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* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', at the end of the second series, the Black Knights turn on Lelouch because he obviously went completely nuts and successfully took over the world.

** Cornelia says this to Schneizel after he announces his plan to {{spoiler|nuke all of his enemies, not just Lelouch, into submission and calls himself a god.}}

* Koji says this to Cherubimon in the dub of ''[[Digimon Frontier]]''. Cherubimon replies, "Yes, perhaps I am."

* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'': Yukki to Yuno in chapter 54.

* Kazuya from ''[[Freezing]]'' gives one to {{spoiler|Louis when Louis claims Satellizer as his property.}}

 

* [[The Joker]] of course, is not immune to this, or averse to employing [[Insult Backfire]]:

{{quote|'''Robin:''' You're out of your mind, Joker!

* Kristin of ''[[Southern Knights]]'' told some kids a [[Tall Tale]] [[Origin Story]] about getting her [[Super Strength]] from fighting a [[Mad Scientist]] who was trying to take over her university (Clemson). She exclaimed in horror, "You're mad!" when he revealed his intent to seize the school's "true" position of authority: Athletic Director. "But the '''damage''' you could do with such power!"

 

* Yami from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' uses a variant of this line completely deadpan when faced with Melvin.

{{quote|'''Yami:''' Look, we're not intimidated by your silly behavio--

* Rainbow Dash's response to a badly derailed Fluttershy in ''[[Pattycakes]]''. She's not wrong.

 

* In ''[[Antz]]'', when Princess Bala learns that the true purpose of General Mandible's Mega-Tunnel project is {{spoiler|to [[Depopulation Bomb|wipe out the worker ants, along with the current queen]], so that he can rebuild a new warrior-based colony, with Bala as the queen}}:

{{quote|'''Princess Bala:''' You're crazy!

'''General Mandible:''' ''(smiles and replies calmly)'' I believe history will see things differently. }}

{{quote|'''EPA Agent:''' Sir, I think you've gone mad with power.

'''Russ Cargill:''' Of course I have. Have you ever gone mad ''without'' power? It's boring, no one listens to you! }}

* In ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', the villains strangely love using this. Basically, they think Maurice is crazy just because he's a genius, and when he rants about a hideous, monstrous beast having "captured" his daughter Belle, they think he's just raving like a lunatic. Later, when Belle proves her father sane by showing everybody what the Beast looks like and telling them that he's changed to a kind and gentle soul, Gaston ponders how Belle could possibly fall in love with such a monster. Belle, of course, responds that the Beast isn't the one who's the monster - [[You Monster!|the real monster, as Belle points out, is none other than Gaston himself]]. Upon hearing that response, of course, Gaston just [[Villainous Breakdown|snaps]]. His response? "She's as crazy as her father!" Cue his resolve for everybody to kill the Beast and [[Villain Song|The Mob Song]] being played after that.

* Jenny says this to Martin in ''[[The Secret of NIMH]] 2''. His response? "Ah, thank you."

* Captain Jack Sparrow in the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' trilogy gets this a lot. The most memorable instance was when he attempts to escape from Lord Beckett's ship in ''At World's End'' by {{spoiler|blasting its mast down with a cannon and riding its rigging}} back to the ''Black Pearl''. When Beckett sees this, he tells Jack ''"You're mad!"'' To which Jack replies "Well, thank goodness for that, because if I wasn't, this would probably never work."<ref>In classic Sparrow fashion, it ''does'' work... and as revealed moments later, it worked without an ounce of rum in his system.</ref>

** His madness is not always considered a bad thing, as seen in this exchange between Anamaria and Gibbs after Gibbs and Elizabeth have agreed on an unconventional battle plan:

{{quote|'''Anamaria:''' "You're daft, lady! You both are!"

** ''[[Dr. No]]'':

{{quote|'''Bond:''' World domination. Same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. Or [[God]].}}

{{quote| '''Bond:''' (to Red Grant) Tell me, which lunatic asylum did they get you out of?}}

{{quote| '''Bond:''' Beautiful place Goldfinger has here.

'''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Pussy]]:''' Yes, I'm glad you're enjoying it.

'''Bond:''' Too bad it all has to end tomorrow morning (turns and looks at her). He's quite mad, you know. }}

{{quote| '''007:''' You're crazy -- you're actually crazy!

'''Jimmy Bond:''' They called Einstein crazy!

{{quote| '''Vicki:''' You're insane!

'''[[The Joker]]:''' ''(smoothly)'' I thought I was a Pisces... }}

{{quote| '''Jack Napier / [[The Joker]]:''' ([[Laughing Mad]]) Antoine got a little hot under the collar. ([[Laughing Mad|laughs]])

'''Vinnie Ricorsco:''' You're crazy.

* [[The Joker]] gets this again in ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. This time his reply is a very firm "No. I'm ''not''.", as this version of the Joker has a very clear and focused objective. Towards the end he more or less concedes that he might be crazy, but only as crazy as [[Not So Different|Batman himself]]. And Dent. And the army of lunatics [[Foreshadowing|he predicts will be joining them in the mad house]].

* In ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'', this happens after Ruber reveals his plan to coerce Juliana into sneaking his band of marauders into Camelot.

{{quote| "Tell me, ''[[Ironic Echo|friend]]''.... when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for ''madness''?"}}

 

* A wonderful example in ''[[Mistborn]]'', as Clubs finally realizes that Kelsier didn't in fact bribe Lord Renaux, but instead simply had him killed and replaced with a [[The Face Stealer|kandra]].

{{quote| '''Clubs''': You genius! You bloody insane genius! You had him killed, didn't you?

* [[Alex Rider]] says this to Herod Sayle, Dr. Grief, Sarov, Damian Cray, Julia Rothman, Nikolei Drevin and Winston Yu.

* In the ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' short story "LEPrecon" Julius Root is tricked into a human settlement (which is magically forbidden by Fairy law) by his [[Cain and Abel|evil brother Turnball]], he calls him insane. Turnball's reply is "No. What I am is tired. Tired of being chased across the globe by my own brother. [[Lampshade Hanging|The whole thing is too melodramatic]]."

* In ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', Ellsworth Toohey beats his victim to the punch during a [[Hannibal Lecture]]:

{{quote| '''Keating:''' Ellsworth... you're...

* In ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', Alan Campbell calls Dorian Gray mad after {{spoiler|having been asked by Dorian to help dispose of Basil Hallward's body}}.

 

* From the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' reboot]], Kara "Starbuck" Thrace says this to the Cylon Leoben "Number Two" Conoy when he keeps her locked up in his New Caprica apartment for months, [[Stalker with a Crush|insisting that she'll eventually fall in love with him]] because he has "[[Seers|foreseen]]" it.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': In the episode, "The Sound of Drums", the Prime Minister—really [[The Master (trope)|The Master]] -- [[Board to Death|kills the entire Cabinet by flooding the room with gas]]; as they fall down and die, one gasps "You're insane!" and he responds with a grin and a dual thumbs-up. It can be seen in [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/sockatume/doctorwooxg0.gif this] gif.

{{quote|'''Rebecca:''' You’re crazy.

'''Angelus:''' Oh, no. I’m a vampire.}}

{{quote|'''Simon:''' You're out of your mind.

'''[[Bounty Hunter|Early]]:''' That's between me and my mind.}}

'''Moriarty''': You're just getting that ''now''?}}

 

* [[Nicki Minaj]]'s "Roman's Revenge ends with her Martha alter ego saying "You've gone mad! Mad I tell you mad! They'll lock you away"

 

* Calderon's play ''Life is a Dream'':

{{quote| '''Clotaldo:''' Why, this is madness!

'''Giovanni:''' Not mad. Maybe a little angry. }}

 

There's this little gem from ''[[Bionicle]]'':

{{quote| '''Hahli:''' You’re insane!

'''Karzahni:''' I prefer the term 'creative.' Though I suppose there is not much difference between the two in the end, is there? }}

 

* In the story campaign of ''[[Warcraft]] III: The Frozen Throne'', Illidan Stormrage is confronted by his jailer of ten thousand years with a self-righteous "You're insane!" His calm reply? "Isolation can do that to the mind."

* From ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'':

'''Riddler:''' No, that would imply either mental illness or derangement. [[Blatant Lies|I suffer from neither.]] }}

 

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has a rather [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040326 chilling variation] (the guy is fully conscious of his actions and their implications, but [[Puppeteer Parasite|doesn't have even a bad choice]]):

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* [[Smug Super|Faith]] in ''[[Magick Chicks]]'' deserved flat "You're insane." and then "Th-this is ''crazy!''" from Tiffany [[Cloudcuckoolander|of all people]], when she {{spoiler|stunned a vampire, then [[Bullying a Dragon|drove her feral with mind control in order to fight her hand-to-hand]], without powers}}, just for fun.

 

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] and [[Bum Reviews]] did this in one of [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara's]] videos:

{{quote| '''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]:''' My God. You're mad.

{{quote| "What! No card games?!? YOU'RE INSANE! . . . I mean, more insane than the rest of us . . ."}}

 

* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', the episode that introduces Vlad Plasmius has this dialogue:

{{quote| '''Danny:''' Let me outta here!

* Done frequently in ''[[Invader Zim]]'', particularly because of Zim's megalomaniacal personality.

* In the ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Stolen Memories", Superman meets Brainiac, the surviving major computer consciousness from Krypton. Although Superman is pleased to meet someone from his native planet, he later learns of Brainiac's true reason for coming to Earth. The intelligence has been ravaging the cosmos, gathering all the knowledge of worlds and then destroying them so he is the sole possessor of that information, and now wants to do the same with Earth. At this smug justification of serial omnicide, Superman yells, "You're insane!" and leaps into battle.

{{quote| '''Vandal Savage:''' The earth belongs to the cockroaches now... Oh, and me.

'''Superman:''' You're ''insane''.

'''Superman:''' ...

'''Vandal Savage:''' Like you have anything ''better'' to do. }}

{{quote| '''Solomon Grundy:''' ''(to Luthor)'' You're crazy!

'''The Joker:''' ''(bursts into the room)'' And what's wrong with that? It's done ''wonders'' for me! }}

** And the equally memorable reply: "Hah, I wouldn't point fingers, you jerk!"

{{quote| '''Ra's:''' A most impressive plan, wouldn't you agree?

'''Batman:''' Yes... I can see it clearly now for the first time. ''([[Dramatic Pause]], giving Ra's the impression he's succeeding in recruiting Batman as his successor)'' You are completely out of your mind. }}

* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' example. [[Loud of War|Shriek]] is blackmailing Comissioner Gordon in exchange for Batman's life.

{{quote| '''Barbara:''' You're out of your mind.

{{quote| '''Tony:''' "You're completely mad Rhona!

'''Rhona:''' "Mad? ''All the best people are mad.'' Lewis Carroll." }}

 

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