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* Used in the TV version of Creator/StephenKing's ''Series/TheStand'', when Dr. Dietz is explaining to Stu Redman that he doesn't have the superflu:

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Sweets and Sour Marge", sugar was banned from Springfield and Homer went to an island to get some from pirates. When the Captain tried to collect money for it, Homer fled while shouting it wasn't in the contract. As it turns out, [[DumbassHasAPoint Homer was right]], and the boss asks his men who wrote it.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': When Fiona tells Shrek that [[SmoochOfVictory she will kiss him as thanks for rescuing her]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Kasane Kujiragi was hired by Seitarou Yagiri to procure a number of supernatural things for him. In the course of doing so, she fought quite a few people, demonstrating that she's one of the strongest people in the series. Then when [[WorldsStrongestMan Shizuo Heiwajima]] showed up and Seitarou demanded Kasane protect him, she bluntly said [[KnowWhenToFoldEm she wasn't hired to die for him]].
* ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'': Qwenthur is a civilian engineering student attached to a maintenance divison while Havia is a radar operator. As such they will often demand to know why they're being sent on combat or infiltration missions in enemy territory. Unfortunately for the duo, they can't actually disobey their orders.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Shows up with two characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Sweets and Sour Marge", sugar was banned from Springfield and Homer went to an island to get some from pirates. When the Captain tried to collect money for it, Homer fled while shouting it wasn't in the contract. As it turns out, [[DumbassHasAPoint Homer was right]], and asks his men who wrote it.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The Code of {{The Igor}}s is very clear that, while it is their duty to unquestioningly serve vampires, werewolves and mad scientists, it is ''not'' part of their duty to stick around when the TorchesAndPitchforks show up. In the words of one of the clan founders "'[[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein We belong dead]]'? Exthcuthe ''me'', where doeth it that 'we'?"

* ''Anime/JuushinkiPandora'': In Episode 5, Mr. Gold asks Wang to do a side mission before going on with his task of killing a certain woman [[spoiler: (Queenie)]]. Wang is reluctant and quotes this trope verbatim when explaining why, but eventually agrees when Mr. Gold explains that he can easily set a trap for the woman after he does the side mission.

* ''{{ComicBook/Foxtrot}}'': Roger is made to dress up like a clown for his boss' son's birthday party. Andrea is ''not'' happy about this... then learns "bozo services" actually was in his job description.
-->'''Andy''': Come on, Roger, it's not like it's in your contract you have to dress like a clown. ''(sees his look)'' It's ''in'' your contract?!\\
'''Roger''': It was my first day, I didn't know Pembrook, I thought it was a joke!

* During ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', an [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Anzati]] is once hired to take out an assassin before [[spoiler: she]] can kill the protagonists, who are in a very dangerous place. He does so, and since they run when they see him feeding on [[spoiler: her]] he takes the trouble to catch up to them and explain, but then refuses to help further and departs, saying he was hired to take out the assassin and that is ''all''.

'''Jamie''': That was only ''one'' of them. [Daenerys] has ''two more''. If she decides to use them, to ''really'' use them...\\
'''Bronn''': You're fucked.\\
'''Jaime''': ...Don't you mean, ''we're'' fucked?\\
'''Bronn''': No, I do ''not''. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Dragons are where our partnership ends.]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm not gonna be around when those things start spitting fire on King's Landing.]]

-->'''Guard Folger''': "Aww..., who turned off the alarm? House Kundarak only pays me to kill thieves when the alarm's been triggered. Today's your lucky day. You're free to go."
* One of the characters featured in the Machinist job quest chain in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is a roegadyn ex-pirate hired by the Skysteel Manufactory as a marksmanship instructor. He'll often pull this trope whenever the Manufactory starts getting in trouble and must fend off attackers, as he was hired only as an instructor. [[spoiler: He gets over this by the end of the quest chain.]]
* In the ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodmoney'' mission "Dance with the Devil," 47 is given the assignment to infiltrate a party in Las Vegas and take out some rival assassins. When he spots one of them, she's singing [[HollywoodtoneDeaf (horribly)]] on stage. When 47 asks a bar tender who she is, he'll say that a local singer was hired to perform, but suddenly died a few days before the party, and the current singer was the only one available on such short notice. When she finishes her performance, 47 can quietly follow her to her an office, where she'll call her handler and demand that she be given an aditional bonus for performing on stage.
* Kuben Blisk in ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall 2}}'' was hired by the [=IMC=] to bring the experimental weapon to their base on Typhus, and once it's done, they're gone. [[spoiler: This saves Cooper's life, as Blisk isn't getting paid to kill Cooper now that the contract's been completed, no matter [[ControllableHelplessness how helpless Cooper is]].]]

-->'''Captain Tagon''': Commodore, if you wanted us to prop up the faction of your choice you should have put that in the contract.\\
'''UNS Commodore''': You might have found our choice... ''objectionable''.\\
'''Captain Tagon''': Then we would have asked for more money.\\
'''UNS Commodore''': ''Mercenaries''...\\
'''Captain Tagon''': You get what you pay for.

* Used in [[https://youtu.be/zPT3XFsSusM this]] [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Smexual when trying to get Dr. Sentrystein to perform certain lewd acts for a... movie... the team is directing.
-->'''Director Spy''': Sentrystein, this is getting awkward. Buttsex or GTFO!\\
'''Sentrystein''': This wasn't in my contract!

-->'''Jon''': You work for me and you've got a job to do!\\
'''Garfield''': It's not in my contract. ''[Hands it to Jon]'' See Paragraph 2.
* One of [[MadScientist Dr. Drakken's]] plans to defeat WesternAnimation/KimPossible is to create an army of clones. He initially wants to clone [[TheDragon Shego]], but she emphatically reminds him about the "no-cloning" clause in her contract. He tries to do it anyway, causing her to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave]] [[StatusQuoIsGod for the rest of the episode]].

-->--Parker, ''Film/{{Alien}}''

Compare AgainstMyReligion, BotheringByTheBook, JackassGenie, and RulesLawyer. If the dispute is a serious conflict over goals and methods rather than a petty squabble over duties and compensation, it's NotWhatISignedOnFor.

* ''Film/{{Alien}}''. The crew is woken up and told to check out a distress signal.
-->'''Parker:''' "I hate to bring this up but, uh, this is a commercial ship, not a rescue ship... and it's not in my contract to do this kind of duty. Now what about the money? If you wanna give me some money to do it, I'll be happy to, uh, t-to, you know, oblige."

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

-->'''Andy''': Come on, Roger, it's not like it's in your contract you have to dress like a clown. ''(sees his look)'' It's ''in'' your contract?!
-->'''Roger''': It was my first day, I didn't know Pembrook, I thought it was a joke!

[[folder: Fan Works ]]

* Inverted in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11235609/chapters/25109694 Shattered Stars]]'', where Nora refuses to share a room with Pyrrha on the basis that her contract says that Jaune ''has to'' let her share a room with Ren. Ren then reveals that it's ''the only thing'' in her contract, meaning Jaune technically doesn't have to pay or feed her, though [[DeathGlare the look]] Ren gives him makes it clear taking advantage of that fact would be a bad idea. Not that Jaune ever would, considering he views most of his crew as family, and Nora in particular was pretty much a part of his crew before he actually had a crew.

[[folder: Film ]]

-->'''Rimgale:''' ''(waves [=McCaffrey=] over toward a corpse)'' "[=McCaffrey=], come on over and give us a hand."
-->'''[=McCaffrey=]:''' "No, I don't think so. Not in my contract."
-->'''Rimgale:''' ''(throws medical gloves at him)'' "I just rewrote your contract. Come give us a hand."

-->'''Shrek:''' What? That wasn't in the job description.
-->'''Donkey:''' Maybe it's a perk!
-->'''Fiona:''' No, it's destiny.

[[folder: Literature ]]

[[folder: Live-Action TV ]]

* In one episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', Johnny Fever is asked to assist with a Public Service interview program. He loudly retorts, "I don't do Public Service... it's in my contract." When he's reminded that he doesn't have a contract, Johnny responds, "Well, if I did have a contract, I'm sure that would be in there somewhere."

-->'''Garibaldi:''' "You know, I've been stuck in this tin can for three years. I haven't taken a vacation. Okay, okay, it's my fault, I had the leave coming, I just didn't take it. And the pay sucks, I knew that when I signed on! And nobody said I'd survive the job! Now, I give you all that. But where in my contract does it say I have to eat the same food... every day... for three years."
-->'''Sheridan:''' Paragraph 47, subsection 19, clause 9A, you can find it in the index under S.U.A.E.I.
-->'''Garibaldi:''' S.U.A.E.I?
-->'''Sheridan & Ivanova:''' (''[[SpeakInUnison in perfect unison]]'') Shut Up And Eat It.

-->'''Dr. Dietz:''' (enters Stu's room in a full isolation suit, carrying a guinea pig in a cage) "I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. Meet Geraldo."
-->'''Stu Redman:''' "Geraldo, huh?"
-->'''Dietz:''' "Um-hmm. Now, the virus your fellow townspeople contracted passes easily from human to guinea pig, and vice versa, presumably. But Geraldo has been breathing your air, via convector, for the last three days. And Geraldo is fine and frisky, as you see. I'd call that rather comforting, wouldn't you?"
-->'''Redman:''' (looks the doctor up and down, obviously taking in the isolation suit) "I see ''you're'' not taking any chances."
-->'''Dietz:''' "That's not in my contract."
* Spoofed in one of the HilariousOuttakes of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. After the scenery shakes, Elgar gets up and yells:
-->"Hey, what's going on here?! Hey, this chicken stuff is not in my contract!"
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Bronn is a [[{{Mercenary}} sellsword]], working first for Tyrion then later for his brother Jamie. However, his foremost loyalty is to himself and he makes no secret of it. He frequently gripes about being assigned duties beyond simply "kill that guy over there", and he knows that no amount of gold he's offered is worthwhile if he's not alive to spend it.
-->''(After narrowly surviving a dragon wiping out most of their army.)''\\
'''Jamie''': That was only ''one'' of them. [Daenerys] has ''two more''. If she decides to use them, to ''really'' use them...\\
'''Bronn''': You're fucked.\\
'''Jaime''': ...Don't you mean, ''we're'' fucked?\\
'''Bronn''': No, I do ''not''. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Dragons are where our partnership ends.]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm not gonna be around when those things start spitting fire on King's Landing.]]
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', the titular character is called in on a homicide where the victim's been drained of blood. As Dexter is a blood splatter analyst, he turns right around and leaves, stating it's not his job.

[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', one of the vocal emotes a Warlock's imp will say when you order it to attack is "This was NOT IN MY CONTRACT!"
* The Omnicrone you face in Guardia's dungeon in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' remarks "they don't pay me enough for this" and retreats after you land a few hits. If you have the [=SightScope=] equipped, you'll see he takes off before his health even reaches the halfway point.

--> '''Guard Folger''': "Aww..., who turned off the alarm? House Kundarak only pays me to kill thieves when the alarm's been triggered. Today's your lucky day. You're free to go."

[[folder: Web Comics ]]

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' had [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-02-22 fun]] with this (what would you expect from ''mercenaries''?):
-->'''Captain Tagon''': Commodore, if you wanted us to prop up the faction of your choice you should have put that in the contract.
-->'''UNS Commodore''': You might have found our choice... ''objectionable''.
-->'''Captain Tagon''': Then we would have asked for more money.
-->'''UNS Commodore''': ''Mercenaries''...
-->'''Captain Tagon''': You get what you pay for.

[[folder: Web Original]]

* Used in [[https://youtu.be/zPT3XFsSusM this]] [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] Smexual when trying to get Dr. Sentrystein to perform certain lewd acts for a...movie...the team is directing.
-->'''Director Spy''': Sentrystein, this is getting awkward. Buttsex or GTFO!
-->'''Sentrystein''': This wasn't in my contract!

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* One of [[MadScientist Dr. Drakken's]] plans to defeat WesternAnimation/KimPossible is to create an army of clones. He initially wants to clone [[TheDragon Shego]], but she emphatically reminds him about the "no-cloning" clause in her contract. He tries to do it anyway, causing her to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave]] [[StatusQuoIsGod for the rest of the episode]].
** That said, the third Gameboy Advance game has it turn out that Shego's contract includes a few things she didn't know about like giving monkeys flea and tick baths or shelling snails. [[CrazyPrepared Drakken said he was planning ahead.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Sweets and Sour Marge", sugar was banned from Springfield and Homer went to an island to get some from pirates. When the Captain tried to collect money for it, Homer fled while shouting it wasn't in the contract. As it turns out, [[DumbassHasAPoint Homer was right]], and asks his men who wrote it.

-->'''Jon''': You work for me and you've got a job to do!
-->'''Garfield''': It's not in my contract. ''[Hands it to Jon]'' See Paragraph 2.

[[folder: Real Life ]]

-->'''Shrek:''' What? That wasn't in the job description!
-->'''Donkey:''' Maybe it's a perk.

* In ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'', one mission where you must escort a warforged who withdraws an object from a bank safe turns sour as he turns out to have been on it to steal it from it's rightful owner and leave you behind to take the blame. After escaping the vault, you find that you need to disable the alarm to escape, but the city guard has arrived. The optional objective is to disable the alarm without killing any guard. [[ExactWords Not without being spotted, without killing any guard.]] If you use a clever distraction to disable the alarm, the guards [[Funny/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline just give up for precisely this trope]].