The Laughing Man 笑 い 男 is a fictional character in the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The Laughing Man logo is an animated image of a smiling figure wearing a cap, with circling text quoting a line from Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, which reads:
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."