History Main / MadNessMantra

-->'''Celesto''': I am Celesto Morgan. I am '''me'''. I am '''I'''. Repeat the mantra. Reassert and reflect upon your '''self.''' Establish your '''identity.''' Protect the sanctity of your '''being''' and make your mind a '''fortress.'''

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* Bradley Curtis, flight engineer of Saudia Flight 163, muttered "No problem, no problem, no problem" to himself during the emergency, likely in an attempt to calm himself.

-->-- '''The Church Guy''', moments before turning into a [[EliteMook Special Infected]], ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''

* According to those who found him, Molly from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' [[spoiler: [[BuriedAlive crawled out of his own grave]]]], nearly catatonic, covered in dirt, and repeating the word "empty", over and over again. Gustav misheard him, and thought he was saying [[SignificantMonogram "M.T."]], which is how he ended up with the name '''M'''ollymauk '''T'''ealeaf.

* ''Fanfic/FluffyPony'': If a fluffy is put through too much torture or abuse, they have a chance of entering a state of complete despair, at which point they will repeat 'wan die' (want to die) over and over again.

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* ''Roleplay/NanQuest'' has one (potentially a few) of these in [[spoiler: the journal found in the chapel area.]]
** [[spoiler: "for the love of god"]]
** [[spoiler: "into the fire into the fire into the fire into the fire"]]
* ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' gives a written version: ''NEVER CATCH ME NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER''

* At the peak of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xianzhong Zhang Xianzhong's]] madness, after ordering his troops to slaughter one another before his throne of gore, he had his few remaining loyal servants carve a Stele to explain his actions to the Ming who were on their way to vanquish him. ''And what an explanation it was.'' '''Heaven Brings Forth Numerous Things to Nurture Man. [[HumansAreBastards Man Has Nothing Good With Which To Recompense Heaven]]. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.''' It's even said that people were so terrified of the sheer malice contained in the "Seven Kill Stele" that they feared touching it, let alone destroying it, and it was only blasted to pieces in 1970.

* ''WebOriginal/FluffyPony'': If a fluffy is put through too much torture or abuse, they have a chance of entering a state of complete despair, at which point they will repeat 'wan die' (want to die) over and over again.

* Parodied in ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', when Jonesy keeps typing "all work and no play makes Jones a dull girl" [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/1301 in a parody of The Shining.]] Jared fears it's this but CommanderBadass says no, she's just trying to boost her UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo count.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Despite being unable to speak, Hugh finds himself repeatedly mouthing the word "Boss" upon witnessing Kyril [[spoiler:[[DeathGlare staring Shamuhaza to death]].]] Lucky for him, [[DownplayedTrope it is only a minor breakdown]] with no signs of FreakOut during the later chapters, though he definitely feels very insignificant while Kyril seems to be far above him.

* MadnessMantra Lite, courtesy of ''Radio/TheGoonShow'': "Ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong iddle i po..."

** Aforementioned spammy bogus journal [[http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/20/bogus-journal-accepts-profanity-laced-anti-spam-paper/ then proceeded to state that the ten pages of]] MadnessMantra [[http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/20/bogus-journal-accepts-profanity-laced-anti-spam-paper/ were "excellent" and they'd publish it for $150]]...despite the fact that the paper was nothing but a deliberately copied and somewhat profane MadnessMantra.

* Website/TVTropes: [[http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA STOP SOPA]] [[note]]Considering that this wiki is a Frankenstein made of parts of fictionary works, it's perfectly {{Justified|Trope}}.[[/note]]

* [[http://www.amazon.com/review/R3I8VKTCITJCX6/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000J36XR2&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag= "We live underground. We talk with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives."]] [[note]]Yes, this is creepypasta disguised as an Amazon review.[[/note]]

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/d0pe4/ubisoft_goes_steamworks_bye_bye_always_on_drm/ Ubisoft goes steamworks bye bye always on DRM]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKx1wnXClcI Sibelius crashed. Sibelius crashed.]]
* A man who suspected another passenger of having a gun on a train began repeatedly pressing a button to communicate with the driver and screaming "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mko5Y8QUEjI CONDUCTOR, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!]]" over and over again - which quickly changes to "CONDUCTOR, I HAVE A PROBLEM!" when the other passengers, pissed off by the man's antics, begin to turn on him.

Characters who are having a mental breakdown sometimes become fixated on a certain phrase that [[BrokenRecord they repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat until everyone in the world is sick of it]]. This coube from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or due to ruminative depression, where a person becomes trapped in a loop.

Characters who are having a mental breakdown sometimes become fixated on a certain phrase that [[BrokenRecord they repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat until everyone in the world is sick of it]].

Sometimes, this chanting allows the character to snap out of their insanity. Sometimes, it becomes their life-long theme song as they rock back and forth in a cozy padded room. If they aren't locked up, expect [[RoomFullOfCrazy a room with every square inch stating the phrase]]. When combined with AsTheGoodBookSays, the ominousness goes through the roof.

Just about every [[BedlamHouse mental institution]] scene has someone chanting some sort of non sequitur in the background. And woe betide us all if this non sequitur should [[ArcWords be significant]].

* OlderThanSteam: ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': LadyMacbeth chants "Out out, damned spot". It is stated that she has been doing this for some days.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Lars often suffers panic attacks: "''[[AC:[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050418 HORSE! HORSEHORSEHORSEHORSE!]]]]''", or later "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050420 HORSE! PIE! HORSE! PIE!]]"

** Aforementioned spammy bogus journal [[http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/20/bogus-journal-accepts-profanity-laced-anti-spam-paper/ then proceeded to state that the ten pages of MadnessMantra were "excellent" and they'd publish it for $150]]...despite the fact that the paper was nothing but a deliberately copied and somewhat profane MadnessMantra.

* In ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}'', "Our love is God" is [[SanitySlippage chanted]] by J.D. after [[spoiler: he kills Kurt and Ram with Veronica, who hadn't realized the bullets she was using were real until it was too late. She repeats it with him to hide the fact that she's absolutely terrified.