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* Bobby from ''{{Supernatural}}'' fits this trope from time to time but the most notable is ''Tall Tales'': Sam and Dean are [[{{Hoyay}} bickering like an old married couple]] and are annoying the hell out of each other so Bobby is the only one to see that the Trickster is pranking both of them.

*** And not just in the CloudCuckoolander sense either. Amy and the Doctor both have a tendency to abandon good sense altogether when they become too emotionally involved in a situation. Rory is easily the most emotionally stable of the three of them, making him the OnlySaneMan in that regard as well.

* In an episode of ''TheATeam'', Face confides to a client that he suspects [[CloudCuckoolander Murdock]] is the only one of the Team who is actually in touch with reality, "...and the rest of us should just be sprinkled over ice cream."

* Kochanski in the final two seasons of ''RedDwarf''. Previously, Rimmer had fitted most of the criteria for being an OnlySaneMan, except for actually being any more sane than the other characters. They ignored him when he pointed out how ludicrous things were because his own opinions were equally ludicrous in a different way.
* Michael Bluth in ''ArrestedDevelopment'' believes he's this. He really, really isn't.

* In an episode of ''[[{{ptitleolsdue4jfzga}} 30 Rock]]'', Kenneth's page jacket is ruined by Jenna and the only way he can get a new one is by competing in a "page-off" against the head page Donny - a secret underground NBC trivia contest. Pete catches them doing it as none of the pages are upstairs working, and says "What, are you kidding me? This is a billion dollar company. Donny, give Kenneth a damn jacket!"

* ''{{iCarly}}'': Freddie, complete with ''volunteering'' for a LizLemonJob (almost exactly [[{{ptitleolsdue4jfzga}} Liz Lemon's]] [[ShowRunner actual job]], for that matter.) Also Carly early on but they seemed to move away from this so she could do more physical humor.

** Jane [[CloudCuckoolander of all people]] fills the role in "Sex, Death and Nudity", calling out Steve on his attempt to shift the blame for his refusal to come to the funeral onto Susan (despite her not being in the conversation), correcting [[RalphWiggum Patrick]] when he fails to get that the aunt she just introduced him is not the same as the aunt whose funeral it is, making an effort to clear the air with Susan, and expressing frustration with Steve when he gets an [[RagingStiffie erection]] as a result of her talking about [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lesbianism]].

** And Dr. Hartley was one of these himself on ''TheBobNewhartShow''' with reason, because he was a counselling psychologist and most of the other characters were his patients, and Bob did deal with several sane people.

* In an episode of TheATeam, Face confides to a client that he suspects [[CloudCuckoolander Murdock]] is the only one of the Team who is actually in touch with reality, "...and the rest of us should just be sprinkled over ice cream."

** Also on Bob Newhart's previous show, "{{The Bob Newhart Show}}"; with reason, because he was a counselling psychologist and most of the other characters were his patients, and Bob did deal with several sane people.

*** Unfortunately, many viewers seem to forget that the show is a parody and mistake it for a credible source of news and commentary.
**** It ''is'' a credible source of news and commentary, and, according to polls, possibly the most credible in the country. It just so happens not to be a news or commentary show.

* JonathanCreek already gets a mention under this trope's close relative OnlySaneEmployee, but for most of the fourth season he ends up being the only person involved in the production of "Eyes and Ears" (think {{Crimewatch}} with the production values of a Fox News chat show) who seems to care or indeed even notice how tasteless, factually inaccurate and generally awful it is.

* Arguably, Harry Sullivan, from ''Series/DoctorWho'''s twelfth season. He's the practical earth fellow who gets dragged all across the universe with two seasoned time travellers who talk as if aliens and monsters and such are perfectly normal. He probably, at least at first, considers himself the OnlySaneMan of the trio (he's just too much of a good sport to say as much out loud). To his credit, he adapts pretty quickly.
** Rory could also be considered this. Given that both Amy and the Doctor have CloudCuckoolander tendencies, Rory often has to act as the voice of reason.

** There's also a sketch with a butcher who is alternately rude and polite to a customer.

** When Buffy gets mind reading powers, she's annoyed that Xander thinks about girls, including her, naked, then frets over Willow thinking she doesn't need her, before being quite interested\amused in [[TheQuietOne Oz's]] thoughts.
-->''"I am my thoughts. If they exist in her, Buffy contains everything that is me. She becomes me. I cease to exist."'' "Huh."

* On ''MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen'', Marian is the only sane person amongst the heroes and the Sheriff is the only sane one amongst the villains. At times, it appears that this pair may be the only sane people in medieval Britain.

* Ted from ''HowIMetYourMother'' is an unconventional case, as he's a bit ditzy and is often neurotic, impulsive, and irrational, but he constantly reverts to this trope whenever his friends start going off the deep end, is often told that he acts like [[TeamDad the group's dad]], and usually is the person everyone runs to when they've got a problem. One of his most impressive demonstrations of this is in "False Positive", when the other four all chuck their dreams and plans away and make selfish, shallow, cowardly decisions, prompting Ted to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dish out a brutal tongue-lashing]] and literally forbids them from doing anything of the sort -- they're going to do exactly what he tells them to do instead, ''or else''. They are all ''extremely'' thankful for it afterwards.

* In ''{{Frasier}}'', Frasier Crane ''thinks'' he's this trope — his psychiatric skills are always on overload, analyzing his acquaintances with a keen eye and all-too-aware that he's surrounded by his anxious, foppish brother, his happy-go-lucky slob of a father, his violent-tempered, sex-crazed best friend, and his CloudCuckooLander of a housekeeper who doesn't understand Americans. What he doesn't realize is that when it comes to reacting to the problems and issues in their lives, they are all far, far more well-adjusted and sensible than he is.

* Saffy in ''AbsolutelyFabulous''.

** [[TheLibby Paige and Holly J]] have at times invoked this trope, suggesting they might be the only sane woman at the school. However they don't have the hat of sanity as often as the above.

* The customer in ''[=~Monty Python's Flying Circus~=]'' "Dead Parrot" sketch is another classic.

** Similarly Tim in the UK ''TheOffice''. Not surprisingly, the actor [[{{Film/ptitlejg38r3xwzu8c}} went on to play Arthur Dent]].