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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.}}

* 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.

'''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!