History Main / MadnessMakeover

* Casca of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''.

*** In Fluttershy's case, she gets a twitchy eye, her mane is messed up slightly, and her Gala dress is torn. She also [[LaughingMad starts laughing]] like the [[TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]], and yes, her pupils shrink in some scenes.

* TruthInTelevision. Going insane rarely helps one function, so "simple" tasks like grooming can become near impossible so a resulting change in appearance is expected. Subverted by those who are pathologically inclined to be neat and "clean". They are hindered instead by the need to be presentable, and will likely have a HBSOD if they get dirt on themselves.

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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: [[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.)

** 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.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Post-Azkaban Sirius Black, although he isn't technically mad.

* In "Literature/TheWomanInWhite", Laura Fairlie changes appearance after all she suffers at the hands of her husband. This change in appearance coincides with a weakening of her mental faculties.
* "Literature/HarryPotter" Post-Azkaban Sirius Black, although he isn't technically mad.

* 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 "[[StopHelpingMe treatments]]".

* 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 [[StopHelpingMe saved his life]], ultimately becoming their heavily disfigured dictator. He makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end, and reappears in the FateOfTheJedi series as a fully functioning jedi, though he's still this trope do to partial insanity and his plasticky facial reconstructive surgery.

* Although SKX (Serial Killer X) from ''VideoGame/{{Condemned}}'' was never sane, as the game series progresses, his appearance and mannerisms certainly worsen. He goes from looking semi-normal, to shaving off his hair, carving an "X" on his forehead, having half his face shot off, having eyes that would freak most people out, wearing only a blood-stained butcher apron, and at the end of the second game, [[spoiler: having a completely mutilated face from wearing Oro mouthgear.]]

* Precia of ''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]].

* Interesting example in the horror film 'Film/{{May}}'': dowdy, frumpy May becomes stylishly gorgeous as she slips into homicidal madness.

* If you were to collect all of the before and after shots of the VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry cast, in a few cases, you'd be hard-pressed to believe it was the same character. Shmion's probably the most obvious case, but there are some of Rena that would give them a run for their money.

* In The Woman in White, Laura Fairlie changes appearance after all she suffers at the hands of her husband. This change in appearance coincides with a weakening of her mental faculties.

* If you were to collect all of the before and after shots of the VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi cast, in a few cases, you'd be hard-pressed to believe it was the same character. Shmion's probably the most obvious case, but there are some of Rena that would give them a run for their money.

* The [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars]] Literature/DarkNestTrilogy reintroduces us to Jedi Raynar Thule, who went missing during the 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 [[StopHelpingMe saved his life]], ultimately becoming their heavily disfigured dictator. He makes a HeelFaceTurn in the end, and reappears in the FateOfTheJedi series as a fully functioning jedi, though he's still this trope do to partial insanity and his plasticky facial reconstructive surgery.

* Casca of {{Berserk}}.

* In universe case in digimon with Dorumon who has two evoltuion line the death evlution x line looks like a zombie version of the none dark form. Dark-digivoleing also fit the bill(compare Viral Metalgraymon and Shinegreymon Ruin mode to there none evil forms of Metalgreymon and Shinegreymmon

* Interesting example in the horror film 'Film/'{{May}}'': dowdy, frumpy May becomes stylishly gorgeous as she slips into homicidal madness.

* 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 that would later define the Ice King's physique.

* In a similar vain and presentation as the Ice King, [[spoiler:[[=Old Man McGucket=]]]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', who, like the Ice King, is revealed [[spoiler:in recorded logs in "Society of the Blind Eye" to have suffered a gradual mental degradation from repeated uses of a memory wiping device he invented, turning from a well-groomed scientist into a disheveled nutcase living in a junkyard]].

* In a similar vain and presentation as the Ice King, [[spoiler:Old Man McGucket]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', who, like the Ice King, is revealed [[spoiler:in recorded logs in "Society of the Blind Eye" to have suffered a gradual mental degradation from repeated uses of a memory wiping device he invented, turning from a well-groomed scientist into a disheveled nutcase living in a junkyard]].

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, he begins smiling a BrokenSmile, perhaps even starting to recite a MadnessMantra.

** 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]], [[GrossUpCloseUp bloodshot eyes]] [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises with shrunken irises]], a TwitchyEye, and chattering teeth.