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{{quote|'''R. J. Fletcher:''' You idiot! Can't you do anything right? [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|Does this look like a number two pencil to you?]]<br />▼
'''Richard Fletcher:''' No, I just thought...<br />▼
'''R. J. Fletcher:''' You '''''thought?!''''' I don't pay you to think!<br />▼
'''Richard Fletcher:''' But daaaaaad!<br />▼
'''R. J. Fletcher:''' SHUT UP!|UHF, as it establishes who the villain is and [[Jerkass|just how evil he is]]. [[It Gets Worse|He gets eviller]].}}▼
▲{{quote|'''R. J. Fletcher:''' You idiot! Can't you do anything right? [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|Does this look like a number two pencil to you?]]
'''R. J. Fletcher:''' SHUT UP!
▲|''
A [[Stock Phrase]] that indicates that an employee wasn't hired for their brains.
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In the end, however, bosses who hold to this philosophy only have themselves to blame when they find themselves [[Surrounded by Idiots]]. If this is common in your work place, it's one of the sure signs your boss is unfit for the job.
If the boss or [[Big Bad]] is seriously annoyed by this thinking behavior, he may demote said employee/minion to an ''even lowlier'' position, fire them, or tell them [[You! Get Me Coffee!]].
▲See also, [[Don't Think, Feel|Don't Think, Feel.]]
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== Anime and Manga ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* Inverted in an episode of the English dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', when Divine tells his [[Captain Obvious]] lackey as they're observing Aki, "I don't pay you to tell me what I know -- she needs fixing!"
== Comic Books ==
* One standalone strip in ''[[Fluble]]'' rides this for all its worth, with Clown's boss saying no less than three variations of it:▼
{{quote|"Dammit Coinean, I don't pay you to ask relevant questions! I pay you to shred Arruda files!"▼
"Dammit Coinean, I don't pay you to point out my obvious stupidity! I pay you to make Arruda files!"▼
"Dammit Coinean, I don't pay you to shred Arruda files! I pay you to shred Arruda files!" }}▼
* A single panel strip from ''[[Sticky Comics]]'' features a boss saying this line and nothing else to a corporate scientist.
== Films -- Animation ==
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{{quote|"When I want your opinions, I'll ''give'' them to you!"}}
* In the original ''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', Horace comments "I've been thinking," and Jasper grabs him by the shirt and tells him that he's warned him about thinking. "I've got the knob for this job, so let's get on with it."
== Films -- Live-Action ==
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'''Thug:''' I think...
'''Richard:''' [shoots him] Don't think! }}
* Weird Al's ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'' has R. J. Fletcher, the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who is so evil he does this to his own son.
== Literature ==
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* In ''Prison Romance'', this occurs with a ho who is told "I don't pay you to think, I don't pay you to talk..."
* In ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', Directive 10-289, the "moratorium on brains," chains all existing employees to their jobs, with a potential penalty of jail for any that quit. If any do quit, anyway (or lose their job for other reasons), that job is then assigned to someone else by a government committee, regardless of that person's ability to actually do the job.
* Dr. Cruces gets Lord Downey both coming and going in ''[[
{{quote|'''Downey:''' Doctor, I think--
'''Cruces:''' Think? You're not paid to think! Heaven knows where the idiot has got to. I ordered the Guild searched! Why didn't anyone force the door?
'''Downey:''' Sorry, doctor, Edward left us weeks ago and I didn't think--
'''Cruces:''' You didn't ''think''? What are you paid for? }}
* Similarly in ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. The Chief of the [[Divided States of America|California Confederacy]] tells one of his minions that
* This is the attitude of many of the vermin commanders in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series of books.
* Used in the 1960s children's adventure novel ''Manxmouse'', by Paul Gallico. A group of hounds is hunting for a fox and a young Private states "I think he's in there, under that hedge, sir." A General replies "Quiet! I'm the one here who's paid to think."
* Tiny, the [[Dumb Muscle]] German soldier from the [[Sven Hassel]] novels, is always saying that he was told by his superiors not to think. "Leave it to the horses, they've got bigger heads."
== Live-Action TV ==
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{{quote|"Why can't these lower creatures think for themselves?"
"OUR job is to think! THEIR'S is to obey, and we must never confuse the two!" }}
== Video Games ==
* Referenced by Lightning in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. "'These Cocoon people' have spent centuries under fal'Cie rule, in constant fear of a Pulse invasion. If it weren't for Serah, I'd have been out there too. Hunting l'Cie. Would have been nothing but targets to me."
== Web Comics ==
* Subverted in a strip of ''[[The
* Used for comedy in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. With AI.
{{quote|'''Captain Tagon''': ...You're acting like I pay you to think!
'''Ennesby''': Technically, you don't pay me.
'''Ennesby''': and technically, most of what I do is "think."
'''Captain Tagon''': I...rrr. ummm.
'''Ennesby''': And when you get right down to it, I'm better at it than you are. }}
▲* One standalone strip in ''[[Fluble]]'' rides this for all its worth, with Clown's boss saying no less than three variations of it:
▲{{quote|"Dammit Coinean, I don't pay you to ask relevant questions! I pay you to shred Arruda files!"
▲"Dammit Coinean, I don't pay you to point out my obvious stupidity! I pay you to make Arruda files!"
▲"Dammit Coinean, I don't pay you to shred Arruda files! I pay you to shred Arruda files!" }}
== Web Original ==▼
* 'There's Something About Halo 2'▼
{{quote|'''Master Chief''': Hey, I don't pay you to criticize my chief-y ways!▼
'''Cortana''': You don't pay me at all, I'm a computer... }}▼
== Western Animation ==
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* [[Invader Zim]] to his computer: "I don't pay you to contradict me!"
** Computer: "You don't pay me at all..."
* ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]
** In "War Dawn", the Decepticons find the headless corpse of a Guardian Robot; Megatron asks Shockwave if there's any chance of repairing and reactivating it:
{{quote|'''[[The Nameless|Sweep 1]]''': "I think that plasma bath [[It Got Worse|fried Galvatron's circuits]]."<br />▼
{{quote|'''Shockwave:''' Possibly, but the lack of a head will limit its manuverablity.
'''Megatron:''' A warrior doesn't need a head if it has a good, strong, ''body!''}}
:* Also, inn ''Five Faces of Darkness'' part 3.
▲{{quote|'''[[The Nameless|Sweep 1]]''': "I think that plasma bath [[It Got Worse|fried Galvatron's circuits]]."
'''Scourge''': "It's not your ''place'' to think! [[My Master, Right or Wrong|Where he leads, all Decepticons must follow]]!" }}
▲== Web Original ==
▲* 'There's Something About Halo 2'
▲{{quote|'''Master Chief''': Hey, I don't pay you to criticize my chief-y ways!
▲'''Cortana''': You don't pay me at all, I'm a computer... }}
== Real Life ==
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