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Unsung
Since: Jun, 2016
2019-06-05 17:40:04
Makes me think of chindōgu
, the closest thing to which we seem to have is Homemade Inventions? Not exactly the same thing, I know.
Zany Scheme, maybe? New Job Episode and Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs? apply as well.
Edited by Unsung

Is there a trope for when a Cloudcuckoolander has one (or several) ideas for inventions of businesses that are way too impractical, ridiculous, silly or unnecessary to make any profit?
I'm thinking guys like Kramer from Seinfeld who came up with car periscopes, rubber oil bags and so on.
Not quite a Bungling Inventor since it's not sci-fi, but definitely played for laughs.