History Main / GRatedMentalIllness

** The trope is interestingly invoked with Fred, since the character is being used to scare kids by tapping into their natural discomfort with people who are different. It turns the whole episode into something of a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, but it ''is'' highly successful at being scary. Of course, there are [[GRatedSex other ways]] of interpreting [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Fred's]] "naughtiness" that paint him as [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil less benign]]...

** The trope is interestingly invoked with Fred, since the character is being used to scare kids by tapping into their natural discomfort with people who are different. It turns the whole episode into something of a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, but it ''is'' highly successful at being scary. Of course, there are other ways of interpreting [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Fred's]] [[GRatedSex naugh]][[Squick tiness]] that paint him as [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil less benign]]...

* Happens to Alvin in AlvinAndTheChipmunks Meet Frankenstein when Dr. Frankenstein makes him drink a potion and he starts acting like a typical insane cartoon character laughing manically, his tongue hanging out, spinning eyes, and pulling pranks.

* Ed from ''TheLionKing'' his eyes often point in different directions, his tongue is almost always hanging out, and his most of his dialogue consists of laughter.

* Pinkie Pie dances between this trope and NightmareFuel in some episodes of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.

* All inhabitants of the Shivering Isles in ''TheElderScrollsIV''.

* [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain The Ice King]] of ''AdventureTime'', whose mental instability is ''[[PlayedForDrama not]]'' PlayedForLaughs. An early episode has him casually say that [[ArtifactOfDoom his crown]] makes him hallucinate all of the time, so he is unable to discriminate between the hallucinations and reality. [[WhamEpisode "Holly Jolly Secrets"]] reveals [[spoiler: he [[WasOnceAMan was once a human]], but wearing a mysterious magical crown drastically changed his [[{{Jerkass}} personality]] and got rid of most (if not all) of his prior memories of his life. He also had a fiancee; Betty, who he affectionately called his "princess", left him after he started wearing the crown. This may explain why he's [[CerebusRetcon obsessed with kidnapping princesses]]. ]] Many, after watching "[[WhamEpisode I]] [[TearJerker Remember]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming You]]", have compared [[spoiler: the relationship depicted between The Ice King and Marceline to that of someone coping with having a family member or friend with Alzheimer's Dementia. She knew him before he lost his memories and they still have an emotional connection so she is friends with him, but it breaks her heart to be around him because he doesn't remember. He's so far gone at this point that he doesn't even recognize his own name.]]

* Ripper Roo from ''CrashBandicoot'', complete with straight jacket, while he did go to therapy, and became more sane, he returns to his straightjacket self when he gets in an explosion.

* Pops from ''RegularShow'' is pretty clearly off his rocker; the other residents of the park take care of him and are affectionately condescending toward his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} behavior. Leans toward AmbiguousDisorder since varying explanations have been given as to why he's like this.

** When the creators decided to allow fan favorite “Derpy Hooves” have an official mention, Some people got offended by thinking that “Derpy” was implying stupidity.

* Starman and Creeper of DCComics. The Joker too, sometimes.

* Some of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', at least on the surface, are like this. Fred Bonaparte, a stereotypical [[NapoleonDelusion Napoleon wannabe]], remains like this through most of the game. Gloria van Gouton starts out like this, but as you see more of her mind, [[DeconstructedTrope it gets darker]], while Edgar Teglee starts out tragic and becomes more silly and pathetic.

** In Edgar's defense, the whole girl trouble business did cause a [[NeverLiveItDown complete turnaround]] from being the BigManOnCampus on top of the obvious childish emotional trauma. Those kinds of issues are SeriousBusiness at the time, though Raz helps him to realize he has to let things go.

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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' often portrayed "loonies" as being whacked-out and acting in a completely random and bizarre manner. From [=YouTube=]:

* Psycho the weasel from ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. His eye balls spin around constantly, he's wrapped in a straight jacket, his tongue hangs out, and most of his dialogue consists of either laughter or "kill the rabbit!".

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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' often portrayed "loonies" as being whacked-out and acting in a completely random and bizarre manner. From [=YouTube=]:

** He appears again (played by another Python) in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXxS0l6Nh3w the "Appeal for Sanity" sketch]].

* In the finale of ''{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'', Blackadder decides that he can do a [[ObfuscatingInsanity convincing impression of insanity]] by putting underpants on his head, sticking pencils up his nose and saying "wibble." However, Melchett stated he shot an entire platoon attempting the same stunt.

* ''[[LittleBigPlanet Little Big Planet 2]]'': During his meanie infection, Dr. Higginbotham had the habit of eating socks and trying to lick his eye balls.

* Happens to Alvin in AlvinAndTheChipmunks Meet Frankenstein when Dr. Frankenstein makes him drink a potion and he starts acting like a typical insane cartoon character laughing manically, his tongue hanging out, spinning eyes, and pulling pranks.

* The original portrayl of {{Daffy Duck}} in his late 1930's-40's appearances he'd laugh constantly, his eyes would point in different directions, his tongue would sometimes hang out, and he'd click his heels together and do flips around the pond shouting "woo hoo, woo hoo, woo hoo!"

The EccentricTownsfolk usually have at least one such G-rated madman (or more!) among the residents. See also TheMadHatter.

* Pinkie Pie dances between this trope and NightmareFuel in some episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.

* All inhabitants of the Shivering Isles in ''TheElderScrolls 4 Oblivion''.

* Pinkie Pie dances between this trope and NightmareFuel in some episodes of {{My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic}}.

* Batty from FernGully.
* Ed from TheLionKing his eyes often point in different directions, his tongue is almost always hanging out, and his most of his dialogue consists of laughter.
* Psycho the weasel from WhoFramedRogerRabbit his eye balls spin around constantly, he's wrapped in a straight jacket, his tongue hangs out, and most of his dialogue consists of either laughter or "kill the rabbit!".

* Some of the characters in ''{{Psychonauts}}'', at least on the surface, are like this. Fred Bonaparte, a stereotypical [[NapoleonDelusion Napoleon wannabe]], remains like this through most of the game. Gloria van Gouton starts out like this, but as you see more of her mind, [[DeconstructedTrope it gets darker]], while Edgar Teglee starts out tragic and becomes more silly and pathetic.

* Pinkie Pie dances between this trope and NightmareFuel in some episode of ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''.

* Pinkie Pie dances between this trope and NightmareFuel.

* Muzzle in ''RoadRovers''.

* Happens to Alvin in AlvinAndTheChipmunks Meet Frankenstein when Dr. Frankenstein makes him drink a potion and he starts acting like a typical insane cartoon character laughing manically, his tongue hanging out, spinning eyes, and pulling pranks.
* Batty from FernGully.
* Ed from TheLionKing his eyes often point in different directions, his tongue is almost always hanging out, and his most of his dialogue consists of laughter.
* Psycho the weasel from WhoFramedRogerRabbit his eye balls spin around constantly, he's wrapped in a straight jacket, his tongue hangs out, and most of his dialogue consists of either laughter or "kill the rabbit!".