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{{quote|''"Well, the work offered by organized crime must hold an attraction to the insane."''|'''Dr. Jonathan Crane''', ''[[Dark Knight Trilogy|Batman Begins]]''}}
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* [[Older Than Steam]]: In ''[[Don Quixote]]'', Cervantes explains this trope is the reason why Don Quixote is never killed or sent to jail (though he is often beaten) by the poor [[Innocent Bystander]] of the day. Note that it's another character who invokes it, because Don Quixote himself cannot, since he ''obviously'' is not mad -- [[A Wizard Did It|those jealous wizards transmuted the giants into windmills!]] It may be the [[Ur Example]].
{{quote|''"...The landlord shouted to them to leave him alone, for he had already told them that he was mad, and as a madman he would not be accountable even if he killed them all..."''}}
* Parodied in ''[[
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