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* Benjamin Clawhauser from ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. He has a [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny really bad attention span]], is a huge FanBoy of pop star Gazelle, and is extremely flamboyant. He's also a dedicated, reliably helpful front desk officer, who gives friendly service with a smile, delivers consistently accurate information in a reasonably timely manner, and is quick to apologize for any perceived transgressions or failures. His tough-as-nails boss, for whom capability is the number one priority, is perfectly willing to let his idiosyncrasies slide.

* Georges Hautecourt from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. He takes "you're only as old as you feel" to heart despite being genuinely really old, yet Madame loves that about him and has kept him as her lawyer for decades.

* ''WesternAnimation/GerisGame'' establishes Geri as an eccentric old man who plays chess by himself. ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' shows that he takes his job as a repairman very seriously, however.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}''. Linguini and his eccentric behaviour is tolerated by the staff of Gusteau's because his cooking skills are top-notch. In truth Linguini is neither insane nor a cooking genius, he's just a dork with a very talented rat controlling him under his chef toque. The rat knows how to cook, he just knows how to appear human.

** The Judge, who is famously reliable in passing fair judgments in spite of being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who will misunderstand basically ''anything'', to the point of Franziska's plan of showing him an illegally-taken photo as vital evidence to make her case (evidence which could just as easily have been turned to Wright's favor) fails - because he [[SpannerInTheWorks just doesn't get the point she's coming across with]]. ''At all''. Until the next year, when Phoenix successfully uses it in a related case.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Professor Peter Port's idea of teaching a lesson involves regaling the students with a story of the time he captured a live [[TheHeartless Grimm]], making bad jokes, and hitting on the pretty female students (to Yang's disgust). But he is an excellent teacher and mentor. How excellent? After one conversation with him, [[AlphaBitch Weiss]] stops treating Ruby like crap, stops demanding to be made the team leader, to making Ruby coffee so she can keep studying. She's been the perfect team-mate ever since.
** By extension, Professor Bartholomew Oobleck, the [[MotorMouth fast talking]] history teacher, [[MustHaveCaffeine who seems to be on a permanent caffeine high]], is a very good warrior, capable of fighting off a few large mechas, all while on top of a speeding train.
** Qrow, the uncle of Ruby and Yang, spends most of his screentime drunk and/or drinking. His first appearance has him so drunk he can't actually stand up straight, as soon as he is in a fight(still not sobered), he is a match to the second in command of the Atlesian Army, he is the right arm of the BigGood, [[spoiler:being the closest thing, together with James, to a BigGood once Ozpin is out of the picture]]. He has the respect as a hunter and as a spy of the most powerful characters in the show.

* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' has entire organizations of those.
** The Ultramarines are an entire army of {{Parody Sue}}s who speak in PurpleProse and can't shut up about their grandiose, but when something has to be done, they ''will'' do it, even if it violates all the rules of physics and common sense.
** The Custodians are an immortal BadassArmy... and also MachoCamp exhibitionists.
** Salamanders are one of the most successful Chapters despite taking their love of fire to the point of fetish.
** Kaldor Draigo is a literally insane from spending thousands of years in the Warp, speaking bizarre gibberish and going on wild rants and generally seeming only partially aware of what's going on. He is also the best daemon-slayer in the entire galaxy, defeating Magnus the Red with a single punch, destroying an entire star to save a group of Imperial soldiers, and [[HorrifyingTheHorror terrifying the Deceiver himself]].

* ''WebVideo/BonAppetit'': Brad comes across as this very often. Brad has a tendency to go off on very weird tangents in conversation, is obsessed with Creator/TomBerenger in general and the movie ''{{Film/Sniper}}'' in particular, and often bursts out into what sounds like [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]] when his [[MotorMouth mouth]] can't keep up with his brain. That said, he is a skilled cook, a veritable gold mine of information about his specialty (fermentation and microbial cultures) and good enough with his hands and tools to bash together specialty kitchen appliances for Claire out of odds and ends lying around the kitchen.

Remember: In order for a character to qualify he must keep his job through sheer unquestionable competence. Sometimes you have incompetent characters that happen to be quirky and keep their jobs through means that have nothing to do with their competence. That is not this trope. If they are actually competent yet are seen as "renegade" due to their unusual behavior and often are at risk of being fired for their unusual quirks, you are looking at TheLastDJ instead. Also, in order to qualify, the character should have an unusual quirk or eccentricity, not just be slightly more informal than his colleagues. Finally, these quirks and eccentricities should be a deliberate indulgence confidently relished by the the person in question, not merely due to [[NoSocialSkills Social Awkwardness]] or an AmbiguousDisorder.

Remember: In order for a character to qualify he must keep his job through sheer unquestionable competence. Sometimes you have incompetent characters that happen to be quirky and keep their jobs through means that have nothing to do with their competence. That is not this trope. If they are actually competent yet are seen as "renegade" due to their unusual behavior and often are at risk of being fired for their unusual quirks, you are looking at TheLastDJ instead. Also, in order to qualify, the character should have an unusual quirk or eccentricity, not just be slightly more informal than his colleagues. Finally, these quirks and eccentricities are a deliberate indulgence confidently relished by the the person in question, not due to [[NoSocialSkills Social Awkwardness]] or an AmbiguousDisorder.

Remember: In order for a character to qualify he must keep his job through sheer unquestionable competence. Sometimes you have incompetent characters that happen to be quirky and keep their jobs through means that have nothing to do with their competence. That is not this trope. If they are actually competent yet are seen as "renegade" due to their unusual behavior and often are at risk of being fired for their unusual quirks, you are looking at TheLastDJ instead. Also, in order to qualify, the character should have an unusual quirk or eccentricity, not just be slightly more informal than his colleagues.

* Wrestling/RandySavage had a crazy, boisterous personality (which was mostly how he really was) but when it came to his actual matches, he was a perfectionist who mapped out every single detail of his bigger matches and practiced them with his opponent until they were perfect. It was his idea at Wrestlemania VII for Wrestling/TheUltimateWarrior to calmly walk to the ring for their match rather than run like usual, and take a slower deliberate pace in the ring while Savage projected being completely thrown off and baffled by the change in style.

** Sarge is a GeneralRipper and TheNeidermeyer who constantly comes up with dumb and bizarre ideas to beat the Blues. He's also skilled enough to make robots and turn people into cyborgs, ''deadly'' in a fight, and managed to outsmart and defeat Agent Washington.

** Robert Wallson/James Okada in ''VisualNovel/TheLabyrinthOfGrisaia'' and ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoRakuen'' is a genius communications officer and computer programmer, but he's also a freckled, nerdy otaku with a much poorer grasp on the Japanese language than he believes. [[spoiler:Despite that, he's also brave enough to reconnect the Thanatos system to Kazuki's memories even when he knows the price for discovery would be death. He also manages to marry a CIA agent.]]

** Robert Wallson/James Okada in ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoMeikyuu'' and ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoRakuen'' is a genius communications officer and computer programmer, but he's also a freckled, nerdy otaku with a much poorer grasp on the Japanese language than he believes. [[spoiler:Despite that, he's also brave enough to reconnect the Thanatos system to Kazuki's memories even when he knows the price for discovery would be death. He also manages to marry a CIA agent.]]

* ''Franchise/GrisaiaSeries'':

* ''WesternAnimation/GerisGame'' establishes Geri as an eccentric old man who plays chess by himself. ''Film/ToyStory2'' shows that he takes his job as a repairman very seriously, however.

Much like the GeniusDitz, it is a strange mixture of brilliant and bizarre. Their quirks don't seem to be ''intrinsic'' to success, a la CrazyAwesome, and the unexpected quirks only tend to bother new characters who don't know them well. Compare the InsufferableGenius, whose quirk is more often just being a {{Jerkass}}. The Insufferable Genius might insist everyone address him as "sir" or "[[Series/LostInSpace Dr. Smith]]"; the Bunny-Ears Lawyer might not answer unless addressed as "Grand Duchess Abigail Chester Wilson Snapdragon Lemmywinks Brian Brain [=McFisticuffs=] the Negative 10 to the Fifth Power".

* Dina from ''VisualNovel/GenderBenderDNATwisterExtreme'' is quite a competent scientist, for all her obsession with giving everyone GagBoobs, the fact that she turned herself into a CatGirl, and her general tendency to completely ignore laboratory safety.

* Benjamin Clawhauser from ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}''. He has a [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny really bad attention span]], is a huge FanBoy of pop star Gazelle, and is extremely flamboyant. He's also a dedicated, reliably helpful front desk officer, who gives friendly service with a smile, delivers consistently accurate information in a reasonably timely manner, and is quick to apologize for any perceived transgressions or failures. His tough-as-nails boss, for whom capability is the number one priority, is perfectly willing to let his idiosyncrasies slide.

* Georges Hautecourt from ''Disney/TheAristocats''. He takes "you're only as old as you feel" to heart despite being genuinely really old, yet Madame loves that about him and has kept him as her lawyer for decades.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'': Arcueid Brunestud. Ditzy blond. ClingyJealousGirl. Keeps a doll of Shiki under her pillow and magically traps her underwear drawer. Ok maybe that one wasn't canon, but still, it IS like her. Also responsible for Shiki's rather infamous erotic dream. Oh, and she is the most powerful vampire in existence, capable of dragging around moons if she wants. Moons from the future. That she pulled from said future. Why? So red moonlight would splash on her opponent and render him killable. ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction And she was at 30% power when she did that]].''

* ''Franchise/GrisaiaSeries'':
** Ichigaya, a clandestine paramilitary spy organization, keeps the code name "I-9029" in reserve for agents that fit this description. Every 9029 has been extremely good at their job... and has had an insubordinate streak a mile wide that makes their handlers want to tear their hair out on a regular basis. We mostly see this in Yuuji, the current 9029, but later entries reveal his mentor and the previous 9029, Asako, was just as bad, if not worse (where do you think Yuuji learned it?) [[spoiler:In Makina's ending, she joins Yuuji as his support agent, and is included as agent "V-9029", and naturally inherits the attitude.]]
** Robert Wallson/James Okada in ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoMeikyuu'' and ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoRakuen'' is a genius communications officer and computer programmer, but he's also a freckled, nerdy otaku with a much poorer grasp on the Japanese language than he believes. [[spoiler:Despite that, he's also brave enough to reconnect the Thanatos system to Kazuki's memories even when he knows the price for discovery would be death. He also manages to marry a CIA agent.]]
* Dina from ''VisualNovel/GenderBenderDNATwisterExtreme'' is quite a competent scientist, for all her obsession with giving everyone GagBoobs, the fact that she turned herself into a CatGirl, and her general tendency to completely ignore laboratory safety.
* In ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'', considering that most of the cast are consisting of people with an exceptional talent in a specific skill, several examples crop up across the series. A lot of characters are flat-out weird with lots of personality quirks that tend to get rather interesting, such as Gundham Tanaka, who stylizes himself as a sort of EvilOverlord despite being a relatively normal pet breeder, yet even with said personality quirks, they are still considered ultimates for a reason, so this trope is in full effect.

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** Simmons seems like a ProfessionalButtKisser, and a bit of a nerd, but put him in command, and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm assuming it doesn't go to his head]], he's quite tactical. Plus, he's usually wields the Rocket Launcher with lethal efficiency.

** Kaldor Draigo is a literally insane from spending thousands of years in the Warp, speaking bizarre gibberish and going on wild rants and generally seeming only partially aware of what's going on. He is also the best daemon-slayer in the entire galaxy, defeating Magnus the Red with a single punch, destroying an entire star to save a group of Imperial soldiers, and [[TheDreaded terrifying]] [[EldritchAbomination the Deceiver himself.]]

Some characters have [[CloudCuckoolander pervasive or extremely noticeable personality quirks]], but remain steadily employed because they are just that good at what they do. Coworkers, superiors, and friends find themselves willing to overlook these informalities (e.g., a hypothetical highly successful lawyer who happens to wear fuzzy pink bunny ears during all his cases) so long as the job gets done. This is a cost/benefit ordeal: if they weren't so good at their job or their quirks were too obstructive, no employer would consider them a necessary sacrifice for sanity. In larger numbers, you'd have a case for a RagtagBunchOfMisfits.

* Wrestling/DaltonCastle, (or Ashley Remington to you Wrestling/{{Chikara}} fans). A former Radio DJ, he's a LargeHam party boy who coos and poses like a peacock but he's also an amateur wrestling champion who can dead lift a 300 pound man into a German suplex and he held the World Heavyweight Title of the International Wrestling Cartel for over a year.

* Doink the Clown (at least during his heel run) dressed like a stereotypical clown and played pranks (not all innocent ones either) on fellow wrestlers, yet his technical wrestling skills were always put over by the announcers.