History Main / ChaoticStupid

*** 5th edition kept them chaotic and hating all order, but tweaked them a bit by making only the masters of their "society", Death Slaadi, chaotic evil, with the rest acting as minions. Essentially, this turned them into an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores writ very large.

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 sense whatsoever.

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, Shave The Dog, Paint The Dog Purple, or even 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]].

** The Thraddash might qualify as this, too. They are a parody of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy typical warrior races]] who revel in combat so much that ''they have nuked themselves back to the stone-age three times''. They are on their nineteenth attempt at having a civilization by the time you meet them, and can ''still'' be easily goaded into attacking more powerful races simply because you suggest it to them. Alternately, they can be goaded into emulating Film/TheThreeStooges.

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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. If you get into said role-playing games prepare to meet these in abundance. There seems to be one per group at least, god forbid all of them are.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' basically had an entire faction based around this trope. The Xaositects believed that the universe had no inherent order to it, and that truth could be found only in chaos. Naturally, this meant speaking in WordSalad and generally acting like lunatics as much as possible. This is how they're described in the sourcebooks, so it's '''NOT''' just players taking things too far in this case.
** There were a few Xaositects who seemed somewhat lucid. One sourcebook mentioned The Painter, an artist in the faction who started to paint because, well, she decided she ''really'' wanted to paint. And she was quite good at it, so much that her work made her somewhat of a celebrity in Sigil.
** And the Slaadi, who are literally ChaoticNeutral (and consequently Chaotic Stupid) personified.
--> "He said he was looking for the Happy Hunting Grounds. I didn't know what he was talking about... so I ate him."
** In fact, 4th edition gave Slaadi the official alignment of ChaoticEvil because they are so Chaotic Stupid that they want to tear down all of the rules everywhere... Including the rules that keep the very fabric of existence functioning. ForTheLulz. (And also because 4th Edition did not have the Chaotic Neutral alignment.)
*** Of course, Slaadi can be presented as "opposed to all law" without being "opposed to all sanity"... but RuleOfFunny has its place in these games.
** 5th edition keeps them chaotic and hating all order, but tweaks them a bit by making only masters of their "society", Death Slaadi, chaotic evil and the rest acting as minions. Essentially, this turns them into an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores writ large.
* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' [=GMs=] sometimes have to deal with "fishmalks", Malkavian characters who think madness and extreme loopiness are synonymous (the name comes from a ''wacky'' illustration of a character of this kind kissing a fish). It was not helped by the first ''Clanbook: Malkavian'' being one long series of jokes. That was bad enough, but during the second edition White Wolf produced a downloadable sample adventure that took this to an extreme, replacing the usual Malkavian derangement with something vaguely resembling a seizure played for laughs.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The second edition’s description of Chaotic Neutral was pretty bad, with examples ranging from characters betting their entire fortune on a die roll to randomly charging a dragon while screaming their heads off and getting roasted. It was chaotic stupid without the comedy; not fun at all. Normal Chaotic Stupid behavior was an improvement on this. They had to change the alignment definition in third edition to stop the madness, stating while Chaotic Neutrals do as they please without regard to law, they aren't actually crazy, and have thought still guiding their actions.
* The ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting of ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' had the Kender, who were halflings with a unique blend of fearlessness, curiosity, and a habit of [[strike:kleptomania]] "borrowing things", which made them the perfect excuse for Chaotic Stupid behavior in the wrong hands (so much that they were frequently considered TheScrappy of the setting).

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The second edition of chaotic neutral was pretty bad, with examples ranging from betting their entire fortune on a die roll, or randomly charging the dragon while screaming his head off and getting roasted as chaotic neutral actions. It was chaotic stupid without the comedy. Not fun at all. Normal Chaotic Stupid behavior was an improvement over this. They had to change the alignment in third edition to stop the madness, stating while they do as they please without regard to law, they aren't actually crazy, and have thought still guiding their actions.

In the realm of role-playing games, it often overlaps with TheLoonie, a {{player archetype|s}} from the famed {{Munchkin}} Files. But it can be an annoying kind of play style, and several player's 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. If you get into said role-playing games prepare to meet these in abundance. There seems to be one per group at least, god forbid all of them are.

* Wrath from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is this due to his utter lack of impulse control or thinking things through. To illustrate, he fused with Trisha Elric's remains to prevent them from being used on his mother surrogate Sloth. [[spoiler:After he got done killing Lust, he fuses with Sloth while both her and Ed know what that would do, merging her with the remains and leaving her paralyzed, allowing Ed to finish her off.]]

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is the face of Chaotic Stupid in modern comics DependingOnTheWriter. He beat the Taskmaster (whose power is an almost supernatural ability to "read", copy, and ''perfectly perform'' and understand the muscle movements and fighting styles of his opponent) in hand-to-hand combat by taking a break in their fight to dance and otherwise make himself unpredictable. He even begins his gambit by pushing a female X-Men member through a skylight into a indoor pool entirely filled with pancakes. Which were only there in the first place because he just suddenly decided to make a few thousand pancakes when he woke up that day. Then again, this is from the guy who [[NoFourthWall knows he's in a comic book]]. Maybe he's [[GenreSavvy onto something]]. It gets taken UpToEleven when he fights Evil Deadpool.

* Frank Begbie of ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' strays into this territory frequently, given that he insists not only on being a violent and often sadistic brawler, but often doing it within plain sight of people who are liable to call the police or remember his face. At one point, after kicking in a man's head and accidentally slicing open Spud's hand, he stands right in front of the bar and various shocked witnesses and demands that Renton take at least a minute to "bring me doon a fukken ciggareh" before even considering leaving -- or taking his injured friend to a hospital. He's also been known to attack bystanders for eating chips too loudly. Neutral AxCrazy might be a better description of his alignment, come to think of it.

* Zaphod Beeblebrox in ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. He's clearly highly intelligent, but so ridiculously impulsive and attention-seeking that in any situation he could do anything from set off on a quest to discover one of the great secrets of the universe or escaping from prison to go to a disco. A really good example is in ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'' in which he steals a [[CoolCar Cool Spaceship]] from a rock band he enjoys, even though he has already stolen a much better spaceship anyway, for no real reason. Exploited as his flaky AttentionWhore personality makes him the ideal person to become President of the Galaxy, distracting from the people really in control.

* The Shadows in ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler:were left by the other First Ones who strike fear and sow discord to show the younger species the [[ChaoticGood benefits of chaos]] — i.e. freedom, competition, and innovation. They were intentionally set up against the Vorlons of to teach the younger species about the [[LawfulGood benefits of an ordered society]] — i.e. to have laws and enforce them. Between them, they were supposed to move the younger species towards a good, harmonious blend somewhere in the middle. But eventually they [[MotiveDecay got too caught up in "winning" the argument]], and so the Vorlons became [[LawfulStupid general order-mongers]] and the Shadows general chaos-mongers.]]

* The ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting of ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' had the Kender, who were halflings with an unique blend of fearlessness, curiosity, and a habit of [[strike:kleptomania]] "borrowing things", which made them the perfect excuse for Chaotic Stupid behavior in the wrong hands (so much that they were frequently considered TheScrappy of the setting).

** Tzeentch may or may not be actively preventing a solid Chaos victory with his plots, because VictoryIsBoring. It's not just because victory is boring, but because Chaos is inherently self-destructive. Tzeetch in particular is the god of ambition and scheming, and if he ever actually reached his ultimate goal (whatever that might be), he'd disappear in a puff of logic, as scheming is part of his very nature.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has Clan Ice Hellion, a Clan reckless enough to constantly pick a fight with anyone they could find, especially their fellow Clans. Not so much "wacky" as just plain dumb and impulsive (to the point that their in-universe nickname was "Clan Temper Tantrum"). They thought that they could conquer Terra on their own... by attacking Clan Jade Falcon's occupation zone. To put it in perspective, the Hellions like employing light and medium 'Mechs as their main strike force, and were going up a Clan that likes fielding larger and ''much'' more heavily armed Omnimechs ''and'' had a larger and more experienced fighting force. They had also previously failed miserably in combat Trials against Clan Nova Cat, itself considered weaker than the Falcons -- sensible leaders would have stayed home, trained their forces, and played a smarter game of politics. Instead, they chose to ostracize themselves from any potential allies among the other Clans and then attack one of the largest and most militarily capable Clans in a straight up fight and if that wasn't enough, their Khan turned into a DirtyCoward in the middle of a battle. As a result, their invasion was described as "The Hellion Tantrum" by the Jade Falcons (where in all other instances, an invasion attempt was acknowledged as such) and ended in their near-total destruction, reducing their army to roughly a hundred of their least suicidally short-sighted individuals, not nearly enough to protect even one of their planets. The remaining warriors allowed themselves to be captured by Clan Goliath Scorpion.
* ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'' Entropomancers tend to act like this, since they're wizards who gain power over probabilities by putting things of value to themself (money, social standing, life and limb, etc) at risk. Unlike most examples, this behavior is played entirely for horror. As one reviewer put it, an Entropomancer with a single bullet and a revolver can gain, up to, [[RussianRoulette five]] significant charges within seconds.

* In a ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' strip, the characters run afoul of the god Thor; when Thor appears to avenge the insults to his name (guess who insulted him), Bob and Dave and Brian [[LeeroyJenkins immediately start attacking him]], despite [=BA=] (the GameMaster) pointing out that Thor is impervious to all mortal weapons, has infinite hitpoints, etc. Sara immediately has her character run away, and convinces Brian to have his character do the same. Bob's and Dave's characters die shortly afterwards, with Bob and Dave bitterly complaining that they don't understand why.

* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' is known to feature shenanigans of this sort. They were quite prevalent during ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', when the comment boxes were open and everything was explicitly coming from player suggestions; sometimes, if the characters really insisted on being engaged in something productive, the players would bid the character continue with what they were doing, but in a sillier manner. ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' had a few really good ones early on, before Hussie locked the suggestion boxes, but here and there you still get someone being a bit of a dipshit.

* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'''s episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUA5aCOF3y0 DM.exe has crashed! || Attack at the school]] leans this way, with the LawfulGood paladin being the only rational player character in the group. The story involves the group having to break into a school to investigate it, and the paladin's decision is to get a warrant to search the school legally and avoid conflict. While she's off taking care of the warrant, the others all decide to break into the school and cause a bunch of trouble. One character with the power of invisibility was knocking out teachers and breaking walls. The thief disguised himself as a student and conned students out of their money, which ended with him getting beaten up by students once they caught on to his cheating. The druid defends the thief by setting one of the students attacking him on fire. The samurai's solution to calming things down is to whip out his gun, and shoot it into the ceiling, which leads to a stand-off with the police, and him throwing magic grenades at the cops.

* 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.

* In the first ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' film, The Kurgan's joyride-rampage through New York, wherein he drives down the ''wrong side of the road'', singing "New York New York" while playing chicken and running over pedestrians, served no purpose other than a hilarious '''classic''' moment in comedy history.
* Frank Begbie of ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' strays into this territory frequently, given that he insists not only on being a violent and often sadistic brawler, but often doing it within plain sight of people who are liable to call the police or remember his face. At one point, after kicking in a man's head and accidentally slicing open Spud's hand, he stands right in front of the bar and various shocked witnesses and demands that Renton take at least a minute to "bring me doon a fukken ciggareh" before even considering leaving -- or taking his injured friend to a hospital. He's also been known to attack bystanders for eating chips too loudly. Neutral AxeCrazy might be a better description of his alignment, come to think of it.

* ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool is this deconstructed, as she's basically trying to be Deadpool without the wits, savvy, experience, skills, or powers he has. Her sole superpower is being ''aware'' that she's a wacky, comedic character in her own series, and thus [[DeusExMachina Dei Ex Machina]] will rain from the sky to ensure her success no matter how foolishly she acts. While she's right that events serve to save her from getting herself killed, her actions still alienate almost everyone she meets, repeatedly get her loved ones hurt, and often lead to her getting her ass solidly kicked.

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In the realm of role-playing games, it often overlaps with TheLoonie, a {{player archetype|s}} from the famed {{Munchkin}} Files. But it can be an annoying kind of play style, and several player's 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.

* 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.

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 sense whatsoever.

* ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool is this deconstructed, as she's basically trying to be Deadpool without the wits, savvy, experience, skills or powers he has. Her sole superpower is being ''aware'' that she's a wacky, comedic character in her own series, and thus [[DeusExMachina Dei Ex Machina]] will rain from the sky to ensure her success no matter how foolishly she acts. While she's right that events serve to save her from getting herself killed, her actions still alienate almost everyone she meets, repeatedly get her loved ones hurt, and often lead to her getting her ass solidly kicked.
* ComicBook/TheJoker has shades of this at times. In several incarnations, he is as likely to commit serial murder as he is to try and make all the fish in Gotham's river smile like him. His unpredictability makes it difficult for even Batman to figure out the Joker's plans. He also has ruined the plans of several villains because he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder really can't stand to not cause chaos any way he can]], [[EvilerThanThou he doesn't thinks the other guy is vile enough]], [[MadArtist he likes being "classy" with his mayhem]], [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't likes being second fiddle]] [[DisproportionateRetribution or really, really hates being snubbed out of the big get-together]].

* Ziggy Sobotka from ''Series/TheWire''. Lighting hundred dollar bills on fire in a pub full of poor working men, buying a pet duck and giving it whisky, repeatedly picking fights with bigger and tougher people, whipping out his member in a crowded bar - if it's stupid, and he thinks there's a laugh in it, he'll do it. Although he finally wises up when it's too late to do any good.

* Reese from ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' is a clear distinction between Chaotic Stupid and Stupid Evil. Reese himself is Chaotic Stupid and sees no problem in doing something ForTheEvulz, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's morally against something]] that 's just [[StupidEvil unamusingly cruel]]. For example, an ice cream truck refusing to sell anything during a heat wave traffic jam.

* The Shadows in ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: were left by the other First Ones who strike fear and sow discord to show the younger species the [[ChaoticGood benefits of chaos]]--i.e. freedom, competition, and innovation. They were intentionally set up against the Vorlons of to teach the younger species about the [[LawfulGood benefits of an ordered society]]--i.e. to have laws and enforce them. Between them, they were supposed to move the younger species towards a good, harmonious blend somewhere in the middle. But eventually they [[MotiveDecay got too caught up in "winning" the argument]], and so the Vorlons became [[LawfulStupid general order-mongers]] and the Shadows general chaos-mongers.]]

* The ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting of ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' had the Kender, who were halflings with an unique blend of fearlessness, curios and a habit of [[strike:kleptomania]] "borrowing things", which made them the perfect excuse for Chaotic Stupid behavior in the wrong hands (so much that they were frequently considered TheScrappy of the setting).

** In fact, 4th edition gave Slaadi the official alignment of ChaoticEvil because they are so Chaotic Stupid that they want to tear down all of the rules everywhere... Including the rules that keep the very fabric of existence functioning. ForTheLulz. (And also because 4th Edition did not have the Chaotic Neutral alignment).

** 5th edition keeps them chaotic and hating all order, but tweaks them a bit by making only masters of their "society", Death Slaadi, chaotic evil and the rest acting as minions. Essentially this turns them into an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores writ large.

** Elan, despite being the page picture, isn't quite an example of this. He ''can'' often be stupid ([[CharacterDevelopment less so as the comic goes on]]), but it's not inherently related to him being Chaotic, it's just part of who he is. The page picture makes sense when you realize that Elan trusts Haley implicitly and Haley had just snapped at Elan that, as a party of player characters, everything they do is technically an adventure. Elan being [[IdiotHero Elan]] took this literally.[[note]]Bonus points for LawfulStupid Miko coming upon the scene.[[/note]] Some of the weirder moments come as the result of his being GenreSavvy, but ''wanting'' to be GenreBlind so that it'll work better for the story. The Adventure Game calls him "Chaotic Foolish", meaning his actions are from more a lack of Wisdom than Intelligence.

* In a ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' strip, the characters run afoul of the god Thor; when Thor appears to avenge the insults to his name (guess who insulted him), Bob and Dave and Brian [[LeeroyJenkins immediately start attacking him]] despite [=BA=] (the GameMaster) pointing out that Thor is impervious to all mortal weapons, has infinite hitpoints, etc. Sara immediately has her character run away, and convinces Brian to have his character do the same. Bob's and Dave's character die shortly afterwards, with Bob and Dave bitterly complaining that they don't understand why.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', on her good days, Jillian Zamussels is a WildCard. On her bad days, she's this. Jillian's recurring problem is that she acts on impulse, often even when she has no real reason to do so, such as when she arrives at Transylvito and then decides to randomly kill one of the ornamental goldfish. Not helping is that she both deliberately exaggerates her "crude barbarian behavior" out of contempt for expected royal behavior and she is a staunch believer in ScrewDestiny, always taking the most contrarian alternative to whatever Fated action she is presented with. The end result is a character who can't be trusted to do anything sane for particularly long, and who has no regard for anyone else. Deconstructed in that this behavior results in her quickly becoming hated and disliked by practically everyone she spends time with; as early as the first book, one of Jetstone's warlords is convinced she's a traitor to the alliance -- and in fact he's right, as she's perfectly willing to screw over her allies so she can spend time with her lover, the enemy's chief caster, Wanda Firebaugh (with some added nudging from Wanda's MindRape spells). In the third book, a captured Parson is able to convince her only ally, Transylvito, to turn on her by asking pointed questions about how long they can really trust her and about how useful she's been to them through their alliance. The prequel makes it clear that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy she's been left permanently mentally damaged as a result of invasive mind magic]], which explains her problems neatly.

* Tednugent, the long-suffering protagonist of InteractiveFiction Fanfic Parody ''[[http://www.thelittlestmurloc.com You Awaken In Razor Hill]]'' is repeatedly forced into this trope and this sort of behavior, as a character whose actions were controlled by the whims of the readers of the story. Many of them -- MANY of them -- chose to Command Ted to do outright moronic things regardless of the severity of any given situation he was in, such as Commanding him to challenge the story's BigBad,[[ImplacableMan Pyramid Hogger]] to a "yo momma" contest, or licking things that ''ought not to be licked''. This led to a small WriterRevolt when the "Narrator"(the author of the story) began to respond to the more ridiculously self-destructive commands with some fairly brutal consequences.

* ''LetsPlay/SpoilerWarning''[='s=] Reginald Cuftbert has been know for such feats as taking on a group of {{Mad Bomber}}s wearing just a bonnet and tuxedo, killing people by rigging the room with C4 and detonating it with himself still inside, stealing weapons directly in front of somebody then selling them back, and managing to stealthily blow somebody up in the middle of a crowded casino without anyone noticing.

* 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 counter part not long after, then most of the Irken armada...

* ''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.

* Jesse Pinkman from ''Series/BreakingBad'' starts out pretty much as the poster boy for this trope, for all he's not exactly thick. He's just ''really'', '''''really''''' impulsive and is seriously bad at weighing consequences, however good he otherwise is at spotting left-field connections and answers. He actually starts to wise up as the costs keep getting steeper and CharacterDevelopment hits him like a freight train. Badger, however... nope: Chaotic stupid all the way. Well, Chaotic Clueless would be a ''better'' description in his case, really.

* ''WebVideo/PuffinForest'''s episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUA5aCOF3y0 DM.exe has crashed! || Attack at the school]] leans this way, with the LawfulGood paladin being the only rational player character in the group. The story involves the group having to break into a school to investigate it, and the paladin's decision is to get a warrant to search the school legally and avoid conflict. While she's off taking care of the warrant, the others all decide to break into the school and cause a bunch of trouble. One character with the power of invisibility was knocking out teachers and breaking walls. The thief disguised himself as a student and conned students out of their money, which ended with him getting beaten up by students once they caught on to his cheating. The druid defends the thief by setting one of the students attacking him on fire. The samurai's solution to calming things down is to whip out his gun, and shoot it into the ceiling, which leads to a stand-off with the police, and him throwing magic grenades at the cops.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The second edition of chaotic neutral was pretty bad, with examples ranging from betting their entire fortune on a die roll, or randomly charging the dragon while screaming his head off and getting roasted as chaotic neutral actions. It was chaotic stupid without the comedy. Not fun at all. Normal ChaoticStupid behavior was an improvement over this. They had to change the alignment in third edition to stop the madness, stating while they do as they please without regard to law, they aren't actually crazy, and have thought still guiding their actions.

* Jesse Pinkman from ''Series/BreakingBad'' starts out pretty much as the poster boy for this trope, for all he's not exactly thick. He's just ''really'', '''''really''''' impulsive and is seriously bad at weighing consequences, however good he otherwise is at spotting left-field connections and answers. He actually starts to wise up as the costs keep getting steeper and CharacterDevelopment hits him like a freight train. Badger, however... nope: ChaoticStupid all the way. Well, Chaotic Clueless would be a ''better'' description in his case, really.

* This seems to be the default alignment on ''Website/4Chan'', as they are always coming up with stupid pranks to pull on people or the media in general just for fun.

* [[Characters/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]] is this deconstructed, as she's basically trying to be Deadpool without the wits, savvy, experience, skills or powers he has. Her sole superpower is being ''aware'' that she's a wacky, comedic character in her own series, and thus Deus Ex Machina's will rain from the sky to ensure her success no matter how foolishly she acts. While she's right that events serve to save her from getting herself killed, her actions still alienate almost everyone she meets, repeatedly get her loved ones hurt, and often lead to her getting her ass solidly kicked.

* [[Characters/TheJoker The Joker]] has shades of this at times. In several incarnations, he is as likely to commit serial murder as he is to try and make all the fish in Gotham's river smile like him. His unpredictability makes it difficult for even Batman to figure out the Joker's plans. He also has ruined the plans of several villains because he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder really can't stand to not cause chaos any way he can]], [[EvilerThanThou he doesn't thinks the other guy is vile enough]], [[MadArtist he likes being "classy" with his mayhem]], [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't likes being second fiddle]] [[DisproportionateRetribution or really, really hates being snubbed out of the big get-together]].

* [[Characters/TheJoker The Joker]] has shades of this at times. In several incarnations, he is as likely to commit serial murder as he is to try and make all the fish in Gotham's river smile like him. His unpredictability makes it difficult for even Batman to figure out the Joker's plans. He also has ruined the plans of several villains because he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder really can't stand to not cause chaos any way he can]], [[MadArtist he likes being "classy" with his mayhem]], [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't likes being second fiddle]] [[DisproportionateRetribution or really, really hates being snubbed out of the big get-together]].

* [[Characters/TheJoker The Joker]] has shades of this at times. In several incarnations, he is as likely to commit serial murder as he is to try and make all the fish in Gotham's river smile like him. His unpredictability makes it difficult for even Batman to figure out the Joker's plans.