History Main / WhatsInItForMe

* ''Film/KissMeDeadly''
-->'''Lt. Murphy:''' Mike, why don't you tell us what you know? Then step aside like a nice fella and let us do our job.
-->'''Mike Hammer:''' What's in it for me?
* ''Film/EscapeFromTheBronx''.
-->'''Strike:''' [about the kidnapping plan] Hey wait a minute, wait a minute, what's in it for me?
-->'''Moon Grey:''' That's simple. If they want their president back, they have to put things back the way the were.
-->'''Trash:''' The Bronx will be back in the hands of the gangs, which means you'll go back to being the number one man for all the big robberies.
* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's Bustin' Out All Over''
-->'''Bugs:''' Eh, what's in it for me to be "vewy, vewy quiet"?
-->'''Elmer:''' Well, uh, gee. I, uh, I don't know. I, uh, I didn't know I had to pay for quiet. Uh, how 'bout a nickel?
-->'''Bugs:''' AHA! Tryin' to bribe me, eh? That, sir, is contributing to the delinquency of a minor!

* ''Film/AgentCodyBanks'': Cody attempts to leave for a mission, but his little brother (whom he just told him was a "junior agent") reminds him he's grounded. Cody then offers him to be a "junior junior agent" (to let him go on his mission). The usual line comes, then cut to Cody leaving the house, then to his little brother with a considerable amount of allowance money.

* ''Discworld/TheTruth''. William De Worde has published information in his newspaper about Lord Vetinari's apparently committing a murder, much to Commander Vimes' distress. Vimes asks him: (1) not to bleed too much when someone attacks him over what he wrote (2) not to ask Watch personnel about the case and (3) not interfere with the investigation.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', after Megatron is thrown into the depths of space by [[TheStarscream Starscream]], he is "rescued" by Unicron, who commands him to destroy the Matrix of Leadership. Megatron's reaction is predictable:

* In ''TransformersTheMovie'', after Megatron is thrown into the depths of space by [[TheStarscream Starscream]], he is "rescued" by Unicron, who commands him to destroy the Matrix of Leadership. Megatron's reaction is predictable:

* ''TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' episode "Invader from the Dark Dimension"

* ''TheHairBearBunch'' asks this to Professor Rockabuilt in "No Space Like Home," after being proposed the plan of landing a spaceship in Mars.

* Anamaria's first line in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is an angry response to Jack trying to rally up a crew ("What's the benefit for us?"). The benefit ends up being a beautiful ship.
* ''AgentCodyBanks'': Cody attempts to leave for a mission, but his little brother (whom he just told him was a "junior agent") reminds him he's grounded. Cody then offers him to be a "junior junior agent" (to let him go on his mission). The usual line comes, then cut to Cody leaving the house, then to his little brother with a considerable amount of allowance money.

* ''Series/BlackadderTheThird'' episode "Duel and Duality"

* ''Kiss Me Deadly''

* ''Escape from the Bronx''.

* ''{{Psych}}'' episode "A Very Juliet Episode"

* ''TheMightyBoosh''

* ''RoadToAvonlea'' episode "The Dinner"

* ''{{Lovejoy}}'' episode "One Born Every Minute"

* ''BlackadderTheThird'' episode "Duel and Duality"

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* An early ''NewspaperComic/{{Dilbert}}'' comic has Dogbert meet some aliens who promise to share the secrets to ending hunger, poverty, and disease. Dogbert replies with the trope name and the aliens [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave the planet in response]]. Dogbert walks away wondering whether there was a better way to handle that.

* ''TrueBlood'' episode "Never Let Me Go". Eric is dying when a boy appears.

* ''GossipGirl'' episode "Chuck in Real Life"

* ''PrisonBreak'' episode "Fire/Water"

* ''BugsBunny's Bustin' Out All Over''

* ''{{Dazed and Confused}}''

* [[AntiHero Templeton]] uses this frequently in ''CharlottesWeb''. It's a repeated theme in the movie that he's repeatedly answered with something that really IS in it for him, and in turn, Templeton frequently does the right thing for the wrong reasons.

* GeorgeRRMartin's [[TufVoyaging Haviland Tuf]] short story "A Beast for Norn". After Tuf sells fighting animals to each of the 12 Great Houses of the planet Lyronica, the last buyer tells him that either Tuf will leave the planet or he'll be killed. Tuf responds "I am easily distracted and I may have failed to hear the part wherein you explained the incentive you will offer me for acceding to your request to deal no more with the Great Houses of Lyronica." The buyer offers him a huge sum of money in compensation, and Tuf agrees.

* ''EllaEnchanted''

* ''TheHairBearBunch'' asks this to Professor Roackabuilt in "No Space Like Home," after being proposed the plan of landing a spaceship in Mars.

* ''[[EscapeFromLA Escape from L.A.]]''

* ''{{Leverage}}'' episode "The Nigerian Job"