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This is a disambiguation page. "'''Career Killer"''' can refer to several things depending on the context:
 
== If you're looking for a character who has made a ''career'' out of ''killing'' people, see ==
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== If you're looking for something that can kill your ''career'', we have multiple tropes for that ==
 
For writers, artists, producers, etc., a "Career Killer" is a work that ends up being more harmful than helpful to their careers:
* [[Creator Killer]]: a work which threatens the viability or harms the reputation of its writer(s) or producer(s).
* [[Franchise Killer]]: a work within a long - running franchise that destroys hopes for further sequels.
* [[Genre Killer]]: a work that results in an entire subgenre falling out of fashion.
* [[Ink Stain Adaptation]]: a work within a long - running franchise that colors the public perception of the franchise as a whole.
* [[Star-Derailing Role]]: a work that damages the reputation of performers taking part in it.
 
Taking a new job can also destroy a career:
* [[George Jetson Job Security]]: a job that comes with a boss who likes to fire people for the most minor mistake.
* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: a character is deliberately promoted to a high - ranking but unimportant role, in order to remove them from their current, more important role.
* [[Promoted to Scapegoat]]: a character is deliberately promoted to a seemingly important role, in order to use them as [[The Scapegoat]].
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: a reassignment to a remote location intended as a punishment or to simply get rid of a character.