Line #2 PlayingWith/OnlySaneMan


1	'''Basic Trope''': The one character who perceives the world to be insane.
2	* '''Straight''': Brad Gunther's friends are an [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADHD-afflicted]] school girl, [[MadScientist a nerd dealing in haphazard experiments]], a [[DumbMuscle muscle-bound twit]], and [[AlphaBitch a loud, boisterous teenage beauty queen]]. All the while, he's the only one who seems to notice their antics are a little off-kilter.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The school-girl is a FunnyForeigner extraterrestrial from the Andromeda Galaxy, the nerd's trying to bring back the dead {{for science}}, the twit races cars ''on foot'' on a daily basis, and the beauty queen SpeaksFluentAnimal. All the while, TheMedic Brad's the only one who notices that they're off-kilter.
5	** [[CastFullOfCrazy Most of the cast are filled to the brim with nutjobs,]] well, except for Brad, the only one noticing that the antics and actions of the people around him (friends and family included) are [[{{Understatement}} a bit abnormal]].
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Brad is part of a duo, serving as the StraightMan to a [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Wise Guy]].
8	** Brad is a RidiculouslyAverageGuy in a group of {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s.
9	** OnlySaneByComparison: Brad put in any other situation he'd be the weird guy, but with how the rest of the cast acts, he's the only sane man by default.
10	** The friend group as a whole act as down to earth and/or mature people but Brad is the only one that hasn't succumbed to a NotSoAboveItAll moment while the rest have done a few immature and/or crazy moments.
11	** Brad, while usually the most "normal" guy in the group, still has his own baggage and issues that surface from time to time, it's just that he usually manages to handle them better than the others.
12	* '''Justified''':
13	** His friends are trying to put on TheMasquerade, and don't want him to blow it.
14	** They weren't ''always'' this nuts; they became close friends when they were more normal, and Brad refused to leave them just because they started acting a bit weird.
15	** Occasionally Brad finds his friends a little weird, but he's so [[HatesBeingAlone afraid of being alone]] that it doesn't really matter to him.
16	* '''Inverted''':
17	** Everyone but [[CaptainOblivious Brad]] notices how off-kilter his friends are.
18	** Alternatively: [[CloudCuckooLander Brad is the only insane man]].
19	* '''Subverted''':
20	** [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Brad's really insane]]...
21	** [[NotSoAboveItAll Brad caves in and joins the madness of his friends]].
22	** Brad eventually gets his friends to see reason.
23	** Brad [[TookALevelInDumbass takes a level in dumbass]] and becomes just as, if not, even MORE, dumb as everyone else.
24	* '''Double Subverted''':
25	** ...But he's on to something.
26	** But he only did so to keep from going crazy continuing to argue.
27	** Or so he thought. He soon realizes they're still crazy, just in a different way.
28	* '''Parodied''':
29	** Everyone but Brad has genuine psychiatric disorders; the ADHD schoolgirl is also an autistic cloudcackoolander who communicates through vague references, the nerd behaves like a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran (complete with references to being in 'nam, despite obviously being far too young for that), the musclebound twit speaks to the voices in his head, and the beauty queen is under the impression that the demons going around stabbing everyone "just need a hug". Brad only stays with them because he's in school to become a psychiatrist and thinks it's good practice.
30	** Alternatively, Brad acts as the Only Sane Man to his {{split personalit\|y}}ies, Bob and Ted.
31	* '''Zig Zagged''':
32	** Brad is the OnlySaneMan when the team is fighting crime, keeping his cool while his buddies panic. However, Laura (being the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]]) is the Only Sane Woman when MsFanservice walks past, sending all the guys, including Brad, into a frenzy. And when the group goes to see The Only Sane Men in concert, the baton is passed to Joe, as he's the only one in the gang who isn't hopelessly obsessed with the band.
33	** Brad tries to serve as the VoiceOfReason when it comes to more extremes matters, but has his NotSoAboveItAll moments. However, whether his friends know it or not, he does display some of their antics whenever they're not around and out of touch with reality moments. But compared to them, he is more down-to-earth with reality.
34	* '''Averted''':
35	** Everyone is portrayed to be relatively normal. Or at least two people.
36	** Alternatively: Everyone is completely crazy.
37	* '''Enforced''':
38	** "We need some sane person in this show; otherwise, no normal person would relate."
39	** Alternatively: "We need to throw in a sane guy to highlight and to react to the insanity of the rest of the cast."
40	* '''Lampshaded''':
41	** "It's like I'm the only normal person around here!"
42	** "Please. If I wasn't around, who'd point out how dumb you were acting?"
43	* '''Invoked''': Brad tries to find some insane friends. So he can laugh at their wacky antics and make snarky remarks about them.
44	* '''Exploited''': Brad uses his insane friends to make himself look better by comparison.
45	* '''Defied''':
46	** Brad finally gives up, lets loose all of his inhibitions and becomes just as bizarre as everybody else.
47	** "''[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere this! I'm not hanging out with you weirdos anymore!]]"
48	* '''Discussed''': "Brad, why on earth do you hang out with those weirdos?"
49	* '''Conversed''': "Is it me or is Brad the only normal person there?"
50	* '''Deconstructed''':
51	** The antics of Brad's friends bring him to a breaking point, and thus [[SanitySlippage drive him to insanity]].
52	** Alternatively: Brad begins to believe that they're all idiots and lunatics, and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere starts to wonder if he should change group]].
53	** Alternatively: Brad mostly has begun to isolate himself from the others because he can´t stand them anymore.
54	** Brad is actually an EvilOverlord, but literally no one else knows it.
55	** The attributes that let Brad perceive how insane the world around him is, are the same attributes that make him [[StrawNihilist a cruel and manipulative nihilist who will happily commit any atrocity upon the messed up reality he despises as absurd.]]
56	** Brad looks like the only morally decent person with a lick of sense. But he's not, he acts like he's the normal one. But he's really a ManipulativeBastard who only hangs out with them to exploit their unusual weaknesses for his own personal gain.
57	** Brad considers himself the OnlySaneMan because he makes no attempt to understand his friends, and rarely even interacts with them aside from insulting their hobbies and rolling his eyes at them sarcastically. They soon stop hanging out with him.
58	** Brad thinks he's the OnlySaneMan but he's actually a CloudCuckooLander with potential [[SplitPersonality Split Personality Disorder]].
59	** Because he seems like the most reliable/capable one, other people go to Brad for comfort when their issues are bogging them down. Despite his best efforts, he simply can't deal with everyone's issues on top of his own, and starts showing signs of burnout.
60	** Brad has a knack of keeping his head on his shoulders and staying on the path, not because he is "sane", but because [[DarkAndTroubledPast he suffered a very traumatic incident]] that made "[[EnragedByIdiocy inefficient idiots]]" a [[TraumaButton trauma]] (and thus [[BerserkButton berserk]]) button.
61	* '''Reconstructed''':
62	** A new guy joins the gang and takes Brad's place as the OnlySaneMan.
63	** Alternatively, after some [[ContemplateOurNavels navel contemplation]] and {{wangst}}, Brad realizes just how [[ThePowerOfFriendship important]] his group is, [[LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality as strange as they are]].
64	** Brad's friends realize what they're getting themselves into and start to appreciate Brad more.
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66	Back to OnlySaneMan, before the rest of these nutcases infect you.
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68	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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70	%%* '''Implied''': ???
71	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
72	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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