History OnlySaneMan / VideoGames

* In ''ShinMegamiTensei'' as a whole, the only two members of the CelestialParagonsAndArchangels who are ''not'' completely obsessed with TheEvilsOfFreeWill and hopelessly devoted to the will of YHVH are the ArchangelGabriel and Remiel. Remiel, particularly, gets a lot of flak from other angels for being so damn devoted to this "strange, impossible idea" of ''salvation for all'', not just some of the Chosen. Gabriel, while still very much a KnightTemplar, distinguishes herself from the other three classical Archangels (Uriel, Michael and Raphael) for being significantly more interested in the quality of human life and generally having a firmer grasp on the SmartBall.

* In ''ShinMegamiTensei'' as a whole, the only two members of the CelestialParagonsAndArchangels who are ''not'' completely obsessed with TheEvilsOfFreeWill and hopelessly devoted to the will of YHVH are the ArchangelGabriel and Remiel. Remiel, particularly, gets a lot of flak from other angels for being so damn devoted to this "strange, impossible idea" of ''salvation for all'', not just some of the Chosen. Gabriel, while still very much a KnightTemplar, distinguishes herself from the other three classical Archangels (Uriel, Michael and Raphael) for being significantly more interested in the quality of human life and generally having a firmer grasp on the GeniusBall.

* Kenji and Hisao both claim they're this in ''KatawaShoujo''. Kenji is quite offended at Hisao's claim: "There can't be two last sane men . . . There can only be one, like in [[{{Highlander}} that foreign movie]] where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point." (In other words, Hisao is, Kenji [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy only thinks he is]].)

* Ironically, Ragna the Bloodedge from ''{{Blazblue}}'' is designated this role despite his reputation as a heroic terrorist who possesses a magical artifact that is known to erode away at people's sanity with continuous use or exposure(or his case, turn him into a rampaging monster of apocalypic power). He is also a {{Deadpan Snarker}}.

** [[AnimeChineseGirl Litchi]] is fairly reasonable too. [[spoiler:Even though she chooses to work with the bad guys now, she serves as their TokenGoodTeammate, with the other members being [[OmnicidalManiac Terumi]], [[MadScientist Relius]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tsubaki]], along with [[NotInThisForYourRevolution a reasonably noble and necessary-for-self-survival reason]]. She hasn't lost her mind either, as shown of [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming her capability to be utterly comforting to Carl]]]]. Even before that, her only cinch was just GuiltComplex in regards of Arakune (which unfortunately got some HateDumb thinking that she's insane to obsess over a BlobMonster), and to other people, she's just about as sane as you can get.

** [[AnimeChineseGirl Litchi]] is fairly reasonable too. [[spoiler:Even though she chooses to work with the bad guys now, she serves as their TokenGoodTeammate, with the other members being [[OmnicidalManiac Terumi]], [[MadScientist Relius]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tsubaki]], along with [[NotInThisForYourRevolution a reasonably noble and necessary-for-self-survival reason]]]]. Even before that, her only cinch was just GuiltComplex in regards of Arakune (which unfortunately got some HateDumb thinking that she's insane to obsess over a BlobMonster), and to other people, she's just about as sane as you can get.

** [[AnimeChineseGirl Litchi]] is fairly reasonable too. [[spoiler:Even though she chooses to work with the bad guys now, she serves as their TokenGoodTeammate, with the other members being [[OmnicidalManiac Terumi]], [[MadScientist Relius]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tsubaki]], along with [[NotInThisForYourRevolution a reasonably noble and necessary-for-self-survival]]]]. Even before that, her only cinch was just GuiltComplex in regards of Arakune, and to other people, she's just about as sane as you can get.

** [[AnimeChineseGirl Litchi]] is fairly reasonable too. [[spoiler:Even though she chooses to work with the bad guys now, she serves as their TokenGoodTeammate, with the other members being [[OmnicidalManiac Terumi]], [[MadScientist Relius]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tsubaki]]]].

* Ironically, Ragna the Bloodedge from ''{{Blazblue}}'' is designated this role despite his reputation as a heroic terrorist who possesses a magical artifact that is known to erode away at people's sanity with continuous use or exposure(or his case, turn him into a rampaging monster of apocalypic power). He is also a {{Deadpan Snarker}}. Rachel Alucard may also qualify, though even she has her moments, particularly in the Gag endings.

*** Except Dog. He has no issues at all.

* General Knoxx, leader of the Crimson Lance in ''{{Borderlands}}: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx'' is pretty much the only sane man in the Crimson Lance. The rank-and-file seem more concerned with ice-cream than their mission, the elites are AxCrazy (they were brainwashed as children then forced to murder their parents) and his boss is a freaking toddler. All while trapped on a desert planet loaded with crazies and vicious alien wildlife. He's so fed up with the situation that when the Vault Hunters find him, he's trying to kill himself to escape the madness.

* The titular character from ''ConkersBadFurDay''.

* A large part of the VideoGame/{{Portal}} series' humor is known for this. Throughout the first game, Chell has to traverse through Aperture Science, a giant laboratory filled with nothing but machines [[FriendlyEnemy that only want to be your friend]] [[ApologeticAttacker whilst trying to kill you]] and a master AI system that constantly speaks of [[CompanionCube a cube]] as if it is alive, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insisting that it won't stab you in the back]]. It also [[HaveYourCakeAndTropeItToo obsesses over cake]].

* VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} almost has it worse. Including the Aperture Turrets from Portal, Portal 2 has a personality core that dispenses ridiculous ideas (justified in that [[spoiler:he was created to be a moron]]), a for-real friendly turret that speaks nothing but [[spoiler:seemingly]] nonsense, a CEO whose entire philosophy of science is to invent and then test bizarre things to see if they work or not without ever selling them (as well as making an entire speech about burning down life's house when it give you lemons), a core that talks constantly about space and going to space and his favourite part of space (which is space), a core devoted to ADVENTURE, and a core that spews random "facts" that range from being slightly correct to...[[CloudCuckooLander not]]. A lot to deal with for just a single, silent sane character.

* A large part of the {{Portal}} series' humor is known for this. Throughout the first game, Chell has to traverse through Aperture Science, a giant laboratory filled with nothing but machines [[FriendlyEnemy that only want to be your friend]] [[ApologeticAttacker whilst trying to kill you]] and a master AI system that constantly speaks of [[CompanionCube a cube]] as if it is alive, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insisting that it won't stab you in the back]]. It also [[HaveYourCakeAndTropeItToo obsesses over cake]].

* {{Portal 2}} almost has it worse. Including the Aperture Turrets from Portal, Portal 2 has a personality core that dispenses ridiculous ideas (justified in that [[spoiler:he was created to be a moron]]), a for-real friendly turret that speaks nothing but [[spoiler:seemingly]] nonsense, a CEO whose entire philosophy of science is to invent and then test bizarre things to see if they work or not without ever selling them (as well as making an entire speech about burning down life's house when it give you lemons), a core that talks constantly about space and going to space and his favourite part of space (which is space), a core devoted to ADVENTURE, and a core that spews random "facts" that range from being slightly correct to...[[CloudCuckooLander not]]. A lot to deal with for just a single, silent sane character.

* ''{{Mother 3}}'' has its main characters, most especially Lucas. He is one of the few persons in all of Tazmily for the duration of the time skip who doesn't own a Happy Box and, more importantly, knows what kind of person Fassad is. (Of course, Flint doesn't either, but considering that he's been out every day for three years [[spoiler:looking for Claus]], he doesn't really qualifies as "sane" at that point).
* Invoked with Squall Leonhart from ''FinalFantasyVIII'', who is a character who thinks ''he'' is the OnlySaneMan. Considering his past and his views on relationships with others, not to mention that he ''is'' surrounded by a rather quirky mixture of people, and it's not hard to see why he feels this way.
* Sazh Katzroy from ''FinalFantasyXIII'' is very sane even if he does wear a chocobo on his head. He's just a civilian pilot dragged along with the vengeful, guilt-ridden, and actively delusional members of their little gang of the doomed.

* [[ServileSnarker Haskill]] from ''[[TheElderScrolls Shivering Isles]]''. Though the Shivering Isles is Sheogorath's realm, and Sheaogorath is the Daedric Prince of Madness, being the only sane person there could make Haskill the maddest one of all...

* {{Portal 2}} almost has it worse. Including the Aperture Turrets from Portal, Portal 2 has a personality core that dispenses ridiculous ideas (justified in that [[spoiler:he was created to be a moron]]), a for-real friendly turret that speaks nothing but [[spoiler:seemingly]] nonsense, a CEO whose entire philosophy of science is to invent and then test bizarre things to see if they work or not (as well as making an entire speech about burning down life's house when it give you lemons), a core that talks constantly about space and going to space and his favourite part of space (which is space), a core devoted to ADVENTURE, and a core that spews random "facts" that range from being correct to...[[CloudCuckooLander not]]. A lot to deal with for just a single, silent sane character.

* Generally, it's quite probable that when the player character's personality and dialogue can be selected, and the there are several party members with their own distinct personalities, the aforementioned player character might be played as the Only Sane Man.
* [[ServileSnarker Haskill]] from ''[[TheElderScrolls Shivering Isles]]''. Ironically, as being insane is "normal" in Sheogorath's realm, him being the Daedric Prince of Madness, being the only sane person there would essentially make Haskill the maddest one of all...

** Sazh Katzroy from FinalFantasyXIII is very sane.

** Alistair in DragonAge is definitely the most well-adjusted of the group in a traditional human sense (though Wynne is pretty close on this one); Leliana and Zevran are both assassins who tend to use sex to get to their targets and both were betrayed by people they trusted implicitly with all of the issues that package implies, Oghren is an exaggeration of the stereotypical drunk dwarf, Sten is from a very alien culture and has a tendency to solve many problems with violence, and Morrigan is an insane survivalist.

** Jacob Taylor in ''MassEffect 2'' is a sane, well-adjusted, non-angsty man in a RagtagBunchOfMisfits par excellence and extreme DysfunctionJunction. The only other party member who comes ''close'' to his level-headed outlook is Tali, who has some hidden but deep-seated issues over the fact that for her people, EverythingTryingToKillYou is almost literally the case.
*** Now now, don't be speciesist: Legion is perfectly sane...[[spoiler:for a Geth]].

*** Thane is well-adjusted for a dying alien. Kasumi is well-grounded. Zaeed may be a sociopath but he's not ''nuts''. Really, the only characters you may or may not team up with that might be considered not entirely there are Mordin (Distracted mad scientist), Jack (pissed off experimental subject), Morinth (sociopathic killer), and Liara (extreme guilt complex).

** Varric and Aveline switch off here in DragonAge2, Aveline during most of the game and Varric near the end. Nobody else is remotely well-adjusted.

* Colonel James Hsu in FalloutNewVegas is the only one of the NCR top military brass in the region that seems to have his head on straight. Colonel Moore and General Oliver are both jingos and have a delusion that the NCR is invincible. Oliver has the added problem of being a GeneralFailure. Ranger Chief Hanlon, while he may share Hsu's opinion that the NCR's in quite a predicament in the region, decides to solve it by covertly sabotaging the NCR's efforts.
** Veronica is the only member of the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel who is willing to make an effort to change their xenophobic and isolationist ways, which she sees as the group basically committing slow suicide. While Elder Nolan [=McNamara=] does have similar sentiments, he's both too afraid of the NCR and unwilling to break the Brotherhood Codex/commit outright heresy. Depending on how her personal quest ends, Veronica will either [[MyCountryRightOrWrong stay with the Brotherhood in order to help her family]] or [[DefectorFromDecadence try to join the Followers of the Apocalypse]], [[spoiler:upon which she'll get attacked by particularly fanatical Brotherhood Paladins.]]
** The Courier becomes this in the Old World Blues DLC due to being stuck in a WorldOfHam research facility with various {{Mad Scientist}}s and [[InstantAIJustAddWater dysfunctional sentient home appliances]].

** The Courier becomes this in the Old World Blues DLC due to being stuck in a WorldOfHam research facility with various {{Mad Scientist}}s.

** There's also the [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen never seen in-game character]], Doug Rattmann, who has taken the time to write "The cake is a lie." at least 40 times in small dens throughout the game. Not to mention he covered the calendars' pictures of people with a companion cube.

* {{Portal 2}} almost has it worse. Including the Aperture Turrets from Portal, Portal 2 has a personality core with often really ridiculous ideas (justified in that [[spoiler: he was created to be a moron]]), a for real friendly turret that speaks [[spoiler: seemingly]] useless information to you, a CEO whose entire philosophy of science is to merely to test things to see if they work or not (as well as making an entire speech about burning down life's house), a core extremely devoted to exploring space without intention, a core devoted to adventure (naming himself "Rick" and not even being fully aware of the situation at hand), and a core that states random facts without end, some being wrong and others just screaming CuckooCloudLander. A lot to deal with for just a single, silent sane character.

* [[ServileSnarker Haskill]] from ''[[TheElderScrolls Shivering Isles]]''. Ironically, as being insane is "normal" in Sheogorath's realm, being the only sane person there would essentially make him the maddest of all...

** Jacob Taylor in ''MassEffect 2'' is a sane, well-adjusted, non-angsty man in a RagtagBunchOfMisfits par excellence and extreme DysfunctionJunction. The only other party member who comes ''close'' to his level-headed outlook is TheWoobie Tali, who has some hidden but deep-seated issues over the fact that for her people, EverythingTryingToKillYou is almost literally the case.

* The titular character from ''[=~Conker's Bad Fur Day~=]''.

** In ''[=~2~=]'', Jamie Roberts is GenreSavvy enough to ''trick'' Calypso, allowing her to save her brother.

* Gene from ''GodHand'' qualifies as well, noting the unusual antics and oddities of the world as all other people seem to simply ignore them. Among these oddities, a succubus fleeing battle in a teleporting bus, a Monkey Luchadore, who turns out to be a man in a costume, and his epic line "You're all a bunch of freaking idiots!" when his longstanding enemies flee from him after being defeated.

** Did we mention he apparently takes medication for his insanity and hears his companion cube speak to him?
* {{Portal 2}} almost has it worse. Including the Aperture Turrets from Portal, Portal 2 has a personality core with often really ridiculous ideas (justified in that [[spoiler: he was created to be a moron]]), a for real friendly turret that speaks [[spoiler: seemingly]] useless information to you, a CEO whose entire philosophy of science is to merely to test things to see if they work or not (as well as making an entire speech about burning down life's house), a core extremely devoted to exploring space without intention, a core devoted to adventure (naming himself "Rick" and not even being fully aware of the situation at hand), and a core that states random facts without end, some being wrong and others just screaming {{CuckooCloudLander}}. A lot to deal with for just a single, silent sane character.

* In ''{{Touhou}} Imperishable Night'' , Reisen is the Only Sane Woman in Eientei among silly rabbits, lunatic princesses and {{Mad Scientist}}s. Even more confusing because she is the Master of {{Lunacy}}.

* ''{{Fable}} 2'' has an odd example. Nobody in the entire world seems to notice that you are in possession of the ONLY DOG IN THE WORLD, except for a single demon door, who notes that he has never seen a creature like this in the multiple millennia that he's been alive through.