History Main / CuckooFingerTwirl

So, there's something ''off'' about one person in the room. Perhaps this person is a blatant Cloudcuckoolander, a pretty blatant example of TheMadHatter or TheLoonie. Perhaps the person is spouting some blatant InsaneTrollLogic or some {{Cloudcuckoolanguage}}. Maybe the person has a history of being disturbingly AxCrazy or is just voicing how much a macabre subject appeals to them as a clear NightmareFetishist. Maybe the person is just a clear oddball because they voice and do things that set them apart from their peers.

So there's something ''off'' about a person in the room. Perhaps the person is a blatant Cloudcuckoolander, a pretty blatant example of TheMadHatter or TheLoonie. Perhaps the person is spouting some blatant InsaneTrollLogic or some {{Cloudcuckoolanguage}}. Maybe the person has a history of being disturbingly AxCrazy or is just voicing how much a macabre subject appeals to them as a clear NightmareFetishist. Maybe the person is just a clear oddball because they voice and do things that set them apart from their peers.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:"This bird, the Aracuan -- he's ''meio maluco'', a very stupid fellow."]]-]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'': After Ariel and Adella accidentally disrupt the family's "walk," Andrina briefly does the finger twirl.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': When the zoo protagonists are confronted at Grand Central Station by hordes of cops, Alex tries to explain the situation they're in and mentions Marty being a bit cuckoo in the head while doing the gesture.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', "[[Recap/FreakazoidSeason2Episode8 The Island of Dr. Mystico]]"

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' where Freakazoid and his pals are trapped on an island owned by a MadScientist in "[[Recap/FreakazoidSeason2Episode8 The Island of Dr. Mystico]]". When Dr. Mystico goes on a TheyCalledMeMad speech about his deranged experiments during a forced dinner, Freakazoid makes the gesture, which Dr. Mystico catches onto and angrily reprimands him with the page quote before revealing he drugged their food.

--> '''Alex''': My friend just went a little crazy. Happens to everybody. The city gets to us all. Just went a little cuckoo in the head.
--> '''Marty''': Hey! Don't be calling me cuckoo in the head!

* Apparently in Germany, tapping one's forehead or temple with your index finger (which means roughly the same thing among the German Populace) is an ill-advised act and a serious insult towards whoever it is directed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning'': After Ariel and Adella accidentally disrupt the family's "walk," Andrina briefly does the finger twirl.

* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor", Inspector Lestrade gives Watson a significant look and taps his foreheard after Holmes makes the seemingly irrational assertion that the missing Lady St. Simon never existed in the first place.

* ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoosChristmasCarol'': Near the end, as Magoo/Scrooge Scrooge happily thanks the "spirits" for showing him the joy of Christmas, shouting his praises from the window, the little street urchin (who, until now, knew Scrooge as a bitter old miser) [[AsideGlance looks at the viewer]] and does this.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' when the zoo protagonists are confronted at Grand Central Station by hordes of cops, Alex tries to explain the situation they're in and mentions Marty being a bit cuckoo in the head while doing the gesture.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'' after Gru goes on a long tirade about how he suspects that mild-mannered restaurant owner Eduardo Perez is secretly the coveted villain El Macho. Lucy does a finger twirl to voice her disagreement and quickly changes the subject.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', after Luigi is spooked by Lumalee's nihilism, the Penguin King discreetly informs him that Lumalee's not all there in the head.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' when it comes to Jake having to hang around Susan Strong after his experience with her trying to eat the Candy People in "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E18SusanStrong Susan Strong]]". Jake thinks Susan is actually a deranged member of the hyoo-mans, a strange race of FishPeople living in the ruins of human civilization, and pleads for Finn to stay away from her and often describes her as dangerous and insane. He makes the gesture to warn Finn that Susan is just not right in the head.