History Main / ChaoticStupid

A LawfulStupid character is defined as someone who will follow a set of rules beyond when it is reasonable to do so. A Chaotic Stupid character is just the opposite; they abide by no rules whatsoever. Not laws, not customs, not ethics, not even common sense. Actually, ''especially'' not common sense. Or for that matter, any concept of basic self-preservation.

This sort of person will prove their chaotic nature by going out of their way to break any sort of rule or expectation of them. They'll steal for no reason other than because they don't follow the law, talk in WordSalad because they can, or go around slapping royalty in the face with rubber chickens to see the looks on their faces. While their antics might be meant to be funny, too much wacky hijinks will eventually get on ''everyone's'' nerves, and the Chaotic Stupid character's absolute refusal to take the logical action will often make them [[TheMillstone a serious liability]] to their compatriots. It's like they have a case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, but they're just as likely to pull down your pants or set whoopee cushions under your chair as they are to sell you out or kill you.

There's a subtle distinction between StupidEvil and Chaotic Stupid. Sure, the Chaotic Stupid character is also likely to KickTheDog. But they're just as likely to PetTheDog, [[PokeThePoodle Tickle The Dog]], Shave The Dog, Paint The Dog Purple, or even [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Ignore The Dog Entirely To Run Off Chasing Butterflies]]. In short, the 'true' Chaotic Stupid character is the one who thinks that being ChaoticNeutral means being downright [[CloudCuckoolander insane]]. And by "insane", we mean more [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Gogo Dodo]] than [[Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].

In the realm of role-playing games, this often overlaps with TheLoonie, a {{player archetype|s}} from the famed “Munchkin File.” (In theory, the difference is that the ''player'' is TheLoonie, while their ''character'' is Chaotic Stupid. However, the distinction can be hard to draw.) But it can be an annoying kind of play style, and several players’ handbooks have attempted to disabuse clueless players of the notion that chaos is a blank check to loosen their screws; even if a character is canonically chaotic, they are still more likely to choose to cross a bridge than to jump off it. Nonetheless, if you get into said role-playing games prepare to meet these people in abundance. There seems to be one per group at least; God forbid all of them are.

'''Charlie:''' Because I cut the brakes! Wild card, bitches! YEEEEEEEEHHHAAAAWWWW!!! ''[leaps from van]''

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': All Beavis and Butt-Head care about is food, girls, heavy metal, and whatever captures their interest or seems "cool" at the moment, most notably any sort of carnage, to which effect they were too amused by the wreckage of an airplane crash to help the victims. They're too lazy and stupid to realize or care about anything else, like work or their education. Sometimes their actions may cause harm to someone unintentionally.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The sixth Lostbelt reveals this to be the case for the Fae. All of them live to fulfil a single purpose, and ''not'' doing so will cause them to degrade into a Moss. They're also not that smart. The result of this is that fairies will ''always'' act in a way that best suits their ''individual'' purpose ''right at that moment'', which makes it really hard to form an actual society as two fairies who have contradictory goals will ''always'' fight over them and they have no concept of delayed gratification or future consequences.[[spoiler: Aurora pretty much dooms all fairies by backstabbing Morgan, who was holding back a ''very'' nasty monster that wanted to destroy all faekind. The only reason she did this was because she felt threatened by Morgan, since Aurora's purpose was to be the most perfect and adored fairy and she saw Morgan as her better.]]

* Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorsten from ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' are both [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloudcuckoolanders]] with a love of destruction and sado-masochism that even their fellow vikings find too extreme. They have a habit of doing things with no fore-thought or even a clear motive other than it occurring to them at the point, just barely evading "TokenEvilTeammate" territory. While their crazy ideas and theories are [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight often correct]] or can be helpful to some capacity, most of the time it just creates a big mess and leaves those around them to pick up after them. Later this is cleverly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by them becoming followers of Loki, the god of mischief.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'''s Shego, when she gets excited about destroying the world, descends into this in "Car Alarm".
* Pinky from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' embodies this trope whenever he isn't a [[ForTheEvulz nasty little gremlin]].

* After Mr. Burns purchased an NBA franchise on the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and had trouble getting repeat ticket-buyers, he tries to think what Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would do. This leads to an ImagineSpot in which Cuban drives a car off a cliff for no other reason than "I'M OUT OF MY MIND!"

* Verminious Snaptrap from ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' fits this neatly. Many of his "clever" schemes actually come about for boneheaded reasons rather than being a genuine ZanyScheme on his part. The best case of this is in "Mission: Really Big Mission", which has him steal T.U.F.F.'s asteroid-destroying laser cannon so that he can heat up the corn belt and have his D.O.O.M. organization profit from selling popcorn. When The Chameleon (who is completely insane) hears about this during his teamup with Snaptrap, he calls him and his group out for this poorly-thought out scheme that could blow up the Earth.
* The ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'' episode "Escape from Squatopian Freedom" features a community of anarchists who brand anyone who follows rules as a "Fascist" and sustain themselves by "selling their seed" (aka Sperm Donations).

* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has repeatedly shown himself to be [[{{Determinator}} determined]] enough to not only ''easily'' conquer Earth, but the entire ''galaxy'', yet his impetuous nature and his COMPLETE lack of consideration for the consequences of his actions results in [[GeneralFailure utter failure]] and/or [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds the deaths of people he WASN'T trying to kill]]. Perhaps the best example of this is in the incomplete episode "The Trial", showing that Zim invented an Infinite Energy Absorbing Monster solely to impress his superiors which does [[GoneHorriblyRight exactly what it would be expected to do]], killing Zim's fellow scientists and even one of the Irken leaders.
** He also killed her counterpart not long after, then most of the Irken armada...
** And we all remember what happened with the FIRST "Operation: Impending Doom"...
** [[AIIsACrapshoot GIR]] is an even more extreme example, due to his [[TheDitz utter lack of reasoning capabilities]] [[TheHedonist or self-restraint]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has Billy, who’s even worse at this than [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim]], also voiced by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz. In fact, he’s interpreted as the ''true'' God of Chaos, moreso than Eris, due to his ridiculous lack of stability and thought process.
* WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead epitomize this trope.
* IR Baboon from ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' qualifies, particularly when the earlier episodes had him endanger the world because of a ludicrously dumb decision.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' has Rico. He's incredibly chaotic, and he's not all that bright… but he's PluckyComicRelief… as are most of the cast. He's also insane…
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Dr. Rockzo the Rock n' Roll Clown (he does cocaine) will scream about his drug usage to people on the street, potential employers, and police officers.
* Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is so obsessed with creating alternate personalities with his infinite supply of wigs and costumes, that he goes out of his way to make sure that some of his personalities are just straight-up crazy. For example, a Native American firefighter-slash-serial rapist.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has a few of these, including [[CloudCuckooLander Cheryl]], [[MadScientist Krieger]], [[LeeroyJenkins Cyril]], [[BigFun Pam]] and [[ManChild Sterling Archer]] himself.
* Ed from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. If there's a reason Eddy's plans go awry, it's often because Ed had an independent thought.
* After Mr. Burns purchased an NBA franchise on the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and had trouble getting repeat ticket-buyers, he tries to think what Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would do. This leads to an ImagineSpot in which Cuban drives a car off a cliff for no other reason than "I'M OUT OF MY MIND!"
* Stumpy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' descends into this territory quite often. Even the rest of the cast, who are also completely insane, consider him to be crazy.
* Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorsten from ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' are both [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloudcuckoolanders]] with a love of destruction and sado-masochism that even their fellow vikings find too extreme. They have a habit of doing things with no fore-thought or even a clear motive other than it occurring to them at the point, just barely evading “TokenEvilTeammate” territory. While their crazy ideas and theories are [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight often correct]] or can be helpful to some capacity, most of the time it just creates a big mess and leaves those around them to pick up after them. Later this is cleverly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by them becoming followers of Loki, the god of mischief.
* Pinky from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' embodies this trope whenever he isn't a [[ForTheEvulz nasty little gremlin]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': A {{Deconstruction}} at the beginning of Season 2. Having taken down the Joker and Gotham being left in ruins, Harley has the perfect chance to rise up as the top villain and completely take control of the city. Instead, she chooses to indulge in the ApocalypseAnarchy and outright refuses to bring back organized crime because she loathes any form of order. The result is that the Injustice League traps her in ice when she refuses to share rulership over Gotham with them and Harley ends up regretting not taking the city for herself sooner.
* Verminious Snaptrap from ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' fits this neatly. Many of his "clever" schemes actually come about for boneheaded reasons rather than being a genuine ZanyScheme on his part. The best case of this is in "Mission: Really Big Mission", which has him steal T.U.F.F.'s asteroid-destroying laser cannon so that he can heat up the corn belt and have his D.O.O.M. organization profit from selling popcorn. When The Chameleon (who is completely insane) hears about this during his teamup with Snaptrap, he calls him and his group out for this poorly-thought out scheme that could blow up the Earth.

* WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy has Billy, who’s even worse at this than [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim]], also voiced by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz. In fact, he’s interpreted as the ''true'' God of Chaos, moreso than Eris, due to his ridiculous lack of stability and thought process.

* And in another, and even more outrageous Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz-voiced case of random stupidity: [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy]].