History OnlySaneMan / WebComics

** Note that BM is an omnicidal psychopath, and Thief is a kleptomaniac near-sociopath with a superiority complex. Sanity is relative.

** Kanaya's counterpart Porrim fills this role for the Beforan trolls. The rest of the group consists of an agent of dark forces (Kurloz), a guy with severe brain damage (Mituna), a LargeHam trying to hide something about herself she doesn't like (Latula), a generally nice guy who just happens to be a pushover (Rufioh), two {{Jerkasses}} (Cronus and Damara), two obsessives (Aranea and Meulin), [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs an obsessive jerkass]] (Kankri) and...Horuss, who is just kind of weird and crazy.

* The Cucumber of CucumberQuest functions as this. He suggests that the best option would be to destroy the [[PlotCoupon Disaster Stone]] to prevent the awakening of the Nightmare Knight.

* Roy, from the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'', typically takes this position at various points throughout the comic with his level-headed views.
** The SanityBall often trades hands in ''[=OotS=]'', generally to whoever's more experienced, grounded, or alive at the moment. Durkon currently seems to be the sane one of the part of the group with Hinjo, though he passes it to Hinjo himself every so often, and Haley is the sane one in her mini-group. But ''almost'' everyone gets their turn at pointing out how crazy everyone else, or the world, is being, so it might be that any adventuring group is only allowed one sane person at a time.
** Durkon? Sane? What about the tree army?
** Celia is even more so, due to basically being a normal person who doesn't really like to fight or kill. No wonder she hooked up with Roy.
*** Celia seems like the sane person in the party, and moral too... right up until she starts strictly applying naive, kindhearted moral choices to situations with thieves' guilds and mad [[strike: scientists]] mages. Once she starts trying to use "Can't we all just get along?" style speeches to murderous cutthroats, her position of sanity degrades rapidly.

* Snippy in RomanticallyApocalyptic.

* The Cucumber of CucumberQuest functions as this. He suggests that the best option would be to destroy the [[PlotCoupon Disaster Stone]] to prevent the

* Zoe used to take on this role during the early years of ''SluggyFreelance''. She's still usually the most grounded member of the cast, but over time she's gotten used to the bizarre characters and events that fill her life.

* Dimo in ''GirlGenius'' plays this role to his slightly loopier fellow Jagers, Oggie and Maxim. Consider the following exchange (with heavy FunetikAksent), on Gil:

* Mimic in ''RustyAndCo''.

* Thief and Black Mage in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', who regularly have to deal with the stupidity and crazy "logic" of their companions Fighter and Red Mage. ''Especially'' Red Mage, self-professed genius. Considering that characters like Fighter, Red Mage, Black Belt and even Thief have shown the ability to do things that violate the laws of physics simply by ignoring them, one of Black Mage's reactions is a pleading, "How? Seriously, how?" Quite often, Black Mage flies into an impotent rage and stabs the perpetrator in the head if the sheer crazy gets to him; or his mind seeks solace in temporary clinical insanity. Black Mage still hasn't gotten over the pitiful and futile habit of trying to argue sense with the universe. Black Mage has on occasion [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/01/13/episode-502-technical-mumbo-jumbo/ acknowledged that Thief is the only one beside him who is sane]], and vice versa:

** The fact that not only are his team-mates insane or TooDumbToLive but even the ''world'' [[strike: occasionally]] usually makes little or no sense certainly doesn't make him feel any better.

** White Mage also applies. As do Drizz'l, Princess Sara, and Left-Hand Man Gary.
** Note that BM is an omnicidal psychopath, and Thief is a kleptomaniac near-sociopath with a superiority complex. Sanity is relative.
* The Cucumber of CucumberQuest functions as this. He suggests that the best option would be to destroy the [[PlotCoupon Disaster Stone]] to prevent the

* Ardam in ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' questions -- and often strongly objects to -- the inexplicable physics and plot-related idiosyncrasies that exist in his world. Although these objections are perfectly intelligent and reasonable in the real-world sense, they're of no practical use to his situation, making him ultimately an example of WrongGenreSavvy. Karn, the main character and his best friend, is the reverse -- he's GenreSavvy, but tends to come off as a bit of an IdiotHero (often BECAUSE of being GenreSavvy).
** Ardam and Karn seem to switch places early on, in that Karn started the sane one and learned the logic of the land, whereas Ardam accepted the madness but went sane later on.
* Cherry from ''RPGWorld'' is another example of a character who doesn't quite grasp the video game logic she is living in.
* Reluctant sidekick Paul in ''[[http://www.man-man.org Man-Man]]'' is the only one who really sees that an non-powered idiot in a costume doesn't make a superhero, that renting the basement to your cheese-fixated evil-genius nemesis is a strange idea, that ideas have downsides or that in his world "superhero/villain" appears to be a synonym for "nutcase".
* Roy, from the ''{{Order of the Stick}}'', typically takes this position at various points throughout the comic with his level-headed views.
** The SanityBall often trades hands in ''[=OotS=]'', generally to whoever's more experienced, grounded, or alive at the moment. Durkon currently seems to be the sane one of the part of the group with Hinjo, though he passes it to Hinjo himself every so often, and Haley is the sane one in her mini-group. But ''almost'' everyone gets their turn at pointing out how crazy everyone else, or the world, is being, so it might be that any adventuring group is only allowed one sane person at a time.

** Celia is even more so, due to basically being a normal person who doesn't really like to fight or kill. No wonder she hooked up with Roy.

** [[DragonWithAnAgenda Redcloak]] is most definitely the Only Sane Man in [[FiveBadBand Team Evil]], being the only non-Mook who is not [[ForTheEvulz evil for evil's sake]], a childish epic-level monster, a goth with a [[NightmareFetishist crush]] on her evil [[DemBones skeletal]] [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] [[EvilOverlord boss]], or a wisecracking insect with no regard for the [lack of a] [[NoFourthWall Fourth Wall]]. Granted, if you've read ''Start of Darkness'' you know Redcloak has issues too, but the others have ''subscriptions''.

* In ''{{The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob}}'', Bob ''would'' fit this trope if not for the fact that he is, [[WeirdnessMagnet totally unintentionally,]] the cause of most of the insanity around himself; and that he is now [[GenreSavvy getting pretty used to it.]] His girlfriend Jean epitomizes this trope though, and is always capable of taking a few steps back and recognizing the absurdity of Bob's problems -- an acuity which invariably makes her life more difficult, as she must still deal with those problems even while recognizing how nuts they are.
* Zoe used to take on this role during the early years of ''SluggyFreelance''. She's still usually the most grounded member of the cast, but over time she's gotten used to the bizarre characters and events that fill her life.

* ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]]'''s character Crusader started out as strange as the rest of the cast, but slowly has flipped to playing the straight man in a household which involves a particularly violent atheist with ''no sense of humour at all'', a mentally insane former-assassin and a possibly insane, possibly time-travelling scientist who wears a top hat, acts like he's from the 19th century and has been known to breed man-eating anteaters.
** [[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2009/03/16/page-115/ Recently]] Crusader has been acting a little insane again because, in the words of the creator 'Crusader hasn't been crazy for a while. I decided to rectify that.'
* TeamDad Dwayne in ''GeneralProtectionFault'', {{lampshade}}d [[http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive.php?d=19981212 here]].
* Arguably, Florence (or Winston) in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
** Oh, it's Florence. She's constantly having to fix problems caused by Sam and Helix, and most of the other characters exhibit very odd personality traits (kleptomania, unchecked bureaucratism, enslaved to programming...) which she has to deal with.
* Dimo in ''GirlGenius'' plays this role to his slightly loopier fellow Jagers, Oggie and Maxim. Consider the following exchange (with heavy FunetikAksent), on Gil:

** Violetta, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090911 in contrast]] with surrounding [[MadScientist Sparks]] and their minions.

* Central to the premise of Ursula Vernon's ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', which makes great play of this as a racial characteristic of wombats in a universe where folklore is living history and 'magicked-up' tunnels are occupational hazards. More specifically, it follows the adventures of one young wombat dumped via hazardous tunnel into a world featuring a god in chains, talking statues, living shadows, oracular slugs and homicidal vegetables. Among other things.
* Aeris in ''VGCats'' seems to be the sanest. Mind you, this is by comparison to:

* The [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] of ''ErrantStory'' have this as their [[PlanetofHats hat.]]
* [[BobAndGeorge George]] a lot of the time. [[BobAndGeorge Bob]] as well, but you know, he's evil. Sometimes [[VideoGame/MegaMan Proto Man]] but he's more of a [[MetaGuy guy made of Meta]]. Roll doesn't count. She's a woman.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Casey and Andy}}'',the only sane one usually alternates between Mary and Jenn.
** It's Mary, seeing as how Jenn thinks nothing of being inter-dimensionally kidnapped for two weeks and then carrying on a conversation that, from the other person's point of view, has only been going on for less than a minute.
* The Space Pirate newcomer to ''PlanetZebeth'' is serving this role, seemingly being the only Space Pirate-affiliated character in the entire comic who actually remembers that they have any kind of mission or organization (as opposed to Ridley, who's opened a bar, Kraid, who just gets drunk and chases Samus around (not necessarily in that order), and Mother Brain, who hasn't really been doing much of anything lately).
* Horse-Man in ''UnwindersTallComics''. It helps that he's [[CoolOldGuy the oldest of the main cast]].
* [[TheChewToy Conrad]] of HannaIsNotABoysName seems to [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=205 directly address this]].
* Kaitlyn Hu in ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'', although she occasionally joins the chaos for kicks.
* In ''PlatinumGrit'' Kate Provocski is the only major character able to comprehend that all the impossible things going on around them are... well, impossible. And she's really starting to stress about it.
* Sloan of ''{{Snowflakes}}'' gets put in this position a lot, though she's not without her own neuroses.

* Space Hojo and Son Gohrotto in ''Twisted Kaiju Theatre'' often play this role. They appear to be the only two members of the Toxic Pirates who aren't lunatics, idiots, or assholes.

* This is the schtick of Atomik Lad in particular in ''NuklearAge''. While Mighty Mettalic Magno Man and Rachel are also sane, the former is often a witting accomplice to Nuke's insanity, while the latter is generally more interested in watching. Atomik Lad notes in the Court Segment that perhaps he is the insane one, because everything would make more sense that way.

-->'''[[RalphWiggum Dr. Hobo]]''': Ya know I vass normal once. I came to work vith a tie and suit and sometimes panfs.

* Karkat of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the OnlySaneMan among the Trolls, which isn't really that hard since trolls are ''weird''. He admits that [[TeamMom Kanaya]] is the only Troll who might be saner than him. For the humans it might be Dave who isn't [[spoiler: off the deep end like Rose, crazy like Jade or just as naive as John]]

--> '''Lord Hamster:''' Yet the enemy ''hasn't'' attaked her yet. And that's because...?

* In ''{{Casey and Andy}}'',the only sane one usually alternates between Mary and Jenn.

* Karkat of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is the OnlySaneMan among the Trolls, which isn't really that hard since trolls are ''weird''. He admits that [[TeamMom Kanaya]] is the only Troll who might be saner than him. For the humans it might be Dave who isn't [[spoiler: off the deep end like Rose, crazy like Jade or just as dumb (Please put in the link Toodumbtolive geeks) as John]]

* [[BobAndGeorge George]] a lot of the time. [[BobAndGeorge Bob]] as well, but you know, he's evil. Sometimes [[Game/MegaMan Proto Man]] but he's more of a [[MetaGuy guy made of Meta]]. Roll doesn't count. She's a woman.

** He generally seems to be the only person on Erfworld who really understands strategy ''at all''. No-one else seems able to cope if their initial plan fails or plan much more than stacking bonuses, with the possible exception of Charlie.

* Kaitlyn Hu in ''{{Precocious}}'', although she occasionally joins the chaos for kicks.

--> '''Jack Snipe:''' Bravo, lord, 'twas a splendidly speedy defection.

* Thief and Black Mage in ''EightBitTheatre'', who regularly have to deal with the stupidity and crazy "logic" of their companions Fighter and Red Mage. ''Especially'' Red Mage, self-professed genius. Considering that characters like Fighter, Red Mage, Black Belt and even Thief have shown the ability to do things that violate the laws of physics simply by ignoring them, one of Black Mage's reactions is a pleading, "How? Seriously, how?" Quite often, Black Mage flies into an impotent rage and stabs the perpetrator in the head if the sheer crazy gets to him; or his mind seeks solace in temporary clinical insanity. Black Mage still hasn't gotten over the pitiful and futile habit of trying to argue sense with the universe. Black Mage has on occasion [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/01/13/episode-502-technical-mumbo-jumbo/ acknowledged that Thief is the only one beside him who is sane]], and vice versa:

--> '''Jack Snipe:''' Indeed. As a ''sane man'', you are badly outnumbered again, my good Lord. Perhapes you should defect, and join us all.