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* ''[[Doonesbury]]'''s character Jimmy Thudpucker (Trudeau's go-to character for lampooning the music industry) once refused to do a "paid my dues" song as being pointlessly whiny. Pointing out he was an overnight success at age nineteen. His agent retorts "It's in your contract." A [[Take That]] against rock music groups with such songs.

* The rock group ''Boston'' had a song about having paid their dues.

* In the commentary on one of the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' DVDs, the actors talk about the original actor for Kryten. He asked if they were "legit", meaning if they had paid their dues in small parts on stage before being on TV.

* The late, great Paul Newman's first screen appearance was a minor role in an episode of the now-forgotten sci-fi anthology ''[[Tales Of Tomorrow]]''.