History Main / AndThisisFor

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/1983/11/15 clobbered Odie]] and said "That's for not being a cat." [[https://garfield.com/comic/1983/11/16 Later on]], Garfield realized it was wrong on his part to Clobber Odie for not being a cat since it wasn't Odie's choice. Garfield then kicked Odie. "This is for being a dog."

* A much nicer version appears in Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk:

--->''' Boss:''' And this is for Clara Mae! ''(cue death blow)''

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8852698/1/Checkmate Checkmate]]'' by Creator/AnlaShok, the night before the 3rd Quarter Quell interviews, Whittle, the District 9 male Victor/Tribute unleashes his pent up rage by smashing every surveillance camera he can find with a hammer while screaming the names of the dead tributes he mentored at them.

--->'''Duke (as [[UnstoppableRage he ripped to pieces]] [[{{Robeast}} a Saucer Beast]] after the Vegans killed one of his oldest friends)''': This is for my friend!\\

* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', [[BigBrotherInstinct Phoenix Ikki]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch mercilessly beats]] [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip Lyumnades Casa]] into submission, landing each blow on Casa for each one of his fellow Bronze Saints (except Shiryu), who had just fallen prey to the Sea General's [[MasterOfDisguise illusory powers]] and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]]. The last attack Ikki hits him with is his strongest technique, Hoyoku Tensho, which he dedicates to his brother Shun. Utterly battered and with his protective Scale shattered into pieces, Casa dies not long afterwards.

* ''Podcast/TheStrangeCaseOfStarshipIris'': The crew of the ''Rumor'' lure a Regime platoon onboard the empty vessel. The ship's Siri-esque Gratuitously Pleasant Female Voice begins a typical "This is for...", which usually signals an incoming communication--[[BaitAndSwitch before continuing]] "Alvy Connors, the entire crew of the Iris, and Emily Craddock. [[ArcWords You can’t make a person disappear.]] [[SelfDestructMechanism Self-destruct in ten--]]"

--->'''Nate''': Four, in fact. [[MentorOccupationalHazard THIS IS FOR]] [[ParentalSubstitute FORGE!]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Bullseye attempts to [[StuffedIntoTheFridge kill DD's girlfriend, Milla]], only to discover [[RecycledScript it's three strikes]] [[SubvertedTrope and he's out]]. Daredevil intercepts Bullseye, [[DestinationDefenestration throws him out the window]] and picks up a sharp rock from the ground to, uh... [[MalevolentMutilation give Bullseye something to think about]]:

* ''ComicBook/GodzillaTheHalfCenturyWar'' does this as Ota is beating the shit out of [[MadScientist Dr.]] [[SmugSnake Deverich]].

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7079567/1/Breaking-Point Breaking Point]]'', [[Manga/SoulEater Crona]] does this [[TheDogBitesBack while attacking his]] [[AbusiveParents mother]] [[ManipulativeBastard Medusa]] to stop her from [[spoiler:possessing his body.]]
--> '''Crona''': This is for locking me in a dark room! [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment This is for starving me!]] [[TrainingFromHell This is for making me kill bunnies!]] This is for making me betray my friends! This is for trying to hurt Maka! This is for being the ''worst mother ever!''

* Subverted in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. As time traveller Rip Hunter is about to kill Vandal Savage, he says it's for his wife and son whom Vandal will kill in the future. Vandal escapes and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero now knows who he has to kill]] [[StableTimeLoop to get revenge on Rip]].

* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'': In the Season 2 finale, Doc is facing off with [[spoiler: the [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]] [[ArchEnemy Bobo del Rey]]]], and takes out some longstanding grudges, via knife.

-->'''Deadpool:''' Oh, Wolvie, time to wake up, RISE AND SHINE STUBBY! Up and at 'em! Fine, then… That's for all the clown jokes! That's for never calling just to say 'hi'! That's because I get aroused when I slap people! That's for all the furry midgets in the world! [[ForTheLulz That's because I feel like it!]] [[PunctuatedPounding WHY! WON'T! YOU! WAKE! UP! WAKE UP!]] [[NoFourthWall That's because the player keeps mashing the button!]] [[ForTheLulz That's because I like slapping fleshy things with this hand!]] That's for being in more comics than me! That's for making me love you! That's for making me hate you! That's for never taking us to the prom! That's for always working late! That's for being short! That's for stabbing me in the heart! [[LiteralMetaphor Literally!]] That's for never letting me fly the Blackbird! Except when I crashed it! That's for being the worst wingman in bro-mance history! [[NoFourthWall That's because I want to see if the player'll keep doing this! That's for all the hot gamer girls out there! Hey, call me!]] That's for being a total douche! That's for never washing the dishes! That's for last year's white elephant gift! [[LiteralMetaphor Who wants a white elephant?!]] And finally, [[OverlyLongGag that's because this whole set just added five minutes of bonus play to the most awesome game ever devised by mutant or man!]]

While Triton[[note]]Lapis' disguised [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Oshawott]], who'd just hamstringed Titus[[/note]] climbed back onto her shoulder, Lapis leveled a [[DeathGlare murderous glare]] at Titus. “This,” she spat, “is for my poker buddy, you steaming pile of glittery ''[[HoldYourHippogriffs Tauros-shit]]!''”\\

[[spoiler:'''''[[SummonBiggerFish “RELEASE]] [[ShoutOut THE]] [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 KRAKEN!!!”]]''''']]

--> '''Stan''': This is for treating me like a errand boy! This is for delaying my promotion! [[PapaWolf This is for disrespecting my daughter!]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And this is for not letting me stop at the creek for a drink!]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan,'' Spider-Man is seething over the fact that he was forced to publicly defend a VillainWithGoodPublicity from an attack by {{Supervillain}} the Green Goblin. In battle, he delivers a particularly violent kick to Green Goblin's face, adding "''That's'' for [[SaveTheVillain making me protect]] [[BigBad Tombstone]]!"

* ''Series/Sharpe'': In the episode, Sharpe's Battle, Harper does this when he comes up against an Irish soldier, called O'Roorke, who defected to the French on the battlefield. To add to this, Harper stabs O'Roorke three times with his own bayonet.

* Unusually for this trope this sets off the plot in ''Film/MortalEngines'' when a MysteriousWoman with a masked face stabs Thaddeus Valentine, saying "This is for Pandora Shaw."

-->'''Xander:''' That's for the wig! ''[punches fratboy]'' [[GagBoobs That's for the bra!]] That's for the makeup! ''[punches again, knocking him out]'' And that's for the last sixteen and a half years!

-->'''Peter''': Hey, you missed!
-->'''Brian''': No, I didn't! That was for [[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E12ToLoveAndDieInDixie rolling up the damn window when I tried to jump into the General Lee!]]

--> "This is for the gods." [''ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks hurls sword into Arruntius' chest'']

* At the end of the final storyline quest in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', if you let Handsome Jack finish his VillainousBreakdown speech, Lilith will put a bullet through his head and quip "That's for [[spoiler:Roland.]]"

-->'''Male Boss 3:''' This is for Lady Liberty! And this one's for Uncle Sam! And this one's just for shits and giggles!

* In the ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' light novel ''Drugs and Dominoes,'' Luck Gandor beats the hell out of [[spoiler:Gustavo]] with a chair, announcing as he does that each blow is for a Gandor business or employee attacked by the [[spoiler:Runorata under Gustavo's command]]. One of the more amusing items on the list was actually his own ''head'', which one [[spoiler:Runorata-hired]] druggie had sliced off some time before… Er, [[{{Immortality}} he got better]].

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. In the FinalBattle of "The Second Raid", Kaname turns up just in time to snap Sousuke out of his HeroicBSOD. {{Tsundere}} that she is, this is done by beating him up instead of the LoveConfession that she originally planned.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', Issei delivers this to [[spoiler:Vali]] during their first real fight. This being [[LovableSexManiac Issei]], he delivers each blow on behalf of the breasts of every girl in his harem after Azazel convinces him that his power of Half Dimension will shrink their bust size.

** More generally, a couple of characters in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' have "For the Republic!" as their battle-cry.
*** In ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' games, "For the Republic!" is also one of the generic voice clips from Clone Troopers, along with ''For the Chancellor!".

* In ''Fanfic/TheRavensPlan'', Sandor does this to Joffrey before [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating him to death]]. With an [[PrecisionFStrike F-Bomb for good measure.]]

* In the novelization of ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', Sam stabs [[spoiler:Starscream]] [[EyeScream in the eye]] with a grapple gun and screams, "That's for [[spoiler:Mirage]], [[PrecisionFStrike you son of a bitch]]!" after [[spoiler:Starscream [[DeathbyAdaptation ruthlessly kills Mirage]].]] Then he adds, "And for trying to crush my girlfriend!"

* In ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'', [[http://comics.shipsinker.com/?id=155 Nyssa takes out the Master's ship,]] declaring, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis "That was for every soul you wiped out in the Traken Union,]] [[PrecisionFStrike you evil son of a bitch!"]]

While Triton[[note]]Lapis' disguised [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Oshawott]], who'd just hamstringed Titus[[/note]] climbed back onto her shoulder, Lapis leveled a [[DeathGlare murderous glare]] at Titus. “This,” she spat, “is for my poker buddy, you steaming pile of glittery ''[[HoldYourHippogriffs Tauros-]][[PrecisionFStrike shit]]!''”\\

* In the ''Series/Sharpe'' episode, Sharpe's Battle, Harper does this when he comes up against an Irish soldier, called O'Roorke, who defected to the French on the battlefield. To add to this, Harper stabs O'Roorke three times with his own bayonet.

** When Zander Rice has ComicBook/{{X 23}} strapped to an operating table to extract her claws for bonding with adamantium one at a time ''without anasthesia'', he makes a point before beginning of telling her, "This is for my father." For the record, Laura didn't even ''do'' anything to Rice's father, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} killed him escaping Alkali Lake. He's taking it out on ''her'' because [[RevengeByProxy she's Logan's clone and genetic daughter]].

** In the original DBZ dub, Future Trunks shouts "THIS IS FOR GOHAN!" to Future Android 18 before completely vaporizing her. This is shortly after returning to his timeline after [[TookALevelInBadass taking several levels in badass]] during the Cell saga. In the ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' dub, he says this to her ''brother,'' Future Android 17, declaring that he just killed Future 18 for his friends, just before killing Future 17 for Gohan.

--> (Trunks kicks 17 square in the jaw, knocking him onto the ground, before firing a ''ki'' blast at him and blowing him to smithereens.)

* In ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', the G.U.N. commander will say this line in Shadow's Pure Evil route.