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11	[[caption-width-right:300: [[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} Shut up. It's an endearing character trait]].]]
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13	->'''Michael:''' What's so fucking funny?\
14	'''Harold:''' Life. Life's a goddamn laugh riot.
15	-->-- ''Film/TheBoysInTheBand''
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17	A character for whom every thing is funny, and everything is worth a laugh. They see the funny side of everything, and you can expect this character to laugh regardless of whether he just got hit with a pie or missiles are raining down from above. They'll laugh through sun, rain, sleet and snow, and they usually do it so much that it becomes a sort of SignatureLaugh for them.
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19	For villains, this often overlaps with an EvilLaugh, and, in fact, this trope is more associated with [[LaughingMad madness]] rather than heroes or neutral characters, and this often crosses with ComedicSociopathy. A GigglingVillain has laughter as a defining characteristic.
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21	A good BoisterousBruiser does a lot of laughing, just because they [[Creator/BrianBlessed LIVE LARGE]]!
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23	Do not confuse with [[{{Gonk}} Lena]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer Hyena]]. Compare ThePollyanna, who is always happy, and PerpetualSmiler, who is always smiling. The opposites are ProneToTears, who is easily brought to tears, PerpetualFrowner and TheStoic, who never laugh and smile at anything.
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25	Incidentally, the inspiration for this trope name, spotted hyenas (''Crocuta crocuta''), aren't really laughing when they make their infamous vocalizations. It appears to be a form of communication used mostly when fighting for food or in social conflict. For actual hyenas portrayed in a negative light, see HeinousHyena. Also, the Hyena is often the [[OnlyOneFindsItFun sole exception]] to a ToughRoom.
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28	!!Examples:
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32	[[folder:Advertising]]
33	* Advertising/{{Orangina}} of course has a rather creepy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlGnYU9swjw hyena commercial]].
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36	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
37	* Elmer from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' is always laughing or at least smiling, and spends his long life trying to make everyone else smile. He does this even when this would be completely inappropriate, such as just after the person has gone through a traumatic event, making it seem like there's something seriously wrong with him.
38	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Pure Boo (or Kid Buu in the US) very rarely says a word, and most of the sounds he utters are either insane screeches or maniacal laughter.
39	* Sakamoto from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. He wasn't always like that though.
40	* Waji in ''Anime/HareGuu'', has a rather creepy hyena like laugh. Apparently he believes laughing makes your worries go away. He was even compared to a hyena once. Interestingly there are a few hints he has a troubled home life, like being found in the middle of the night in the jungle, crying to himself.
41	* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Tsuruya tends to burst into loud laughter at everything she finds even slightly humorous. Her first appearance in the show has her utterly fail to stay in character while making Haruhi's [[ShowWithinAShow student film]] because she's laughing too hard. She spends the rest of the scene laughing hysterically while Kyon does snarky narration.
42	* Clair Leonelli from ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'', and his [[LaughingMad maniacal laughter]]... which even [[Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi sounds]] [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch like]] a hyena!
43	* [[PsychoForHire Jan Valentine]] from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''. Seriously, he sounds ''[[AxCrazy utterly deranged]]'' in the dub.
44	* Mikihisa Komaki of ''Literature/LibraryWar'' is almost always at least smiling or chuckling. When something's actually funny he has to really hold back to not completely crack up.
45	* Kate Popple from ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' is a BrattyHalfPint, and whenever you see her make her default PlayfulCatSmile (:}), you know she's up to no good. Being TheGadfly, she's this trope by default, but especially in the first episode - [[RichBitch Mr. Pettywell]], the ArchEnemy of the Popple family (due to using his wealth to buy favours against them, knowing they're poor), orders his workers to construct a house, only for the foundation to fall all over him. Upon hearing Lucy-May and Kate laugh hysterically, Mr. Pettywell stares at them furiously, balls his fists and turns a deep shade of red as he steps towards them...only to bark at his construction workers to fix the damage or he'll take away their supper and payment. This just makes Lucy-May and Kate laugh even more.
46	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
47	** Hamburg, the DumbMuscle of the Foxy Pirates, laughs at literally everything that happens around him. While, admittedly, some of these things are actually funny (like how a giant crewmate of his can never hear what anyone else says because he's so tall), he does it at ''every'' turn.
48	** Miss Valentine, who appears for a whole story arc as a main villain, but only has three or four lines that aren't laughter.
49	** While not prone to laughter as per the trope, Bellamy has "the Hyena" as his RedBaron.
50	** Not to mention Bellamy's boss, Donquixote Doflamingo. Dude never stops laughing smugly.
51	** Tom, Franky and Iceberg's adoptive father, was prone to laughing at everything. This occasionally got on their nerves when he did so in serious situations.
52	* The OneSceneWonder that was Ash's (temporary) Haunter in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries''. It thinks ''everything'' is funny.
53	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': If it's not her familiars, [[TheDreaded Walpurgisnacht's]] presence is almost always hailed by her delirious laughter. [[spoiler:Even while Madoka is quite literally blasting her from existence.]]
54	* The narrator in ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'': "Present day, present time. [=HAHAHAHAhahahaha=]!!!
55	* Kururu from ''Manga/SgtFrog'' utters his famous "ku ku ku" laugh, even when everything is going to hell around him. It seems like his standard reaction to everything.
56	* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': Margery Daw's Lord, Marchosias. Can overlap a lot with EvilLaugh as they are a pair of {{Blood Knight}}s.
57	* Kusukusu from ''Manga/ShugoChara''. Her name even means "Tee-hee"
58	* Patti from ''Manga/SoulEater''. ''The Sun'' is also usually depicted as laughing.
59	* Cyclonus from ''Anime/TransformersArmada''.
60	* ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}'': Yukari laughs at almost anything Yuzuko does, regardless how random it is.
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63	[[folder:Comic Books]]
64	* One story in an American-made comic set in feudal Japan featured a samurai, the principal courier for "the Great Lord", whose ability to see the humor in just about '''anything''' had caused him to be known as Harada the Jokester. Given a message to carry that would've forced the death of the two main characters, to whom he'd taken a liking, he picked a fight with a band of assassins, so they'd kill him before he could pass on the message. As the assassins closed in on him, he was laughing loudly.
65	* During the [[ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse Amalgam Comics]] crossover event for Marvel and DC, the Darkclaw, a hybrid of Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, fought the Hyena, a cross between ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} and ComicBook/TheJoker that was basically a shirtless Joker on 'roids and a healing factor.
66	* Neal in ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' is a hyena who laughs at Blacksad's jokes. However, when he's stuck in a car with a guy who tells racist jokes, his sense of humor takes a leave of absence.
67	-->'''Neal:''' Ok, this guy was an asshole but still punching someone while he is driving is dangerous.\
68	'''Blacksad:''' At least with his black eye he is even more colored now, no offense to him.\
69	'''Neal:''' Hin hin hin hin!
70	* ComicBook/TheJoker, a quintessential MonsterClown, laughs at everything, especially death, destruction, and despair. Life is a joke to him, and all ironies are equally funny in his mind. He even known to laugh maniacally when he's the one on the receiving end. His mirth is so much that, [[SarcasmFailure when he stops laughing]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness it's a surefire sign that]] [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt things are as bad as they can get]]. One of the few things he doesn't find funny is someone [[DontExplainTheJoke explaining the joke]]. In fact this is one of his {{Berserk Button}}s.
71	** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', [[spoiler:Batman threw him off a building and he laughed hysterically on the way down]].
72	*** He also does this in the comics, in the arc "Lovers and Madmen", only [[spoiler:rather than being thrown, he delibrately steps off]], just to see if Batman will save him, despite having just gone on his very first rampage through Gotham City. This being, at the time, the official first encounter between the Joker and Batman, he survives, obviously. Not sure whether this example, or the Dark Knight, came first.
73	*** He also does it in the video game, ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins.'' Apparently, he seems to think falling out of buildings is hysterical.
74	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Princess Hyeenia of Skizofrenia seems to laugh at everything, to the point that even her own father, who is otherwise very supportive of her, will yell at her to stop laughing or get out.
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77	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
78	* This was the trademark of "Laffy" Smith, one of the villains in the ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' strip.
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81	[[folder:Fan Works]]
82	* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': Outright {{lampshaded}} by the LemonyNarrator:
83	-->''Have we ever discussed Socrates' laughter? He starts out laughing at whatever it was that amused him. Then he keeps laughing. It goes on and on, until finally he's just laughing at the fact that he's still laughing. The laughter stops whenever he passes out, or finally decides to calm down and try to catch his breath.''
84	* Quill in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' chuckles quite a lot, a trait which really begins to annoy George after a while.
85	* In Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', zoologist [[AmoralAfrikaner Johanna Smith-Rhodes]] feels obliged to explain a few fine points to an Ankh-Morporkian audience concerning life on the [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondalandian]] veldt.[[note]]Giving a great big TakeThat to ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' in the process[[/note]] She patiently points out that animals do not think like us and any romantic notion of a Lion King reigning over his loyal and obedient subjects is utter anthropomorphic nonsense. From the point of view of a wildebeest, for instance, it might be hard to express fealty to a liege-lord who has just slain and devoured your young. And it's not as if there's a huddle of rebellious hyenas getting together on the edge of the veldt and plotting to overthrow the monarchy so as to usher in a glorious revolutionary Hyena Republic. ''Animals do not think that way.''
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88	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
89	* The Headless Horseman in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' does nothing ''but'' spew evil booming laughter while chasing Ichabod Crane.
90	* The Ghost of Christmas Present in ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009''. His constant laughter quickly moves from jolly to unsettling and becomes downright scary as he continues to guffaw as [[spoiler:his body ages into a skeleton and then crumbles to dust]].
91	* The crows in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' laugh a ''lot'' at Timothy Mouse, especially when he brings up the concept of an elephant flying.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has Jack-Jack, who is a cheerful child by default. He tends to giggle whenever he unleashes a new power or in response to the panic he tends to cause in others.
93	* A literal hyena starts laughing hysterically in ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' after seeing Lady nearly getting her head bitten off from trying to get an alligator to help her remove her muzzle. Tramp then says "Huh, if anybody ever needed a muzzle, it's him".
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' not only features literal hyenas, but they also fit the [[TropeCodifier trope]] [[AnimalStereotypes stereotype]] perfectly. But out of all, Ed (pictured above) really takes the cake, as his entire dialogue consists of obnoxious laughter, which [[IntelligibleUnintelligible only Shenzi and Banzai are able to understand]]. He’s quite possibly the most literal example of this trope ever. Goes straight into horror when [[spoiler:the other hyenas ask him about his opinion of Scar calling them "friends" shortly after denouncing them to Simba, and his only reaction is a EvilLaugh and licking his lips just before they all maul and devour Scar]].
95	* ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'' has Sir Leonard Looney and the other citizens of Looney Land, who seem to find ''everything'' uproariously funny. It's implied King Koo Koo's constantly-laughing courtiers were former victims of the king's tendency to constantly prank others and laugh at their misfortune, which seems rather karmic given [[SurroundedByIdiots how much their constant laughter annoys him]].
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98	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
99	* ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' plays Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart as an immature frat boy with a near-constant AnnoyingLaugh. This makes his [[BunnyEarsLawyer absolute undeniable genius]] all the more infuriating to those around him.
100	* The title character -- a FunPersonified [[TheAlcoholic heavily-drinking]] IdleRich millionaire -- in 1981's ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' is heard cackling before he's even seen in the opening sequence. He laughs to punctuate his jokes, he laughs when he falls out of his car at the Plaza Hotel, he laughs ''in his sleep''...
101	* In ''Film/BankShot'', El has a disturbing habit of bursting into laughter, even when nothing funny has occurred. It takes Ballentine by surprise more than once.
102	* The Detective from the Coen Brothers film ''Film/BloodSimple''
103	** As recounted in the behind-the-scenes features for ''{{Film/Fargo}}'', the Creator/CoenBrothers themselves have what Joel's wife Creator/FrancesMcDormand refers to as a "collective laugh" and that once you get one of them started the other is almost guaranteed to join in. She also expresses some dismay that their son seems to have picked it up.
104	** Then there's [[Film/TheBigLebowski Knox Harrington (the video artist)]].
105	* Fidget in ''Film/CecilBDemented'' laughs (and [[MeaningfulName fidgets]]) a lot, to the point of almost seeming like he's doing an impression of Creator/DwightFrye.
106	* As in his comic book version, the Joker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is this, possibly as a result of an unhealthy mix of AxCrazy and TooKinkyToTorture.
107	* In the kung fu movie ''Film/TheFearlessHyena'', Creator/JackieChan develops a fighting style all about [[ObfuscatingInsanity confusing his enemies]] through hysterical, uncomfortable laughter.
108	* Hans's father, who howls with laughter all the way to the guillotine, in ''Film/FrankensteinCreatedWoman''.
109	* Jocko in ''Film/FrankensteinIsland'' guffaws loudly after everything he says, regardless of whether it was funny or not, and often bursts out laughing for no reason at all. Probably a result of SanitySlippage.
110	* In ''Film/{{Freaked}}'', the ManBehindTheMan's dialogue over the telephone is nothing but {{Evil Laugh}}ter, which villain Elijah C. Skuggs can somehow understand just fine:
111	-->'''Skuggs:''' "I--I'm sorry, can you spell that for me?"
112	-->'''Codename: Laughing Man:''' "Ha. Hoo. Hee. Heh. Hah."
113	-->'''Skuggs:''' "Okay, got it."
114	* ''Film/TheGreatRace'': Prince Hoepnick (Jack Lemmon) is a cheerful fellow, loving the life he's living, constantly drunk, and punctuates nearly every sentence he says with a loud braying laugh. [=HaHAAAHhahaaa=]!
115	* The Daffy mogwai/gremlin from ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''.
116	* Uncle Albert in Disney's ''Film/MaryPoppins''. He even sings a song about it!
117	* Dicko, one of the psycho pet food hunters in ''Film/{{Razorback}}'', has an incredibly annoying laugh and will burst into laughter for seemingly no reason at all.
118	* Johnny laughs at all kinds of unfunny things in ''Film/TheRoom2003''. One particular example is a scene where Mark tells a story about a girl who ''ended up in the hospital'' because one of her multiple boyfriends found out about her affairs. It's ''fucking weird''. What he says is "What a story", implying the story might sound far-fetched to him.
119	* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': Salacious Crumb, Jabba's imp-like minion/pet, always giggles when his master does something sadistic.
120	* ''Film/ThreeNinjas:'' Ishikawa, TheDragon in ''Kick Back,'' is prone to mean-spirited, braying laughs.
121	* The weasels in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. [[spoiler:Results in their demise]]. [[LampshadeHanging Judge Doom mentions that the weasels had some "idiot hyena cousins"]].
122	-->'''Judge Doom:''' One of these days, [[{{Foreshadowing}} you idiots are going to laugh yourselves to death]]!
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125	[[folder:Game Shows]]
126	* On ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'', comedian Nish Kumar cackles like ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]]'' almost non-stop. His idea for something "that makes the most excellent noise" is a CD of him laughing on loop, which he finds "funny and interesting", and Greg was genuinely stunned at the idea of The Coconut Businessman being the task Nish laughed harder at than anything else.
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129	[[folder:Literature]]
130	* Marco from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''.
131	* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': Book 15 (''The Cat Who Went Into the Closet'') Celia Robinson, who has a loud, musical laugh and will crack up even at Qwilleran's mildest quips. In book 17 (''The Cat Who Blew the Whistle''), Qwilleran introduces to her the idea of "fine-tuning" her laugh.
132	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
133	** Carcer from the novel ''Literature/{{Night Watch\|Discworld}}'' is the PsychoForHire version of this.
134	** The kind of people who traditionally hired Igors.
135	--->''In fact they would probably laugh at you if you said "sausages". They laugh at lots of things.''
136	* Though more just a part of her general weirdness, Luna Lovegood from ''Literature/{{HarryPotter}}'' breaks into a huge shrieking fit of laughter from a small joke Ron made on their first meeting. Understandably, he thinks she is making fun of him.
137	* ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' has Tee Hee Johnson, who is noted for his tendency to chuckle and giggle to himself for little or no good reason.
138	* The ''Literature/OldMansWar'' novel ''The Ghost Brigades'' gives us Sarah Pauling. While most of her fellow recruits [[NoSenseOfHumor have a huge problem with trying to grasp humor]], she finds pretty much every joke hysterically funny. Eventually they figure out that she doesn't actually get the jokes, but she finds the fact that [[TheComicallySerious nobody else does either]] to be immensely funny.
139	* Sejanus, attendant to the eponymous ''Literature/TheQueensThief'' novel ''King of Attolia'', hates the man he works for and takes every opportunity to make him look like an idiot. He always laughs at the outcome, whether the joke lands on him or the king.
140	* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': Mr. Sprinkles laughs a lot for no apparent reason.
141	* ''Literature/{{Slapshots}}'': Cal Tonelli will go into hysterics over any joke, even if it’s lame and/or is making fun of Cal and his friends.
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144	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
145	* There's one infamous video from the early days of ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' of a man just busting a gut the entire clip and ''no one knows what he was laughing at!''
146	* The team of Anne-Marie and Tracy from ''Series/TheAmazingRace Australia'' are having such a good time on the race that they just do not stop laughing.
147	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
148	** Warren Mears does this from time to time. He even laughs right before he shoots Buffy.
149	** Also, the kids possessed by the demon Hyenas in The Pack.
150	* An episode of ''Series/FatherTed'' has a character who laughs so constantly he can never finish a sentence. We meet him recounting an anecdote to a travelling companion about himself and Ted (which turns out to simply be an unremarkable case of someone losing his slippers). Ted asks the companion how long their car journey was together, and the poor man tells him it was four hours with a look of shellshock on his face.
151	* There is a recurring Michael [=McDonald=] character from ''Series/MadTV1995'' who laughs at everything especially if he thinks he's going to die.
152	* Ashton in the North American ''[[Series/NorthAndSouthUS North and South]]'' series. Humiliated her rival? Laughs. Held at swordpoint by her own sister? Laughs. Surrounded by the smoldering remains of her burning lair, with her demented lover (supposedly) burning to death underneath? [[LaughingMad Laughs]].
153	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': Rita Repulsa. She lets loose an EvilLaugh in almost all her lines.
154	* Johnathan Pearce from ''Robot Wars'' has a tendency to break off into Hyena Cackles whenever he can, usually at the sight of destruction. Take from that what you will...
155	* From 1968, a segment of ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' presented Ruth Buzzi (as "Miss Snooky Lanson") performing "Holiday For Strings" laughing in tempo with the music.
156	* The titular [=RuPaul=] of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'', to the point that it's one of the show's eyecatches, and according to the contestants judge Michelle Visage's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL9KmqigZxA infamous cackle]] can be heard from anywhere backstage.
157	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Data remarks that the Holodeck audience for his comedy routine setting is ''literally'' programmed to laugh at anything.
158	* The '90s ''Series/TheUntouchables'' series had some petty criminal who was laughing nervously, even as Capone's men beat him up. But that was [[LaughingMad more hysteria than humor]].
159	%% * Dutch celebrities Gerard Joling and Gordon, especially as portrayed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-BmsADmYM0 here.]]
160	* British-Jamaican television chef Rustie Lee has a very loud, very distinctive laugh, and she can't seem stop herself doing it all the time.
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163	[[folder:Music]]
164	* The titular character from the 1920s song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM "The Laughing Policeman"]] by Charles Penrose, a '[[BigFun fat old policeman]]' who is '[[ThePollyanna never known to frown]]' and is the 'happiest man in town'. He is described as constantly laughing at everyone and everything, even on the beat and while arresting someone.
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167	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
168	* [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Willow The Wisp]] even laughs at his own pain, even when it hurts to laugh.
169	* Jeckles The Jester is always laughing, by virtue of being a CourtJester. He can't even complete basic sentences sometimes because he can't stop himself from laughing.
170	* The booker of Magnificent Championship Wrestling, who has booked you to fail, Nicky Martin, Ra Hah Hah!
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173	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
174	* [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4kd5y_fogiel-et-zaza_fun#.US1jd2fRb-8 Marc-Olivier Fogiel]] in the French satirical show ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo''. Everything he says is pure {{jerkass}}ery, and he frequently bursts on laughter after having humiliated someone. Bonus point for having an ''actual hyena'' as a pet.
175	* On ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Rowlf, Miss Piggy, and Janice would turn into this during the Veterinarian's Hospital sketches, laughing hysterically at a HurricaneOfPuns.
176	* Creator/TimCurry's portrayal of Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' is a creepy hyena. At first, his laughs seem to just be the jovial nature of a simple ship's cook. As his true colors start to shine through, it starts to feel more and more menacing each time he starts.
177	* Harvey Kneeslapper from ''Series/SesameStreet''. The character was eventually dropped because the laugh was destroying Frank Oz's voice. Averted on at least one occasion, when one of his practical jokes backfired on him; his would-be victim ended up laughing at ''him'', and he naturally failed to see the humor.
178	* The Series/{{Teletubbies}}. They just can't seem to stop laughing, from accidents or otherwise. Justified, since they're meant to be toddlers. The baby sun also laughs practically every time she's onscreen.
179	* With respect to the Teletubbies, Tilly, Tom, and Tiny from ''Series/TotsTV'' and ''Series/RosieAndJim'' also made by the same company also seem to laugh a lot.
180	* The ''Series/SpittingImage'' special ''Down and Out in the White House'' portrays Creator/EdMcMahon of ''Series/TheTonightShow'' this way. When Creator/JohnnyCarson mentions that Creator/SylvesterStallone is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, [=McMahon=] bursts into his [[SignatureLaugh familiar]] "Ohohoho!" laugh.
181	-->'''Carson:''' No, I'm serious. That wasn't a joke.\
182	'''[=McMahon=]:''' Oh, there's a joke ''too?'' Ohohoho! Medic! ''(is carried off on a stretcher)''
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185	[[folder:Radio]]
186	* Radio/BobAndRay had a recurring character known as "Charles the Poet", who would start out by reading a piece of awful poetry with dead seriousness, but within a few lines would completely lose his composure and break out into helpless laughter. This would get him yanked from the air well before he could get through to the end of the poem.
187	* ''Radio/CarTalk'' hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi are well known and frequently self-deprecating of their laughter, and listeners have written in to describe things like their laugh being used to draw flocks of sheep.
188	* ''Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow'': Ricky Gervais, usually whenever [[{{CloudcuckooLander}} Karl Pilkington]] says something ridiculous.
189	* As [[http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/big-book/how-amazon-went-book-seller-retail-giant recounted]] on Creator/{{NPR}}'s Marketplace, the laugh of Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos precedes him down the hall of the corporate headquarters and is well known to everyone who works there. It's also apparently considered a ''punishment'' to some employees.
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192	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
193	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The ''Orcs of Thar'' describe "Canis Erectus Hilaris", a Gnoll subspecies known to almost always giggle before attacking.
194	* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' gives us Adorjan, the Silent Wind, a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Yozi]] who, when she speaks, only does so through laughter. This is partially because of a [[FunctionalMagic Charm]] she has (and her chosen can learn) which allows telepathic communication while forbidding the bearer from vocalizing anything other than laughter, and partially for [[LaughingMad other]] [[AxCrazy reasons]].
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197	[[folder:Theater]]
198	* In Shakespeare's ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', some interpretations Puck can certainly be described as such. Particularly in the 1930 version, where he was portrayed by a teenage Mickey Rooney.
199	* In ''Theater/{{Oklahoma}}'', Gertie Cummings' defining characteristic is her annoying giggle.
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201
202	[[folder:Video Games]]
203	* This is the reason one undead minion in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' was given the name of Chuckles.
204	%%* Hazama of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is a complete axe-fucking-crazy version of this.
205	* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'', Baileys is a minor example; his sprites frequently do a "laughing animation" during conversations, such as during his September 28th conversation with Freya. Lucas in Episode 2 also laughs often with the other patrons.
206	* The Jester in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' laughs quite often, especially when he lands a critical hit. Goes right into LaughingMad territory when he is under [[DespairEventHorizon some]] [[SanitySlippage afflictions]].
207	-->'''Narrator:''' He will be laughing still, at the end.
208	* Trusty PatchesPatches the Hyena from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' laughs after every line of dialogue. [[spoiler: It's probably because he finds the idea of kicking you down a pit to kill you and take your stuff really funny.]]
209	* Xan from ''VideoGame/DragonFable''. Half his lines are manic laughs.
210	%%* Kefka from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is an evil example.
211	* Henry from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. His Sorcerer class victory animations are of him laughing while the enemy dies, and one of his CriticalHit quotes is nothing but gleeful laughter.
212	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has an involuntary version with Ludmila; due to eating a strange mushroom, she suffers from uncontrollable laughter.
213	* Father Grigori from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', who's on your side but nevertheless clearly has a screw loose. [[CharacterExaggeration Escalated further]] in ''Concerned'', where he laughs about once per speech bubble.
214	* The Collector in ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' cackles through his entire boss fight, with particularly loud laughter when you defeat him.
215	%%* ''VideoGame/Killer7'': The Heaven Smile play this for pure fright. Their creator, BigBad Kun Lan, is certainly no slouch in this department either.
216	* The Jockey from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' does literally nothing else but laugh. Out of all the Special Infected, the Jockey will probably become the one you want to kill the most, just to shut it the hell up.
217	* In the town of Wimbich in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda's Adventure]]'', there's a guy in a shop who seems to think that everything up to and including "lighting a shrine" is a laugh riot (6:15 through 7:30 of this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvmbp8bX0qM Let's Play video]]).
218	* Laughing Octopus of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is an AxCrazy example. Both of these traits are reactions to [[BreakTheCutie mind-raping trauma]].
219	* ''VideoGame/Persona4'''s Yukiko Amagi regularly has laughing fits that can last for several minutes. The one exception: even ''she'' doesn't laugh at Teddie's jokes. (The funny-nose glasses, though, leave her helpless). Chie actually calls her a "Crazy Hyena" at one point. "Yukiko's Laughing Fits" is actually a ''card'' in ''TabletopGame/WeissSchwarz''.
220	* Ringo Ando from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' isn't usually this trope, but her alternate voice in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoChronicle'' has her in a constant giggling fit with each of her sound clips.
221	* Another AxCrazy example is Aran Ryan from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' Wii, who laughs [[TooKinkyToTorture even as you beat the crap out of him]]. The only thing he ''won't'' laugh at is a Star Punch -- those actually hurt him.
222	%%* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', this is one of Agria's multiple indicators that she's [[AxCrazy anything but sane]].
223	* Reika Kirishima from ''VideoGame/TimeGal''. No matter how dangerous the situation, she always finds something to laugh at. However, she does stop laughing when things get too dangerous. This only holds true for the Japanese version, however, as she's a lot less giggly in the US version.
224	* Warp from ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}'' never stops laughing, even after one of his pranks backfires and blows his head off he still laughs.
225	* ''VideoGame/XMen1993'': Mojo, the boss of the fifth stage, laughs constantly throughout his boss fight, especially when he gets hit anywhere but his [[AttackItsWeakPoint Weak Point]].
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228	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
229	* Various characters in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. [[LaughingMad This is]] [[AxCrazy seldom a good thing]].
230	* Misha of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo''. Her signature "WAHAHA~!" is instantly recognizable by just about every player of the game.
231	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
232	** Laurence "Moe" Curls in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''. Bad for his career, as he's a clown, and nobody else finds his jokes funny.
233	** In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'', Calisto Yew cracks up often, usually at the way Edgeworth [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness talks.]] [[spoiler:This lets you know Shih-na's true identity during her VillainousBreakdown in the final case, as she takes LaughingMad and crosses it with SlasherSmile.]]
234	** When he reveals himself as the BigBad of the second ''Investigations'' game, [[spoiler:Simon Keyes]] also enjoys a good laugh at Edgeworth's expense. Appropriately enough, [[spoiler:he's dressed as a clown]].
235	* [=Chiester410=] in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' laughs in every scene. Even when things are going badly and her sisters are panicking, she isn't so surprised that she can't chuckle about it.
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237
238	[[folder:Web Animation]]
239	* Nutty from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' due to his hyperactivity, he even laughs when he gets beat up or dying.
240	* Volume 4 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' introduced Tyrian Callows, one of the [[BigBad Big Bad's]] EliteFour. [[AxCrazy A violent psychopath]], Tyrian frequently flips between [[GigglingVillain giggling]] and [[LaughingMad hysterical]] [[EvilLaugh laughter]] whenever the thought or opportunity for violence presents itself to him.
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242
243	[[folder:Webcomics]]
244	* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' has Rachel.
245	* The Hyenas in ''Webcomic/FoxyFlavoredCookie'' laugh a lot.
246	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
247	** [[BlindSeer Terezi Pyrope]], befitting the only troll who's actually any good at trolling. She loves annoying everyone just a ''little'' too much. Her sprite is also always drawn with an open mouth, showing off the fact that [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily trolls have many more teeth than humans]]. Similarly, her lusus proves to be a much more lighthearted one when it's reincarnated as the Dragonsprite.
248	** Calsprite is an exaggerated version; his dialogue is literally an unending stream of annoying laughter, leading Dave to beg him to "please, just once, shut the hell up".
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250
251	[[folder:Web Original]]
252	* Cheese, of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. What would you expect from the child of supervillains, who has decided that a really good codename is ''Cheese''? In the story "Bad Seeds", he really lets loose.
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254
255	[[folder:Web Videos]]
256	* One of the defining traits of ''WebVideo/ComedyShortsGamer''. According to some of his fans, his laugh can cure depression.
257	* ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}'' laughs at everything whenever he's playing with his friends (who aren't hunting him). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAS8I5KoVDc See their X-ray challenge video for a good example.]]
258	* Thanks to ''Fails of the Weak'', Geoff Ramsey of Creator/RoosterTeeth and Creator/AchievementHunter became known for this. And in the gang's Let's Plays videos, you can always count on everyone to break out into hysterical laughter at least once.
259	* Bruce Greene of Creator/{{Funhaus}} laughs so hard, that most of it is just hysterical wheezing. Like Geoff, he occasionally has laughed so hard he'll fart.
260	* ''WebVideo/TheFunniestMinecraftVideosEver'': Tommy has a tendency to laugh loudly at pretty much ''every'' joke made in each of the videos. This becomes detrimental to him in "Morph Mod (but if you laugh you lose)", where he can be seen visibly struggling not to laugh at the various jokes Wilbur, Slimecicle, and Ranboo are throwing at him.
261	* There isn't much that the ''LetsPlay/HoboBros'' ''don't'' find funny. They keep laughing throughout most of their videos, when they're not struggling with a hard game (and even sometimes when they ''are''.) In one particular Hobo Theater video, Kevin kept laughing harder and harder until he started crying, and unashamedly admitted it.
262	* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'':
263	** Many of the talents are pretty free with their laughter, but of note is Ookami Mio who is pretty famous for her wheezing fits and the extreme ease of getting her there.
264	** Usada Pekora is very easy to get into laughing fits, some of which have lasted for minutes in the most severe cases.
265	* In most videos on the ''WebVideo/HydraulicPressChannel'', cackling is often the only thing Anni, the wife of the channel's host, says during the whole video. She's often laughing at her husband's ridiculously deadpan commentary, his English pronunciation, or the results of the presses.
266	* LetsPlay/{{Jayuzumi}} is a variation. ''He'' rarely laughs personally, since he uses a soundboard, but many people that get the joke will laugh their heads off.
267	* When he's not furious, Creator/MichaelJones has a distinctive cackle that can be described as the personification of "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA", and Jack Pattillo has laughed so hard that he'll be reduced to hysterical wheezing or tears.
268	* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'': Ellen is an infamous laughter, and her co-host Luke is a master of deadpan comedy. Any appearance will usually end with Ellen in stitches.
269	* Ethan "WebVideo/{{Behzinga}}" Payne of the WebVideo/{{Sidemen}} laughs so hard and so much that this trope is his defining trait; his logo for several years was even a stylized "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji (😂). Fellow Sideman Creator/{{KSI}} is not far behind him.
270	* ''WebVideo/UNHhhh'': Creator/TrixieMattel frequently makes her co-host Creator/{{Katya}} break into wheezy, death-rattle, smoker laughter. There is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZZ51qSHYcE a compilation.]]
271	* Both Vinny and Joel of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} are known for their extremely contagious laughter; Vinny's laughs range from extremely loud snorting to explosive belly laughs, while Joel's laughter has been regularly described by viewers as "being able to cure cancer".
272	* The LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} has many examples:
273	** While LetsPlay/{{Rythian}} is normally deadpan, there are two moments that really stand out. The first is during the Terminator minigame video -- after LetsPlay/{{Turpster}} has been mocking LetsPlay/DuncanJones' decision to use "Hohoho!" as a laugh, you can hear Rythian having a laughter fit in the background. The second is in a playthrough of ''VideoGame/MonacoWhatsYoursIsMine'', when the group discover LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} is playing as a Frenchwoman; [[http://youtu.be/fvqwiVbX98M?t=11m24s Sjin decides to get into character.]]
274	** LetsPlay/{{Strippin}} spends most of his ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' playthrough laughing his backside off, and later almost breaks down crying from laughter while playing ''VideoGame/DayZ''.
275	** While LetsPlay/{{Sips}} normally has a deadpan demeanour, whenever he finds something funny enough he will stop laughing and find it difficult to stop, such as in his ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' playthrough, when a dragon randomly swoops down, picks his horse up on its back, flies away and drops the steed to its death.
276	** LetsPlay/SimonLane finds it difficult to stop laughing at many points, such as in the ''Jaffa Factory'' series, when he goes mad with power and starts hitting LetsPlay/LewisBrindley repeatedly while completely LaughingMad! Later, during Series 2 of their ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' playthrough, he discovers the delight of [[SuicideAttack jihad bombs]] and degenerates into helpless laughter upon successfully killing a large group of people with one.
277	** In part due to DrunkOnTheDarkSide, LetsPlay/{{Turpster}} does a very long and maniacal EvilLaugh whenever he is the murderer in the Yogscast ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' series.
278	** When Sips and Strippin are doing a ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' playthrough, they absolutely lose it upon seeing some ridiculously designed characters appear.
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280
281	[[folder:Western Animation]]
282	* Genie's Laughter from the ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "The Seven Faces Of Genie" according to him everything's a riot and will go into fits of laughter for often no reason, and he spoke in a British accent for some reason.
283	* [[TakeThat Baloney the Dinosaur]], in his one-off appearance on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', chortled at everything that happened, even the [[AnvilOnHead barrage of anvils]] he was treated to.
284	* As mentioned above, the Joker, but special mention has to go to his protege in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Little JJ a.k.a. [[spoiler:[[MindRape Robin]]]], who kills the Joker while laughing, only to break down into tears after he realizes what he's done.
285	-->'''Joker:''' That's not funny... that's not...
286	* Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh, WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead like, never stop laughing, ''ever'', uhuhuhuhuhuhuh. It's, like, a VerbalTic or something, uhuhuhuhuh. So much that on those rare occasions when they ''do'' stop laughing, it's either because something has just ticked them off or they're confused (well, ''more'' confused than they usually are). Then Butt-Head is given laughing gas by the orthodontist because he won't stop squirming.
287	* ''[[Creator/RichardScarry The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]'': Harry Hyena, a literal example, but downplays the trope nicely.
288	* The ''WesternAnimation/CBBears'' segment ''Heyyy, It's The King!'' has Yuka Yuka, who is both literally and figuratively a hyena. He's always making puns and jokes regardless of how serious the situation is, laughing right after he tells them.
289	* One of the crooks in ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' is a deadly prankster ''called'' Hyena. According to his toy's ActionFigureFileCard, he used to be a stand-up comedian, but couldn't stop laughing at his own jokes (which, by all accounts, weren't even funny in the first place).
290	* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'': Mom and Dad are prone to insane fits of laughter. It leads to Cow, of all people, questioning their sanity at the end of "Comet!"
291	* Eddy from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has a rather sadistic tendency to laugh at other characters' pain and misfortune. Considering the high amount of slapstick on this show, that happens ''a lot''.
292	* Cosmo from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' laughs at anything, including pudding!
293	-->"SHE SAID 'PUD', AND THEN 'DING'!"
294	* Hyena from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' is this on occasion, possibly as a form of psychological warfare. Or she's [[AxCrazy just that mental]].
295	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' episode "Journey Through Time" portrayed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as laughing hysterically at random intervals.
296	* Melody from ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats'' will giggle at just about anything even when she and the other members of the gang are danger.
297	* Meadow from ''WesternAnimation/LiteSprites'' constantly makes jokes, and fancies herself quite hilarious. Her friends, not so much:
298	-->'''Brooke:''' That's where Meadow's sense of humor ''finally'' made itself useful.\
299	'''Meadow:''' What? Never!
300	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has Luan Loud, who is a comedienne and laughs when she says a pun or joke, then says "Get it?". Though she makes an effort to tone it down a bit as the show goes on.
301	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' takes this trope to ridiculous heights.
302	* Dr. Wily from the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' TV Series. His laughter is wacky and insane, but can be just creepy in some scenes.
303	* Little Miss Giggles from ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''.
304	* Rufus from ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', who is an actual hyena with an AnnoyingLaugh, but also has a tendency to cry at times.
305	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' episode "The Piglet Who Would Be King", Tigger, Rabbit, and Piglet encounter an ''actual'' hyena on their way to the Land of Milk and Honey, who simply laughs when they ask for directions.
306	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'': Yak Yak, one of the Ant Hill Mob, always laughs at everything, even and especially when they're all doomed.
307	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', Papi Boulevardez punctuates practically every sentence he says in smooth-sounding Spanish with howling maniacal laughter, mostly because no one understands that he's insulting them to their face.
308	* Bubbles from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Her ''[[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first line]]''[[note]]Her first line in the movie, not the series, but the movie takes place before the series[[/note]] was a laugh. In fact, this is the reason why she has that name, because of how "bubbly" she is.
309	* Octopus Man from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. He's onscreen for a grand total of about 90 seconds, and about two thirds of those seconds involve him giggling.
310	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', a satellite crashes into the kitchen, a state-licensed contractor (an actual hyena) comes in to look at the damage. When Rocko tells him how much he can afford for repairs, the contractor immediately cracks up and proves to be of no help to Rocko.
311	** And gets a CallBack at the end of the episode, when ''another'' satellite lands on top of [[Series/HomeImprovement Bob "Bucky" Taylor]].
312	* The 1985 special ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanceOfBettyBoop'' has Chuckles, one of Johnny Throat's thugs, as this; he laughs evilly when threatening characters. Then again, Chuckles is an {{Expy}} of Tommy Udo from ''Film/KissOfDeath''.
313	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
314	** Dr. Hibbert laughs at everything, and anything he ''doesn't'' find funny is usually the subject of a TakeThat. This got [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by "Bleeding Gums" Murphy in his last episode, when he refers to his brother (given up for adoption) that always laughed at inappropriate times. [[SpeakOfTheDevil Cue Dr. Hibbert]].
315	--->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' That appears to be a Ford urinating on a Chevrolet.\
316	'''Mrs. Hibbert:''' Don't you usually laugh at everything?\
317	'''Dr. Hibbert:''' Yes. I ''usually'' do.
318	** The sole purpose of Nelson is to laugh at others misfortunes.
319	* Jokey Smurf from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' generally finds everything funny.
320	* Bill and Fosse from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', the two boys who call everything "gay". They are always laughing Beavis and Butthead style, even when bad things happen to them.
321	* [=SpongeBob=] of ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}''. The episode "Funny Pants" hinges on his frequent laughter and his signature AnnoyingLaugh is even used as a method of torture in the second movie.
322	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqg82k2nzts Stripy]] laughs even when he gets beaten up.
323	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'' episode "Swat Kats Unplugged" we're introduced to Chopshop, a literal laughing hyena.
324	* The Grapple family from ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''.
325	* Tee Hee Hee from ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonimals}}''.
326	* Izzy from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is almost always seen laughing at someone or something, usually at her own crazy antics.
327	* Dan from ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'' literally only ever laughs. That's all he ever does. To the point that other characters are beginning to wonder whether he's mentally deficient.
328	* Muttley from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' has a rather distinctive wheezing snicker. He often laughs whenever Dastardly's schemes go wrong.
329	* Zig the hyena from ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'' is this literally and figuratively, constantly giggling as he plots to eat Marina the mermaid.
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