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* From the ''[[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]]'': 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.

*** 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!]]"

** In "Genesis of the Daleks", Davros reacts thus to being outvoted:

** "Tomb of the Cybermen", the second Doctor has faked out Klieg and gotten him to blab the entire plan.

** "The Brain Of Morbius", as Mehendri Solon is about to begin his gruesome experiment:

*** Adding even more Awesomness to this episode, this is then followed up by a [[They Called Me Mad]] rant from this [[Mad Scientist]], all in his [[Mad Scientist Laboratory|crazy lab]].

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'': This is Ronon's response in "Reunion", after a few of his old friends from Sateda relate their story of how they became Wraith worshippers.

** Also used by Teyla in "The Kindred (Part 1)" when Michael the Wraith-human hybrid gives her a [[Not So Different]] speech.

* In ''[[Farscape]]'', as protagonist John Crichton became increasingly unhinged, it was more typical for the ''villains'' to question the sanity of the ''heroes''. Often with good reason. This is perhaps most memorably demonstrated in ''The Peacekeeper Wars'' with this exchange:

** Another variation is used earlier. One of the bad guys says to Aeryn "He's ''crazy''!" She replies adoringly "Isn't it fun?" Also, when he plays chicken with a nuclear bomb Ahkna uses the line verbatim, and Aeryn concurs.

* A variant is used in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", where a scientist tries to convince Capt. Kirk to participate in a twisted scheme to take over a planet of the Federation. Kirk responds, "You've convinced me; You've convinced me that you're dangerous!"

* ''[[Averted Trope]]'' in the ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' episode "Gemini", where the perp manipulated his schizophrenic brother into murdering people. The final interrogation included this memorable exchange:

* Jack has said this to Locke a bunch of times on ''[[Lost]]'', usually when Locke is talking about things like moving the island, or how [[Fan Nickname|Taller Ghost Walt]] told him to kill Naomi.

* Spoofed in ''[[The Goodies]]'' (naturally) when Tim tells the villainous Music Master he's a raving loony. The Music Master simply responds "Thank you."

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', it's said to an invisible girl in "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" (1x11):

** When [[Angel]] turns evil again in his spin-off series.

* From ''[[Firefly]]'':

* From ''[[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":]]}}

* In another example of people saying this to the protagonist(s), this is a common response to ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|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:

* Sylar gets this a lot on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', what with the whole brain-stealing supervillain thing he's got going. He usually just brushes it off without responding directly to the accusation.

* Bartlet says this to his wife in the fourth season opener of ''[[The West Wing]]'' after she {{spoiler|cuts off his tie just before he walks into a presidential debate. Considering he'd been kvetching about how he wouldn't win without his lucky tie, she may have helped him win the debate, as the mad panic that ensued made Bartlet grab Josh's tie, which is very similar to how he ended up getting his first lucky tie.}}

* In ''[[Get Smart]]'', Smart and Agent 99 are captives of [[Mad Doctor]] Tom Poston:

'''Doc:''' Mad, am I??? MAAAD AM I??? [[Laughing Mad|MWAHAHAHAAA!!!]]

'''99:''' ''(anxiously)'' Don't ''do'' that!

* In a parody of The McLaughlin Group on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', one of the panel members, annoyed by McLaughlin's continued interruptions and overly long nicknames, invoked this trope. McLaughlin just responded with another "WRONG!"

* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', Season 2: In Green No More, [[The Dragon|Goldar]] has forced the de-powered Tommy to kneel, [[Kneel Before Zod|demanding that Tommy acknowledge him as his superior]], leading to the following:<ref>Here it's also a way of saying, "Shove it up your ass"</ref>

'''Goldar:''' Say it.

'''Tommy:''' ...You are...

'''Goldar:''' Yes, go on.

** Tommy gets a subtler one in [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]] (with a little [[You Monster!]] thrown in) when [[Big Bad|Mesogog]] tells him of his master plan to '''turn the entire human population into dinosaurs''':

* In the series 2 finale of ''[[Sherlock]]'', when Holmes and Moriarty confront one another:

 

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