History Main / FunnySchizophrenia

* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', Kaere/Kaede's split personality as a stereotypical Japanese YamatoNadeshiko and stereotypical jerkass {{Eagleland}}er is played for laughs, as is [[ThePollyanna Kafuka's]] description of previously having two split personalities who differed in respect to a slight food preference - although the latter is also a sign that Kafuka is actually CuteAndPsycho and AxCrazy.

* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', Kaere/Kaede's split personality as a stereotypical Japanese YamatoNadeshiko and stereotypical jerkass {{Eagleland}}er is played for laughs, as is [[ThePollyanna Kafuka's]] description of previously having two split personalities who differed in respect to a slight food preference - although the latter is also a sign that Kafuka is actually a {{yangire}} and AxCrazy.

* When [[CloudCuckooLander Pinkie Pie]] of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a total mental breakdown in ''Party of One'' it quickly moved from your normal 'comic misunderstanding' 'wacky hijinks' to increasingly unsettling schizophrenia, with inanimate objects trying to convince her that everyone hated her and explosive bursts of violent aggression. This was ''still'' played for laughs (possibly to [[GetCrapPastTheRadar get crap past the radar).

* [[CloudCuckooLander Pinkie Pie]] of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is often speculated to have some kind of mental disorder, schizophrenia in particular after she started holding conversations with inanimate objects in one episode.

* ''TheNuttyProfessor''.

-->"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I'm here to talk to you about the very serious problem of schizophrenia. - '''No he doesn't!''' - SHUT UP, LET HIM SPEAK!"
-->- RobinWilliams

-->"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. No, you're not! He is, you know. Oh, shut up, you two and let him speak!''

** I'd be more inclined to call Wreck-Gar bipolar...

** Well, everyone except for Nami Hito. She's pretty normal.

It's also far too often referred to as "schizophrenia"; in RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia schizophrenia]] is a complicated condition affecting perception of reality, while "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder dissociative identity disorder]]" is the much rarer (and possibly even nonexistent) condition relating to multiple personalities.

-->"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I."

* ''BostonLegal'' has a character with Asperger's Syndrome. This is played both for laughs, and for some very serious and dramatic moments, as is typical considering the show.
** Asperger's is a form of autism, not schizophrenia. Both are mental disorders, but autism is something you are born with while schizophrenia develops later in life and has no clear markers as to why is occurs.

It's also far too often referred to as "schizophrenia"; in RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia schizophrenia]] is a complicated condition affecting perception of reality, while "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder dissociative identity disorder]]" is the much rarer condition relating to multiple personalities.

* This Troper heard a song from a friend that goes something like this:
** ''I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. How do I do?''
*** I'm not exactly sure where it comes from.
*** There's a song on Styx's ''Kilroy Was Here'' called "Double Life" with the lyrics "Nowhere to hide though we both might try, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I..."

** What was the name of this track?
*** "Interview With E.A." It's a spoken track, and a precursor to ''[[AllThereInTheManual The Opheliac Companion]]''

* Inverted in ''NowAndThenHereAndThere''. King Hamdo; who snaps back and forth from crazy, to needy, to homicidal, to cruel, to petty, to really scary, to pathetic.