History Main / WeirderThanUsual

Compare the darker version, NotHimself, and OutOfCharacterMoment.

Compare the darker version, NotHimself.

-->'''Gwen Tennyson:''' Ever since we decided to go to the circus, you've been acting weirder than normal. What are you scared of?
-->'''Ben Tennyson:''' I'm not scared of anything.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Towards the end of ''Small Favour'', Harry Dresden is having an argument with Michael, who suspects that Harry may [[NotHimself not be wholly in control of his own decisions.]]

* At the beginning of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest'': "The captain's acting a bit strange *{{beat}}* ''er''."

* Towards the end of ''[[TheDresdenFiles Small Favour]]'', Harry Dresden is having an argument with Michael, who suspects that Harry may [[NotHimself not be wholly in control of his own decisions.]]

'Weirder than usual' is a dialogue trope where an eccentric (weird) character has a sudden change of behavior. Perhaps this character is acting rather normal (weird for a weird character) or perhaps this character is acting even more eccentric. It's unavoidable for friends of this character to discuss the character's behavior. Often occurs in the form "That was weird... ''[{{Beat}}]'' ...you know, weirder than ''usual''".

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-->'''Strong Bad:''' "No more irresponsibly than usual."

* At the beginning of ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest'': "The captain's acting a bit strange *{{beat}}* ''er''."

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' ''and the Prisoner of Azkaban''

* There was a ''Loading Ready fuckbutt'' [[http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/374/Loading-Time-03-All-The-Little-People video]] where Paul [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denied]] having a family of tiny people living under his hat. Graham asked Matt if he seemed odd. Matt said he wasn't odder than normal.

* Used a few times about wizards on {{Discworld}}. For example, in ''Discworld/TheTruth'', someone says that "Wizards doing strange things wasn't news. Wizards doing strange things was wizards."

* Used in the ''SouthPark'' N64 game. Chef tells the kids that Big Gay Al has been acting strange, and they're indifferent. "Okay, stranger than usual."

* Towards the end of [[TheDresdenFiles Small Favour]] Harry Dresden is having an argument with Michael, who suspects that Harry may [[NotHimself not be wholly in control of his own decisions.]]

* Used a few times about wizards on {{Discworld}}. For example, in ''Discworld/TheTruth'' someone says "Wizards doing strange things wasn't news. Wizards doing strange things was wizards."

* On an episode of ''TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon and Amy terminate their friendship, and he tries to hide his loneliness by adopting first one cat, then several more. Leonard tries to express his concern to Raj and Howard, who at first don't understand the problem when he says he's worried about Sheldon. Howard notes that they are ''always'' worried about Sheldon, whom they described in an earlier episode as being "one lab accident away from a supervillain." After interacting with him and the first cat, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, they have a better grasp of the situation.
-->'''Howard:''' Okay, I get it. We're ''worried about Sheldon''.

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* In a very early episode of ILoveLucy Ricky is worried because Lucy's acting crazy (she thinks he's trying to murder her). To which Fred responds, "Crazy for Lucy or crazy for normal people?"

* At the beginning of ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest'': "The captain's acting homoerotic."

* Used a few times about wizards on {{Discworld}}. For example, in ''Discworld//TheTruth'' someone says "Wizards doing strange things wasn't news. Wizards doing strange things was wizards."

* Used a few times about wizards on {{Discworld}}. For example, in ''DiscworldTheTruth'' someone says "Wizards doing strange things wasn't news. Wizards doing strange things was wizards."

* Used a few times about wizards on {{Discworld}}. For example, in ''TheTruth'' someone says "Wizards doing strange things wasn't news. Wizards doing strange things was wizards."

* At the beginning of ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest'': "The captain's acting strange...er."

* Appears in "[[http://www.rockpapercynic.com/littleworlds/index.php?date=2009-12-12 Fuzzy-Wuzzy Is My Head]]" from ''Little Worlds'', when Derby gestures to a tooth that isn't missing as evidence that he's hurt. Lev tells him that he probably broke his head. More.

* There was a ''Loading Ready Run'' [[http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/374/Loading-Time-03-All-The-Little-People video]] where Paul [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denied]] having a family of tiny people living under his hat. Graham asked Matt if he seemed odd. Matt said he wasn't odder than normal.

* The [[HomestarRunner Strong Bad Email]] [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html virus]] has a variant on this:

* ''[[BenTen Ben 10]]'' episode "Last Laugh"

->"That's... possible," I admitted. "Anybody's head can be messed with. But if you go rewiring someone's brain, it damages them, badly. (...) If you know the person well enough, there are almost always signs. They act differently. Have I been acting differently? Have I suddenly gone crazy on you?" He arched an eyebrow. "More so than usual," I amended.

It's popularity may stem from it being [[{{SeenItAMillionTimes}} a classic line]].

'Weirder than usual' is a dialogue trope where an eccentric (weird) character has a sudden change of behavior. Perhaps this character is acting rather normal (weird for a weird character) or perhaps this character is acting even more eccentric. It's unavoidable for friends of this character to discuss the character's behavior. Usually it'll lead to a mention of the character acting "weirder than usual".