Bob From Accounting: Difference between revisions

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Once their function in the joke has been fulfilled, they will [[Ascended Extra|usually]] never be mentioned again.

== [[Advertising]] ==

* From a TV ad for ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'': "The goblin's out sick? Well, send in Bob. From accounting." Bob From Accounting was actually considered for a card in the joke set ''Unhinged''.

* A recent commercial for some sort of microwaveable noodle dish. The mascot in question is a miniaturized stereotypical Chinese man, who apparently works in accounting.

* A recent{{when}} commercial for some sort of microwaveable noodle dish. The mascot in question is a miniaturized stereotypical Chinese man, who apparently works in accounting.

* A series of [[Radio]] ads for the temp service AccounTemps during the early 2010s featured conversations between a boss and his underling revolving around how much better run the business would be if only the underling had called Bob from AccounTemps.

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* In the movie version of ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'', Mayor Ned, not believing that Horton's "voice from the drainpipe" is real, asks if the whole thing is a prank by "Burt, from Accounting". We actually see Burt from Accounting later in the film, though.

* In ''[[Inception]]'', Cobb introduces himself this way when setting up the Mr. Charles gambit.

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'' invokes this trope ''deliberately'' - and then almost immediately subverts it, because Bob from Accounting is '''[[The Hero|MR. INCREDIBLE]], DAMMIT.''' It gets even funnier when you realize that his last name, Parr, sounds similar to the word "par," meaning "ordinary." Therefore, Bob Parr's name is ''SUPPOSED'' to sound generic, [[Non-Indicative Name|even though the rest of him... isn't.]]

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'' invokes this trope ''deliberately'' - and then almost immediately subverts it, because Bob from Accounting is '''[[The Hero|MR. INCREDIBLE]], DAMMIT.''' It gets even funnier when you realize that his last name, Parr, sounds similar to the word "par", meaning "average" or "ordinary." Therefore, Bob Parr's name is ''SUPPOSED'' to sound generic, [[Non-Indicative Name|even though the rest of him... isn't.]]

== [[Literature]] ==