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** In the latest part of the manga [[GeckoEnding (anime didn't get this far)]] Insanity is a full-blown [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum]]. It is researched and used for attacks, creating [[MonsterClown "clowns"]] from it for additional power boost or protection, etc. The main researcher is Medusa, the creator of above-mentioned [[PsychoSerum black blood]]. She herself is notably [[SanityHasAdvantages sane]] and chastised by rivalling fraction for creating "fake clowns". [[spoiler: Noah]]'s fraction, notably [[spoiler: Justin]], are more about using natural White Clown.

* [[spoiler:Maniwa]] in ''ParanoiaAgent'' becomes utterly convinced he's in touch with another plane of existence. He hears voices, sees things that aren't there, and acts like a superhero. Plot even starts calling him [[SomethingPerson "Radar Man,"]] and [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness that lunatic may or may not be our last best hope at figuring out]] [[MindScrew what the Hell's really going on.]]

** Mad Oracle: Sarda is an interesting case of this, since, due to the TimeyWimeyBall, you may or may not say that he may or may not have gotten his [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity powers before he turned into an]] AxCrazy, [[ComedicSociopathy Sociopathic]] {{Jerkass}}.

*** He also doubles over as something of a MadGod, since he is older than the entire universe itself, borderline omniscient, and is, as mentioned above, an AxCrazy, [[SociopathicComedy Sociopathic]] {{Jerkass}}... Earth used to have 36 hour days, but Sarda keeps them at 24 hours just to make everyone hurry.

** Mad Oracle: Sarda is an interesting case of this, since, due to the TimeyWimeyBall, you may or may not say that he may or may not have gotten his [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity powers before he turned into an]] AxCrazy, [[SociopathicComedy Sociopathic]] {{Jerkass}}.

** RealityWarper: Though they probably are more stupid than crazy, both Black Belt and Fighter shows signs of this category. E.g., Black Belt has, due to his NoSenseOfDirection, on numberous occasions altered the space-time continuum in ways that shouldn't be possible. And as one of the more-or-less notable examples by Fighter: When their [[strike:deathtrap]] submarine was filling with water, Fighter was able to return it to normal by pulling out the plug and letting the water drain out.

* ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]]'' has gotten some jokes out of this - like how when the [[strike:deathtrap]] submarine was filling with water, Fighter was able to return it to normal by pulling out the plug and letting the water drain out.
** Really, for this comic, the amount of times the protagonists' plans work explicitly because they don't realize--or are ignoring the fact--it shouldn't could fill its own page. Consider Blackbelt crossing a rope over a bed of lava that he was holding up on the other side, or Fighter ''blocking the earth with his sword'' after a several billion-feet fall?

*** "Make your swords as unto chainsaws".

* [[{{Deadpool}} My]] frequent [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking]] tends to be portrayed this way. Also, since I'm on good terms with most of my authors, they [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands sorta kinda provide me with whatever power I need]] to, if not once again save [[PowerpuffGirls the City of Townsville]], then at least get out of whatever suicidal adventure they've signed me up for, as usual without asking for my conscent first, with life and limb intact... Well... Life intact, at least... My sheer ever-so-handsome manly awesomeness also gives me mind control/reading immunity.
** Naaah, not really. The immunity to mind control is because my brain is constantly in flux between being a cencerous tumour and something akin to a brain due to my healing factor.

* {{Deadpool}}'s frequent [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking]] tends to be portrayed this way. He's also said that he has mind control/reading immunity as well due to his insanity.
** The immunity to mind control is because his brain is constantly in flux due to his healing factor.

*** Malkavians are also able to ignore the existence of certain objects rendering them useless against that character, e.g. the machete that did not repeatedly hack into their necks. In games where most of the [=PCs=] are Malkavians its more a case of the NPCs hallucinating the object...

** In the latest part of the manga [[GeckoEnding (anime didn't get this far)]] Insanity is a full-blown [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum]]. It is researched and used for attacks, creating [[MonsterClown "clowns"]] from it for additional power boost or protection, etc. The main researcher is Medusa, the creator of above-mentioned [[PsychoSerum black blood]]. She herself is notably [[SanityHasAdvantages sane]] and chastised by rivalling fraction for creating "fake clowns". [[spoiler: Noah]]'s fraction, notably [[spoiler: Justin]], are more about using natural White Clown.

* MadOracle - Unfooled by the illusion of linear time, these prophets see all eternity at once.

** ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder-- {{Mad Scientist}}s can bend and break the laws of nature in ways sane scientists could never dream of.

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* Emperor Joshua Norton the First, full stop.

*** Malkavians are also able to ignore the existence of certain objects rendering them useless against that character, e.g. the machete that did not repeatedly hack into their necks. In games where most of the PCs are Malkavians its more a case of the NPCs hallucinating the object...

* MindControl Immunity - The minds of the mad are so alien, spells and psychic powers targeted at conventional human minds simply slide off, letting them see through the {{Masquerade}} and shrug off [[PeoplePuppets would-be puppeteers]].

One form of DeadlyUpgrade. Compare WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity where the power came first, the madness later.

One form of DeadlyUpgrade. Contrast WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.

* MadGod - What happens when a being with god[[strike:like]] power has no concept of limits and unfettered creativity? ''Anything.''

* MindControl Immunity - The minds of the mad are so alien, spells and psychic powers targeted at conventional human minds simply slide off, letting them see through the {{Masquerade}} and shrug off [[PeoplePuppets would-be puppeteers]].

* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder-- {{Mad Scientist}}s can bend and break the laws of nature in ways sane scientists could never dream of.

* In the ''DoctorWho'' [[VirginNewAdventures New Adventures]] novel "Time Wyrm" arc, the titular villainess tries to possess AdolfHitler and is instead trapped in his mind by his madness. Yes, there's a group of [[StupidJetPackHitler aliens trying to take advantage of this.]] Yes, [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct things go exactly as planned in the end.]]

* In the ''DoctorWho'' expanded novel "Time Wyrm" arc, the titular villainess tries to possess AdolfHitler and is instead trapped in his mind by his madness. Yes, there's a group of [[StupidJetPackHitler aliens trying to take advantage of this.]] Yes, [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct things go exactly as planned in the end.]]

* Kaori Sakiyama (you must say her [[FullNameBasis full name, it's a rule]]) in ''AirMaster''. No training, at all, yet is a formidable martial artist against anyone except the main character simply due to her insane rage against her lot in life. She has even unlocked special attacks simply because she's that ticked off.

*** In one issue of his own series from the 1970s, the Joker was able to simultaneously fight of both Black Canary and GreenArrow using a "strength born of madness".

** {{Batman}} himself is often shown to posess a form of Power Born of Madness - his obsession with justice is so great that mental powers meant to play on any other trait simply slide off.

* In the movie version of SilentHill, Alessa's powers are born of overwhelming hatred and despair, which ultimately adds up to madness. Plus, have you SEEN the AbandonedHospital slash BlackBugRoom she calls home!?

* TheWorldOfDarkness, the Marauders from ''[[MageTheAscension Mage: the Ascension]]''. Something went ''wrong'' during their Awakenings, resulting in them seeing reality through a skewed lens. They are ''extremely'' resistant to the effects of [[WeirdnessCensor Paradox]], which can sometimes slide off them and affect ''any other mages in the area''. If they get crazy enough, they're eventually shunted off into their own pocket dimension in the Umbra.

* One of the possible character backgrounds in ''"Arcanum,"'' a Victorian Steampunk-meets-high-fantasy RPG, is that you are really an escaped asylum lunatic. Because you are deranged, most people have a lowered initial reaction to your appearance, but you are also so crazy that you take 10% less damage from everything.