History Main / ComedicSociopathy

* A majority of videos from LetsPlay/NerdCubed are about him abusing game NPCs or joking about death and misfortune in a cheery tone of voice, which he always plays for laughs.

** Sokka gets rid of the crew of an airship by luring them into the bomb-bay with the promise of "[[TheCakeIsALie hot cakes and sweet cream]]" to celebrate a crew member's birthday (''[[RuleOfFunny which it really was]]'') and then opens the doors, dumping them into the ocean. Of course, when your opponents are under a guy who is trying to ''[[OmnicidalManiac incinerate a continent]]'', non-lethal trickery is downright gentle.

** In the BeachEpisode, [[VillainsOutShopping Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee]] dabble in a little of it themselves at the end by barging in on a party that was terrible and destroying the building with a combination of firebending and acrobatics.

* Louise from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' definitely qualifies. In the first episode alone, she convinces the town that their restaurant uses [[ImAHumanitarian human flesh]] in their burgers and at the point where Bob is close to defusing the situation, convinces the crowd to turn on him.

* Practically everyone in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter most prominently.

** {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Rick Sanchez certainly comes across as one, but it's implied to be a defense mechanism fostered over decades -- if he ever stopped to empathize with those he's wronged over the years or consider the full consequences of his actions, he just might go completely insane.

* Although many characters in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' fit this trope, the most obvious example would have to be Cartman, who freely manipulates and uses everybody around him according to whichever whim has him at the moment. As an example: In the episode "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Kids Ginger Kids]]", Cartman freely advocates denying all [[RedHeadedStepchild ginger kids]] basic human rights. After Stan and Kyle conspire to turn Cartman into a ginger with makeup, convinced that it is [[TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn the only way he'll learn]] fairness, Cartman proceeds to instantly convert to the ginger cause and quickly advocates the total ''genocide'' of all ''non''-gingers... especially the gingers who are "faking it" with makeup.

** [[ButtMonkey Butters and Pip]] are frequent victims of Comedic Sociopathy; you would expect a {{Jerkass}} like Cartman to exploit or bully the unfortunate souls, but be less expectant of Stan and Kyle (and sometimes even [[OnlySaneMan Chef]]) acting as {{Manipulative Bastard}}s around them (anti-bigoted Kyle even went into a long-winded rant at "Frenchy little frog" Pip that earned him a broken nose). In later episodes, this treatment was toned down slightly, with closer-to-Earth characters acting more sympathetic towards Butters and Pip being put OutOfFocus until he was squashed by Mecha-Streisand.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' became this after the movie. All characters have had shades of this (excluding Sandy), especially Mr. Krabs; after his marked Flanderization following the movie, he's actually a Comedic Sociopath, insensitive and immoral, arguably the kid's show equivalent of Cartman. Even to the extent that gets to have very disturbing moments, including "One Coarse Meal", where he nearly ''[[DrivenToSuicide drives Plankton to suicide]]''.

** DependingOnTheWriter, Squidward can have a playful sociopathic side himself. As a result, it's hard not to enjoy it with him.