CInqwNjWIAAWNgk.jpg' alt='Livia Soprano Season 3 Episode 2' title='Livia Soprano Season 3 Episode 2' />Obfuscating Insanity TV Tropes. Its also a given that a lot of people give crazy people a wide berth lest they flip out on them. A lot of people are aware of this and choose to take advantage of it, although their reasons for doing so vary from one character to the next. Sometimes the apparent nutcase is actually perfectly sane, other times they actually are a little on the Cloudcuckoolander side or maybe more than a little but are aware of their eccentricity and deliberately play it up to the Nth degree so that they appear to be far crazier than they actually are. The leading information resource for the entertainment industry. Find industry contacts talent representation. Manage your photos, credits, more. HitFixs Alan Sepinwall reviews Boca, the ninth episode of The Sopranos season 1, where Junior takes a vacation, and Meadows soccer coach runs afoul of Tony. If they are not the point of view character, the question may be left open. Compare Obfuscating Stupidity, where people pretend to be dumb instead of crazy. Contrast Mask of Sanity for when someone actually is insane, but able to hide that fact well. Of course, he still has The Wonka tendencies even when he drops the mask, but that doesnt change the fact hes wearing a mask in the first place. Whether this also happened is debatable. Diogenes was more Crazy Awesome. He prescribed masturbation to prevent sexual immorality, then demonstrated. Diogenes If only I could satisfy my hunger by rubbing my belly. Several of the admirals are. Sometimes they have crazy ideas that their saner subordinates shoot down sometimes they have crazy brilliant ideas that pan out. Bebaus brothers, especially. The longer theyve been around, the crazier they get see Maito Gai, Kakashi Hatake, Jiraya, Tsunade, Anko Mitarashi. Shes crazy powerful, though. Naruto sums it up,. Thenwelearnedalittlemore. Xerxes Break from Pandora Hearts. Hes a strange Man Child with a Creepy Doll he holds conversations with and a habit of entering and exiting rooms from strange places like cabinets or from underneath beds. His in canon nickname is even. He probably is, but not thefunny kind. Except hes not. Except he might be. Except he probably isnt. Lampshaded in universe the characters themselves are completely baffled over where his obfuscating insanity ends and either genuine senility or great wisdom begins. Its very noticeable, however, that he always plays up the insanity whenever he needs to get Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru to do something they dont want to do yet the insanity vanishes completely whenever he needs to explain the detail of a lesson theyve just learned. Toutousais ability to switch between this trope, Lets Get Dangerous Miki accuses Yuki of this in School Live, though its unknown if its true or not. Note that she only came to the conclusion after reading a few pages on Multiple Personality Disorder in a book. Later on its implied she did have mental health problems however she fits the trope properly, as she still pretends to be delusional and oblivious after she. She doesnt do it for malicious reasons though. She knows her happy attitude is what keeps her friends from breaking down due to the difficulties of surviving during a Zombie Apocalypse. Whether or not he actually did at all is unknown, but if he did, it clearly didnt have the results he thought it did. While Ryousukes mother in Bokura no Hentai does have mental health problems brought on by her daughters death, its shown she isnt delusional as she seemed. She reveals later on that she knew her crossdressing son wasnt really his deceased sister. It should be emphasized that just how much of the Jokers madness is genuine or part of a ploy largely depends on the writer, naturally. He is quite, quite mad, but whether hes an out and out loony or just a very driven psychopath with a twisted sense of humour changes from story to story. The story was told from the perspective of two psychiatrists at Arkham, who had found a psychiatric analysis of Joker that revealed him as sane, but faking insanity to get into mental institutions where it would be easier to break free. Hopeful that they can use this to get Joker transferred to a prison, theyre disappointed to find out that the person who wrote the analysis was Harleen. Quinzel, from before she went insane. Oddly, this changing personality is also something that exists in story, as noted by the very same Dr. Quinzel, after being driven mad. She theorized that he reinvents his personality on a day to day basis, so that one day he may be a funny guy with a penchant for stalking the Bat, then the next hes a monster, then the next hes a glibbering loon. Her madness shows in her conclusion that the only constant is his love for her. This theory is also put forth in Arkham Asylum A Serious House on Serious Earth by Ruth Adams who describes it as a form of Super Sanity that may be more suited to the end of the 2. Her theory implies that the Joker might not have that much control over his reinventions he might be able to choose his different personalities, but he cant help the irresistible impulse to change it in the first place, since it is essentially a coping mechanism to deal with the insanity of the world at large. In the above, however, Joker would be closer to a variation of Histrionic Personality Disorder i. It should also be considered that Dr Ruth Adams may be a quack, especially if she thinks it constitutes Super Sanity which is an oxymoron rather than some kind of dissociative disorder. That wiped the smile right off the clowns face. Like the Joker, Deadpool really is insane a different kind of insane, though and knows it, but he plays up and possibly exaggerates his insanity for tactical benefit. Also like the Joker, the fact that his personality changes regularly is part of canon. In his case, his healing factor and cancer have combined to leave his braincells constantly in flux. In some stories hes little more than an immature goofball, others hes perfectly capable of committing murders in cold blood that he doesnt even remember afterward. Of course, as a Meta Guy, Deadpools also the first to admit that the real reason he changes is who is writing him at the moment. Watch Jakob The Liar Vioz on this page. Cerebus explains it during a croquet game with someone else. Its hard to get a refund from the salesman if hes sniffing your crotch and baying at the moon. Watch Sofia HDQ. Whatever it is, Im against it. Unless Im for it, in which case the tie goes to the runner. It turned out a few issues later that shed realized he was about to catch her and set that up as a cover to get herself locked in a mental hospital rather than prison, as the hospital was easier to escape. But then she found herself obsessing about Spidey for real. A female cop was investigating the same crime scene as Dwight and Miho. Since Dwight is a wanted man and he had an assassin ready to kill the police officer, he had to think quick. He started off by flirting with her in hopes that she would be offended and leave. Considering Dwight is Mr. Fanservice, she liked the attention and decided to stick around. He then demanded that they go to a hotel where she would spank him and call him Belinda because. That said, some of the later versions of the character really were insane. He must fulfill his sacred oath, but he dreads the consequences. His solution Faking madness. Unfortunately, Palamedes sees through it. For example, when hes held hostage by a traumatised war hero, most of his lines imply that hes daring Fortress Maximus to go ahead and just kill him, but looked at from another angle, hes getting inside Maxs head by continually voicing the most likely thoughts Max is having, leading him to identify with Whirl. Bartap from German comic Nick Knatterton, to fool some gangsters who wanted to get their hands on his latest invention, a shaving foam which is also a very effective explosive. Its effective nevertheless, as it not only gives him an excuse to do whatever he wants, its also impossible to tell the difference between when hes just keeping up the act and when hes executing some brilliant, secret plan right under your nose. Occasionally, they live to regret it. What became of the cancelled hit HBO show Its been 5 years since the last showing of Rome and fans have been left in the dark ages ever since. Between 2. 00. 8 and 2. Rome film yes filmWhat made Rome stand out was its sheer scale, its attention to detail in costuming and architecture that were all visible in its grandeur. In fact, its rumored that the period sets spanned a whopping 5 acres and that would make it one of the largest period sets ever. The joint BBCHBO production had an estimated budget of 1. Band Of Brothers and more recently, Game of Thrones. Bruno Heller was just one of the executive producers at the helm of the series and also was the man behind the the great writing. Rome showcases Roman society and culture, series one during and after the glorious reign of Julius Caesar Ciar. Cleverly, this parallels the story of Lucius Vorenus Kevin Mc. Kidd and Titus Pullo Ray Stevenson, two soldiers that over the course of the series take us through the rough ride of Roman civilization, also ironically finding themselves to be unknowing catalysts of historic events. Luciuss and Tituss hardship and friendship is known as being one of the most memorable ever seen in a television series. Rome introduced a mixture of both new and fresh faces. The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 12 Watch Online. Most notably, the experienced Ciar. Owen Hunt in Greys Anatomy. As you may know, two actors from Rome will be playing two big roles in Game Of Thrones season 3. The other casting choice of note is the role of Edmure Tully, Catelyn Starks younger brother, who will be played by Tobias Menzies, who in Rome plays Marcus Brutus. These UK actors add to an already jam packed UK cast. It can be said, with Rome having similar scale and stylistic features to Game Of Thrones, that the pair are no strangers to playing historical archetypes and will surely ease into the roles effortlessly. With its strong cast and increasing popularity, it was certainly a surprise when Rome wasnt renewed for another season. Rome was initially meant to be a mini series, but when more people got behind its creation and the quality of writing improved it turned into a full ongoing series. However, with its blockbuster size budget, Rome was scrutinized financially, causing HBO to announce that they wouldnt be renewing Rome into its third season. With recent shows making it past the season two threshold, is there room for optimism Rumors suggested that Rome could have hit the big screen, a wise choice, as there is more chance for it to make its budget back, though I believe Rome was made for TV, and would be better off for it. I cant imagine fans of Game Of Thrones or Boardwalk Empire would be to happy with their beloved series being squeezed into a two hour time frame. Unfortunately, this past year has seen little to no news about Rome hitting TV or film. With HBO comfortable with its resurgence of popularity of its shows as of late, can Rome be considered again in the near future There is still time, and you only have to look at Band Of Brothers and The Pacific to know that HBO havent been shy of rekindling similar styled big budget series in the past. Whether Rome comes back with the same characters or ventures into new territories, we still would give anything for a bit of news For more on Rome, check out our full review of both seasons Leave us a comment with your own hopes and dreams for the future of this show.