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* In ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', it's mentioned that Harry works alone because he tends to go through partners at an alarming rate; this trend holds true as the series progresses through 5 movies. On the positive side, it's mentioned in the first film that only a few of his partners actually get killed, with most only being seriously injured and transfered to other responsibilities.

* In the [[Hulk Hogan]] film [[Mr Nanny]], Hulk's character Sean Armstrong enters the household just as the kids send another nanny packing. The cook tallies off another name on a short list and explains;

'''Corinne:''' Huh! ''(Pushes button on list, revealing it's a '''very''' long list folded over several times)'' }}

* ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]:'' It's implied that no one stays Jay's partner for very long.

* In the second series of ''[[Blackadder]]'', Edmund mentions that Head Executioners have a nasty habit of getting into nasty accidents, such as [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much|accidentally brutally stabbing themselves]] in the stomach [[Cut Himself Shaving|while shaving]]. Inevitably, this is just before he gets the job in question.

** Most amusingly, when Blackadder assumes the latest Head Executioner was murdered, he is informed that though they usually are, this time the man just signed his name on the wrong dotted line and they came for him while he slept:

'''Melchett''': He did, but you see, they didn't, they had the right man and they had the form to prove it. }}

** In the first series, the post of Archbishop of Canterbury is similarly undesirable, mostly because previous archbishops had a habit of persuading dying noblemen to leave their lands to the Church instead of to the [[Brian Blessed|KING]].

* In one of the ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' [[Visual Novel|Visual Novels]], it's mentioned that working for the [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Ushiromiya family]] pays really well, but most servants can't handle the stress.

* In the ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' game, it's implied the reason that the team refers to the player primarily by nicknames (specifically "Rookie") is due to this trope since your primary purpose after all is to be the team Guinea Pig for highly dangerous experimental technology.

* In ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]] 2'', the Royal Seer is responsible for adjudicating between the late king's two sons. Four in a row die [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much|in successive accidents]].

* The Guards in ''[[Runescape]]'', particularly the ones in Falador, have a roughly 100% turnover rate, and they're lucky to make it a couple of minutes without being randomly killed by players. A quest [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this in conversation between two of the guards, in which one mentioned that they have a life expectancy of about 30 seconds and then a npc come in and kills them both.