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Written a show about a character with an interesting job, occupation, or role? Might as well name the show after the job.

Combine with Character Title to get Role Called.

Examples:

Abhorsen
American Dad
American Psycho
Animamundi: Dark Alchemist
Assassin's Creed
The Astronauts
The Avengers
A Wizard of Earth Sea
Bionic Commando
The Black Queen and The Black King by Christine Kathryn Rusch
The Boondock Saints
Clerks
Commando
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Dictator
Doctors
The Equalizer
Family Guy
Father Ted
Fullmetal Alchemist
Ghostbusters
The Girl From UNCLE
The Giver
God of War
Hackers
Hitman
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
The Last Starfighter
The Killer
King of Kings
Knights of the Round
Kung Fu Master
Last Ninja
The Lord of the Rings
The Librarian
Lord of War
The Machinist
The Man in the White Suit
The Man From UNCLE
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
"The Man who Sold the World" (song by David Bowie)
The Man who Wasn't There
The Man who Would Be King
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Merchant of Venice and its unofficial sequel, The Doctor of Rome
The Men from the Ministry (BBC Radio Sitcom)
Men in Black
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Midnight Wanderers
The Negotiator
The Prefect
Princess Mononoke ("Mononoke" is a description, not a name)
The Problem Solverz
Reaper Man
Repo Man
Robot Detective
The Saint
Samurai Warriors
Secret Agent
Sliders
Sneakers
Strider
Taxi Driver
The Terminator
The Thin Man
The Third Man
The Three Musketeers
The Transporter
Time Bandits
Time Squad
Tsukihime ^[1]
Vampire Killer
Warrior Cats
The Witcher
The Wizard of Oz
The Worker (Charlie Drake sitcom - the twist is that he never works for very long before being fired)
The Young Ones
There's an entire subgenre of thriller and slasher films titled this way, with examples being The Dentist, The Carpenter, The Janitor, The Nurse, The Mailman, The Super and The Paper Boy.

↑ More of her position rather than job; the heroine is essentially the princess of the moon, which is exactly what the title means.

[1] More of her position rather than job; the heroine is essentially the princess of the moon, which is exactly what the title means.

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 * ''[[Old Kingdom|Abhorsen]]''
-* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]''
+* ''[[American Dad]]''
 * ''[[American Psycho]]''
 * ''Animamundi: Dark Alchemist''
 * ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
-* ''[[The Astronauts (Literature)|The Astronauts]]''
+* ''[[The Astronauts]]''
 * ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]''
 * ''[[A Wizard of Earth Sea]]''
-* ''[[Bionic Commando (Video Game)|Bionic Commando]]''
+* ''[[Bionic Commando]]''
 * ''The Black Queen'' and ''The Black King'' by Christine Kathryn Rusch
 * ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''
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 * ''[[Video Game/Commando|Commando]]''
 * ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
-* ''[[The Dictator (Film)|The Dictator]]''
+* ''[[The Dictator]]''
 * ''[[Doctors]]''
 * ''[[The Equalizer]]''
-* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]''
+* ''[[Family Guy]]''
 * ''[[Father Ted]]''
-* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
+* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
-* ''[[Ghostbusters (Film)|Ghostbusters]]''
+* ''[[Ghostbusters]]''
-* ''[[The Girl From UNCLE (TV)|The Girl From UNCLE]]''
+* ''[[The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.|The Girl From UNCLE]]''
 * ''[[The Giver]]''
-* ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]''
+* ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]''
 * ''Hackers''
 * ''[[Hitman]]''
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 * ''[[The Machinist]]''
 * ''The Man in the White Suit''
-* ''[[The Man From UNCLE (TV)|The Man From UNCLE]]''
+* ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|The Man From UNCLE]]''
 * ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''
 * ''The Man Who Never Was''
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 * ''The Man who Wasn't There''
 * ''[[Rudyard Kipling|The Man who Would Be King]]''
-* ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man With the Golden Gun]]''
+* ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
 * ''[[William Shakespeare|The Merchant of Venice]]'' and its unofficial sequel, ''The Doctor of Rome''
-* ''The Men from the Ministry'' ([[The BBC|BBC]] [[Radio]] [[Sit Com]])
+* ''The Men from the Ministry'' ([[The BBC|BBC]] [[Radio]] [[Sitcom]])
-* ''[[Men in Black (Film)|Men in Black]]''
+* ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]''
 * ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''
 * ''[[Three Wonders|Midnight Wanderers]]''
-* ''[[The Negotiator (Film)|The Negotiator]]''
+* ''[[The Negotiator]]''
 * ''[[Alastair Reynolds|The Prefect]]''
 * ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' ("Mononoke" is a description, [[I Am Not Shazam|not a name]])
 * ''[[The Problem Solverz]]''
-* ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]''
+* ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]''
 * ''[[Repo Man]]''
 * ''[[Robot Detective]]''
 * ''[[The Saint]]''
 * ''[[Samurai Warriors]]''
-* ''[[Secret Agent (Video Game)|Secret Agent]]''
+* ''[[Secret Agent (video game)|Secret Agent]]''
 * ''[[Sliders]]''
 * ''[[Sneakers]]''
-* ''[[Strider (Video Game)|Strider]]''
+* ''[[Strider Hiryu|Strider]]''
 * ''[[Taxi Driver]]''
 * ''[[The Terminator]]''
-* ''[[The Thin Man (Film)|The Thin Man]]''
+* ''[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]''
 * ''[[The Third Man]]''
-* ''[[The Three Musketeers (Literature)|The Three Musketeers]]''
+* ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]''
 * ''[[The Transporter]]''
-* ''[[Time Bandits (Film)|Time Bandits]]''
+* ''[[Time Bandits]]''
 * ''[[Time Squad]]''
 * ''[[Tsukihime]]'' <ref>More of her position rather than job; the heroine is essentially the princess of the moon, which is exactly what the title means.</ref>
 * ''[[Castlevania|Vampire Killer]]''
-* ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]''
+* ''[[Warrior Cats]]''
 * ''[[The Witcher]]''
-* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''
+* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''
 * ''The Worker'' (Charlie Drake sitcom - the twist is that he never works for very long before being fired)
 * ''[[The Young Ones]]''
-* There's an entire subgenre of thriller and slasher films titled this way, with examples being ''[[The Dentist (Film)|The Dentist]], The Carpenter, The Janitor, The Nurse, The Mailman, The Super'' and ''The Paper Boy''.
+* There's an entire subgenre of thriller and slasher films titled this way, with examples being ''[[The Dentist]], The Carpenter, The Janitor, The Nurse, The Mailman, The Super'' and ''The Paper Boy''.
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