Posts tagged Community
Posts tagged Community
Tvtropes.org lists a character type called the “only sane man.” Most characters take the absurdity of the story world as normal and accept it without question, but the sane man sees all the weirdness around him. The site lists a bunch of examples that I have problems with, so I’ll list just a few to give you an idea: Frank Grimes in The Simpsons, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Mandrake in Dr. Strangelove. TV Tropes also says that the “only sane man” usually goes through three stages of emotion: first shock and anger, then bargaining and denial, and finally acceptance. Obviously, this doesn’t happen every time, as Frank Grimes only gets to the first stage before he’s driven (ironically) insane, and Alice never quite gets the swing of things in Wonderland.
The last episode of Community, “Competitive Ecology,” used this trope in both the main study group plot and in the backup Chang plot.
