Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
- Main
- Quotes
- All Subpages
- Create New
 | Lex Luthor: Come on, let me hear you say it, just once. C’mon. |  |
A stock phrase typically spoken at the climax of a story.
The hero confronts the villain, especially one theyused to trust before theirtrue colours were revealed, about their actions. During the confrontation, the villaineagerly justifies the evil acts they've done with arepugnantly twisted logic that isdevoid of any trace of humanity or ethics and is often about to commit hissupreme atrocity with awild grin. Thehero reacts with outrage at this depraved justification with "You're insane!" and instantlyattacks to stop him.
Sometimes "mad," "crazy," or "out of your mind" may be substituted for "insane," but the nature of the trope is the same.
Another heroic staple is this being one hero's response to another's proposal of aZany Scheme—in which case the counterpoint is obviously, "Crazy Enough to Work!"
A villainouslunatic may wellagree with you. AMad Scientist will often retort that "They Called Me Mad!" Sometimes you can even say this to the villain when he's suffering aVillainous Breakdown. As a matter of fact, someSmug Snakes,Complete Monsters,Villain Sues or evenMagnificent 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 wasnot what he or she signed on for. ContrastAfter-Action Villain Analysis for when the hero psychoanalyzes a villain after the fact.
SeeYou Monster! for when a hero is outraged less at the sanity of the villain and more at the vileness of them, orThis Is Unforgivable! when a hero is outraged at the terribleness of the villain's atrocities.
Examples of You're Insane! include:
Anime andManga
- InCode 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 tonuke all of his enemies, not just Lelouch, into submission and calls himself a god.
- Schniezel says this to Charles inNightmare of Nunnally as Charleshas him arrested as part of his plan to bring about hisAssimilation Plot. Charles responds that in his view, the world is insane.
- Some mooks fromGun X Sword do this to The Claw. Ironically, their reasons for doing this are wrong.
- Hellsing has this, with aCatholic fundamentalist (who isn't much better himself) saying it to the NaziBig Bad. His response? "If your God would allow my insanity to spread across the globe, then, wouldn't it seem you to that any God like that would be just as insane?"
- Sasuke says this to Itachi inNaruto.
- As does Naruto himself to Gaara.
- In the English dub during their battle at the Valley of the End Naruto says "You're crazy, Sasuke!"
- Kin said it first to Shikamaru. He replies with "makes it kinda interesting, doesn't it?"
- Pretty much everyone at the Kage Summit says this toTobi after he told themhis plan, thenhe says it toKabuto after he revives the real Madara.
- Pokémon Special: "LANCE, IT'S INSANE!!" *sigh* Oh, Lance. You've pissed offYellow.Probably not a great idea.
- InFull Metal Panic!! (especially notable in the novels), Sousuke is shown to get incredibly confused as towhy Gauronacts the way he does. His bewilderment is shown to increase as Gauron'sblood lust andincredibly gay flirting get more and moreblaring and overt. And at the end of each time he wonders this, he repeatedly comes to this conclusion: Gauron is insane. There is no rational explanation for why he does what he does. And then he proceeds tobeat the shit out of him.
- Koji says this to Cherubimon in the dub ofDigimon Frontier. Cherubimon replies, "Yes, perhaps I am."
- Mirai Nikki: Yukki to Yuno in chapter 54.
- Edward calls Kimblee insane inFullmetal Alchemist when the latter explains his worldview to him.
- Kazuya fromFreezing gives one toLouis when Louis claims Satellizer as his property.
Comic Books
- The Joker of course, is not immune to this, or averse to employingInsult Backfire:
| Robin: You're out of your mind, Joker! | |
- AnotherBatman example:
| Batman: You're insane. | |
- TheTransformers live-action movie follow-up comicReign of Starscream had this chilling exchangeright before Starscream murders her:
| Elita-One: You're insane! | |
- In theSpider-Man novel trilogyRevenge of the Sinister Six, Spider-Man callsThe Gentleman, a novel-only villain, insane.The Gentleman retorts that he's not insane at all -- "just evil."
- InSin City: A Dame to Kill For Dwight calls Ava insane aftershe reveals her having manipulated him into murdering her husband for her. Ava's retort sums up very well where this trope can fall flat.
| Dwight: You're insane! | |
- Used inNextwave, but theBig Bad's logic doesn't even try to make sense.
- Out of curiosity, doesanyone's logic inNextwave make sense?
- In an issue ofThe Tick, the art-themed villain The Impressionist is called crazy by his roommate. (At the time, the Impressionist was trying to eat a paint omelet.) Impressionist's retort?
| "I am not crazy! I am an artist! Was Michelangelo crazy? Was Renoir crazy?Was Van Gogh crazy? OK, bad example, but still.." | |
- Kristin ofSouthern Knights told some kids aTall TaleOrigin Story about getting herSuper Strength from fighting aMad 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 thedamage you could do with such power!"
Fan Works
- Yami fromYu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series uses a variant of this line completely deadpan when faced with Melvin.
| Yami: Look, we're not intimidated by your silly behavio-- | |
- Also lampshaded in the related music videoVillain, which is a spoof on the songHero:
| Melvin: Am I insane? Have I crossed the line? Well, that's a good question! Let me ask your friends... Oh wait, I murdered them! | |
- A version appeared in theMega CrossoverfancomicRoommates whenJavert called outDark!Jareth on why he's beenforcingCharacter Rerailment on the others:
| |
- Rainbow Dash's response to a badly derailed Fluttershy inPattycakes. She's not wrong.
Film
- InAntz, when Princess Bala learns that the true purpose of General Mandible's Mega-Tunnel project istowipe out the worker ants, along with the current queen, so that he can rebuild a new warrior-based colony, with Bala as the queen:
| Princess Bala: You're crazy! | |
- The Simpsons Movie gives us this:
| EPA Agent: Sir, I think you've gone mad with power. | |
- InJustice League: Crisis on Two Earths, we have Batman saying it toOwlman. His response?
| "Does it really matter? There are alternate versions of me that you would find quite charming." | |
- InThe Hobbit (animated), Bilbo gives aKirk Summation to Thorin who is possessed byGold Fever.
| Bilbo: This is madness! 14 against 10,000?" | |
- InThe Great Mouse Detective, Ratigan gets this from a crutch-using old man who is not happy with the fact that one of the most notorious criminals in the country has been announced as the queen's royal consort and has announced a tax on the elderly and infirm, among other things. Ratigan responds by snatching the old man's crutch, saying "I have the power!" and breaking it in half.
- InBeauty 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 -the real monster, as Belle points out, is none other than Gaston himself. Upon hearing that response, of course, Gaston justsnaps. His response? "She's as crazy as her father!" Cue his resolve for everybody to kill the Beast andThe Mob Song being played after that.
- Jenny says this to Martin inThe Secret of NIMH 2. His response? "Ah, thank you."
- Captain Jack Sparrow in thePirates of the Caribbean trilogy gets this a lot. The most memorable instance was when he attempts to escape from Lord Beckett's ship inAt World's End byblasting its mast down with a cannon and riding its rigging back to theBlack 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."[1]
- But they say Jack "went mad from the heat", so anyone calling him mad may just have a point. Equally likely, hewent mad from syphilis. Or possibly he went mad from syphilis but then got better from the heat.He went mad from the heat and got better from syphilis?
- 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:
| Anamaria: "You're daft, lady! You both are!" | |
- In the movieSneakers, Cosmo explains his plan to crash the entire world's monetary record-keeping systems to his old friend Martin. Bemused, Martin asks him, "You haven't gone crazy on me, have you?" Cosmo smiles: "Who else is gonna save the world, Marty? Greenpeace?" Disappointed and somewhat spooked, Martin concludes, "Youare crazy." (This turns out to be the Wrong Thing to say.)
- Speed has a pretty good comeback to this:
| Jack: You're crazy. You're fucking crazy! | |
- John Woo'sBroken Arrow does it as well.
| Hale: You're out of your mind. | |
- Inverted inFight Club. The Narrator says this to Tyler Durden, who corrects him: "No, YOU'RE insane."It's pretty accurate, seeing as Tyler is the Narrator's split personality, and his physical presence in the movie is a hallucination.
- Observe this delightful exchange fromRed Dragon and both its film versions, when Graham is explaining how he caught such a criminal genius as Lecter:
| Will Graham: You had disadvantages. | |
- A minor villain in300 uses a variant of this on the protagonist.
- And before this moment: "Madman... you're a madman!"
| Messenger: This is blasphemy!This is madness! | |
- James Bond is fond of this. Being Bond, he is witty enough to have a number of variations:
| Bond: World domination. Same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they'reNapoleon Bonaparte. OrGod. | |
| Bond: (to Red Grant) Tell me, which lunatic asylum did they get you out of? | |
| Bond: Beautiful place Goldfinger has here. | |
- WhenJames Bond accuses media mogul Elliot Carver of insanity inTomorrow Never Dies he replies: "The distance between insanity, and genius, is measured only by success."
- In the bookMoonraker, Hugo Drax has Bond tied up at the base of his rocket to be incinerated during its launch. Bond takes the opportunity to recount Drax's life as he's gathered the info, in all its ugly, humiliating detail, to conclude how it's made him such a mental case. Bond's intent is to enrage Drax enough to overlook what Bond needs to escape.
- Woody Allen disavowed himself heavily from the 1967Casino Royale, but this exchange with captive 007 (The Detainer played by Daliah Lavi) sure has his stamp:
| 007: You're crazy -- you're actually crazy! | |
| Powers: You're insane, Goldmember! | |
- InStar Trek V: The Final Frontier, Kirk tells the ostensible villain, Sybok: "You are mad." Sybok looks genuinely uncertain when he replies "Am I?"
- The Wicker Man (1972)
| May Morrison: Can I do anything for you, Sergeant? | |
| Vicki: You're insane! | |
- Earlier in the same film, one of the Mob Bosses, Vinnie Ricorsco, denounced Jack Napier as such after the latter electrocuted Antoine Rotellei and fried him to death as his gang entered, and joking about his demise.
| Jack Napier /The Joker: (Laughing Mad) Antoine got a little hot under the collar. (laughs) | |
- Then there's the Joker, beforeThe Reveal, screaming at his boss Carl Grissom: "You set me up over a woman.A WOMAN!(darkly) You must be insane." However, Grissom actually seemed crazier than pre-Joker Jack.
- Batman himself gets a watered down version of this from Vicki:
| Vicki: I might have some trouble with that. A lot of people think you're as dangerous as the Joker. | |
- Note that Batmandoes not deny it.
- The Joker gets this again inThe Dark Knight. This time his reply is a very firm "No. I'mnot.", 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 asBatman himself. And Dent. And the army of lunaticshe predicts will be joining them in the mad house.
- InQuest for Camelot, this happens after Ruber reveals his plan to coerce Juliana into sneaking his band of marauders into Camelot.
| Juliana: You're mad! | |
- Lampshaded a bit inSuperman Returns:
| Lex Luthor: C'mon, let me hear you say it, just once. | |
- Street Fighter: This is M. Bison'sBerserk 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 wasstill needed alive to finish the Blanka project, while Sagat had too many of his own lackeys with him).
- InBedazzled, Stanley is initially skeptical that George is the Devil as he claims to be.
| Stanley: You're a nut case, you're a bleeding nut case! | |
- InEnchanted, when Narissa in dragon formgrabs Robert and takes him to the top of the tower - erm, Empire State Building, he shouts, "You're crazy!"
| Narissa: No; spiteful, vindictive, very large, butnever crazy. | |
- In the documentaryMy Best Fiend, director Werner Herzog recalls one incident with actorKlaus Kinski:
| Kinski:"You've become a megalomaniac!" | |
- In the American dub ofCurse of the Golden Flower, this line is said verbatim by the emperor to his youngest son who just stabbed the crown prince.
| Prince: Give the throne to me now! I want it all! He can rot in hell! | |
- In the film version ofThe Lord of the Rings, Gandalf has a rather snappy reply to Saruman suggesting that they join Sauron:
| "Tell me,friend.... when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason formadness?" | |
Literature
- A wonderful example inMistborn, as Clubs finally realizes that Kelsier didn't in fact bribe Lord Renaux, but instead simply had him killed and replaced with akandra.
| Clubs: You genius! You bloody insane genius! You had him killed, didn't you? | |
- It should be noted that everybody isconstantly calling Kelsier insane. His plans generally takeCrazy Enough to WorkUp to Eleven. Another great example: quoth Yeden, "You're going to visit the Lord Ruler? Are you insa... right. I forgot."
- In theStar Wars Expanded Universe novelShatterpoint, Depa insists she hasn't gone insane but has instead "gone sane". Also inverted in that thehero, Mace Windu, is often called insane—by hisallies, no less. Finally he snaps and delivers a paragraph-long speech, saying that others call him insane so they don't have to face up to their own immorality.
- More amusingly Nick, after exclaiming such whenever Windu proposes or does something that seems insane/crazy eventually just tells him to assume he's said it whenever he (Windu) saysanything.
- Dashiell Hammett'sThe Dain Curse concludes with one of the most effective "You're insane"s in literature.
- Alex Rider says this to Herod Sayle, Dr. Grief, Sarov, Damian Cray, Julia Rothman, Nikolei Drevin and Winston Yu.
- In theArtemis Fowl short story "LEPrecon" Julius Root is tricked into a human settlement (which is magically forbidden by Fairy law) by hisevil 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.The whole thing is too melodramatic."
- InHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry comes out of the maze and Mad-Eye Moodywho 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.
- InThe Fountainhead, Ellsworth Toohey beats his victim to the punch during aHannibal Lecture:
| Keating: Ellsworth... you're... | |
- InDead Beat Dresden callsCowl insane after learning of his plan tobecome a dark god. This causes Cowl to briefly pause to consider the question, noting that if hewere insane, than he might be unable to tell.This provides a parallel to when the question of whether Dresden would know if he was insane came up.
- InThe Picture of Dorian Gray, Alan Campbell calls Dorian Gray mad afterhaving been asked by Dorian to help dispose of Basil Hallward's body.
Live-Action TV
- From the2004Battlestar 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,insisting that she'll eventually fall in love with him because he has "foreseen" it.
- Doctor Who: In the episode, "The Sound of Drums", the Prime Minister—reallyThe Master --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 inthis gif.
- Why skimp on things?Watch John Simm in all hishammy glory.
- The Master has always loved this. InThe Time Monster, the Third Doctor calls him "mad, paranoid!"—the Master takes this as a compliment and replies "I'm just a little more honest than the rest!"
- In "Genesis of the Daleks", Davros reacts thus to being outvoted:
- Why skimp on things?Watch John Simm in all hishammy glory.
| Davros: Do you believe that I would let a lifetime's work be ended by the will of spineless fools like you? You have won nothing! I allowed this charade to be played out for one reason only: To find those men who were truly loyal to me and to discover those WHO WOULD BE-TRAY ME! WE--I! WILL! GO! ON! | |
- "Tomb of the Cybermen", the second Doctor has faked out Klieg and gotten him to blab the entire plan.
| Doctor: Now Iknow you're mad. I just wanted to make sure. | |
- "The Brain Of Morbius", as Mehendri Solon is about to begin his gruesome experiment:
| Sarah Jane: You're Insane, Solon, you're mad!" | |
- Adding even more Awesomness to this episode, this is then followed up by aThey Called Me Mad rant from thisMad Scientist, all in hiscrazy 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 aNot So Different speech.
- InFarscape, as protagonist John Crichton became increasingly unhinged, it was more typical for thevillains to question the sanity of theheroes. Often with good reason. This is perhaps most memorably demonstrated inThe Peacekeeper Wars with this exchange:
| Scorpius: This is insane, Crichton. | |
- Another variation is used earlier. One of the bad guys says to Aeryn "He'scrazy!" 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 theStar 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 theLaw and Order: Criminal Intent episode "Gemini", where the perp manipulated his schizophrenic brother into murdering people. The final interrogation included this memorable exchange:
| Spencer Anderson: "None of this is true. You said so yourself. He's crazy." | |
- Jack has said this to Locke a bunch of times onLost, usually when Locke is talking about things like moving the island, or howTaller Ghost Walt told him to kill Naomi.
- Spoofed inThe Goodies (naturally) when Tim tells the villainous Music Master he's a raving loony. The Music Master simply responds "Thank you."
- InBuffy the Vampire Slayer, it's said to an invisible girl in "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" (1x11):
| Buffy: There's one thing I didn't factor into all of this. You're a raving loony! | |
- WhenAngel turns evil again in his spin-off series.
| Rebecca: You’re crazy. | |
- FromFirefly:
| Simon: You're out of your mind. | |
- FromDollhouse, whenBoyd reveals his grand plan to protect only the privileged few from mind-wiped slavery and tells his now ex-alliestheir only choice is "to be the destroyed or the destroyers":
| Adelle: You arespectacularly insane. | |
- In another example of people saying this to the protagonist(s), this is a common response toSupernatural's Dean and Sam when they tell people about theghosts, vampires, zombies, and demons they hunt. Dean often offers a casual acknowledgement:
| Bobby: You are nine kinds of crazy, boy. | |
- Sylar gets this a lot onHeroes, what with the whole brain-stealing supervillain thing he's got going. He usually just brushes it off without responding directly to the accusation.
- Bartlett says this to his wife in the fourth season opener ofThe West Wing after shecuts 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 Bartlett grab Josh's tie, which is very similar to how he ended up getting his first lucky tie.
- InGet Smart, Smart and Agent 99 are captives ofMad Doctor Tom Poston:
| 99: You're mad! | |
- In a parody of The McLaughlin Group onSaturday 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,Goldar has forced the de-powered Tommy to kneel,demanding that Tommy acknowledge him as his superior, leading to the following:[2]
| Tommy: Goldar... | |
- Tommy gets a subtler one inPower Rangers Dino Thunder (with a littleYou Monster! thrown in) whenMesogog tells him of his master plan toturn the entire human population into dinosaurs:
| Tommy: Why can't you just want to rule the Earth like all the other sickos? | |
- What Barry Allen inThe 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 has several examples. One notable one, between Londo and G'kar:
| Londo: You'reinsane! | |
- Except in early seasons, this exchange happensOnce an Episode inWin Ben Steins Money, after he has explained the premise of putting his money on the line:
| Ben: Now, why would I do this? Well, call me crazy. | |
- In the series 2 finale ofSherlock, when Holmes and Moriarty confront one another:
| Sherlock: You're insane! | |
Music
- 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"
Theatre
- Calderon's playLife is a Dream:
| Clotaldo: Why, this is madness! | |
- FromPokémon Live, after Team Rocket's boss explains his world domination plans to his prisoners:
| Delia: You're mad! | |
Toys
There's this little gem fromBionicle:
| Hahli: You’re insane! | |
Video Games
- In the story campaign ofWarcraft 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."
- FromFinal Fantasy X:
| Seymour: With death on our side, we will save Spira, and for this... I will take from you your strength, Yuna, your life, and become the next Sin. I will destroy Spira! I will save it! | |
- Said to Sephiran near the end ofFire Emblem 10: Radiant Dawn.
- InLa Pucelle Tactics, the villain Noirseems sympathetic because of histragic backstory and frequent statements aboutcreating a Utopia. At the end of the game, the main character (as well as the player) finally discover exactly what his Utopia consists of: a world that is without sufferingbecause there's nobody left alive to suffer. Cue the relevantStock Phrase.
- InResident Evil (or at least, in theUpdated Rerelease), afterWesker has started waking the Tyrant so that it can fight Chris and Wesker can get the battle data, Chris laughs derisively and responds with, "Wesker, you've become senile!"
- Silent Hill 2. AfterEddie's rant about how he'll kill anyone who makes fun of him, James asks "Eddie, have you gone nuts?" His response is less calm than the typical villain.
- NeoContra has many moments of these in spades:
| Animal Contra: This ship is about to self destruct! You will die, a moth drawn to my flames! | |
- and:
| Master Contra: If we had society's foolish morals, we could never become ultimate soldiers. | |
- Zero says this flat out toRedips inMega Man X Command Mission. X also hits him with aYou Monster!: "You... You... Maverick!"
| "Epsilon's ideas were dangerous. He knew all along that use of Supra-Force Metal involved the possibility of becoming Maverick. But at least he... was better than you. At least he wasn't a Maverick from the start.Redips, you're crazy!" | |
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X: "You think you have potential? You're insane, Sigma!"
- In the opening flashback cutscene for Vile mode in the same game,Vile actually says this phrase to Sigma when Sigma mentions that he plans on going Maverick to draw out X's power, and this is coming from a character who is quite aSociopathic Soldier.
- X to Copy Sigma in Mega Man X8: "You plan to take revenge on every Reploid... Every human... In the entire world? You're completely mad! I'm putting a stop to this right now!"
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X: "You think you have potential? You're insane, Sigma!"
- Shows up several times inDragon Age: Origins.
- During the conclusion of the Broken Circle tower, Uldred will rant about the glorious power of the setting's version ofDemonic Possession.Wynne will reply "You're mad! There's nothing glorious about what you've become, Uldred!"
- When Leliana confrontsMarjolaine 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.
| 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 theplayer character near the beginning of the game, if you chose to kill theAlmost-Dead Guy yourself.
| Alistair: Does the word "insane" mean anything to you? | |
- Used byMorrigan whenLelianathreatens to take her shopping.
- Used by Snarky!Hawke inDragon Age II when speaking to Tarohne the maleficar, referring to her plan of infiltrating the templar ranks with abomination-infested recruits. (If themake-up job doesn't make her look crazy enough.)
| Hawke: Good to know you're barking mad! That makes things a bit easier! | |
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker: Zelda says this to Ganondorf shortly afterhe goesLaughing Mad at the wish the king gives to the Triforce:
| Princess Zelda: What are you laughing at, Ganondorf?! You're insane! | |
- Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker: Miller, while Coldmanis bragging about activating Peace Walker, leaking the false data to NORAD, and declaring retaliation to be inevitable, declares him to be such:
| Miller: Are you insane?! Do you think this will end here?! You're about to unleash all-out nuclear war! | |
- Huey also indirectly asks if Coldman is out of his mind when he realizes that Coldman is intending to launch Peace Walker's nuke into the Carribbean Sea [specifically at Mother Base] so that the nuclear fallout will travel through the trade winds and poison Central America's fish and crop market, allowing for "free hands" by forcing the natives to participate in Peace Walker's mass production.
- Snake also exclaims thatPaz, who has stolen Metal Gear Zeke, is insane when he learns that they intend to launch a nuke at the East Coast.
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty has Raiden stating this to Vamp when the latter reveals their plans to essentially nuke New York City to take down the Patriots because not only do they desire to annihilate the Patriots, but because the public believed every word that the Patriots'Kangaroo Court spoon-fed them about Dead Cell's (framed) terrorist attacks despite Dead Cell's explainations about their being framed, they felt the world of deceit they created should be annihilated with them.
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia has Shanoa say this toBarlowe when, #1, she finds out that he's actually aTreacherous Advisor, and #2, when she refuses to use Dominus, he threatens to kill her and rip it right out of her bloody corpse.
| Barlowe: You give such a burden, young child... to give the life that man might realize his dreams... do you not see how wonderful that is? | |
- Soma points out a similar trope to Graham inAria of Sorrow.
| Graham: You're guilty of grand theft. Therefore, I sentence you to death! | |
- And again inDawn of Sorrow...
| Dario: Can you imagine how crazy it would be with even more power?! | |
- Rosenkreuzstilette: Spiritia and Lilli confrontIris in the final stage in the main game. Tia tells her that she's not getting away this time, and that's whenIris startsLaughing Mad as she finally figures out where Tia got all her energy. Lilli begins wondering what is wrong with her asIris continues her maniacal laughter. Tia then says to her, "Iris, have you lost your mind!?"
- Also, in the opening cutscene ofRosenkreuzstilette Grollschwert, Grolla has this reaction when she overhearsIris' plot to have RKS fight against the Empire just for her own personal amusement.
| Grolla: What do you think you're doing!?Iris, have you gone mad!? | |
- Ragna the Bloodedge ofBlazBlue says such a phrase to Rachel in herContinuum Shift Gag Reel when Luna begins coming to love him due to the effects of the Spectacles of Eros and Rachel admits that Ragna is head-over-heels in love with her.
| Ragna: You twisted, evil, blood-sucking rabbit! What the hell do you think you're doing?! | |
- He does the same thing to her, Nu, and Tager after they allow Jin and the rest of the H.M.S. Nirvana crew to take him leaving the three of his fellow U.S.S. Ragna crew members to enjoy their Ikaruga Tuna without him in - you guessed it - his own gag ending.
| Ragna: I'm seriously gonna kill all of you guys! You guys are insaaaaaaaane! | |
- In the final cutscene of the Giant Tale questline ofAdventure Quest Worlds, Andre the Giant thinks that everything the hero did up to the point of claiming the key from his Giant Necklace is insane (he even thinks the hero poisoned his giant son Andre Jr.), but the hero and Crychek tell him not to worry as his son is fine and just taking a nap in his soup.
| Hero: Next time,pick on somebody your own size, Andre. | |
- Also, there's that moment in Nythera's wedding event where Ryuuji says this to Nythera becausewhen she says that the third and final challenge for the Test of the Suitor was to defeat a Void Giant she magically awakened and summoned to the Void Temple, Ryuuji realizes that the Void Giant is out of control and therefore needs to be stopped before it destroys the temple.
| Ryuuji:A VOID GIANT?! Are youINSANE?! We have to stop it before it destroys the temple! | |
- InMass Effect 2, Tali'Zorah says this verbatim to Admiral Xen while on the Migrant Fleet.
- Happens to Renegade Shepard during Thane's loyalty mission.
| Shepard: (Pulls outHand Cannon) If I choose to, I could kill everyone in this room and walk away unscathed. | |
- One of the topics inTales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay has thiswhenMcGillicutty plans to destroy La Esponja Grande in order for him to remain Poxed along with his crew forever:
| Guybrush: You're mad! Mad, I say! | |
- Before that, there is also a part inThe Curse of Monkey Island when smuggler King André believes that the Goodsoup Family Diamond and its energy flowing though it is the key to his power, and you can choose this:
| Guybrush: You're a madman! | |
- The Riddler gets this fromBatman inBatman: Arkham City upon entering the first Riddler Room:
| Batman: You're insane. | |
Web Comics
- Girl Genius has a ratherchilling variation (the guy is fully conscious of his actions and their implications, butdoesn't have even a bad choice):
| Dr. VG: Are you insane?! | |
- And afunny one:
| Moloch:What? But that'sinsane! (realizes what he just said) Wow.Maybe youarethe real thing. | |
- Another similar variation fromNarbonic:
| "This ismadness!MADNESS!" | |
- There was this exchange inGastrophobia, during the "Lord Night-Sorrow" story arc... before it was changed by aRetcon:
| Night-Sorrow: Sorcery can accomplish what science cannot. | |
- Faith inMagick Chicks deserved flat "You're insane." and then "Th-this iscrazy!" from Tiffanyof all people, when shestunned a vampire, thendrove her feral with mind control in order to fight her hand-to-hand, without powers, just for fun.
Web Original
- The Nostalgia Critic andBum Reviews did this in one ofLinkara's videos:
| The Nostalgia Critic: My God. You're mad. | |
- And then hestarts destroying the world. In fact, the experience is probably one of the most creepy things that That Guy With The Glasses has ever done.
- The Nostalgia Critic was on the other end of this during his review ofThe Room. Other reviewers kept showing up to try and talk him out of it: when he refused to listen toLinkara...
| "You're mad, Critic!MAD!" | |
- "What is it about the nameDr. Insano that eludes you people?!"
- "You're insane!Nobody usesMicrosoft Works!"
- In one of the Marik's Evil Council Videos:
| "What! No card games?!? YOU'RE INSANE! . . . I mean, more insane than the rest of us . . ." | |
Western Animation
- InDanny Phantom, the episode that introduces Vlad Plasmius has this dialogue:
| Danny: Let me outta here! | |
- In theGargoyles episode "Temptation", Brooklyn, disillusioned by the problems of humanity, is manipulated by Demona to steal a spellbook in order to help his leader, Goliath, "see the truth of the world". Brooklyn cooperates, but when Demona attacks Goliath with a spell from the book that makes him a mind-controlled slave, the young gargoyle protests that he only wanted to Goliath to see the truth. Demona intones with flashing eyes, "You wanted him to know the truth. Now, our truth will the only truth he ever knows!" At that brazenly evil pronouncement, Brooklyn yells to Demona, "You're insane!" and attacks her to get the book back.
- Done frequently inInvader Zim, particularly because of Zim's megalomaniacal personality.
- In theSuperman: 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.
- A cousin toInsult Backfire happens in an episode ofJustice League where Superman is sent far into the future,After the End:
| Vandal Savage: The earth belongs to the cockroaches now... Oh, and me. | |
- Another one, in an episode ofJustice League
| Solomon Grundy:(to Luthor) You're crazy! | |
- The Simpsons spoofed this with their famous line (in thick scottish accent): "Scorpio, you're mad!"
- And the equally memorable reply: "Hah, I wouldn't point fingers, you jerk!"
- InBatman: The Animated Series it happens a lot, seeing as most of Batman's foesare insane:
- Near the end of the 2-part episodeThe Demon's Quest, Ra's al Ghullets Batman in on his master plan which willresult in the deaths of billions, leading to the following exchange:
| Ra's: A most impressive plan, wouldn't you agree? | |
- Also aFunny Moments especially as this isBatman saying it, a man who's normally all grim and serious 24-7.
- In a later episode, Mr. Freeze has this response to Grant Walker's plan to freeze the entire world except for his own island. When asupervillain is the one doubting your sanity, you know you have problems. Better yet, an ice-obsessed villain saying this about a plan to freeze the world. Of course, this has a great deal ofFridge Brilliance, pardon the pun. Freeze considers his condition aFate Worse Than Death, but Walker actuallywants it, causing Freeze to regard him as mad. As Freeze himself tells him:
| Freeze: You want to be like this? Trapped in a world you can see but never touch? Old and infirm as you are, I would trade a thousand of my frozen years for your worst day. | |
- Freeze was on the other end of the line in his DCAUmovie.
- The Joker of all people delivers this line regarding the Creeper:
| Joker: He's a lunatic! | |
- Of course, the Joker himself gets this quite a lot, as while people already know he's loony, he can still boggle their minds;
- In "Joker's Favor", Charlie Collins has lived in terror over what 'favor' Joker will have him, to the point of changing his name and moving across the country (To no avail), so he's a little thunderstruck that all Joker wants from him is to open a door and let Harley Quinn push a cake to Commissioner Gordon's dinner.
- Of course, the Joker himself gets this quite a lot, as while people already know he's loony, he can still boggle their minds;
| Charlie: Wait, that's the favor? You called me out here just to open a door? | |
- He gets it from Harley too in "The Laughing Fish", after he tells her she can be his "little mermaid" and then gives her a ridiculous-looking fish costume.
- Batman Beyond example.Shriek is blackmailing Comissioner Gordon in exchange for Batman's life.
| Barbara: You're out of your mind. | |
- From the Ruby-SpearsMega Man cartoon, in the episode "Ice Age" (sound clip available about a third of the way downthis page):
| Mr. Zero: You're m-m-mad! | |
- EvenVeggie Tales has a variant in a recent[when?]Indiana Jones parody.
| Larry: ... He's loopy! | |
- Transformers:Beast Wars hasTarantulas happily shrug this one off with a casual "So they say," and a particularly indulgent and spittle-yEvil Laugh.
- Wakfu: During his fight against Nox in episode 17, Grougaloragran repeatedly calls him a madman, but Nox pays this no heed. Later, both Yugo and Adamaï give him a "You're insane!" speech at the end of the final fight in episode 26.However, since it is after Nox's whole plan is crumbling around him - with, literally, his giant clock mecha - this time the Xelor may actually be listening.
- To specify,the first time Yugo calls him out on his mental instability, he just shrugs it off. Later, he's surrounded by the total ruination of his plans, only to have Yugo scream that his insanity killed entire countries for nothing. This time, he actually startsweeping.
- InThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Carl, Sheen and Jimmy travel to theBahama Quadrangle so Jimmy can prove that nothing suspicious happens there. They end up trapped by a algae-obsessed scientist named Dr. Moist:
| Dr. Moist: I'd be happy to... Right after your transformation. | |
- Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths had a particularly chilling example after the main villain'sMotive Rant:
| Batman: You're insane. | |
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward Episode 22 (Head of State):
| Bishop: Stockman, this is madness! | |
- In theRegular Show episode "Go Viral", Rigby says this to the Warden of the Internet. Considering she's been capturing anyone who makes a viral video and imprisoning them in aFate Worse Than Death, he's probably right.
- Mordecai says the same thing to Rigby when he asks for that last solid.
- In one episode ofSpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick andSpongeBob run away from home because they think they're going to get "locked up forever" for stealing a balloon. The two set up camp and share two candybars. Patrick eats his candybar and being the short-term-memory starfish that he is, forgets he just ate it and thinks that Sponge Bob took it. The end result is Sponge Bob eating his own candy bar while Patrick looks on in horror at the thought of his "only food" being eaten by his best friend and proceeds to freak out.
| Sponge Bob: (eats candy bar) Mmmmm mmmm mhhmmm!! | |
- In the series finale ofAction Man, Alex retorts this to Dr. X after the latter's offer ofWe Can Rule Together.
- InIron Man: Armored Adventures Tony tells a variation of this to Rhona in "All the Best People Are Mad". Which results in aTitle Drop of the episode.
| Tony: "You're completely mad Rhona! | |
- X-Men: The Animated Series:
- A curious example occurs in the episode "Courage" between Professor Xavier and Master Mold:
| Xavier: You're mad, Master Mold! | |
- Evilutionary Biologist Nathanial Essex gets the worst kick in the teeth here, when hisSocial Darwinist themedMotive Rant results inCharles Darwin himself calling him insane.
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/You%27re_Insane!?oldid=2109665"