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A villainous [[The Mad Hatter|lunatic]] may well [[Insult Backfire|agree with you]]. A [[Mad Scientist]] will often retort that "[[They Called Me Mad]]!" Sometimes you can even say this to the villain when he's suffering a [[Villainous Breakdown]]. As a matter of fact, some [[Smug Snake|Smug Snakes]], [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]], [[Villain Sue|Villain Sues]] or even [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bastards]] can go so crazy during their breakdowns that other characters love hitting them with this. Sometimes the character will have indicated that he's considered the accusation against himself already, and deciding it really doesn't matter, often with an "Am I?" statement.
 
If a villain's henchman is giving the "You're Insane!" speech, it's often because what the villain is planning was [[Not What I Signed On For|not what he or she signed on for]]. Contrast [[After -Action Villain Analysis]] for when the hero psychoanalyzes a villain after the fact.
 
See [[You Monster!]] for when a hero is outraged less at the sanity of the villain and more at the vileness of them, or [[This Is Unforgivable!]] when a hero is outraged at the terribleness of the villain's atrocities.
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'''Lois:''' Superman will never--<br />
'''Luthor:''' WRONG! }}
* ''[[Street Fighter (Film)|Street Fighter]]'': This is M. Bison's [[Berserk Button]]. Twice, other people make the mistake of openly questioning his sanity, but for different reasons, Bison can't afford to kill either of them (in Dhalsim's case, he was [[Can't Kill You - Still Need You|still needed alive]] to finish the Blanka project, while Sagat had too many of his own lackeys with him).
* In ''[[Bedazzled]]'', Stanley is initially skeptical that George is the Devil as he claims to be.
{{quote| '''Stanley''': You're a nut case, you're a bleeding nut case!<br />
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* [[Alex Rider (Literature)|Alex Rider]] says this to Herod Sayle, Dr. Grief, Sarov, Damian Cray, Julia Rothman, Nikolei Drevin and Winston Yu.
* In the ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|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 ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and Thethe Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'', Harry comes out of the maze and Mad-Eye Moody {{spoiler|who was actually Barty Crouch Jr, who up until then Harry had respected and sought advice from, drags Harry off to his office so he can gleefully tell him how he had orchestrated the entire scheme and would now have the honor of killing Harry for Voldemort.}} Harry sums this up by telling him that he's crazy.
* In ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', Ellsworth Toohey beats his victim to the punch during a [[Hannibal Lecture]]:
{{quote| '''Keating:''' Ellsworth... you're...<br />
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== Live Action TV ==
* From the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', 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 (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': In the episode, "The Sound of Drums", the Prime Minister -- really [[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.
** Why skimp on things? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMew38zTXHQ Watch John Simm] in all his [[Large Ham|hammy glory]].
*** The Master has always loved this. In ''The Time Monster'', the Third Doctor calls him "mad, paranoid!" -- the Master takes this as a compliment and replies "[[At Least I Admit It|I'm just a little more honest than the rest!]]"
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{{quote| '''Simon:''' You're out of your mind.<br />
'''[[Bounty Hunter|Early]]:''' That's between me and my mind. }}
* From ''[[Dollhouse (TV)|Dollhouse]]'', when {{spoiler|Boyd reveals his grand plan to protect only the privileged few from mindwiped slavery and tells his now ex-allies [[We Can Rule Together|their only choice is "to be the destroyed or the destroyers":]]}}
{{quote| '''Adelle:''' You are ''spectacularly'' insane.}}
* In another example of people saying this to the protagonist(s), this is a common response to ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'''s Dean and Sam when they tell people about the [[Monster of the Week|ghosts, vampires, zombies, and demons they hunt.]] Dean often offers a casual acknowledgement:
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{{quote| '''Tommy:''' Why can't you just want to rule the Earth like all the other sickos?}}
* What Barry Allen in ''[[The Flash (TV)|The Flash]]'' says to Nicolas Pike after he's seen what his nemesis has done to Central City during his ten-year absence through accidental time travel.
* ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' has several examples. One notable between Londo and G'kar.
{{quote| '''Londo:''' You're ''insane''!<br />
'''G'kar:''' And ''that'' is why we'll win. }}
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** When Leliana confronts [[Treacherous Advisor|Marjolaine]] after an assassination attempt, the latter assumes that Leliana left the Chantry to take revenge on her. Leliana will be taken aback, to say the least.
{{quote| You think I left because of you? You think I still have some plan for ... for revenge? You are insane! Paranoid!}}
** Used in reference to the ''player character'' near the beginning of the game, if you chose to kill the [[Almost -Dead Guy]] yourself.
{{quote| '''[[The Lancer|Alistair]]:''' Does the word "''insane''" mean anything to you?<br />
'''[[The Hero|The Warden]]:''' I prefer the term "ruthless," myself. }}
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