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1->'''Jamie:''' Did you stop some traffic with this lot?\
2'''Adam:''' I got a couple of looks, but I got looks like this: People driving by, they saw the pigs, and then they looked in the cab, and they're like, "Oh, it's the [=MythBuster=] guy."
3-->-- ''Series/MythBusters''
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5If somebody or something is really weird or fantastical, they're allowed to do things that "normal" people would never say or do. After all, they're either inimitable, or are in a situation nobody would want to emulate. The opposite can also hold true: when a coupon holder acts normal, those around him or her may react with shock and horror, or [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness assume something is wrong]]. A cousin to ElephantInTheLivingRoom and BunnyEarsLawyer.
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7Contrast HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster RefugeInAudacity is a closely related trope that involves someone behaving so far outside of accepted norms that everyone else is too stunned to stop them, but this trope tends to be recurring with a character to the point that everyone is just used to it while RefugeInAudacity is usually a one-time action. See also UnusuallyUninterestingSight, a potential reaction (or lack thereof) to the shenanigans of the Weirdness Coupon holder. Coupon not valid for those acting WeirderThanUsual. See also ItsForABook. See OnlyInFlorida for an ''entire US State'' with a Weirdness Coupon.
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15* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', many of the odd and improbable things that Ichijou is capable of are shrugged off with "Don't worry about it. It's Ichijou."
16* If it's written by Creator/{{CLAMP}}, the fans give it a [[HoYay homosexuality]] coupon (valid even with most homophobes), a [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory bizarre, twisted incomprehensible symbolic mysticism]] coupon, an [[NoYay inappropriate-romantic-pairing]] coupon, a GambitRoulette coupon, an ImpossiblyCoolClothes coupon, and probably several others. Reasons are unclear, but usually boil down to either "the story/characterization is too engaging" and/or "''you can no more ask CLAMP to stop doing any of these things than you can ask the Washington Monument to tap dance''".
17* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Catarina's mother is about the only person who tries to rein in Catarina's eccentricities, with little to no success; her suitors just watch her drift off into Council of Catarinas meetings inside her head, ramble about doom flags, dragoon them into harvesting her crops or otherwise be a total CloudCuckoolander without more than a wry comment or gentle smile. Presumably most of them are used to it after knowing her for eight years, and Maria is such a NiceGirl that it would honestly feel out-of-character for her ''not'' to just roll with it.
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21%%* Most of the works of Creator/AlanMoore qualify.
22%%* Similarly, Creator/GrantMorrison.
23* Jughead Jones in the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' gets a lot of freedom in this regard; anytime his oddness is called into question it's usually answered with something along the lines of "that's Jughead, he doesn't count". Subverted in one early story. Archie and Reggie see Jughead walking a seal down the street on a leash, and laugh at how only Jughead can get away with such a crazy stunt. They then do a DoubleTake and ask him what's going on.
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27* ''Film/GleahanAndTheKnavesOfIndustry:'' Gleahan has a whole season pass, letting people accept a lot of the crazy (and sometimes illegal) things he does.
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31* The phenomenon has even earned itself a proverb/rhyme in [[GermanHumour the Germanosphere]]:
32-->Ist der Ruf erstmal ruiniert, lebt sich's völlig ungeniert.[[note]]Once your reputation is ruined, you can live your life freely.[[/note]]
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36* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'', Gomez and Morticia are implied to have an active and ''kinky'' sex life -- absolutely unheard of in TV at the time -- but it's accepted because they're so odd. (Also, it's obviously not shown.)
37* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Invoked by Arastoo Viziri. As a scientist, he's used to his strong religious beliefs being looked down upon by his peers (even moreso because he's Muslim). So when he initially joined the Jeffersonian crew, he put on a thick accent and played up a bit of a FunnyForeigner persona so that his religion would be accepted as just another one of his immigrant quirks. After seeing his boss becoming annoyingly tolerant (insisting he ''not'' touch pig bones due to the taboo against pork, despite his own insistence that it didn't violate his beliefs), he dropped the charade and explained himself.
38* Somewhat related, the first couples to avert SleepingSingle in the early days of television had some type of Weirdness Coupon that made it not "count." Fred and Wilma Flintstone were animated, Samantha Stephens was a witch, Herman and Lily Munster weren't really considered human. Apart from UrExample ''Mary Kay and Johnny,'' all the way back in ''1947,'' who [[UnbuiltTrope snuck in before the rules were made,]] whose stars were married in real life, and are sadly forgotten due to only one episode of the show surviving, the first real, human, coupon-free couple sharing a bed on television were [[Series/TheBradyBunch Mike and Carol Brady]].
39* It was repeatedly commented by the producers of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' that if they had a joke that some might find to be in poor taste, they always had one of the robots make it. Because people were more willing to accept that sort of thing from a puppet.
40* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' uses a similar tactic.
41* ''Creator/JeffDunham'' lists this as the same reason people were okay with [[CrossesTheLineTwice Achmed the Dead Terrorist.]]
42* As shown in the page quote, the ''Series/MythBusters'' can get away with a wide variety of bizarre requests and actions by virtue of their reputation at this point. It's a far cry from when they started out; the group originally had to jury-rig a rocket together due to the difficulty of obtaining one legitimately. Hilariously, when they first attempted to obtain a JATO rocket, the Air Force sent not one, but two letters of denial. The [=MythBusters=] interpreted this as a literal NoJustNoReaction -- the second letter was just to reinforce just how denied their request was.
43* ''Series/{{House}}'':
44** Dr. House is given a lot of leeway in doing bizarre, irritating, and often illegal things by the staff at PPH. One of many, ''many'' instances of this included his shooting a corpse in the hospital's morgue. A horrified technician hears the gunshot and runs to find House with a pistol standing over the body. Nothing more is made of the incident. House's explanation:
45--->'''House''': He's dead. I shot him.
46** Cuddy also realizes this, as per his BunnyEarsLawyer status, and delivered the following quote:
47--->'''Cuddy:''' When I hired you, I knew you were insane. I will continue to try and stop you from doing insane things, but once they're done, trying to convince an insane person not to do insane things is, in itself, insane. So when I hired you, I also set aside fifty thousand a year for legal expenses. So far, you've come in under budget.
48** Also, when one of House's fellows wants to talk to him, he calmly cuts her off, saying "Sexual harassment claims go through HR, stress-related leaves through workman's comp., and any accusations of criminal activities go directly to the Princeton Plainsboro police department."
49* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0d-O2go9Po Attempted]] by Ron Swanson in ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' after he brings a live pig to a barbecue that he plans to slaughter and cook and a Park Ranger tells him he can't. Usually this winds up working for him, but in this particular case it fails.
50-->'''Ron:''' Not to worry, I have a permit.\
51''[hands Ranger a piece of paper]''\
52'''Ranger:''' This just says "I can do what I want."
53* In the All Stars season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' Nina Flowers is the only one who doesn't react to Tammie Brown taking a question about what underwear Nina wears by deciding the best way to figure that out is to "smell the flowers" and [[OverlyLongGag sniff at her partner for a few seconds]], since Nina had been on their original season with Tammie and was just used to her odd behavior.
54* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Kiss Hello," Elaine has no idea how to tell one of her friends that her hairstyle is unflattering. Jerry points out that "[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kramer]]'s the only person who could say something like that," and George suggests introducing them to cue Kramer's reflexive BrutalHonesty. It only doesn't work because Kramer ''actually'' likes her hair.
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58* Many critics would probably write off Music/OfMontreal's lyrics as misogynistic if they were more conventional in music style or presentation, especially on the albums ''Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?'' (answer: "You are not the destroyer" / "[[ForeignCussWord Du er ikke densom ødelegger]], [[CountryMatters fitta]]") and ''Icons, Abstract Thee'', written when the primary lyricist was having problems with his wife... but they're so ''creatively'' misogynistic...
59* Music/{{Eminem}}'s persona as a white outsider, a ShockJock and [[PissTakeRap the class clown of rap]] lets him get away with things that no other rapper would get away with. He's used this for noble goals like accusing MTV out on racism for celebrating him far more than black rappers (while [[VisualPun eating crackers while staring the camera dead in the eye]]), to go against the company line (in the documentary ''The Defiant Ones'', he's the only person willing to call out "the Beats thing" as bullshit) and to get away with things that would get other rappers murdered (such as accusing Music/PDiddy of having killed Music/TupacShakur). He starts his verse on "Bitch Please II" by ripping off Music/SnoopDogg's lyrics and flow, with Snoop's response just being to metaphorically shake his head and say, "he's so crazy". Many of the female celebrities he's savaged in his songs were delighted by the shoutouts.
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63* ''TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of mischievous kleptomaniacs called Kender, who can rarely resist swiping small (usually valueless) objects from people. Needless to say, generations of gamers have used this as an excuse to steal from their party members. The willingness of other players to put up with this Coupon varies greatly, and has caused Kender to be TheScrappy among many groups.
64* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' has the Malkavians, a clan of vampires where every one of them is insane. Some players use this as an excuse to say or do the most bizarre things in character. Such as worship a fire hydrant, or argue that the universe is resting on the back of a dog. A surprisingly large number of players tolerate this, if only because a well played Malkavian can cause major damage to their enemies, either in combat or in the political arena.
65* On a meta level, this is a frequent aspect of games involving players of ChaoticStupid characters, particularly TheLoonie. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools If it fits the tone of the game]], the rest of the table may be happy to grant such [=PCs=] Weirdness Coupons, but if not it can cause tension if the GM permits "wacky" characters to get away with stuff others would [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome suffer consequences for]].
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69* The other leaders cut Cyrus in ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} 6'' some slack when he declares surprise wars. After all, it's Cyrus. It's what he does.
70* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has the [[TheOrder Psijic Order]], a powerful MagicalSociety and the oldest monastic order in Tamriel. Due to having so SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic over thousands of years, the Order is capable of performing magical feats (and on a scale) that no other group in Tamriel (save for perhaps the extinct [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]]) is able to match. These abilities include {{Telepathy}}, AstralProjection, WeatherManipulation, the ability to make their entire home island (Artaeum) disappear without a trace, and there are even reports that they possess a limited form of [[TheOmniscient clairvoyance and sight into future events]]. While the Order has a PrimeDirective which limits their ''direct'' intervention in the affairs of outside groups, they do offer their service to the leaders of Tamriel as [[TheGoodChancellor advisors]], a sacred duty which they call "seliffrnsae," meaning "grave and faithful counsel." However, after Emperor Uriel Septim V [[IgnoredExpert ignored their warnings]] against an invasion of [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]] (which cost the Empire many of their legions and took the life of Uriel V himself), the Septim Empire became distrustful of the Psijics and barred their ambassadors from the Imperial City. In the 4th Era, following the reformation of the [[AntiHumanAlliance Aldmeri Dominion]] under the leadership of the religious extremist [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]], the Psijics have withdrawn completely from worldly affairs and have caused Artaeum to disappear once again. In their very limited contact with outsiders, they have mostly acted as an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness and occasional MysteriousBacker. Overall, being able to withdraw completely from the mortal world gives them major advantages, such as having whatever they're doing being written off as in the best interests of Tamriel and being able to stand up to even the Thalmor.
71* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In ''Endwalker'', one stretch of the main story quest has you [[spoiler:sent back in time to Elpis, before the WorldSundering]]. Since [[spoiler:as a FishOutOfTemporalWater]] you're gonna stick out like a sore thumb, one of the first people you meet suggests claiming to be [[spoiler:one of Azem's familiars, since your soul is the same color as theirs]]. This gives you a direct connection with an infamous BunnyEarsLawyer, and everyone in the area who hears it immediately accepts it as completely explaining everything odd about you.
72* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', a theme is that [[SupernaturalElite nobles with a Crest]] tend to have a lot of behavior that would be unacceptable for others excused because they are the {{MacGuffin Super Person}}s that Fodlan's society revolves around. In the case of side characters, this is generally just the kind of behavior you'd expect of a teenager. Many are BrilliantButLazy, and others have quirks like [[HandsomeLech lechery]] that aren't responded to with much more than a sigh. The protagonists have the most valuable coupons, which is {{Justified|Trope}} as they're the sovereign rulers of each nation, or in Byleth's case [[spoiler: the human vessel of [[CrystalDragonJesus Sothis]]]]. Claude says a lot of things that would give him away as [[spoiler: half-Almyran]], but as he has a Crest everyone assumes otherwise. Dimitri starts out innocent enough, [[spoiler: but suffers SanitySlippage in Part II. In spite of this, when he [[RightfulKingsReturns returns to Fhirdiad to take the throne]], the people are still cheering for him in spite of the lengthy stint of time he spent as an AxCrazy SerialKiller.]] Byleth is just ''weird'', both in terms of personality and the powers they exhibit, but these same characteristics are what make them a MagneticHero. Edelgard is a unique case. She doesn't get away with what she does merely because she has a Crest, but rather because her plans of [[spoiler: declaring war on the Church]] are so unthinkable that no one dares believe it no matter what she says or [[spoiler: how [[PaperThinDisguise paper-thin]] her disguise is]]. She otherwise discourages this, spending much of her time as house leader whipping problem students like [[BrilliantButLazy Linhardt]] into shape. The dark side to this is that it allows corrupt nobles to do whatever they want, no matter the consequences. This leads many {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s to rebel against the Church of Seiros that declared that Crests are [[DivineRightOfKings a blessing of the goddess]] in the first place, [[spoiler: including [[ProHumanTranshuman Edelgard]]]].
73-> ''"They... They killed everyone. My parents. My husband. My son. They all died... for nothing. For being in the way. People with Crests do whatever they want. No one even tries to stop them. [[CorruptChurch Especially not the church]]..."''
74-->-- '''An unnamed commoner in Chapter 7'''
75* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', the MadOracle Malkavian player characters can get away with behaviour (using potentially insulting nicknames, suggesting you might know about things worth killing to keep hidden) which... granted, you're already being sent to get killed, but this ought to be hastening the process considerably.
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79* In ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'', this is the general reaction whenever Sachi is found doing something weird. A combination of [[ExtremeDoormat following any order she's given]] and an [[CloudCuckoolander amazing lack of common sense]] lead to her having no problem with doing such things as stripping off her maid uniform and using it as a makeshift mop to clean the bathroom. When Sakaki walks in on that scene, and Yuuji protests he did ''not'' order her to do that (he'd just earlier made a joke about using clothing as cleaning rags), Sakaki immediately accepts it, because she knows Sachi well enough to realize Sachi just took something she heard way too literally again.
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83* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', the titular Doctor is apparently licensed by the city of Cumberland to deal with all the weird supernatural occurrences, such as giant rampaging Paul Bunyans, dinosaur-riding banditos, tricky lobster-men, and zombie ninjas. As revealed in "There's a Raptor in My Office", the law has been bent to accommodate the Doc -- his actions are frequently less than legal, but if he can get back to his office and declare "Base", then all charges against him are dropped.
84* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': In a crew deliberately built with BunnyEarsLawyer in mind, Lalli accumulates mage powers that let him see things InvisibleToNormals, appears to have a mental disorder, NoSocialSkills, a solitary nature and a very lackluster education, which results in a pass to act even more strangely than everyone else. The downside to this is tha Lalli's cousin and CloudcuckoolandersMinder, already guilty of getting TactfulTranslation and TranslationWithAnAgenda mixed up, sometimes ends up not paying much attention to something Lalli is saying when she should be.
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88* In ''Literature/SkippysList'', the titular Skippy [[http://skippyslist.com/2007/07/09/cephalopod-surprise/ buys a frozen squid]] and leaves it in the shower to thaw. When his roommate comes home and finds it, he lets the incident pass with zero context:
89-->'''Roommate:''' Is that a squid in our shower?\
90'''Skippy:''' Yep.\
91'''Roommate:''' What's it doing in there?\
92'''Skippy:''' Thawing.\
93'''Roommate:''' Goodnight.
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97* ''Series/{{Noob}}'': The wake of the first WhamEpisode put a spotlight on the Weirdness Coupon the protagonists give each other. At the time, Omega Zell isn't aware of what happened and would be completely freaking out if he was. He runs into Arthéon and can tell something is on his mind, while Arthéon is surprised at his blissfulness. The following conversation happens:
98--> '''Omega Zell:''' What's up? Has [[StupidGood Sparadrap]] been acting up again?\
99'''Arthéon:''' No...\
100'''Omega Zell:''' Has [[TheScrooge Gaea]] looted the guild funds?\
101'''Arthéon:''' If only she had!\
102'''Omega Zell:''' Has [[HangingJudge Judge Dead]] banned you again?\
103'''Arthéon:''' It's worse than that!\
104'''Omega Zell:''' What then? You're scaring me, Arthéon...
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108* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': She, or her {{sidekick}}, are often hit by weird ray-guns, or grabbed by {{Clingy MacGuffin}}s, or affected by magic amulets or whatever, and have to deal with the wacky consequences to their home lives, but no-one seems to think this behavior out of the ordinary -- for her. And that's not even mentioning their [[ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow frequent bunking off school]] to go and save the world.
109* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'':
110** An exploited example occurs when the Question discovers evidence of [[spoiler:[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11And12ABetterWorld an alternate universe]] where Franchise/{{Superman}} kills [[PresidentEvil Lex Luthor]], leading to a coup where the Justice ''Lords'' rule the world]]. The Question, in response to what he thinks is a probable future, attempts to [[spoiler:kill Lex first]], because, as he is already regarded as an unstable crackpot by society at large, he rationalises that the Justice League would be better equipped to weather the incident than if any of the more respected League members (especially Superman) were to commit to it.
111** Likewise in a later part of the same Arc, Batman gets away with not [[ClearMyName turning himself in]] with the rest of the big 7 by playing on his Loner image.
112* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
113** Pinkie Pie. In a show where weather-controlling pegasi and magical unicorns are the norm, she regularly does things even more outrageous [[RuleOfFunny as long as it's funny]]. Examples include popping out of locations [[BehindAStick she could not possibly fit inside of]], [[OffscreenTeleportation arriving at a destination ahead of characters flying at MACH 3]], and [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall fighting the show's closing iris to complain to the audience.]]
114** In-universe, too -- It's common for Pinkie to do something inexplicable and the other ponies just write it off as Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie, in about that many words. Even scenes of Pinkie Pie doing blatantly impossible physical acts like [[https://trixiebooru.org/552904 crawling walls]] or [[https://trixiebooru.org/1536872 stretching her neck out]] tend to only elicit, at most, mildly confused reactions from those around her.
115** Works against her in "Swarm of the Century", when Pinkie's attempts to get the others to help her get the means to deal with the problem of the week [[ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting are dismissed as her just being Pinkie Pie]].
116** The best demonstration of this may be from the episode "Party of One". While trying to figure out what her friends are doing behind her back, she dresses up as a haystack... wearing Groucho Marx glasses. In a world where Groucho Marx never existed. Rainbow Dash not only immediately recognizes and casually greets her, but her freak-out right after is ''completely unrelated'' to how Pinkie is dressed.
117** When Twilight shows up to help Pinkie babysit in "Baby Cakes", Pinkie answers the door wearing ''two'' diapers (one was on her head; she had just achieved EpicFail trying to change the twins). This passes entirely without comment from Twilight.
118** Pinkie has an almost ''literal'' coupon: [[WordOfGod the show's creators]] work under the regulation of trying to minimize the normal gags in cartoons; they pop up from others but rather infrequently. When one script/storyboard for an early episode has Pinkie doing something outlandish (the specific incident wasn't addressed), the response was basically "Okay, but only Pinkie." Then they realized the [[RuleOfFunny potential for hysterics]] of having ''exactly one'' pony act toonish could be, if only for the juxtaposition.
119** In the spinoff movie ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]'', as Twilight prepares to tell her CassandraTruth of being from another world to the human versions of her friends, human Pinkie not only guesses what she's going to say, but provides an accurate summary of why. When asked how she knows that, Pinkie simply says, "[[IJustKnew Just a hunch!]]", which everyone accepts as a logical explanation.
120** The bloopers segment of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]'' has a scene where human Pinkie and pony Pinkie ''[[https://derpibooru.org/1146231 high-five and swap worlds as if it's routine]]''. Any other character in the show, even ''[[RealityWarper Discord]]'', and fans would have pointed out plot holes. With Pinkie Pie, '''"THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING"'''.
121* Exploited by Starfire in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. She invents a holiday from her home planet to cover up the half-eaten curtains from [[ExtremeOmnivore the mutant larvae she was hiding]], and earns nothing more than a dismissive comment from Raven due to her previous FishOutOfWater antics.
122* Similar to ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' above, Helga Pataki of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' fame gets away with some pretty risque stuff for what's nominally a kid's show, but depicting tortured adolescent female sexuality just doesn't have the same impact coming from a hilarious cartoon character who kind of looks like a billy goat.
123* For similar reasons, Tina Belcher from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' was actually changed from a boy in early production into a girl because the creators realized that what came off as disturbing coming from a male character simply became funny when said by a female one.
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127* "Manny being Manny.": Ex-Boston Red Sox, ex-Los Angeles Dodgers, ex-Chicago White Sox, ex-Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Manny Ramirez was a great hitter but had a tendency to be really flaky and tended to get away with a lot more because of his talent. It's (almost) always written off as "Just Manny being Manny". Though eventually he would run out of Weirdness Coupons and be dumped by whatever team he was with. It was only after he was signed to be a player/coach with the Iowa Cubs of the Pacific Coast League (with zero chance of being promoted back to the major leagues) in 2014 that his antics stopped.
128* The role of the CourtJester, or "[[TheFool fool]]", in olden times was closely tied to this trope. A fool could [[MirthToPower pretty much say anything he wanted, however offensive, because he was "just a fool"]]. Either he was a professional fool -- in which case he had been granted permission to act the way he did for comedic purposes -- or he was a "natural" fool, a guy who was [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] or [[ValuesDissonance mentally ill]], in which case he "couldn't help" the way he acted and had to be excused. As a result, the fool often served as the DeadpanSnarker and/or OnlySaneMan, who had free permission to say whatever he liked... and in a lot of cases, it was what everyone else was thinking, but didn't have the guts to say themselves. The Weirdness Coupons only extended as far as the tolerance level of the Fool's master -- if a fool went ''too'' far, the punishment was, at the very least, a whipping.
129* Due to the somewhat random nature of youthwork games, you can buy [[NoodleImplements a surprising selection of props from a local supermarket]] and if the cashier looks at you strangely just reply "I'm a youthwork leader."
130* The Internet and the users who dwell online. It's a place where a man in his forties and a teenager can become FireForgedFriends or [[ArchEnemy Arch-Enemies]] after a passionate comparison and discussion of whether an [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic adorkable bookworm winged unicorn princess]] or a [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog chili-dog eating hedgehog faster than the speed of sound]] would be best suited to [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty infiltrate the Big Shell and save the hostages]], while {{Troll}}s suggest sending either [[TheScrappy Flash Sentry or Big the Cat]], someone else asks [[CrossoverShip "can't we ship them instead"]], and others still argue that it's a stupid discussion because either of those two [[ComicallyMissingThePoint would be better suited]] for [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity The Luxembourg Palace assassination]] instead, yet it's the guy who ''calls them out for their weirdness'' who will be singled out as the strange one and spammed with pictures of [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]] insisting [[MemeticMutation he must be new there]].
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