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* Played straight in Metal Gear Solid when Snake talks to Naomi about why he beat her brother Gray Fox and left him to die during the events of Zanzibar Land. According to Snake the fight between him and Fox was nothing personal, they were simply soldiers on opposite sides and it is a soldier's job to kill the enemy, that Fox survived is something Snake is happy about for Fox was his best friend at one point.

* Played straight in Metal Gear Solid when Snake talks to Naomi about why he beat her brother Gray Fox and left him to die during the events of Zanzibar Land.

* In the current movie ''{{Taken}}'', one of the antagonists uses this. [[spoiler:The protagonist [[{{Crowning Moment Of Awesome}} replies "It was always personal to me" and shoots him anyway]].]]

** On the English language commentary, Jason and Amanda Lee say that they originally imagined Taliesin Jaffe delivering the line in an "I eat babies for breakfast" voice, but when he delivered it in a much more casual way they realized it was even colder and went with it.

* In {{Taken}}, the [[spoiler: Slave trader]] insists that it was never personal, only business. [[ShutUpHannibal Bryan replies that]] [[ItsPersonal it was]] ''[[ItsPersonal always]]'' [[ItsPersonal personal to him.]]

* In [[Bleach]] Starrk says this to Kyoraku just before shooting him in the back. The reason why he got the chance to do so, incidentally, was because Kyoraku took Wonderweiss's attack on Ukitake rather personally.

Contrast [[ItsPersonal times when it IS personal]].

* In the novel that inspired the movie, [[TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] himself takes the trope apart:

* In the novel that inspired the movie, [[TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] himself deconstructs the trope:

-->''"It's nothing personal. Just business."''

-->'''Tom Hagen:''' "Your father wouldn't want to hear this, Sonny. This is business not personal."

-->'''Tom Hagen:''' "Even shooting your father was business not personal, Sonny!"

* In the current movie ''{{Taken}}'', one of the antagonists uses this. [[spoiler:The protagonist [[{{CrowningMomentOfAwesome}} replies "It was always personal to me" and shoots him anyway]].]]

* The romantic comedy ''You've Got Mail'' emphatically rects the trope: ''Godfather'' fan Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) runs the chain of mega-bookstores that ran the little specialist bookstore owned by Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) to the ground:

* In TomorrowNeverDies, a hitman has murdered [[spoiler:JamesBond's old flame]] and tries to kill him as well. When Bond gets the upper hand, the villain pleads
-->'''Hitman''': I'm just a professional doing my job.
-->'''Bond''': Me too. (*Bang*)

--> "Feelin's You know who's got a lot of feelin's? Blokes who bludgeon their wives to death with a golf trophy. Professionals have standards."

---> '''Morlun:''' "This is how it's going to be. You will run. I will hunt you.(...) But finally you will fall from power. And then you will die. But you have my word. It's nothing personal. "
---> '''Spider-Man:''' "Whait a second. You say you want to kill me and claim it's nothing personal? Nothing personal?! Listen, man. I was fighting with every kind of jerk on this planet. I was fighting with freaks, mutants, aliens and superequipped gangs...God dammit, I was fighting even with my own costume! And you know what? You're the first one, that really pissed me off!"

* Played straight in Metal Gear Solid when Snake talks to Naomi about why he beat her brother Gray Fox and left him to die during the events of Zanzibar Land. To put things into perspective Gray Fox had once been Snake's war buddy and best friend, but when he chose to join Big Boss and support his terrorist agenda Snake was forced to view the man as his enemy and their struggle culminated in a bare fist battle in the middle of an active mine field where Snake ultimately punched Gray Fox onto a mine which exploded forcing Snake to say his goodbyes to his fallen friend and leave him for dead. Snake reminiscing about the fight told Naomi that there were no politics involved and there was nothing personal between the two men during that fight, they were simply doing their jobs as soldiers and being on opposite sides they had to kill each other, it was that simple. According to Snake war is no reason to end a friendship, and Snake still views Gray Fox as his friend despite trying to kill the man, to which Naomi thinks Snake's views are insane. Though Snake plays the trope even straighter when he tells Naomi that he is glad that Fox is still alive and that he is going to try and save him and that he wouldn't mind sparing with his former war buddy, Snake sadly fails in his attempt but Fox does end up saving Snake's life before he dies thus proving they were still friends.

-->'''Bond''': So am I. *Bang*

* In MassEffect, [[AssInAmbassador Ambassador Udina]] calmly sells you out to the Council and grounds your ship, despite having been on your side through most of the game. When you call him out, he says you've served your purpose and it's just politics.