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Some people receive the [[Call to Adventure]], but others [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here|are left waiting by the phone]].
 
Some will be lucky enough to quickly find a thing they can do. There are others who have to search a little bit more. The fellow who is [['''Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]''' is searching for what he could be good at or what would spiritually satisfy him, and will try every possibility, even the most outlandish and odd. Obviously, with little or no success. If, for some reason, he succeeds in his new field, he will still feel empty, and will quickly abandon the effort at the first chance, going back to the pursuit of his "destiny."
 
Alternatively, the character indeed ''had'' found [[Glory Days|that satisfactory goal of life in the past]], but [[I Coulda Been a Contender|life circumstances had irrevocably separated him from it]]. Broken-hearted, he tries with other things, often without success. In this case, he will abandon whatever he's doing if there is even a minimal chance of going back to the way it was.
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* Audrey in ''Little Shop'' (the ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' cartoon) had a new life's ambition in each episode.
** In the musical Seymour sings 'I keep asking God what I'm for/ But he tells me "Gee, I'm not sure."'
* Bob Parr in ''[[The Incredibles]]'', mainly because his true calling -- superheroism -- iscalling—superheroism—is illegal.
* Skull Boy, from ''[[Ruby Gloom]]''. Each episode, he discovers a talent he didn't know he had, and believes he is part of that heretic. In a musical special, he temporarily runs away to find his place in the world.
* Peri from ''[[Spliced]]''.
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