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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
** Darkseid betraying the Justice League [[spoiler:and Brainiac in a fake EnemyMine {{plan}}. When Brainiac]] says, "You deceived me." Darkseid replies coolly, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder "It's what I do."]]
** In another episode, the AffectionateParody of golden age heroes "Legends" had the Justice Guild contemplate that defeating the enemy would in fact, kill them as well. The immediate reply they gave was, "[[DeadAllAlong We died once to save this Earth]], and we can do it again."
** Doomsday, on his second appearance. When Superman asks him why he wants to kill him, his reply is "[[LaserGuidedTykebomb It's what I am. I don't care 'why'.]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' had [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] say this in a HeroicSacrifice.
-->[[spoiler:'''Omega Supreme''': I am programmed to protect, and sacrifice if necessary.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
-->'''Venture:''' Oh, that's it, you really know how to push my buttons, don't you?\\
'''Monarch:''' I'm your arch-enemy! It's what I do! It's my thing!
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
-->'''Blossom:''' We're going to fight crime!\\
'''Buttercup:''' That's what we do!\\
'''Bubbles:''' Duh!
** Buttercup says this when she's dressed as a monster in the rainy day episode of ''Powerpuff Girls'' "I'm a monster and I'm eating Joe! I do that."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''
-->'''Truffles:''' You did it again, honey. You set the house on fire, again!\\
'''Mung:''' It's what I do, woman. It's what I do.
* [[WeseternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} The Genie]], after a DudeNotFunny line in one of the ''[[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Aladdin]]'' sequels:

* Spoofed in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' parody of ''Film/KillBill'' where Jesus takes the place of the Bride. When he takes on the one-eyed character of Elle Driver, he jabs her in her bad eye, healing it and returning her sight. She thanks him in surprise, and he smiles and says "It's what I do"... then immediately cuts her in half with his sword.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** One-off enemy The Source [[AliensStealCattle abducts cattle]] because they're the power source he needs to leave Earth in his spaceship. However, he plans to blow the planet up on the way out simply [[StupidEvil for no reason but]] because [[AliensAreBastards "It is our way."]]
** Robin confronts Slade over his role in bringing about an apocalypse that's left the world in ruins (don't worry, [[ResetButton it gets better]])...
--->'''Robin:''' But you played a part. And just like everything else you've ever done, it's made people suffer.\\
'''Slade:''' It's what I do best.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' had this:
-->'''Steve:''' Dad! I can't believe you lied to me!
-->'''Stan:''' Really? Huh. It's kinda my whole bit.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' saw the Dark Knight fall under the sway of Spellbinder, nearly handing over the episode's MacGuffin [[spoiler: and revealing his identity]] in the process. When Bats is snapped out of it and Bats pulls the MacGuffin away, Spellbinder voices his disbelief that the hero had been faking. Quote the Batman, "It's what I do!" It was quite convincing.
* The unaired pilot ''Wacky Races Forever'' had Dick Dastardly and Muttley in their Mean Machine some three yards away from the finish line--they are under orders from another figure to win the race, and Muttley points out the finish line. From Dastardly:
-->No, Muttley, we ''can't'' win fairly. We are villains. Ergo, we ''have'' to cheat!
* Hermes' Bureaucrat Song in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is practically an anthem for why he does what he does. Why is he an ObstructiveBureaucrat who is "anal retentive and weird", who "treats people like swine and makes 'em stand in line"? It's what he does!
* In WesternAnimation/GravityFalls, after [[EvilSorcerer Probabilitor]] introduces himself, he then states that he's going to eat [[spoiler:Ford]] and Dipper's brains to add their intelligence to his own.
-->'''Probabilitor:''' It's what I do.
-->'''Ogre Minion:''' It's his thing.
* WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy has the Stinkbug from "Law and Odor" who said "I'm the Stink Bug! I stink! It's what I do." when his dumb assistant kept making suggestions on how to smell better.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' from "150,000,000 Years Lost" when he volunteers to go back in time with Professor Squawkencluck's time machine to bring back Penfold (who was sent back accidentally):
-->'''Squawkencluck:''' You are a hero!\\
'''DM:''' It's...just a job, really.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': The Lich is a pure OmnicidalManiac without any sort of justification or higher purpose: he wants to kill everything because it's his mission to kill everything. When Finn accuses him of being "so evil it's boring", the Lich calmly agrees.
--> '''The Lich:''' Yes. Where the mortal world doubts and questions, I know exactly what I am. I am the ceaseless wheel. The last scholar of [[GodOfChaos GOLB]]. I am your doom.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "Twice Shy", the crew of Moya rescue SexSlave Talikaa only for her to [[DecoyDasmel turn out to be a shapeshifting alien spider out to eat them]].

* ''Series/ThePunisher2017''. Karen Page tries in vain to persuade Frank Castle to [[LeaveYourQuestTest stop mourning his dead family and start another life]] with someone else. Frank isn't having it.
-->'''Frank:''' That kid out there; she's got people that want to kill her. Serious people, Karen. So that means I'm going to find them; I'm going to ''murder'' them Karen. I'm going to do that to keep her alive because that's my life; that's what ''I'' do. You wanna be a part of that?

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the first part of the show's GrandFinale, [[BigBadEnsemble Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow]] enact their season-long plan to betray [[AncientEvil Grogar]] by keeping the [[ArtifactOfDoom Bewitching Bell]] to themselves and use it against him. When Grogar realizes too late that [[EvilerThanThou the other villains are betraying him]], this exchange occurs:

->''[[WebVideo/{{Garfielf}} I eat, Jon. it's what I do]]''

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-->'''Batman:''' Joker, why?\\

* ''ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2023:'' When James Watson asks Kraven the Huntsman why he's hunting Spinstress, Kraven gives his answer as this, in ''song''.
* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}: "I'm the best there is at what I do. What I do ain't very nice."
** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}: "Now I'm better at doing whatever it is Wolverine does!"
* Franchise/{{Batman}} (specifically, ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGothamAdventures Gotham Adventures]]'' #60):
-->'''Batman''': Joker, why?\\
'''Joker''': Why? Why? Because this is how it ''is'' isn't it? I do terrible, crazy things and you act all grim and gritty and stop me. And I go back to Arkham and you go back to doing whatever it is you do when I'm not around. Brooding all by yourself in the dark I suppose. That's just how we are. Or how we've grown to be. And it's never going to change.
** Detective Comics #823 has Batman trying to help Poison Ivy, before discovering a recording of people she tortured and killed. When he yells at her for it, she just acts amused that he's angry because he should know who she is by now.

* As [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] explains to [[spoiler:Ryuuzaki]] in ''Fanfic/ThePrinceOfDeath''-he's a {{Shinigami}}, a God of Death-[[CaptainObvious he kills people]].

* Rusty and Co.'s Madeline the Paladin.

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Kemo has two main traits. The first is saying anything about his hair. (It is very strange, even for anime hair.) The second is using the phrase "Attention, Duelists!" to begin every line of dialogue that he says. This is because he works as a tournament announcer, so it makes sense. But one time, when he was alone with Seto Kaiba and used the CatchPhrase, Kaiba questioned why he said it. Kemo responded by quoting this trope by name.

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' setting's supplement ''Tall Tales Of The Wee Folk'' accounts for why it's [[InsultBackfire impossible to insult a satyr]] via this trope. Satyrs make no value judgements, attributing events and behavior to nature rather than moral or ethical cause; therefore, if you call one a "dirty little coward", he'll simply either agree or disagree that he's grimy, small, and afraid of danger.

* The ''TabletopGames/{{Mystara}}'' setting's supplement ''Tall Tales Of The Wee Folk'' accounts for why it's [[InsultBackfire impossible to insult a satyr]] via this trope. Satyrs make no value judgements, attributing events and behavior to nature rather than moral or ethical cause; therefore, if you call one a "dirty little coward", he'll simply either agree or disagree that he's grimy, small, and afraid of danger.

* Rika Shiguma from ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'' is a very perverted character, and for the most part is not afraid to show her interests to other characters. She will often also shout {{Unusual Euphemism}}s such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGRxJmVbii4 "Universe!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-beXhtVekY "Excalibur!"]], and tries to introduce other members of the Neighbors club to her interests such as BoysLove, video games, or mecha on mecha porn.