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* '''Downplayed''': Brad is a RidiculouslyAverageGuy in a group of [[CloudCuckooLander cloudcuckoolanders]]

** Occasionally Brad finds his friends a little weird, but he's so [[LonersAreFreaks afraid of being alone]] that it doesn't really matter to him.

** The attributes that let Brad percieve how insane the world around him is, are the same attributes that make him [[NietzscheWannabe a cruel and manipulative nihilist who will happily commit any actrocity upon the messed up reality he despises as absurd.]]

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Occasionally Brad finds his friends a little weird, but he's so [[LonersAreFreaks afraid of being alone]] that it doesn't really matter to him.

** Alternatively: they weren't ''always'' this nuts; they became close friends when they were more normal, and Brad refused to leave them just because they started acting a bit weird.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "I know you're off-kilter; you don't."

* '''Justified''': His friends are trying to put on TheMasquerade, and don't want him to blow it. Alternatively: they weren't ''always'' this nuts; they became close friends when they were more normal, and Brad refused to leave them just because they started acting a bit weird.

** Alternatively, after some [[ContemplateOurNavels navel contemplation]] and {{wangst}}, Brad realizes just how [[ThePowerOfFriendship important]] his group is, as strange as they are. Or a new guy joins, taking Brad's place as the OnlySaneMan.
** Brad's friends realizes what they're getting themselves into and start to appreciate Brad more.

** The same attributes that let Brad percieve how insane the world around him is, are the same attributes that make him [[NietzscheWannabe a cruel and manipulative nihilist who will happily commit any actrocity upon the messed up reality he despises as absurd.]]

* '''Inverted''': Everyone but Brad notices how off-kilter his friends are.

* '''Subverted''': Brad's really insane...

* '''Double Subverted''': ...but he's on to something.

* '''Parodied''': Everyone but Brad has genuine psychiatric disorders; the schoolgirl has dissociative identity disorder, the nerd behaves like a shell shocked Vietnam veteran (complete with references to being in 'nam, despite obviously being far too young for that), the musclebound twit speaks to the voices in his head, and the beauty queen is under the impression that the demons going around stabbing everyone "just need a hug". Brad only stays with them because he's in school to become a psychiatrist and thinks its good practice.
* '''Deconstructed''': The antics of Brad's friends bring him to a breaking point, and thus drive him to insanity.
** Alternatively: Brad begins to believe that they´re all retards and fuckheads, and starts to wonder if he should change group.
** Alternatively: Brad mostly has began to isolate himself from the others, because he can´t stand them anymore.
** Brad is actually an EvilOverlord, but literally no one else knows it.
** The same attributes that let Brad percieve how insane the world around him is, are the same attributes that make him [[NietzscheWannabe a cruel and manipulative nihilist who will happily commit any actrocity upon the messed up reality he despises as absurd.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': A new guy joins the gang, and takes Brad's place as the OnlySaneMan.
** Alternatively, after some [[ContemplateOurNavels navel contemplation]] and {{wangst}}, Brad realizes just how [[ThePowerOfFriendship important]] his group is, as strange as they are. Or a new guy joins, taking Brad's place as the OnlySaneMan.
** Brad's friends realizes what they're getting themselves into and start to appreciate Brad more.
* '''Averted''': Everyone is portrayed to be relatively normal. Or at least two people.

* '''Enforced''': "We need some sane person in this show; otherwise, no normal person would relate."

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** The same attributes that let Brad percieve how insane the world around him is, are the same attributes that make him [[NietzcheWannabe a cruel and manipulative nihilist who will happily commit any actrocity]] upon the messed up reality he despises as absurd.

** The same attributes that let Brad percieve how insane the world around him is, are the same attributes that make him a cruel and manipulative nihilist who will happily commit any actrocity upon the messed up reality he despises as absurd.

** Alternatively: Brad mostly has began to insolate himself from the others, because he can´t stand them anymore.

* '''Parodied''': Everyone but Brad has genuine psychiatric disorders; the schoolgirl has dissociative identity disorder, the nerd behaves like a shell shocked Vietnam veteran (complete with references to being in 'nam), the musclebound twit speaks to the voices in his head, and the beauty queen is under the impression that the demons going around stabbing everyone "just need a hug". Brad only stays with them because he's in school to become a psychiatrist and thinks its good practice.

* '''Straight''': Brad Gunther's {{Nakama}} consists of an ADD-afflicted school girl, a nerd dealing in haphazard experiments, a [[DumbMuscle muscle-bound twit]], and [[AlphaBitch a loud, boisterous teenage beauty queen]]. All the while, he's the only one who seems to notice their antics are a little off-kilter.

* '''Justified''': His {{Nakama}} is trying to put on TheMasquerade, and don't want him to blow it.
** Alternatively: they weren't ''always'' this nuts; they became a {{Nakama}} when they were more normal, and Brad refused to leave them just because they started acting a bit weird.
* '''Inverted''': Everyone but Brad notices how off-kilter his {{Nakama}} is.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Brad is the OnlySaneMan when the team is fighting crime, keeping his cool while the other members of his {{Nakama}} panic. However, Laura (being the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]]) is the Only Sane Woman when MsFanservice walks past, sending all the guys, including Brad, into a frenzy. And when the group goes to see The Only Sane Men in concert, the baton is passed to Joe, as he's the only one in the {{Nakama}} who isn't hopelessly obsessed with the band.

* '''Deconstructed''': The antics of Brad's {{Nakama}} bring him to a breaking point, and thus drive him to insanity.

* '''Reconstructed''': A new guy joins the {{Nakama}}, and takes Brad's place as the OnlySaneMan.
** Alternatively, after some [[ContemplateOurNavels navel contemplation]] and {{wangst}}, Brad realizes just how [[ThePowerOfFriendship important]] his {{Nakama}} is, as strange as they are.
*** Or a new guy joins the {{Nakama}}, joining Brad's place as the OnlySaneMan.
** Brad's Nakama realizes what they're getting themselves into and start to appreciate Brad more.

* '''Straight''': Brad Gunther's {{Nakama}} consists of an ADD-afflicted school girl, a nerd dealing in haphazard experiments, a [[DumbMuscle muscle-bound twit]], and [[TheLibby a loud, boisterous teenage beauty queen]]. All the while, he's the only one who seems to notice their antics are a little off-kilter.

** Alternatively: Brad is the only insane man.
** CloudCuckooLander

* '''Straight''': Brad Gunther's {{Nakama}} consists of an ADD-afflicted school girl, a nerd dealing in haphazard experiments, a muscle-bound twit, and a loud, boisterous teenage beauty queen. All the while, he's the only one who seems to notice their antics are a little off-kilter.

* '''Conversed''': ???

** SurroundedByIdiots.

** Only Insane Person, with everyone else being sane.

* Brad is actually an EvilOverlord, but literally no one else knows it.

* '''Averted''': Everyone is portrayed to be relatively normal.

* '''Parodied''': Everyone but Brad has genuine psychiatric disorders; the schoolgirl has dissociative identity disorder, the nerd behaves like a shell shocked vietnam veteran (complete with references to being in 'nam), the musclebound twit speaks to the voices in his head, and the beauty queen is under the impression that the demons going around stabbing everyone "just need a hug". Brad only stays with them because he's in school to become a psychiatrist and thinks its good practice.

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