History Main / MadnessMakeover

* Ophelia famously becomes ungroomed as well as unstrung after Hamlet breaks up with her making this OlderThanDirt.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' 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: her normally poofy mane and tail straighten out completely. ([[IGotBetter She gets better]] when she realizes they don't hate her, though.)
** Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle also go through this 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.
** Inverted with Princess Luna. You see her mad first, and then her appearance changes when she goes back to normal. She looks completely different. For example, her fur is blue normally, but was black when she was Nightmare Moon.

** Not to mention that in the anime, Stein slowly starts to go crazy and change his look. He starts by looking more tired, and works his way to forgetting his glasses, wearing his labcoat half-off one shoulder, and walking around hunched over while muttering a MadnessMantra. And he's STILL the most BadAss character in the show besides the PhysicalGod Shinigami-sama.

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* Ezekiel from ''TotalDramaWorldTour'' after attempting to stay with the crew after being voted off twice. He slowly starts to go insane -- by the time they get to London he has green skin, blood shot eyes, crooked teeth, and a chunk of his ear missing. By the time they get to Africa his clothes are tattered, he has claws and fangs, nearly all his hair is gone, and he ''acts'' like an animal.

** Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle also go through this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" respectively, 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.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/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: her normally poofy mane and tail straighten out completely. ([[IGotBetter She gets better]] when she realizes they don't hate her, though.)
** Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle also go through this in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" and "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" respectively, and it's played much more straight. More minor examples include Twilight Sparkle in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" and Rarity in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]". Applejack in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" is a borderline case, since she never quite snaps, but otherwise plays the trope straight.

* Lucy gets all slinky and sensual as she falls under Dracula's spell. Oddly it this not considered an improvement by her faithful suitors.

** Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle also goes through this in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]" and "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" respectively, and it's played much more straight. More minor examples include Twilight Sparkle in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" and Rarity in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]". Applejack in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" is a borderline case, since she never quite snaps, but otherwise plays the trope straight.

** Fluttershy also goes through this in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]", and it's played much more straight. More minor examples include Twilight Sparkle in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" and Rarity in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]". Applejack in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" is a borderline case, since she never quite snaps, but otherwise plays the trope straight.

** Fluttershy also goes through this in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver The Best Night Ever]]", and it's played much more straight. More minor examples include Twilight Sparkle in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]" and Rarity in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14 SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]". Applejack in "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason Applebuck Season]]" is a borderline case, since she never quite snaps, but otherwise plays the trope straight.

* Azula in ''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 taken a dive, and she's alternating between laughing and sobbing.
* Fry in ''{{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 "[[StopHelpingMe treatments]]".
* Morph of the ''Series/{{X-Men}}'' animated series was left for dead, and when he returned after a FaceHeelTurn, he had deeply sunken in eyes.
* Ezekiel from ''{{Total Drama World Tour}}'' after attempting to stay with the crew after being voted off twice. He slowly starts to go insane -- by the time they get to London he has green skin, blood shot eyes, crooked teeth, and a chunk of his ear missing. By the time they get to Africa his clothes are tattered, he has claws and fangs, nearly all his hair is gone, and he ''acts'' like an animal.
* In [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic 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: her normally poofy mane and tail straighten out completely. ([[IGotBetter She gets better]] when she realizes they don't hate her, though.)
** Fluttershy also goes through this in "The Best Night Ever", and it's played much more straight. More minor examples include Twilight Sparkle in "Swarm of the Century" and Rarity in "suited for Success". Applejack in "Applebuck Season" is a borderline case, since she never quite snaps, but otherwise plays the trope straight.

* Ezekiel from ''{{Total Drama World Tour}}'' after attempting to stay with the crew after being voted off twice. He slowly starts to go insane- by the time they get to London he has green skin, blood shot eyes, crooked teeth, and a chunk of his ear missing. By the time they get to Africa his clothes are tattered, he has claws and fangs, nearly all his hair is gone, and he ''acts'' like an animal.

* ''SoulEater'' has a combo example of a Madness and EvilMakeover [[spoiler:Justin Law is revealed to have been the one that murdered BJ and secretly become a disciple of the Kishin. Naturally, his new evil/mad outlook comes with a new evil/mad wardrobe, as all of his previously priestly adornments are replaced with the three-eyes of the Kishin.]]

** Bettet Sandman example would be Lyta Hall in the ninth volume.

* Ezekiel from ''{{Total Drama World Tour}}'' after attempting to stay with the crew after being voted off twice he slowly starts to go insane by the time they get to London he now has green skin, blood shot eyes, crooked teeth, and a chunk of his ear missing, and by the time they get to Africa his clothes are tattered, he now has claws and fangs, nearly all his hair is gone, and he acts like an animal and he remains that way for the remainder of the season.

* Ezekiel from {{TotalDramaWorldTour}} after attempting to stay with the crew after being voted off twice he slowly starts to go insane by the time they get to London he now has green skin, blood shot eyes, crooked teeth, and a chunk of his ear missing, and by the time they get to Africa his clothes are tattered, he now has claws and fangs, nearly all his hair is gone, and he acts like an animal and he remains that way for the remainder of the season.

A common first change is his becoming unkempt or Bob attempting to give himself an ImportantHaircut. If he doesn't, he'll probably have MessyHair, at least, in line with the rest of his grooming getting worse. In addition, his eyes may change, either by way of their [[OpenTheIris pupils shrinking or growing,]] etc, or lines and bags appearing, especially if his madness is caused by (or leads to) sleep deprivation. As Bob's sanity slips, his clothes begin getting dirty and wrinkled, he loses his posture and finally, they begin smiling a BrokenSmile, perhaps even recite a MadnessMantra.

*In ''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, [[BoatLights mismatched 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.