Line #138 Quotes/OnlySaneMan


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3	[[folder:Anime/Manga]]
4	->''"What is this?! What the hell's going?! Somebody! Anybody! Isn't there anyone left who's still sane?!''
5	-->-- '''Ichigo Kurosaki''', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
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7
8	[[folder:Comic Books]]
9	->"Mad! You're all mad. I'm a death-worshiping [[InsectoidAliens tumbleweed]] and I'm literally the sanest one here."
10	-->-- '''Sister Six''', ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'', "Remastered"
11
12	->'''Starline:''' You've yet to inoculate us to the [[ZombieApocalypse metal virus!]]\
13	'''Eggman:''' Shows what you know. ''There is NO vaccine!''\
14	'''Starline:''' Then... But... How were you going to protect us from the infection?\
15	'''Eggman:''' By not touching the Zombots. ''Duh.''\
16	'''Starline:''' What if there was a spill on the Faceship!? Or a mishap in the field!? Or it mutates and becomes airborne!?\
17	'''Eggman:''' You've exceeded my threshold for nitpicking, doctor.\
18	'''Starline:''' ''(seething with rage)'' It's not ''nitpicking!'' It's ''common sense!''
19	-->-- ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', Issue #23
20	[[/folder]]
21
22	[[folder:Fan Fiction]]
23	->''"I'll text [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Miki]] about it. She's relatively level-headed; I'm sure she can help us find a logical answer."''
24	-->-- '''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Komachi Akimoto]]''', ''Fanfic/DontCryForMeIveAlreadyWilted''
25
26	->Asuna sighed like she was surrounded by idiots. Kirito didn't really understand why.
27	-->--''FanFic/FateRevelationOnline'' as the rest of her party geeks out over making lightsabers
28
29	->''"He is the SON of my COUSIN and my EX. Does NOBODY else see a problem with [[TheMatchmaker this]]? [[note]]No.[[/note]]"''
30	-->-- '''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Leah Clearwater]]''', ''[[http://tsdcv3.proboards.com/thread/3910/nihil-desidera-anti-imprint-story Nihil Desidera]]''
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33	[[folder:Film - Animated]]
34
35	->''"I'm surrounded by idiots..."''
36	-->-- '''Scar''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''
37
38	->''"Next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday, I'd listen to ''her.'' She's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum!"''
39	-->-- '''SantaClaus''' on Sally, ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
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41	[[/folder]]
42
43	[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
44
45	->''"You know what crazy is? Crazy is majority rules. Take germs, for example. Eighteenth century: no such thing. No one ever imagined such a thing. No sane person. Along comes this doctor, Semmelweis. He's trying to convince people that's there's these teeny tiny invisible bad things called germs that get into your body and make you sick. He's trying to get doctors to wash their hands. What is this guy? Crazy? Teeny? Tiny? Invisible?\
46	Now, up to the 20th century, last week I go in to order a burger at this fast-food joint, and the guy drops it on the floor. James, he picks it up, he wipes it off, he hands it to me like it's all OK. "What about the germs?" I say. He says "I don't believe in germs. Germs is a plot made up so they could sell disinfectants and soaps." Now he's crazy, right? See? There's no right, there's no wrong, there's only popular opinion."''
47	-->-- '''Jeffrey Goines''', ''Film/TwelveMonkeys''
48
49	->''"Who cares about Derek Zoolander anyway? The man has only one look for Christ's sake! Blue Steel? Ferrari? Le Tigre? They're the ''same face!'' Doesn't anyone notice this?! ''I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!'' I invented the ''piano key necktie!'' I invented it! What have you done, Derek?! Nothing! ''You've got '''nothing! NOTHING!'''''"''
50	-->-- '''Mugatu''', ''Film/{{Zoolander}}''
51
52	->''"I knew it! I'm surrounded by Assholes!"''
53	-->-- '''Dark Helmet''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' [[note]][[EmbarrassingLastName Of course, he's speaking literally -- note the capitalization.]][[/note]]
54
55	->'''Clive:''' ''"Am I the only sane person here?! There is an alien in the kitchenette making bagels and coffee."''
56	->'''Graham:''' ''"[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Did you want tea?]]"''
57	-->-- Film/{{Paul}}
58
59	->'''President Lockwood:''' One of us has got to try sanity.
60	->'''[[GeneralRipper General Wombat]]:''' Don't do it, Mr. President. You'll hate it!
61	-->-- ''Film/WrongIsRight''
62
63	->''"I don't care what'cha say, there are some very odd people on this site."''
64	-->-- '''Arthur Upmore''', ''Film/CarryOnBehind''
65
66	->''"I've never had a trip like that in all of my life. And with such fearsome people. Have you ever seen anything like them? I swear they're all odd."''
67	-->-- '''Rob Tweet''', ''Film/CarryOnAbroad''
68
69	->'''Kermit:''' You... You kidnapped Creator/JackBlack? That's illegal!\
70	'''Fozzie:''' But Kermit, what's more illegal: briefly inconveniencing Jack Black, or ''destroying the Muppets''?\
71	'''Kermit:''' Kidnapping Jack Black, Fozzie!\
72	'''Miss Piggy:''' Kermit, listen. Whatever I may think of you right now, these guys are counting on you! You inspire them.\
73	'''Kermit:''' What? To-to kidnap people?\
74	'''Miss Piggy:''' To work together!\
75	'''Kermit:''' ''To kidnap people?!''\
76	'''Lew Zealand:''' Mr. The Frog, we all agreed a celebrity is not a people.
77	-->-- ''Film/TheMuppets2011''
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81	[[folder:Literature]]
82
83	->''"Sanity is not Statistical."''
84	-->-- '''Winston''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''
85
86	->''"If you can keep your head when all about you\
87	Are losing theirs, and blaming it on you..."''
88	-->-- "If", '''Creator/RudyardKipling'''
89
90	->''"All of you are lunatics, and I made the mistake of trying to talk sense."''
91	-->-- '''Weaver''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
92
93	->'''Xavier''': What do you do if you devote your life to discovering criminals, and [[HeelRealization it gradually occurs to you that the real criminals are the people you work for]]? What do you do when everyone tells you not to worry, you can't do anything about it, it was a long time ago?
94	->'''Charlie''': I suppose you go crazy.
95	->'''Xavier''': Or worse. Sane.
96	-->-- ''Literature/{{Fatherland}}''
97
98	->''He blanked out the mental picture of himself as the last one left sane. He'd followed that one through before. It always led to the conclusion that it would be better to be one of the first.''
99	-->-- ''Thunder and Roses'' by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon.
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101	[[/folder]]
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103	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
104
105	->''"WRONG. I'm perfectly sane, everyone else however is insane and trying to steal my magic bag!"''
106	-->-- '''Dana Carvey''' as '''John [=McLaughlin=]''', ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
107
108	->''"Watch him for me, will you, darling? He's the last sane man in the world."''
109	-->--'''Madame Egadine''' regarding '''Number Six''', ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''
110
111	->''"Whatever your plan was, it was probably better than my plan to escape the trenches by pretending to be mad. I mean, who would have noticed another madman around here?"''
112	-->-- '''Series/{{Blackadder}}'''
113
114	->''I always imagined, early on, that Frankie belongs to a very remarkable family that’s also incredibly unstable. Sort of the same way that [[Series/TheMunsters Marilyn Munster]] was the ugly one because she was beautiful — Frankie is the hero of her family because she’s sane. That usually doesn’t get you a lot of ribbons, but if you grew up in the Hemingway family or something where the life expectancy was literally affected by the genius and imbalance of the rest of the family — if there’s a person in that family whose talent is for being predictable and solving problems, I imagine that person would be looked at as a superhero by the crazy people around them. That’s how she’s always lived her life. And she enjoys the company of the screwed-up...She doesn’t blink when she’s faced with craziness; she enjoys cleaning it up and helping it.''
115	-->-- '''Creator/DanHarmon''' talking about the character of '''Frankie Dart''', from ''Series/{{Community}}''
116
117	->''"I'm living in a house filled with crazy people!"''
118	-->-- '''Mike Baxter''', ''Series/LastManStanding''
119
120	->'''Lesley Ann Warren:''' You know, Kermit, I thought you were the one person on this show who wasn't crazy.\
121	'''Kermit the Frog:''' ''Me'', not crazy? I hired the others!
122	-->--''Series/TheMuppetShow''
123
124	->"So, only the dreamer and the madman left. Who the fuck is gonna be the sensible one now?"
125	-->'''Paddy Mayne''' after the death of Jock Lewes, ''Series/SASRogueHeroes''
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127	[[/folder]]
128
129	[[folder:Music]]
130
131	->''"Day after day\
132	Alone on a hill\
133	The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still\
134	But nobody wants to know him\
135	They can see that he's just a fool\
136	And he never gives an answer\
137	\
138	But the fool on the hill\
139	Sees the sun going down\
140	And the eyes in his head\
141	See the world spinning 'round...\
142	\
143	And he never listens to them\
144	He knows that they're the fools\
145	They don't like him"''
146	-->-- '''Music/TheBeatles''', "The Fool on the Hill"
147
148	->''"Clowns to the left of me,\
149	Jokers to the right, here I am,\
150	Stuck in the middle with you"''
151	-->-- '''Stealers Wheel''', "Stuck In The Middle With You"
152
153	->''"Insane-am I the only motherfucker with a brain?"''
154	-->-- '''{{Music/Slipknot}}''', "[[Music/SlipknotAlbum Eyeless]]"
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156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
159
160	->''"I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination."''
161	-->-- '''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'''
162
163	->''"Why is it that the nuttiest people define reality?"''
164	-->-- '''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'''
165
166	->''"If you spend all of your time arguing with people who are nuts, you'll be exhausted and the nuts will still be nuts."''
167	-->-- '''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'''
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169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:Podcasts]]
172	->'''Eric:''' Are [the Funns] insane, or am I?\
173	'''Georgie:''' I'm the only one who isn't.
174	-->-- ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats''
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Video Games]]
178
179	->'''Tallis''': So, "Champion of Kirkwall". Fancy title.\
180	'''[[DeadpanSnarker Hawke]]''': "The Only One in Kirkwall ''not'' Completely Insane" was considered.
181	-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII: [[DownloadableContent Mark of the Assassin]]''
182
183	->''"Ex-Alliance. Biotic training. Despite solid service history, clearly placed on Shepard's team primarily for stabilizing elements of personality."''
184	-->-- '''The Shadow Broker''' sums up '''Jacob Taylor''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
185
186	->'''James''': Everyone wait! Haven't we all had enough of war lately?\
187	'''All other Gods''': ''NO!''
188	-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}''
189
190	->''"Good God, I'm smack dab in the middle of crazyland! I can't take two steps without stepping in a pile of wacko!"''
191	-->-- '''Gig''', ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''
192
193	->''"Guys, I'm dying over here! Don't you have any idea how long I've been shooting down this ridiculous conversation inside my head?!"''
194	-->-- '''Arisa Ichigaya''' [[FirstPersonSmartass thinking to herself]], ''Anime/BangDream Girls Band Party''
195
196	->'''[[ObstructiveBureaucrat Council Member 1]]''': We have no evidence that the missiles are even destructive in nature.
197	->'''Council Member 2''': ''Evidence!?'' The [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Verilent Hive]] has been doing this for hundreds of years: Bomb planet, wait for dust to settle, then re-colonize to expand hive! What exactly do you ''[[TooDumbToLive think]]'' is inside those warheads? ''Gift baskets?''
198	-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Anachronox}}''
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201
202	[[folder:Visual Novel]]
203
204	->'''Kengo:''' Saigusa doesn't make any sense as usual...
205	->'''Riki:''' Indeed...
206	->'''Riki (narrating):''' When it came to lack of common sense, she was standing on equal footing with Kurugaya-san and Rin. But I wonder, why am I alone surrounded by that sort of girls? I couldn't help but wonder about that.
207	-->-- ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters''
208
209	->'''Kenji:''' Something on your mind, dude?\
210	'''Hisao:''' Just thinking about what it's like to be the last sane man in an insane world.\
211	''[Kenji frowns, looking deeply upset]''\
212	'''Kenji:''' You mean that's you? That can't be, because I'm the last sane man in an insane world. That is my dream; you can't just steal a man's dream. What the hell? There can't be two last sane men. It would invalidate that whole "last" part... and that part is kind of important. There can only be one, like in [[{{Film/Highlander}} that foreign movie]] where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
213	-->-- ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo''
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216	[[folder:Web Animation]]
217	->''"Am I having an aneurysm, what is happening?!"''
218	-->-- '''Ramsey Murdoch''', after watching a guy [[ItMakesSenseInContext eat a pair of crayons and cough up several dozen rubber ducks]], ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased''
219
220	->'''Epsilon:''' Come on Wash, you're supposed to be the smart one in the group.\
221	'''[[TheSmartGuy Simmons:]]''' I thought I was the smart one in the group?\
222	'''Grif:''' Ehh. Smart's relative.
223	-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', "Out of the Frying Pan"
224
225	->'''Red:''' This is a bad idea.\
226	'''[[KidHero Akio]]:''' Then why'd you come with me?\
227	'''Red:''' Because if I don't you're going to do something stupid.
228	-->-- ''WebAnimation/FistMaster''
229	[[/folder]]
230
231	[[folder:Webcomics]]
232
233	->''"Normal? If we're all freaks and you're normal, you're the freak."''
234	-->-- '''Roger''', ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell''
235
236	->''"As a sane man, you are ''badly'' outnumbered again, my good lord. Perhaps you should defect, and join us all."''
237	-->-- '''[[ObfuscatingInsanity Jack Snipe]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}''
238
239	->''"If you had to hang out with a Greek deity, I’d go with [[Myth/GreekMythology Hestia]]. She never married, just cooked food, lit fireplaces, took care of travelers, and basically just chilled out at home. All-around cool lady."''
240	-->-- ''Postscript to [[http://www.veritablehokum.com/comic/the-greek-god-family-tree/ a comic]] depiction of the Olympian family tree''
241
242	->'''CG''': I HAVE GA LINED UP FOR THE RED TEAM BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING SANE ONES LEFT TO PLAY.\
243	'''CG''': OK, THE ONLY SANE ONE.
244	-->-- '''[[TeamDad Karkat Vantas]]''' on '''[[TeamMom Kanaya Maryam]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
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246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Web Original]]
249
250	->''"Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only sane man left in this world. This increasingly appears to be the case."''
251	-->-- '''[[Blog/{{Bronyism}} Tybalt Capulet]] (Drake)'''
252
253	->''"WHY ARE THE SOLDIERS BOMBING EACH OTHER? IS THIS ''REAL?!'' I JUST WANNA GO HOME! ''EVERYONE IS CRAZY EXCEPT ME!''"''
254	-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''', ''WebVideo/FreemansMind''
255
256	->''"AM I THE ONLY SANE ONE IN THIS CRAZY WORLD OF TECHNICOLOR PONY WEIRDOS?"''
257	-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike]]''', ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov''
258
259	->'''Fleischer:''' You're all fucked in the head!
260	->'''Lucy:''' The good kind!
261	->'''Fleischer:''' ''There is no good kind!''
262	-->-- ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity''
263
264	->'''Fleischer:''' ''(upon discovering [[spoiler:Dorothy]]'s headless body hanging up in the shed)'' What the ''fuck'' did I miss? ''What the actual fuck did I miss?'' Why do I leave you guys alone for '''five minu-''' ''([[SmashCut Cut to credits]])''
265	-->-- ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity''
266
267	->''"I am the only serious character in this show. That's the joke."''
268	-->-- '''Tien''', ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged''
269
270	->''"I feel like the only sane person in crazytown."''
271	-->-- '''{{WebVideo/Jacksfilms}}''' on the abundance of Hallmark Christmas movies, and their [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks repetitiveness]] and weirdness.
272
273	->'''Saber:''' ''(in response to Archer's MotiveRant)'' That's inane!\
274	'''Archer:''' Oh, we're ''all'' inane, every one of us here is an idiot, you and I are just the only ones trying to ''do something about it!''
275	-->-- ''WebVideo/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorksAbridged''
276
277	->''"I think that we all have to accept that everybody here is a potential fucking powder keg. Except for [Orym]. For some reason we decided to have one person who seems healthy and well-adjusted, honestly it's a little irritating."''
278	-->-- '''Ashton''', ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Western Animation]]
282
283	->''"All the ponies in this town are CRAZY!"''
284	-->-- '''Twilight Sparkle''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Fans frequently point out her [[NotSoAboveItAll later mental breakdown]] as evidence [[ExactWords she was right]]
285
286	->'''Frank Grimes''': Hey, look, everybody! Simpson's in a contest with children!\
287	'''Lenny''': Hey, shush.\
288	'''Carl''': You're making us miss the contest.\
289	'''Mr. Burns''': [...] Could you explain your model, young man?\
290	'''Frank''': What's to explain? He's an idiot.\
291	'''Lenny''': Pipe down!\
292	'''Homer''': [...] Well, basically, I just copied the plant we have now. Then I added some fins to lower wind resistance, and this racing stripe here is pretty sharp.\
293	'''Mr. Burns''': Agreed! First prize!\
294	'''Frank''': [[BigWhat WHAT?]]\
295	'''Carl''': Way to go, Homer!\
296	'''Lenny''': You're number 1, Homer!\
297	'''Frank''': B-but, but ''this was a contest for children''!\
298	'''Lenny''': Yeah, and Homer beat their brains out!\
299	''[the crowd cheers and applauds]''\
300	'''Frank''': I can't stand it any longer! This whole plant is insane! (''flails his arms'') [[SanitySlippage INSANE, I tell you! Aaahh! AHHH!]]
301	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
302
303	->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''[Imitating Squidward]'' Everybody's an idiot except for me.\
304	'''Squidward:''' Well, it's true.
305	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
306
307	->It may be a coincidence, but it seems good judgment is at a premium today.
308	-->--'''Edd''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', "Dim Lit Ed"
309
310	->I am surrounded by idiots.
311	-->--'''Edd''', much later in the same episode, after scamming Johnny into buying a [[ItMakesSenseInContext sprinkler that looks like an iguana]].
312
313	->''"I don't want to live on this planet anymore."''
314	-->--'''Professor Farnsworth''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "A Clockwork Origin", in response to a crowd believing that his work to prove evolution actually ''disproves'' it.
315
316	-> ''"Am I the only one here who thinks this is'' '''''COMPLETELY CRAZY?!"'''''
317	-->-- '''Gumball'''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', "The Safety", on Darwin's [[WellIntentionedExtremist extremely overbearing]] safety measures that the rest of the Wattersons are going along with willingly
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