History Main / WeirderThanUsual

* At the beginning of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'': "The captain's acting a bit strange [''{{beat}}''] ''er''."

* Appears in "[[http://www.eelsoup.net 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.

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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Towards the end of ''Literature/SmallFavor'', Harry Dresden is having an argument with Michael, who suspects that Harry may [[NotHimself not be wholly in control of his own decisions.]]
-->''"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.''
* Used a few times in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
** In ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'', Granny Weatherwax asks a summoned demon if there's something strange going on in Lancre, and the demon replies "You mean stranger than usual?"
** In ''Discworld/TheTruth'', someone says that "Wizards doing strange things wasn't news. Wizards doing strange things was wizards."
* ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'' takes care to explain how exactly Ford Prefect can be said to be "beginning to behave rather strangely":

* In a very early episode of ''Series/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?"

* In ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', Orkan birthdays lead to temporary insanity among other symptoms. Orson warns Mork that he will become weird, "or... weird''er''."
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One]]" (S02, Ep21), Jake says that learning about his super powers while serving in Afghanistan was "just too crazy". Sam replies, "Crazy is relative." Jake, realizing they are in a ghost town preparing to fight a demon, says, "I'm starting to get that."

* WeirderThanUsual: Several lines of background dialogue later in the season have characters in class saying things like "[[spoiler:Umine is actually pretty cute" and "Ayumi has been acting really weird lately]]."

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', Sheen is caught under a weird spell. Carl runs to Jimmy to panic about Sheen "acting weird". Jimmy isn't concerned because Sheen is always acting weird. Carl then elaborates, "weirder than usual."

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': In "[[Recap/DuckTalesADuckTalesValentine A DuckTales Valentine]]", after Launchpad is jabbed by one of Cupid's arrows, Dewey asks if the love-struck pilot is sane enough to be piloting on their flight home. When Scrooge attempts to pass the dizziness off as nothing that Launchpad doesn't usually have to deal with, Louie points out that trying to kiss a humongous predator is unusual even for Launchpad.

** A variation in the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen", when Spike notices [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] acting strangely. Twilight gives the standard response of "She's just being Pinkie Pie". Spike watches her for a moment and notes that she's being " Super-''extra'' Pinkie Pie today."

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

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], Jake says that learning about his super powers while serving in Afghanistan was "just too crazy". Sam replies, "Crazy is relative." Jake, realizing they are in a ghost town preparing to fight a demon, says, "I'm starting to get that."

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' episode "Last Laugh"

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'', Sheen is caught under a weird spell. Carl runs to Jimmy to panic about Sheen "acting weird". Jimmy isn't concerned because Sheen is always acting weird. Carl then elaborates, "weirder than usual."

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

'''Strong Bad:''' "No more irresponsibly than usual!"

* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World, when John is pushing the boat through the Hungry Sea, he quickly starts to sing and then speak only nonsense and make weird faces. George, who can't get a straight answer out of him, asks Ringo if he thinks John is acting funny. Ringo listens, then dismisses John's behavior with “Oh, it's just John bein' John.” [[spoiler: Unfortunately, George is right and Ringo is wrong. However, his behavior does provide a significant clue not many hours later.]]

* Occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Not Normal", where Spongebob becomes 'normal' over several weeks.

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

->'''Carl''': Jimmy! Jimmy!\\
'''Jimmy''': What's the matter?\\
'''Carl''': It's Sheen. He's acting ''really'' weird!\\
'''Jimmy''': Yeah, Carl, where have you been for the past ten years?\\
'''Carl''': No, I mean REALLY weird! ''He's not Sheen.''
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''

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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Astrid says to Hiccup something along the lines of "You're acting strange ...well, stranger."

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* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''
--> '''Harry:''' Professor Dumbledore - yesterday, when I was having my Divination exam, Professor Trelawney went very - very strange.
--> '''Dumbledore:''' Indeed? Er - stranger than usual, you mean?

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

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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?"
* 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.

* In ''MorkAndMindy'', Orkan birthdays lead to temporary insanity among other symptoms. Orson warns Mork that he will become weird, "or... weird''er''."

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' - After Barry finds himself repeating a day due to TimeTravel, Joe asks why he was acting weird at that morning's crime scene.
-->'''Barry:'''...I always act weird.\\

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* Appears in "[[http://www.eelsoup.net 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.

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* The [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad Email]] [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html virus]] has a variant on this:
-->'''Strong Sad:''' "Have you been using the Internet irresponsibly?"
-->'''Strong Bad:''' "No more irresponsibly than usual!"
** And in [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail91.html caffeine]]:
-->'''Strong Bad:''' "After being exposed to my control Cheat, subject started acting ''way'' creepier than normal...like, even for Strong Sad."

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* On an episode of ''TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'', Sheen is caught under a weird spell. Carl runs to Jimmy to panic about Sheen "acting weird". Jimmy isn't concerned because Sheen is always acting weird. Carl then elaborates, "weirder than usual."
* Happens a few times on ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. One example, from the HalloweenEpisode :
-->'''Female Student:''' Dib's acting even crazier than usual today. Can we use one of our Crazy Cards to send him to the Crazy House for Boys?

-->'''Gaz:''' You've been acting weird all day! Even weirder than usual!
* A variation in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen", when Spike notices [[CloudCuckoolander Pinkie Pie]] acting strangely, Twilight gives the standard response of "She's just being Pinkie Pie". Spike watches her for a moment and notes that she's being " Super-''extra'' Pinkie Pie today."
** In "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows", Pinkie tries to pass off her weird behavior (due to the stress of keeping a secret) as her ''usual'' weird behavior, but the others are not fooled, with Rainbow Dash even using the ''exact words'' "weirder than usual" to describe Pinkie's behavior.

* 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.

* Happens a few times on ''InvaderZim''. One example, from the HalloweenEpisode :

-->'''Barry:''' I'm always weird.\\

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], Jake says that learning about his super powers while serving in Afghanistan was "just too crazy". Sam replies, "Crazy is relative." Jake realizing they are in a ghost town preparing to fight a demon says, "I'm starting to get that."

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* At the beginning of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest'': "The captain's acting a bit strange [''{{beat}}''] ''er''."
* In ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon'' Astrid says to Hiccup something along the lines of "You're acting strange ...well, stranger."

Compare the darker version, NotHimself, and OOCIsSeriousBusiness.

* In ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon'' the girl says something along the lines of "You're acting strange ...well, stranger."

'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''".

[[SeenItAMillionTimes It's a classic line.]]