History Cloudcuckoolander / Webcomics

%%* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''
%%** Ellen, but Raven seems to have officially taken over that role recently.
%%** Hannelore might also qualify on occasion. WordOfGod has it that she's channeling [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]].
%%** And Emily's the new one. Marten even lampshades that he seems to befriend weird girls a lot.

* ''WebComic/CtrlAltDel''.

* Tom from ''Webcomic/CrystalHeroes'' is introduced [[EstablishingCharacterMoment having an intense argument about Scooby-Doo's ability to speak]] and generally [[https://www.crystalheroescomic.com/page-42/ seems to have a problem with giving straight answers]] to questions [[https://www.crystalheroescomic.com/page-48/ without going on bizarre tangents]].

** There's one occasion when Roy accidentally starts answering Elan seriously when he'd been talking about something crazy (it involves the sock puppet Elan worships as a god), and even Elan himself is shocked that the OnlySaneMan is taking something like ''that'' seriously.

* The title character of ''Webcomic/{{Alice}}'' constantly escapes into fantasy - HilarityEnsues.

** Dr. Biyu Daiyu is always following or just talking about the extremely strange customs and beliefs that she claims to be from her home village. It all sounds completely random and nonsensical.

** Torg does this quite a bit, such as when he declares "I will find us a new place to live!" He doesn't actually make any effort to find a new apartment; he thinks making the big dramatic statement should be enough. Or when he promises to paint Zoe's apartment, and takes that as liscense to [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980222 do a nude portrait of her on the wall of her living room]]. And doing a painting of Rodin's "[[http://justinsomnia.org/archive/freshman/Art_Rodin_The_Kiss.jpg The Kiss]] on her bathroom ceiling. Using pictures of her parents as models.

* Torg from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' does this quite a bit, such as when he declares "I will find us a new place to live!" He doesn't actually make any effort to find a new apartment; he thinks making the big dramatic statement should be enough. Or when he promises to paint Zoe's apartment, and takes that as liscense to [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980222 do a nude portrait of her on the wall of her living room]]. And doing a painting of Rodin's "[[http://justinsomnia.org/archive/freshman/Art_Rodin_The_Kiss.jpg The Kiss]] on her bathroom ceiling. Using pictures of her parents as models.

* Lee from ''{{SSDD}}'' is a clone (most of which can't even talk) who can best be described as "flaky", and his tendency to stab himself with forks once his [[FeelNoPain ability to feel pain]] is restored.

* Sometimes, the ''PennyArcade'' ''world'', with one or two people who have been handed the SanityBall. Other times the world is sane and it's just Tycho and Gabe who are crazy...and sometimes it's just Gabe...and sometimes it's just Tycho...and sometimes it's Div...

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* In ''Webcomic/UGMadness'', WizardsOfTheCoast R&D director Mark Rosewater is portrayed as this. He's also an imp. The author claims this to be a true and accurate portrayal. Many who have read Mr. Rosewater's articles might agree.

* Yuki from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', though lampshaded by the fact that growing up around her father's comic art, considering he's a {{Hentai}} artist, really did mess her up pretty badly.

* Hope from ''[[AloneInACrowdComic Alone in a Crowd]]'' tends to say and do some pretty strange things, much to the confusion of the people around her.

** Red Mage is convinced his world runs on TabletopGames rules. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/10/10/episode-085-i-turned-my-bag-of-holding-inside-out-wrapped-it-around-me-and-walked-through-the-dungeon-walls/ He carries around a character sheet]], rolls twenty-sided dice to see if he succeeds at things, and [[{{Munchkin}} is obsessed with manipulating these rules to his advantage]]. If he were in [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick another webcomic]], this would make him GenreSavvy. However, the world of ''8-Bit Theater'' doesn't actually run on TabletopGames rules; it runs on the RuleOfFunny instead. That means he's just a [=Cloudcuckoolander=], except when it would be funnier for him to be right. He's simply insane all the time, in his own special way, and often oblivious to logic, warping reality with his own bizarre ideas. Just because his crazy schemes occasionally briefly succeed (like the Chocobo breeding experiment) doesn't make him sane. You would never ever think of Red Mage as "the only truly sane person of the group."
** Maybe during the earlier parts of the comic, before Sarda really started having an effect on the plot.
** Since Red Mage [[MinMaxing took mild forms of insanity as character defects in order to maximize his skill points]], including a "3-point Hallucination flaw", it is possible for him to be [[MindScrew both insane and yet correct in his perception of the universe]].

-->'''Fighter''': D'you ever wonder if ''clouds'' see shapes in the ''ground''? Because I wonder about that a ''lot''.

* The otherworldly titular setting of ''AwfulHospital'' is full of this sort of character, but almost all of the major staff have some shade or other of cloudcuckoolander tendencies.
--->'''Dr. Phage:''' ''[on seeing a crude crayon drawing of himself taped to the other side of a window]'' Ah-ha! Looks like I'm already hard at work in the lab after all! Brilliant as usual, doctor!
--->...
--->'''Dr. Tori:''' ''[operating on Fern [[MeatgrinderSurgery with a spork]]]'' Okay, THIS is probably where the brain goes, right? ...Right? ...Tenth time's the charm!
--->...
--->'''Fern:''' ''[to Doctor Man, seemingly the only other human in a world of ambulatory organs and giant microbes]'' But where did you come from?
--->'''Dr. Man:''' Virginia.
--->'''Fern:''' And how did you get here?
--->'''Dr. Man:''' Walked.
--->...
--->'''Dr. Mizer:''' ''[stares intently and silently at a poster depicting a slice of pizza with the head of an infant wearing a chef's hat, in an otherwise empty room]''
--->...
--->'''Note from Dr. Balmer:''' BALMER: Have this wall reinforced! Love, Balmer
--->'''Second Note:''' DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!

-->'''Lucy:''' Ready for the games, David?
-->'''David:''' Am I ever!
-->''(Floating hearts, BishieSparkle)''
-->'''Kizuna:''' Ah... um...
-->'''Kizuna:''' H- Hi!
-->''(More Bishie Sparkle)''
-->'''David:''' Ovaries.

* Everyone in ''[[http://eqcomics.com/ Edmund Finney's Quest]]'' hails from Cuckooland, except Edmund himself, who is the OnlySaneMan on the planet. For example, Edmund meets [[http://eqcomics.com/2012/02/14/an-archer/ this nutjob]] while traveling with a pair of hunters with [[BANGFlagGun "Nice To Meet You" guns]], who are trying to find a Yeti using only a coffee stain and an extraordinary misinterpretation of some guy's comment about a sandwich.
* Sensei Greg of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' seems to be one. Being an anime-style martial arts instructor, he has obviously watched way too much anime, and it seems to effect his behavior. His first appearance had him attempting to go [[Anime/DragonballZ Super Saiyan]], and later after learning one of his male students could [[GenderBender turn into a girl]], attempted to make it happen by [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf dumping a bucket of cold water on his head]].

* Eddie from ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit''. He is obsessed with traffic cones, thinks chickens are out to take over the world, collects distractions, and just generally acts like a insane seven-year-old on an eternal sugar rush. He also wields a HyperspaceMallet, and uses a "coolness enhancer" that enhances whatever it's attached too. Anything. He also has a fully stocked Mad scientist laboratory, although the whether the stuff he makes is powered by science, magic, or some combination of the two is anyone's guess.
** Thing is...even though Eddie ''sounds'' crazy, if you've actually ''seen'' what he's describing ([[http://eecomics.net/?strip_id=289 I've found the thing with the stuff! You should use the use the thingy majig to find that one thing with the other stuff!]]), it makes sense. The prevailing theory is that Eddie actually used to be a normal-ish guy, until he shoved a fragment of a portal into his head for safekeeping.

* Inquisitor Eastwood from [[strike: [[SonicTheHedgeHog Sonic]] [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} 40K]]]] ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' takes refuge in {{Cloudcuckooland}} sometimes when [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes giant]] [[DemonicSpiders spiders]] show up. To protect his fragile brain from the shock, he has been known to begin calculating the number of teapots a walrus could eat while juggling George Clooney and David Hasselhoff.

--->'''Zymeth:''' Trying to delve into the inner machinations of Zedfelos's mind is like trying to deep-water-dive without proper protection...the pressure begins to build up and you are eventually crushed by the sheer magnitude of the force of your own weight.

* Kwerki in ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic''. She started off seeming to have NoSocialSkills, but quickly turned into a chatty little loon who [[EpilepticTrees believes citrus fruits squirting juice in your eyes is an S&M thing for them]], among the other crazy and not-particularly-worksafe theories she has to explain equally mundane things. For example, her wedding toast... At a reception she wasn't invited to, and most likely doesn't know anyone at. And it involves a rather 'unique' use of a bottle as a prop.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Certain Jägermonsters are this, interestingly enough. Or not, considering their creators. Whether or not it's interesting that they qualify, they certainly are interesting guys either way.
** For what it's worth, [[MadScientist Sparks]] can definitely head into this territory.

* Richard of ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' is a combination of sociopathy in the vein of Black Mage from 8-Bit Theater and [=Cloudcuckoolander=] tendencies, bearing most of the humor of the comics currently due to CerebusSyndrome.

* Largo from ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' at first finds it hard to tell the difference between the real world and the video game world. Then it turns out the ''Megatokyo'' world is indeed a conglomeration of anime and videogame tropes. Which just shows you can be GenreSavvy and a [=Cloudcuckoolander=] at the same time; in fact, it can be an advantage if the situation you're in is itself insane. Largo is just CrazyAwesome; which helps him in the insanity of the setting.
* Yuki from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', though lampshaded by the fact that growing up around her father's comic art really did mess her up pretty badly.

* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' has a weird meta-example with ''the entire fan forum community''. [[InteractiveComic The majority of commands in the various series are suggested by the fans]], which leads to lots of [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs zany antics]] within the comics' continuties.

* [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} The Protagonist]] of ''Webcomic/Persona3FTW'' is portrayed as this. Even more impressively, he manages to be this while also being TheVoiceless.

* Tiffany from ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' is known to do strange things such as [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/09/23 randomly digging a hole]] or [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/10/14 drawing continuing far past the canvas]].

* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'':

* ''ComicStrip/InSecurity'' has Sedine, a GenkiGirl [[ManChild Woman Child]] who has a screwy way of seeing the world, much to the exasperation of her husband Sam.

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': Tiger Arbelt is a walking textbook example of this. From [http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2010/12/01/a-darker-turn/ [singing a song about how badly the Grinch needs to die]] to [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2010/06/07/stale-jokes-for-stale-mallows/ trying to make peeps of himself]], there's never a dull moment when Tiger is around.

* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'':
** The most obvious case is Lalli who, while surprisingly observant at times, also spends a lot of time with no idea what's going on, especially in social situations. He's introduced not quite realizing that his cousin signed both of them up for an expedition in the [[ForbiddenZone Silent World]], to the point that he was effectively KidnappedByTheCall. The cousin in question had been talking about it for months on end, but Lalli kept thinking she was telling weird jokes. His everyday level of functionning is enough to be good as his solitary night scout job, but need his cousin to navigate just about everything else.
** The aforementioned cousin, Tuuri, has a little of this as well, at least of the start of the story. Having been kept inside a military base by her older brother for eleven years, she has a huge blind spot about just how dangerous the Silent World is for people who are not TheImmune, such as herself.
** Sigrun has BloodKnight and "less talking, more action" googles on the world, which in extreme cases keep her from realizing that her subordinates aren't on the same page as her and from listening properly to usually sound advice from others.

** The most obvious case is Lalli who, while surprisingly observant at times, also spends a lot of time with no idea what's going on, especially in social situations. He's introduced not quite realizing that his cousin signed both of them up for an expedition in the [[ForbiddenZone Silent World]]. The cousin in question had been talking about it for months on end, but Lalli kept thinking she was telling weird jokes. His everyday level of functionning is enough to be good as his solitary night scout job, but need his his cousin to navigate just about everything else.

** The most obvious case is Lalli who, while surprisingly observant at times, also spends a lot of time with no idea what's going on, especially in social situations. He's introduced not quite realizing that his cousin signed both of them up for an expedition in the [[ForbiddenZone Silent World]]. The cousin in question had been talking about it for months, but Lalli kept thinking she was telling weird jokes. His everyday level of functionning is enough to be good as his solitary night scout job, but need his his cousin to navigate just about everything else.
** The aforementioned cousin, Tuuri, has a little of this as well, at least of the start of the story. Having been kept inside a military base by her older brother for eleven years, she has a blind spot about just how dangerous the Silent World is for people who are not TheImmune, such as her.
** Sigrun has BloodKnight googles on the world, which in extreme cases keep her from realizing that her subordinates aren't on the same page as her and listening properly to advice from others.