History OnlySaneMan / Fanfic

* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'', when designated MetaGirl Asuka has a moment of slightly horrified realisation that the person to come through [[Anime/EndOfEvangelion Third Impact]] and the subsequent [[PeggySue inexplicable do-over]] might be ''her''.

* In the ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/TrialsOfElsa'', [[AnIcePerson Elsa]] feels this way after listening to advisors who would like her to use her ice powers in ways that make money, like selling said ice directly to the public without the middleman (which Elsa refuses because that would put Kristoff and his ice harvesting crew out of business), opening more ice rinks, or creating more of the fabric she uses in her sky-blue ice dress, and other things. But Elsa gets really pissed off when her advisors suggest she create sentient snowmen to overthrow other countries.

* ''Fanfic/TheReactsverse: The eponymous characters of ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'' and ''Fanfic/LucinaReacts'' are this, and Sayaka is the [[OnlySaneMan OnlySaneWoman]] in ''Fanfic/HomuraReacts''.

** By WordOfGod, [[http://yudkowsky.tumblr.com/writing/realistic-viewpoints characters intended to meet this trope include]] Harry, Hermione, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, Draco, Neville, Daphne Greengrass, Susan Bones, Mad-Eye Moody, Amelia Bones, and Fawkes. Note that in many cases, these are the same characters whose madness is being contrasted against.
*** This may be a touch of real life. EliezerYudkowsky regards himself as one of the few sane people in the world, and has published a [[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences series of essays]] on how to be sane. Many people regard him as crazy for this.

** PlayedWith, in that the rest of the characters are perfectly normal, and Harry is simply significantly more sane than the average person.

* Shinji Ikari in ''NobodyDies'', who is basically a well-adjusted and sane version of his canon self. Everyone else is totally weird.
* Even though [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] and [[MahouSenseiNegima Chisame]] have had their backstories revised when they're brought into TheEmiyaClan, they retain their personalities perfectly. Everyone else in the Clan is insane, weird, perverted, or otherwise, while these two struggle but usually succeed to keep their sanity amidst a household where random explosions, {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, and harem antics are considered normal.

* Literature/HarryPotter in the fanfic ''HowHogwartsBecameANudistColony''. After a battle with Voldemort, Harry returns to Hogwarts only to find that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's now a nudist colony]]:

* [[AxisPowersHetalia Switzerland and Austria]] in the AlternateHistory ''NineteenEightyThreeDoomsdayStories'' make an effort in ''trying'' to be paragons of sanity in the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic wasteland]]...except that the former is doing a better job (though more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold) while the latter is much closer to being a BrokenBird.

* InspectorLestrade in the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries'', whether among [[UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard his own colleagues]] or SherlockHolmes [[FiveManBand and his friends]].

* Anybody who knows anything about the PeggySue ''{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''YetAgain'' knows that everyone in that fic is completely insane - except for Kurenai.

* In [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/177260/button-mash-isnt-dead Button Mash Isn't Dead]] [[ButtonsAdventures Button Mash's Mom, Maternity]] is the only who can see and hear her (not quite) dead son.

* In ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'', Shinobu is the only resident of the Hinata Inn who recognizes how Granny Hina's attempts to force Keitaro to become manager aren't very nice. Later on, [[spoiler:Haruka]] comes around following her BreakTheHaughty arc, and [[spoiler:Urumi moves in to provide another voice of sanity]].

* Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie in Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure, in two very different ways. Fluttershy is the only character whose personality isn't completely warped and who doesn't worship the metaphorical ground [[AuthorAvatar Admiral Awesome]] treads on, as well as being the one most likely to come up with good plans (which are then ignored because [[LemonyNarrator the author]] doesn't like her). Pinkie Pie, meanwhile, is a FourthWallObserver in the story and therefore is the only one who realizes that the whole thing is just a terribly-written fanfic.

* The Blog/ReadingRainbowverse has Trixie point out how utterly crazy Ponyville is, and assume staying away assures she remains sane. Unfortunately, she has this revelation a little bit too late.

* Anybody who knows anything about the PeggySue ''{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''YetAgain'' knows that everyone in that fic is completely insane - except for Kurenai.

* In the ''MassEffect'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6265649/1/Inglorious_Boshtets Inglorious Bosh'tets]]'', Tali'Zorah has the unenviable task of trying to manage a crew of idiotic and insane Quarians, all of whom blame her for pretty much everything.

* Even though [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] and [[MahouSenseiNegima Chisame]] have had their backstories revised when they're brought into TheEmiyaClan, they retain their personalities perfectly. Everyone else in the Clan is insane, weird, perverted, or otherwise, while these two struggle but usually succeed to keep their sanity amidst a household where random explosions, EldritchAbominations, and harem antics are considered normal.

* Andy from ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' eventually became this after initially being TheGenericGuy. He's usually the only one who can keep everyone in the group from arguing.

* In ''Fanfic/TheWizardInTheShadows'' this alternates between Emrys, Boromir and Aragorn, though mostly Emrys and Boromir, both of whom regard most of the cast (particularly Harry) as batshit insane.

* Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie in Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure, in two very different ways. Fluttershy is the only character whose personality isn't completely warped and who doesn't worship the metaphorical ground [[AuthorAvatar Admiral Awesome]] treads on, as well as being the one most likely to come up with good plans (which are then ignored because [[LemonyNarrator the author]] doesn't like her). Pinkie Pie, meanwhile, is a FourthWallObserver in the story and therefore is the only one who realizes that the whole thing is just a terribly-written fanfic.