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* Sparatus in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10804452/16/Mass-Effect-Synthesis Mass Effect: Synthesis]]'' proves to be the only Councilor who doesn't get indoctrinated by Sovereign, making him the only one arguing against an irrational war against the relatively unknown human race. Unfortunately for him, his resistance gets him killed. [[spoiler:The spin-off story reveals Sparatus was immune to Sovereign's indoctrination because he was the one Sovereign needed for synthesis]].
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* Yu in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10917821/1/ The (Questionable) Burdens of Leadership of a Troll Emperor]]'' is the only Goa'uld to consider they might lose against the Celestial Empire along with being the only one to not engage in a civil war over Ra's holdings after the Supreme System Lord is killed, citing that they're still at war with the Celestial Empire. Finally, when Naruto is taken prisoner, the other System Lords are too busy reveling in his capture to notice what Yu does: Naruto is far too calm for a prisoner. Yu promptly leaves and as a result is one of the few to survive.
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* In the WWE alternate universe story, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of Las Vegas]]'', Wrestling/BrookeTessmacher is this for Wrestling/BeckyLynch's RagtagBandOfMisfits, as Becky is impatient and juvenile and Wrestling/NikkiCross is a sociopathic sadist.
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* Yu is the only [[Franchise/StargateVerse Goa'uld System Lord]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10917821/19/The-questionable-burdens-of-leadership-of-a-troll-Emperor The (Questionable) Burdens of Leadership of a Troll Emperor]]'' who realizes they have no hope of defeating the Celestial Empire and it'd be better to make a treaty with them. Likewise, he's the only one not to engage in the civil war after Ra is killed as they're still currently at war with the Celestial Empire.

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* In [[FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed Equestria: A History Revealed]], this trope is somewhat juxtaposed in that the only logical pony around seems to be [[CrazyHomelessPerson Crazy Larry]]. This is given that he often points out the inaccuracies and InsaneTrollLogic of the text sometimes, and while still somewhat crazy himself, he's still leaps and bounds more sane than the LemonyNarrator.

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* In [[FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed Equestria: A History Revealed]], ''FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed'', this trope is somewhat juxtaposed in that the only logical pony around seems to be [[CrazyHomelessPerson Crazy Larry]]. This is given that he often points out the inaccuracies and InsaneTrollLogic of the text sometimes, and while still somewhat crazy himself, he's still leaps and bounds more sane than the LemonyNarrator.



* 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 pony who can see and hear her (not quite) dead son.

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


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* ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'':
** Of [[ComicBook/GreenArrow the]] [[Franchise/TheFlash three]] [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} leads]], Oliver is clearly the most straight-laced when they're off the clock.
** Caitlin Snow is this for S.T.A.R. Labs when Barry joins.
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* Anybody who knows anything about the PeggySue ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''YetAgain'' knows that everyone in that fic is completely insane - except for Kurenai.

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* Anybody who knows anything about the PeggySue ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''YetAgain'' ''Fanfic/YetAgain'' knows that everyone in that fic is completely insane - except for Kurenai.
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* Lindy in the Manga/MahouSenseiNegima / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha crossover ''Fanfic/EqualAndOppositeAttraction''. She is often seen binging on tea and facepalming while trying to control Negi, Fate, Arf, and all the shenanigans they get into.

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* Lindy in the Manga/MahouSenseiNegima / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Franchise/LyricalNanoha crossover ''Fanfic/EqualAndOppositeAttraction''. She is often seen binging on tea and facepalming while trying to control Negi, Fate, Arf, and all the shenanigans they get into.
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* Even though [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] and [[Manga/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.

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* Even though [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] and [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Chisame]] have had their backstories revised when they're brought into TheEmiyaClan, Fanfic/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.
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* ''Fanfic/BlackSky'' has Squalo Superbi. Between [[BunnyEarsLawyer the Varia]], [[TooDumbToLive the main Vongola Alliance]] and magical hijinks, this poor shark is also quite the ButtMonkey.

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** On a smaller scale, Kakashi Hatake is the mature member of the Freak Squad, whose other members are[[ [[TheGadfly Shisui]], [[{{Fanboy}} Tenzou]] and [[CreepyChild Itachi]]. He often wonders ''why'' he's forced to lead such a team and speculates it's divine retribution for unspeakable crimes he had commited in a previous life.

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** On a smaller scale, Kakashi Hatake is the mature member of the Freak Squad, whose other members are[[ are [[TheGadfly Shisui]], [[{{Fanboy}} Tenzou]] and [[CreepyChild Itachi]]. He often wonders ''why'' he's forced to lead such a team and speculates it's divine retribution for unspeakable crimes he had commited in a previous life.


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* ''FanFic/TheDifferenceOneManCanMake'' has some of those when it comes about dealing with the Norfolk.
** When they start crying "White Walkers", Dorne and the North are the only ones amongst the Seven Kingdoms to realize the threat is real and pledge their support for the war.
** Lord Commander Jeor Mormont and First Ranger Benjen Stark have to sue for peace while the Night's Watch is all for destroying the Norfolk, the former because a war against a well-prepared, well-armed host with a competent leader is nothing short of suicide, the latter because he met the leader and saw the guy only wants his people to be left alone. A shame the Black Brothers don't want to listen.
** Stannis Baratheon condemns his royal brother for wanting to conquest an innocent nation only by desire of a break in his dull existence. Jon Arryn also points it would endebt the crown further.
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* Haruka Urashima in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7681912/8/The-Beast-That-I-Am The Beast That I Am]]'' is the only one to realize the status quo seriously has to change. Naru, Koalla, Motoko, and Kitsune are their canon selves, Keitaro is too spineless to think of standing up to anyone despite knowing the consequences, and Shinobu is too tempted to turn back into [[Comicbook/SheHulk Jade]] so she has the power and confidence to do the things she's always dreamed of.
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The ONE TIME I get a little overly sure in my abilities...


* Reimu in ''Fanfic/{FREAKINGENSOKYO}}'', to most of the main cast. Considering [[DenserAndWackier what she]] [[ZanyScheme has to]] [[UngratefulBastard deal with]], it's amazing she can keep it up.

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* Reimu in ''Fanfic/{FREAKINGENSOKYO}}'', ''Fanfic/{{FREAKINGENSOKYO}}'', to most of the main cast. Considering [[DenserAndWackier what she]] [[ZanyScheme has to]] [[UngratefulBastard deal with]], it's amazing she can keep it up.
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* Reimu in ''Fanfic/{FREAKINGENSOKYO}}'', to most of the main cast. Considering [[DenserAndWackier what she]] [[ZanyScheme has to]] [[UngratefulBastard deal with]], it's amazing she can keep it up.
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* ''Pinkie Pie'' of all ponies, in ''FanFic/{{Asylum}}'' is the only one of Twilight's friends who is more or less like her cannon counter part and much more stable than her other friends in the asylum[[note]] Even if she still has her own emotional issues[[/note]], but unlike her friends outside of the asylum, she is still willing to listen to her.
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* ''FanFic/TheRWBYLoops'' has Weiss Schnee, who has taken it upon herself to counterbalance her fellow loopers' various quirks and keep them from actually becoming mentally unstable instead of merely odd. She is sometimes, but not always, joined in this effort by Glynda Goodwitch and her own sister; most of the other loopers merely accept the insanity or decide to do their own thing.
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** On a smaller scale, Kakashi Hatake is the mature member of the Freak Squad, whose other members are[[ [[TheGadfly Shisui]], [[{{Fanboy}} Tenzou]] and [[CreepyChild Itachi]]. He often wonders ''why'' he's forced to lead such a team and speculates it's divine retribution for unspeakable crimes he had commited in a previous life.
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* Uzumaki Kurama is the most grounded amongst the cast from ''Fanfic/BlackkatsReverse''. For the record, he's a ShellShockedVeteran HumanoidAbomination with a hell of a HairTriggerTemper. THAT's how much everyone else is screwed up.
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** [[spoiler: Not until later, anyway.
** Later, it turns out there are plenty of other sane people; it's just that they have a reason for pretending not to notice the insanity.]]

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** [[spoiler: Later, it turns out there are plenty of other sane people; it's just that they have a reason for pretending not to notice the insanity.]]
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** [[Spoiler: Not until later, anyway.

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*Actually, the only sane ''men'' in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' are the four, who seem to be the only ones on C'hou who notice the sheer insanity of how the world works; for example, they explore the monster-filled Gothmarik Citadel and ask reasonable questions, like “Why don't the monsters eat each other? What do they live on? Why did they design the place so crazily? Why are treasure chests just lying around?” When they do manage to ask these questions of others, they get answers like [[AWizardDidIt “it's magical” or “we're under a curse.”]] The answers are acceptable to the four because they really have no basis for questioning the entire structure of the world.
**[[Spoiler: Not until later, anyway.
**Later, it turns out there are plenty of other sane people; it's just that they have a reason for pretending not to notice the insanity.]]

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* FanFic/VigilanteTendency: [[Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn Tsuna]] for the Peaceful Namimori Committee.
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* In the Harry Potter fanfic ''{{Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality}}'':

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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9421918/1/Soldier-of-Zero Soldier of Zero]]'' only one of the nobles who challenge Saito to a duel during a party rescinds it afterwards. While two of them are arguing over who gets to duel Saito first, the third easily admits that he was drunk at the time and was willing to let things go if Saito was.
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* A rare Only Sane Man in a group of Only Sane Men occurs in [[Fanfic/TheGodSquad]]. The Squad, made up of Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, Queen Chrysalis, [[FunWithAcronyms Oceanic Creature]] Lord Tydal, and Shining Armor, tend to be the only sane ponies when they role into a town. However, when left on their own... everyone other than Shining is revealed to be nuts and Shining acts as their Only Sane Man.

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* A rare Only Sane Man in a group of Only Sane Men occurs in [[Fanfic/TheGodSquad]].''Fanfic/TheGodSquad''. The Squad, made up of Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, Queen Chrysalis, [[FunWithAcronyms Oceanic Creature]] Lord Tydal, and Shining Armor, tend to be the only sane ponies when they role into a town. However, when left on their own... everyone other than Shining is revealed to be nuts and Shining acts as their Only Sane Man.
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* A rare Only Sane Man in a group of Only Sane Men occurs in [[Fanfic/TheGodSquad]]. The Squad, made up of Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, Queen Chrysalis, [[FunWithAcronyms Oceanic Creature]] Lord Tydal, and Shining Armor, tend to be the only sane ponies when they role into a town. However, when left on their own... everyone other than Shining is revealed to be nuts and Shining acts as their Only Sane Man.
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* Lindy in the MahouSenseiNegima / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha crossover ''Fanfic/EqualAndOppositeAttraction''. She is often seen binging on tea and facepalming while trying to control Negi, Fate, Arf, and all the shenanigans they get into.

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* Lindy in the MahouSenseiNegima Manga/MahouSenseiNegima / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha crossover ''Fanfic/EqualAndOppositeAttraction''. She is often seen binging on tea and facepalming while trying to control Negi, Fate, Arf, and all the shenanigans they get into.
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* Franchise/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]]:

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* Franchise/HarryPotter in the fanfic ''HowHogwartsBecameANudistColony''. ''Fanfic/HowHogwartsBecameANudistColony.'' After a battle with Voldemort, Harry returns to Hogwarts only to find that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's now a nudist colony]]:colony:]]
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-->You're giving me a time machine to treat my sleep disorder.
-->You're giving me a TIME MACHINE to treat my SLEEP DISORDER.
-->'''YOU'RE GIVING ME A TIME MACHINE IN ORDER TO TREAT MY SLEEP DISORDER'''.
-->"Ehehehehhheheh..." Harry's mouth said. He was now holding the necklace away from him as though it were a live bomb. Well, no, not as if it were a live bomb, that didn't begin to describe the severity of the situation. Harry held the necklace away from him as though it were a time machine.

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-->You're giving me a time machine to treat my sleep disorder.
-->You're
disorder.\\
You're
giving me a TIME MACHINE to treat my SLEEP DISORDER.
-->'''YOU'RE
DISORDER.\\
'''YOU'RE
GIVING ME A TIME MACHINE IN ORDER TO TREAT MY SLEEP DISORDER'''.
-->"Ehehehehhheheh...
DISORDER'''.\\
"Ehehehehhheheh...
" Harry's mouth said. He was now holding the necklace away from him as though it were a live bomb. Well, no, not as if it were a live bomb, that didn't begin to describe the severity of the situation. Harry held the necklace away from him as though it were a time machine.




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* In ''Fanfic/{{Wonderful}}'', when [[TheCape Taylor]], [[AntiHero Sophia]] and [[BadassNormal Emma]] are together, the latter remains level-headed and rational while their friends are busy bickering and arguing.
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* In ''FanFic/NoGraveCanHoldMyBodyDown'', [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe]] is the only person who thinks that ''maybe'' the [[ApocalypseMaiden goddess]] causing visions of death and destruction is bad news. A few cultists fear the goddess...but not enough to actually stop worshiping her.
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* 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]] with the least amount of mental trauma might be ''her''.

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* 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]] the end of the world and the subsequent [[PeggySue inexplicable do-over]] with the least amount of mental trauma might be ''her''.

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