This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Of all the Mad Hatter characters, my favorite is probably the one-scene character L.J.Washington, from Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys:
L.J. Washington: I don't really come from outer space.
Jeffrey Goines: Oh. L. J. Washington. He doesn't really come from outer space.
L.J. Washington: Don't mock me my friend. It's a condition of mental divergence. I find myself on the planet Ogo, part of an intellectual elite, preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes on Pluto. But even though this is a totally convincing reality for me in every way, nevertheless Ogo is actually a construct of my psyche. I am mentally divergent, in that I am escaping certain unnamed realities that plague my life here. When I stop going there, I will be well. Are you also divergent, friend?
Red Shoe: I'd probably go with Ford Prefect in some of the incarnations of The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy.
Relocated from entry(by BT The P):
//I think Hawkeye from MASH goes here too, but I don't remember enough to be sure.
//Looney Toons: No, not really. He wasn't insane, except for a while in the final movie. He just adopted a whacked-out lifestyle to allow him to cope with the war.
Kilyle: So Jack Sparrow also wouldn't quality, as being quirky but not exactly insane? I mean, he does use his eccentric behavior in ways to further his own agenda, so he's in some control of it.
bluepenguin: Removed:
They called me MAD!! MAD?! I'm not mad! Well, a little angry, but not mad." —Norton Nimnul Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
Because that seems to be exactly the opposite of what this trope's about.
Vampire Buddha does the natter removal thing
- This editor does his best to act like this (and he would not be surprised if most other tropers were like this as well).
- Yup.
- Oh yeah.
- Wait, it's supposed to be an act?
- It's fun anyway!
- Normality is so boring, though. I mean, why would I want to be boring when I can have fun?
- I concur wholeheartedly.
- I combine this with the ability to sneak up on people unintentionally. Half my school are afraid of me now
- Oooh! Yours too?
- Normality? Fff, I find reality fails to measure up. Mostly.
- I prefer normality. Luckily, normality is subjective.
- Yeah, reality is overrated! At least the reality of others
- I reject your reality, and substitute my own!
- I'm just doing this to try and break the tables and make some readers the OTHER kind of mad.
- And since they've changed the format to prevent the shifting right aspect and rendering the point moot, now I'M mad.
- It would be more irritating if it were less funny.
- This troper COULD be normal, but That's no fun
- I find it helps people to underestimate me.
- Talking to myself is the only way to guarantee an intelligent conversation.
- Oh, what the heck, we're all barking. ^_^
- this troper is of the opinion that being "mad" or "crazy" is actually quite fashionable nowadays in a non-conformism kind of way. Ironically, I know more people would consider themselves unusual than I do people who would say they are normal. As the joke goes, we're all unique, thats the one thing we have in common.
- I AM NOT ALONE! YES!
- Yup.
Haven: Thank goodness for troper tales.
