I Don't Pay You to Think: Difference between revisions

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'''R. J. Fletcher:''' You '''''thought?!''''' I don't pay you to think!

'''Richard Fletcher:''' But daaaaaad!

'''R. J. Fletcher:''' SHUT UP!

~~'''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]].}}

|''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'', as it establishes who the villain is and [[Jerkass|just how evil he is]]. [[It Gets Worse|He gets eviller]].}}

A [[Stock Phrase]] that indicates that an employee wasn't hired for their brains.

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== 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!"

== Comics ==

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"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]]'' has R. J. Fletcher, the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who is so evil he does this to his own son.

* 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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* 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 ==

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{{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 ==

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{{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 ==