Funny Schizophrenia: Difference between revisions

{{quote|"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I'm here to talk to you about the very serious problem of schizophrenia. - '''No he doesn't!''' - SHUT UP, LET HIM SPEAK!"|'''[[Robin Williams]]'''}}

{{quote| "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. No, you're not! He is, you know. Oh, shut up, you two and let him speak!"}}

See also [[TalkingInner to ThemselfDialogue]].

* ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'': Urd is split into her goddess and demon selves. The attempt to reunite them results in a single Urd that switches between their personalities. The change is shown by her [[Color -Coded for Your Convenience|markings changing from blue to red]].

* In ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]'', Kaere/Kaede's split personality as a stereotypical Japanese [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] and stereotypical jerkass [[Eagle Land|Eaglelander]] is played for laughs, as is [[The Pollyanna|Kafuka's]] description of previously having two split personalities who differed in respect to a slight food preference - although the latter is also a sign that Kafuka is actually [[Cute and Psycho|cute, psychotic]] and [[Ax Crazy]].

* A decidedly dark take in ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'' has Agito/Akito, who swings from [[Ax Crazy]] to "cute kid" depending on which side his eyepatch is.

** He also has moments like this in ''[[Liar Liar]]'' and ''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]''.

* ''[[Lars and Thethe Real Girl]]'' takes a man who is clearly delusional and incapable of connecting comfortably with other human beings, so he buys a life-size sex doll off the Internet and appears to be convinced that she's alive.

* ''[[Felsic Current]]'''s Thendy Bravura (also known by himself and others as a dozen other names) is the embodiment of [[Funny Schizophrenia]]. We are even treated to a chapter written entirely from his point of view, complete with internal conversations and bickering between his various personalities. Although he tends to drive other characters up the wall, [[Astroturf|his antics are generally of great comedic appeal to the reader.]]

* Averted on ''[[Dollhouse]],'' where Sierra/Priya's symptoms are much more realistic. Even though {{spoiler|she doesn't ''really'' have schizophrenia at all---her [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] is poisoning her with psychotic medication}}.

{{quote| ''...A schizophrenic I would be!''<br />

''No I wouldn't!''<br />

''Yes, I would!''<br />

''I'm not listening!''<br />

* [[Emilie Autumn]] has a bonus track on the rerelease on ''Opheliac'' in which, among other things, she lists the mental illnesses she ''doesn't have'', obviously taking the Michael, including [[TourettesTourette's Shitcock Syndrome]], [[Super OCD|OCD (OCD, OCD, OCD)]], amnesia, and schizophrenia: she ''enjoys'' the latter, and so does she.

{{quote| Number five just cries a river a minute<br />

Seven wants to tie you up and drown you in it, yeah<br />

Fourteen just wants to say so long, bygones<br />

Thirty-two wants to do things to you that'll make you blush<br />

Ten will key the El Camino that you love so much<br />

And there ain't nobody wants to mess with twenty-three<br />

* This was one of the laments surrounding the [[Power Born of Madness|Malkavians]] in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade (Tabletop Game)|Vampire: The Masquerade]]''. In theory, you have an entire clan of vampires whose weakness is that they pick up some form of madness, from schizophrenia to megalomania to fugue, upon Embrace (that is, if they weren't already insane before), which could be scary seeing as you have an immortal being with supernatural powers, [[Mad Oracle|unnatural insight]], and little control over their own faculties. In reality, you have a bunch of idiots playing Malkavians who either act like children or use their insanity to commit wacky pranks (hence the [[Fan Nickname|term]] "Fishmalk" -- Malkavians—Malkavians who would do something like run up to someone on the street and slap them with a fish, and call it a "prank").

* Part-fey characters in [[Footloose (Webcomicwebcomic)|Footloose]] are prone to "Multiple Generic-induced Sanity Dysfunction", a form of [[Funny Schizophrenia]] that quickly become unfunny if it triggers psychotic episodes.

{{quote| '''[Angry Blitzwing]''': "The name is Blitzwing! Remember it! Because it's the last thing you'll hear before I-"<br />

* When [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie Pie]] of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' had a total mental breakdown in "Party of One" it quickly moved from your normal 'comic misunderstanding' 'wacky hijinks' to increasingly unsettling schizophrenia, with inanimate objects trying to convince her to snub her friends for not coming to her party. This was ''still'' played for laughs (possibly to [[Get Crap Past the Radar|get crap past the radar]]).

** She gets that way whenever she thinks she might disappoint Celestia. She's a [[TeachersTeacher's Pet]]...and the teacher in question is [[Pals Withwith Jesus|their civilization's sun-goddess]].