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** In the second season finale, Castle is in trouble with his ex-wife/publisher because he's late finishing his new book. It's noted that the amount of time Castle spends with Beckett leaves him with very little time to write, and perhaps there's [[UST|another reason]] he [[Will They or Won't They?|follows her]].

** In the third season, a scene involves him in an argument over the phone with said ex-wife/publisher while on the way to a crime scene which ends thus:

* Lorelei's job as an innkeeper in ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' doesn't ever seem to take up much of her time, unless the plot so demands and it is always extremely easy for her to get holidays or weekends off

* Susan's job on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. It seems that she's a children's book illustrator, but her work is rarely in evidence.

** And that's only [[George Jetson Job Security|when he's actually working there]].

* On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', there are far too many instances to list on this page regarding Homer's [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?|most common]] job as a nuclear safety inspector.

'''Homer''': I think it's pretty obvious that I don't. }}

** Given an implied [[Hand Wave]] by the fact that Mr. Burns seems to have [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] for everything related to Homer ''every single week''. His inability to remember Homer's name was [[Flanderized]] to the point where he is incapable of remembering the man's central role in ''everything he's done'' for the past few years. As such, it seems as if even Homer has caught on to the fact that he will be forgotten, if not explicitly forgiven, for everything from multiple industrial catastrophies to flagrant dereliction of duty, and as such, can pursue his [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]] with impunity. [[Word of God|Groening himself]] has stated that he's lost track of how many times Homer's been fired and re-hired, so they just default to him being at work when the jokes require it.

* ''[[Family Guy]]'s'' Glenn Quagmire works as an airline pilot - [[Justified Trope|which is surprisingly accurate as pilots work many fewer days (albeit longer ones) a month than most other professions.]]

** Likewise Cleveland owning a deli was only mentioned and shown in a few early episodes the rest of his appearances are hanging out with the gang. When Cleveland moved on to his own show, he got a job at a cable installer, giving us this exchange:

'''Cleveland:''' Oh, right, ''work!'' I keep forgetting I'm supposed to go to that! }}

* For the longest time in ''[[King of the Hill]]'', we were never treated to Boomhauer's job and how he can afford such expensive things. A few episodes suggested he worked at some sort of factory; however, the last episode reveals he is a Texas State Ranger.

* Applies varyingly in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (of all places). Most often played straight with Pinkie Pie, who's rarely ever seen ''working'' at Sugercube Corner (though throwing parties is practically her second job). Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are rarely seen "on the clock", but the unusual natures of their jobs ([[Painting the Frost on Windows|micromanaging the local fauna and weather, respectively]]) let Fluttershy set her own hours and let Rainbow do her job in "ten seconds flat." Averted with Twilight Sparkle (Celestia's student, seen studying more often than not. Has also been shown to work as a caretaker and librarian of the library she lives in), Applejack (apple farmer), and Rarity (fashion designer), who are often shown working; in fact, entire episodes have revolved around the latter two's lines of work and one of Applejack's major character flaws is workaholism.

* Although they work for a delivery company, the characters in ''[[Futurama]]'' are rarely seen doing deliveries, unless the plot calls for it. This has been [[Flanderized]] with the new season, as the crew seem to do even less deliveries then before.

 

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