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1A StockPhrase of {{Epiphora}} in marketing, such as "For Kids, By Kids!".
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3See also ViewersLikeYou.
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11* A Victoria's Secret commercial used the phrase "Designed by a woman, for women".
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15* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/346/group-precipitation/adventure-capitalism-by-fome Group Precipitation: Adventure Capitalism]]'':
16--> "the Infinite Carousel. Of Rarities, by Rarities, for everyone."
17* ''Fanfic/UnconventionalMethods'': The short description talks about typewriters:
18--> Stories from typewriters, about typewriters, for ty— Wait, no, not that last one.
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22* Creator/LeonardMaltin's trashing of the 1983 teen SexComedy ''[=Screwballs=]'' ended with the words, "Made by morons, for morons."
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26* The employment practices of various toy, clothing and sporting equipment companies have been mocked with the phrase "Made for children by children".
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30* Mentioned in a host segment in the ''Film/TheDayTheEarthFroze'' episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. The crew is wondering exactly what a Sampo is when Joel suggests, "Sampo: a progressive new corporation with an eye towards the future! Sampo is a company for people, by people!"
31* Parodied in a ''Series/MadTV1995'' sketch. It spoofed ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', and at one point Dr. Gregory House from ''Series/{{House}}'' shows up to provide a new pair of eyes on the medical case they are struggling with. He argues with Dr. Grey, and she calls him a sexist pig as she says that ''Grey's Anatomy'' is "a show written for women by women". House counters with saying that he finds her hot and points out that he has an erection, and says that ''House'' is a "a show written by men for [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys women who like abusive men]]".
32* ''Series/{{Zoom}}'': "By Kids, For Kids!"
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35[[folder:Magazines]]
36* More than a few women's interest magazines advertise themselves as "For women, by women".
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40* Website/TVTropes: By fans, for fans.
41** The Website/TVTropes webseries ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' states in its credit roll that it is "Created for Tropers, by Tropers."
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44[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
45* Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling. As said after the battle royal on ''Vol. 1'', "For {{UsefulNotes/juggalo}}, by juggalos."
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49* Creator/{{Interplay|Entertainment}} - By gamers, for gamers. ''VideoGame/RedneckRampage'' had the "gamers" crossed out and replaced by "REDNECKS"
50** ''Series/GoodGame'' has the exact same tagline.
51* Razer also describes itself as "For gamers, by gamers."
52* Parodied in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' with the Spider Bake Sale, which offers baked goods made "by spiders, for spiders, [[ImAHumanitarian of spiders]]!"
53* ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' was billed as being "For the mania, by the mania."
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57* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111216 Mechanicsburg Monster and Construct Credit Union]] -- "By monsters, for monsters".
58* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': From the strip of [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/comic/december-18-2019/ December 18, 2019]]: ''Dream Poetry: Volume Five: Poems of, for, and from the dreamscape''
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62* [[http://www.chef2chef.net Chef 2 Chef.net]] is a Web site "for chefs by chefs", used to exchange job information, recipes, information on suppliers, and so on.
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66* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has the variation "By a robot, for a robot".
67* Used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', where some executives try to convince Lisa that their exploitation of schoolchildren to gather statistical data for toys is justified because the products are made by children, for children, with all the profits going ''to'' children. Since we're all ''somebody's'' children.
68** In another episode, Krusty advertises Itchy and Scratchy T-shirts as being made "for kids, ''by'' kids - and we pass the [[BlackComedy slavings]] on to you!"
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72* ''Kidsongs'', a show with sing-alongs to kid-friendly fare, had as its motto: "By kids, for kids, and starring kids!"
73* Mighty Fine's online clothing store [=WeLoveFine=] used to have "For fans, by fans" as a tagline before they changed the phrase into [[https://www.forfansbyfans.com/ their official name.]]
74* FUBU-- "Urban" clothing company, stands for "For Us, By Us."
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77[[folder:Real Life]]
78* OlderThanRadio: UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's famous [[http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm Gettysburg Address]] contains the phrase: "a government of the people, by the people, for the people". Quite possibly the only other part of the speech most people remember other than "Four score and seven years ago..."
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