmus thinks that developing a cure for cancer makes his crime [[spoiler:of pedophilia]] acceptable, even going so far as to hold the cure hostage when Aurthor finds out. No one else seems to agree with his viewpoint.
* ''Webcomic/MSFHigh''. In an example that counteracts
Wily]] betrayed Doctor McNinja...Light, he sabotaged Megaman's programming to make him an idiot so that Light would not have anything to face his [[KillerRobot Robot Masters]]; Doctor Light did his best to program him to fight the entire staff. The sanest people are the MadScientist who robot masters, but could only re-prioritize "To be an idiot" as his ''secondary'' mission. He is addicted to coffee, and the [[VampiresAreSexGods Vampire frightfully-effective at stopping Doctor Wily, but outside of that he's a huge moron obsessed with a harem]]. Name a staff member who is not certifiably insane, ice cream and frighteningly competant.
* Sarabeth Phoenix
drinking beer until he pukes -- ''in spite'' of ''Webcomic/WrightAsRayne'' being a robot.
** Doctor Wily
is the fairly serious head of both a company and a criminal group, but is big on anime and dyes her hair blue.
* James Stokoes' short gag comic [[http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7629 SELFISH DOLPHIN SURGEON!]]
* Gatemaster of ''Webcomic/SurvivorFanCharacters'' is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who considers his alliance a group of 'friends', and is perhaps
one of the most competent strategists greatest experts on robotics in the game, managing the orchestrate (through a combination of blind luck world, his genius is only outmatched by his ego and coincidence), the final four insanity; robot masters are [[OneManArmy capable of his choosing. And he does taking out entire armies]] with an arm tied behind their backs - ''each'' -- and yet every last one of them has a... strange quirk that sends them straight into this without trope. He also made [[EvilCounterpart Bass]] to be greater than Megaman in all aspects; Bass is stronger, faster, and an even realising bigger idiot.
** Doctor Light is one of the few capable of matching Doctor Wily's genius, and his program for X is incredibly advanced even for those standards. He's a massive [[TheAlcoholic drunkard]] and BrilliantButLazy -- in that he'd rather build an [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaid exceedingly-powerful robot to be his lab assistant]] rather than do the chores himself.
* ''Webcomic/Collar6'': Sixx is the very successful owner of a chain of hotels, so no one really cares that she has a harem of hundreds of (willing) lesbian slave girls.
** But, considering the background material on the world the author has recently been providing, this is not considered to be in any way unusual ... in fact, it's considered rather admirable.
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''
** Sally, one of the players, starts out as rather young to be playing the kind of TabletopRPG the story is about. She's responsible of bringing in many of the weird details of the ''Star Wars'' universe when she gets carried away describing aliens and the like; her first character is Jar Jar Binks, whose appearance is a result of her improvising a bunch of crazy-sounding features. Yet, she eventually plays Jar-Jar so well that
he ''is'' becomes a highly respected character in charge.the game universe, and later, the GM asks her to describe locations to make use of her imagination to make them "look" more impressive.
** Darth Vader has a bad habit of executing every underling who makes the slightest mistake. Yet Admiral Firmus Piett manages to survive and continue to be a very valuable officer, despite his tendency to make IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect and CaptainObvious observations and sometimes sassing directly to Vader's face. Vader acknowledges that Piett tends to walk the edge a lot.
-->'''Vader:''' Your competence and your impertinence continue to maintain an unsteady equilibrium.\\
'''Piett:''' Thank you, Lord Facemask.
* ''Webcomic/DrFrost'': Frost is a far cry from a conventional counselor. First off is his LackOfEmpathy, but also the fact that he utilizes...unique tactics, such as breaking and entering into the client's house, or pretending to be the client's math tutor.



* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', we have Grace, as shown in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-02-07 this strip]].
** And arguably, also Amanda as shown in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-11 this one.]]
** The status of several characters as {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s is {{Lampshaded}} [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-04-21 here]].
* When Mr. Mighty of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2111607/mighty-slow-on-the-uptake/ needs a lawyer]], he gets one who wears denim, rides a Harley, and looks like he escaped from the 1960's.
* Doug from ''Webcomic/FletcherApts.'' In high school, he was head of the Science Honor Society and #2 player in the chess club. In college, he's the vice president of the psychology club. Also, he's known for barfing easily and freaking out over female breasts.
* Othar Tryggvassen, [[InsistentTerminology Gentleman]] [[GentlemanAdventurer Adventurer]]!, of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' appears to be this. Despite his appearing mainly for comedic effect in the main strip, his adventures documented on his [[http://twitter.com/othar Twitter account]] as well as mention of him by pretty much every character other than Agatha are pretty clear on the fact that he's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 almost frighteningly competent.]]
** Othar is a "Spark", and Sparks are the incarnation of this trope and MadScientist turned UpToEleven. They're all highly competent geniuses and supergeniuses; and are all completely and totally barking mad.
* A number of the characters in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' fall under this, from Math (lecherous but unspeakably talented martial artist), to Heatwave (capable of sublimating tanks, but dumb as a brick), to Sydney (has a suite of seven orbs that give her unique and strong powers along with comic book knowledge to apply those powers properly, but severe ADHD, trouble with authority, and overall a PR nightmare). This is explicitly justified; powers are rare enough that they can't pick and choose their team. As long as a super doesn't have an actual criminal record ([[BoxedCrook and possibly sometimes even then]]), they're invited to join, since it's better to have them on the team where they can be monitored and trained than off it where they can get into trouble.



* A number of the characters in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' fall under this, from Math (lecherous but unspeakably talented martial artist), to Heatwave (capable of sublimating tanks, but dumb as a brick), to Sydney (has a suite of seven orbs that give her unique and strong powers along with comic book knowledge to apply those powers properly, but severe ADHD, trouble with authority, and overall a PR nightmare). This is explicitly justified; powers are rare enough that they can't pick and choose their team. As long as a super doesn't have an actual criminal record ([[BoxedCrook and possibly sometimes even then]]), they're invited to join, since it's better to have them on the team where they can be monitored and trained than off it where they can get into trouble.
* Apparently, this is a requirement to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies--he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.
* Almost the entire main cast of ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent''. To wit:
** The Captain, Sigrun, is a BookDumb {{Motor Mouth}}ed GenkiGirl with strong BloodKnight tendencies, but has proven extremely capable as a leader, being able to effortlessly juggle TheStoic Mikkel, NewMeat Emil and just plain strange Lalli, [[AFatherToHisMen delegating, supporting and making the whole team feel useful.]] Also, when asked to pick a target for the team's first combat mission, she picks the best target in a split second... namely the one that has the best fall-back options.
** Mikkel, TheMedic, has a dark deadpan sense of humor and a tendency to mercilessly troll everyone. However, he is also all-round competent, taking care of unglamorous but necessary stuff like decontamination, heavy lifting and cooking and is generally a much needed emotional anchor.
** Emil, the Cleanser, is [[NewMeat greener than grass in may]], a textbook SpoiledBrat and has the worst case of [[OpenMouthInsertFoot Foot In Mouth Disease]] since someone put a microphone in front of Prince Philip, but he knows his booms and from what we've seen so far his instincts and training are solid, and several of his interactions with Lalli and various kids show him to be quite a softie.
** Lalli, the Scout, is just plain weird. Basically, he acts as much as a cat as is possible without growing a tail, has huge problems with verbal communication and tends to sleep in strange places. He is also an extremely competent scout, capable of finding his way in unknown territory with no apparent effort, very good at reading non-verbal communication (in fact being able to have several meaningful conversations with Emil, in spite of them not having a word of any language in common) and a mage of frightening power. So far, he has shown himself to be able to spirit-walk, control the weather to some extent and combat hostile spirits in the waking world.
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''
** Sally, one of the players, starts out as rather young to be playing the kind of TabletopRPG the story is about. She's responsible of bringing in many of the weird details of the ''Star Wars'' universe when she gets carried away describing aliens and the like; her first character is Jar Jar Binks, whose appearance is a result of her improvising a bunch of crazy-sounding features. Yet, she eventually plays Jar-Jar so well that he becomes a highly respected character in the game universe, and later, the GM asks her to describe locations to make use of her imagination to make them "look" more impressive.
** Darth Vader has a bad habit of executing every underling who makes the slightest mistake. Yet Admiral Firmus Piett manages to survive and continue to be a very valuable officer, despite his tendency to make IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect and CaptainObvious observations and sometimes sassing directly to Vader's face. Vader acknowledges that Piett tends to walk the edge a lot.
-->'''Vader:''' Your competence and your impertinence continue to maintain an unsteady equilibrium.\\
'''Piett:''' Thank you, Lord Facemask.
* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' it would be easier to list the characters that ''aren't'' this trope. As it stands:
** First off, Megaman himself. Before [[MadScientist Doctor Wily]] betrayed Doctor Light, he sabotaged Megaman's programming to make him an idiot so that Light would not have anything to face his [[KillerRobot Robot Masters]]; Doctor Light did his best to program him to fight the robot masters, but could only re-prioritize "To be an idiot" as his ''secondary'' mission. He is frightfully-effective at stopping Doctor Wily, but outside of that he's a huge moron obsessed with ice cream and drinking beer until he pukes - ''in spite'' of being a robot.
** Doctor Wily is one of the greatest experts on robotics in the world, his genius is only outmatched by his ego and insanity; robot masters are [[OneManArmy capable of taking out entire armies]] with an arm tied behind their backs - ''each'' - and yet every last one of them has a... strange quirk that sends them straight into this trope. He also made [[EvilCounterpart Bass]] to be greater than Megaman in all aspects; Bass is stronger, faster, and an even bigger idiot.
** Doctor Light is one of the few capable of matching Doctor Wily's genius, and his program for X is incredibly advanced even for those standards. He's a massive [[TheAlcoholic drunkard]] and BrilliantButLazy - in that he'd rather build an [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaid exceedingly-powerful robot to be his lab assistant]] rather than do the chores himself.
* In ''Webcomic/OtakuDad'' Despite being an immature anime obsessed otaku in daily life it turns out that Jack is a savant who manages to turn a tidy profit on unlikely businesses.

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* A number Darkly subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}''. Doctor Thalmus thinks that developing a cure for cancer makes his crime [[spoiler:of pedophilia]] acceptable, even going so far as to hold the cure hostage when Aurthor finds out. No one else seems to agree with his viewpoint.
* Rayne Summers from ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''. Marcy [=McKean=] - Rayne's boss and CEO
of the characters in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' fall under this, from Math (lecherous but unspeakably talented martial artist), to Heatwave (capable of sublimating tanks, but dumb as a brick), to Sydney (has a suite of seven orbs that give her unique and strong powers along company - puts up with comic book knowledge to apply those powers properly, but severe ADHD, trouble with authority, his Red Bull addiction, childlike behaviour, and overall a PR nightmare). This is explicitly justified; powers are rare enough that they can't pick and choose their team. As long as a super doesn't have an actual criminal record ([[BoxedCrook and possibly sometimes even then]]), they're invited to join, since it's better to have them on the team where they can be monitored and trained than off it where they can get into trouble.
* Apparently, this is a requirement to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies--he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.
* Almost the entire main cast of ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent''. To wit:
** The Captain, Sigrun, is a BookDumb {{Motor Mouth}}ed GenkiGirl with strong BloodKnight tendencies, but has proven extremely capable as a leader, being able to effortlessly juggle TheStoic Mikkel, NewMeat Emil and just plain strange Lalli, [[AFatherToHisMen delegating, supporting and making the whole team feel useful.]] Also, when asked to pick a target for the team's first combat mission, she picks the best target in a split second... namely the one that has the best fall-back options.
** Mikkel, TheMedic, has a dark deadpan sense of humor and a tendency to mercilessly troll everyone. However,
non-existent attention span because he is also all-round competent, taking care of unglamorous but necessary stuff like decontamination, heavy lifting and cooking and is generally a much needed emotional anchor.
** Emil, the Cleanser, is [[NewMeat greener than grass in may]], a textbook SpoiledBrat and has the worst case of [[OpenMouthInsertFoot Foot In Mouth Disease]] since someone put a microphone in front of Prince Philip, but he knows
genuinely good at his booms and from what we've seen so far his instincts and training are solid, and several of his interactions with Lalli and various kids show him to be quite a softie.
job.
** Lalli, the Scout, is just plain weird. Basically, he acts Marcy says as much as a cat as is possible without growing a tail, has huge problems with verbal communication and tends to sleep in strange places. He is also an extremely competent scout, capable of finding his way in unknown territory with no apparent effort, very good at reading non-verbal communication (in fact being able to have several meaningful conversations with Emil, in spite of them not having a word of any language in common) and a mage of frightening power. So far, he has shown himself to be able to spirit-walk, control the weather to some extent and combat hostile spirits in the waking world.
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''
** Sally, one of the players, starts out as rather young to be playing the kind of TabletopRPG the story is about. She's responsible of bringing in many of the weird details of the ''Star Wars'' universe when she gets carried away describing aliens and the like; her first character is Jar Jar Binks, whose appearance is a result of her improvising a bunch of crazy-sounding features. Yet, she eventually plays Jar-Jar so well that he becomes a highly respected character in the game universe, and later, the GM asks her to describe locations to make use of her imagination to make them "look" more impressive.
** Darth Vader has a bad habit of executing every underling who makes the slightest mistake. Yet Admiral Firmus Piett manages to survive and continue to be a very valuable officer, despite his tendency to make IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect and CaptainObvious observations and sometimes sassing directly to Vader's face. Vader acknowledges that Piett tends to walk the edge a lot.
-->'''Vader:''' Your competence and your impertinence continue to maintain an unsteady equilibrium.\\
'''Piett:''' Thank you, Lord Facemask.
* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' it would be easier to list the characters that ''aren't''
[[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20061102 this trope. As it stands:
** First off, Megaman himself. Before [[MadScientist Doctor Wily]] betrayed Doctor Light, he sabotaged Megaman's programming to make him an idiot so that Light would not have anything to face his [[KillerRobot Robot Masters]]; Doctor Light did his best to program him to fight the robot masters, but could only re-prioritize "To be an idiot" as his ''secondary'' mission. He is frightfully-effective at stopping Doctor Wily, but outside of that he's a huge moron obsessed with ice cream and drinking beer until he pukes - ''in spite'' of being a robot.
** Doctor Wily is one of the greatest experts on robotics in the world, his genius is only outmatched by his ego and insanity; robot masters are [[OneManArmy capable of taking out entire armies]] with an arm tied behind their backs - ''each'' - and yet every last one of them has a... strange quirk that sends them straight into this trope. He also made [[EvilCounterpart Bass]] to be greater than Megaman in all aspects; Bass is stronger, faster, and an even bigger idiot.
** Doctor Light is one of the few capable of matching Doctor Wily's genius, and his program for X is incredibly advanced even for those standards. He's a massive [[TheAlcoholic drunkard]] and BrilliantButLazy - in that he'd rather build an [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaid exceedingly-powerful robot to be his lab assistant]] rather than do the chores himself.
* In ''Webcomic/OtakuDad'' Despite being an immature anime obsessed otaku in daily life it turns out that Jack is a savant who manages to turn a tidy profit on unlikely businesses.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Skyvein}}'', Puff is employed by the Core; her peculiarities are overlooked because of her illustrious bounty hunting reputation.

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* ''Webcomic/MSFHigh''. In ''Webcomic/{{Skyvein}}'', Puff is employed by an example that counteracts Doctor McNinja...the Core; her peculiarities entire staff. The sanest people are overlooked because of her illustrious bounty hunting reputation. the MadScientist who is addicted to coffee, and the [[VampiresAreSexGods Vampire with a harem]]. Name a staff member who is not certifiably insane, and frighteningly competant.



* ''Webcomic/DrFrost'': Frost is a far cry from a conventional counselor. First off is his LackOfEmpathy, but also the fact that he utilizes...unique tactics, such as breaking and entering into the client's house, or pretending to be the client's math tutor.

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* ''Webcomic/DrFrost'': Frost Danny Hua in ''Webcomic/{{Nukees}}'' is a far cry from sweet-tempered {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who [[LiteralGenie can't follow most basic metaphors]], is compulsively honest and has a conventional counselor. First phobia of speaking with contractions. He is also a brilliant nuclear engineer and one of the finest weapon designers in the world, being personally responsible for the creation of the Giant Robot Ant. There currently is a small contingent of groupies who have decided he is the Wise One for his incomprehensible, [[SeeminglyProfoundFool unintentionally profound-seeming]] speech quirks. He is also, according to author Darren Bleuel, based on a real friend of his, and there is a [[http://www.nukees.com/dannyquotes.html page full of quotes]] to prove it!
** What about King Luca? He literally believes himself to be royalty, wears a crown and cloak, and routinely grants land, nobility, or knighthood to his followers. And he ''does'' have followers, because he's a wonderful physics tutor who singlehandedly helped many students pass their classes.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Elan. The advantage? He's ''unbelievably'' GenreSavvy, such that he even sticks out in the NoFourthWall world of the comic. The catch? He's [[QuirkyBard a bard]] (and an oddly built one at that). Well, and a [[TooDumbToLive total moron]]. Then he [[TookALevelInBadass Took a Level in Dashing Swordsman ]] and started [[LetsGetDangerous taking the quest seriously]], so he's starting to balance out a tad.
** Celia may also count, more literally than the other examples. Most of the time she's a GranolaGirl whose fighting skills are negligible, and whose righteous ardor for [[FriendToAllLivingThings small woodland critters, as well as the sanctity of life in general]] borders on infuriating, but get her in front of a lawsuit, or two conflicting parties in need of a settlement, and she is hard and cold business right away. She's more of a fairy wings lawyer.
** And Lord Shojo, who pretends to be senile in order to ward
off is his LackOfEmpathy, assassination attempts, but was able to fool not only the paladins he controls, but also the fact entire Order of the Stick, despite not having any levels in a PC class.
** Veldrina, a Favored Soul, who has a scientific approach to divine magic and an almost terminally clueless approach to everything else, including the concept of danger. She'll walk right up to a vampire she knows nothing about because the way negative energy simulates biological functions is fascinating. And because she thinks he's delivering her dumplings.
* In ''Webcomic/OtakuDad'' Despite being an immature anime obsessed otaku in daily life it turns out
that he utilizes...unique tactics, such as breaking Jack is a savant who manages to turn a tidy profit on unlikely businesses.
* Emily of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', who had her final project [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2853 EMP'd by the NRO]] before completion. She also developed a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3180 collapsible cardigan]] displaying "very advanced programming" to apologize to an Amazonian solider AI for hitting her with a mallet. Also see {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* Taisei from ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'' is a very goodhearted, yet silly
and entering into [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter naive]] person [[TheAlcoholic who gets drunk often]] and is a walking source of HoYay. He's ''also'' a successful assistent director for a pretty big company and the client's house, or pretending smartest man of the whole cast.
* Apparently, this is a requirement
to be a [[DemolitionsExpert demoman]] in Tagon's Toughs in ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary''. Corporal "Pronto" Pontucci had rare moments of weirdness, but was basically intelligent, competent, and most of all, relatively sensible, aside from an odd tendency to use DuctTapeForEverything. His replacement, Lieutenant Shore "Pi" Pibald, is nuttier than a pistachio plantation and several orders of magnitude more eccentric than Pronto ever was, on account of needing significant amounts of medication to come ''down'' to the client's math tutor.level of calling himself "GodEmperor Pi the First." Pi might be every bit as irrational as his nickname suggests, what with being a paranoid schizophrenic megalomaniac, but he demonstrates a level of explosives knowledge and technique second only to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Kevyn]], and he has Kevyn beat for pure MadBomber tendencies -- he's thus far the only person shown to have personally blown a hole ''through'' a [[TheBattlestar battleplate]] through a simple combination of having both an excessive amount of explosives and no self preservation instinct whatsoever.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Skyvein}}'', Puff is employed by the Core; her peculiarities are overlooked because of her illustrious bounty hunting reputation.
* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' recruiting Bunny Ears [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]] (but keeping them at a safe distance) is basically the whole point of the Hereti Corp freelancer program.
* Almost the entire main cast of ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent''. To wit:
** The Captain, Sigrun, is a BookDumb {{Motor Mouth}}ed GenkiGirl with strong BloodKnight tendencies, but has proven extremely capable as a leader, being able to effortlessly juggle TheStoic Mikkel, NewMeat Emil and just plain strange Lalli, [[AFatherToHisMen delegating, supporting and making the whole team feel useful.]] Also, when asked to pick a target for the team's first combat mission, she picks the best target in a split second... namely the one that has the best fall-back options.
** Mikkel, TheMedic, has a dark deadpan sense of humor and a tendency to mercilessly troll everyone. However, he is also all-round competent, taking care of unglamorous but necessary stuff like decontamination, heavy lifting and cooking and is generally a much needed emotional anchor.
** Emil, the Cleanser, is [[NewMeat greener than grass in may]], a textbook SpoiledBrat and has the worst case of [[OpenMouthInsertFoot Foot In Mouth Disease]] since someone put a microphone in front of Prince Philip, but he knows his booms and from what we've seen so far his instincts and training are solid, and several of his interactions with Lalli and various kids show him to be quite a softie.
** Lalli, the Scout, is just plain weird. Basically, he acts as much as a cat as is possible without growing a tail, has huge problems with verbal communication and tends to sleep in strange places. He is also an extremely competent scout, capable of finding his way in unknown territory with no apparent effort, very good at reading non-verbal communication (in fact being able to have several meaningful conversations with Emil, in spite of them not having a word of any language in common) and a mage of frightening power. So far, he has shown himself to be able to spirit-walk, control the weather to some extent and combat hostile spirits in the waking world.
* Gatemaster of ''Webcomic/SurvivorFanCharacters'' is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who considers his alliance a group of 'friends', and is perhaps one of the most competent strategists in the game, managing the orchestrate (through a combination of blind luck and coincidence), the final four of his choosing. And he does this without even realising he ''is'' in charge.
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Phonsekal Lauroe is a narcoleptic, lazy bum who sleeps almost all the time, takes pillow and blanket anywhere and is one of the most talented [[FunctionalMagic Shinsu]] users of the entire cast. Learning and deepening that skill is in universe the most time-consuming and difficult tasks for a Regular and everybody sure appreciates his skills.
* Sarabeth Phoenix of ''Webcomic/WrightAsRayne'' is the fairly serious head of both a company and a criminal group, but is big on anime and dyes her hair blue.
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* In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', Darth Vader has a bad habit of executing every underling who makes the slightest mistake. Yet Admiral Firmus Piett manages to survive and continue to be a very valuable officer, despite his tendency to make IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect and CaptainObvious observations and sometimes sassing directly to Vader's face. Vader acknowledges that Piett tends to walk the edge a lot.

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** Sally, one of the players, starts out as rather young to be playing the kind of TabletopRPG the story is about. She's responsible of bringing in many of the weird details of the ''Star Wars'' universe when she gets carried away describing aliens and the like; her first character is Jar Jar Binks, whose appearance is a result of her improvising a bunch of crazy-sounding features. Yet, she eventually plays Jar-Jar so well that he becomes a highly respected character in the game universe, and later, the GM asks her to describe locations to make use of her imagination to make them "look" more impressive.
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Darth Vader has a bad habit of executing every underling who makes the slightest mistake. Yet Admiral Firmus Piett manages to survive and continue to be a very valuable officer, despite his tendency to make IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect and CaptainObvious observations and sometimes sassing directly to Vader's face. Vader acknowledges that Piett tends to walk the edge a lot.

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