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--> '''Shepard''' We'll fight and win without it. I won't let fear compromise who I am.
--> '''Shepard''' We'll fight and win without it. I won't let fear compromise who I am.
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-->'''Teen rescued from vampire:''' How d'you do that?
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-->'''Teen:''' But... you're just a girl.
-->'''Buffy:''' That's what I keep saying.
-->'''Teen rescued from vampire:''' How d'you do that?
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* In Stephen Donaldson's ''Mordant's Need,'' one of the heroes keeps getting into duels with the BigBad's chief swordsman. He pauses to ask the swordsman why he doesn't simply overthrow the BigBad (who is portrayed as an essentially [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean impotent]] dupe of his supposed underlyings.) The swordsman replies with this trope.
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-->-- '''Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish''', ''AGameOfThrones''
Characters are the sum of their tropes. Sometimes the GenreSavvy even recognize this about themselves. When another character makes a comment about their behavior that fits their character, they will usually respond with something like, "It's what I do."
'''Can be used in several ways:'''
# A comedic "Duh!" moment, which is most often.
# A {{Tearjerker}} when they perform a HeroicSacrifice.
# A villain berating the heroes for actually expecting something different from them.
# A [[JerkJustifications Jerk Justification]]
An implication with using this line is that characters need to be consistent in their behavior, not just doing whatever is needed for the plot. But don't be too surprised if characters behave in a way slightly different than you expect, as an OutOfCharacterMoment can be the opposite of this.
The underlying implication is that the character doesn't necessarily WANT to do whatever it is they're doing, that it's not a special case just business as usual. It's their nature and they can't help it. Can express a desire for emotional growth, or the lack thereof if "What I Do" is something the character has spent a significant amount of time trying not to do, or angsting over doing it.
Or, in the Type 2 case of a heroic sacrifice, the person being saved is someone who arguably doesn't deserve to be saved. The hero is expressing that it doesn't matter if the victim deserves to be saved; a trademark of someone suffering from ChronicHeroSyndrome. To not be the hero is unthinkable. However, since these heroes are very rarely stabbed in the back immediately after taking the bullet for a nemesis... well, maybe the victim did deserve to be saved. This situation lends itself to many a HeelFaceTurn.
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!!Examples
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* [[XMen Wolverine]]: "I'm the best there is at what I do. What I do ain't very nice."
** {{Deadpool}}: "Now I'm better at doing whatever it is Wolverine does!"
* {{Batman}} (specifically, ''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.
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* In ''VanHelsing'', Igor says this when questioned why he likes torturing things.
* ''City of Ember''
-->'''Main character:''' "How do you know it will work?!?"
-->'''Old power plant worker:''' "... It's my job!"
* ''MysteryMen''
-->'''Doc Heller:''' It's what the card says.
* ''KingdomOfHeaven'':
-->'''Guy de Lusignan''': Give me a war.
-->'''Reynald''': That is what I do.
** And later, after [[spoiler: raiding a peaceful caravan and killing Saladin's sister to provoke the war]]
--->'''Reynald''': I am what I am. Someone has to be.
* The catchphrase of Alfonso de la Pena (played by George Hamilton) in the movie ''One Upon a Crime.''
* Mal to River in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'':
-->"You understand your part in all this?"
-->"Do you?"
-->"It's what I do, darlin'. It's what I do."
* Kyle Reese in ''{{Terminator}}'':
-->"You still don't get it, do you? He'll find her! That's what he does! It's '''all''' he does! You can't stop him! He'll wade through you! He'll reach down her throat and tear her fuckin' heart out!"
* Played with, with a TitleDrop, in StarTrekFirstContact.
--> '''Cochran:''' "So you're all astronauts, on some sort of ({{beat}}) Star Trek."
* [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow:]]
-->'''Will''': "You cheated!"
-->'''Jack''': ''"Pirate."''
* In the SciFi channel TV movie ''The Fallen Ones'', the BigBad is a fallen angel who wants to destroy mankind with an army of Nephilim giants. The about-to-be-killed TheObiWan gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, pointing out that such an event is mentioned nowhere in the Bible or in any prophecy, and the BigBad's entire plan is doomed to fail. The BigBad simply replies "I have to try. It's what I do." At the end of the film, in an IronicEcho, the hero says the same thing to the Big Bad after the Big Bad tells the hero that he couldn't possibly stop him.
* In ''HoboWithAShotgun'', Ivan walks around in ice skates to make his kicks deadly. Slick notes, "You're going to ruin your skates." Ivan smiles broadly and replies, "I ruin ''everything''!"
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* Lighter Than Some, a Covenant Engineer in the {{Halo}} novel ''Contact Harvest'', was ridiculously friendly. When pressed by a human-made AI on why he was helping her, he would simply reply "Lighter Than Some," which she figured meant "I help because that is who I am."
** Helps it was also [[spoiler: TheAtoner because it was the first Covenant to kill a human]]
* In Stephen Donaldson's ''Mordant's Need,'' one of the heroes keeps getting into duels with the BigBad's chief swordsman. He pauses to ask the swordsman why he doesn't simply overthrow the BigBad (who is portrayed as an essentially [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean impotent]] dupe of his supposed underlyings.) The swordsman replies with this trope.
* Evil Lord Harry Dread, from ''[[{{Discworld}} The Last Hero]]'', allies himself with his enemies the Silver Horde for one last adventure. [[spoiler:Later on he betrays them, but they don't hold it against him, because its [[GoodOldWays tradition]]]].
** Another Discworld example is Dr. Hix, the head of the department of Post-Mortem Communications, in ''Making Money'' and especially in ''Unseen Academicals''. It's his job to be "evil" because of his department, so whenever he does something underhanded or says something nasty he points this out, often indicating his official skull ring. (Most of the things he actually does are [[PokeThePoodle poodle-poking at worst]].)
* In the fable "The Scorpion and the Frog," the titular scorpion asks the titular frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung, but the scorpion reassures him that if it stung the frog, the frog would sink and the scorpion would drown as well, so that wouldn't be logical. This sounds reasonable to the frog who agrees to take the scorpion. But halfway across the river the scorpion stings the frog anyway, and as they both sink the frog asks why the scorpion did it, and the scorpion replies:
-->"It's neither reason, nor logic. I'm a scorpion; it's my nature."
*** Alternate quote from the scorpion:
--> "I've never NOT stung."
** Averted in the Clan Scorpion {{Splatbook}} for the ''LegendOfTheFiveRings'' role-playing game, the scorpion's reply to the frog is, "I can swim."
** [[TheFarmerAndTheViper A similar fable]] involves someone bringing a snake inside, or putting it inside his shirt, to warm it up, only to be bitten by the snake. In some variations the snake talks, and replies to the human's surprise with "You knew I was a snake when you brought me in." [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent It doesn't reflect very well on snakes]].
* In ''CodexAlera'' the Vord Queen explains this as her reason for trying to destroy Alera. It appears to be a genetic imperative for the Vord to destroy all other species. She also offers the same excuse to [[spoiler: [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Invidia]] for betraying her, explaining that not betraying her just isn't in her nature, and she's welcome to keep working for her.]]
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* From the ''Series/DoctorWho'' special ''Voyage of the Damned:''
-->'''Rickston Slade:''' Hang on a minute. Who put you in charge, and who the hell are you anyway?\\
'''The Doctor:''' I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the Constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I'm the man who is gonna save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?\\
'''Rickston Slade:''' No.\\
'''The Doctor:''' In that case, allons-y.
** From "Nightmare of Eden":
--->'''Romana''': [[{{Alien Non-Interference Clause}} I don't think we should interfere]].\\
'''The Doctor''': [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Of course we should interfere]]! Always do what you're best at, that's what I say.
* From ''{{House}}''
-->'''Dr. Foreman:''' Why are you riding on me?\\
'''House:''' It's what I do. Has it gotten worse lately?\\
'''Dr. Foreman:''' Yeah. Seems to me. \\
'''House:''' Really? Well, that rules out the race thing. You were just as black last week.
** And also:
--->'''Stacy:''' Elevate the words all you want, you were just screwing with him. Low even by your standards.\\
'''House:''' Medical screwing. It's what I do.
* ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' had this from its resident DeadpanSnarker
-->'''O'Neill:''' Baal, It's ''me.'' Of ''course'' I dare mock you.
-->'''Baal:''' You have one more day.
-->'''Gilmore:''' Is it really ''wise'' to provoke him?
-->'''O'Neill:''' It's what I do.
** In the ShowWithinAShow ''Wormhole X-Treme'', this is the O'Neill-a-like's signature line, which the actor practices:
--->'''Marlowe''': ''Hey'', it's what I do. ''It's'' what I do. It's what I ''do''.
** In another episode ("The Other Guys"), SG-1 is trying to escape a Goa'uld, and hesitate when they learn that the Stargate is guarded by a lot of Jaffa. The [[HeroWorshipper scientist with them]] points out, "But you're SG-1!" Though the trope name goes unsaid, the looks on the team's faces clearly imply it. And their actions cement it.
** Episode "Revelations": O'Neill agrees to help the Asgard while Hammond and Carter still argue over it with the explanation: "It's what we do, isn't it?"
* ''{{Scrubs}}'' (JD is talking with a terminally ill patient about what death is like, which annoys Dr. Cox. When he leaves the room in a huff, the patient tells JD, "It's fun to annoy him, huh?" JD replies with a touch of deadpan, "It's what I do.")
** Turk has been known to say this in more than one occasion: "Well you know I do what I do what I do what I do."
** One episode featured an online review system for doctors, which was used as a sly dig at fan reactions to the show. With Turk he is shocked at how people dislike his catch phrase.
-->(reading about himself) "He says 'That's what I'm talking about' too much... but sometimes that ''is'' what I'm talking about..."
* ''BoyMeetsWorld'': Upon warning Corey that Topanga is about to become more beautiful after going to a salon, Shawn tells him that she'll dump Corey and hang out with other beautiful people because "It's what we do."
* ''{{Lost}}'': In the season 5 finale, Ben Linus admits that, [[spoiler: when he and Locke were in the cabin and Ben seemed to be having a conversation with Jacob,]] he was faking it. He says, with some regret, "ILied. ... It's what I do."
* ''[=~Star Trek: Deep Space Nine~=]'': Kira and Dax are in a runabout trying to secure another that is out of control, and Dax just shot down Kira's more dangerous idea to attempt beaming onto it in warp.
--> '''Kira''': Have you got a better idea?
--> '''Dax''': I'm a science officer, it's my ''job'' to have a better idea.
** ''StarTrekVoyager'' had this in a story told by Chakotay "Scorpion" relating to how the Borg can not be trusted in an EnemyMine situation because "It's my nature."
*** Later in the same episode, both Chakotay and Janeway are shocked to find out that it was the Borg who started the war against Species 8472. Almost as if they expected something else from the one species known to attack and assimilate everything it encounters without exceptions? Duh!
* ''{{CSI}}'': Ecklie, former less-competent CSI and now head administrator, has always been a thorn in the team's side, but as administrator he gets actual moments of respect, like this one: Catherine had a memory card of evidence photos stolen from her and been grilled earlier by Ecklie for it; the photos appear on the television news.
--> '''Ecklie''': "I'll have our public information officer contact his counterpart at the station. We'll also call Judge Anderson and get a warrant for the memory card, any copies, and the name of their source."
--> '''Catherine''': ''(surprised)'' "Thank you, Conrad."
--> '''Ecklie''': "It's my job."
* From ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'':
--> '''Xander''': I never said you were gonna die! I implied that you were gonna die. It's totally different.
--> '''Buffy''': Yeah, OK. Sure...
--> '''Xander''': Besides, if you die, [[ItMakesSenseInContext I'll just bring you]] [[CleanPrettyReliable back to life]]. That's what I do.
* ''{{Leverage}}''
--> '''Eliot:''' You're not as useless as you look.
--> '''Hardison:''' I don't even know what you ''do''.
-->''A few scenes later, after taking out four guys by himself in the time it takes a bag Hardison dropped to hit the floor, Eliot turns to Hardison, and smiles.''
--> '''Eliot:''' That's what I do.
** Later, in the season finale, we get:
--->'''[[SixthRanger Maggie]]''': You can't just make somebody do what you want them to do.\\
'''Eliot''': Whoa!\\
''[everyone starts chuckling]''\\
'''Hardison''': T-That's what we do. I mean...\\
'''Parker''': ''[pets Maggie's head]'' You're adorable.
* ''{{Andromeda}}''
--> '''Captain Dylan Hunt''': Are you here to give me advice, Rev?
--> '''Rev Bem''': It's what I do.
* ''{{Macgyver}}'' doesn't actually say it himself, because he's busy doing what he's doing.
--> '''Laura Fowler''': What's he doing?
--> '''Breeze''': He's tryin' to get us out of here. Just relax, that's what he does.
* From ''[[PushingDaisies Pushing Daisies]]'':
-->'''Chuck:''' You can't just touch somebody's life and be done with it!\\
'''Ned:''' Yes I can. That's how I roll.
* ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' - "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom":
-->'''Deianeira''': Look at yourself! Don't you have any self respect?
-->'''Waylin''': Hey, what do you want? I'm a professional slave. It's what I do!
* {{Eureka}}
-->'''Carter''': Oh, wow! Personal force field! Hardly catastrophic, but very impressive. Except for the not being able to turn it off part.
-->'''Allison''': Fargo, what are you doing with that?
-->'''Fargo''': Nothing! I've never seen it before. I found it in my pocket.
-->'''Carter''': But you did turn it on?
-->'''Fargo''': Yeah.
-->'''Allison''': Why?
-->'''Fargo''': Because it's what I do?
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* ''MassEffect2'':
-->'''Batarian Plague Victim''': You helped me...why?
-->'''Commander Shepard''': It's what I do.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'':
-->'''Atton Rand''': I'm a deserter. It's what I do.
* ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'':
-->'''Kariya''': Um, Villain? Screwing with you is my job.
* Early in ''PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', a GenreSavvy trainer remarks "We Trainers will accept challenges anywhere! It's what we do." (The FridgeBrilliance here is that ''you're'' a trainer, so this is why you can't just refuse annoying challenges from [=NPCs=].)
* ''FireEmblem: Radiant Dawn'':
-->'''Ike''': In every battle that mattered in my life, I've always been the one left standing, no matter how slim my chances.
* ''Tales of Symphonia''
-->'''Lloyd''': ...So you really are our enemy. I kept thinking - hoping - you might be good...but you're not.
-->'''Kratos''':...I should think that would be obvious at this point.
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* ''DominicDeegan'', just before Klo Tark sends Dominic off to battle Celesto Morgan at the end of the "Storm of Souls" StoryArc, and conjures up a set of clothes like what he normally wears:
-->'''Dominic''': Heh...you read my mind.
-->'''Klo Tark''': It's what I do.
* ''SluggyFreelance'':
** In the "Oceans Unmoving" story arc, Honest Stu always speaks his mind literally, to the point that he points out the irony that Calix and not he has to WalkThePlank when he could also have been blamed. In the next panel, he's standing next to Calix on the plank.
--> '''Calix''': You should learn to talk less.
--> '''Stu''': I gotta be me.
** And also this:
--> '''Gwynn''': Let me be the hero for once!
--> '''Riff''': Sorry ma'am, I'm union. *[[BigFreakingGun shoots]] the huge demon [[BuffySpeak thingy]] [[MoreDakka a lot]]*
* ''{{Chainsawsuit}}'' parodies this [[http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/04/17/strip-198/ here]] with Hit Character, a character who is nothing ''but'' this trope.
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* Danielbeast in the ''{{lonelygirl15}}'' episode "Lying Bastards": "I'm going to break into Alex's house. It's all I know how to do really, I guess."
* The HowItShouldHaveEnded episode "Superman" ends with Batman and Superman chatting in a cafe:
--> '''Batman''': I'm Batman.
--> '''Superman''': I know you are.
--> '''Batman''': It's what I do.
--> '''Superman''': I know. You say that '''a lot'''.
--> '''Batman''': I carry things on my belt. 'Cause I'm Batman.
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* ''JusticeLeague'' had Darkseid betraying the Justice League [[spoiler:and Brainiac in a fake EnemyMine XanatosGambit. When Brainiac]] says, "You betrayed me." Darkseid replies coolly, "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, "We gave our lives once for this city."
** 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'.]]"
* ''TransformersAnimated'' had [[spoiler:Omega Supreme]] say this in a HeroicSacrifice.
-->[[spoiler:'''Omega Supreme''': I am programmed to protect, and sacrifice if necessary.]]
* ''TheVentureBros''
-->'''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!
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'':
-->'''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."
* ''{{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.
* [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} The Genie]], after a DudeNotFunny line in one of the ''[[DisneyAnimatedCanon Aladdin]]'' sequels:
-->'''Genie:''' (laughing) A joke! (pauses) I do that.
* Spoofed in a ''RobotChicken'' parody of ''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/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': When [[ItMakesSenseInContext Sokka's trapped in a hole]], he says, "Okay, Karma person or thing, whoever's in charge of this stuff. If I can just get out of this situation alive, I will give up meat... and sarcasm. Okay? That's all I got. [[LampshadeHanging That's pretty much my whole identity]]. Sokka, the meat and sarcasm guy."
-->"But I'm willing to become Sokka the veggies and straight talk fellow. Deal?"
* Number 5 of the ''KidsNextDoor'': "We're the Kids Next Door. We save kids. That's our job!"
* ''DannyPhantom'':
-->'''Clockwork''': That's the problem with you Observants -- all you do is ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin observe]]''.
* SmugSnake Slade pulls off one in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' when Robin confronts him 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.
* ''AmericanDad'' had this:
-->'''Steve:''' Dad! I can't believe you lied to me!
-->'''Stan:''' Really? Huh. It's kinda my whole bit.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' - "Shanghai Moon"
-->'''[[GravityMaster Tso Lan]]''': You dare interrupt me in my moment of triumph?
-->'''[[TheHero Jackie]]''': It's what I do.
* An episode of ''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.
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* "''BonnieAndClyde'' -- We [[BankRobbery Rob Banks]]."
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