History Main / NotInThisForYourRevolution

->''"Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, princess. I expect to be well paid. [[OnlyInItForTheMoney I'm in it for the money."]]''

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', it is possible to play this way by avoiding the {{Civil War}} storyline almost entirely. During the one part of the main quest where it is required to deal with it (getting the sides to agree to a ceasefire in order to deal with the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] threat), you can ensure that neither side leaves the parlay with more gains than the other side, meaning they'll pick right back up where they left off once the war restarts.

* Just like his literary counterpart, Grantaire from ''Film/LesMiserables'' is a member of the revolution not for France but for Enjolras.

** As Han Solo demonstrates in the title and quote, he's in the events of ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]'' for the money. [[CharacterDevelopment At first, anyway]]. Even then he's mostly doing it for his friends. Especially Leia. One parody explains why he came back at the end of ''A New Hope'': After he said he was in it for the money, Leia wrote him a cheque. He later noticed that the cheque was from the First National Bank of Alderaan.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': The post-reboot has a villainous example: Eggman's henchmen are divided between those who genuinely believe in his cause and those who not only don't believe in it, but are outright disdainful of Eggman and only joined out of fear or to fulfill their own agendas. Cassia and Clove take this the furthest; they secretly only joined to exploit Eggman to find a cure for Cassia's illness and plan to split as soon as she's cured. [[spoiler:Clove doesn't realize until it's too late that Eggman figured out their scheme before they even joined. He lied about being able to cure Cassia and instead gave them a chemo-esque machine that stops the disease from getting worse but does nothing else. [[MagnificentBastard That way they have to start being in it for the revolution to keep Cassia alive]].]]

* ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' does not care about the supposed "Godhood" you get from wearing the Number One Headband -- He just wants to avenge his father. In ''Resurrection'', it appears that he hasn't even been wearing it, which allows the villain to just walk up and take it.
* Haruko from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' sets the whole plot in motion because she's ([[UnreliableExpositor possibly]]) in love with/wants to eat Atomsk. The fact that freeing him from Medical Mechanica stops them from destroying the world is an unintended side effect.
* ''Manga/Bastard1988'': Dark Schneider is fighting to keep his ex girlfriend and ex army from showing him up. At first.[[note]]For all of the anime because it was CutShort.[[/note]] Later his motivations become much more complex, but showing everyone who's the top banana remains one of the main among them.

* In the various ''ComicBook/XMen'' series, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is rarely depicted as actually having an invested stake in human/mutant relations. In the beginning, he simply thought that the X-Men sounded like more fun than working for the Canadian government. Then the writers decided that he had amnesia, and uncovering the truth about his past became his primary motivation.
* Also from the ''Franchise/XMen'': Various members of the [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood of Mutants]] are more interested in their own goals than the mutant supremacy espoused by Magneto, and like Han above are usually OnlyInItForTheMoney. Interestingly enough, most of the first generation Brotherhood members felt this way (Unus and Blob only cared about the cash, as did retconned member Astra, while Mastermind was purely in it for personal gain and the siblings ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} and ComicBook/ScarletWitch were working off a debt). Thus, ironically enough, the only member of the original Brotherhood who actually believed in the cause was [[SycophanticServant Toad]].
* In ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' #1 (1997) Deadpool has "liberated" a gun from a repressive Bolivian government for the revolutionary force. The revolutionaries try to pay him in a not-yet-viable currency. Deadpool is clearly not in it for the revolution, because as soon as he figures out he is not getting paid in real money, he offers to show the revolutionaries how to use the big gun and quickly wipes out the entire revolutionary force before teleporting out.

* Creator/GarthEnnis' ''ComicBook/WarStories'' has an episode set in the Spanish Civil War, in which a German AcePilot, a British Communist volunteer, an Irish sociopath and a Spanish Republican find themselves taking cover in the same bomb crater. After they go through their motivations, the Spanish guy calls them out: the German for his country using the battle as [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo a testing ground]], the Englishman for being [[DamnedByAFoolsPraise an idealistic useful idiot]], and the Irishman for being a kill-happy lunatic.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Some of the crew members are less devoted to the Lost Light's quest than others. Swerve joined largely because he didn't have anything better to do, Jackpot lost a bet and didn't really want to go, Chromedome admits that he and Rewind only joined [[spoiler:to find Rewind's [[TheLostLenore former lover]],]] and Ravage only sticks around because Megatron asks him to. [[PsychoPartyMember Whirl]] is the most extreme example however; he ended up on the ship due to an accident and only hung around at first because he wasn't sure yet where else to go. Even after he [[FireForgedFriends becomes attached to the rest of the crew]], he only stays onboard to be with them. He never gives even the slightest indication that he cares about completing the quest.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'':
** Shockwave cares not for the Decepticon's revolution against the Senate, or the Functionists. He only serves one master - logic. That, and his ludicrously elaborate scheme to solve Cybertron's fuel problems via crunching space and time into a ball. Everything else is just passing the time while he waits.
** [[TheStarscream Starscream]], big surprise, also doesn't care about the Decepticons, beyond the opportunities for power it gives him.
* The post-reboot ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' has a villainous example: Eggman's henchmen are divided between those who genuinely believe in his cause and those who not only don't believe in it, but are outright disdainful of Eggman and only joined out of fear or to fulfill their own agendas. Cassia and Clove take this the furthest; they secretly only joined to exploit Eggman to find a cure for Cassia's illness and plan to split as soon as she's cured. [[spoiler:Clove doesn't realize until it's too late that Eggman figured out their scheme before they even joined. He lied about being able to cure Cassia and instead gave them a chemo-esque machine that stops the disease from getting worse but does nothing else. [[MagnificentBastard That way they have to start being in it for the revolution to keep Cassia alive]].]]
* Boy in ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'', uses these exact words to describe her motivation. She is involved with the Invisibles specifically for revenge against The Outer Church for the murder of her brothers.

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* Quite true in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''; the four were forcibly brought to C'hou and empowered and saddled with the Vasyn quest. While restoring the Vasyn would remove a curse on the continent of Ketafa and presumably make life better over there, the four detest the place and are only pursing the Vasyn pieces so they can get home.

* ''FanFic/ThroughHerEyes'': Qrow claims that he only works with Ozpin against Salem to keep his family - i.e., Tai, Ruby and Yang - safe from her, and that he wouldn't particularly care whether or not the world were destroyed if not for them. Ozpin clearly doesn't believe this, but lets the issue lie.
--> '''Ozpin:''' You may be a bitter, sarcastic ''ass'', but you want what's best for the world too.
--> '''Qrow:''' I want what's best for my family. My ''real'' family. Everything else I save-
--> '''Ozpin:''' - Is mere collateral, yes, I know.

-->'''Kaworu:''' "Help me stop that mad old fool Keel and his cronies from destroying human life as we know it forever, and I will drag your wife out of Unit-01 by the ''hair'' if that's what it takes."
--> '''Gendo:''' "Deal."

** The episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" had [[GrumpyBear Squidward]] only help Mermaid Man so Mr. Krabs wouldn't fire him. And Mr. Krabs only forced him to [[InsaneTrollLogic because no world meant]] [[OnlyInItForTheMoney no money.]]

* Following in the footsteps of Han Solo is ''Series/TheMandalorian'', only this time it's lead has a much more nobler goal. Din Djarin is tasked by his clan to return an infant member of Yoda's species to his people, and seeks out others of his kind to help him. He ends up being rescued by some of them after getting double-crossed, but quickly gets incensed when they take off their helmets, as it violates the creed he was raised under. Of course, their leader, [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Bo-Katan]]]] believes this sect of Djarin's to be a cult, and after angering him further with this insult, [[spoiler: she]] has to rope him into helping them raid an Imperial transport by not only saving him and the baby again, but offering to [[spoiler: reveal the location of a Jedi]] upon the completion of the job. He only begrudgingly goes along with it for the information, but when the plans change and they instead go to take the ship, he cites this trope. [[spoiler: Bo]] mocks his very creed by pointing out that [[spoiler: she]] still has something he needs, thus he is forced to go along with this sudden change of plans.

->''"Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money."''

-->-- '''Han Solo''' to Princess Leia, ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode IV — Film/ANewHope''

** Volke from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' is an extreme example: he's only there for the money, and in both games you have to pay him before he joins your party (and in ''Path of Radiance'', you have to pay him extra every time he ''opens a door''). Before he joins, he'll gladly sit around on the battlefield watching your party members die since you haven't paid his fee. At least he gives you a discount in ''Radiant Dawn'' because he doesn't like the boss of that chapter.\\
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Subverted when it turns out that, no, he's still not in it for their revolution, but that he wouldn't have showed up in the first place if not for [[spoiler:his contract with Greil. Greil spent some time searching for the world's greatest assassin in case he ever touched the Fire Emblem again and went on a similar berserker rage to the one that took his wife's life. Upon learning this, Ike promptly signs Volke on for an identical contract for himself]].

*** If Linhardt is recruited on the [[spoiler: Azure Moon or Verdant Wind]] routes, he admits to having spent the timeskip with his family (which supports [[spoiler: Edelgard]]), before leaving to join Byleth five years later. He does admit to feeling slightly guilty, but believes it was worth it.
*** If Ferdinand is recruited on the [[spoiler: Azure Moon or Verdant Wind]] routes, he defects not because he believes in the [[spoiler: Kingdom or Alliance's cause, or in Byleth,]] but because he believes [[spoiler: Edelgard]] is "[[DrunkWithPower running amok]]," and he refused to be their puppet.
*** If Felix is recruited on the [[spoiler: Crimson Flower]] route, he says doesn't actually believe in Edelgard's cause and is there to carve his own path, although he believes that all the bloodshed had better be worth it. Similarly, if recruited on the [[spoiler: Verdant Wind or Silver Snow]] routes, his reason for leaving Faerghus is a combination of self-preservation and believing [[spoiler: Leicester or the church]] has a better fighting chance.
*** Shamir is the only member of the Knights of Seiros who is not a devoted follower, being a mercenary from Dagda. If she’s not recruited, she’ll need to be killed in chapter 15 of the [[spoiler:Crimson Flower]] route, as she continues following [[spoiler:Rhea]], feeling as though she owes [[spoiler:her]] a debt. However, if Shamir is recruited on any route, she’ll {{invert|ed}} this, saying it [[GoodFeelsGood feels good to fight for a cause]].
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' Mask of The Betrayer the central motive is [[spoiler:saving yourself from a curse that is slowly killing you.]]\\
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Similarly, the Betrayer's Crusade -- though advertised as a heroic revolution to change the order of the planes and correct a great injustice -- had, at its core, Akachi's desire to see his love freed from it -- after he, as Myrkul's, disciple, had been fine with countless other people going to the Wall of the Faithless.

* In the original ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' game, [[spoiler:Dr. Michael Kaufmann]] actually fits this trope ''twice''. The first time, [[spoiler:he was working with the cult to produce the [[FantasticDrug drug "P.T.V."]], a highly addictive hallucinogen that both gained the cult proselytes (who wanted to continue their "religious experience" and/or ensure their supply) and [[MainliningTheMonster allowed Kaufmann to profit]] from their addiction]]. However, [[spoiler:since learning of the cult's plans to cleanse the world by fire, and him along with it, he [[TheChessmaster develops a plan]] to undo their god's rebirth and save his own life]]. This plan ultimately serves to [[spoiler:help Harry defeat the god and, [[{{Reincarnation}} more or less]], reclaim his daughter]]. Of course, in either of the two good endings, [[spoiler:Kaufmann's [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer past transgressions]] come back [[UnfinishedBusiness to haunt him]]]].

* Kratos from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' accompanies the party during the Journey of Regeneration and only states he does it for the money when [[TheSmartGuy Raine]] questions him about it. [[spoiler:Played with in that his real motives - reuniting Sylvarant and Tethe'alla and helping Lloyd, his long-lost son, develop as a warrior - are still different from the party's at that time, but the former becomes the party's goal later on.]]

Other cases there may not be such a moment, but the character in a way, [[BecomingTheMask]] and finding out that they truly do believe in the ideals and the goals of the group they are working with.

** Initially, Xavier does not help because of the future mumbo-jumbo, which he did not believe, but because of Raven.
** Maximoff does not care at all about the whole problem, but he helped them free Magneto from the Pentagon [[DareToBeBadass just to prove that he would dare]].

* In the Inazuma update of ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', the Traveller turns down an offer to assist with fighting against the Inazuma Bakufu and its Vision Hunt Decree in order to fulfill the Raiden Shogun's vision of eternity, as their primary goal is looking for their lost sibling.

* Gieve in ''Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' only joined Arslan's group because he wanted to get close to Farangis.

* ''Fifty/Fifty'': Jake Wyer and Sam French. They change their minds.