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* Kid Buu very rarely says a word, and most of the sounds he utters are either insane screeches or maniacal laughter.

* Spongebob from the {{Flanderization later seasons}} of {{SpongebobSquarepants}}

Do not confuse with [[{{Gonk}} Lena]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer Hyena]]

** In ''TheDarkKnight'', [[spoiler:Batman threw him off a building and he laughed hysterically on the way down.]]

* Ed from ''TheLionKing'', who is a literal Hyena, and whose entire dialogue consists of insane laughter, which [[IntelligibleUnintelligible only his partners are able to understand.]] The others laugh pretty often too.

* The weasels in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. [[spoiler: Results in their demise.]]

** In ''Investigations'', Calisto Yew. [[spoiler:During her VillainousBreakdown in the final case, she takes LaughingMad and crosses it with SlasherSmiler. The result? HighOctaneNightmareFuel.]]

* Another AxCrazy example is Aran Ryan from ''[=~Punch-Out!!~=]'' Wii, who laughs [[TooKinkyToTorture even as you beat the crap out of him.]] The only thing he ''won't'' laugh at is a Star Punch - those actually hurt him.

* [[{{CrashBandicoot}} Ripper Roo]], after being experimented on by Neo Cortex becomes literally {{LaughingMad}}; all of his dialogue from that point on [[TheUnintelligible consists of insane laughter with subtitles.]]

* As mentioned above, the Joker, but special mention has to go to his protege in ''BatmanBeyond'', Little JJ a.k.a. [[spoiler: [[MindScrew Robin]]]], who kills the Joker while laughing, only to break down into tears after he realizes what he's done. The scene is the climax to one of the most nightmare fueled moments in a kids' cartoon, if not any series in general.

* Hyena from ''{{Gargoyles}}'' is this on occasion, possibly as a form of psychological warfare. Or she's [[AxCrazy just that mental.]]

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* TheJoker, a quintessential MonsterClown, laughs at everything, especially death, destruction, and despair. Life is a joke to him, and all ironies are equally funny in his mind. He even known to laugh maniacally when he's the one on the receiving end. His mirth is so much that, [[SarcasmFailure when he stops laughing]], it's a surefire sign that things are as bad as they can get.

For villains, this often overlaps with an EvilLaugh or at the absolute extreme LaughingMad, and, in fact, this trope is more common for villains rather than heroes or neutral characters, and this often crosses with ComedicSociopathy. It's also common for [[LaughingMad crazy people]].

For villains, this often overlaps with an EvilLaugh, and, in fact, this trope is more common for villains rather than heroes or neutral characters, and this often crosses with ComedicSociopathy. It's also common for [[LaughingMad crazy people]].

* Hyena from {{Gargoyles}} is this on occasion, possibly as a form of psychological warfare. Or she's [[AxCrazy just that mental.]]
* Jokey Smurf from {{TheSmurfs}} generally finds everything funny.

* Johnny laughs at all kinds of unfunny things in ''TheRoom''. The example TheNostalgiaCritic gives is a scene where Mark tells a story about a girl who ''ended up in hospital''. It's ''fucking weird''.

* The Ghost of Christmas Present in the 2009 version of ''AChristmasCarol''. His constant laughter quickly moves from jolly to unsettling and becomes downright scary as he continues to guffaw as his body ages into a skeleton and then crumbles to dust.

* Father Grigori from ''[[HalfLife Half-Life 2]]''. [[CharacterExaggeration Escalated further]] in ''Concerned'', where he laughs about once per speech bubble.

* ''{{Persona 4}}'''s [[TheOjou Yukiko Amagi]] regularly has laughing fits that can last for several minutes.

For villains, this often overlaps with an EvilLaugh, and, in fact, this trope is more common for villains rather than heroes or neutral characters, and this often crosses with ComedicSociopathy.

** One of the few things he doesn't find funny is someone explaining the joke, in fact this is one of his {{Berserk Button}}s.

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* This was the trademark of "Laffy" Smith, one the villains in the ''DickTracy'' strip.

* Ripper Roo from {{CrashBandicoot}} after being expiramented on by Neo Cortex he becomes literally {{LaughingMad}} as all of his dialogue from that point on consists of insane laughter with subtitles to translate.

*** He also does this in the comics, in the arc "''Lovers and Madmen''", only [[spoiler: rather than being thrown, he delibrately steps off]], just to see if Batman will save him, despite having just gone on his very first rampage through Gotham City. This being, at the time, the official first encounter between the Joker and Batman, he survives, obviously. Not sure wheather this example, or the Dark Knight, came first.

** Interestingly there are a few hints he has a troubled home life.