Daffy
Daffy adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: lurid newspaper reports that portrayed the serial killer as clearly daffy
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- Daffy Duck in The Looney Tunes Show (carried over somewhat from older cartoons in which he was clearly insane, but not debilitatingly so).
Source: Ambiguous Disorder - Crazy and aggressive screwball characters like Daffy Duck likewise inspired a lot of similar insane and annoying characters like Woody Woodpecker.
Source: Follow The Leader / Film -
The early Daffy Duck-Expy version of Woody Woodpecker used to sometimes deny his insanity even though he frequently sang a theme song about how insane he was.
Source: The Mad Hatter
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