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* Eric Cartman in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants". The visual style imitates WesternAnimation/BugsBunny wartime short films. Cartman also qualifies as a (very dark) Karmic Trickster in "Scott Tenorman Must Die!" -- perhaps as a kind of one-upsmanship of Scott Tenorman, who himself is also a Trickster.

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* [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman Cartman]] in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants". The visual style imitates WesternAnimation/BugsBunny wartime short films. Cartman also qualifies as a (very dark) Karmic Trickster in "Scott Tenorman Must Die!" -- perhaps as a kind of one-upsmanship of Scott Tenorman, who himself is also a Trickster.
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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]] {{expy}}... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]

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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]] {{expy}}... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny [[WinWinEnding ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her her]] (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]
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Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on their own behalf, but can be convinced to help others — they have a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when their sympathy is evoked will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes they sows chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when they get carried away in the midst of one of their campaigns. Most of the time he simply wants to be [[HeroicNeutral left alone]], and [[KarmicProtection heaven help whoever messes with him!]] Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between [[ChaoticGood this]], ThePrankster and borderline NeutralEvil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them and can often just seem like ComedicSociopathy if our trickster operates as a DesignatedHero regardless of where they sit on TheTrickster scale and the only [=Karmic=] anything involved about them is being a KarmaHoudini.

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Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on their own behalf, but can be convinced to help others — they have a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when their sympathy is evoked evoked, will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes they sows sow chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when they get carried away in the midst of one of their campaigns. Most of the time time, he simply wants to be [[HeroicNeutral left alone]], and [[KarmicProtection heaven help whoever messes with him!]] Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between [[ChaoticGood this]], ThePrankster ThePrankster, and borderline NeutralEvil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them them, and can often just seem like ComedicSociopathy if our trickster operates as a DesignatedHero regardless of where they sit on TheTrickster scale and the only [=Karmic=] anything involved about them is being a KarmaHoudini.



* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'': He tends not to get a trickster reputation due mostly to his temperament (soft-spoken rather than wacky) but after being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit and extorted into laundering money for the warden, Andy Dufresne [[spoiler:escapes from prison, steals the warden's dirty money, and exposes the corruption in the prison, resulting in the warden's suicide and the arrest of TheDragon]]. Bugs Bunny would be proud.

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* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'': He tends not to get a trickster reputation due mostly to his temperament (soft-spoken rather than wacky) wacky), but after being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit and extorted into laundering money for the warden, Andy Dufresne [[spoiler:escapes from prison, steals the warden's dirty money, and exposes the corruption in the prison, resulting in the warden's suicide and the arrest of TheDragon]]. Bugs Bunny would be proud.



* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Hurt Tyrion Lannister, and you can face the whole gamut of getting [[DeadpanSnarker deconstructed hilariously]] in public to being outright shown up by what he does to undermine your position in inventive ways. Hurt somebody else, however... and, he goes to town to make you look just as idiotic to others as he finds you to be. Just ask Joffrey. Push him even further, and, well... [[spoiler:it gets deadly -- out-of-prison-with-a-crossbow-[[TheCanKickedHim on-the-can]] deadly - as his father Tywin learns.]]

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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Hurt Tyrion Lannister, and you can face the whole gamut of getting [[DeadpanSnarker deconstructed hilariously]] in public to being outright shown up by what he does to undermine your position in inventive ways. Hurt somebody else, however... however… and, he goes to town to make you look just as idiotic to others as he finds you to be. Just ask Joffrey. Push him even further, and, well... well… [[spoiler:it gets deadly -- out-of-prison-with-a-crossbow-[[TheCanKickedHim on-the-can]] deadly - as his father Tywin learns.]]learns]].



* Lindsay Dawn and her daughter Leila in the roleplays of ''WebComic/WhiteDarkLife'' are both this crossed with BullyHunter, constantly playing pranks on bullies and bad guys to take them down a peg and protect the innocent from harmful shenanigans. Said pranks very frequently involve [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]] and other forms of property damage (they've leveled Bowser's Castle several times), but Lindsay and Leila both go out of their way to avoid actually hurting anyone except when inevitable (as [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Corneria]] [[AssShove once learned the hard way]]).

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* Lindsay Dawn and her daughter Leila in the roleplays of ''WebComic/WhiteDarkLife'' are both this crossed with BullyHunter, constantly playing pranks on bullies and bad guys [[PrankPunishment to take them down a peg peg]] and protect the innocent from harmful shenanigans. Said pranks very frequently involve [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]] and other forms of property damage (they've leveled Bowser's Castle several times), but Lindsay and Leila both go out of their way to avoid actually hurting anyone except when inevitable (as [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Corneria]] [[AssShove once learned the hard way]]).
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* ''VisualNovel/{{Touchstarved}}'' has Kuras, who's nothing but kind to the unfortunate (so far, at least) while selling fake alchemical ingredients to the Senobium's sinister clerics.
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* In most ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' cartoons where Donald is the antagonist, this tends to be the case. Chip and Dale or Huey, Dewey, and Louie especially. MickeyMouse even serves in this role to Donald as opposed to his usual one of the StraightMan in "Magician Mickey".

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* In most ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' cartoons where Donald is the antagonist, this tends to be the case. Chip and Dale or Huey, Dewey, and Louie especially. MickeyMouse WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse even serves in this role to Donald as opposed to his usual one of the StraightMan in "Magician Mickey".
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Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on their own behalf, but can be convinced to help others — they have a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when their sympathy is evoked will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes they sows chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when they gets carried away in the midst of one of his campaigns. Most of the time he simply wants to be [[HeroicNeutral left alone]], and [[KarmicProtection heaven help whoever messes with him!]] Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between [[ChaoticGood this]], ThePrankster and borderline NeutralEvil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them and can often just seem like ComedicSociopathy if our trickster operates as a DesignatedHero regardless of where they sit on TheTrickster scale and the only [=Karmic=] anything involved about them is being a KarmaHoudini.

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Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on their own behalf, but can be convinced to help others — they have a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when their sympathy is evoked will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes they sows chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when they gets get carried away in the midst of one of his their campaigns. Most of the time he simply wants to be [[HeroicNeutral left alone]], and [[KarmicProtection heaven help whoever messes with him!]] Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between [[ChaoticGood this]], ThePrankster and borderline NeutralEvil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them and can often just seem like ComedicSociopathy if our trickster operates as a DesignatedHero regardless of where they sit on TheTrickster scale and the only [=Karmic=] anything involved about them is being a KarmaHoudini.
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TheTrickster who specializes in [[PrankPunishment unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls]]. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left alone. Once his dignity is dented or his person threatened, however, it's no holds barred — the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment, and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his vengeance.

Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on his own behalf, but can be convinced to help others — he has a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when his sympathy is evoked will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes he sows chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when he gets carried away in the midst of one of his campaigns. Most of the time he simply wants to be [[HeroicNeutral left alone]], and [[KarmicProtection heaven help whoever messes with him!]] Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between [[ChaoticGood this]], ThePrankster and borderline NeutralEvil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them and can often just seem like ComedicSociopathy if our trickster operates as a DesignatedHero regardless of where they sit on TheTrickster scale and the only [=Karmic=] anything involved about them is being a KarmaHoudini.

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TheTrickster who specializes in [[PrankPunishment unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls]]. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left alone. Once his their dignity is dented or his their person threatened, however, it's no holds barred — the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment, and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his their vengeance.

Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on his their own behalf, but can be convinced to help others — he has they have a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when his their sympathy is evoked will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes he they sows chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when he they gets carried away in the midst of one of his campaigns. Most of the time he simply wants to be [[HeroicNeutral left alone]], and [[KarmicProtection heaven help whoever messes with him!]] Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between [[ChaoticGood this]], ThePrankster and borderline NeutralEvil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them and can often just seem like ComedicSociopathy if our trickster operates as a DesignatedHero regardless of where they sit on TheTrickster scale and the only [=Karmic=] anything involved about them is being a KarmaHoudini.



[[ObfuscatingStupidity May masquerade]] as TheFool or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display HiddenDepths (if only a knack for {{comedy}} and SimplemindedWisdom) whom the audience may laugh at. This is not always true of other [[TheTrickster Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as {{cloud cuckoolander}}s, irrepressible [[ThePrankster agents of chaos]], lesser [[LoveableRogue chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[AnAesop taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic {{butt monkey}}s. Such traits rarely apply here. Indeed, the Karmic Trickster is the least vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard or to CounterZany (which he can often turn into ZanySchemeChicken).

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[[ObfuscatingStupidity May masquerade]] as TheFool or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he they will always display HiddenDepths (if only a knack for {{comedy}} and SimplemindedWisdom) whom the audience may laugh at. This is not always true of other [[TheTrickster Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as {{cloud cuckoolander}}s, irrepressible [[ThePrankster agents of chaos]], lesser [[LoveableRogue chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[AnAesop taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic {{butt monkey}}s. Such traits rarely apply here. Indeed, the Karmic Trickster is the least vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard or to CounterZany (which he they can often turn into ZanySchemeChicken).
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* Eric Cartman in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants". The visual style imitates WesternAnimation/BugsBunny wartime short films. Cartman also qualifies as a ([[IAteWhat very dark]]) Karmic Trickster in "Scott Tenorman Must Die!" -- perhaps as a kind of one-upsmanship of Scott Tenorman, who himself is also a Trickster.

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* Eric Cartman in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants". The visual style imitates WesternAnimation/BugsBunny wartime short films. Cartman also qualifies as a ([[IAteWhat very dark]]) (very dark) Karmic Trickster in "Scott Tenorman Must Die!" -- perhaps as a kind of one-upsmanship of Scott Tenorman, who himself is also a Trickster.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[TheFairFolk Oko the Trickster]], a Puck {{Expy}} and Planeswalker, is a [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]]; he ''claims'' to be this, humiliating and humbling arrogant and pompous authority figures, but in reality he just enjoys causing chaos, often of the cruel and sadistic variety, and sees ''all'' authority figures as deserving of his "pranks." In ''Literature/TheWilderedQuest'' he kidnaps the King of Eldraine, who it must be said is anything ''but'' popmpous or arrogant, and trying to engineer a war between humanity and elves just so he can watch the chaos unfold.

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[TheFairFolk Oko the Trickster]], a Puck {{Expy}} and Planeswalker, is a [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]]; he ''claims'' to be this, humiliating and humbling arrogant and pompous authority figures, but in reality he just enjoys causing chaos, often of the cruel and sadistic variety, and sees ''all'' authority figures as deserving of his "pranks." In ''Literature/TheWilderedQuest'' he kidnaps the King of Eldraine, who it must be said is anything ''but'' popmpous pompous or arrogant, and trying to engineer a war between humanity and elves just so he can watch the chaos unfold.
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* ''Literature/TillEulenspiegel in German folklore: many of his "merry pranks" are aimed at exposing the hypocrisy and greed of others.

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* ''Literature/TillEulenspiegel Literature/TillEulenspiegel in German folklore: many of his "merry pranks" are aimed at exposing the hypocrisy and greed of others.
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* El-Hrairah in ''Literature/WatershipDown'' falls somewhere in these lines, along with being a GuileHero. It makes sense, as he's supposed to represent the rabbits' gift for outrunning and outmaneuvering their enemies.

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* El-Hrairah El-Ahrairah in ''Literature/WatershipDown'' falls somewhere in these lines, along with being a GuileHero. It makes sense, as he's supposed to represent the rabbits' gift for outrunning and outmaneuvering their enemies.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[TheFairFolk Oko the Trickster]], a Puck {{Expy}} and Planeswalker, is a [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]]; he ''claims'' to be this, humiliating and humbling arrogant and pompous authority figures, but in reality he just enjoys causing chaos, often of the cruel and sadistic variety, and sees ''all'' authority figures as deserving of his "pranks." In ''Literature/TheWilderedQuest'' he kidnaps the King of Eldraine, who it must be said is anything ''but'' popmpous or arrogant, and trying to engineer a war between humanity and elves just so he can watch the chaos unfold.
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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]]{{expy}}... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]

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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]]{{expy}}...Trapp]] {{expy}}... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]
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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]][[expy]]... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]

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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]][[expy]]...Trapp]]{{expy}}... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]
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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. Then he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a parody of the nanny from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]

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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. Then ''Then'' he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a parody of the nanny from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''...[[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]][[expy]]... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up with a family more likely to appreciate her (that is, a parody of the Von Trapps).]]
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** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is a famous Karmic Trickster and former trope namer. This characterization was a considered decision on the part of Bugs' creators: it was required that the antagonist strike first. Note that it was not from the start: in his early days, Bugs was more of ThePrankster; in fact, [[https://youtu.be/-Dl47PIP6h4?t=311 the gag that the page image is based on]] is from the 1942 short "The Wacky Wabbit", in which Bugs is actually the one that antagonizes Elmer, and not the other way around.

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** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is a famous Karmic Trickster and former trope namer. This characterization was a considered decision on the part of Bugs' creators: it was required that the antagonist strike first. Note that it was not from the start: in his early days, Bugs was more of ThePrankster; in fact, [[https://youtu.be/-Dl47PIP6h4?t=311 the gag that the page image is based on]] is from the 1942 short "The Wacky Wabbit", in which Bugs is actually the one that antagonizes Elmer, and not the other way around. On the rare occasions that Bugs does strike first, he tends to suffer a defeat at the hands of the one he antagonized.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' nudges Sonic into this direction, repeatedly foiling Robotnik's plans in the most WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes-eqsue ways imaginable.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' nudges Sonic into this direction, repeatedly foiling Robotnik's plans in the most WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes-eqsue WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes-esque ways imaginable.
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TheTrickster who specializes in unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left alone. Once his dignity is dented or his person threatened, however, it's no holds barred — the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment, and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his vengeance.

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TheTrickster who specializes in [[PrankPunishment unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls.know-it-alls]]. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left alone. Once his dignity is dented or his person threatened, however, it's no holds barred — the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment, and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his vengeance.
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[[ObfuscatingStupidity May masquerade]] as TheFool, or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display HiddenDepths (if only a knack for {{comedy}} and SimplemindedWisdom) whom the audience may laugh at. This is not always true of other [[TheTrickster Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as {{cloud cuckoolander}}s, irrepressible [[ThePrankster agents of chaos]], lesser [[LoveableRogue chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[AnAesop taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic {{butt monkey}}s. Such traits rarely apply here. Indeed, the Karmic Trickster is the least vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard or to CounterZany (which he can often turn into ZanySchemeChicken).

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[[ObfuscatingStupidity May masquerade]] as TheFool, TheFool or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display HiddenDepths (if only a knack for {{comedy}} and SimplemindedWisdom) whom the audience may laugh at. This is not always true of other [[TheTrickster Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as {{cloud cuckoolander}}s, irrepressible [[ThePrankster agents of chaos]], lesser [[LoveableRogue chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[AnAesop taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic {{butt monkey}}s. Such traits rarely apply here. Indeed, the Karmic Trickster is the least vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard or to CounterZany (which he can often turn into ZanySchemeChicken).



* Kurumi from Kanako Inuki's horror manga ''Presents'' spends much of her time giving people presents that result in them and/or others getting what they truly deserve, whether for good, or much more often, for ill. She will sometimes warn people away from choices regarding gifts that will end badly for them (they don't usually listen) or give them advice regarding presents, but this usually turns out the same way as when she offers the presents herself.

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* Kurumi from Kanako Inuki's horror manga ''Presents'' spends much of her time giving people presents that result in them and/or others getting what they truly deserve, whether for good, or good or, much more often, for ill. She will sometimes warn people away from choices regarding gifts that will end badly for them (they don't usually listen) or give them advice regarding presents, but this usually turns out the same way as when she offers the presents herself.



* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'': He tends not to get a trickster reputation due mostly to his temperament (soft-spoken rather than wacky), but after being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and extorted into laundering money for the warden, Andy Dufresne [[spoiler:escapes from prison, steals the warden's dirty money, and exposes the corruption in the prison, resulting in the warden's suicide and the arrest of TheDragon]]. Bugs Bunny would be proud.

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* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'': He tends not to get a trickster reputation due mostly to his temperament (soft-spoken rather than wacky), wacky) but after being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, commit and extorted into laundering money for the warden, Andy Dufresne [[spoiler:escapes from prison, steals the warden's dirty money, and exposes the corruption in the prison, resulting in the warden's suicide and the arrest of TheDragon]]. Bugs Bunny would be proud.



* The character Wrestling/EddieGuerrero portrayed in the late part of his Wrestling/{{WWE}} career was very much a Karmic Trickster; he'd jokingly use {{heel}}ish tactics against heels, but because they were all bad guys, and he was so funny about it, the crowds ate it up. One of his favorite tactics was to pound the mat with a steel chair, throw it into an opponent's hands, and collapse to the mat, so that when the EasilyDistractedReferee turned back around, he'd naturally assume that the heel hit Eddie with the chair. And then, when the ref turned around to chastise the heel (on the occasions where he didn't outright disqualify him), he'd mug for the crowd and pose for the heel, such as putting his hands behind his head as if he were relaxing in a hammock. And when the referee's back was turned removing the chair from the ring, Eddie would often take the heel out with [[GroinAttack a low blow]].

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* The character Wrestling/EddieGuerrero portrayed in the late part of his Wrestling/{{WWE}} career was very much a Karmic Trickster; he'd jokingly use {{heel}}ish tactics against heels, but because they were all bad guys, and he was so funny about it, the crowds ate it up. One of his favorite tactics was to pound the mat with a steel chair, throw it into an opponent's hands, and collapse to the mat, mat so that when the EasilyDistractedReferee turned back around, he'd naturally assume that the heel hit Eddie with the chair. And then, when the ref turned around to chastise the heel (on the occasions where he didn't outright disqualify him), he'd mug for the crowd and pose for the heel, such as putting his hands behind his head as if he were relaxing in a hammock. And when the referee's back was turned removing the chair from the ring, Eddie would often take the heel out with [[GroinAttack a low blow]].



* ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'': Feste the jester embodies this role, appropriately enough for a play celebrating the Twelfth Night. The festivities are supposed to showcase the inversion of the social order and laugh at it all, which is precisely what Feste does. He points out the logical flaws in Olivia's mourning, sees through even Viola's clever wordplay, and cuts the pompous, Puritan Malvolio down to size... [[DisproportionateRetribution and then some.]]

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* ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'': Feste the jester embodies this role, appropriately enough for a play celebrating the Twelfth Night. The festivities are supposed to showcase the inversion of the social order and laugh at it all, which is precisely what Feste does. He points out the logical flaws in Olivia's mourning, sees through even Viola's clever wordplay, wordplay and cuts the pompous, Puritan Malvolio down to size... [[DisproportionateRetribution and then some.]]



* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', the angels cheerfully rhapsodize about how GoodFeelsGood -- right next to {{Satan}}'s soul-buying booth. He also hunts them, and often gets pranked when he does so. And when he is not doing so -- given that he's Satan and they don't prank other characters, Karma can be assumed.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', the angels cheerfully rhapsodize about how GoodFeelsGood -- right next to {{Satan}}'s soul-buying booth. He also hunts them, them and often gets pranked when he does so. And when he is not doing so -- given that he's Satan and they don't prank other characters, Karma can be assumed.



* Mickey again takes on this role in a ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' cartoon where he's held hostage by Pete, and his even dumber backwoods cousin, Zeke, who had just robbed a bank. [[LetsYouAndHimFight Mickey convinces both parties that one of them is trying to do the other one in and take the money for themselves,]] and then proceeds to add fuel to the fire as their paranoia sets in and their stupidity takes over.

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* Mickey again takes on this role in a ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' cartoon where he's held hostage by Pete, Pete and his even dumber backwoods cousin, cousin Zeke, who had just robbed a bank. [[LetsYouAndHimFight Mickey convinces both parties that one of them is trying to do the other one in and take the money for themselves,]] themselves]], and then proceeds to add fuel to the fire as their paranoia sets in and their stupidity takes over.
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* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' This is one of the job descriptions for the Princesses of Spades. As the court that values freedom, laughter, and autonomy, a Princess of Spades will often dedicate herself to deflating the egos of the pompous and making repressive authority figures look like fools.

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* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' This is one of the job descriptions for the Princesses of Spades. As the court that values freedom, laughter, and autonomy, a Princess of Spades will often dedicate herself to deflating the egos of the pompous and making repressive authority figures look like fools. Being a Princess, she is also much more likely to do this even if the authority in question isn't yet doing ''her'' any harm, as long as there are others who ''are'' being harmed or she thinks the authority figure himself is likely to benefit from a quick deflating.
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* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' This is one of the job descriptions for the Princesses of Spades. As the court that values freedom, laughter, and autonomy, a Princess of Spades will often dedicate herself to deflating the egos of the pompous and making repressive authority figures look like fools.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Perhaps the most obvious example.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Perhaps [[caption-width-right:350: That's what happens when you tangle with the most obvious example.wabbit.]]
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[[ObfuscatingStupidity May masquerade]] as TheFool, or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display HiddenDepths (if only a knack for {{comedy}} and SimplemindedWisdom) whom the audience may laugh at. This is not always true of other [[TheTrickster Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as {{cloud cuckoolander}}s, irrepressible [[ThePrankster agents of chaos]], lesser [[LoveableRogue chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[AnAesop taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic {{butt monkey}}s. Such traits rarely apply here. Indeed, the Karmic Trickster is the least vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard or to CounterZany (which he can often turn to ZanySchemeChicken).

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[[ObfuscatingStupidity May masquerade]] as TheFool, or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display HiddenDepths (if only a knack for {{comedy}} and SimplemindedWisdom) whom the audience may laugh at. This is not always true of other [[TheTrickster Tricksters]] in general, who are sometimes cast as {{cloud cuckoolander}}s, irrepressible [[ThePrankster agents of chaos]], lesser [[LoveableRogue chaos-bringers]] who are constantly being [[AnAesop taught a lesson]] themselves, or cosmic {{butt monkey}}s. Such traits rarely apply here. Indeed, the Karmic Trickster is the least vulnerable to HoistByHisOwnPetard or to CounterZany (which he can often turn to into ZanySchemeChicken).
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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. Then he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a parody of the nanny from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up in a home more likely to appreciate her (that is, with a parody of the Von Trapps).]]

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* The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (although Wakko is closer to being ThePrankster) are somewhat offset by the fact that they can be cheerful and annoying to ''anybody'', but are generally harmless until someone starts being a {{Jerkass}}. Then he gets labeled their "Special Friend", and all bets are off. In one episode, they're being driven crazy by a parody of the nanny from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''... but can't bring themselves to clobber her, because she's not doing anything ''wrong''. [[spoiler:They hire Slappy, although by the end the nanny ends up in with a home family more likely to appreciate her (that is, with a parody of the Von Trapps).]]



* Mickey again takes on this role in a ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' cartoon where he's held hostage by Pete, and his even dumber backwoods cousin, Zeke, who had just robbed a bank. [[LetsYouAndHimFight Mickey convinces both parties that one of them is trying to do the other one in and take the money for themselves,]] and then proceeds to add fuel to the fire as their paranoia (and stupidity) sets in.

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* Mickey again takes on this role in a ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' cartoon where he's held hostage by Pete, and his even dumber backwoods cousin, Zeke, who had just robbed a bank. [[LetsYouAndHimFight Mickey convinces both parties that one of them is trying to do the other one in and take the money for themselves,]] and then proceeds to add fuel to the fire as their paranoia (and stupidity) sets in.in and their stupidity takes over.
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* The character Wrestling/EddieGuerrero portrayed in the late part of his Wrestling/{{WWE}} career was very much a Karmic Trickster; he'd jokingly use {{heel}}ish tactics against heels, but because they were all bad guys, and he was so funny about it, the crowds ate it up. One of his favorite tactics was to pound the mat with a steel chair, throw it into an opponent's hands, and collapse to the mat, so that when the EasilyDistractedReferee turned back around, he'd naturally assume that the heel hit Eddie with the chair. And then, when the ref turned around to chastise the heel (on the occasions where he didn't outright disqualify him), he'd mug for the crowd and pose for the heel, such as putting his hands behind his head as if he were relaxing in a hammock.

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* The character Wrestling/EddieGuerrero portrayed in the late part of his Wrestling/{{WWE}} career was very much a Karmic Trickster; he'd jokingly use {{heel}}ish tactics against heels, but because they were all bad guys, and he was so funny about it, the crowds ate it up. One of his favorite tactics was to pound the mat with a steel chair, throw it into an opponent's hands, and collapse to the mat, so that when the EasilyDistractedReferee turned back around, he'd naturally assume that the heel hit Eddie with the chair. And then, when the ref turned around to chastise the heel (on the occasions where he didn't outright disqualify him), he'd mug for the crowd and pose for the heel, such as putting his hands behind his head as if he were relaxing in a hammock. And when the referee's back was turned removing the chair from the ring, Eddie would often take the heel out with [[GroinAttack a low blow]].

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