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17%%* Creator/{{Disney}} in general seems to love this trope. Besides the previously mentioned Kronk, Gadget, Dale and Dory, there is Wildcat from ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. Fenton Crackshell from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' has minor shades of this, as does Launchpad [=McQuack=] from both this series and ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''. Quackerjack and Megavolt from the same are villainous examples.
18%%* Willow from ''WesternAnimation/AKindOfMagic''.
19* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''
20** Sheen Estevez has an unhealthy obsession with the superhero Ultra-Lord, believing that Ultra-Lord was the father of America among other things. He also holds such beliefs that the chemical name for salt is "Herman Schwartzbaum" and is [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny very easily distracted.]] It gets {{exaggerated}} in ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'', where Sheen becomes a high-ranking member of an odd alien planet's royal court.
21** Hugh Neutron is also pretty loopy. His obsession with ducks and pies (to the point where he once created a holiday celebrating pie called "Pule") is just the ''start''.
22* A very large proportion of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Some individuals stand out in particular.
23** The people of Lumpy Space (especially Lumpy Space Princess) seem to abandon all shreds of sanity when they "turn lumpy."
24** Tree Trunks attempts to have tea with and seduce monsters ('''Tentacle''' monsters) when they attack her. Finn and Jake seem to consider Tree Trunks's idiosyncrasies to be due to senility, however.
25** [[Characters/AdventureTimeIceKing Ice King]] later turns out to be a rather horrifying deconstruction of this trope. His strange behaviour actually stems from [[spoiler:having had his mind warped and his memory erased by an ArtifactOfDoom. The process was slow and extremely painful, destroying his relationships with his fiancee and surrogate daughter, and it's implied that most of his actions are a subconscious attempt to replace them]]. By the time the main series takes place, he's barely a shadow of his old self and is miserable due to his inability to form normal relationships. ''And'' it's implied that without the [[spoiler:mental remnants of his old self restraining him, he would be just a violent madman rather than an [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain ineffectual]] CloudCuckooLander. When this control occasionally slips, he is [[NotSoHarmlessVillain much more]] [[PsychopathicManchild disturbing]]]].
26* All three of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingAdrenaliniBrothers'' are like this.
27* Several characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' qualify, but a few stand out in particular.
28** The entire [[SpeciesSurname Banana]] family (especially Banana Joe) seem to lose all contact with reality when they get excited, scared, or angry.
29** Richard goes right up to many strangers and hugs them, thinking that will make them like him. This is justified because he has been over-sheltered by his mother, however.
30** Sussie. Her eccentric behavior is actually [[spoiler:merely how she wants to live her life. To her, the meaning of life is enjoying it in any way possible, and acting bizarre is her way of doing so]]. That explains a lot. It's also heavily implied that it comes from [[spoiler:her being dropped as a baby. Before that she was a WiseBeyondHerYears ChildProdigy]].
31%%* The entire point of ''Albie's World''.
32%%* Dill is like this in ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp''.
33* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''
34** Francine's a cross between this trope and GeniusDitz.
35** Cross-dressing, omnisexual sociopath Roger. Though to be truthful the majority of Langley Falls fit.
36** Barry is this too. [[spoiler:Well, when he's medicated]].
37-->"There's a person inside [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]]!"
38* Spud from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' does have a case of ObfuscatingStupidity (mainly to cover up that he's actually [[BrilliantButLazy a genius]]), but that doesn't mean his head isn't in the clouds regardless. One episode has Jake read his mind, so the audience knows he wasn't faking anything.
39-->'''Spud:''' ''No matter where you go, if you try to hide, the moon will always find you''.
40** Professor Rotwood. Sure, he's the only character on the show who's figured out there's something supernatural going on [[spoiler: and he eventually does find out who Jake is]], but from his dialogue he's definitely a little loose up there. Such as this one time where Jake turned in his own scales and clippings from his claws to get money from Rotwood, and this exchange happened.
41--->'''Rotwood:''' Everyone knows that dragon claws glow in the dark, and their scales have the faintest odor of lavender.\
42'''Jake:''' You wouldn't know a dragon if it took a bite out of your butt!\
43'''Rotwood:''' You flaunt your innocence, Mr. Long. Dragons have acute allergies to human buttockses.
44* Yakko, Wakko, and Dot from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' take this trope to extremes, as even their theme song is filled with non-sequiturs and bizarre references. Wakko, however, seems to be the most extreme of the three. In one episode where the kids visit a shopping mall, he walks the wrong way on an escalator and declares "Mine's broken." Yakko explains it as "middle kid syndrome." Also, Wakko has a pseudo-Liverpudlian accent for no apparent reason (something his brother and sister don't have). It's because Wakko's voice actor, Creator/JessHarnell, was a fan of Music/TheBeatles. He chose to imitate Ringo because Wakko is the shortest of the Warner siblings.
45** This is also played up to a degree in the Spanish dub, in which, just as inexplicably as his Liverpudlian accent in the English version, Wakko is [[CrossDressingVoice voiced by a woman]] (Giset Blanco), who not only gave him a feminine voice, but one that is also rather inconsistent. Sometimes, he sounds low and hoarse; other times, he's nasally; still other times, he's very high pitched. (Blanco also used the same voice when voicing the little boy from ''Animaniacs''' "Baloney and Friends" segment, as well as with Francis X. Bushlad from ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' and the Dead End Kid in the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial''.)
46* Master Shake from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' is [[{{Jerkass}} selfish to the point of absurdity]], and justifies himself with [[InsaneTrollLogic reasons that seem natural only to him]] ("I should not walk, so that a child may live... well, that's what it does!"). He also shows a profound gift for jumping to conclusions -- e.g. convincing himself that a threatening cell-phone call is not coming from ''inside'' the ominous bus parked at the curb, but from ''the bus itself'', and that the bus wasn't a bus, but a reverse vampire, which craves the sun. The tires are the markings. Lampshaded later, after a standard Master Shake random association session:
47-->'''Frylock:''' ''What's your point?''\
48'''Shake:''' ''I never had one. And that makes you '''crazy''', doesn't it?''
49** Meatwad is ready to believe anything he's told. Or anything he's told himself.
50--->'''Meatwad:''' I ain't got no job, my wife left me, bills pilin' up, I got child support payments, and I don't know if any of what I just said is true, but I believe it.
51** The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future is always telling random irrelevant and incomprehensible stories that begin with words like "One Christmas billions of Christmases ago, there was a...."
52* Cheryl from ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' spent most of "Viscous Coupling" thinking she was in Opposite World.
53** Dr. Krieger, the series' resident MadScientist, is dating a hologram and creates ''Fort Kick-ass'' out of cardboard boxes to escape the rest of the ISIS staff.
54--->'''Krieger:''' I'm sorry, are you addressing me? Because your authority is not recognized in '''Fort Kick-ass'''!
55** While in said fort, he prepares and serves margaritas with blended bits of Cyril's destroyed cell phone.
56--->'''Krieger:''' The secret ingredient is ''phone!''
57** When the staff is deciding to unionize or not, after the anti-union talk is given:
58---> '''Cheryl:''' Exactly! So I say ''no'' union!\
59'''Krieger:''' Yeah! [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederacy forever!]]
60** He is a firm believer in phrenology and candling, outdated and dangerous procedures which have both been debunked over a hundred years ago.
61* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Buster Baxter is extremely superstitious, and is very, VERY obsessed with extraterrestrial life.
62* Ty Lee of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
63-->'''Ty Lee:''' Hey, look at that dust cloud. It's so... poofy... Poof.
64** There's also the "[[NewAgeRetroHippie nomads]]" in "The Cave of Two Lovers":
65--->'''Chong:''' We're nomads, happy to go wherever the wind takes us!\
66'''Aang:''' You guys are nomads? That's great! I'm a nomad.\
67'''Chong:''' Hey, me too.\
68'''Aang:''' I know... you just said that.\
69'''Chong:''' Oh. ''(looks at Sokka)'' Nice underwear.
70** Even [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] had some slight moments of this earlier in the series.
71--->'''Sokka:''' What's wrong with you, we don't have time for games with the war going on!\
72'''Aang:''' What war?\
73'''Sokka:''' You're kidding, right?\
74'''Aang:''' PENGUIN!!!!!!! [runs off after a penguin]
75** While [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSokka Sokka]] is normally pretty rational, he does occasionally have some very ''strange'' ideas, such as when Momo goes missing, Sokka concludes, apropos of nothing, that Appa ate him, and attempts to crawl into Appa's mouth. And at another time he licks something off a cave wall, despite having just spent a whole day hallucinating thanks to going bonkers from cactus juice, because he has "a natural curiosity".
76%%* Freddy the ferret from ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' fits this trope to a T.
77* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', but especially Beavis. Beavis even sometimes takes on a separate identity (which personifies this trope even more than ordinary Beavis) when he consumes large amounts of sugar or caffeine.
78--->'''Beavis:''' I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!
79%%* Ceasar from ''BeethovenTheAnimatedSeries'' fits this trope to a T.
80* Tilly Green of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' lives by the beat of her own drum. This is a girl who once entered a goat into a dog show because [[TransNature she claimed it had the soul of a dog]]!
81* Eddie Storkowitz from ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'' doesn't always have the best grip on what's reality and what's fiction (see "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"). He's also prone to [[{{Pun}} flights of fancy]] and daydreaming.
82** Mr. Nuthatch from the same series evolves from a paranoid wreck to a happy, confident but ''very'' eccentric bird (in one episode, he enters the psychiatrist's office through the heat vent for no reason).
83* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': While all three of the Belcher kids are pretty out there, Gene takes the cake with his outlandish ideas, short attention span, and AttentionWhore tendencies.
84* For an insanely politically incorrect character, Uncle Ruckus from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' manages to come off as this. It was revealed in his back story ''The Color Ruckus'' that his Cloudcuckoolander tendencies were enforced by a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood (though part of it was played straight, so its hard to say how "hilarious") and his mother's indulgent cultivation of a fantasy that he was actually white. This built him into a self-hating black man who bounces back and forth on whether he knows he's black or truly believes he's white, and just happens to have a skin condition called "Revitiligo" (the opposite of Music/MichaelJackson) that makes his skin darker. His views on race relations and his politics are thus incredibly bizarre, even by the looser standards of the Boondocks universe. What helps is that sometimes his warped view of reality wills out, as in the season four episode ''Early Bird Special'' where his solution to getting rid of a clingy, middle-aged black woman who had become attached to Robert was by [[spoiler: introducing a submissive middle-aged ''white'' woman, causing the black woman to storm off]].
85* Brak's Dad from ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow''. Frequently he gives little ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' style father-dad chats with Brak at the end of the episodes where he recounts the details of the lessons that Brak should have learned from the events of the episodes, except that they are completely incomprehensible.
86** Brak himself, for that matter. His response to being told Mr. Thundercleese will tear his arms off for killing off Thundercleese's goldfish is to moan "But I love my arms! That's where my hands live!"
87* Dale from ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is often portrayed as one.
88** The [[AbsentMindedProfessor absent minded]] Gadget is also one. Her introductory episode hints that she uses ''lethal force'' against door-to-door salesmen.
89--->'''Monterey Jack:''' Something tells me Gadget's elevator doesn't go to the top floor.
90* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''
91** The title character takes this trope to heights never before experienced.
92-->'''Chowder:''' Why does Shnitzel always get so happy on fivesday? Is it the day he makes a poo?
93** It's not really an unreasonable assumption, given Schnitzel's attitude the rest of the week.
94** The show's setting, Marzipan City, ''is'' CloudCuckooland.
95* Numbuh Three from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. This is not to say that she's any less of an asset to Sector V than the rest of her teammates; in "Operation: M.A.C.A.R.R.O.N.I." She was able to beat up Mr. Boss (one of the two [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the series) by herself. (She does have a sort of UnstoppableRage quality, which helps.)
96* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay Sherman's father Franklin is a very much a 'Lander. Among other things, Franklin has been shown to see the world as a game of "Donkey Kong", imagined himself to be Quick Draw [=McGraw=]'s alter-ego El Kabong and requested that President Bush Sr. make him "Secretary of Balloon Doggies" (later insisting that the balloon doggies demanded it). When Jay went missing temporarily, Franklin set up a press conference -- so he could announce that if he could be any type of vegetable, he'd be a carrot.
97** He also claimed to be the first black female head of the Ku Klux Klan, invented the "fishbabywhirlmajig", imprinted on a goose and followed her, quacking.
98*** He was originally one of America's greatest minds, but had never had a drop of alcohol. One taste, and he was [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry Fine]].
99*** By the way, according to Franklin, his fishbabywhirlmajig "will be bigger than the Badger Blaster!"
100** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_bH_d7fppI His recollection]] of his and Eleanor's first date plays out like a ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailor''.
101--->'''Jay Sherman:''' (Confused) I don't get it.\
102'''Franklin Sherman:''' (Smiling warmly) Neither do I.
103** One time he was asked why he had a banana in his ear his response "I'm trying to lure out the monkey who lives inside my head."
104** After his butler is hired away by a new neighbor, Franklin keeps the silverware and the dog safe by gluing them to the ceiling.
105** "Well, there's Marty on the TV. ... Just reach in and pull him out. That's how I met [[Series/HappyDays the Fonz]]."
106* Ditzy in ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' is an optimistic and dreamy girl with a somewhat poor judgment (such as making an ImmediateSelfContradiction) and is interested with religion and spiritualism. Heck, her head is a balloon (making her a literal airhead) which was officially described to prefer being in the clouds, and her bedroom is cloud themed.
107** Also her father Pa. He is a gardener who uses plant-based language, obsessed with nature and likes living in a more natural lifestyle (no videogames, artificial chemicals, or even a tent during a trip to the woods) which is sometimes against the will of his family.
108* Allie on the PBS ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'' to some degree. When George first meets her, he finds her in a bin with several chickens, which she emerges from, saying that now she knows what it's like to be a chicken and she doesn't recommend it because it's very boring. The narrator even states that George had seen a lot of strange things in his life, but this was new to him.
109* WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck. Especially prominent in earlier shorts (though even his later, more [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical]] persona isn't all that stable).
110-->'''Daffy:''' WOOHOO! WOOHOO! WOOHOO...!!
111* ''WesternAnimation/TheDavincibles'': Leo Davinci. Just to name a few of his quirks: he is a Man Child, who doesn’t hesitate a moment to drag his niece and nephew into his adventures, is not the brightest bulb on the tree, can easily get hyperactive and carried away when pursuing a new relic, and doesn’t really know much about antiques despite running an antique store.
112* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Would-be Defender", the Defenders meet Earl Sump, a teenaged boy who's obsessed with comic books but has little idea what being a Defender really involves.
113* Dee Dee from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' was born in Cuckooland, sometimes leaning more to TheDitz, but, in other cases, just a Cloudcuckolander. It is especially evident when she tells Dexter her bedtime story while she's sick, mixing a variety of common childhood nursery rhymes and stories.
114* Unlike the comic strip, which varies week-by-week, the PointyHairedBoss in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon is consistently a Cloudcuckoolander, to the point where it often overshadows his MeanBoss tendencies.
115%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''
116%%** Skeeter Valentine, as well as being a GeniusDitz.
117%%** From time to time, Doug himself could venture into this trope.
118* MadScientist Urpgor of ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' plays with this, since while he is completely and utterly nuts, he also often acts as an OnlySaneMan to the other Urpneys' stupidity. Sgt Blob and Nug have shades of this trope as well, even if they are much more lucid. Rufus is a more mundane example DependingOnTheWriter.
119* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
120** Jonny 2x4, whose best friend is [[CompanionCube a wooden]] plank [[CompanionCube with a crude face drawn on it]], is also an apparent expatriate of [=Cloudcuckooland=]. Taken to the extreme in "Shoo Ed", where he acts crazier than normal.
121-->"I'm the bike pixie! Catch me if you can!"
122** Ed might have left [=Cloudcuckooland=] the same day...
123-->'''Ed:''' Yeah, Double-D, an elephant never forgets, but I forgot what the elephant remembered.
124** Rolf, the wacky foreigner, says weird things all the time and his culture has some ''very'' strange customs.
125* Cosmo and Crocker from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' While Cosmo's just [[TheDitz that odd]], Crocker's gone mad from losing his fairy god parents (coincidentally, his fairy god parents were Cosmo and Wanda, and it was Cosmo's fault Crocker lost them in the first place).
126* Many characters on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''especially'' [[AdamWesting Mayor Adam West]]. West brings his own creamed corn to the theater because the creamed corn they have there is too crunchy. He once dispatched the entire Quahog police force to Colombia to rescue the heroes of ''Romancing the Stone''. He chases people off his property with a Cat Launcher.
127-->'''Adam West:''' My God! Someone's stealing my water!\
128'''Meg:''' But it just went down the drain.\
129'''Adam West:''' They hit when you least expect it.
130** His strategy to distract people from the "Dig'Em" scandal--jingle keys from his window. Then he gets hit by someone throwing a brick and starts to bleed.
131--->'''Adam West:''' [[TomatoInTheMirror My God!]] [[TropeNamer I'm a tomato!]]
132** Peter also has to qualify. He once forgot how to sit down. He was convinced he could speak Italian just because he had a moustache.
133* Ferret from Scott Morse's cartoon short ''WesternAnimation/FerretAndParrot'' who falls in love with a comic strip character named Yolanda The Aardvark.
134* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', there's O'Farrell. Let's put it this way: X Middle School is a place where the taffy-sellers are running a protection racket, the librarian gets so caught up in a Mark Twain book that he doesn't notice the ''entire library'' being borrowed under fake ID's, and a graffiti artist is kept in a state of permanent detention with his lessons piped in through CCTV...and O'Farrell still comes across as the resident eccentric.
135* ''WesternAnimation/FluffyGardens'': Lola the Mosquito is not right in the mind. She uses "Hello" and "Goodbye" in reverse, she runs backwards, and generally says random things that don't make sense.
136* Many, many ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' characters:
137** Bloo's insane theories, Madame Foster's strange actions and speech patterns, Coco's occasional inexplicable behavior, Cheese's spastic jabbering and Goo's... entire personality. Most of them are products of the fertile imaginations of young children.
138** It's implied that Goo's parents may be the same, since they were unwilling to rein in her imagination (in spite of the fact that it regularly produced ''hundreds'' of imaginary friends) and apparently allowed her to ''name herself'' shortly after she was born (Goo claims her name is short for "Goo-goo-ga-ga").
139** Mac averts this trope 95% of the time...[[DrunkOnMilk until]] [[LemonWackyHello he]] [[IntoxicationEnsues eats]] [[GRatedDrug sugar]]. That makes him go from being the OnlySaneMan and ShrinkingViolet of the gang to making Goo and Cheese look sane.
140* The title character from ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''. A lot of his actions and dialogue are really bizarre.
141* Xander Crews from ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'' is a good example, mainly because he lives in his own world without consequence, eventually adopting the alias of Barnaby Jones when he gets in trouble, and generally says ridiculous things
142-->'''Killface:''' This is hopeless.\
143'''Xander:''' Look, don't worry man. At his age, I was like, chronic masturbater. Kinda, kinda still am. But the point is -- I like it. I would like to masturbate right now in this car. You know? If I had my stuff with me. I would! What are we even talking about?\
144'''Killface:''' I'm talking about searching for Simon!\
145'''Xander:''' Oh.
146** Wendell also very much qualifies, with his habit of throwing [[BreathlessNonSequitur non-sequitors]] into his conversations and his...interesting thoughts on sex.
147-->'''Bus Salesman:''' You're a man who knows what he wants. I'll bet the ladies like that.\
148'''Wendell:''' Oh, yeah! Ol' Wendell's [[UnusualEuphemism dragged the ol' pineapple through]] quite a number of ladies.
149-->(Later)
150-->'''Killface:''' Wendell, you've outdone yourself!\
151'''Wendell:''' Well, now I know how Diego Rivera must have felt when he was banging Frida Kahlo. ''({{beat}})'' Tea bagging the unibrow. ''([[StunnedSilence Extended beat]])''
152* Fry from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has at least one foot in {{Cloudcuckooland}} at all times, most obvious when...
153** He is asked a "yes or no" question:
154-->'''Gypsy:''' Well, there is perhaps one way. Have you ever heard of the monks of Deshuba?\
155'''Fry:''' ''(in a tone that suggests he thinks that this is the next best option)'' I've... ''not'' heard of them.
156** He is presented with a seemingly self-evident conclusion.
157-->'''Leela:''' Superheroes cause a lot of collateral damage, and we don't wanna get our butts sued.\
158'''Fry:''' Or do we...? ''(long beat while he thinks about it)'' No, I guess not.
159** He thinks he's being asked a question:
160-->'''Leela:''' ''(feeding her pet)'' Aww... somebody likes snouts!\
161'''Fry:''' ''(overhearing)'' Is it me?
162** He tries to explain something:
163-->'''Fry:''' It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for the winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came and the grasshopper died and the octopus ate all his acorns. And also he got a racecar. Is any of this getting through to you?
164** He tries to formulate a plan:
165-->'''Fry:''' Okay, I've gotta break down that gate, beat up those three guards, steal that chopper and rescue Bender.\
166''(Leela beats up the guards)''\
167'''Fry:''' Yay, I did it! ...Wait, that's not me!
168** He's finishing a story:
169-->'''Fry:''' ... So then, I unfroze myself, and then I came over here, and then I told you the story, and then it was now... and then I don't know what happened!
170** He's ''just trying to complete a sentence:''
171-->'''Fry:''' I'll be whoever I wanna do.
172** In the episode "Bendin' In The Wind" Fry finds a Voltzwagen with two centuries-dead skeletons in it. Not only does he bring the VW back to Planet Express headquarters, on his way back he takes the blue headband of one of the hippy skeletons and wears it himself for the rest of the episode. While there's nothing ''wrong'' with this, it's certainly not something a normal person would do.
173** Professor Hubert Farnsworth. It's supposedly justified by his senility and being a mad scientist. When he was speaking at the stockholders' meeting:
174--->'''Farnsworth:''' Where am I?
175--->'''Hermes:''' Move forward. Walk into the light.
176--->'''Farnsworth:''' Oh God! I'm dead. Well, no matter. (pulls out cue cards) Thank you all for coming. I don't recognize any of you, nor can I recall why I am here. Now without further ado, a film highlighting Planet Express Inc.'s latest fiscal year.
177*** He's clearly insane in ''any'' universe:
178--->'''Farnsworth:''' Say, I hope you won't think it ''evil'' of me to ask how you got that stylish head wound?
179--->'''Opposite Farnsworth:''' Oh, this old thing? I was experimenting to see if I could remove my own brain.
180--->'''Farnsworth:''' Of course! I had the same idea! I flipped a coin to decide if I should proceed, but it came up tails, so I didn't. How'd it go?
181--->'''Opposite Farnsworth:''' Well, getting the brain out was the ''easy'' part. The hard part was getting the brain ''out''! ''(insane laugh)''
182--->'''Farnsworth:''' ''(chuckling)'' Oh, you.
183*** Not exactly surprising, considering he and Fry are both related.
184--->'''Farnsworth:''' ...Oh, they say madness runs in our family. Some even call me mad. And why? Because I dared to dream of my own race of atomic monsters! Atomic supermen with octagonal shaped bodies that suck blood out of... (trails off after leaving the room)
185** Zoidberg is neck and neck in the running with Fry when it comes to this trope. Which makes sense, what with him being the [[TokenNonHuman token alien]] and Fry having [[spoiler:a unique form of brain damage]]. His introduction scene shows him coming right out the gate with this trope in full force.
186-->"What?! My mother was a saint!"
187** A pefect example would be at the end of "Love And Rocket" when Zoidberg [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicably]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilariously]] becomes a LemonyNarrator:
188-->'''Zoidberg:''' As [[ItMakesSenseInContext the candy hearts poured into the fiery quasar]], a wondrous thing happened, why not? They vaporised into a mystical love radiation that spread across the universe, [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds destroying many, many planets]], including [[PlanetOfHats two gangster planets and a cowboy world]]. But one planet was at exactly the right distance to see the romantic rays, but not be destroyed by them: Earth. So all over the world, couples stood together in joy. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And me, Zoidberg!]] And no one could have been happier unless it would have also been Valentine's Day. What? It ''was''? Hooray!
189* Goofy is one on ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop''. He has bizarre logic that weirds out ''every'' other character on the show, and is portrayed as confused consistently. Many times he is thrust into a job he just can't do right because he's so weird, although in one episode he actually became a successful space hero and ''won the Nobel Prize'' all while under the impression he was supposed to be working as a janitor ''for a chimp''. However, he is also a good role model in regards to [[GoodParents his parenting]]. [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie The movies]] added another in Bobby, who behaves in a ridiculous manner [[TheFriendNobodyLikes to the chagrin of his much more serious friends]] and [[OoCIsSeriousBusiness was portrayed seriously exactly once]], but is also a BunnyEarsLawyer.
190* 2D of the ''{{Music/Gorillaz}}'' was never that bright, but the general weirdness of the series is enough to push him into Cloud Cuckooland territory.
191--> "''Japanese children exploding like bombs? [[AndThatsTerrible That would be terrible!]]''"
192* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
193** Mabel Pines is enthusiastic about everything ("Yay, grass!"), prone to outbursts of silliness (like folding an encoded map into a paper hat), and full of [[EccentricArtist ridiculous ideas for arts and crafts projects]] (from her hundreds of hand-knitted sweaters to stuff like "caticatures" or a drawing of "a waffle with big arms"), but she and her brother Dipper are savvy enough to cope with the weirdness endemic to the eponymous town.
194** [[ManChild Soos]]'s wisdom is both a blessing, and a curse.
195--->'''Soos:''' I'm always seeing weird stuff in this town. Like the mailman. ''Pretty'' sure that guy's a werewolf.\
196(FlashbackCut to a very hairy mailman, and Soos edging away from him.)\
197\
198'''Soos:''' (after trying to lick his own elbow) Like the infinite horizon, it eludes my grasp.\
199\
200'''Soos:''' (after climbing inside of an arcade machine) HELP! I'M TRAPPED IN THE GAME! In theory it was awesome, but in practice it was really boring.\
201\
202'''Soos:''' (after waking up inside a pinball game) If this is a dream, I NEVER WANNA WAKE UP!
203** Topping them all, however, is town founder and 8th-and-a-half President of the United States, Sir Lord Quentin Trembley III Esq., who, as seen in "Irrational Treasure", declared war on pancakes, outlawed pants, and appointed babies to the Supreme Court. He's also ''still president'' because he was, for lack of a better word, "elected" before the two term limit was imposed and also because:
204--->'''Dipper:''' Quentin, did you ever sign an official resignation?\
205'''Quentin:''' No, sir! I ate a salamander and jumped out the window!
206* Several of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' could be said to fit this trope - including the titular Billy. But hands down the Cuckoolander Champeen is Eris. Of course, her excuse is that she's *literally* the Goddess of Chaos, and it's both her job and her reason for being to spread it.
207* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'': With the exception of [[OnlySaneWoman Laney]], this applies to all members of the eponymous band. Corey is a {{keet}} who is ObsessivelyOrganized and has AttentionDeficitOohShiny habits who spouts {{Spoof Aesop}}s and creates {{Zany Scheme}}s out of thin air; Kin is a MadScientist and DitzyGenius with CreepyChild tendencies; and Kon is a BigFun GeniusDitz every bit as crazy as his brother.
208* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks''
209** Foo. He once thought he needed to take his pants off to ride a bike, and then there's this below.
210-->'''Kratz:''' Why is Foo wearing a sweater over his head?
211-->'''Foo:''' It's slimming!
212** Piri Piri has Foo beat by a mile. She's an artist who gets her inspiration from her dreams, says her favorite color is "innocent baby laughter", claims to have learnt the language of trees, and frequently makes non-sequitur statements about life and the universe in the most cheerful manner.
213* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
214** Phil Ken Sebben must have gotten his license to practice law from the {{Cloudcuckooland}} bar. Aside from [[VerbalTic prefacing every]] DoubleEntendre with "HA HA!", he once believed furniture he didn't actually have was being stolen, causing him to issue "threat warnings" consisting of such levels as "Blackwatch Plaid" and "Rush's seminal ''Moving Pictures'' album." He also has an arsenal of guns in his office, each labeled for a specific threat that might require it's use, ranging from "Elephant Gun" to "Creature of Indeterminate Origin Gun."
215** Phil's daughter Judy Ken Sebben, aka Birdgirl, is another one, albeit [[{{Pun}} of a different feather]]. Her idea of practicing law is [[WrongGenreSavvy comic-book hero style crimefighting]], lampshaded in one episode where she adds her own {{Unsound Effect}}s. And her [[MotorMouth rapid fire speech delivery]]. She's constantly giving internal monologues that are anything ''but'' internal.
216** Peanut, Birdman's clerk, definitely qualifies. It's often unclear if he's paying attention to what is going on, not helped by the fact that he is often mumbling in some other language.
217** It may be better to list the characters on Harvey Birdman who aren't Cloudcukoolanders. The wall. Hey, that was easy.
218* Niffty from ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' is a hyperactive little demon summoned by Alastor to act as the housekeeper of the titular hotel. Nobody really understands what's going through her head (even Alastor admits as much), though given the disturbing nature of many of her outbursts -- her communication consists mostly of weird outbursts -- and how it's at least clear she's both sadistic and masochistic, perhaps nobody wants to know either. Husker, who claims to see through everybody there, specifically says YouDoNotWantToKnow. Charlie says they're "80% sure she's harmless."
219* Arnold's grandmother on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' was ridiculous to the point of dressing up as Mary, Queen of Scots to go downstairs to the dinner table. Indeed, her Cloudcuckoolander status was so central to her character that in one episode, which was about a heat wave, it was so hot that it made her ''sane''.
220** It should be noted that grandma Gertie might not be as mental as she appears, as seen during a very sane moment in "Parent's Day."
221** Arnold's cousin Arnie, known for collecting gum and reading ingredients on labels.
222* ''WesternAnimation/HipHipAndHurra'':
223** Hurra, whose logic appears to be dominated by his wacky imagination.
224** His girlfriend, Kinga the kangaroo, is much more extreme example. She lives with her ImaginaryFriend, a potted flower named Adelka and spends most of her free time trying to make Adelka entertained (she takes her to cinema and ice skating or throws her birthday parties to which she invites half of the town...) Kinga also appears to be the most [[ManChild manchildish]] of all the characters on the show, and usually interpretates everything with her own bizarre logic.
225%%* Toast and Pepper Mills from ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}!''.
226* On ''WesternAnimation/HollyHobbieAndFriends'', Holly Hobbie's friend Amy Morris comes across very much as being on Cloud Cuckooland at times, often blurting out bizarre suggestions, such as the excuse for Holly [[PlayingSick losing her voice]] in ''Christmas Wishes'' being that she had a "freak scarf accident."
227* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'':
228** The Mask is impulsive, crazy, wacky and fun loving and likes to spend time having fun, going to the Coco Bongo, pulling wedgies over the heads of anyone who annoy him , gets excited over trival things like a 5 year old and gets too strong towards any woman he sees but he is geuninely smart and also a {{Nice Guy}} as well pretty much liked and loved by the public in Edge City.
229** Eve is a vamp who has a southern american accent and is also one as well, she is geuninely insane, man hungry and wacky but she is also a {{Nice Girl}} as she pretty much cares about Stanley and falls in love with him as well despite knowing him for short amount of time.
230** Masked Peggy Brandt is a british, staid and refined woman who likes to spend her time getting her back straight, her toenails clipped right and wants her hair extra fluffy and she also has an ego as well as she believes that she does not need a story as she is the story and even drags the hairdresser just in case that she needs another makeover but she does have a good heart and very much cares about Stanley and when she sees she has a crooked eyebrow she gives him the tool he needs to take her face off so his alter ego The Mask can save their dog.
231** Masked Dr Neuman is a psychotic and insane madman who believes the world is suffering from a disorder he calls Ipkissa Maskosis which he even teams up with Pretorius to get rid of it but however he is pretty much living in a world of his own such as believing The mask does not work even though he is wearing one, rides a child bicycle, a book and a bouncy stick, puts anyone he sees into wedgie straitjackets including a gorilla as well and is pretty much a kid at times such after hearing how Pretorius's plan will work he gets excited and pretty much jumps his legs up and down which ends with him saying he like it pretty much like a fan who could not help himself from getting excited over what is going to happen.
232* ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'': The way the Weird Guy acts and talks makes it pretty clear that he needs a check-up from the neck up.
233* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''
234** If one were to examine [[RobotBuddy GIR]], one would inevitably find a "Made in {{Cloudcuckooland}}" label. Seriously. This guy could give [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] a run for her money if not win outright. On one memorable occasion where we got to see the world from his point of view, a quartet of cows became talking sausages with top hats, canes and dinner jackets, which propositioned GIR to dance with them "into oblivion." Seriously.
235** [[Characters/InvaderZimZim Zim]] himself often fits; in one episode, when confronted by fully mobile talking babies (possibly a hideous parody of Rugrats), he stated that 'I knew it! Earth babies come from space!'. More pointedly, in an unfinished episode called "The Trial", he is kidnapped and brought to court among his people; in spite of the flagrant evidence that it is, in fact, a trial for his continued right to exist, he insists on believing it to be a party in his honor. In what was to be that episode's ending, Zim is scanned for defects by the robot "control-brains" that run the planet. His insanity drives the machines to madness, and they declare him ''the greatest of all Irkens''. The Tallest weep as Zim is temporarily placed in command of the Tallest's ship and proceeds to smash it into everything.
236** Dib arguably qualifies in the later episodes of the show -- what with randomly yelling "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I AM DIB!]]" (a habit he seemed to pick up from Zim), and "How could I not have noticed this -- '''''me''''', the obsessive-compulsive DIB!"
237** Dib's father Professor Membrane, MadScientist, MoodSwinger, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the inventor of Super Toast]]. Notable for randomly hanging out with a tiny ventriloquist dummy of himself, inventing a Perpetual Energy Generator and promptly withholding it from mankind because [[DisproportionateRetribution a small object fell on the stage during the keynote address]], and [[FlatEarthAtheist rejecting any and all belief in readily accessible paranormal phenomena]] while maintaining an enormous arsenal of weapons [[CrazyPrepared specifically designed to take out]] [[SantasExistenceClause Santa Claus]].
238--->[[HypocriticalHumor "My poor insane son."]]
239* Buford from the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/JacobTwoTwo'' is definitely this, although the rest of his family might be even worse: He has a cousin who thinks he's a goat, and an uncle who thinks he is...some sort of BeastMan. They had to call an exterminator to get the him out of the house. Jacob's dad enjoys hearing about Buford's family, because it makes his own family seem so normal and well-adjusted by comparison.
240* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''
241** Beezy's girlfriend [[CuteMonsterGirl Saffi]]. Her dialogue consists almost entirely of random words like "Smoothy smooth!" and "Yogurt!", while her behavior includes things like eating tires and shoes or smashing any statues she sees. She's shown to be able to speak and act perfectly like a civilized person; she just ''chooses'' to act like a crazy animal.
242** Jimmy himself can be this sometimes. It can make him very clever in all sorts of unconventional manners, like using a fire-spewing hairdryer as a jet pack or [[ItMakesSenseInContext making popcorn by getting two kernels to make out with each other]].
243* The Question has his bizarre moments in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', doing everything from going through everyone's garbage to believing in an over-arching conspiracy involving boy bands and Starbucks. Most of the time he seems completely insane and dangerously paranoid, but when push comes to shove on his theories, [[ProperlyParanoid he's often proven right]].
244--> "A-HA! I knew it! They have thirty-''two'' flavors!"
245** Trickster falls in here as well (notably, the "Bilateral symmetry" bit), but only when, as Flash points out, he's off his meds.
246%%* June in season one of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''.
247%%* Mitsuki on ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''. (You might think Gonard too, but he's more of a TheDitz.)
248%%** Even Mikey had his moments.
249* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
250** Stumpy. He's completely crazy, and comes up with the [[InsaneTrollLogic craziest reasons]] for everything.
251** Kaeloo is usually in constant bliss, is completely unaware of her surroundings and comes up with completely inaccurate judgements of situations. Mr. Cat is running a scam where he blatantly abuses Quack Quack and forces him to participate against his will? Quack Quack must be helping Mr. Cat!
252* Ron Stoppable of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is a prime example. He marches to his own drummer and generally does some very odd things. He also has exhibited several instances of TheCuckoolanderWasRight where he will come up with some off-the-wall supposition about what is actually happening, which other characters will scoff at.
253* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
254** Bobby. The boy fell in love with a wig dummy! To name just one instance.
255** [[Characters/KingOfTheHillDaleGribble Dale Gribble]]. Bobby at least has shown that he can competently conduct himself through many situations (his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} moments seem to be sort of self-aware instances of fantasy-indulgence, or the fact that he's still very impressionable as a child). Dale, however, seems to live quite happily as an adult in a world all his own that just happens to intersect with Arlen, Texas. Once he tried to combat a heatwave by "fighting fire with fire," which entailed turning the heat all the way up in his house. Another time he hosted his own shortwave radio show during which he claimed to be getting a phone call from former (and long-since deceased) Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev.
256** Hank's mother Tilly. From randomly selling her house and buying an RV to collecting glass figurines, it's clear that she lives in a world all of her own.
257* Chomper of ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' has somewhat become this in the TV series, from offering his friends insects to eat when they are herbivores to being surprised when being told that adults were hatchlings once.
258* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': Luna the Moon can come off as strange. Her weirdest trait is that when she hears music, she has the uncontrollable urge to dance, breaking everything in sight.
259%%* Henri of ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' is this every so often.
260%%* Many characters on WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012 fit this trope, though '''especially''' Buttercream Sundae.
261* As a result of people complaining that Bugs's ''Film/SpaceJam'' girlfriend, Lola, wasn't looney enough, ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' made her a complete unmitigated nutcase. In the episode "Father Figure" it is revealed that she gets it from her father.
262* Len from ''WesternAnimation/RubyGloom'' fits this trope very well. He is known for being dumb and missing the point of almost all jokes, analogies, ect. He makes odd mistakes, such as mixing up irony and onomatopoeia. He is also shown to have odd and silly traits, like enjoying peanut butter and egg sandwiches. He's oblivious, often missing the obvious, and doesn't make good decisions.
263* Leni Loud from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is a sweet-natured DumbBlonde whose train of thought goes to some very odd places at times. In "Left in the Dark", she thought she'd gone blind when she just forgot to open her eyes, and when Lynn tries to teach her martial arts in "Lock 'n' Loud", Leni tries ''flirting'' with the training dummy.
264* Charlotte from ''WebAnimation/MakingFiends''. She is oblivious to the horrors created by Vendetta, who she thinks is her best friend, despite the strong hints that Vendetta ''hates'' her. Charlotte also likes lemon drops, puppies, singing about monkeys and cheese. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree because she takes after her grandmother Charlene.
265* Toki Wartooth from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' has his moments -- particularly when he goes into one of his [[DisneyAcidSequence pastel-colored hallucinatory musical number fantasy sequences]] - although to be fair, nobody in Dethklok is ''that'' well grounded in reality.
266* Bessie, the main character in ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'', is an example. She's a [[DitzyGenius brilliant]], but [[AbsentMindedProfessor absent-minded inventor]], and seems to be completely ignorant of the attempts of Portia, the local AlphaBitch, to make fun of or belittle her.
267* Mike Tyson from ''WesternAnimation/MikeTysonMysteries'' where nearly everything Mike says is just plain wrong, misinformed, and/or mispronounced. He's just like that.
268* Milo Murphy of ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw.'' [[UnluckilyLucky Being cursed by misfortune on a cosmic scale]] appears to have acclimated him to [[WeirdnessMagnet the decidedly unusual environment he carries with him]] rather than the one most ordinary people inhabit. (Or it could be innate, considering he's voiced by RealLife trope example Music/WeirdAlYankovic.) At one point, trapped in a crashed subway car with his claustrophobic friend Zack, he attempts to distract him from his fear by tap-dancing, playing the concertina, wearing a beret, and papering the walls with posters of France. [[MundaneSolution None of it works, so he just takes out the key to the subway car.]]
269--> '''Zack:''' ...Okay, next time, key first, tap-dancing later.
270** The same show features Vinnie Dakota, a 70s-esque time-traveler who wears a track suit for no particular reason and is fascinated by lava lamps and foods inside other foods.
271---> '''Cavendish:''' How can you be so out of shape? You're wearing a tracksuit!
272---> '''Dakota:''' Well, ''you're'' wearing a top hat, how can you be so, I don't know, [[LameComeback out of rabbits]].
273* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Lê Chiến Kim tends to exhibit bizarre logic and little common sense. For instance, he puts on his swim trunks while going under the ocean ''in a train'', claims he can outrun a panther, and manages to be totally oblivious to an akuma attack because he's swimming in Adrien's bathtub.
274* As PoesLaw dictates, there is not much of a difference between resident Cloudcuckoolander Cathy Smith from ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub'' and a parody of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. Though there are various reasons to believe Cathy is a [[{{Expy}} deliberate parody]] of Aelita, a character from ''Westernanimation/CodeLyoko'' (who is not a Cloudcuckoolander, per se, but could easily be regarded as one).
275* Texas on ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}''. He's not very intelligent, but that's not his reason for being this trope. He's very hyper and immature (despite being presumably the oldest of the Burners besides Jacob). He often calls Julie by the wrong name. He comes up with these crazy ideas (which probably wouldn't work, hence the other Burners' reluctance to try them out). He is very delusional as well, as evidenced by an episode where he believes he was responsible for all the great ideas caused by Mike Chilton.
276* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' also counts as another prime example of this trope. Well, what would you expect from a three-inch tall gremlin who routinely gets himself into trouble?
277* Crystal Zilla of ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockStar'' is a Pink-haired New Agey sort of [=Cloudcuckoolander=], who is also CloserToEarth on occasion. But she's a mother, and her husband is rock star, so maybe it's a defense mechanism.
278* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
279** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]] is a prime example and the page image for this trope. Whereas all the other ponies walk, [[SillyWalk hopping and skipping in a gait]] called [[InherentlyFunnyWord pronking]] (and [[OffscreenTeleportation teleporting]]) are her primary modes of transportation, and she frequently [[WeirdAside goes off on weird tangents]], [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong breaks out in song]], and DependingOnTheWriter can either [[PaintingTheMedium paint the fourth wall]] or flat-out [[FourthWallObserver break it]]. "[[NoodleIncident ... and then I said]] [[MemeticMutation 'Oatmeal? Are you]] ''[[MemeticMutation craz...]]''' oh."
280--->'''Spike:''' You know, Pinkie; these two ponies have a bit of a grudge match they're trying to settle, trying to prove who's the most athletic.\
281'''Pinkie:''' ''Yes!'' And "grudge" rhymes with "fudge"!\
282'''Spike:''' Yes it... does... What?\
283'''Pinkie:''' And I like fudge. But if I eat too much fudge, I get a pudge and then I can't budge.\
284(''{{beat}}'')\
285'''Spike:''' So... no fudge?\
286'''Pinkie:''' Aw, no thanks. I had a big breakfast.
287*** Oddly enough, [[spoiler:corrupted Pinkie from the first two episodes of the second season. You'd think that being brainwashed into hating anything fun would dampen this, but apparently not. Despite being angry, resentful, and dead serious, Pinkie still hops around, skates on the soap-roads (even as she protests that it's not as fun as it looks), and yells "It's your fault it didn't work!" while looking at (and meaning) nopony in particular]].
288** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]], the villain of those two episodes and the embodiment of Chaos, can actually make Pinkie seem somewhat sane by comparison.
289** If the pageant in "Hearth's Warming Eve" is to be believed (or at least taken literally), Chancellor Puddinghead of the Earth Ponies was completely off-the-wall, possibly even wackier than Pinkie! (On the other hand, Pinkie Pie was the one playing Puddinghead in the pageant, so that could be it, too.)
290--->'''Chancellor Puddinghead:''' I was elected because I know how to think outside the box. Which means... (''sticks head up a nearby chimney'') I can also think ''inside'' the chimney! (''beat'') Can ''you'' think inside a chimney?
291** Pinkie's EmotionlessGirl sister Maud is also a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, in her own way. She's almost as LiteralMinded as Pinkie, she's obsessed with rocks and geology (to the point she writes incredibly dull poetry about rocks and has a [[CompanionCube pet rock]] called Boulder), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking doesn't like candy]].
292* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'':
293** K.O. is a hyper-active and naive young boy ([[{{Expy}} heavily based on]] kid Goku from the original ''Manga/DragonBall'') who is eager to a fault when he sees a new challenge or meets someone new, [[FearlessFool not feeling the slightest bit of fear or suspecting the least bit of danger or adversarial intent]].
294** Crinkly Wrinkly is an elderly were-fox who hangs around Lakewood Plaza Turbo, telling passers-by rambling stories about the old days, or indulging in weird behaviors like talking to his reflection in a window.
295* Gregory from ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' is a total Cloud-Cuckoolander, [[{{Foil}} in stark contrast]] to his uptight and neurotic half-brother Wirt. He's [[ThePollyanna constantly optimistic]], even in the face of ferocious monsters or [[spoiler: being turned into an edelwood tree]]. He also is constantly saying and doing random things, which include stating "[[LittleKnownFacts Rock Facts]]."
296* {{Deconstruction}} with [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. She tends to be very immersed in her own world, but it led to her becoming friendless and getting into trouble often at school. Luz's EstablishingCharacterMoment is playing with an action figure and a ''live snake'' in her principal's office, which she intended to be part of a school book report. The way both the principal and Luz's mother Camila talk about it, this is far from the first time that Luz has done something like this. Camila then thought it would be a good idea to send Luz to Reality Check Summer Camp at the beginning of the story. It gets reconstructed through the series, with her embracing her weirdness and finding her TrueCompanions, but also slowly learning to deal with reality and be less impulsive.
297* Vice Principal Zeigler from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'' is very weird and airheaded. In most episodes he does at least one nonsensical thing every other minute he has of screentime, though acting out parts of animals in the wilderness seems to be a favorite of his. There's even a {{Leitmotif}} that plays over most of his most bizarre antics.
298** In general, ''every'' major adult in that show falls into one of two categories: [[AdultsAreUseless totally useless]], and this trope.
299* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
300** Combine this trope with AffablyEvil, and you have Dr. Doofenshmirtz in a nutshell.
301** The title brothers' father, Lawrence, though fairly grounded, is quite prone to making curious statements and not batting an eyelid at things like the TV talking back to him.
302--> "Say, did you know they found a cure for antidisestablishmentarianism?"
303** Candace definitely has her moments. For instance, there's her tendency to talk into things that aren't a phone, then not be surprised when she hears a "response." The episode "[[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind Monster from the Id]]" shows just how quirky Candace can be.
304** Katie fits this trope in the episode "Bee Story", and at other points in Season 4 as well.
305** The title characters themselves could qualify as high-functioning Cloudcuckoolanders; Phineas is TheWonka while Ferb is InexplicablyAwesome.
306* Pinky of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' is a notorious [=Cloudcuckoolander=], most commonly during the AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering exchanges. One mini-episode that was done entirely from Pinky's perspective (to the point of having his snout in the camera view at all times) revealed the train of thought that led to one such exchange. It didn't come across any less weird for the explanation. Many of the Brain's schemes seem to originate from [=Cloudcuckooland=]. A giant clothes dryer?
307* Julian, the PerkyGoth from ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''. He's eccentric in a mostly harmless and very charming manner.
308* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': Buddy, full stop. Over the course of the show, he’s mowed a shag carpet that he thought was “getting too shaggy” (using a lawnmower he stole from RC, by the way), bought a gigantic seven-seater tandem bicycle because he thought it might be useful in a show ([[ChekhovsGun it was]], but that’s besides the point), decided to randomly carry around a giant bowl of barbeque sauce (which ended up spilling all over Billie) and… [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking accidentally used his drumsticks as chopsticks.]]
309* Pretty much all of the Bortronians from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''. They are all perpetually optimistic, they ''love'' making mistakes, eat odd food, talk in eccentric English, and more. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], because they are aliens.
310* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
311** Mikey Blumberg's poems are enough evidence that his mind isn't operating on the same level as everyone elses..
312** Even Miss Grotke, who's CloserToEarth than the other teachers will have her moments in Cloudcuckooland.
313* Pops from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' fits this trope perfectly. He's from somewhere called Lolliland where lollipops are currency. Not only that, in the eighties he was hit by a speeding golf cart carrying himself from the present (ItsALongStory) which seemed to have done a bit of brain damage. It's also hinted that he may have a [[FridgeHorror brain tumor]].
314* Stimpy of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' is an example of this. When he gets an idea, it's usually very far-fetched but due to the nature of the show sometimes it's plausible; these are evident with his theories on a simple question like, "why do kids go to school?" He responds with the answer that the kids' parents are aliens, "And while you're at school, they shed their human skins and breathe dryer lint!" When Ren hears about some of these ideas, he usually slaps him or tells him he has too big of an imagination.
315%%* Dave the [[SmellySkunk skunk]] from WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel seems to be one of these.
316* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc'', of all people, ''Freddy'' has been cast as this. The most obvious fit is GeniusDitz, but some of his behavior and ways of thinking go straight into Cloudcuckooland.
317** At least the personality transplant took.
318** Actually, Freddy had previously been the Cloudcuckoolander in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', so this is not new to this series.
319** In ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', it's Daphne's turn to fill this role. She basically takes on a new quirk each episode, with varying levels of absurdity.
320* Captain Murphy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' is like an unusually clueless child. He thinks you don't have to pay for things bought by credit card, and never quite gets what people want from him. ("If trenches are what Hollywood Actor Beck Bristow wants, then trenches he shall have!")
321* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
322** [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer Simpson]] frequently tends toward this. Perhaps most notoriously in ''The Simpsons Movie'' where he's imagining a cymbal-banging monkey... and THAT tells him to pay attention to what Marge is saying.
323** At one point he picks up a copy of ''Wired'' magazine, but misreads the title as "Weird", and talks about how much he loves ''Weird'' magazine and "their hilarious send-ups of hit movies." However, after reading the magazine for a bit:
324--->'''Homer:''' Wait, this isn't ''Weird''! ''({{Beat}})'' Why, there's no magazine ''called'' ''Weird'', is there?
325** Ralph Wiggum frequently strays into this trope. In fact during the show's earlier years (Pre-season 9), Ralph was a Cloudcuckoolander rather than flat out empty headed. The humor of the character came more from the awkwardness of his situation rather than pure non-sequitur until the effects of {{Flanderization}} kicked in and exaggerated his more dumber traits tremendously. Though even today, he often drops in on this trope. Some even debate every now and then whether it's right to call Ralph truly stupid, or whether he's just ''that'' detached from the world and is simply loopy.
326** Homer seems to get his tendencies from his dad, whose old-age senility has only exasperated it. See his {{Rambling Old Man Monologue}}s for evidence, as well as the quote below.
327-->'''Abraham 'Grandpa' Simpson''': We had to say "dickety," 'cause the kaiser had stolen our word "twenty.
328* ''WesternAnimation/SlackerCats'': Tabitha and Dooper are both different types. Tabitha is generally insane, demanding to know why a shop doesn't sell real cat ears in her color and Dooper has insane conspiracy theories leading to one point where he shouts: "THE CHINESE EAT CATS FOR REVENGE!"
329* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'': Terry is the only one who doesn't see that humans have a problem with them at first.
330* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': Sticks the Badger, the wild card of Team Sonic. While this feral female creature's handcrafted a variety of weapons that she uses to help her friends fight the bad guys, she's a bit... out there, often rattling off outlandish conspiracy theories or tending not to trust anyone around her, not even the other members of Team Sonic. On more than a few occasions throughout the series, [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight Sticks has been right to act abrasive with the strange inhabitants around her.]] She's well aware of how nutty and kooky she is and freely admits it in "[[Recap/SonicBoomS2E8InTheMidnightHour In the Midnight Hour]]". Living by herself has given her some extremely backwards ideas of how the world works, chief among them being that everything is a massive conspiracy, and "the government" is out to get her. Also, in what may or may not count as a CastingGag, Sticks is voiced by Creator/NikaFutterman, who has had a knack for playing high-pitched characters throughout her career such as Luna Loud from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and Chum Chum from ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum''.
331* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
332** It's hard to figure out exactly what ''is'' [[DysfunctionJunction going on with Mr. Garrison]], but being a Cloudcuckoolander is a major part of it.
333*** Upon being fired from teaching elementary school:
334--->'''Mr. Garrison:''' I suppose you'll be wanting [[TurnInYourBadge my badge and gun.]]\
335(Sets a revolver on the table)\
336'''School Board Member:''' Mr. Garrison, ''most'' teachers [[SuddenlyShouting DO NOT CARRY A GUN!]]\
337'''Mr. Garrison:''' Oh. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint So I can keep it then]]?
338*** Confronting a student who's not paying attention in class[=:=]
339--->'''Mr. Garrison:''' ...Well then, Stanley, what did I say?\
340'''Stan:''' (Guessing) Uhh, you said that even though Charo appeared twelve times on Series/TheLoveBoat, the episode with Captain Antonio got higher ratings.\
341'''Mr. Garrison:''' Well, ok. I suppose you were paying attention.
342*** Teaching a class of one[=:=]
343--->'''Mr. Garrison:''' And so, children, that's how you tell a prostitute from a police officer. Are there any questions?\
344'''Kyle:''' What the hell does that have to do with American history?\
345'''Mr. Garrison:''' Good question, Kyle. Are there any other questions?
346** President Bush. Apparently he thinks Saddam Hussein is Satan's gay boyfriend and that he is somehow building chemical weapons plants in Heaven. Subverted in that [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight he is completely right about everything]].
347*** He's actually portrayed as pretty intelligent in his later appearances: he's the OnlySaneMan in parts of "Cartoon Wars" and almost pulls off a XanatosGambit in "The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce." WordOfGod says that they just didn't see a point in making him an idiot when every other show was already playing that joke to death.
348** '''Mel Gibson'''. "Ow, my nipples! They hurt when I twist them!"
349*** A later episode shifts him into BunnyEarsLawyer territory, admitting that while he ''is'' dangerously insane, "...the son of a bitch knows story structure."
350** Parker and Stone are Cloudcuckoolanders ''themselves''. Seriously, many of the plots to these episodes simply have to be seen to be believed.
351%%** Anyone from Canada. Butters and Cartman seem to be shifting more towards this trope as of recently too.
352%%** Also, Randy Marsh.
353* Space Ghost in his [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast talk show]] incarnation seems to fit this trope more and more throughout its run. The show turns some of its ''guests'' into this, through the writers' interview method of giving the guest a straight interview, then changing most of the questions when it comes time to have Space Ghost ask them. This method often succeeds in making the people he interviews seem a little...off.
354* In ''WesternAnimation/SpacePOP'', Hera generally has... odd ideas when thinking of ways for plans to work.
355** Geela's robots are hilariously wrong about a ton of things, like suspecting [=SpacePOP=] sneaked into Space Port 9 by way of pouring invisible juice on themselves.
356** Rand the roadie is fond of non-sequiters and random humor in general.
357* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree'', Abigail has shades of this, such as when she concludes that teaching Lucky how to ride would turn her to banditry in "Lucky and the Treacherous Trail" or when she guesses that Respero's buried treasure might be kittens in "Lucky and the Mysterious Map."
358* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
359** [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter The title character]].
360-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' I didn't want to say this in front of Patrick, but that hat makes you look like a girl.\
361'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Am I a ''pretty'' girl?
362** [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsPatrickStar Patrick]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZSXnrbs_k The inner machinations of his mind are an enigma]].
363--->'''Patrick:''' People used to tell me, 'Patrick, you'll never amount to anything. You'll always have your head in the clouds.' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint But just look at me now!]] [[note]]He was fried, and then restored by Neptune, but his face appeared on his butt instead of his head. Thus, his head was further away from the clouds[[/note]].
364* ''WesternAnimation/StainesDownDrains'': Stanley and Mary-Jane's mom can be a bit flighty sometimes. But she pales in comparison to Beef, who takes this to a whole new level.
365* Star Butterfly, the title character of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', is "a magical princess from another dimension." She's also flighty, hyperactive, easily-bored, LiteralMinded, has [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace little sense of personal space,]] and [[FishOutOfWater is slow to pick up on Earth customs]].
366* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
367** [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Quartz Universe]] himself is an excitable young boy whose thought processes are a little weird sometimes.
368--->'''Steven:''' I guess I'm just too tough to cry.\
369'''Pearl:''' Just today, you were crying about snakes.\
370'''Steven:''' (''teary-eyed'') They don't have any arms...
371*** The "Pensive Moments with Steven Universe" series of online shorts showcases his odd thought processes.
372** Ronaldo Fryman is a ConspiracyTheorist who thinks the weird events caused around Beach City are the result of "snake people", when they're actually caused by the Crystal Gems. When Steven finally makes him realize the truth in "Keep Beach City Weird", he quickly revises his theories to revolve around a race of "polymorphic sentient rocks."
373* Michelangelo has shades of this in ''all four'' cartoons based off ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
374* Starfire of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' frequently acts this way. It's unclear, however, what part of this is her cultural upbringing as a literal alien from another planet, and what part's her own unique personality. (The mustard-drinking incident seems to lean toward the "unfamiliarity with Earth" explanation, plus is probably a good example of BizarreAlienBiology.) Considering her more savvy sister, it would most likely seem to be a result of her personality, plus it made for [[GagSeries easy laughs]]. On the other hand, on the episode we see her homeworld, they acted more like Starfire than her sister, so the sister may actually be the odd one amongst her people.
375* Paxton of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''. Look at the duck!
376** Thomas himself has moments as one in the later CGI episodes, having impressive if sometimes random bouts of insight, but often causing problems due to his hyperactivity and [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny horrible attention span]].
377%%* Tobey from ''WesternAnimation/ThreeDelivery'' may come off as this sometimes.
378* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'' {{Catfolk}} RebelPrince Lion-O has this reputation [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer among his people]], family included. A returning General [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it, saying he "still [has] his head in the clouds." while Lion-O's older brother has harsher words:
379--> '''Tygra:''' That's your [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight problem]]. You look at [[LizardFolk Lizards]] and see [[FantasticRacism victims]]. You look at [[GrailInTheGarbage junk]] and see [[LostTechnology mythical tech]].
380* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'', with his odd proverbs ("That's trouble with a capital troub!"), odder lapses of knowledge (Spanish is a "crazy moon-language") and odder SpoofAesop a minute, as well as his {{Battlecry}} of '''SPOON!'''
381** He came from an Insane Asylum. Says a lot, doesn't it?
382** And difficulty as it may be, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight]] manages to even out-cuckoo the Tick.
383---> '''TEMBWBAM:''' And so he says to me, you want to be a bad guy? And I say Yeah Baby! I want to be bad! I says surf's up space ponies! I'm making gravy without the lumps! Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaa!!!!!
384* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had Gogo Dodo, a ''literal'' resident of [=Cloudcuckooland=] (here called Wackyland), in which self-control is a high crime. And ''his'' father, the original Dodo, from the Porky Pig short ''Porky in Wackyland''.
385* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
386** Sierra puts the 'loony' in LoonyFan! Witness her idea of a wonderland: "Let me take you to a magical place full of Codies...some are giant. Some are small enough to fit in your pocket, and others are chocolate-covered marshmallows!" Which begs the question of just WHY she would consider that last bit so nice, and whether or not she's a vore enthusiast. [[BambooTechnology Her "laptop computer" is a pizza box with a live rat for a "mouse."]]
387** Izzy's defining character trait, as can be seen from her label, "The Psycho Hose Beast".
388--> '''Leshawna:''' Is it just me, or is that Izzy girl some kind of crazy?
389** Owen. His thought process is very unusual, often performing spontaneous, bizarre antics like getting naked and dancing.
390* Blitzwing in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' always seems to know what's going on but in his Random persona he seems to just not care, occasionally bursting into song, dancing, or going off on tangents about servo salad because for some reason he feels it's situationally relevant. The rest of him usually compensates, though, and in total he's a functioning person.
391** "[[VerbalTic I am]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Wreck-Gar!]] I '''''[[ShoutOut dare]]''''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments to be stupid!]]"
392** Inferno from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Thanks to some unexplained damage, he came out his stasis pod not entirely there in the mental department. He firmly believes that he is an ant and that Megatron is his queen.
393* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' exaggerates this, where he is always making completely insane adventures for children.
394* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''
395** The entire show is comprised of these, as it appears everyone is dressing up as an antagonist/protagonist in order to cover for deep psychological trauma and/or lab accidents.
396** Hank is not only TooDumbToLive, but he tends to lose his grip on reality easily, especially when facing [[JumpedAtTheCall the prospect of adventure]]. Contrast with his more down-to-Earth brother Dean, who's also rather dim but isn't nearly as crazy. Hank even acknowledges his departures from sanity when they are pointed out by others.
397--->'''Brock:''' Honestly, Hank, where do you pick that stuff up? I never see you read.\
398'''Dean:''' It's weird, right?\
399'''Brock:''' It's like he channels dead crazy people.\
400'''Hank:''' ''[concerned]'' You think it's a cry for help?
401** Dean does have one moment (in the episode "Showdown At Cremation Creek") where he goes way off in a sort of ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''/''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' reverie.
402** Now that the show is allowing them to grow up, these tendencies are becoming [[CharacterizationMarchesOn less pronounced]].
403** The Monarch, especially in the first season, the Orange County Liberation Front, the Ünterland resistance and generally about a quarter of the cast of the show.
404** The show's ultimate example is Doctor Venture himself, especially when he's drugged up:
405-->'''Brisby:''' The drugs must be interacting with something in his system. The man's a pill-popper, you know.
406-->'''Doctor Venture:''' Which one of you strapping young men is gonna catch my fall? (crashes on floor)
407** General Timothy Treister of the OSI. Even in the bizarre reality of this show, one wonders who put this lunatic in charge.
408* Almost everyone from Disney's ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' cartoons, but Tigger tops them all.
409* Violet from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' seems to have a mild case of this. She's described by creators as one who is too lost in thought to notice on-coming traffic. She nearly gets stomped on by a giant robot because of stage-fright, and is very disoriented after giving a loud, incoherent speech on stage. However, true to the trope, often she senses problems and finds solutions faster than the title character due to her disposition.
410* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'': Even by the standards of an Creator/AdultSwim character, Xavier really takes this trope to lethal new levels.
411-->'''Xavier:''' Yin. Yang. This world is stitched from a ballet of opposing forces. What's the opposite of day? Night! What's the opposite of black? White! What's the opposite of salt? Pepper! No, they're just two spices trying to get by. Slam! You got me! You're so smart! So--!
412* Marina the mermaid from ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'' is never aware of Zig the hyena’s attempts to eat her, even when he puts her in a giant submarine sandwich, or even when she’s ''been in his mouth'' several times.

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