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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!

* 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>

** But they say Jack "went mad from the heat", so anyone calling him mad may just have a point. Equally likely, he [[The Baroque Cycle|went mad from syphilis]]. Or possibly he went mad from syphilis but then got better from the heat. [[Overly Long Gag|He went mad from the heat and got better from syphilis?]]

{{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?

* 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!"

* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' it happens a lot, seeing as most of Batman's foes ''are'' insane:

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

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

 

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