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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'', TechnoWizard Rache Bartmoss utilizes this. He's known for being an AxCrazy CloudCuckoolander, which he plays up to everyone aside from [[CloudCuckoolandersMinder Spider Murphy]] so they'll underestimate him. In ''Rache Bartmoss' Guide to the Net'', Rache [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops any trace of insanity or even his somewhat jovial tone]] when the matter of the European Space Agency's mass driver being hacked by someone other than him is brought up. Understandable, given that it could be (and has been) used to institute a ColonyDrop.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "[[Recap/FatherBrownS2E8 The Prize of Colonel Gerard]]", Father Brown compares Edward to Hamlet, suggesting that like the Melancholy Dane, Edward was pretending to be insane as part of his plan to avenge his father. Edward believed that [[SiblingMurder his uncle Gerard killed his father]] and seduced his mother. Turns out he was right.
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* Even before he was the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia boss of the Genovese family]] from 1981 to 2005, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante exploited this and the WanderingWalkOfMadness tropes by feigning insanity to stymie any indictment[[note]]other methods included using front bosses to hide his true role, rarely leaving his home unoccupied, and ordering other mafiosi not to mention his name as he feared his name could be caught on bugs. Instead, they were to rub their chins, [[SpeakOfTheDevil use codenames like "this guy" or "Aunt Julia,"]] or make a "C" shape when referencing him[[/note]]. Among other things, he jaywalked around Greenwich Village by dressing shabbily, mumbling gibberish, and urinating in public. It actually worked for many years up until other mobsters stated that the whole thing was a hoax. With the cat now out of the bag, Gigante finally admitted it was faked.
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* Even before he was the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia boss of the Genovese family]] from 1981 to 2005, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante exploited this and the WanderingWalkOfMadness tropes by feigning insanity and pretending he was feeble-minded to stymie any indictment[[note]]other methods included using front bosses to hide his true role, rarely leaving his home unoccupied, and ordering other mafiosi not to mention his name as he feared his name could be caught on bugs. Instead, they were to rub their chins, [[SpeakOfTheDevil use codenames like "this guy" or "Aunt Julia,"]] or make a "C" shape when referencing him[[/note]]. Among other things, Usually accompanied by a bodyguard, he jaywalked around Greenwich Village by dressing shabbily, mumbling gibberish, like a deranged homeless bum and urinating in public.public. Gigante's mother once proclaimed that he's "boss of the toilet" when FBI agents served him a subpoena, while in another instance, agents were bewildered to see him taking a shower under an open umbrella. It actually worked for many years up until other mobsters stated that the whole thing was a hoax. With the cat now out of the bag, Gigante finally admitted it was faked.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In [[spoiler:"Talking to the Dead"]], the murderer pretends to have gone gibberingly mad; having been driven into a dissociative state by something he encountered in the woods. His act is very convincing, and it takes Barnaby some time to rumble him. By the end of the episode (after the murderer confesses), Barnaby starts to think he may no longer be acting and may be genuinely going mad.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In [[spoiler:"Talking "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS11E7 Talking to the Dead"]], Dead]]", the murderer pretends to have gone gibberingly mad; having been driven into a dissociative state by something he encountered in the woods. His act is very convincing, and it takes Barnaby some time to rumble him. By the end of the episode (after the murderer confesses), Barnaby starts to think he may no longer be acting and may be genuinely going mad.
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* In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' [[spoiler:crown prince Jun'er]] pretends to have gone mad [[spoiler:after his uncle's coup]]. He pretends to mistake rainwater in a jug for wine and dances on rooftops until someone says the magic words: [[spoiler:Mentioning Xiaxi.]]
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* In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' [[spoiler:crown prince Jun'er]] pretends to have gone mad [[spoiler:after his uncle's coup]]. He pretends to mistake rainwater in a jug for wine and dances on rooftops until someone says the magic words: [[spoiler:Mentioning Xiaxi.]]
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* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', [[spoiler:after King Sweyn [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive threatens to attack Wales]] unless Askeladd pledges alegiance allegiance to him instead of [[TheUnFavourite Sweyn's son Canute]], Askeladd [[OffWithHisHead decapitates him]], then pretends to have gone mad in order to turn the Danish nobles against himself. Canute catches on to this and kills Askeladd, after which he becomes the new king and calls off the attack on Wales ([[ThanatosGambit just as Askeladd intended]])]].
