History Main / MadnessMakeover

* The Ice King in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. In a series of video logs in "Holly Jolly Secrets", the Ice King was originally a professor of archaeology that suffered a worsening mental breakdown by the ice powers of an arcane crown, paralleled with his increasingly-long beard and hair and pale blue skin that would later define the Ice King's physique.
* Azula in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', during the series finale when she has her VillainousBreakdown. By the end, her hair is unkempt, her eyes are lined and baggy, her posture's [[LimpAndLivid taken a dive,]] and she's alternating between LaughingMad and sobbing.

** In the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne "Party of One",]] when Pinkie Pie starts thinking that all her friends no longer like her or her parties, she goes through the inverse of the hair example mentioned above: [[ExpressiveHair her normally poofy mane and tail straighten out completely.]] On top of that, [[ColorFailure her entire body becomes slightly desaturated in color]] to a more muted, gray-toned pink. It also seems to get darker, so she looks like she's constantly in shadow. (She gets better when she realizes they don't hate her, though.)
** Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle also get unintended expressive makeovers in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]", respectively (Twilight's is pictured above), and it's played much more straight. More minor examples include Twilight Sparkle in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" and Rarity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]". Applejack in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" is a borderline case, since she never quite snaps, but otherwise plays the trope straight.

** You do not want to see Princess Luna lose her sanity - as demonstrated in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareintheMoon pilot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipISMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony episode,]] where her SuperpoweredEvilSide was the series' first BigBad. Her EvilCostumeSwitch is a bit more total, gaining sinister blue armor, but having her blue fur turn jet black.
** Rarity has [[NightmareFuel a rather graphic one]] in Sweetie Belle's BadFuture nightmare from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E20ForWhomTheSweetieBelleToils For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils]]'', including a ragged mane, [[AngstComa catatonia]] [[TroubledFetalPosition in a fetal position,]] [[GrossUpCloseUp bloodshot eyes]] [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises with shrunken irises,]] a TwitchyEye, and chattering teeth.
* Fry in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' gets one of these during [[GoAmongMadPeople his extended stay in a robot insane asylum,]] partly due to him ''actually'' going insane, partly due to the various "[[UnwantedAssistance treatments]]".

* Dimitri in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' gets this post-timeskip on every route except [[spoiler:Crimson Flower,]] sporting long, unkempt hair, deep shadows under his eyes, and an eyepatch. On the Averted on the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower]] route, as while he has the same hairstyle, he lacks the shadows and eyepatch.

* ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'': During the climax of the fight in Andrias' throne room, [[AdaptationalVillainy Marcy]] suffers a total VillainousBreakdown, so that by the time she gets her hands on the Calamity Box to stop the others from escaping, she has MessyHair, [[RedEyesTakeWarning bloodshot eyes]], and a SlasherSmile, while now being LaughingMad and LimpAndLivid, showing how far she's fallen into insanity.

* Precia of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Sane Precia is a kindly smiling woman with hair neatly combed back. Insane Precia is a madly laughing woman prone to pupil shrinkage with [[PeekABangs unkempt hair that's always covering one of her eyes]]. Also, Sane Precia has a much better fashion sense. Insane Precia... [[FanDisservice Well]]...

* [[PsychoForHire Claire Stanfield]] from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' is introduced [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Ensuing/Baccano9/Baccano_25.jpg looking innocent and inconspicuous enough (spoiler, folks!)]] that you might mistake him for completely sane. This, naturally, has to be remedied -- so he [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Ensuing/Baccano12/Baccano_45.jpg drenches himself from head to toe in the blood of his victims]] and alternates his facial expressions between [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Ensuing/Baccano_59-1.jpg crazy psychotic grins]] and...well, even ''more'' [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Ensuing/Baccano9/Baccano_28.jpg crazy psychotic grins.]] And that's before he turns on his GlowingEyesOfDoom...

* Happens to Alex in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' as he succumbs to hunger.

* Morph of the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series was left for dead, and when he returned after a FaceHeelTurn, he had deeply-sunken eyes and his skin looked jaundiced..

* Precia of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Sane Precia is a kindly smiling woman with hair neatly combed back. Insane Precia is a madly laughing woman prone to pupil shrinkage with [[PeekABangs unkempt hair that's always covering one of her eyes]]. Also, Sane!Precia has a much better fashion sense. Insane!Precia... [[FanDisservice Well]]...

* Precia of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Sane Precia is a kindly smiling woman with hair neatly combed back. Insane Precia is a madly laughing woman prone to pupil shrinkage with [[PeekABangs unkempt hair that's always covering one of her eyes]]. Also, Sane!Precia has a much better fashion sense. Insane!Precia... [[FanDisservice We]][[AbsoluteCleavage ll]]...

* The [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars]] Literature/DarkNestTrilogy reintroduces us to Jedi Raynar Thule, who went missing during the Literature/NewJediOrder series. Since then he was involved in a horrendous starship crash, had most of face burned off, and got [[MindRape mind raped]] by a colony of sentient insects while they [[UnwantedAssistance saved his life]], ultimately becoming their heavily disfigured dictator. He makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end, and reappears in the ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'' series as a fully functioning jedi, though he's still this trope due to partial insanity and his plasticky facial reconstructive surgery.

Alternatively, the Madness Makeover can take on the CreepyCleanliness variety. Little by little, the character will start [[SharpDressedMan dressing more sharply]]. Others will dismiss this change to be [[SheCleansUpNicely They Clean Up Nicely]], not knowing that this is a warning sign of their SanitySlippage until it is too late.

Alternatively, the Madness Makeover can take on the CreepyCleanliness variety. Little by little, the character will start dressing more sharply. Others will dismiss this change in [[SharpDressedMan him]] or [[TheFashionista her]] to be [[SheCleansUpNicely S/he Cleans Up Nicely]], not knowing that this is a warning sign of their SanitySlippage until it is too late.

* Sméagol in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' goes from being a Hobbit to a shrivelled, psychotic creature as the [[ArtifactOfDoom One Ring]] erodes his sanity.

* In ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'', Johnny doesn't become aware until well into the novel that he is looking more disheveled and crazy the more he obsesses over the manuscript, neglecting himself so much that his teeth start to rot by the end of the book.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Post-Azkaban Sirius Black, although he isn't technically ''insane'', just wracked with SurvivorGuilt and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Delirium, who used to be Delight, gets one of these, though it's implied in a FlashBack rather than seen in-story. As Delight, she's shown to have normal hair and be wearing nice dresses, but after she changes to Delirium, she has multi-colored hair, different colored eyes, and a wardrobe that would best be described as eccentric. There's also something of a reverse example (though not necessarily an inversion) when Delirium forces the madness back at one point and her eyes become the same color as a result.
* Franchise/{{Batman}}: The origin of Harley Quinn. At the culmination of her being twisted and manipulated by ComicBook/TheJoker, she robs a costume shop to get her villain costume, which she promptly dons to break the Joker out of Arkham
* [[ComicBook/ElongatedMan Ralph Dibny's]] appearance in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' becomes more and more disheveled as his obsession with dark secrets to bring his wife back to life grows stronger. Then, in his final appearance, [[spoiler:he is sober and elegant once again and his behavior is professional and heroic]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Delirium, who used to be Delight, gets one of these, though it's implied in a FlashBack rather than seen in-story. As Delight, she's shown to have normal hair and be wearing nice dresses, but after she changes to Delirium, she has MulticoloredHair, different colored eyes, and a wardrobe that would best be described as eccentric. There's also something of a reverse example (though not necessarily an inversion) when Delirium forces the madness back at one point and her eyes become the same color as a result.

** Depression can make it difficult to get out of bed, which by extension makes it difficult to get up and do things like take a shower or brush one's teeth and hair.